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8 DECEMBER, 1965
The Panther
Clark Introduces Team;
Future Looks Promising
Although the team is without the aid of a few veteran players,
the future seems quite promising and great for the Panthers.
Clark has six outstanding senior players returning to the court
this year to retain the S.I.A.C. crown. They are as follows: Ronald
(Motor Man) Fagan from Syracuse, New York, who will be a real
big threat to all opposing teams.
Fagan is a tremendous ball han
dler and should prove himself to
be one of the greatest guards in
the conference.
Ronald Jackson, the 6'4" 195
pound forward, is always a hard
man for other teams to manage
and should be the man to total
up a great deal of points each
game. Jackson, a native of Chi
cago, has high hopes of once
again taking the S.I.A.C. cham
pionship banner home.
A great aid to the Panthers
will be the 6'2 Vi" 200 pound
forward from Syracuse, New
York, Albert (Rock) Tinsley.
Tinsley always plays an excel
lent game and especially against
arch-rivalry teams.
Powerful is the word to de
scribe Craig Morgan from Tus-
kegee, Alabama. Morgan han
dles the ball extremely well and
rarely misses a shot.
Bobby Rogers of Manhattan,
N. Y. will prove to be quite an
outstanding asset to the team.
Rogers shoots very well and has
tremendous speed to help him
fill his position as guard.
Rozelle Poignard is not only
fast but has been taking the
ball away from many of his
opponents lately. Poignard, from
Louisville, Kentucky, will see a
lot of action this year.
Sophomores returning to the
court are as follows:
The big danger man for Clark
is Leonidas Epps. Epps is 6'7"
tall and moves very carefully
and shoots extremely well. The
“giant” should lead the confer
ence in points scored per game.
Thomas Tiller will be filling
the forward position and should
see a great deal of action. Tiller
is capable of adding up many
points and is an excellent re-
bounder.
Robert Simmons of Brooklyn,
New York is training very good
for basketball after just having
come off the football field. Sim
mons’ coordination is good and
his practice drills show he will
be in for another good season.
Frederick Bell is a hard man
to deal with on the court be
cause his ability to move up and
down the court is very high.
Bell from Tri-City, Alabama
will be playing forward this
year.
The outstanding freshman
players this year are as follows:
Cliffton Johnson is a good
ball handler who has shown his
capability in filling the position
of guard. Cliffton is from Flor
ence, S. C.
Bert Lawrence of Chicago,
Illinois, James Walls of Missis
sippi, and Johnny Johnson of
Covington, Ga. all should prove
to make this year an even bet
ter season than last year’s sea
son. With the support of the
students and fans the Panthers
should be able to rack up an
other S.I.A.C. championship.
Clark Defeats Union
On December 2, the Clark
College Panthers played in a
GIT Tournament which was
held at Turner High Gymna
sium and defeated Union Col
lege with a 101 to 76 score.
The Panthers are expected to
have another excellent season
by the results of the GIT
Tournament.
V.I.P.'s on Campus
by Mary Gabriel
Did you attend assembly on
the 5th of November? If you did
not, you missed a real treat. A
group of very important persons
visited the Clark College family
in a special program presented
by the members of the Chil
dren’s Literature class instructed
by Mrs. Fannie Ross. As special
participants, the class invited
the kindergarten class from
Spelman College to perform
along with the V. I. P.’s. The
main purpose of their visit was
to introduce and celebrate Na
tional Children’s Book Week by
encouraging the students to read
more books.
The theme of the program
was “Sing Out for Books.” Each
V. I. P. was introduced individ
ually. The audience’s reaction
was favorable and they seemed
to have enjoyed every moment
of the program.
Participants from the class
were Mary Gabriel, narrator;
Andrea Mundy, program chair
man; Etta MacCoy, Dianne
Mayfield, and Peggy Wyatt. The
ushers, their chairman, Mary
Carter, and the stage crew
worked along with these people
to make our V. I. P.’s welcome.
When National Children’s
Book Week rolls around next
year we are hoping the V. I. P.’s
will visit us again. By the way,
if you were one of the unfor
tunate ones to miss the program
our V. I. P.’s were Humpty
Dumpty, Red Riding Hood,
Cinderella, Snow White and
Goldilocks. These V. I. P.’s are
all story book characters from
Fantasy Land. Their visit was
truly appreciated and enjoyed
by all.
For the Christmas holidays
the Children’s Literature Class
had as its festive event the en
tertaining of the Henderson chil
dren, namely Wyonella, David,
Dwight, and Kimberly. Along
with the first family’s children
as special guests, there were
participants from M. Agnes
Jones Elementary School and A.
F. Herndon Elementary School.
Highlighting the activities of
the occasion were the M. Agnes
Jones Elementary School Band,
the A. F. Herndon Elementary
School Chorus and storytellers
Mary Gabriel and Beverly
Sykes; game leaders Peggy Wy
att and Andrea Mundy. Music
was rendered by Dianne May-
field.
Other members of the class
enjoyed playing hostesses and
hosts to the guests as they dis
played their culinary arts.
1965-'66 CLARK PANTHERS
Pictured on the front row (left to right): James Walls, Ronald Fagan and Albert Tinsley. Pictured on the back row (left
to right): Levy Simon, Bert Lawrence, Leonidas Epps, Ronald Jackson and Thomas Tiller.
Not pictured: Rozelle Poignard, Craig Morgan, Cliffton Johnson, Fredrick Bell, Johnny Johnson, Robert Simmons and Bobby
Rogers.
Clark Ends Season With Morris Brown
CLARK vs.
MORRIS BROWN
The annual “Turkey Day”
game proved to be one in which
the fireworks took place in the
first half. The teams exchanged
touchdowns. Morris Brown’s de
fense gave stiff opposition to
Clark’s ground attack holding
the Panthers to a mere gain of
81 yards. Nevett’s brilliant 90-
yard return on a kickoff com
bined with other outstanding ef
forts by teammates, was not
enough. Clark, in a gallant at
tempt went down 32-16 final
score.
CLARK vs.
MOREHOUSE
October 30, the Panthers met
our arch-rival Morehouse at
Herndon Stadium. Full of fire
and determination, the Panthers
shocked coach Duke Foster’s
Tigers with an overwhelming
and almost devastating offense.
The Panther defense proved to
be equally as powerful, by pick
ing off three passes, forcing and
recovering six fumbles and hold
ing the Tigers to a very few
yards gained on the ground.
Such play necessitated only
three punts during the entire
game for Clark.
The blood, sweat, and pain
of this game brought the Pan
thers smashing 32-0 victory.
Scoring:
Eugene Rhodes — 3 TD’s
Ellison to Nevett 31 yds. TD.
Ellison to Simmons 17 yds. TD
NOVEMBER 13,
CLARK vs.
ALABAMA STATE
Clark came in this game net
ting 300 yards plus on the
ground. Both teams found scor
ing to be an elusive thing in that
each team showed ball control
but failed in several instances to
score. The first half ended with
Clark leading 7 to nothing on
a seven-yard run by Elijah Nev
ett and an extra point after by
Grant.
The second half opened with
‘Bama State scoring. Moments
after Alabama State scored
Wayman Docks scored from the
six, the extra point failed and
the score was 13-7 Clark. State
roared back to tie it up but
lightening struck again in the
form of E. Nevett and a four-
plunge and also the two-point
conversion. The score is now
21-13 Clark’s lead. With three
minutes to go State tied it up
and took the lead on an inter
cepted pass and run for the
decisive points. Clark was driv
ing with 20 seconds to go but
failed to score.
KAPPAS ON PARADE
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their efforts to excel by prepar
ing for their National Founder’s
Day Program on January 5th.
The student body is invited to
attend chapel and witness a dif
ferent but excellent program.
Tribute will be paid to such
great Kappas as Arthur Ashe,
America’s greatest Negro tennis
star; Gayle Sayers, sensational
rookie halfback for the Chicago
Bears; and Wilt Chamberlain,
“Mr. Basketball.”
Yes, Kappas are born and
not made, for Kappa men
strongly believe in a beautiful
slogan — “Not only to exist,
but to excel.”
BOOST PANTHERS