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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 (Continued from page 7) 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