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Clark Halfback Turns Pro
by Clarence Carter
All conference halfback Elijah Nevett became the property of
the New Orlenas Saints, the National Football League’s newest
franchise, when he signed what
contract March 24.
Nevett, Clark’s leading pass
was reported to be a lucrative
receiver, will be tried primarily
as a flanker because he lacks
the size pro coaches like to see
in their running backs. He com
pleted the past season with 742
yards in 102 carries for a 7.3
yards average per carry. It is
generally believed that what
Nevett lacks in size he makes
up with speed and exceptional
hands which are the basic re
quirements for that position.
The Saints open camp July
1, in San Francisco where Tom
Fears, former Atlanta Falcon
assistant, will try to mold them
into a unit that will stand up in
the N.F.L.
Nevett, employed as a rec
reation director, has indicated
that he will remain in Atlanta
until pre-season training begins.
Berkely For A Day
by Jerry R. Allen
At approximately ten o’clock on the evening of April 6th, the
dormitory girls of Clark College were selecting the campus ground
site of where they were going to sleep that night. A few minutes
later, the police dropped by offering invitations of free rides to
any recipients. About thirty minutes afterwards, the police de
parted with no invitational ac
ceptances. Around six o’clock
the following morning, every
one arose and commenced en
tering their dormitory rooms.
This sleep-out dramatization
was in protest of the lack of
protection given to the students
of the school. For this lack of
protection was not only evident
in the “prowler incident” of
last year, but especially the
“Merner Hall incident” and the
“block boys incidents” of this
year. As a result, these courage
ous young ladies decided to
publicize this deficiency before
it was too late.
President Henderson, who
had previously initiated a pro
gram designed to correct this
fallacy, met with the student
leader representatives on the
day of April 7th. After a period
of consultation, a student meet
ing was called for six o’clock
that evening. The assembly be
gan with opening remarks from
the S.G.A. President — Na
thaniel Jackson. After which
time, President Henderson pre
sented his proposals which
were:
1) Add extra guards —
three to be exact.
2) Get a new lighting sys
tem for the campus
grounds.
3) Have a qualified police
man stationed at a spe
cific location with a tele
phone.
4) Install burglar bars with
the first floor bars being
wired.
President Henderson also
stated that four additional pa
trol cars had been assigned to
the area. Some long range pro
posals were:
1) Have a university police
force.
2) Have male desk clerks in
the dormitories.
3) Enclose the school with
a fence.
At the conclusion of his
speech he answered some heat
ed questions put to him by the
students. Finally, the meeting
was adjourned and the recon
struction period began.
UNDECIDED DEBATE
The effectiveness of demon
strations was the topic of a
debate between Clark College
and Harvard University on
Tuesday (April 4) at 7:30 p.m.
in Davage Auditorium on the
Clark campus.
Clark’s depating team argued
the affirmative of the topic,”
“Resolved: That nonviolent
demonstrations are no longer
an effective technique for bring
ing about social change in the
United States.”
Questions from the audience
and an audience shift-of-opin-
ion poll followed the debate,
which will be opened to the
public. The audience’s final de
cision about the debate was
indecisive.
Army Band
At Clark
The 100-piece U. S. Army
Field Band, official musical
voice of the Department of the
Army, performed at Clark Col
lege Friday (April 14) at 8
p.m. in Davage Auditorium.
The concert was opened to the
public without charge.
This band appeared in the
inaugural parades of Presidents
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy
and Johnson, and has presented
concerts in all 10 states and
many foreign countries. It was
formed in 1946 and gave its
first performance at the White
House.
Popular, semi-classical and
military music was on the Clark
program. The Soldiers’ Chorus,
which is part of the band, fur
nished a change of pace by sing
ing several selections, including
all-time Broadway favorites.
The band members appeared
in Army dress blue uniform
and displayed during the per
formance the Army flag. This
banner bears 148 streamers,
representing the campaigns in
which the Army has partici
pated from the Revolutionary
War to Vietnam. It always
stands to the left of the Ameri
can flag.
Major Wilmont N. Trumbull,
a former music teacher from
Worcester, Mass., who holds
the Legion of Merit and the
Italian Military Cross for valor
in World War II, is the band’s
commanding officer and di
rector.
New Membership
Clark College has been elect
ed to membership in the Ameri
can Association of Colleges for
Teacher Education, a national
organization of 778 colleges
and universities with accredited
teacher training programs.
Clark’s department of educa
tion, one of the largest in num
ber of majors in the college, is
headed by Dr. Pearlie C. Dove.
Mr. George McMillan, journalist ad
visor at Clark pictured with students
from the Atlanta University System at
Savannah State College Annual Press
Institute.
Founders Day
Clark College observed its 98th Founders’ Day Wednesday
(February 22) with a convocation at 11 a.m. in Davage Audi
torium on the campus.
The principal speaker was Dr. Samuel D. Proctor, president
of the Institute for Services to Education. He was formerly presi
dent of two colleges, Virginia
Union University in Richmond
and the Agricultural and Tech
nical College of North Carolina
in Greensboro, and associate
director of the Peace Corps.
The Institute for Services to
Education, which has its head
quarters in Washington, is a
private organization concerned
primarily with strengthening
predominantly Negro colleges.
Other convocation speakers
were Bishop Edgar A. Love,
Methodist bishop of the Atlan
tic Coast area; Dr. Alfred J.
Turk. Atlanta physician who
graduated from Clark in 1951,
and Elijah Solomon, president
of Clark’s senior class. They
spoke for The Methodist
Church, which helps support
the college, the alumni, and the
student body. Dr. Vivian W.
Henderson, president of the
college, presided at the cere
mony.
Clark was founded in 1869
and named for Bishop Davis
W. Clark, who was the first
president of the Freedmen’s Aid
Society. After several changes
of location, a tract of land was
purchased in 1880 on Mc
Donough Boulevard in the
southeast section of the city.
This was the college’s site until
1941, when it moved to its
present location on Chestnut
Street in the Atlanta University
complex. Its plant is valued at
more than $2.5 million and its
operating budget exceeds $1.6
million a year.
The college currently has
an enrollment of 969 students
from 26 states and five foreign
countries.
Clark Sponsors Upward Bound Program
An Upward Bound program to motivate economically and
culturally disadvantaged youngsters to attend college will begin
this summer at Clark College.
Applications are now being taken from high school students
living in Fulton County, but outside Atlanta proper, who will be
promoted this year to the 11th
or 12th grades. High school
dropouts also are eligible.
According to Dr. Carson Lee,
associate professor of psycho
logy at Clark who will direct
the program, the residence limi
tation was made to extend the
Upward Bound program to
“youths heretofore generally
overlooked.”
Fifty students will be select
ed for the program at Clark.
During the summer, they will
live on the campus and receive
intensive instruction in English
and mathematics. During the
following academic year, they
will meet on the campus each
Saturday for instruction and
other activities while living at
home.
Dr. Lee said the program
will “seek to correct weak
nesses in the two essential tools
of communication, while at the
Gelfman Visits Clark
Rabbi Harold L. Gelfman,
spiritual leader of Temple Beth
Israel in Macon, Ga., was the
speaker at Clark College’s
morning worship service Tues
day (April 11) at 11 a.m.
Clark is operated under the
auspices of the board of
education of The Methordist
Church.
Rabbi Gelfman, whose visit
was sponsored by the Jewish
Chautaugua Society, spoke on
the topic, “What Is Brother
hood?”
same time and through a va
riety of means arouse in the
students a genuine desire to
continue their education.”
Selected students will receive
$10 a week during the summer,
plus free room, board and
health care. While living at
home, they will get $5 a week.
The program is supported by
a grant of $67,000 from the
U. S. Office of Economic Op
portunity.
DUKE'S MEN
AT CLARK
The Duke’s Men, a 20-voice
choral group from Yale Uni
versity, appeared at Clark Col
lege (March 20) at 8 p.m. in
Davage Auditorium on the
campus. The concert was open
to the public without charge.
Named after the Master of
Saybrook, one of Yale’s 12 resi
dential colleges, the Duke’s men
came into existence as an un
dergraduate musical group in
1952. Since then, they have
achieved a reputation equalled
only by the much-older Whif-
fenpoofs, another Yale singing
group.
In addition to performances
on college campuses, the Duke’s
Men sing at various ski resorts
during the winter and each
spring take a tour which ends
in Nassau in the Bahamas.
The program at Clark in
cluded madrigals, folk ballads,
show tunes, humorous songs,
and traditional Yale numbers.