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Vol. XXX, No. 7 CLARK COLLEGE - ATLANTA, GEORGIA May, 1967 "Hendricks Wins S. G. A. Election Elias Hendricks, a sophomore, majoring in history, from Chicago, Illinois was victorious over his strong opposition — Harold Moses. In many heated debates Mr. Hendricks and Mr. Moses argued points ranging from personalities to stiff attacks on the administration. Debating his point forcefully is Harold Moses. Harold Moses of Newnan, Georgia, rivaled early at the polls with a slight edge over Hendricks but later the results turned out in favor of “Hen dricks’ Reform Party” by a margin of 376 votes to 258. James Mays, sophomore, ma joring in Business Administra tion was very satisfied with the outcome of the elections. Mr. Mays, vice president to Hen dricks had the following to say pertaining to the future of the S.G.A. “There will never be a time again when the administration will ask—‘who are your lead ers.’ ” He further stressed his Antony At Clark Sir Antony Part, former depu ty secretary in the British Min istry of Education, spoke on education in England at a pub lic lecture Wednesday (May 3) at 2:30 p.m. in Davage Audi torium on the Clark College campus. Sir Antony held a variety of posts in the Ministry of Educa tion from 1945 to 1963, when he was appointed deputy secre tary and subsequently perma nent secretary in the Ministry of Public Building and Works. He was one of those responsible for the gigantic school building pro gram following World War II and was a member of Lord Rob bins’ committee, which studied higher education in England and proposed a number of sweeping reforms. He was made a member of the Order of the British Empire for wartime service and dubbed a Knight Commander of the Bath in 1966. Giving introduction speech is Elias Hendricks. point by saying “action will be initiated and controlled by able and responsible leaders of the S.G.A.” Mr. John Wyatt, a Business manager and sophomore from Chicago, Illinois, majoring in Business Administration felt that the election was too close for the amount of competition in volved. Mr. John Wyatt quoted Saul Adinsky by saying “There are two kinds of power, power that comes through money and pow er that comes through people.” Mr. Wyatt also stated that “since at Clark, there is a lack of money, the Student Govern ment Association will concen trate its efforts toward getting people power.” All three elected officers are quite radical and influential in their thinking. "Debate Team In Heavy Competition A novice debating team from Clark College competed in the National Novice Debate Tour nament at Bellarmine College in Louisville, Ky., on Friday and Saturday, April 7 and 8. Ranker as the top novice forensic event in the eastern United States, this year’s contest attracted teams from 65 col leges and universities in 24 states. The tournament has been held each year since 1957. Clark was represented by Tom Reid and Peggy Smith, both of Atlanta, and by John Bruce of Griffin, Ga., and Michael Smith of Killeen, Tex. Clark won four out of eight de bates. Prof. Carver Died At Home Saturday Morning Wayman A. Carver, noted musician and Clark College pro fessor, died quietly at his West- lake Drive, N.W. home Satur day morning, May 6, following illness. He was 61. A native of Portsmouth, Va., Mr. Carver was a graduate of Clark College, whose faculty he joined in 1942 as associate pro fessor of music, and the Vander- cook School of Music. In the 1930’s, after finishing Clark, he had become an ac complished musician, noted for his artistry as a flutist, composer and arranger with the bands of Chick Webb and Ella Fitzger ald. Time Magazine and various other publications cited Carver as being the first musician to employ the flute in jazz music. Since joining the Clark facul ty, “Prof.” Carver inspired hun dreds of young musicians and music educators in the area. He organized the first bands in the Atlanta elementary schools and trainel many band directors who now serve in local, state and regional elementary and second ary schools. On numerous oc casions he served as consultant for band clinics. Recently, Mr. Carver was awarded a plaque for 25 years of service to Clark College. A devoted member of War ren Memorial Methodist Church, the deceased serevd as a mem ber of the Senior Choir. He was,, a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and numerous local and national musicians ’associa tions. As a member and former president of the Atlanta Musi cians Protective Association, Local 462 of the American Fed eration of Musicians, AFL-CIO, Mr. Carver served as conductor of its summer band concerts. He also performed with Atlanta music aggregations over the past twenty years, notably the Ralph Mays groups. Mr. Carver is survived by a wife, Mrs. Joyce S. Carver; a daughter, Mrs. Avis Turner; three sisters, Mrs. Thelma Cobb of Southern University, Mrs. Rosetta Metes and Mrs. Loretta Myers, of Portsmouth, Va.; three brothers, Joseph, Edward and Leon Carver, of Portsmouth, Va.; and a grandson, Wayman Turner, of Atlanta. Funeral arrangements were incomplete late Saturday. —Taken from the Atlanta Daily World, Sunday, May 7, 1967 CLARK SENDS REPRESENTATIVES TO STATE CONVENTION The 19th Annual State Convention of the Georgia Chapter of Future Business Leaders of America — Phi Beta ambda, national organization for business students, was held at the Dinkier Plaza Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia on April 21-22, 1967. This meeting was attended by some 900 representatives of high schools and colleges from across the state. Presently, only two Negro colleges are affiliated. These are the Albany State College chap ter in Albany, Georgia and the Iota Mu chapter—Clark Col lege in Atlanta. The Clark Col lege chapter was the only Negro college to send representatives to the convention. Among the many events held were (1) Best Chapter Exhibit (2) Parliamentary Procedure Contest (3) All-State Spelling Relay (4) Vocabulary Relay (5) College Poster Exhibit and (6) an Extemporaneous Public Speaking Contest. Although Clark participated in only three of these—namely, the All-State Spelling Relay, Clark Observes Crogman Day Clark College observed Crog man Day on Thursday (May 4) in honor of William H. Crog man, the first Negro President of the college. The principal event of the observance was the annual Crog man lecture. This year’s speak er was Dr. Marion M. Curry, chairman of the education de partment at Huston-Tillotson College, Austin, Texas. He gave the Crogman lecture at 11 a.m. in Davage Auditorium on the campus. The topic of his address was “Moments of Truth: Hints to Their Resolution.” In the afternoon seminar, Dr. Curry spoke on the topic, “Teaching Education in the Profession of Teaching.” A question and dis cussion period followed. Dr. Curry is a 1938 graduate of Clark. From 1947 to 1951 he was athletic director and head coach at the college. He also has been a teacher and coach at David T. Howard High School here. Crogman Day has been ob served at Clark since 1924 and the Crogman lecture was estab lished in 1958. President Crog man, a native of St. Martin in the British West Indies, was born in 1841. After an adven turous career as a seaman, he decided to secure an education. He enrolled at Pierce Academy in Massachusetts and later stud ied at Atlanta University. He joined the Clark faculty as pro fessor of Greek and Latin in 1876, the same year that Atlanta University awarded him the master of arts degree. He served as Clark’s eleventh president from 1903 to 1910. He was the first Negro to head the college. College Poster Exhibit, and the Extemporaneous Public Speak ing contest—the representatives in two of the contests won second places. Miss Ivy Sims, a senior majoring in Business Ad ministration and minoring in Economics was second place winer in the college poster con test. The title of her poster was “The Business Intern Program Goes Hand in Hand With Busi ness.” Mr. James Mays, a sophomore majoring in Business Administration won second place in the extemporaneous speaking contest. The title of Mr. Mays’ speech was “The Role of Government in Educa tion Today.” All of the aforementioned events were held on Friday, April 21. A banquet was held Friday night at which the Hon orable Porter Carswell of Waynesboro, Georgia was the guest speaker. The banquet was climaxed by the presentation of numerous awards, at which time Miss Sims and Mr. Mays were cited. Other awards pre sented were the Sears-Roebuck Foundation Awards, Southern Bell Awards, Callaway Gardens Awards, and the Sperry-Hutch- inson Award. The meeting ended the following Saturday morning with the installation of officers for 1967-68. Although this is the first year that Clark has been affiliated with Phi- Beta Lambda, all of the members of the organization have been inspired to work even harder in improving the business program. By so doing, at next year’s convention, the members hope to enter more of the con tests and possibly run candi dates for the various offices. Congratulations should go out to this department for a job that is being well done. Martha Levingston, Reporter Mrs. Jennye M. Harland, Advisor Dr. Cope Gives Lecture The “revolution” taking place in science was the topic of a public lecture on Friday, May 5, by Dr. David F. Cope of the Atomic Energy Commission. Dr. Cope has been associated with the atomic energy program since 1952. He is a senior rep resentative for the AEC at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee and U. S. delegate on an international commission assessing the practicability of a dual purpose fresh water-elec tricity nuclear power plant for the U. S. and Mexico.