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Vol. XXX, No. 2 CLARK COLLEGE - ATLANTA, GEORGIA November-December, 1967
Homecoming
by E. Robert Price
The Red and Black Ball presented Saturday night, No
vember 11, marked the end of a hectic homecoming week.
Homecoming week began November 6, uneventfully, marked
only by a handful of posters urging students to back their team.
As the week progressed, there were sparks of homecoming spirit
displayed by few individuals and
small groups, but as a whole
homecoming spirit was con
fronted with apathy. There were
few exceptions. For example,
the trial of Alabama State held
in the dining hall Wednesday,
November 8 was quite spirited.
Any spirit that had been
smoldering was dulled by the
sad news of the death of Dr.
Clemens, President of Atlanta
University. This sad occasion
caused the administration to
consider cancelling the home
coming parade, but it was final
ly decided to simply postpone
the parade and game until after
the funeral services of Dr.
Clemens so there could be no
conflict between the two.
The alumni of Clark College
began arriving Friday, but even
they failed to raise the school
spirit to any great heights.
The lovely Marlene Muzon
was crowned Miss Clark on Fri
day, Nov. 10, amid a lovely
decorated stage. The stage de
sign for Miss Muzon’s corona
tion was the best of recent years.
But the ceremony for presenting
Miss Muzon and her court was
stereotyped and unimaginative.
Students’ reactions to the coro
nation ceremony varied from
“all right,” or “nice,” to “hor
rible.” A reception was held for
the queens in Kresge Hall fol
lowing the coronation cere-
Rolwand Teaches ESP?
by Desdemonia Jones
Clark College has a new band
director. He is Mr. Marcus
Rowland, an Atlantan. Mr.
Rowland attended aWshington
High School, here in Atlanta,
and is a 1957 graduate of
Clark. He has been band direc
tor at Albany and Souht Caro
lina State Colleges.
Mr. Rowland stated that
“one morning Dr. Killings-
worth called him, while he was
still at South Carolina, and
asked him if he would like to
come home. At first he didn’t
understand what was meant, but
Dr. Killingsworth explained that
Clark College wanted him to be
the rieww band director! Since
he was a graduate of Clark, and
since his hometown is Atlanta,
he was more than anxious to do
so.”
Mr. Rowland came with a
whole new system of band drills.
The band marches in block
band form with the eight to
five drill system.
The Clark College band mot
to is EPS. EPS to some people
means Extra Sensory Percep
tion, but to Mr. Rowland, it
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mony. It was hosted by the
sorors of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority.
For the first time, awards
were given for the best floats
displayed in the homecoming
parade. As a result of this in
centive the floats displayed in
the parade were better than
normal. Most of the floats ad
hered to the homecoming theme,
It’s A Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod,
World, with psychedelic colors
and op designs.
The game between Clark
College and Alabama State im
mediately followed the parade.
Clark’s well dressed student
body sat quietly and watched the
Panthers be defeated 25-7. Ap
parently more concerned about
their apparel than the show of
school spirit. Even the rousing
showmanship and music of Ala
bama State’s band seemed to
go unnoticed by the majority of
Clark’s apathetic students.
Our Own “Miss Clark”
by Mary jo Clark
Miss Marlene Angela Mou-
zon, our own “Miss Clark,”
hails from Charleston, South
Carolina. She is the daughter
of the proud parents Mr. and
Mrs. Matthew Mouzon. Mar
lene is a Junior with a major
in Art and a minor in Educa
tion. She has held the tiltes of
“Miss Freshman,” 1965-66,
Second Attendant to “Miss
Kappa,” 1965-66, and “Miss
Kappa,” 1966-67.
Miss Mouzon is a member of
the Booster Club and a member
of Alpha Kappa Alpha Soror
ity. Her hobbies include danc
ing, swimming, table tennis,
making new acquaintances. She
anticipates furthering her edu
cation in Art by attending grad
uate school. “A thing of beauty
is a joy forever.”
Our New Teachers
by Hattie Grimes
This year at Clark College, we have thirteen new professors
and nine instructors. Their academic fields include Biology, Eco
nomics, Education and Psychology, English, Religion and Philoso
phy, Social Science, Music, Physics, Physical Education, Mathe
matics, and Chemistry.
IN SYMPATHY
Dr. Clement Passes
The Panther wishes to ex
press sympathy to the family of
Dr. Rufus E. Clement who
passed away Tuesday, Nov. 7,
while attending a meeting of
the Atlanta University Board
of Directors in New York.
President of A.U. since 1937,
Dr. Clement’s death will be a
loss to Clark and the rest of the
A.U. Center. Dr. Henderson
said, “I knew Dr. Clement be
fore I came here. I got to know
him much better as a colleague
in the University Center. I held
him in great esteem. He was
tough-minded, always courteous
and a gentleman. In my two
years of working with him, I
learned a lot. The City of At
lanta, the nation as a whole and
the field of education in par
ticular have suffered a great
loss. His loss will be felt for
some time to come.”
Named by TIME as one of
the 14 most influential Univer
sity presidents, Dr. Clement
was elected to Phi Beta Kappa
by Brown University in 1957
and in 1953, a year before the
1954 Supreme Court ruling on
segregated schools, he was
elected to the Atlanta Board of
Education, thus becoming the
first Negro to be elected to a
public office in the City of At
lanta. The late president was
a member of several civic and
educational organizations in
cluding board membership with
the Atlanta Urban League, the
Citizens Trust Company, the
United Negro College Fund,
Inc., and the National Science
Board. Listed in Who’s Who in
America, a member of the Kap
pa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.,
Dr. Clement was an author and
contributor to several journals
and magazines.
Alumni Homecoming Awards
The Clark College National
Alumni Association made
awards of Trophies furnished by
the Coca-Cola Bottling Com
pany to College Organizations
represented in the Homecoming
parade by a Float.
Three beautiful trophies were
presented to the first, second,
and third place winners. The re
cipients were: The Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity, first place;
The Freshman Class, second
place; and The Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, third place. The
AKA Sorority received honor
able mention for their Mod
Sweethearts.
The Judges for the awards
were: Mrs. Barbara White, class
of 1961 and Mrs. Zeline Foster,
class of 1961.
The Alumni of the college
wishes to thank the student body
for providing a colorful parade
and other joyous festivities dur
ing Homecoming observance.
We look for bigger things next
year.
With the distinction of pro
fessors in the field of Biology,
we have Mr. Winfred Harris
and Mr. Charles Hubert. As
sistant Professor Harris received
his B.S. and M.S. degrees from
Atlanta University, his Ph.D.
from West Virginia University,
and has done his poct-doctoral
study at the University of Penn
sylvania. From Savannah State
College, Assistant Professor
Hubert obetined his B.S. degree
from Atlanta University; he re
ceived his M.S., M.A., and
Ph.D. degrees from the Univer
sity of Illinois. James A. Hefner
and Charles P. Kindleberger are
two additional professors in
Economics and Business Ad
ministration. Assistant Professor
James Hefner was issued his
B.S. degree from North Caro
lina A&T College, his M.S. de
gree from Atlanta University,
and is a doctoral candidate at
the University of Colorado, June
1968. Professor Charles Kindle
berger, visiting from Massachu
setts Institute of Technology,
was granted his A.B. degree
from the University of Penn
sylvania, his A.M. and Ph.D.
degrees from Columbia Univer
sity. Supplementing the English
department are professors Ann
H. Carter, Nancy M. Guli, and
Leo Neifer. Acting as assistant
professor, Ann Carter obtained
her B.A. and M.A. degrees from
Emory University and will earn
her doctoral degree from Emory
in December 1967. From the
State University College at
Oneonta. Assistant Professor
Guli received her B.S. degree
from State University College at
Albany, and is a doctoral can
didate at Columbia University,
January 1968. Associate Pro
fessor Leo Neifer was granted
his B.S. degree from Northern
State College, June 1968.
Increasing the Foreign Lan
guage Department, we have As
sistant Professor John Hollo-
mon with a B.A. from Dillard
University, a M.A. degree from
the University Interamericana,
and his M.A. degree from West
Virginia University.
One addition to the Re
ligion and Philosophy Depart
ment is Assistant Professor
Robert Myers, with a B.A. de
gree from Otterbein College, a
B.D. degree from United The
ological Seminary, STM from
McGill University, and is a doc
toral candidate at Emory Uni
versity.
In the Social Science Depart
ment, we have Assistant Pro
fessor Julia Lord and Assistant
Professor Charles Miller. From
Pennsylvania State University,
Professor Lord obtained her
A. B. degree from the University
of Illinois, her M.S. degree, and
is a doctoral candidate at Emory
University, June 1968. Professor
Miller was issued his B.S. de
gree from Swarthmore College,
his M.P.A. from Harvard.
Our final professor to the
Clark family is Assistant Profes
sor Marcus Rowland in the field
of Music. He earned his . A.B.
degree from Clark College and
M.Mus. degree from the Univer
sity of Michigan.
We also have this year at
Clark nine new staff members
with the rank of instructors.
Mr. Martin J. Carey holds a
B. S. and M.S. degree from
Florida State University in Bi
ology. Appending the Chemistry
Department is Mr. Arthur J.
Hannah, with a B.S. from Ni
agara University, Ed.M. degree
from SUNY at Buffalo, and has
done further study at SUNY.
The academic division, Eco
nomics and Business Adminis
tration now includes Mr. Mwan-
gi Karangu, with a B.A. degree
from Markato State College,
M.B.A. from Atlanta University
and has further studied at the
University of Oregon.
With post study at North
Carolina College and Indiana
University in the field of Physi
cal Education, Mrs. Sylvia Elli-
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