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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 (Continued on Page 8) 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- (Continued on Page 8)