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PANTHFR
MA Y 1969
Clark Philharmonic
in the early 1950,S
Memorial Day
by Lizzette Jones
The Civil War was still raging
when the thoughtful women in
the south started decorating the
graves of the war dead. In
1863, women of Columbus, Mis
sissippi, placed flowers on both
Confederate and Union soldiers’
graves.
A specific date to decorate
the graves of the soldiers was
recommended to John A. Logan,
commander in chief of the army,
in 1865 by Adjutant General
Chipman of the Grand Army of
the Republic, a union veteran
organization.
YWCA Holds
Regional
Hazel Bailey
The Southern Regional Assem
bly of the National Student YWCA
met in the YWCA Building in
downtown Atlanta. The theme of
the conference was “Libera
tion”, a theme which aptly con
veys the spirit of the WYCA.
The weekend’s activities com
menced Friday evening with
the showing on film of Leroi
Jones’ unusual play, “Dutch
man”. This drama evoked
varied reactions from the in
tegrated group of college wo
men representing nine southern
states.
The next day’s agenda began
with an exercise called the
“Microlab,” a learning situa
tion similar in concept to sen
sitivity training which helps
each individual know herself
better through interacting free
ly with others. The most in
teresting aspect of this exper
ience to me was the “Trust-
walk”, whereby the girls chose
partners who puzzled them or
rubbed them the wrong way.
First, one partner would be led
around, eyes closed, by the
other and undergo any type
of experience that the leading
partner chose to subject her to.
Then the partners exchanged
places. The “Trustwalk” was
intended to make the individual
rely completely on or “trust”
of another.
The afternoon’s program in
cluded separate caucuses of
blacks and white who met for
the purpose of discussing their
reactions to the conference to
that point and the education of
members to the regional coun
cil. After heated exchange, we
decided to nominate only four
black girls to run for four of
the eight student positions, in
cluding chairman, on the coun
cil. (About half of the delegates
at the conference were black.)
In keeping with the theme of
liberation, several schools
brought displays including
books, posters and photo
graphs. Especially interesting
was the exhibit brought by S. C.
State College from Orangeburg,
S. C. They brought a collage
depicting “the Orangeburg Mas
sacre”. During the portion of
the evening devoted to expres
sions of “liberation experi
ences” a girl from Tuskegee
presented an original skit. Oth
ers read original poems.
On Sunday morning, the new
members of the regional coun
cil were chosen. The four black
girls who were nominated and
elected were: Genell Mingo,
chairman, S. C. State; Frances
Lyons, Southern Univ.; Fran
ces Bryant, Fort Valley State;
and Lenora Mitchell, Norfolk
State. These girls will attend
several regional meetings and
the national convention of the
Student WYCA in St. Louis, Mo.
during the summer.
Temptin’
Miss Harlem
Vivian Whitted and Tempta
tions Melvin Franklin and
Dennis Edwards enjoy a bit
of photographic harmonizing.
The Temptations had just com
pleted serenading Miss Harlem
and her beautiful court during
two performances on the clo
sing night of their smash Co-
pacabana engagement in New
York City. Miss Harlem was
accompanied by Tony Law-
rence, and Ann Prince.
Everybody loves C. C.
Morehouse, Spelman,
Morris Brown and of
course we love C. C.
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General Logan approved the
plan for ceremonies and ordered
Grand Army Posts to decorate
the soldiers’ graves. Special
formal and official services
were held at Arlington, Virginia,
at the National Cemetery. Gen
eral James A. Garfield, a mem
ber of the House of Represent
atives and later President of the
United States, was orator of
the occasion.
Eight years later (1873). the
New York Veterans persuaded
the legislature to pass an act
designating May 30 as Declar
ation Day. This legislature was
passed during the presidential
administration of Ulyeses S.
Grant, who brought elaborate
dining to the White House.
Declaration Day became known
as Memorial Day to commem
orate remembrance of all who
lost their lives in patriotic
service to our country.
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N.A.D.S.A. Stole The Show
by John Johnson
The Clark College Centennial
has been a spectacular affair
and especially the Centennial
celebration. There was an
abundance of talent proposed by
the Clark College Speech and
the Drama department. Our
department played host to the
33rd Anniversary of the Nation
al Association of Drama and
Speech Arts. There was a pre
sentation of supplemental talent
provided by eighteen schools
from the surrounding area.
Clark College opened the pro
gram by displaying the talent
of their own Evelyn Hall and
George Jones in a beautiful
comedy called “A SOUL 1 GONE
HOME”, written by Langston
Hughes and directed by Arthur
Pellman, director of Drama
tics, Clark College. The play
centered around the typical
homelife of a mother and son
living in Harlem. It was quite
beautifully done and should have
been witnessed by all.
Captivation the rest of the
show for the week were several
other plays performed by the
other guest schools. Some of
the other plays were “The Mir
acle Worker” by the Art State
University; “Anastasia”, Ken-
tudky State; “Cat On A Hot
Tin Roof”, Tra-Co-Drama;
“Prelude To Darkness”, the
Henderson Davis Players;
“Clara’s Old Man”, Fort Val
ley State Players Guild; “Good
Night Caroline”, the Barber-
Scotia Thespians; “The Octo-
generian”, Ligon Senior High;
“Salome”, Jackson State Col
lege; “The Sandbox”, Southern
University; “The Agreement”,
Fayetteville State College; “Ro
meo And Juliet”, Morgan State
College; “The White Lawn”,
Matthew High School; “In White
America”, Bowie State Col
lege; “Submerged”, Paine Col
lege; “The Dirty Old Man”,
Talledga College; “Tri-Yette”,
St*. Paul’s College; “Sho’ Is
Hot In The Cotton Patch”, South
ern University A&M College.
Climaxing the week of events
was the presentation of the a-
wards for outstanding perform
ances in various categories.
Receiving the award for BEST
ACTRESS was Elizabeth Craw
ford for her role of Salome
in the play “Salome” by Oscar
Wilde. The BEST ACTOR a-
ward went to Samuel Wright
and Kerry Pourciau for their
roles of Sebastian in the play
“Prelude To Darkness” by
Fredric Wahl and Daddy in the
play “The Sandbox” by Ed
ward Albee-respectively.
All eighteen plays were quite
well done, but like the saying
goes, “as someone must win-
so someone has to lose”, but
they all were winners; fore,
they won the admiration and
gratitude of the audiences who
witnessed the superb perform
ances; traits that they will not
lose for a long time to come.
A special salute should go out
in recognition of the N.A.D.S.A
for making its 33rd Anniversary
Program such a memorable
one. An added salute also goes
out to our sponsors - Mrs. Mc
Nair, Mrs. Hawk, and Mr. Pell
man, who all worked so dili
gently with the committee to
make this all possible. ‘Beau
tifully done, gang!’
PANTS
The evening pantsuit is sud
denly the darling of every fash
ion conscious girl in New York
City and is slowly, but surely
moving on the Atlanta Univer
sity Center fashion scene.
Over the past 10 years plen
ty of top name designers have
given pants a boost, like COUR-
REGES in Paris, VALENTINO
in Rome, over here NORRELL,
and down the price line VICTOR
JORI3 and LUBA.
In paris last summer, when
YVES ST. LAURENT showed
a collection of pants, many of
the people in the audience took
the whole thing lightly. The
audience shrugged off the pants
collection with the idea or hope
that he would “forget about
pants by next time and do some
thing else,” even though Yves
has been consistently
pro-pants.
Yves made women’s pants
look less practical and more
feminine and romantic.
Yves was more than pleased
and surprised when he arrived
at a supper dance in New York,
given in his honor, and three
quarters of the women in the
room were wearing pants, Al
though Paris is the fashion cen
ter of the world, it is doubt
ful that it will ever pick up a
fashion and run with it the way
New York does. This was one
of those evenings that happens
unexpectedly and mtkes fashion
history.