1930–31 Volume 55 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

New Member of theGeneral CouncilI N THE words of the sages of Stateroom169 on the good ship. EasternStates, flagship, steamer and battleshipof the recent '!» A 0 cruise, dependingon whether your bunk was on "D,""B," or "C" deck, this will introduce"G.C." Joe (Joseph Muriel) Clark, Jr.,Vanderbilt, '16, the new member atlarge of the General Council, who duringthe voyage at different times wasat large on all decks with becomingbehavior on each and every one.To those who were aboard Joe needsno introduction, but for the benefit ofJOSEPH M. CLARK, Vanderbilt, '16By MILLER MANIER, Vanderbilt '17Member of the Survey Commission[12]the less fortunate who did not attend,Joe was born November 5, 1893, atVerona, Mississippi, but shortly thereaftermoved to Shannon, Mississippi(a town of about 300 whites and 700negroes), and for the next thirteenyears was known to the majority ofShannon's population as "Marse" Joeand to the rest as Little Joe, son ofJoseph Muriel Clark and Mamie ElizabethGivhan Clark.Joe attended the public schools ofShannon until the year 1909, when heentered the University TrainingSchool at Oxford, Mississippi, fromwhich he graduated in the spring of1911.In the fall of 1911, he entered theUniversity of Mississippi, where heremained one year and then enteredVanderbilt University, his father'salma mater, in the fall of 1912, whichstarted an all-time record for Vanderbiltlongevity ending in the spring of1923, during which period Joe had accumulateda B.S. degree in 1920 andand LL.B. degree in 1923 and had spentthree years out of school as a merchantin his home town of ShannonMississippi.Joe was initiated into the fraternityby Tennessee Alpha at Vanderbilt October3, 1912, and the three years ofmerchandising followed the completionof his first year at Vanderbilt. Onhis twenty-first birthday, the youngbloods of Shannon, having becomeirked by the then mayor of the town,elected Joe as mayor of the town, butPater Clark took matters in his ownhands and tendered Joe's resignationon the same day of his election.