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The SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT
Monday, Oct. 16, 1961
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Editor Nelda J - Kin S
Associate Editor Dorothy M. Myers
Business Manager Patricia A. Smith
News Department Alice Morgan, Editor
Priscilla Rowe, Lucia Holloway, Angela Owen, Ann Ashmore,
Lessie Jackson, Marlena Ray, Joyce White, Yvonne Weather
ly, Clara Prioleau, Ida Rose McCree.
Feature Department Cecile Marshburn, Editor
Lugenia Beasley, Gloria Willis, Burnette Joshua, Joycelyn
McKissick, Donnie Marie Pickett.
Circulation and Exchange Department Barbara Martin, Betty
Lane, Bronwen Unthank.
Lay-out Department Joycelyn McKissick, Editor
Bronwen Unthank, LaJoyce Henderson, Cecile Marshburn.
Photographer Gwendolyn L. Eagleson
Cartoonists Beverly Pratt, Johnnie Price
Proofreaders Josephine Dunbar, Alice
Morgan, Joycelyn McKissick, Patricia Smith.
Typists Gwendolyn lies, Adye Bel
Sampson, Hattie Shannon, Donnie Marie Pickett, Nancy
Fesson, Carol Barker, Bronwen Unthank.
Adviser Mrs. Naomi Olivers
EDITORIAL
This spring , we at Spelman will celebrate our 81st birthday. Since
its founding in 1881, Spelman has undergone many changes. There
have been physical changes, to say the least; for our present campus
is quite different from the basement of Friendship Baptist Church
Where we had our humble beginnings. Naturally, we are proud of
our beautiful campus. However, there are other changes on our
campus of which we are just as proud — the changes in our rules
and regulations.
There was a time on Spelman’s campus when the rules only
allowed our friends from across the street at Morehouse to come
to visit once a week. Now they can come every day of the week
and, of all things, can stay until seven o’clock on Sunday but not a
minute more.
All upper classmen can also remember those days, not so long
ago, (just last year, in fact), when one could not venture one step
from the dormitory unless she was wearing either stockings
or socks. This year, however, we can save these articles of wearing
apparel for special occasions or at least until our feet get cold.
Guess what else we can do! If on some Sunday afternoon we have
a little extra cash and feel like splurging, we can dine at Paschal’s,
Parmesan, or Frazier's Restaurants by simply obtaining permission
_from the head residents in our dormitories. For freshmen, of course,
this privilege does not go into effect until the second semester.
The most radical change of this school year, however, is the
three days a week chapel requirement. We all know that the chapel
services are very inspiring, and we shall miss not going every day.
You must admit, however, that it is rather nice not to have to get
up early every morning, isn’t it?
It is good to have new privileges and the freshman class is
fortunate to have come at this time of change. Of course, we will
continue to grumble about the strict rules and regulations, but
that is just because we have to have something to grumble about.
However, we should stop for a moment and realize that With new
privileges come new responsibilities. We must be careful not to
abuse these privileges. If we realize our responsibilities to ourselves
and to our college to keep the rules and regulations given us, and to
prove ourselves as worthy young women, then more privileges will
be given to us. The decision is ours and ours alone. What will your
decision be?
About The
SPOTLIGHT
This year, we the staff of the
“Spotlight” plan to have a college
paper representative of our school.
We are urging each student to
feel free to express herself
through this media. Take advan
tage of this opportunity offered vo
you!
An interesting, informative
paper characterized by a variety
of unique features is not an un
attainable dream. All we need is
your help.
If you have any criticisms to
offer we invite you to make them
known to us. If you have a griev
ance, a compliment, or a sugges
tion, a letter to the editor wheth
er anonymous or signed will en
able us to know just how you
feel. You may even submit a rid
dle, a joke, or a poem.
Perhaps you are timid about
writing an article for the news
paper. Why not write one and
then drop it into our box outside
the publications office door? It
may be that your hidden talent
will finally be revealed.
We implore your contributions
for this promising college paper
in order for it to be one of the best
among our American colleges.
Help us to write what you want
to read.
ONE .. , TW0« .
New Program
At Spelman
By now most of us are aware
that the colleges of the Atlanta
University Center are launching
a special program in Non-Western
Studies. What we may not be
aware of is the vastness of such
a project and the amount of crea
tive energy required for its suc
cess. The purpose of the program
is to move out of the narrow
focus on Western affairs and
boraden the view of not only the
students and faculty in the center,
but of the Atlanta community as
well. For the initiation of such
a project the colleges of Atlanta
University Center have received
a two hundred thousand dollar
grant from the Ford Foundation.
The program is arranged so
that this academic year will be
devoted to China, the next to
India, and the third year to
Africa. Thirteen faculty members
from the six institutions will par
ticipate in a special weekly semi
nar. Participating also will be a
faculty member from Emory Uni
versity and one from Georgia
State University.
For the undergraduates in the
Center, a new course, China:
Past and Present, is offered here
at Spelman College by Dr. How
ard Zinn, and to enhance and
supplement the classroom instruc
tion a special collection of books
and periodicals is being assem
bled at Trevor Arnett Library.
In connection with the Non-
Western studies, some of the na
tion’s most distinguished experts
on China will visit the campuses
of the Atlanta University Center.
For all those who are both en
ergetic and interested, every
Thursday morning at 7 a.m. under
the auspices of the Atlanta Uni
versity Center, a fifteen minute
television series, China: Confuc-
ian and Communist, is offered by
WAGA-TV as a public service.
From this brief sketch a glim
pse of the total program can be
seen and I hope a bit of the ex
citement that such a new and
different program stirs can be
felt — so here’s hoping for a full
lecture hall and for television
viewing at least on Thursday
morning.
DR. ALBERT E. MANLEY
ADAPTABILITY
Albert E. Manley
I am writing this statement
especially to the freshmen be
cause I have talked with several
of them and many have told me
that they are frightened - they
have been struck with sudden fear
since entering college. Let me as
sure the members of the Class of
1965 that this tendency to take
alarm upon coming into a new
academic environment is perfect
ly normal. It would be abnormal
not to be apprehensive after tak
ing batteries of tests, hearing
many lectures on college life, be
ing admonished by parents and
teachers at home to make good
in college, and meeting hundreds
of new people. The purpose of
this message is to suggest some
simple ways for overcoming
fright.
One of the greatest assets a
college student can have is adapta
bility. That is the ability of the
student herself to change with
new, external conditions in a
college community and get on
with the business of learning. It
should be noted that this defini
tion of adaptability does not sug
gest uniformity of behavior or
conformity, nor does it suggest
unique behavior on the part of
each individual to do as she
pleases without regard for the
rights of others, thus leading to
anarchy. Neither extreme is de
sirable. The golden mean should
be set above conformity or an
archy.
Now, what is the best way to
adapt oneself to this new environ
ment so as to overcome fright and
make learning possible? It seems
to me that three requisites are
necessary for effective learning:
first, the student must discuss in
and out of the classroom what
takes place in the classroom. This
means that the student should use
every opportunity that is avail
able—the Snack Shop, the dormi-
ory, the City Sudent Lounge—to
ferret out the meaning of what
goes on in the classroom; second,
the student should confer with
her teachers often so that she
knows at all times whether she
is doing Well or poorly in her
studies; and third, the student
should learn early how to dis
tinguish between behavior which
conforms to approved standards
of learning and behavior which
does not. In this connection, she
should identify early in the se
mester the standards expected by
her teachers and should adapt
herself to them.
In conclusion, I believe that if
the freshmen will adapt to this
new environment along the lines
that I have suggested they will
not only overcome their fears, but
they will attain their maximum
intellectual potential in this new
environment.
Letters to the
Editor
Dear Miss Editor:
'In observing some of the recent
changes on campus, I would like
to say that one was not for the
better, namely, the operational
changes in the snack shop. I under
stand that these changes were
made because of financial losses
suffered last year. My question
is, “why make a substitution if it
is not for the better?” With this
new system, the snack shop
could suffer the same losses this
year as it did last year.
The people who render service
from behind the counter are us
ually courteous, but the system of
service is insufficent to meet the
needs of the students. Adding to
the confusion is the fact that the
students have to yell out their
orders, causing the employees to
be nerve-wracked and the stu
dents to be annoyed. The quantity
of food given is smaller than last
year and seems inadequate for the
prices. Food obtained from the
grill is sometimes cooked in ad
vance and more often than not
it is burned.
We have always used our snack
shop as a place where we could
sit down, eat and enjoy ourselves.
Since the changes were made I
have noticed that many of the
students do not use the snack shop
as they used to. I hope that it
will not be long before the
necessary changes will take place
in order that we will once again
have an enjoyable snack shop.
LUCIA IN CALIFORNIA
(Continued from page 1)
of things to tell about ourselves.
The Encampment was run so
that it was like a real community,
even with its own government.
The campers decided on the type
of government they wanted and
finally agreed, after much heated
argumentation, on a representa
tive council with a town meeting
each week. Never once did we
have an orderly meeting with no
arguments over important issues
like whether to have compulsory
breakfast. Each person felt that
he should orate for some length
of time on such pressing subjects
as this, causing nothing to be
accomplished.
The schedule of the Encamp
ment was quite full and provided
a wide range of educational ad
vantages. The fields of discussion
were government and politics,
civil rights and human relations,
civil liberties, economics, and in
ternational relations. Each morn
ing there was a lecture in one of
these fields followed by a question
and answer period. After this we
broke up into small discussion
groups to ponder over the topic
of the lecture. In the afternoons
there were workshop sessions de
signed to give the campers an
opportunity to study in detail
issues of special interest to them.
Aside from workshop field
trips, one whole day a week was
devoted to field trips for the en
tire Encampment.
On one occasion, after lunch on
a bananna boat, we were able to
visit the International Long
shoremen and Warehousemen’s
Union in San Francisco, and talk
with Harry Bridges, the national
president. Later we toured a
steel mill, a radiation laboratory,
and ran an interesting study on
housing discrimination in Berk
ley.
This has only been a slight
peek at life in the Encampment,
for I could never begin to tell it
all. Some things cannot even be
put into words, but are deeply
felt. I hope that Spelman stu
dents will become interested in
this program and will try to par
ticipate, for it is truly a once in
a lifetime experience.
Lucia Holloway