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The SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT Monday, Oct. 16, 1961 .Spelman Spotllqlit ypoiiicp 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