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The SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT
Monday, Oct. 16, 1961
FACULTY AND STAFF
Gloria's Corner
In most well-known women’s
colleges like Spelman, dress has
been reduced to the utmost sim
plicity, and it is considered bad
taste to be too dressy on the cam
pus. In some schools slacks or
jeans and a sweater or shirt are
almost a campus uniform. In
others, students are not permitted
to wear slacks or jeans to classes.
In each school there are small
variations in customs. There are,
however, in any school, certain
basic needs, and the standards of
simplicity and good taste are un
varying.
Your clothes for campus and
classroom will want to be simple
and tailored. Frills, ruffles and
sequins are never' in good taste
for the hours when your mind
(we hope) is on higher learning.
Sweaters, shirts, blouses, skirts,
jackets or blazers, simple tailored
dresses, jumpers, and suits are
very appropriate for the campus
classroom.
Your shoes for campus wear
should be sturdy leather, low-
heeled walking shoes, either ox
ford or loafers—the kind that you
can keep well-shined. SDress flat
shoes and hose may be worn also,
but it is not economical to wear
hose every day.
Your choice of campus and
classroom clothes should be gov
erned by these basic rules:
1. Keep them simple.
2. Choose clothes that do not
have to be sent to the cleaners
after each wearing.
3. Plans the separate items 1 so
that they may be worn together
or separately.
4. Choose well-tailored gar
ments of good quality, which can
see you through all four years
of college.
Remember that no girl looks
well, even in the latest fashion,
if her hair is frowsy, her skin
dingy, hefr fingernails uncared
for. On the other hand any girl
can look well in the simplest
outfit if her hair is clean, shining
and well-brushed, her skin glow
ing, her hands immaculate and
her shoes well-shined and in
good repair.
Today’s smart college girl, ex
emplified by any Spelman young
lady, is on her toes, mentally and
physically. She knows that care
less habits are hard to break, and
she keeps herself well-groomed
down to the last shining lock of
her hair.
Non-Western
Lecturer
One of the nation’s most distin
guished authorities on China, Prof.
Owen Lattimore of Johns Hopkins
University, will speak in Dean
Sage Hall, Atlanta University,
Friday evening, October 20 at
8 P.M. This will be the first in
a series of public lectures spon
sored by the new Non-Western
Program, in which Spelman Col
lege is one of the sponsors.
Profesor Lattimore has just re
turned from a summer in Outer
Mongolia, the borderland between
Soviet Russia and Communist
China. He, the author of many
books and articles on China and
the Far East, during World
War II served as an advisor to
Chiang Kai-shek.
After Professor Lattimore’s
talk, there Will be an opportunity
for questions and comments from
members of the audience. It is
expected that visitors from all
over Atlanta will 'be coming to
the campus that night to hear
Professor Latimore.
He will be the guest of Spel
man College during his 3 day
visi - (n t'.-e Atlanta Ui iv rsic/
Center campuses.
NEWCOMERS!
The students who are return
ing to Spelman have found many
new faces on campus among the
faculty and staff members.
New faces in our home eco
nomics department are Mrs.
Sadye A. Young, B. S., Tuskegee
Institute, M. S., Cornell Univer
sity; Mrs. Charlie Henderson, B.
S., Arkansas A., and M. and N.
College, M.A., New York Uni
versity; and Miss Belma Payne.
B.S., M.S., Tuskegee Institute.
Mrs. Young is also director of
the Spelman (Nursery School.
Our other new faculty members
are Dr. Robert Pearsall, A. B.,
College of Puget Sound, M.A.,
Ph.D., Cornell University, Chair
man of the department of Eng
lish; Dr. Marion R. Myles B.S.,
University of Pennsylvania, M.S.,
Atlanta University, PhD., Iowa
State University, department of
biology; Mrs. Naomi Olivers, B.S.
M.A. Hampton Institute, depart
ments of education and English;
Mr. Staughton Lynd, B.A., Har
vard University, M.A., Columbia
University, department of history
and social sciences; Dr. Mari
lyn Pearsall, Phi Beta Kappa, A.
B., Smith College, M.A., Ph.D.,
Columbia University, department
of sociology.
There have also been additions
to our staff. Mrs. Doris C. Ford,
Mrs. Albenia Hardeman and Mrs.
Katherine B. Thompson join us
as head residents of Abby, More
house North, and Abby dormi
tories respectively; Mrs. Alice
Lynd, as secretary to the dean
of instruction: Mrs. Roslyn Zinn,
as secretary to the Non-Western
Studies Program; and Mrs. Sadie
B. Gaines, as recorder in the
registrar’s office.
We sincerely hope that our new
faculty and staff members will
have a pleasant time during this
year and the many years to fol
low.
While roving around campus,
I intended two of our newcomers,
a happily married couple. The
“better half” exclaimed, “Spel
man is just wonderful!” Of course
the other half shared the same
sentiment, but expressed it dif
ferently. He remarked, “I think
it’s fine!” We sincerely hope that
the other members of our new
faculty and staff feel the same
way.
Welcome
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year, Marilea White was a mem
ber of the Band. Marilea enjoys
reading, music, and skiing.
When asked why she decided
to participate in the exchange
program with Spelman, Marilea
commented that her prime pur
pose for coming was to receive
“first-hand” information about
the South.
Mary Katherine Humm, also a
junior from Illinois Wesleyan
University, hails from Byron, II-
OLDTIMERS!
The Spelman family is extrem-
ly happy to welcome back to the
college campus those members of
the faculty who have been study
ing at other institutions of high
er learning. To the juniors and
seniors, these returning faculty
members are old friends whose
return they have anxiously await
ed. The freshmen and sophomores
are eagerly anticipating opportu
nities to become better acquaint
ed with these instructors who are
a vital part of the academic pro
gram at Spelman.
The Reverend Norman M.
Rates, college minister and pro
fessor of religion, returns to us
with a Master of Arts degree in
religious education from Yale
University. We feel certain that
the religious program will be
greatly strengthened as a result
of Mr. Rates’ studies.
Back from his studies at Har
vard is Dr. Howard Zinn, Chair
man of the Department of His
tory and Social Science and Co
ordinator of the newly initiated
program in Non-Western Studies.
Dr. Zinn was a Fellow in the In
stitute of East Asian Studies at
Harvard and as a result of his
studies is bringing to the Atlanta
community a program that is in
teresting and educational.
Mrs. Shirley McBay, new head
of the Department of Mathemat
ics has been studying toward her
doctorate at the University of
Chicago. Math majors especially
will benefit from the new trends
and modern concepts that Mrs.
McBay will surely inculcate into
the mathematics program.
Mrs. Esta K. Seaton, recipient
of a grant from the Southern
Fellowship Fund, has been work
ing toward her doctorate at the
University of Minnesota. She re
turns to the Department of Eng
lish.
The faculty and student body
of Spelman College proudly wel
come back and extend congratu
lations to these four faculty mem
bers.
linois. Mary Humm’s field of con
centration is political science with
minors in history and sociology.
Like Marilea White, Mary was im
pressed with the friendliness of
the Spelman students and the en
thusiastic willingness of both the
administration and the faculty to
assist her in moments of con
fusion, particularly on registra
tion day. While at Illinois Wes
leyan, Miss Humm was a member
of Alpha Lamda Delta, the scho
lastic honor society, the sociol
ogy forum, and was a very active
participant in the international
affairs group which held mock
United Nations’ sessions in sev
eral cities. Mary Katherine Humm
was a member of the Seminar of
State Government and attended
the meeting in Springfield, Illi-
Student Counselor
Program
You have undoubtedly noticed
many changes at Spelman this
year. The freshman dormitories
have undergone some improve
ments; several of our instructors
are new to the Spelman com
munity; and we have initiated a
brand new program of student
government. This program is in
corporated in the Honor System.
One of the chief members of
the Honor System’s administra
tion on our campus is the student
counselor. Since this is the first
year that student counselors have
served in the dormitories at Spel
man, the duties of these young
women have actually not yet
been clearly defined. But it is
agreed that the student counselor
is a trustworthy person who en
deavors to assist the students in
anyway she can. The student
counselor is understanding. She is
one in whom her fellow students
may feel free to place their con
fidence. She strives to aid her
“dorm mates” in their determi
nation to achieve high scholastic
and intellectual goals. She also at
tempts to assist them in deciding
for themselves their personal
codes of ethics.
The student counselor has
pledged to uphold the regulations
of Spelman. She, therefore, con
tinually impresses upon her sis
ters the necessity for their coop
eration in following these regu
lations. Since the student coun
selor is on her honor, just as ev
ery other student is, she is mo
tivated toi act as a true liaison
between the administration and
the student body.
Finally, the student counselor
is a student herself, who needs
the assistance of every Spelman-
ite in order that her program,
which is the program of the col
lege, may operate as smoothly
and as flawlessly as possible.
Now meet your student coun
selors:
Morehouse North — Marsha
Goodwin, Margaret Hampton,
Dorothy Jenkins.
Morehouse South — Nancy
Fesson, Ida Rose MoCree, Lucia
Holloway.
Morgan — Venecia Gardner,
Eula Persons, Naomi Springer.
Packard — Leronia Stokes, Ro
berta Smith, Alice Washington.
Abby — Vivian Shivers, Bren
da Hill, Melvis Evans.
Chadwick — Lana Taylor, Car
ol Jackson.
Day Students — Betty Stevens.
You will find them most co
operative and friendly and ready
to help you.
Ida Rose McCree
nois. She enjoys reading and cy
cling.
Mary Katherine Humm wanted
to participate in the exchange
program primarily .because she
was interested in the south and
wanted an opportunity to exam
ine more objectively the racial
situation. She added that she fee
as though no one can receive a
very realistic picture of the situ
ation just by reading newspapers.
Mary Humm concluded the
interview with these words, “I
would like to thank everyone for
the kindness and consideration
which has been extended to me.
Everything has been very pleas
ant and I am glad that I came.”
On behalf of the Spelman stu
dent body and, especially, the
Spotlight, 1 would like to take
this opportunity to welcome for
mally these students to our cam
pus and extend our sincere
wishes for many rich experiences
for them.
Spelman Students
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Mai’garet Woodard served as
President of the Spanish club for
the year 1960-61, as an attend
ant to Miss Y.M.C.A. at More
house College 1959-60, as Miss
Sophomore for 1960-61 at More
house, and was elected in the
spring of 1961, representative to
the student council. Had she re
turned, she would now be serv
ing in this capacity.
Margie Price, also an active stu
dent, has served as Vice President
of the Sophomore class for the
year 1960-61 and was elected
President of tne Junior class, the
position she has been unable to
serve because of her absence. May
we congratulate Margie for having
been elected Secretary of the
Junior class at Bethel.
May we again congratulate and
offer our best wishes to Margaret
and Margie, as the first students
to participate in the one year pro
gram.
Patricia A. Smith
Critic's Corner
The Department of Drama in
cooperation with the Atlanta
University Summer Theatre and
the AMS Players presented two
Plays from the 1961 summer sea
son. The first was The Farce of
Master Pathelin, a French classic
and the second was The Innocents,
a mystery melodrama.
The Farce of Master Pathelin
starred James Partridge and
Marie Thomas. These stars stay
ed in character at all times; how
ever I am skeptical about the por
trayal of Lambkin, by Georgia
Allen, for Lambkin’s speech was
a little out of place for a French
play. To me, Madame Pathelin
and Lambkin spoke a sort of
western mountaineer dialect with
which the French are not familiar.
The costumes blended in very
well with the colors used in the
setting; the lighting was effective
also. This play, it seems to me,
was given primarily for enter
tainment, and not for depth of
plot.
The Innocents which starred
Electa Twyman, Andrea Jackson,
William King and Anita Thomas
was well cast. All of the actors
stayed in character and acted as
if they really felt the true emo
tions of the characters they por
trayed. Special congratulations
should be given to Anita Thomas
and Electa Twyman for their
roles. Electa was so involved in
her role that she actually cried in
one scene. The costumes were
again, very good. The setting by
Johnny Popwell had exits design
ed in such a way as to add interest
to the plot, which was quite intri
cate and left many possible solu
tions at the end. What kind of
hold did the ghost have on the
young boy? Did the other gover
ness kill the old gardner? I
frankly cannot base my opinions
on any given facts, so I guess the
author wants us to figure out our
own answers to these questions
raised by the play. The lighting
and the sound effects helped to
add mystery and suspense to a
very good play.
Both of the plays were good,
but of the two the audience seem
ed to enjoy The Innocents better.
If one were to compare them,
The Innocents would surely be
rated higher on casting, setting,
lighting and especially on sound
effects.
This review would not be com
plete without a word of praise to
the director of both productions,
(Dr. Baldwin W. Burroughs, Chair
man of the Department of Drama
at Spelman.
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