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Vol. I No. 3
SPELMAN COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Friday, Dec. 15, 1961
C.C.U.N. Christmas Carol Concert
Conference
The Collegiate Council lor the
United Nations, a national stu
dent organization devoted to de
veloping informed collegiate sup
port for the United Nations, held
its student leadership conference
on November 10th and 11th at
the Hotel Commodore in New
York City. Six Spelman students
representing the four classes at
tended this conference. These six
students -were Patricia Johnson,
freshman, Betty Stevens and Le-
ronia Stokes, sophomores, Nancy
Fesson and Emily Winston, jun
iors, and Melvis T. Evans, sen
ior.
The highlight of the confer
ence was the address of Prime
Minister Jawaharlah Nehru of
India. Other addresses were pre
sented by diplomatic representa
tives to the United Nations from
Ireland, Nigeria, the Philippines,
Russia, and by Senator Joseph
Clark of Pennsylvania. Appear
ing on panel discussions were in
structors or prominent men in
int irrational affairs. Among this
group of men were Dr. Rufus
Clement, president of Atlanta
University , and Dr. Joseph Kar-
anja, a graduate of Atlanta Uni
versity.
The following is a resume of
Mr. Nehru’s address:
The American College students
' represent the future leaders of
the United States with the fu
ture of the United States depen
dent on them.
These leaders will have a much
greater responsibility than the
past leaders of the Unit
ed States because of the fact that
the United States itself is great
er and more powerful than ever
before — our achievements sym
bolize this. As a powerful world
we must be very careful not “to
throw our weight around so as
to incite the resentment of other
nations.”
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The Atlanta - Morehouse - Spelman Chorus
Americans have a terrible ten.
dency of measuring or comparing
other countries according to their
standards. They must realize that
there are many universal varia
tions among nations which make
the world an interesting place in
which to live. Another terrible
tendency is the tendency to ex
pect other countries to be or
want to be like the United
States. Americans should, instead,
try to develop a basic unity of
the world.
There are two grave problems
with which the future leaders of
the United States are faced. These
are (1) avoiding destruction by
war and (2) developing our
“thinking world” as fully as we
have developed our technological
world. It is extraordinary that,
although every country and peo-
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Noted Sociologist
Dr. E. Franklin Frazier, the noted Negro sociologist of
Howard University, was in Atlanta recently to lecture to the
members of the Atlanta University center.
Dr. Frazier spoke on the “Intergration and Assimilation
of the American Negro into the Economic and Social Organi
zation of American Life.”
According to Dr. Frazier the
fundamental changes in the life
of the Negro have been acceler
ated in the past two decades. The
real problem facing Negroes is
not integration but assimilation
which is more important. The
integration of society in the
United States is the result of the
migration of Negroes from rural
to urban areas. The basis for seg
regation has been destroyed be
cause segregation cannot exist in
an urban society- However, al
though the South is becoming in
dustrialized, Negroes are still seg
regated. Integration is slow be
cause the whites are the ones
given the best jobs in Southern
cities, and the Negro is forced to
move further North.
How does assimilation differ
from integration? Assimilation
constitutes integration into the
intimate areas of American life.
The Negro intellects in the Unit
ed States have confused assimi
lation with conformity. The new
middle class believes that by con
forming to the established stan
dards of white America, he
achieves assimilation. This is
not so.
This dependence on the white
community only emphasizes an
absence of intellectual freedom on
the part of the Negro. Our race
has failed to produce any world
respected philosophers. We tend
to shun our African heritage and
the study of the Negro, thereby
cutting off ourselves from rich
human experiences.
This attempt to escape from
our heritage is exemplified in the
current student movement, when
leaders draw on the philosophy
of Ghandi instead of relying on
the roots in our own religious
experience and heritage to justi
fy these actions.
The Negro wants to be assimi
lated and to disappear forever,
but he should leave a heritage to
show that he has contributed to
the building of America.
Burnette Joshua
A Plea For Peace
Dear Mr. President:
We the undersigned strongly urge the United States and
all other nuclear powers to REFRAIN FROM ALL ATOMIC
TESTING FROM THIS MOMENT ON, no matter which
country seems to be in the lead, no matter where the blame
for past sins may be placed. We further ask continued
negotiation and compromise rather than military threat
and inflexibility, to end testing and bring disarmament.
Our premise is: WAR IS UNTHINKABLE AS A SOLU
TION FOR ANY POLITICAL ISSUE TODAY.
The above is a copy of the peti
tion drawn up by members of a
student-faculty committee to be
sent to President John F. Ken
nedy and Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev. This committee is
concerned with the future of the
world. We the committee mem
bers strongly feel that the time
has come for each individual to
voice his concern for world peace.
Moreover, we believe that we can
not afford to sit idly by and be
lieve that war is inevitable. War
is unthinkable!!! Thus, we must
do all that we can to avert it.
Success
With the passing of Thanksgiv
ing, everyone looks eagerly to
ward the Christmas holidays. At
Spelman, the coming of the
Christmas season has a very spe
cial meaning, for with it comes
our Christmas Carol Concert.
This concert has been a tradition
at Spelman for many years and
draws an audience from all over
the city. On December 8, 9, and
10, of this year, we were again
inspired by carols sung by the
Atlanta - Morehouse - Spelman
Chorus, The Spelman College Glee
Club, and the Morehouse College
Glee Club. In the beautifully dec
orated Sisters’ Chapel, with new
and familiar melodies being sung
to perfection, we really began to
feel the Christmas spirit and to
understand the true meaning of
Christmas. In the carols, the
Christmas story was told in mov
ing words and melodies so that
we could for a few moments for
get the commercialism of Christ
mas in our daily lives and feel its
true meaning.
With the time of the concert
drawing near, there was increas
ed anticipation and hopefulness
on campus, for this is about the
most anxiously awaited activity
of the year. We all looked for
ward to the inspiration which
came from this year’s Christmas
Carol Concert that has come from
so many in the past.
Lucia Holloway
The time has come for mass ac
tion. Americans, and indeed peo
ples the world over, must be
awakened to the horrors of nu
clear war- They must be made to
realize the futility of bomb she!
ters, and the disasterous effects
of nuclear fallout. It is the func
tion of the committee members/
Barbara Adams, Dorothy Alexan
der, Roberta Smith, Betty Stevens,
Leronia Stokes, Lana Taylor, the
Cerneys, the Lynds, the Zinns
and the Seatons—to arouse inter
est and concern among our stu
dent body. It is hoped that the
enthusiasm will spread through
out the Atlanta community, the
United States, and the world.
Although the committee will
spearhead the action, each indi
vidual can aid in our efforts. A
recent panel discussion, a chapel
program, and the distribution of
“fact sheets” containing the facts
on nuclear war are our initial ef
forts. In the future, we shall plan
other activities to promote our
campaign against the holocaust of
nuclear war. We urge your active
participation and support of all
our projects. No longer must we
confine our energies to the nar
row sphere of racial relations; for
if we do not bend all our energies
toward averting nuclear war, our
struggles for civil rights and first
class citizenship will be more than
futile.
—Betty Vanessa Stevans
Traveler's Note
Traveling students from the six
Atlanta University Center Colleges
have been asked to “take full ad
vantage of the Interstate Com
merce Commission’s recent rul
ing on segregation in buses and
trains.”
The Committee On Appeal For
Human Rights (COAHR) said
that “it is vital that Negroes use
the bus, train, and airport facil
ities available to them, in order
that old patterns of segregation
do not become more firmly en
trenched than before.”
COAHR’s statement came after
several Atlanta University Center
students were observed using
“Negro” facilities in downtown
Atlanta bus and train terminals.
“Segregation in any form is in
tolerable,” COAHR said, “but
segregation through fear or ignor
ance is unhealthy as well.”
“Students should be aware that
recent ICC rulings make it illegal
for any policeman or any repre
sentative of a common motor car
rier (bus or train) to ask travel
ers to move from ‘white’ seats on
a bus or train or in a terminal
lunch counter or waiting room,”
COAHR said, “just as it is illegal
for anyone to require tickets as
proof that a traveler has a right
to sit where he or she pleases.”
The ICC ruling came after this
summer’s ‘Freedom Rides’, in
which several COAHR members
participated.
COAHR Headquarters
Spelman On
Approved List
Of AAUW
In November, the Board of Di
rectors of the American Associa
tion of University Women, noti
fied President Manley that Spel
man College has been placed on
the list of institutions approved
for membership eligibility in
AAUW. Spelman College gradu
ates, including those who grad
uated prior to AAUW approval,
are now eligible for membership
in the Association.
To be placed on the list of ap
proved institutions, a college must
fulfill at least the following re
quirements: high academic stand
ards; emphasis on liberalizing
factors in undergraduate educa
tion; adequate provisions for wo
men students; recognition of wo
men and professional opportuni
ties for women in faculty and ad
ministration; and maintenance of
academic freedom.
Membership in AAUW fosters
continued intellectual growth and
development and creates a reser
voir of talent which is expected to
make a significant contribution to
the forces of progress. The As
sociation’s study group on Higher
Education, International Relations,
Mass Media, Arts, Legislative
Program, Elementary and Secon
dary Education, Social and Eco
nomic Issues, Status of Women,
and Fellowship Program will pro
vide its members opportunities to
contribute to the welfare of the
community.
Spelman College, already a
member of the Southern Associa
tion of Colleges and Secondary
Schools, now is on the approved
list of the Association of Amer
ican Universities.