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Vol. I, No. 4
SPELMAN COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Wednesday, February 28, 1962
Religious Emphasis Week In Progress
L. to R.: Janie Culbreth, Annette Jones, Bernice Johnson
Three Seek Asylum
Three transferees from Albany State College, the scene
of recent student demonstrations for the integration of
public facilities, have joined the Spelman family this semes
ter, Bernice Johnson, junior; Janie Culbreth, sophomore;
and Annette Jones, senior were suspended from the college
because of their participation in these demonstrations and
for their subsequent arrests.
Their story is one which shows
many of the injustices which lie
in our state government, especial
ly concerning the policies toward
our state schools. The Georgia law
on which they were suspended
stated in content that persons ar
rested on state or federal charges
are subject to suspension pending
the outcome of their trials ana
upon conviction proper disciplin
ary action shall be taken by the
president and faculty of the insti
tution. This law appears to be fair,
but it is in the execution of the
law that he injustice becomes pre
valent.
The three students here at
Spelman were among a group of
thirty-nine students who were
suspended for their participation
in the student and Negro commu
nity demonstrations. They were
not convicted of the charges. They
have not yet had a trial, but the
decision for suspension was made
solely by the administration. At a
hearing of the students who were
on probation, no parents, student i
representatives, or lawyers were
admitted.
However, the Albany Story is
not all frustrating. The young
women expressed that they were
willing to suffer these conse
quences if they could see that pro
gress had been made through their
efforts in demonstrating against
segregated facilities. The progress
is readily observable. After six
days of bus boycotting by Negroes
the bus company was compelled j
to go out of business and integra
tion of the buses followed. A sim
ilar boycott of an Albany news
paper and of the downtown Al
bany stores has brought about a
similar economic pressure on these
merchants.
Progress is definitely being
made in Albany, and Annette,
Janie, and Bernice know that they
have helped in bringing about
these changes despite the grave
consequences they suffered. The
Spelman Spotlight salutes them
for their courage.
Ida Rose McCree
7]on -western
cjCecturer
Next in a series of lectures
sponsored by the Non-Western
Studies Program will be John K.
Fairbanks, guest lecturer and not
ed authority on China, Tuesday
evening, March 6th, in Dean Sage
Auditorium.
Mr. Fairbanks, the chairman of
the East Asian Research Center of
Harvard University, has written
numerous articles on Chinese Mo
dern History and relations with
the West, and briefer statements
on American policy in the Amer
ican Historical Review, Far East
ern Quarterly, Atlantic Monthly,
Foreign Affairs, New Republic
and other journals. Mr. Fairbanks
has also written many books, a
few of which are The United
States and China, The Next Step
in Asia and China’s Response to
the West.
Mr. Fairbanks knows China not
only through a study of it, but also
from extensive travel throughout
China and the East. His experi
ence includes living and travelling
in China for a period of seven
years (1932-35, 1942-43, 1945-46),
in apan, in South, Southeast and
East Asia and in/ the U. S. S. R.
as a Guggenheim' Fellow.
Born in Huron, South Dakota,
Mr. Fairbanks attended the Sioux
Falls public school arid Phillips
Exeter Academy. Graduating from
the University of Wisconsin 1925-
27 (member of Beta Theta Phi) j
University Speaker
That most talked about, enjoy
able and fruitful event — Relig
ious Emphasis Week — is now
here. From February 25 through
March 2, the Atlanta University
Center is having its Annual Re
ligious Emphasis Week services.
The general theme for this year is
“The Challenge of the Christian
Faith for the College Campus.”
The Atlanta University Center
welcomes as its speaker, the illus
trious and dynamic Dr. Howard
Thurman who is Dean of Marsh
Chapel, Boston University. Dr.
Thurman, a noted author and
preacher, was once an instructor
at both Spelman and Morehouse
Colleges.
Dr. Thurman has spoken on the
following occasions, Sunday, Feb
and from Harvard University sum-
ma cum laude, 1929, he continued
his studies as a Rhodes Scholar at
South Dakota at Balliol Cdli'ege,
Oxfolrd, 1929-31, and in Peking
at the College of Chinese Studies,
1932. While in Peking Mr. Fair
banks was a lecturer at Tsing Hua
University. From 1934-36 he had
a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow
ship in Humanities. In 1936 he was
awarded his Ph.D in Oxford, Eng
land and has been a member of
the faculty of Harvard University
since that time.
Two of the many wartime ser
vices performed by Mr. Fairbanks
include special assistant toi the
American Ambassador in Chung
king, and director of the United
States Information Service in
China.
Bronwen Unthank
Appearing Soon
Calendar of Events
March 1 Morehouse Movie
2 Spelman - Freshman-Junior Recreation
3 Spelman - Sophomore Class Dance
4 Morehouse - Odetta Concert - Gymnasium,
3:00 p.m.
5-18 Clark — Faculty Art Show
7 A. U. - Non-western Series Lecture - Dean Sage,
8:00 p.m.
8 Morehouse Movie - Fastest Gun Alive
12 - 17 Spelman - A-M-S Players - The Boy Friend
15 Morehouse Movie - Lust for Life
17 Spelman - International Ball
18 Spelman Movie - Read Hall - Young Man With
a Horn
19 Spelman - Mid-semester Exams begin.
22 Morehouse Movie - The Wrong Man
28 A. U. - Non-western Series Lecture - Dean Sage,
8:00 p.m.
29 Morehouse Movie - Place in the Sun
30 Spelman - Co-ed Recreation - Read Hall
31 Spelman - Senior Class Production
Atlanta’s theatrical and concert
booking organization, Artist Pro
ductions, Inc. will present the re
nowned folksinger, Odetta, in
concert at Morehouse College, 3:00
p. m., Sunday, March 4th.
Odetta, who made her Carnegie
and Town Hall debuts in 1959, had
led a remarkably successful car
eer, and is probably the most talk
ed about and highly regarded fe
male folksinger in America. It is,
in part due to her contributions
that folk music is experiencing its
current growth.
Although Odetta has many re
quests for night club and similar
engagements, she prefers to keep
these to a minimum and sing as
often as possible on college cam
puses, where she feels at home.
She has a -commanding physical
presence and her appearance on
stage is itself arresting . . . when
she immerses herself in song, she
has the power to overwhelm.
Combining flexible vocalism, with
sincerity and emotional depth,
Odetta brings to her repertory a
sophistication which does not di
lute the basic strength inherent in
folk music.
Robert Shelton (N. Y. Times,
March 6, 1960) called Odetta “The
most glorious new voice in Ameri
can folk music” and deplored the
fact that “She has a voice so large
and physical presence so com
manding, recordings have yet to
do her complete justice.”
Odetta has appeared on numer
ous television shows, including the
Dave Garroway and Ed Sullivan
Shows and made a major contri
bution to the success of the now
famous Harry Belafonte spectac
ular which won the coveted Em
my Award for the show and the
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ruary 25, 1962 at 3:00 p.m.; Mon
day, 'February 26 at 7:30 p.m.;
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.; and Wednes
day morning at 10:45 a. m. in Sis
ters Chapel. The center-wide Re
ligious Emphasis Week services
terminated on Wednesday with a
communion service.
Many people have worked dili
gently to make the Religious Em
phasis Week services possible this
year. Dr. Albert E. Manley, Presi
dent of Spelman College, is serv
ing as general chairman this year.
Faculty and students on the com
mittee from Spelman are as fol
lows: Faculty — Dean Mercile
Johnson, Miss Marguerite Simon,
Miss Zelma Paine, Mrs. Helen
Brooks, Dr. Willis L. James, and
Reverend Norman Rates; Students
—Martha Randall, Brenda Hill,
Earnestine Brazeal, Josephine
Dunbar, and Carmen Fennoy.
Our Campus Speaker
In addition to the Atlanta Uni
versity Center’s Religious Em
phasis week speaker, each college
in the center has its own speaker.
The speaker for Spelman Col
lege during the Religious Empha
sis week is the distinguished Dr.
Lawrence N. Jones, Dean of Cha
pel at Fisk University.
Dr. Jones spoke Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day mornings at 8:00 a. m. in Sis
ters Chapel. Following the morn
ing chapel on Wednesday and pri
or to the 10:45 a. m. Communion
Service, the seminar groups met.
Spelman’s activities will termin
ate on Friday with a dedication
service.
The student leaders for the
seminar at Spelman are: Ida Rose
McCree, chairman; Callie Hern
don, co-chairman; and Mary
Gardner ( secretary.
All students are cordially invit
ed to attend all of the remaining
Religious Emphasis Week Activ
ities.
— Anna M. Handerson
Odetta