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Vol. 1, No. 6
SPELMAN COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Tuesday, May 29, 1962
Rockefeller Commencement Speaker
Woodrow Wilson
Fellows Announced
Mary Frances Watts
Princeton, N. J., May 3 — Two
foundations are joining for the
second consecutive year in a pro
gram to prepare more Negro col
lege students in the South for col
lege teaching careers.
Aware that the Negro colleges
will need 1,500 more professors
with doctorate degrees in the next
five years, the Southern Educa
tion Foundation and the Wood-
row Wilson National Fellowship
Foundation are undertaking a
program of joint fellowships to
provide summer study at inte
grated universities, followed by a
year of graduate study.
This year 12 students have won
joint fellowships, it was announc
ed today. Their summer study
will be supported by the Southern
Education Foundation. In the fall
the Woodrow Wilson National
Fellowship Foundation and coor
dinator of the program stated:
“The Negro colleges are in des
perate need for professors. The
situation calls for quick action, to
be sure, but also for a long-term
effort. More than ever before we
need to identify talented students
early in their college careers and
encourage and guide them toward
graduate study. As modest as the
joint fellowships program is, we
hope, nevertheless, that it will
serve to encourage many present
underclassmen in Southern col
leges and universities who have
the potential for college teach
ing.”
The recipient of these fellow
ships on our campus is Mary
Frances Watts, an English major
from Atlanta. She plans to study
this summer at the University of
Texas at Austin under the Sou
thern Education Foundation fel
lowship and at Byrn Mawr Col-
Campbell, John Edward, 509
Carney Avenue, Clarksville, Ten
nessee, Austin P.eay State College.
Everett, Clark Hillery, Route 5,
Box 172, Blakely, Georgia, More
house College.
Haynes, James R., 634 Finzer
Street, Louisville, Kentucky, Fisk
University.
Jones, Dave, Route 3, Box 30,
Redwood, Mississippi, Tougaloo
Southern Christian College.
Jones, Mack H., P. O. Box 503,
Oakdale, Louisiana, Texas South
ern University.
Magee, Ruby Lee, Route 2, Box
135, Tylertown, Mississippi, Jack-
son State College.
Palmer, Alvin Bernard, 1103
North Longwood Street, Balti
more 16, Maryland, Morgan State
College.
Robinson, Bruce Nelson, 6416
Urquhart Street, New Orleans 17,
Louisiana, Dillard University.
Watts, Mary Frances, 422 Tem
ple Street, S. W., Atlanta 14,
Georgia, Spelman College.
Wilson, Leroy, Jr., 1011 Rich
ards Street, Savannah, Georgia,
Morehouse College.
Wood, Jerome, Jr., 2012 Clag-
gett Place, N. E., Washington,
D. C., Howard University.
lege in Pennsylvania under the
Woodrow Wilson grant in the fall.
Mary Frances studied last year at
the University of Bristol, England
on a Merrill Travel-Study Schol
arship. She also recently won
third place for an original Short
story in a contest sponsored joint
ly by the Readers’ Digest and the
United Negro College Fund.
A complete listing of this year’s
recipients is as follows:
Bosier, Edward, 607 S. 14th St.,
Wilmington, North Carolina —
North Carolina College at Dur
ham.
These Events
Shape Our
Destiny
On Friday, May 11, 1962, gen
eral elections for the Spelman
Student Government Association
took place. There were two po
litical parties, the Progressive
Party and the New Deal Party
plus some independent candid
ates.
The candidates on the Progres
sive ticket were:
President — Dorcas Boit
Vice President — Betty Stevens
Corresponding Secretary —
Emma Joyce White
Recording Secretary —
Jeannette Tarver
Treasurer —. Josephine Dunbar
Parliamentarian — Patricia
Johnson
Spotlight Editor — Alice Mor
gan
Glee Club and
Chorus Do
Good Jobs
On May 1, thirty-eight mem
bers of the Spelman College Glee
Club left the Campus for the an
nual Spring Concert tour. This
year’s tour was remarkably suc
cessful. The Glee Club’s perform
ances were acclaimed by all as
superb. The Glee Club is under
the direction of Dr. Willis Laur
ence James and is accompanied
by Dr. Grace Boggs.
Places visited by the singers
were Chattanooga, Tenn.; Ra
leigh, North Carolina; Rocky-
mount, North Carolina; Detroit,
Michigan; St. Louis, Missouri and
Lexington, Kentucky. The con
certs in these cities were present
ed by churches often in cooper
ation with the Spelman Alumnae
Clubs there. The hospitality was
warm and congenial and the peo
ple into whose homes the Glee
Club members were welcomed
will never be forgotten.
Reflection Editor — Adye Bel
Sampson
Publicity Chairman — Barbara
Hosea
The candidates on the New Deal
ticket:
President — Bmilie Winston
Vice President — Yvonne
Woodard
Recording Secretary — Adelia
Boger
Corresponding Secretary —
Cecile Marshburn
Treasurer — Gloria Travis
The independent candidates were
Treasurer — Bronwen Unthank
Parliamentarian — Barbara
Bursey
*The victorious candidates were
President — Emilie Winston
Vice President — Betty Stevens
Corresponding Secretary —
Emma Joyce White
Recording Secretary — Jean
nette Tarver
Treasurer — Josephine Dunbar
Parliamentarian — Patricia
Johnson
Spotlight Editor — Alice Mor
gan
Reflections Editor — Adye Bel
Sampson
Publicity Chairman — Barbara
Hosea
Congratulations and best wishes
for a most successful year in of
fice.
Mary Marlena Ray
What Commencement Means
Every year at this time seniors
all over the United States turn
their minds on their commence
ment season, a time for joy and
a time for sadness. The joy comes
in the fact that the many seniors
all over the country are able to
go on to higher heights: college
for high school seniors, profes
sional careers or graduate school
for the college graduates. The sad
factor lies in the separation of
friends and associates who have
been together for four years,
some who will never meet again.
However, the word “commence
ment, a beginning,” should em
body the spirit of promise o
newer horizons, newer vistas
new challenges. Thus to all grad,
uating seniors throughout the na
tion I urge you to push forwarc
ever striving toward your goals
To the graduating class of Spel
man, the Spelman Spotlight Staf:
and adviser congratulate you fo:
having succeeded thus far anc
we hope that this commencemen-
will open new doors of Opportu
nity.
Mary Raj
The soloists on the tour were
Jean Waymer, soprano; Betty
Lane, soprano; Hhoda Horne, vio
linist; and Barbara Brown, pianist.
All of the soloists performed not
ably well with a desire for ex
cellence which was achieved
through their untiring spirit.
Unforgettable and truly Spel-
manlike were the performances
on the tour this year.
An outstanding, pace-setting
performance was given by the
Atlanta - Morehouse - Spelman
Chorus on May 14th at the open
ing celebration of the Atlanta
Arts Festival at Piedmont Park.
Under the direction of Dr. Willis
Laurence James, the chorus sang
a group of choral selections which
ranged from mighty anthems to
Negro spirituals. This is the first
time in the history of the Atlanta
Arts Festival that a Negro Col
lege has been represented in mu
sic. Such a step elucidates the
progress that is being made by
Negroes through excellence in
their respective endeavors. Cer
tainly much must be done to im
prove race relations in the South
but laurels go to the chorus at
this time for the mark it has set.
Ida Rose McCree
I Our commencement speaker this
year, Governor Nelson Aldrich
I Rockefeller, was born on July 8,
[ 1908 at Bar Harbor, Maine, the
third of six children of John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., and Abby Aldrich
Rockefeller. He graduated in 1926
from Lincoln School in New York
City and from Dartmouth College
in 1930. He majored in economics
and was elected to Phi Beta Kap
pa.
Mr. Rockefeller had been ac
tive at the local, state, and feder
al levels for twenty-five years
before his election as governor.
President Roosevelt appointed
him coordinator of Inter-Ameri
can Affairs in 1940 and so began
his service in the federal govern
ment. Mr. Rockefeller’s service
in state government began in
1956 when he was appointed
chairman of the Temporary State
Commission on the Constitutional
Convention. On November 4,
1958, Mr. Rockefeller was elected
governor of New York with the
largest popular vote ever cast for
a governmental candidate in the
State’s history. Under his admin
istration the state has achieved
fiscal integrity. Among the most
far-reaching of Governor Rocke
feller’s undertakings has been a
reorganization of state govern
ment to achieve greater economy
and efficiency. Lugenia Beasley
Commencement Calendar
_ A. U. Center
June 3 Spelman—Joint Baccalaureate (A. U., Spelman,
Morehouse)—3:00 p.m.
Morris Brown—Baccalaureate—4:00 p.m.
Clark—Baccalaureate—5:00 p.m.
4 Spelman—Commencement—1:30 p.m.
4 A. U. Commencement—5:00 p. m.
5 Clark—Commencement—10:00 a.m.
Morehouse—Commencement—10:30 a.m.
6 Morris Brown—Commencement—10:00 a.m.
Spelman
Sunday, May 27,
Friday, June 1, 8:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
6:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 2, 10:00 a.m.
3:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 3, 8:00 a.m.
3:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
Monday, June 4, 1:30 p.m.
Senior Brunch
Reunion Class of 1952
Chapel Services
Coffee Hour at Reynolds
Cottage
Alumnae and Faculty
Alumnae Dinner in dining
room
President’s reception to
Graduation Classes
Atlanta University
Dormitory
Alumnae Meeting - Howe
Hall
Class Day - Rockefeller
Hall Steps
Senior Rehearsal for Com
mencement
Joint Recreation - More
house - Spelman Read Hall
Joint Rehearsal for Baccal
aureate procession
Baccalaureate
President and Mrs. Manley
At Home to Seniors,
Faculty, Friends and
Parents
Reynolds Cottage
Spelman Commencement