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Page 2 The SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT Tuesday, May 29, 1962 •Spelman Spotlight Editor Nelda J. King Associate Editor Ida Rose McCree Business Manager Patricia Smith News Department Angela Owen, Editor Priscilla Rowe, Ann Ashmore, Lessie Jackson, Mary Ray Emma Joyce White, Yvonne Weatherly, Clara Prioleau. Feature Department Lugenia Beasley, Gloria Willis, Joycelyn McKissick, Diane Matthews, Josephine Dunbar. Circulation and Exchange Barbara Martin Betty Lane Lay-out Department Bronwen Unthank, Editor Ann Ashmore Photographer Emma Joyce White Typists Gwendolyn lies, Adye Bel Sampson, Hattie Shannon, Carol Barker, Nancy Fesson. Proofreaders - Josephine Dunbar, Patricia Smith, Priscilla Rowe. Adviser Mrs. Naomi Olivers The opinions expressed in the SPOTLIGHT are not necessarily those of the Editors or Staff. Editorial A college paper should have at all times its freedom to print any and all news pertaining to or of interest to the students. Freedom of speech and press is necessary in an academic atmosphere if we are to develop ourselves as useful mem bers of the community. At Spelman we are introduced to the theories of great thinkers in our classes yet we are not permitted to express our ideas in our everyday lives. Through free discussion and exchange of ideas we develop a strength of character that is required to face adequately the problems of life. A college should encourage the development of these necessary qualities. We want to become women, women who are poised with strength of character, mind, and conviction. Since strength of character as well as of mind is essential in all persons, it is necessary for us as college students to obtain the re quired qualities before graduation. After graduation we will have to apply our knowledge and skills in our career as well as our family life. Spelman says that material can’t be printed if the material is detrimental to the college’s reputation. Here at Spelman there are no set lines of distinction between what is and what is not detrimental to the school. Therefore, there will always be questions as to what is best for Spelman. Who has the right to forbid the expression of ideas on the grounds that they are dangerous? If such a judge of speech is set up it would tend to stifle fearless exchange of opinions. The administration does not say one can not speak or disagree but that those disagreements or ideas that would place the school in an unfavorable light to the public should not be published. In seeking the truth on a controversial is sue, forced agreement of both parties on the matter of what is best and right tends to damage the atmosphere of the col lege and is irrational. It is irrational because it is contradic tory. If two parties agree as to facts and inferences, they will probably agree on the conclusions. A newspaper should be able to print all things that hap pen; not just those things that compliment the school. If only the good or complimentary is printed, the newspaper becomes a propaganda sheet. Bronwen Unthank ....Patriotic Gore by Edmund Wil son. Threading together an ap parently haphazard series of es says on the liaterature of the Ci vil War, Mr'. Wilson achieves an important work of history more stirring than accounts of the bloodiest battles. The Collected Letters of D. H. Lawrence, edited by Harry T. Moore. Lawrence, a poet, and novelist fabled for frankness and passion confirms his reputation in a collection of opinions on ev erything from lambs to English men. Ship of Fools, by Katherine Anne Porter. A German passen ger ship bound from Vera Cruz to Bremerhaven in 1931 becomes a moving and despairing allegory of the human conditions. George, by Emlyn Williams. The celebrated playwright and ac tor writes with warmth and wryness about the poverty of his Welsh childhood, and near disas ter of his career as a scholarship boy at Oxford. A Long and Happy Life, by Reynolds Price. This wise, skil ful first novel about a Carolina country girl’s attempt to keep both her fiance and her virtue is marred only by an occasional too-swooping bow towards Wil liam Faulkner’s style. In Parenthesis, by David Jones. A bitter novel in which a paint er turns to prose and poetry in order to attack war. BESTSELLERS Fiction Ship of Fools, Porter; The Agony and the Eestasy, Stone;The Bull from the Seai, Renault; Franny and Zoocy, Salinger; The Fox in the Attic, Hughes; Devil Water, Sexton; Island, Huxley; A Pro logue to Love, Caldwell; Captain Newman, M.D., Rosten; To Kill a Mock'ngbird, Lee. Non-Fiction Calories Don’t Count, Teller; The Rothschilds, Mortin; My Life in Court, Nizen; Six Crisis, Nixon The Guns of August, Tuchman; In the Clear'ng, Frost; The New President - 1960, White; The Last Plantagenets, Costain; Scott Fitz gerald, Turnbull. Compiled by Mary Ray Dear Sisters, I would like to ex press my sincere wishes that all is going well with you. I hope all of you are studying hard an or der to be well prepared for your finals. Here at North Central we are all “scuffling” with term papers that will all be due next week. This seems to be the term paper school, if you know what I mean. However, it’s a part of the pro gram and we must go along with the program! When I first arrived here, I had to start all over again learn ing how to balance myself on ice. Not only did I need some ice- skates, but a pair of ski shoes would have been all right too. Since I had been at Spelman, I had quickly forgotten what it was like in the land of “ice and snow”. However, after a week of tum bles, slips and falls my memory soon returned. Because there is so much snow here ,it would be logical to assume that we would have a ski club. Although I want ed to join, there was a slight stip ulation which I couldn’t afford. Therefore, I had to form my own ski-club Which went Into opera tion everyday that I had to at tend classes four blocks away. The activities here are numer ous since Chicago is only one hour by commuter and one-half hour by car. Gary, Indiana is only two hours by commuter and one hour toy car making it rath er convenient for me to go home every week-end. We are allowed to go where we want on the week-ends as long as we sign out and I’m taking this time to see the highlights of Chicago that I never have time to see When I’m home. We are allowed to stay out on week-nights until 10 or 11 and the week-ends 12 or 1:30. You are also allowed an unlim ited amount of overnights. I find that these girls here use their permissions but they don’t over do it. I’ve often wondered what you girls would do if you were allowed as much freedom as we have here. I really do believe that girls should have this free dom because it makes them more mature and I have found that these girls study hard during the week and really enjoy their week ends. Speaking of studying, we don’t have any strict study hours but the dorm is quiet from Sunday night until Saturday morning. This dorm is always quiet and there is no such thing as running down the halls and playing the radio loud. Reading is also prevalent here. Everyone reads and discusses the latest novels like we discuss Morehouse. I must also commend the stu dent officers of the dorm. The house mother is only a “figure head” of the council. The girls check the girls as they come in from late permissions, check the week-end slips and in essence run the dorm. They call the house meetings and they preside over them. The students provide slips for the phones to take informa tion on each week and we don’t have telephone hours. However, ytou would think maybe) these phones would be like those in the snack shop, but they aren’t, probably because we have a phone on each floor and also be cause the fellows can come over everyday, all day. The chapel here is the only thing I can really find fault with. I feel that their chapel, which is two days a week — one hour, is more like an assembly. Books, papers, hats, scarfs, boots, etc., are carried in along with the latest gossip. It’s really a study hall and I’ve almost found myself using it for a study hall along with the other 900 students. I really ap preciate Sipelman’s Sisters Chapel and the services presented there. The student - faculty relation ship here is good. You might see a student and “prof.” shooting a little pool in the “rec” room of the union. This is also evident in the union, upstairs in the cafe teria part where students and teachers mix frequently. This also includes the Deans and the Presi dent. All in all, this is a very friend ly atmosphere and the students here seem to be very interested in the exchange program. We have spoken several times in dif ferent places and everyone seems to enjoy our presence. I hope I haven’t left out too much; I will fill in the rest in September. Good luck to a good group of young women and I’m looking forward to seeing my Sisters “real” soon. Love Georgianne Thomas P.S. Bicycle riding is the latest thing. Freshman Carnival And just what was the cause of all the hubbub and bustle among the members of the fresh man class this past week? Why the freshman carnival, of course. On May 19th our freshman class combined its efforts to present for the Spelman community and its guests an unforgettable occa sion in the form of the “Fresh man Frolics”. Spelman’s Read Hall was the scene of all this glorious gaiety. Like all carnivals there were numerous activities to attract the public. There were various car nival booths such as the telegram booth, the police station, the mar riage booth, the fortune telling booth and other challenging skills and games — not to overlook that ever popular kissing booth. (Wonder how the young men lik ed the candy?!!?!) The spectacu lar side show, featuring such per sonalities as “Miss Bronze Spel man” and “Miss Alamo” plus other world famed performers, was a special segment of the car nival. The ultra cool atmosphere of the “Bohemian Room” was just the thing for the unconventional and the “beat”. The “Speak-Easy Room” carried many back to the Fellowships For Negro Writers Willard Mass, Director of the New York City Writers Confer ence, announced today that two Fellowships to the Conference to be held at Wagner College, Staten Island, N. Y., July 10th to 20th, will be available to gifted young Negro writers. The Fellowships, Mass said, have been made available through a foundation interested in foster ing Negro culture. Langston Hughes, Negro poet and play wright, will toe an advisor in the granting of the awards. The Fellowships are for $150 each, which will give the recip ients full tuition to the Writers Conference and will pay their room and board for the ten day period as well. The fellowships can be applied to either the Dra ma Workshop, to foe conducted by Edward Albee; the Fiction Work shop, conducted by Kay Boyle; or the Poetry Workshop, conducted by Kenneth Koch. Applications for the Conference and fellowships may be obtained by writing the Administrative Secretary of the New York City Writers Conference, Wagner Col lege Staten Island 1, New York. free frolicking era of the “roar ing twenties”. Some people found one or another activity to their liking and became so engrossed in it that they were unable to tear themselves away; others were so overwhelmed by all the activities that they ran from place to place in order that they might not miss a thing. Well, perhaps that is exaggerating a bit, but no one can deny that the “Fresh man Frolics” were fun! - fun! - fun! All proceeds from the carnival went to the project Crossroads Africa. Dianne Matthews Congratulations! A note of congratulations to the combined Junior Classes of Morehouse and Spelman for a job well done May 11. From every source it has come that the prom was the best for some time. In carrying out the theme, “Stairway to the Stars,” the band combined with the decorations gave the prom an atmosphere of cafe society. An extra note of praise goes to those who helped for long hours in planning and decorating. By