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Vo). II, No. 1 «« SPELMAN COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA October, 1962 SPELMAN WILL EXPAND CounselingAndPlacement Service Initiated Under the direction of Mrs. Rena S. Craig, Spelmian has be come a part of the Atlanta Uni versity Counseling and Place ment Service. This program is de signed to advise and inform stu dents of the many career oppor tunities that are available, espe cially for Negro College women. Two programs calling the in creasing prospects of government service to our attention have al ready been sponsored by the placement service. On Sept. 25, Lieutenant G. J. Runuart of the U. S. Naval Reserve and Lieu tenant Joan Hass of the Waves visitel the campus, tested and in terviewed prospective candidates for armed services. On Oct. 8 and 9, Spelman participated with the other member colleges of the A. U. Center in a Federal Gov ernment Career Conference. WELCOME, Unlike many other colleges, Spelman has no initiation program for its freshmen and new students. However, the upper classmen do participate in an orientation pro gram designed to acquaint the freshmen with the operation of the college. This year we found that the freshmen were exceptional in many areas, including talent, in tellectuality, personal appearance and appeal as well as scholastic ability. These factors were en couraging because they signified that this year will be a most profitable and successful one for our school. The two hundred eight freshmen of whom we are so proud have features which axe distinct. There are in this class two sets of iden tical twins. The girls come from twenty-two states, the District of Columbia, and Sierra Leone. Per haps this wide cross-section ac counts for the high quality stu dents we have this year. It is also probable that the majority of them, who have expressed that they came to Spelman without parental persuasion and because The conference consisted of chapel programs, private and small group conferences. Repre sentatives from the Communic able Disease Center, State De partment, Civil Service Commis sion, Atlanta Army Depot, Inter nal Revenue Service, General Services Administration, Post Of fice Dept., and Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance were present to answer questions and distribute brochures. Mr. Harold Arnold of the Atlanta Ur ban League served as coordinat or of the conference. Throughout the year, Mrs. Craig will have information on other career and vocational pos sibilities and brochures describing graduuate fellowships Students, especially juniors and seniors are uurged to consult her about plan ning your future. Marie Thomas FRESHMEN! they wanted to be here, will show great individualism and; creative ness in their approach to their work and to all of the college’s programs. It is thus foreseeable that new ideas will be arising and that vitality will be added to every activity by our new Spel man sisters. We are most happy to greet and we are anxious to meet and know each of the freshmen. The Fresh man-Junior social has helped in acquainting the freshmen with their junior “big sisters.” This year the entire junior class will take special interest in the fresh man class and will act as com panions to this group. Sponsored toy the junior class, the social was enjoyed by the freshmen as well as the juniors. New dances were learned and songs were shared. A spirit of complete joy and friendliness prevailed throughout. , Freshmen, we welcome you and by now you should know that we are enthusiastic about your be ing here. Spelman will surely be enriched by your coming. Ida Rose McCree Class of 1966 On Steps of Sister’s Chapel Building Project Starts Soon Architect’s Drawing of Proposed New Fine Arts Building For some time now, Spelmian College students have noticed quite a bit of activity in the area to the west of the campus The first semiester of last year brought moving vans which came, and then left, bearing the wordly possessions of people who were moving away from their homes on Culver Street. Then the wrecking crews came, and demolished and burned the houses that had been left standing empty. We returned; this semester to findall of the rubbish cleared away and the expanse of land waiting expectantly for new structures. This tract concerns us because last year Spelman College arranged, to acquire the approximately eight acres comprising it for $40,000 an acre, or approximately $320,000. As the College is set up now, each of our fine arts departments is located in a different building on campus. On the north comer of our new property, a fine arts building will be built to encompass all of the departments in this area. In the basement of this building, there will be, in addition to storage and mechanical rooms, men’s and women’s dressing roams, and a sewing room for costumes. The center of the floor will be a little theater with a seating capacity of three hundred. To the right and back of the little theater will be the Drama Department. William T. Gossett Elected College Fund Board Chaiman New York, Oct. 3 — William ter of the late Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. T. Gossett was elected chairman of the board of directors of the United Negro College Fund at the organization’s annual meeting held in Atlanta Oct. 2. Mr. Gossett retired this year as general counsel and vice presi dent of the Ford Motor Co. to de vote all of his time to activities of a public service nature. The College Fund has been one of Mr. Gossett’s principal con cerns for the past dozen years. He is a trustee of two of UNCF’s member institutions, Atlanta Uni versity and Morehouse College, both in Atlanta. In Michigan, he heads the executive committee of the annual UNCF state-wide fund" raising appeal. A native of Texas, Mr. Gos sett received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Utah and his law degree from Columbia University, New York City. In practice he specializes in general corporation work and lit igation. He became general coun sel for Bendix Corp. in 1945 and joined Ford Motor Co. in 1947. In the area of education, Mr. Gossett also serves as a life trus tee of Columbia University, New York City, and a trustee of the Cranbrook Foundation, Bloom field Hills. He is married to the former Elizabeth Hughes, daugh- The College Fund’s board in cludes the presidents of its 32 member colleges and universities plus directors-at-large. Dr. Fred erick D. Patterson, president of the Phelps-Stokes Fund and founder of the College Fund, is vice chairman of the UNCF board. William J. Trent Jr. is executive director of the College Fund. A federation of privately sup ported, accredited, southern col leges and universities, the United Negro College Fund was Incor porated in 1944. This year the College Fund is conducting its 19th annual na tion-wide fund-raising campaign on behalf of its member institu tions. Coming Attraction This semester our first big dance will be sponsored by the Day Student’s Organization. This is our annual costume ball held in the latter part of October. It will be necessary for all persons planning to attend to be in full costume. Those in only school attire and masks will not be ad mitted. Start planning now for your costume. For further details about the dance watch the bul letin boards. Here will be faculty offices, class and practice rooms, the Green Room, with kitchenette, where visiting actors may be en tertained with coffee or tea. The Art Department will be located to the right of the little theater. Here one will find fac ulty offices, and rooms for crafts, drawing and graphics, sculpture, ceramics, oil painting, and lec tures. There will also be an art library. A unique feature of these rooms will be their exits, direct ly to the out of doors, where fair weather generally finds many of the art students drawing or paint ing. On the left of the little theater, the Music Department will be found. There will be faculty offices, several classrooms, and practice rooms. There will also be an orchestra room with “step ped” seats. In the half-story sec tion comprising the second floor will be several classrooms, a common classroom, a listening room and the upper part of the stage. Because of the nature of this building, the architectural style will be different from any other structure on campus. It is expect ed that the ground will be broken for this building either in late October or early November of this year, and circumstances per mitting, it should be completed in late 1963. Tre Fine Arts Building is be ing given by the Rockefeller Brothers’ Fund, and it is estimat ed that when completed and ful ly equipped will cost about one million dollars. Still in the planning stage are two other uses of Spelman’s new property. The two proposed addi tions to the campus are a new (Continued on Paige 6)