Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

March, 1963 THE SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT Pag© 5 ELOISE STEVENS Spelman College is participating again, for the third year, in the Crossroads-Africa program by sending six students to foreign countries. Those participating this summer are Sadye Beasley, jun ior; Barbara Douglas, junior; Lucia Holloway, junior; Eloise Stevens, sophomore; Electa Twy- man, senior; and Emma Joyce White, junior. They were chosen on the basis of their applications to Operation Crossroads Africa Inc., James H. Robinson, Direct or. Mr. Charles Merrill pays half of the required fee for each stu dent from Spelman in memory of the late Mrs. Chauncy Wad dell, former member of the Spel man Board of Trustees; the stu dents are responsible for the other half of their fees. Even though these students have not been notified definitely where they will be sent, we know that they will be engaged in similar projects of those who went previously. These projects have acted as a most effective means of breaking down many of the cultural and racial barriers. We congratulate you our new “Ambassadors of Good Will.” Bon Voyage!! —Georgianne Thomas SADYE BEASLEY JOYCE WHITE BARBARA DOUGLAS ELECTA TWYMAN LUCIA HOLLOWAY Crossroaders Prepare To Cross Have You Got The Time? What do you do in your leisure time? Do you read, eat, sleep, play cards, monopoly, scrabble or just gossip? Why not make a change. After a hard day’s work in class, you need more than a smoke and a deck of cards to relax you. You need wholesome recreation away from your pri vate suite in Abby, Morgan or Chadwick. Why not visit Read Hall in the afternoons and enjoy some wholesome recreation? Did you know that last semes ter the Physical Education De partment initiated a recreation program for the student body? The program was devised to pro vide recreational activities in the afternoon, Monday through Wed nesday from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., and the second and fourth Monday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. On Monday, activities offered were bowling and gymnastics; and Wednesday, swimming, bowl ing and gymnastics. For the even ing periods, all activities were pro vided except swimming. One might say that the activi ties were limited. However, there seemed to have been too many activities for there was always one hundred per cent nonpartici pation. As a result, the Depart ment of Physical Education is considering discontinuing its pro gram. It is up to the student body to keep the recreation program. If there is no sign of interest shown, the program will termin ated this semester and a valuable leisure time activity will be lost. —Elinor Smith Up Jumps the Devil (Cont’d. from Page 1) blem is usually solved only after many hours of discussion and de bate. (5) Finally, the timing of these negotiations has to be right. It is not wise to begin a series of negotiations when and if the cause arises, there are no avail able forces to substantiate a threat. All of these factors in volve a time element. It is slow trodding, but progress is being made. The plea is to “not grow tired by waiting.” That is, if waiting is accompanied by action and progress. Atlanta’s national image as the “most progressive” city in the South has been challenged by many, but never had there been such reason. In the midst of all the peaceful negotiations, dis solving of differences, and solving of problems, a physical structure loomed up before the public — the Peyton Road Barricade. This barricade, loosely called the “Berlin Wall”, was an out ward show of hostility toward the cause, a slap in the face of the Negro, and a retardation of the progress already made. The facts in the issue are as follows: Dr. Clinton Warner purchased pro perty in the Peyton Road area which was previously inhabited by whites only; the merchants of the West End area financially supported a city ordinance to block off Peyton Road for two blocks which served as a buffer zone between the area occupied by the whites and the Negro com munity. Leading Negroes of Atlanta quickly met and organized themselves into “The All-Citizens Committee for Cooperative City Planning,” so that a plan of action could be discussed and decided. The mayor, after sanctioning the barricade, placed the responsibi lity for negotiations in the Board of Aldermen. However, after weeks of deliberation, appeals from the citizens, a few private shenanigans, the barricade was removed and both Negroes and whites breathed easily again. The bond issue rises again for the purpose of widening Simpson Road, the building of three schools in Negro neighborhoods, the improvement of the sewage system, and for a new convention hall. This issue which needs the support of the Negro vote also raises four pertinent questions: Why build more schools solely for Negroes when there are many empty classrooms in many of the white schools? Why emphasize Negro housing facilities when there is room for expansion in “white” communities? Would a new expansive convention hall be the expected drawing card now while the Atlanta hotels are, in the main, segregated? Does the mayor’s attitude allay or raise hostilities? Atlanta cannot live up to its progressive reputation, until movement toward the elimination of all segregation is made with out interference of any sort. Per haps, the Negroes in Atlanta were never really satisfied with the pace of advancement but they were patient. Patience is a vir tue, but any virtue is challenged when “up jumps the devil” in the form of any segregated practi ces. —Gwen lies Have You Seen AWalking Book? The Spelman College Library regrets to announce the continu ous loosing of much of its public ly owned property. To its clien tele, the library sends a special message: “Beware of Spelman Borrowers.” These persons make a concentrated effort to make apparent the limited facilities of the large room called our Spel man Library. The most common and accepted definition of bor rowing is their oath: a lifetime loan. A message of this kind is being sent because the persons associated with the organization are intelligent people yet who lack the integrity expected of members of the Spelman Family. The “Spelman Borrowers” have several distinct characteristics: they know exactly where the most needed reserve books are located; they realize that they are not guarded with soldiers armed with weapons to harm those who deli berately disobey respectable lib rary procedures; they have great regard for assignments that can only be found in reserve books; and they know that a book need ed by more than two students is in great demand. However, for this problem, they have also found a solution: the invention of permanently “walking books.” These books leave the library being handled with special care. Their patrons show their “honor” and “respect” for these materials by escorting them illegally from their legal domains. Finally, “Spelman Borrowers” have re versed through deliberate efforts the original Spelman Library to “Spelman Mobile Library” — a decision made without the con sent of the majority of the clien tele. Those persons who refuse to become members of the ‘^Spel man Borrowers” are the ones most affected and deprived of their rights to the materials lo cated in the Spelman Library. This clientele, suffering from these inconveniences attempts to analyze the situation. The library, they say, is mainly a public place in its desire to serve the masses of people by locating materials necessary to thought and development of strong stu dents and citizens. They note that the reserve shelves, inaccessible to the public eyes are filled; and they see the necessity of placing some reserve books where the students have ready access to them. Then, they conclude: “A library serves its clien tele best only when its ser vice is respected, and the rules associated with this ser vice are regarded and obey ed.” But any talk of Spelman Lib rary would be incomplete without the introduction of the appropri ately labeled, “Mr. & Mrs. Visit ors,” who must also be consider ed in this analysis. It goes this way. The library is used by many persons as a convenient lounge, elaborately equipped with radio stations that discuss the most re cent gossip. This occurs especially during the lunch hour. Then, dur ing the day, it is the most popu lar “litterbug station”; and at the end of the day, it becomes the official campus dump. Yes, to add to the “lovely” atmosphere of the library, it even harbors “unna turalized citizens” — those per sons who resent any reminder of the library policies. And, unfor tunately, “Mr. & Mrs. Visitor” make a conclusion too. They say: “At Spelman, a new and popular view of the library’s function is constantly evol ving — and the staff is to blame for it all (missing books, noise, et cetera, et cetera)”. —Clara Prioleau DAFFY DEFINITION: LOVE: Love is a feeling . . . that you feel when you feel yourself feeling a feeling that you never felt before. Sisters Split Scene This year, as in the past, Spel- manites have ventured to far-off schools with much anticipation. The second semester exchange program presents Spelman with the loss of some of its most out standing students—notably, Rose- lily Howard and Faye Powell who are attending North Central, Rose McCree who is enrolled at Carle- ton, and Pat Washington who is at Elmira. Our school and students will undoubtedly benefit from the ex change in the forms of Marian Richards, Miriam Wilson, and Carol Vieth. Marian is from Southwestern College and is en joying her stay here at Spelman. Miriam and Carol hail from North Central College. When asked what they thought of Spelman, all agreed that it was a new experi ence and thus far an interesting one. Our program has been broad ened to the questioned bene ficial weekly exchanges. On Sa turday, February 23rd, two of our student leaders, Emily Win ston, president of the S.S.G.A., and Annease Chaney, president of the junior class, left for Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxwille, N. Y. We are anxiously awaiting their responses to life at this well-known institution. At the moment, Dr. Wolf, head of the exchange program, and her assistants are working on a week’s exchange with Smith Col lege in Massachusetts. Applica tions will be accepted after March 15th from members of the fresh men and sophomore classes for a full year’s exchange with Bethel College and a first semester ex change with Wells College in Aurora, N. Y. Every Spelmanite should take advantage of the many opportu nities opened by the exchange program. This endeavor enables us, as Negro students, to meet with members of other racial groups and benefit from the ex change of ideas. Travel and study broaden and may even change outlooks. The committee is anxi ously awaiting application forms from eligible students. —Wanda Waples LEILA POTTS Biology Major To Visit Japan This summer, Leila Potts, a sophomore from Denmark, S. C., majoring in biology, will partici pate in a work service project in Tarumi, Japan. Sponsored by the National Episcopal Church of America and Japan, the group of twenty-two American students will depart from California in the middle of June. Another A. U. Center student, Julian Powell, a junior at Clark College, major ing biology, will also work on the erection of a school. A sum of $1100 must be paid by participants. Interested stu dents may contact Father Scott at the Centerbury House. —Wanda Waples