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May 15, 1963
THE SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT
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Senior Class President
Honors College President
Cecile addresses assembly
congregation on to greater mo
tivations.
At the termination of the
meeting, several Emory students
who had formerly stood firmly
against the Negro movement here
in Atlanta, explained to mem
bers of the committee that their
attitudes had changed consider
ably towards the delicate issue
of race relations. They also com
mended Ralph Moore, executive
secretary of the Committee On
Appeal For Human Rights, for
his impenetrable stand on civil
rights during the meeting. The
committee received complete ap
probation from members of the
Emory gathering who were pre
sent. ,
At the invitation of Nancy
Shirley and Ann Aldrich, both
students at Emory, members of
the committee attended an infor
mal gathering 'at their home on
East Clifton Road. A unque com
bination of foods common to the
Emory intelligentsia were en
joyed by all.
Future friendly negotiations
between the Atlanta University
Center and Emory students were
strongly urged. Also, members
of the committee hope to have
frequent meetings and similar
Emory University
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that affected the A.U. students
directly. The attitudes ranged
from belligerent and ironical
sarcasm to sympathetic passivism.
Sample questions which sprang
from the crowd were: “Aren’t
your demands for services from
Atlanta’s white restaurants an
infringement upon the rights of
private store owners?” “To what
extent can you question the con
stitutionality of state laws?”.
Similar questions continued to
emanate from the midst of the
curious, faict-seeking crowd for
several hours.
The interracial group later lis
tened to tape recordings of Dr.
Martin Luther King and Rev.
Abernathy in a mass meeting at
a Birmingham church. Dr. King
explained that twenty-two hun
dreds Negroes were presently in
Birmingham jails, and rallied the I discussions which will serve as a
Dr. Manley chats with President Emeritus Read
“Dr. Manley, Members of the
Spelman family, and friends:
I greet you in the words of Wil
liam Wordsworth:
“Thrice welcome, darlings of
. the Spring
’Tis the still hour of thinking,
feeling, loving.”
“It is indeed an achievement and
great credit to the intrepidity of
the founders, preservers, and pro
moters of Spelman College that we
are gathered here today to cele
brate its 82nd birthday in style.
So, I invite you to “pack up your
troubles in your old kit-bag and
SMILE, SMILE, SMILE
What’s the use of worrying? It
never was worthwhile, so ... .
pack up your troubles in your old
kit-bag and 'SMILE, SMILE,
SMILE.”
“Every year at this time, it is
traditional that the theme of the
speeches be centered around the
founders. I, as President of the
Senior Class of ’63, thought that
it would be fitting and proper to
divert from this hackneyed theme
and speak on a topic which has
never been dealt with before . . .
and particularly on Founders Day.
“Several people have asked me
exactly what I had planned speak
ing about, but I asked them to
permit me to keep it a secret
until this moment. My speech to
day is based on a promoter of
Spelman College who has played
a significant role in continuing to
develop and expand this college.
“President Emeritus Read, in
her recent book published in De
cember, 1961, traced the Spelman
Story from the New England
background of the founders
through the end of her admini
stration. In view of the fact that
the Spelman Story did not end
with the “Read Era”, nor has it
yet ended, I shall attempt in a
humble manner, to trace the
Spelman Story from the end of
Miss Read’s Era to the present
time, dealing specifically with the
substantial contributions of this
promoter’s Administration. . . .
To Miss Read this person is
SOMEBODY!
“In 1963, Mr. Trevor Arnett, the
then President of the Spelman
Board of Trustees, issued a news
release stating that this SOME
BODY . . . was graduated from
Johnson C. Smith University, cum
laude, in 1930, having concentrat
ed in Physics and Mathematics
while in college, and having ob
tained the Master’s degree from
Teachers College, Columbia Uni
versity, and the Doctor’s degree in
Education conferred by Stanford
University in 1946. ... To Mr.
Trevor Arnett, this person was
SOMEBODY!
“On July 1, 1953, this SOME
BODY took up the mantle of lea-
dearship of Spelman College. In
April 1954, this SOMEBODY was
inaugurated as the 5th president
of Spelman College. In that very
year Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
announced a pledge of $250,000 for
an endowment of Sisters Chapel,
Abby Hall, and other purposes.
. . . To Mr. John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., this person was SOMEBODY.
“In March, 1955, the first Snack
Shop was opened in the basement
of Packard Hall. In June, the
Charter of the college was amend
ed to read “. . . establishment of
an institution for young women”
. . . thus deleting the word “Ne
gro.” In December, the Ford
Foundation announced a grant of
$173,900 to Spelman College, two-
thirds to be used as endowment,
the income from which was to
be used to increase the salaries of
the teaching faculty; and the re
maining one-third was an
achievement grant in recognition
of Spelman’s efforts to increase
salaries over the past two years
. . . Because of these accomplish
ments, the students of Spelman
College began to realize, more and
more, that this person was
SOMEBODY!
“In October, 1956, Mr. Charles
Merrill, Jr., made funds available
for a Spelman student to spend
a year traveling and studying
abroad. The funds were later in
creased thus making it possible
for two Spelmanites to study
abroad each year. To date, eleven
Spelman students have received
this Foreign Study Award and
three anticipate this luxury as
of this year June. ... To Mr.
Charles Merrill and the society of
Merrill scholars, this person is
SOMEBODY!
“In September of ’57 Spelman
College entered into an agreement
with the Grady Hospital School
of Nursing under which Spelman
contracted to offer courses in
English, Chemistry, Anatomy, and
other academic areas. In Decem
ber of that year Spelman College
was accepted to full membership
in the Southern Association of
Guests converse during the banquet
catalyst in augmenting a hardy
relationship between the two
great institutions of higher learn
ing.
Marion Fitohue
Morehouse College
Freshman
Colleges and Secondary Schools
“subject to the same stringent
standards which must be met by
all of the other accredited colleg
es in this geographic location”.
... To the Grady Students and to
the entire Southern Community,
this person is SOMEBODY!
“In 1959, Spelman College
launched its first Student Ex
change Program with Bethel,
North Central and Illinois Wes
leyan Colleges as participating
institutions. ... To all of the
Exchange Students this person is
SOMEBODY!
“Later that year, an “Encour
agement Grant” of $25,000 was
made available to Spelman Col
lege by the Danforth Foundation
“in recognition of the splendid
measure of academic excellence
already achieved” by the college.
And even later that year the Ford
Foundation made available to
Spelman a grant of $200,000 to de
velop a cooperative program of
Non-Western studies in coopera
tion with Morehouse College and
the other institutions of the At
lanta University Center. ... To
the Trust Officers of the Danforth
and Ford Foundations, this per
son is SOMEBODY!
“In 1961 the Rockefeller Broth
ers Fund granted to Spelman Col
lege $750,000 for the erection of a
Fine Arts Building. In Nov. of
the same year, Spelman was
placed on the list of institutions
approved for membership in the
American Association of Univer
sity Women. Spelman College
graduates, including those who
graduated prior to this acceptance
are now eligible for membership
in the Association. .. . To the wo
men in the Spelman Community
and Spelman women everywhere,
this person is SOMEBODY!
“In 1962 the Spelman library
received a Kellog Foundation
Grant of $10,000 to “improve the
quality of the teacher preparation
program by giving financial assis
tance for the acquisition of need
ed books for the library; and to
give encouragement for increased
effectiveness of the library servi
ces generally” . . To the Trustees
of the Kellogg Foundation, to the
Student teachers and all teach
ers, this person is SOMEBODY!
“In March of ’63 Spelman re-
cevied $518,000 for the erection of
a new dormitory in order to solve
part of the housing problem which
has been created by the phenome
nal increase in enrollment of stu
dents. . .. To Spelman students,
and prospective Spelman students,
this person is SOMEBODY!
“WHO is this SOMEBODY?
“This person is DR. ALBERT
EDWARD MANLEY, and he is
SOMEBODY!
“Dr. Manley, in recognition of
your 10 years of loyal service to
this noble institution, we would
like to wish for you renewed
strength and zeal in realizing the
dream which you hold for Spel
man College.
“To the faculty; members, from
whose fountain of knowledge we
drink, we wish for you rich bless
ings in order that you may con
tinue your productive work which
adds to the importance and dignity
of this institution .
“To my fellow students who are
collecting, enlarging, and pre
serving their knowledge, and es
pecially to the freshmen, to whom
the road ahead might appear ex
tremely long and tedious, ... I
dedicate the text of Isaiah which
reads:
“They shall mount up with
wings as eagles,
They shall run, and not be
weary;
They shall walk, and not faint.”
Cecile Diaine Ganpatsingh