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May 15, 1963 THE SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT Page 7 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 (Cont’d. from Page 1) 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