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THE SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT May 15, 1963 Page 10 Glee Club Sit-Ins To Continue ATLANTA, GEORGIA, May 8- Joan Baez To Appear At MC Soon The fabulous Joan Baez, whom Life Magazine called “Queen of The Folk Singers” will appear at Morehouse College Gym this Saturday evening in a benefit performance for the Student Non-Vdolent Coordinating Com mittee and the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee. Her pro gram is scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m. As an added feature, Banguard Recording Company will have her concert recorded for a future record release which as an indication of the import ance of this program. Joan, a thin, almost frail young lady, has had an almost un believable rapid rise to national prominence. Since she began to have national recognition several years ago she has sold literally hundreds of thousands of record albums and developed a cult of Baez fans that cuts across almost all social and economic class groupings. From country folks to the highly bred city slickers; from college age people to the high school rock and roller, the name Joan Baez generated an excitement and loyalty which very few artists can boast. Her concert performances throughout the country have been greeted with enthusiasm and the Standing Room Only sign. Letters for tickets to this event have come from every state that bor ders on Georgia. During this past week Miss Baez has sung in a benefit show at Miles College in Birmingham and travelled with manager in the Mississippi area where SNCC field workers are involved in the voter registration project. Miss Baez has also come to the de fense of the famous Pete Seeger, has given him support when he was recently barred from per formance on America’s first nationally televised folk music program called “Hootenany”. She is a girl with strong moral con victions who is not hesitant to express these feelings. Tickets for this event are available on campus. They may be purchased from Venecia P. Gardner, Abby 308. Normally priced at $3.85, 3.25 and 2.75, tickets will be available to the students of the Atlanta Univer sity Center for $2.00 and $2.50 so more people will be able to attend this exciting program. Frederick O’Neill (Continued from page 5) out by the very children that she had bom. Orchids to Mrs. Allen! As the play ended, one sat in his seat rather confused as how to judge the entire performance. However, this reviewer feels that, in spite of a few knocks here and there which are always expected in a production, the play moved rather smoothly, and one could tell that a great amount of energy and effort had been put forth in order to bring a polished production to the com munity. Marie Thomas Be On The Watch Tor MAY 17,1963 (Continued from page 4) Boggs Smith with an orchid cou sage for being so wonderful and patient on the tour. In a word, she was “together.” We also gave Dr. James a boutiniere, and I don’t have to tell you how great he is. He’s especially nice on the tour, though. Old Glee Club members had a wonderful stay there despite the fact that Atlanta was begin ning to look highly desirable, to put it mildly. There was even talk of leaving the night after the concert, and the next morn ing when we did actually leave, girls met the bus. suitcase, in hand. On the way back home, we sang songs ranging from “Did You Ever Think When A Hearse Rolls By That You May Be The Next To Die”, to “Homeward”. Babs Douglas got out that guitar of hers and we made the bus rock, as we had done many times during the past two weeks. I wish I could recapture half of the things we did, the places we visited, the people we met. I can only say that touring with the Glee Club during my years here, I have had some of the most rewarding, enriching, and memorable experiences of my life. Brenda Hill (Continued from page 3) ideas transmitted to them. This type of atmosphere serves as a pressure upon academic freedom. This same type of atmosphere, says Thomas Halden, is created by the teacher who lectures from the same notes year after year, as if the idea of a particular discipline never changes. This type of at mosphere creates another type of student who strives for complacen cy rather than understanding; and if academic freedom is to be a reality, must be free to question critically information transmitted to them. Last but by no means least, is the pressure upon academic free dom which comes from the ad ministrators to the students. This pressure may be transmitted in directly or directly. Indirectly it may come from the administra tors to teachers and thus be trans mitted to the students. A few months ago an instructor at Brondiese University in Massa chusetts interpreted America’s blockade of Cuba as a drastic and unforgivable invasion of human freedom and human dignity. Be cause of this the instructor was reprimanded and asked never to make such statements again. Ra ther than to be a teacher restrain ed from teaching the truth as she saw it, resigned from the Uni versity, in the name of academic freedom. Any time teachers are restrained in speaking their true opinion, academic freedom is also constrained. Pressures upon academic free dom administrators to students are not always transmitted by way of teacher to student for it may come in a direct communication of stu dents with administrators. Too of ten administrators expect students to accept without question long standing rules. Too often they ex- j pect them to accept passively pat- | terns of conduct or rules of order handed to them. “But how does this constitute a pressure upon academic freedom?” you ask. I answer by saying that academic freedom requires an atmosphere where students are allowed to examine critically and to evalu ate sincerely any rule handed to them by administrators. We must remember the words of Alfred Whitehead, “A placid doc trine is not necessarily disastrous; it may be an opportunity.” How can the administration on one hand expect students to examine critically the laws handed by The leaders of the Atlanta Uni versity Center student anti-segre gation group have vowed that sit- in attacks on segregated eating places will continue. Ralph Moore, of the Committee on Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR), and a student at More house College, said here that 110 students took part in demonstra tions that resulted in the arrest of 40 —- including two teachers — here Saturday, May 6. Also arrest ed Saturday was Gwen Isles, COAHR. Chairman and a Spelman college senior. Saturday’s demonstrations brought to “over 60” the number jailed in the past few weeks. COAHR members, who have al ready successfully integrated At lanta dime store lunch counters and movie theatres, are pushing now for integration of private restaurants. Twenty demonstrators were ar rested at one eating place. As At lanta policemen loaded them into paddy wagons, they sang, “We Shall Not be Moved.” About 100 Negro spectators gathered on the sidewalk to watch and applaud them as they were taken away. The current anti - segregation drive began over a week ago. Sev eral of the COAHR members — from Clark, Morehouse, Morris Brown, and Spelman Colleges — have been jailed more than once. COAHR leaders said that they had made attempts to meet with restaurant owners to discuss in tegration. state and national government, and on the other hand expect them to accept passively rules handed down by administration? This can not be done. However, any time there is a clash between the ad ministration and students there is an opportunity either for the administration to show the validi ty of rules or for the rules to be changed because they cannot be validated. But at all times the student’s voice must be heard as he cries out with dissatisfaction for improvement; his cry must be heeded. If wrong, he must be shown wrong; but if right, his cry must be heeded and acted upon. Confab Boosted By Book Review At the April monthly meeting of all members of the Board of Review, Judiciary Board, and the Student Council, Mrs. Rena Craig, at the request of Dr. Manley, gave a report on a most prevocative book entitled Not Minds Alone by Kenneth Brown. The thesis of the book is shall education deal with minds or the people who possess the minds? In other words — can education be Christian? Mr. Brown’s answer is a firm yes to this ques tion. Highlighting and contrasting the free and unhampered search for truth with the well intended, but illiberal program of religious indoctrination, Mrs. Craig said that there must be an honest and fruitful integration of religion in the entire educational process. Ethics and values must be taught and encouraged. The quality stan dards of academic excellence in education must be met, but “something more” is needed. Ed ucation must be meaningfully Christian. We all have a job to do — the students, staff and faculty must consciously give best selves for furthering the high purposes of the institution. Campus life must “tempt the students upward”. Some expectations to be realized are: 1. A Christian campus atmos phere 2. Friendly counsel of faculty 3. Student fellowship 4. Reinforced sense of direction and high purpose 5. An opportunity to express Christian social concern Mrs. Craig completed her report by 1 paying tribute to Reverend Rates and Father Scott at Can terbury House for the religious guidance which they give to the students on our college campus. In our search for truth we must believe the truth to be God’s truth. Betty Vanessa Stevens Students Meet President On the night of April 18th, 1963, a group of ten students met with Dr. Manley in Rey nold’s Cottage. The students who represented the sophomore, jun ior, and senior classes spoke at length on their overall criticisms of certain aspects of life here at Spelman. The major portion of this dis course with Dr. Manley centered on the infirmary situation, the “hampering proper chanels’’, abo lition of the demerit system, the housemother - resident relation ship, the need of more specific rules with a designated punish ment for the infraction of each and the food situation in the dining hall. Some of the pro blems discussed are presently being considered by the Student Council. However, the group’s concensus was that Dr. Manley should be made aware of these petty problems which encumber the students’ progress in other areas. Accordingly, Dr. Manley and the group proposed several solu tions to the problems discussed. Further studies were made of the problems and reports were sub mitted to Dr. Manley. It is our hope that next year all Spelman students will be witnesses to the evident changes engendered by this meeting. By Josephine Dunbar (Continued from page 1) Mrs. Roslyn M. Patterson con veyed feelings of appreciation on behalf of the Alumnae. The speakers expressed themselves from different points of view, and used various methods of presentation, yet, in each in stance, Dr. Manley was hailed as being no less than successful. After traveling over a road which was very rough in many places, he has arrived at the door of his tenth year as Presi dent of this institution with a smile and renewed vigor. In commemoration of his tenth anniversary, the Spelman stu dent body, through its President, Emilie Winston, presented Dr. Manley with a plague bearing the following inscription: “To know you is to love, honor, and respect you, For nothing to you is insur mountable. The most distant horizon is with in your firm grasp, Encompassing a myraid of both phenomenal and minute tasks. As long as there is a mountain to climb, Expanding horizons are but moments in time — To you. The banquet was indeed a memorable occasion and special recognition should be given to the alumnae for the organization of the program. On July 1, of this year, Dr. Manley will officially completed ten years of service which have been termed, “a Decade of Pro gress.” The Decade will close, but progress will remain to take on a new face in order to again join hands with him for the years ahead. Mary Jane Reid Jean Leslie Bettien Native Atlantan Sees Ordination On May 25th. Deacon William E. Calhoun, a graduate of More house College, will become At lanta’s first Negro to be ordained priest in the Roman Catholic Church. At the moment, Deacon Calhoun is completing his studies for the priesthood at Saint Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland. The young priest will begin his duties in the Archdio- I cese of Atlanta. Last week as an exchange stu dent at Bowdain College I became impressed by the fact that the library remained open until twelve o’clock each night. I con stantly talked to my roomate about how wonderful I thought this was. But in a few days he reminded me that he didn’t think this was so wonderful and when asked why, he said that next year part of the library will be opened all night. I became curious as to just why the administration made such changes. Did they volunteer? Did the students protest? He said nei ther. A few complaints that they were not able to study and that they need more time to study in the library; so the changes are made. I then thought about A. U. and I merely concluded that academic freedom does not exist in the A. U. Center. A few months ago nearly 4,000 students from all the undergraduate colleges in the A.U. center drew up a petition concern ing Trevor Arnett Library. Among other things this petition was signed by the presidents of all student bodies and a copy of this petition was presented to each college president, to the presiden tial council, and to the library staff, and I am here to tell you, that the petition received as much recognition as the 1954 Supreme Court Decision on integration re ceived in Alabama. But we did receive a response to the petition! The chairman of the presidential council wrote, “In the first place we cannot dis cuss this matter with the presi dents of our undergraduate stu dent bodies, because our agenda is filled; and secondly, we feel because the undergraduates con tribute only 50 dollars per year for running of the establishment which cost more than 10,000 dol lars, then the running of that li brary should be left to the A. U. Center.” The fact is that human rights to appeal cannot be measured by financial contribution; for early in 1960 when the student move ment began, many people in At lanta said that because the Negro in Atlanta paid less than 2 per cent of the taxes he should not protest. But the right to protest is inherent in membership; there fore, whenever anyone becomes a member of an institution he claims the right to protest. In conclusion, I repeat academic freedom demands an atmosphere where students at all times are encouraged to examine critically and to study independently. If academic freedom is to be obtain ed, or maintained, then students, teachers, and administrators must join hands in the creation of such an atmosphere. David Satcher President of the Morehouse Student Body