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Page 2 THE SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT June-September 1963 FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their coun try. This is what I call a thought provoking sentence, so I throw it out to you. Commencement is the beginning of a new and hopefully fruitful life to most of us. It is the time when Spelman women venture out into that cruel world to experience life on their own. For the past few days, I have had a full feeling without the aid of food. After much deliberation, I have finally realized that I am sad because I am about to make an exodus from the walls of what many of us label as “Sing Sing Prison”. For four years I have complained about the cruel, illogical, non sensical rules that Spelman imposes upon us. Now I realize that I am not happy to leave “Sing Sing”. I shall miss the uncalled for routine of going to chapel, the beauti ful services on Sunday which we term Vespers, the stifling restric tions that caused me many unhappy moments ... I shall miss one of my favorite teachers, Mrs. Jordan, whom I came to love in the course “Literature In Our Society”, the conferences with Mr. Coe on the budget for the SPOTLIGHT, the sly attempts at avoiding duty work. Above all, I shall miss the hard, long, enjoyable hours of working with my great love—the SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT; I wish to thank the staff and our advisor, Mrs. Naomi Chivers, who have worked so well with me. If I owned a newspaper, I would hire you all as chief assistants. Also, special thanks go out to the senior non-staff members who amid their final examinations came to my rescue with articles and other services. Because she is such a fine person, I would like to pay a tribute to Cecile Ganpatsingh, our pioneering senior class president. Cecile, we love you! Under your leadership, Spelman has the most outstanding senior class that it has ever had, and ever shall have. We, nor Spel man can forget you. The seed has been planted. The roots are established. The flower is growing . . . out toward the expanding horizons, attempting to make them contracting horizons. Seniors, we alone have come all the way. Now we must leave our beloved Spelman, but her memory will always linger with us. Spelman we love you, leave you, but we will return. But before we go, let us present you with a challenge. We, the senior class of ’63, present you, Spelman College, with this challenge . . . I. To the students: A. To assume more responsibility 1. By being cognizant of your obligations that go along with more extended academic and social freedom. 2. By being aware of the increasing responsibilities and op portunities that await you outside of Spelman’s gates, and prepare yourselves for them. 3. By making student government work through cooperation and participation. 4. By using all opportnities offered in the Atlanta University Center to nourish your intellectual, spiritual and social de velopment. 5. By respecting the rights of fellow students and living to gether harmoniously. B. To look at yourselves objectively by asking questions as these: 1. Am I a mature individual? 2. What image do I give others? 3. What do I want out of life? 4. Am I living up to my potential? 5. Do I stand up for my convictions? II. To the faculty and administration: A. To prepare the college woman to meet her increasing re sponsibilities in the world of today and indeed tomorrow, 1. By providing an informal atmosphere in the classroom and on campus, which encourages critical thinking and inte llectual curiosity. 2. By giving the student more opportunity to shape her own future. 3. By listening to the student’s voice which is constantly cry ing out and requesting the removal of the “CHAINS”. B. To establish a rapport between faculty, students and admini stration that will engender respect on all sides. Teachers 1. By avoiding favoritism in the classroom and particularly in grading. 2. By respecting the opinion of the students whether or not they are in accord with your own ideas. 3. By discarding “old yellowed notes” and brushihng up on modern trends in education. 4. By motivating the student, providing interesting ways of presenting material to students. 5. By being human enough to realize that the student is not a machine. For example: If a student is unable to meet the deadline for a certain assignment, consider individual dif ferences and limitations. 6. By being aware that each student is entitled to three cuts without penalty. Administration: 1. By not allowing special privileges only to a chosen few. 2. By recognizing the fact that many of the complaints of the (Continued on page 4, column 1) 60 Seconds Made Her Say You Will Not Eat Here! It is unfortunate when an analogy can be made between the downtown restaurants and the Spelman College dining hall. Lester Maddox bodily threw out students who attempted to secure food in his restaurant. A working student in the dining hall locked the door and refused to allow several students Who had arrived between the minutes of 7:00 a.m. and 7:01 the opportunity to eat breakfast after a very long night of studying. Unfortunately, there was a discrepancy between the time of the clock in the dining hall and that of Harkness Hall which had seconds until 7:00 a.m. This experience reminded me of our attempts to integrate the restaurants in downtown Atlanta. I thought about the people at S & W who earn a living by standing at the door of this restaurant allowing only whites in and out of the place. I thought of Davis Brothers where the manager stands at the unlocked door with his presence preventing entrance of Negroes. Lastly, I thought of Lcb’s where on Friday, May 17, the date on which the Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation in public schools was ren dered, students were allowed to eat! A hungry man is a pityful man. A hungry woman who has been refused food that is lawfully hers, has the wrath of a woman scorned. Imagine getting up in the morning at 6:30, having your peristaltic waves tuned up for a delicious meal, and then being unable to eat. Furthermore, you have no money to buy a snack, so you must wait until noon to get what is served as “lunch”. May heaven help us. The unbelievable thing about this entire experience is the fact that a few of the students who decided to persevere and get into the dining hall had to watch those persons in line in front of them get served for the first time and those in line behind them get served seconds, while they were told that they could not eat there. This was the epitomy of cruelty. For an eating establishment that does not open on the minute, one questions the reasons for its closing on the second. I don’t blame the students, for they are only following just as Maddox’s henchmen. It is the lousy system that creates such a situation that I am attacking. Furthermore, I challenge anyone to justify this treatment afforded several hungry students seeking food in the midst of final exams. Perhaps, those girls who work at the breakfast meal should be exempted from chapel so that the time for eating breakfast will be extended another half of an hour in order to better ac commodate the student body. It is entirely necessary to mention that immediately upon hear ing of the incident, Dr. Manley carried out direct favorable action. Underclassmen, watch him, for he just may be our knight in shir.* mg armor sent to free his people from bondage. D. M. M. Sororities, Fraternities Stir Campus Animosity Thank You Little Sis Never before in history has any class had “little sisters” as great as the ones we have. Al though they have been sweet the whole year through, their kind ness had never been so out standingly shown as it was through the Hawaiian Luau. The Hawaiian Luau was a rich occasion. The gym was beauti fully decorated. There was a huge pineapple in the center of the floor. Colorful paper flowers were everywhere. Each guest was given a gay leis and the girls wore muu-muus and scent ed flowers in their hair. The night was filled with various activities. Included among them was the delicious Hawaiian meal which consisted of plums, peach es, bananas, sliced pineapples, lime sherbert. and Hawaiian punch. The meal was eaten on white table cloths on the floor. After the meal, a revealing “prophesy” was read. The re cords were the latest and many new dances were learned — one of which was the “New Wobble.” At nine o’clock, the male guests arrived and we were off to a night of fun. To our “little sis ters” — Thanks for being so sweet. Mildred LaVinia Ponder Letters To The Editor Dear Big Sisters, It seems to be the rule that every other year Spelman mana ges to get the cream of the crop. You are the epitome of the best that Spelman has gotten thus far. As our big sisters you have set an inspiring example for us to follow. We have shared many moment ous occasions and events toge ther. For two years in a row you have been represented in the Maroon and White court, you have shown great leadership in SNCC and on the campus. The joys and the sorrows which are ours will always be imbedded in our hearts. Throughout the year we have tried to do little things to show our appreciation. And now as the time for us to part is quickly drawing near we can’t help but shed a tear. Our only hope for the incoming freshman class is that they will be as wonderful and sweet and “together” as you are. Before we get too sentimental we will bring this letter to a close in hope that some day you will be able to look back at this letter and smile because of fond memories. All too often, I hear my Spel man sisters express their desires for sororities on campus. My first reaction is to ask them what is a sorority? Of what purpose are they? To be more specific, do you really think sororities would be an asset to Spelman’s campus? I need not hear itheir answers. I need only stop and look around at the different fra ternities and sororities on neigh boring campuses and think. While some problems facing men and women’s fraternities are scholarship, hazing and wild parties, the crucial problem is self-segregation. The general ob jective of any social fraternity is to promote the art of effective living with our brothers, and provide for the development of the individual in all his relations with society. More specifically, fraternities have such purposes as to make college life fruitful and happy, to inspire the mem bers to attain a place of useful ness, to be educational and pro vide for them mutual uplift of its members. Unfortunately, this view pictures the social frater nity as what it can be, namely a valuable social experience for young men and women on college campuses, an approach to the problem of brotherhood that is different from classroom experi ences or other man cirrtcular campus activities. But the issue at hand is not what fraternities can be, but what they usually are. Fraternities are, of cource, im portant in socially rating an individual. But when fraternity snobbishness tends to influence to a significant extent one’s so cial life, and when jealousy and rivalry between the fraternities become major issues, it’s time to begin some serious thinking, ter enemies, watching individuals refuse to wear a particular color because it represents a certain fraternity, hearing an individual reprimanded because he or she associates with a member of a fraternity different than the one he or she is associated with, ob serving the uniting of fraternities against other fraternities to in fluence issues as important as campus student body elections, all make one wonder. Has bro therhood within the fraternity become so limited in scope as to make one forget that an even greater brotherhood can be achieved between the fraternities as well as with non-fraternity members? Yes, you too, my Spelman sisters, stop, look around, and think. Would social fraternities, sororities, on Spelman campus be an asset? — Mona Rae Norman We will love you always Your little sisters, The Sophomores SPOTLIGHT STAFF Editor-in-Chief Dorothy M. Myers Associate Editor Georgianne Thomas Assistant Editors Bronwen Unthank, Wanda Waples Business Managers Katy Coleman, Gwendolyn lies News Department — Jean Berrien, Editor, Patricia Smith, Marie Thomas, Clara Prioleau, La Joyce Henderson, Anne Carroll, Joyce Irvin Feature Department — Lucia Holloway, Editor; Betty Lane, Jessie Stith, Ann Ashmore, LeJune Hickson, Gwendolyn lies, JoAnne Merry Fashion Editor — Billie Joyce Mack Typists — Jean Berrien, Kercenna McChristian, Hazel Flowers, Sonya Mixon, Patricia Smith, Katy Cole man, Jean Waymer Circulation Managers ^ Bronwen Unthank, Amy Holley Photographer Camille Smith Cartoonists Mary Gaither, Joanne G. Merry Adviser Mrs. Naomi Chivers