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Introducing Campus Clubs and
Organizations
With high hopes and a good deal of curiosity, the mem
bers of the incoming freshman class will be concerned about
the student activities at Spelman. Many extra - curricular
activities are available to students here, and from this ar
ticle a general picture may be drawn of what to expect and
look for during your first year at Spelman.
FRESHMAN WEEK
ORIENTATION TO
NEW FRESHMEN — Pictured from left to right: Patricia Walker,
Bernita McMillan, Hazel Jackson, Karen Davenport, Choisie Wright,
Janice Barnes, and Ruth Brady.
One could not start at a better
place than the organization that
serves as a medium of informa
tion for the campus, the Spelman
Spotlight. Those of you interest
ed in this type of activity or
desirous of learning the processes
involved in organizing and pub
lishing a newspaper are invited
to attend the first general staff
meeting when it is announced.
The Spotlight carries matters
of interest to the Spelman family
in the form of news articles,
features, and editorials; whereas,
Reflections, the Spelman year
book, reflects on the innovations
and work done by students
throughout the year. Run, do not
walk when the call for workers
is issued.
The Granddaughters Club is a
group formed of girls whose
mothers or aunt’s either were
graduated from or attended Spel
man. Therefore all freshmen
granddaughters are asked to seek
out this group right away.
Keeping in the true spirit of
the school motto, “Our Whole
School for Christ”, there are two
groups for those interested in
religious activities. The Sunday
School and the Mid-Week Coun
cil serve as channels for direct
ing this interest. The college
minister, who advises these
groups, will be delighted to
know if you desire to participate.
Many of you will be happy to
learn that Spelman has a chapter
of the OCXJN on its campus.
Those of you interested in na
tional and international affairs
will find this a most helpful
organization to belong to, for it
sponsors discussions and projects
which are very challenging for
worldly-minded students.
The Day Students’ Organiza
tion is set up to meet the needs
and desires of all off-campus
students. All new freshmen that
are day students are expected to
join this group and strengthen
the organization. It works to
promote better relationships be
tween campus and non-resident-
ial students.
There are also chapters of the
YMCA and the NAACP located
on the campus which help to de
velop the student spiritually, cul
turally, and politically.
Numerous departmental clubs
and interest groups are included
in student activities. The depart
mental clubs include the Home
Economics, Philosophy, Biology,
Spanish, Social Science, Math,
and French clubs; Student Na
tional Education Association
(SNEA); and Physical Education
Majors (PEM). For music lovers,
there is the Spelman Cdllege
orchestra, the Glee Club, and the
Atlanta — Morehouse — Spelman
Chorus. The AMS players offer
experience for those of you who
are dramatically inclined. The
Swimming Club and the Dance
Club both sponsor beautiful pro
grams each year for the student
body and the public. Of course,
every student belongs to her
clas orgasnization and to the
SSGA, which need all the support
that you as a new class can give.
After having found the club
or group that will satisfy your
interest, you will begin to work
in these groups, helping to or
ganize and plan cultural, educa
tional, and social activities that
will benefit you as an individ
ual and the whole school.
But on the other hand, there
will be many activities sponsor
ed by the school as a whole for
the benefit of the Spelman fam
ily.
In February comes the Sweet
hearts Ball and later in the year,
the International Ball. There is
the big Christmas Party in the
gym to which all Spelman stu
dents and their guests are in
vited. Casual dances are held
regularly either at Spelman or
Morehouse College. Occasionally
there will be dressier dances
with some of the college bands
or professional ones setting the
musical mood.
Finally, Spelman sutdents not
only create good entertainment
for themselves, but also share
their good times with others. This
is done through the Thanksgiving
Rally about which you will be
learning a great deal very soon.
Christmas gives another chance
for the Spelman family to give
service to others and to make a
contribution to the larger com
munity. We have learned a big se
cret here at Spelman, that the best
fun and happiness any one can
have is that obtained from shar
ing with others.
There is an old saying that
“Doing nothing is the most tire
some job in the world, because
you can never rest from it.”
Therefore I urge you to support
your freshmen class, the SSGA,
and to seek out some interest
group on campus in which you
will become its very best mem
ber.
OPENS;
BEGIN
Freshmen week is always an
exciting time of the year for the
newcomers, as well as for the
returning students. Ecstatically
and sincerely the Spelman Col
lege student body, faculty, and
staff welcome you, the class of
1967, as members of the college
family.
From Many Places
As of the latter part of August,
the freshman class enrollment
totalled 184 students which in
cluded 117 boarding students and
67 day students. The members
of the class come from 23 states
of the union and two foreign
countries — Blantyne, Nyasaland
and Sumore, Norway. Such a
variety of environmental back
grounds will surely bring to our
college many new and exciting
ideas as well as fervor and spirit
in the undertaking of scholastic
and extracurricular activities.
It is noteworthy that this
year’s class performed exceed
ingly well on the Cooperative
Intercollegiate Examination. As
a result of their outstanding per
formance, 53 full tuition scholar
ships and 31 half tuition scholar
ships were awarded.
Work and Play
The orientation program for
freshmen began when the recept
ion committee of upperclassmen
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Orientation at ■Speiman
Much planning and hard work
have gone into the Orientation
Program for the 1963-64 school
year. The purpose of the pro
gram is to help freshmen adjust
to the college, its traditions,
equipment, methods of work, and
community life. The faculty and
students work together to make
the first few months of the
freshman’s stay at Spelman
pleasant, inspiring, and infor
mative.
This year, the Reception Com
mittee is composed of twenty-
three student leaders including
Edna L. Johnson
PUNS FOR NEW DORM COMPLETED; CONSTRUCTION
TO BEGIN EARLY THIS MONTH
On August 16, work was start
ed on a new dormitory for Spel
man College students. The dorm,
an impressive brick structure
with long windows, will be lo
cated immediately behind Upton
Hall next to the new Fine Arts
building. It will have 110 rooms
and is to house the same
number of students in single as
well as double rooms. There will
be three floors and a basement
or ground floor.
NEW LOUNGE
The ground floor will have
facilities for a beauty parlor and
a laundry. There is to be a
kitchen for students, a television
room, a game room and a study
room. City students will be
pleased to know that they will
have a new lounge on this floor.
One is particularly impressed
with the size of this lounge as
represented on the blueprint. It
will be quite an improvement
over Rockfeller’s basement,
where the present city students’
lounge is located.
On the first floor there will
be a spacious lobby and a re
ception room for callers. The
Impressive new dorm will house 110 students
head resident’s suite features a
living room, bedroom, bath and
a kitchenette. This floor will also
be the location of special guest
rooms. Twenty-two students will
live on the first floor. The se
cond and third floors will house
forty-three students each. Provi
sions for supervisors are being
planned for these two floors.
BUILT-IN
The dormitory will feature the
latest in modern equipment in
cluding built-in furniture. Every
thing is geared to the comfort
of the students. If living quarters'
have any effect on study habits,
the students in the new dorm
should make all A’s. It has not
been decided who will live in
this dorm, but freshmen, you are
fortunate because you have a
good chance.
Jeanne E. Terry
members of the Student Council
and Planning Committee, the
class and organization presidents
and the domitory counselors. The
Reception Committee is most ac
tive during the Freshman Week
when it meets freshmen on their
arrival in the city and helps
them prepare for their stay at
Spelman. It introduces to fresh
men some traditions of Spelman,
part of which is done by means
of a film entitled “The Spelman
Story”. Other activities include
a tour of the campus and the
city, a Coffee Hour with the
President, a dinner with the
Spelman faculty. Examinations
are of both the physical and
psychological nature. In addition,
students are required to take
the Iowa Silent Reading Test
for placement in a reading class,
if the test proves this necessary.
These freshman week activities
serve as stimuli to freshmen for
adjustment physically, mentally
and socially. This adjustment is
further promoted through the
orientation classes during the
first semester.
This year, the Freshman Class
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