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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 (Continued on page 4) 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 (Continued on page 4)