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October 17, 1963 THE SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT Page 3 AESTHETICALLY SPEAKING NOTES FROM THE- PAtfcTTE BY JOANNE- r-fERBy The Water Color Club of At lanta is now sponsoring an ex hibit at Lenox Square. The exhibit includes not only water colors, but oils, graphics, encaustics and sculptures in both clay and wood. It appears to be one of the largest held in Atlanta and has its share of both professional and amateur works. Art majors, instructors and stu dents in general are happy to see Spelman’s Fine Arts Building coming along so rapidly. I had hoped that it would be finished before the end of the year, but as of now I have not heard the date of its completion. Perhaps, once it is finished, more students will be motivated to display their creative talents. The old art studios are sorely lacking in many of the necessities for good work, but I understand that the new building will be well equipped for those who are interested. The Bank of Georgia, Davison’s and The Junior League of Atlanta are sponsoring the Eighteenth Southeastern Annual Exhibition at the Atlanta Art Association, 1280 Peachtree Street N. E. very soon. The preview of the showing will be Wednesday, October 9, 1963 from 8 until 11 p.m. Sunday, September 29, 1963, Abby Hall had its annual Art Tea. This is the affair at which Abby residents select the pictures they will have in their rooms for the year. The collection, donated by Mr. Laurence Rockefeller for use in the rooms of Abby, contains color reproductions of painting from many periods. At a glance any art student should have been able to pick out works by such famous people as Dali, Picasso, Degas, Renoir, Raphael, and Ma tisse. Abby-ites had the pleasure of hearing Mr. Edwin Cerney of our department discuss the visual arts in general and a few of the paintings in particular. The Atlanta Art Association has exhibits which change periodic ally. Check the calendar in Laura Spelman. Until later . . . fOCUS on JAZZ Hello! It’s good to have you jazz enthusiasts back again. For you new readers, I’ll explain that this is not a critical appraisal of art ists or records. It is merely my opinion coupled with a bit of what’s going on in the world of Jazz. It’s unfortunate that we do not have an opportunity to be exposed to more of the lesser-known, amateur musicians, for in some cases, they hold the future of jazz in general in their hands (or rather, in their instruments). The nearly impromptu session held September 21 in Read Hall was a great beginning for us. It seem ed to go over well with the stu dents and I, for one, hope this can be more than an occasional thing on our campus. We are fortunate to have, within our grasp, in the University Center, musicians who are more than capable and who can really ex press themselves. Give them a boost; let them know we like them and want them back again. They want to be HEARD! Jazz is no longer confined to the United States and this is a good thing. In the past few years, almost every country in the world has brought jazz to the front ranks. Music has been proven to be a common ground for coun tries who disagree greatly in other areas; and jazz, in appealing to younger people, seems to help make way for a more relaxed relationship between these coun tries. Popular magazines have widely publicized the State De partment-sponsored trips by such greats as Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman. Too few have taken note of the festivals in many other countries. This past sum mer, the Jimmy Smith Trio (whom we had the pleasure to see and hear last year) traveled to Belgium to play at an annual (Continued on Page 4) Jamaica ^Jo d3e Presented ^Jdere It was announced in the spring that the Atlanta-Morehouse-Spel- man Players have been selected to entertain the American serv icemen stationed in Germany and France. For this tour the players have chosen to recreate the mu sical “Jamaica” which was first presented on this campus in the spring of 1961. Before their de parture, however, the players will present “Jamaica” once more on the Spelman campus. The musical will open for the general public on October 17 at 8:CK)«p.m., in Howe Hall and will play through October 19. If Spelman students would like a sneak pre view, dress rehearsals will be open to them on October 15 and 16. The cast includes Brenda Boyd and Lois Weston who will alternate in the female leads, Johnny Powell, male lead, Eu gene Harris, Marcelite Jordan, Alberta Harris, Carolyn Craw ford, Carmen Fennoy, Leonard Hines, Albert Sloane, David Fraction, Homer Edwards, and Baldwin Burroughs. Several of these people were in the original production — Lois Weston, Mar celite Jordan, Judith Allen, Nel- da King, Johnny Popwell, and Albert Sloane. The group is for tunate to have John Price to ac company it. It will be remem bered that Price played for the last production in 1961. The Players’ itinerary is not yet definite. However, it is thought that they will perform in some of the following Ger man and French cities — Ham burg, Heidel'burg, Munich, Ver dun, and Paris — for these places were visited by another group taking a similar tour. In any case, the tour promises to be a lot of hard work, but also a lot of fun. Do come out to see “Jamaica” and give your best wishes to the group. They will leave the United States on November 4, for a seven-week touring sched ule and will have a week’s de lay enroute in Paris during the Christmas holidays. Jamaica Cast in 1961 Production tyd'i-hhcr DISTRESS POET’S CORNER I sat alone in lonely distress For I expected a letter today, The mailman stopped only for minutes Then immediately he went away. You never can guess my heartache The pressure that flooded my heart When I checked the empty mail box And found no mail to depart. Before I knew what hit me The tears began slowly to fall The days passed slowly without you I need a letter, that’s all! So please consider my loneliness Have pity on your lonely little dove Send me a line soon, dear, Please hurry, hurry, my love. Willing to help, quick to aid Never possessive, though aggressive Always encouraging, never discouraging He’s lovable that’s progressive. Patrice A CONTEMPLATION Through each lonely street Filled with chattering echoes Rattle the empty souls Inside each lonely house Unreal voices make bright noises Of toned meaninglessness Inside each lonely being Seeps the icy unheard presence Of the invisible wall And the unseeing world lumbers on To its fate. A. Walker The Book Shelf The Spelman College library has many new books this semes ter, so many in fact, that I had a very difficult time in deciding which'ones to tell you about. All of them seem very interesting and they represent a wide vari ety of subject matter. In the coming issues of the newspaper, I shall endeavor to develop some scheme for selecting the books by different authors in different fields of interest. As for now, I have tried to choose books that should be of interest to all of us. The first is a study by Lechter, Rapier, Seibert and Sklansky, The Drop Outs. It is concerned with the students who leave high school before graduation. (Forty per cent of American children become drop outs). To those of you who are not familiar with John Oliver Kil- lens’ works, I must urge you to read And Then We Heard Thun der. Killens was born in Macon, Georgia, and once attended Mor ris Brown College. In addition to writing novels he writes for mo vies and television. His latest book, And Then We Heard Thun der, is a warm story about the Civil. War as seen through the eyes of a Negro. The central fig ure is an ambitious lad who came from Dry Creek, Georgia, to New York City, trying desper ately to become a part of the white man’s world. At your leisure, browse around the library and become familiar with the wonderful worlds which can be explored through books. Jeanne Terry