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STUDENT TUTORIAL SOCIETY IN
FINAL PLANNING STAGE
The SSGA is presently establishing a Student Tutorial Society
on campus. It believes that tutoring is important enough to
constitute the major function of an organization and should not
be relegated to the status of a part time program.
In order to qualify for the Student
Tutorial Society, a student must be
sincere about wanting to improve his
scholastic ability; this is no “cram
service.” The Society assigns to her
a tutor who recently took the same
course herself. Comprehension, study
habits, and other factors are checked
during tutorial sessions.
The Society would be composed
of qualified students who desire to
render a valuable service to their
fellow students while at the same
time deriving the benefits of partici
pation in a recognized extra-curricu
lar activity.
- Wholly devoted to the service of
the college and its students, the
Society has as its aims; “to pro
vide instruction free of charge to those
students who desire to improve their
scholastic standing and to contribute
CCUN Sponsors United
Nations Week Activities
The week of October 20, 1963 was
observed as Spelman College’s sec
ond annual United Nations Week.
The Collegiate Council for the United
Nations (CCUN), under the able
leadership of its president, Caroline
Nicol, coordinated the activities for
the week.
The CCUN, with its home office in
New York City, had its beginning in
1946, one year after the organization
of the United Nations itself. The form
er evolved out of the desire and
necessity for better and more com
plete recognition and understanding
of the features and functions of the
UN. It is a non-governmental inter
national organization and presently
has over 400 affiliates from Maine
to Puerto Rico. The Spelman College
chapter was initiated only last year.
The calendar of activities for this
year’s UN week was both educational
and of lasting interest. On October
20, a general meeting was held in
Bessie Strong Hall, where Leila Potts
was featured, dressed in Japanese at
tire, with slides of her trip to Japan
last summer. Then, on October 24,
the United Nations banquet, high
light of the week, was held for faculty,
students, and guests. The speaker for
the occasion was Mrs. Fred Patterson,
president of the United Nations Coun
cil of Atlanta, president of the At
lanta Clubs for Women and a Trustee
of Spelman College. Mrs. Patterson
listed and reviewed the most signifi
cant achievements to the credit of the
United Nations since its founding in
1945, and expressed the dire need
for the organization’s continuance and
support. She ended her address with
a reminder that the United Nations
is like a mirror reflecting the prob
lems of the world and “it would cer
tainly do no good to break the mir
ror”. Finally, on October 24, the
week ended with a gala affair, the
United Nations Ball. There were
guests from Bolivia, Switzerland, Nic
aragua, Costa Rica, Brazil, Braza-
ville, and various African countries.
Also present were guests from Emory
and Georgia Tech. All present seemed
to have had a delightful evening,
dancing and chatting across geo
graphical, cultural, and racial lines.
At a time when world peace is
precarious and crises are perpetually
erupting among nations and their
peoples, the importance of the United
Nations and the ideals which it em
bodies cannot be over-emphasized.
The CCUN is to be commended for
its efforts in keeping young people
aware of and involved in our most
vital world issues.
Bernice Dowdy
to the scholarship and intellectual at
mosphere of the college.” Not only
those students who fear failure, but
also those who strive for excellence
should be welcomed. The students
tutor for the sake of helping their
fellow students, nothing more. There
is no thought of financial remunera
tion.
The student tutors do not offer a
“cram service”. There shall be no
tutoring in the last two weeks before
finals. The tutors are never obligated
to tutor more hours per week than
they feel they can handle with no
ill-effects upon their own studies—the
tutoring load averages between one
and two hours weekly.
The sole function of the society
is tutoring—effectively and efficiently.
Prospective tutors are invited to join;
selection is based upon scholastic
achievement. An attempt will be made
to select enough tutors in each acade
mic field to meet the anticipated de
mand. Generally, a tutor must have
received a grade of “B” to tutor a
particular course. In basic courses
an “A” is preferred.
The organization of the society is
simple. A student in need of a tutor
comes to a designated, centrally lo
cated room where an officer of the
society assigns a tutor to him. This
could be done daily from 1:00 to
1:30, the lunch hour of most students.
The student must contact the tutor
himself and arrange a meeting at
their mutual convenience. Tutoring
continues until the student feels capa
ble of continuing on his own. It must
be emphasized that the initiative rests
with the student; the society makes
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A-M-S Players departing for Europe for an eight-week USO tour—Bon Voyage!!
EXCHANGE STUDENTS HERE
FROM EAST AND WEST
Added to the new faces on campus
this year are those of four students,
enrolled in Spelman on the current
exchange program. Gladys Wells,
known more widely as “Lia” is a
senior from Elmira College—Elmira,
New York, and is a major in Biology.
From Rochester, New York, she is a
resident of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
for this semester. Marilyn Bartel, a
sophomore from Bethel College in
North Newton, Kansas, is an English
major. A resident of Newton, Kansas,
Marilyn is living in Morgan Hall dur
ing her year’s exchange. Also living in
Morgan Hall this semester is Karen
Haberman, a sophomore, and a psy-
S"H(2& "Heart
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Dr. W. L. Molette, a Pine Bluff
Negro dentist, has announced his in
dependent candidacy for alderman in
the November 5th city elections. Jef
ferson County, in which Pine Bluff
is located, and Lincoln County, ad
jacent to the former, are the areas
chology major from Connecticut Col- that will vote on the 5th. Fifty per-
lege. Home for Karen is Storybrook.
New York. Again from Connecticut
College we have a sophomore, politi
cal science major who is a native of
Greenwich, R. I. Mardon Walker,
known to us as “Mardi” is living in
Packard Hall.
In accordance with the name of
the program, Spelman College has
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"New Arts Shall Bloom'
CORNERSTONE LAID IN
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY
Prince Hall Masons performed ritualistic ceremony in laying cornerstone
for the new John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Fine Arts Building.
The cornerstone of the Spelman
College Fine Arts Building was laid
Sunday, October 27, 1963. The ex
ercises began with a special Vespers
service in Sisters Chapel at 3:00 P.M.
with Dr. A. E. Manley presiding.
The sermon, “God, Source of All
Beauty”, was delivered by the college
minister, Reverend N. M. Rates. From
his text, we learned that Jesus showed
great interest in buildings for He was
a carpenter or a stonemason. Most
individuals, Rev. Rates said, are in
terested in creating or in building
something, for there is a creative urge
in each of us. Countless times, man
finds himself playing the role of God,
the greatest creator. Man is the crown
ing achievement of God’s creativeness,
and man, like God, has the capacity
for presenting that which is beautiful.
Nevertheless, man has not always
used his capacities positively because
he has, also, created a great deal of
ugliness in life. Yet, in spite of it,
there is a good side of man which
creates that which is beautiful. This
area of man’s life in which he can
make the greatest contribution is in
the fine arts. Reverend Rates con
cluded by stating that the painter,
sculptor, architect, musician, writer,
actor, etc. are instruments through
which God may be beautified before
man. In effect, the artist is a “little”
God. To man, much has been given,
and much is expected of him. But
remember, as men, our little systems
have their being; they have their
being and cease to be. We are but
broken lights of Thee, and Thou, O
Lord, art more than we.
After the Glee Club has sung
“Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Dwell
ing Place” and after the final hymn,
“These Things Shall Be”, the student
body, faculty, and friends of the col
lege proceeded to the site of the new
building for the laying of the stone.
Miss Aurelia Brazeal, Vice-Presi
dent of the SSGA, offered a prayer
of thanksgiving. Then Miss Caroline
Nicol, President of the Spelman chap
ter of the CCUN, gave the following
remarks:
“Only yesterday, millions of people
all over the world concluded a week
of celebration in connection with the
18th anniversary of the world’s great
est organization—The United Nations.
The past week was not one of mere
celebration. It was a week of deep
thought, of jubilation, and above all,
a week of thanksgiving.
“The world thanked God for mak
ing a UN possible. There was, also,
a deep gratitude to the men who
have so unselfishly contributed to its
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cent of both counties are Negro in
population.
Americus, Georgia
Despite an August 13th statement
in the Atlanta Constitution on a Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation report
revealing no police brutality in Ameri
cus, Attorney Jerome K. Heilbron, an
official of the U. S. Dept, of Justice,
in a letter to Julian Bond of SNCC
stated that “investigations are con
tinuing”.
One Core and three SNCC workers
are now faced with charges that carry
the death penalty. Their case was
widely publicized by New Jersey
Senator Harrison Williams in a spec
ial Senate chamber speech on the
situation in Americus. One of the
four involved is a 23-year-old Rutgers
University graduate, Donald Harris.
Cambridge, Maryland
Demonstrations in Cambridge,
Maryland were renewed recently be
cause of the October 2 voter decision
against a referendum proposing a city
charter amendment requiring service
to Negroes in restaurants, motels, and
hotels. According to an Associated
Press dispatch, the decision was 1,994
votes “against” to 1,720 votes “for”.
The Fourth Ward, a low income white
section, brought about the defeat with
a vote of 670 against and 157 in favor
of the proposal.
Selma, Alabama
Since September 16, approximately
320 persons have been arrested in
Selma due to their civil rights activi
ties. John Lewis, SNCC chairman,
and Mrs. Lillian Gregory, wife of
comedian Dick Gregory, were arrest
ed on October 2 on charges of “un
lawful assembly”. They were sen
tenced to 180 days and a $300 fine.
An appeal bond was set at $1,000
as well as a peace bond for the same
amount.
Danville, Virginia
According to John Lewis, SNCC
chairman, Danville’s racial situation
is intensified “by examples of the
worst police brutality in any South
ern city, including Birmingham”. A
record of the incidents that have oc
curred in Danville has been compiled
by SNCC in the form of a pamphlet
entitled “Danville, Virginia”. A vol
untary contribution of 25c per copy
is recommended to defray costs.
Please order through the SNCC of
fice. The address is 6 Raymond Street,
N.W., Atlanta 14, Ga.
