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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 (Continued on page 4) 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 (Continued on page 4) "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 (Continued on page 4) 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.