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APRIL 3, 1964
THE SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT
Page 5
Annual Water
Show Delightful
On March 6 and 7, the swimming
club and swimming team of Spelman
and Morehouse, respectively, jointly
presented the annual water show.
This year’s theme, “A Parade of
Months”, was beautifully carried out
by the natatographers, swimmers, and
Miss Starks, the club’s advisor and
director.
Each month was represented and
enjoyment of the entire presentation
was expressed. However, the audi
ence seemed to enjoy the wedding
scene the most because of its humor.
The ceremony was performed by
Michael Henderson with Jerome
Robinson as the groom and Willenor
Caruthers as the bride. Other mem
bers of the club were the brides
maids, ushers, and guests.
Another number enjoyed by those
who attended was “Younger Than
Springtime”, performed by Renee
Adkins, Harold Head, and Pamela
Brown. The high point of their per
formance was the formation, of a
chain of the three swimmers. They
received a great applause when they
carried it underwater. Renee, also,
did a solo number. Other solo swim
mers included Lucia Holloway and
Catherine Grant.
For the month of July, several
children of faculty members were
the participants. Little Lee Lynn,
son of Dr. Lynn, swam the length
of the pool with his swimming part
ner, Miss Starks. He and the other
children were very amusing and de
lightful.
The over-all production was ex
cellent. The costumes were beautiful
and the effects of the lighting were
splendid. Those who attended ex
pressed their delight with the show
as did those of previous performances.
“A Parade of Months” was indeed a
delightful presentation.
Gloria Anne Knowles
The Atlanta Student
Press Is Born
On February 25, representatives
from the news staffs of Georgia Tech,
Georgia State, Morehouse, Spelman
and Agnes Scott met to complete the
plans that made the Atlanta Student
Press (ASP) a reality. The meeting
was held at Georgia State.
The idea of this college news serv
ice was co-authored by Cary Howard,
and Mike Jones, Editor and Manag
ing Editor respectively of the Geor
gia State SIGNAL. The purpose of
the endeavor is to enhance the in
terest and variety to each of the
newspapers involved by the inclu
sion of news articles by students
from colleges outside of their own
gates. Those present at the initial
meeting for launching this plan were
Cary Howard and Mike Jones of the
SIGNAL staff; Sally Pocbel, AGNES
SCOTT NEWS; Ida Rose McCree,
SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT; Johnny
Houston and George Perdue, MORE
HOUSE MAROON TIGER; and
Gwinn Leverett, TECHNIQUE; (of
Georgia Tech).
Miss Howard was chosen by the
group to act as Chairman with ASP
headquartered at Georgia State. The
group also agreed that each member
paper would pay $10 membership
fee to cover material and mailing
costs. All material is to be sent to
the ASP office where it will in turn
be dispatched to the other editors.
The group decided that all edi-
THE BOOK SHELF
By Ruth A. Davis
During the spring it would be
well to spend some time better ac
quainting ourselves with the life
of Christ. To this end, The Day
Christ Died by Jim Bishop would
be excellent reading. Mr. Bishop’s
naturalism of characterizations and
his sympathetic handling of back
ground has made this book a master
piece. Never before has Christ seem
ed so human and close to one’s life
torials must be presented intact and
should not be revised in any way.
However, features and news copy
may be cut or revised as the editor
sees the need.
Until the end of May, the ASP
will be effected on a trial basis. The
continuation and the success of the
service will depend on the coopera
tion of each editor.
Bernice Dowdy
as He does in this book. Christ knew
that He was to be betrayed and die
a horrible death; therefore, during
His last days His divine and human
sides were constantly juxtaposed, He
was, in the end, left to endure the
agony of the cross and to die as a
man, in order to point the way to
man’s salvation. The portraits of
Judas, as painted with words, and
the other eleven disciples were equal
ly as sensational as that of Christ.
The life of each had a message for
the reader, for among these twelve
were represented people from all
walks of life.
If you like books that cause a
great deal of controversy The Deputy
by Rolf Hochhuth is just the book
for you. The Deputy scores Pope
Pius XII for failure to intervene di
rectly and unequivocally in the mass
murders perpetrated by the Nazis.
The reason offered by the church
for its failure to intervene in the
murders done in the concentration
camps, or to excommunicate any
catholic who participated in tortur
ing or murdering women and chil
dren, was that “higher spiritual in
terest of universal scope demanded
that the Vatican put its temporal
security before every other considera
tion!” The author expresses horror
over the fact that Christ in love yield
ed to the spirit of murder in a time
that the church might have, had
it but tried as one priest begged the
Pope to consider, exerted some posi
tive influence.
For those who are interested in
Political Science, El Senor Presi-
dente by Miguel Angel Asturia is
exciting reading, which recasts into
fictional form the author’s experience
with the totalitarian regime in Gua
temala. El Senor Presidente depicts
the asphyxiating and brutalizing at
mosphere of a totalitarian state,
where every man is governed by
terror, intrigue, and violence. At the
center of the repulsive web sits the
puny but vindictive Presidente, him
self ridden by fear, yet adroitly us
ing for his purposes a loathsome Con
gress of rival judges, bar barons,
prostitutes, spies, and drunken sol
diers. Under these circumstances all
human values vanish, and nothing
counts except the will of the Presi
dente.
SUPPORT
YOUR
SPOTLIGHT
“Pact a. @atHet
The music droned on incessantly
like a swarm of bees aimed at your
eardrum, while your flannel soul
flapped in the wind like a ragged
piece of sad, blue melancholy.
Now rigor mortis disguised as bore
dom gnaws at the past, crushes the
present and suffocates the future—
the future—the reputedly indestructi
ble future—numerous, ghosts, vapors,
spiralling up from your idiot cig
arette.
Mary Ann Gaither
The New Deal
Live off of welfare.
They give us clothes.
Not too good, but they covered us.
Give us cigarettes too.
Not too good, but they helped us
forget.
Worked hard when a job came.
It’s easy to work hard when you’ve
been sitting
On a bank just a carving.
Lawd, it was good to work.
Didn’t get but 15c an hour.
Gal, in dos days a man couldn’t hard
ly carry
Two dollars worth of groceries.
You could get 5 pounds of sugar
And de prettiest white meat
You’ve ever seen fer a nickel.
Honey, we sho knew how to ‘ppreci-
ate Mr. Washington’s face
I used to think de Lawd created two
saviors
Jesus Christ and Franklin Roosevelt.
Yes mam dat man knew what to do
And done it too.
—Diane Wilson
NOTE: The persons mentioned were
interviewed by the poet concerning
their activities during the New Deal.
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