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Friday, November 20, 1964
SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT
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Judy (cont. from page 1)
the point. He excluded all poli
tical punches or appeals and dy
namically reiterated to us what
he had in essence stated in his
letter. He said that the nation
needs the influence of our gen
eration, it needs our virtuse,
our boundless energies, our cur
iosity about every aspect of liv
ing, our belief that the impossi
ble is only a little more diffi
cult to do. Our sophistication
which tells us to be hardheaded,
and our generous instincts which
tell us that mere sophistication
is not enough. The highlight o c
the message involved the idea
that a genuinely free society
cannot be a spectator society.
“Freedom”, he said ‘'in its deep
est sense, requires participation
—full, zestful, knowledgeable.
Toward that end, I have today
established a new program en
titled White House Fellows”.
The purpose of the program is
to give the Fellows first hand,
high level experience with the
workings of the federal govern
ment and to increase their sense
of participation in national af
fairs. The Fellows will be young
men and women—age 23-35—
chosen from business, law,
journalism, universities, archi
tecture, and other occupations.
Each will have demonstrated
high moral character, exception
al ability, marked leadership
qualities and unusual promise of
future development. There will
be 15 White House Fellows and
they will serve for 15 months.
One fellow will be assigned to
the office of the Vice-President;
one to each cabinet officer and
four to members of the White
House staff. The Fellows will
be named by the President on
the recommendations of a dis
tinguished Commission on
White House Fellows to be
headed by Mr. David Rocke
feller. The program of the
White House Fellows is being
financially supported by the
Carnegie Foundation. And fin
ally, the President closed with
a very touching statement
which in essence expressed a
sincere hope that when a hun
dred years from now, historians
review the Johnson Adminis
tration, they will be able to
say: There once again was an
era where the young men and
women of America and their
government belonged to each
other . . . belonged to each oth
er in fact and spirit.
With our very spirits soaring,
the 250 of us representing se-
lestive colleges from all over
the nation formed a long line
to meet President Johnson, Mrs.
Johnson, and Lynda. This was
the high point of the entire trip,
if one can be singled, for as 1
stood there waiting to shake the
hand of the highest official of
this nation and the world ac
tually, my thoughts were of you,
my Spelman sisters, of the
school and everyone in it. I
have been there to experience
only wish that all of you could
that moment of ecstacy. To
know and to realize that you
are in the midst of history, past,
present and futue and yet you
in some small, insignificant way,
are a part of that history. Mere
words could never express the
exhuberance and deep sense of
humility I felt as Lyndon Baines
Johnson extended his hand and
winked his eye. This was the
second phase.
The third phase involved a
buffet style dinner and a visit
to the East Room again for en-
entertainment especially chosen
for our taste by Lynda Johnson,
our hostess for this part of the
evening. Performances for the
evening were: The Chad Mitch
ell Trio, Bob Newhart, and The
Stan Getz Quartet. It would
seem that fate had been kind
enough, but she offered me one
final crowning experience. Just
as Stan Getz concluded his fa
mous rendition of “Desafina-
do”, the massive doors of the
East Room opened and little
men scampered around and ar
ranged four empty chairs. Then,
in walked President Lyndon
Johnson and sat four seats away!
Well, I haven’t fully recovered
yet, nor can I remember vividly
just what followed as far as the
entertainment was concerned.
Five little hours in a massive
edifice known as the White
House. Yet, they are five hours
that I shall forever hallow as
sacred, five hours of memories
that I' will cherish with an in
tensive ferver that is eternal.
Thank you, Dr. Manley and my
Spelman Sisters for such a tre
mendous honor.
—Judy Tillman
STARS of
the FUTURE
On Halloweeen night in the
midst of our “trick or treating”
the Morehouse-Spelman family
received a real treat. We were
quite honored to have in our
midst Peggy Lee, Aretha Frank
lin, two dancers from the New
York Civic Ballet, Van Cliburn,
Peter Nero, Johnny Mathis, Ken
ny Burrell, the Lennon Sisters,
Arthur Prysock, and the Billy
Mitchell Trio - well, almost!!!
The Concert In Vogue was
truly a welcome innovation in
the Spelman College calendar.
And even more welcome was its
cultural atmosphere (not impos
ed but the Fine Arts Department,
incidentally, but initiated by the
students.) I must not fail to com
mend the student body for its
strong aitteiidenee and dynamic
response to the artists. However,
this type of response is always
received when superior perfor
mances are rendered.
I know that many of us will be
proud to announce in a few years
that we were classmates, room
mates and/or friends of: Brenda
Boyd, when her album of “Music
to Gather Soul By” is released;
Billy Ann Randolph and Zeno-
bia Brown, when they become the
star ballerinas of the New York
City Ballet; Benjamin Ward and
Elynor Williams, when they
give their concerts in Carnegie
Hall; Jerri Lyons who is destened
to be the pianist that renders
the themes to all of our popular
television series; Herman Pierre
who is due to dethrone Peter
Nero and Andre Previn, the
kings of the musical world; Lean-
Again may I say that we are
quite honored to have all of
these great personalities, right
here at our fingertips. If you
are wise, you will get them to
autograph your yearbooks now,
before they graduate, so that
you won’t have to get crushed
in that maddening crowd of
the stage door fans.
--Phoebe L. Bailey
Johnson (cont. from page 1)
topics which arose during the
campaign such as Red China’s
bomb, the Jenkins case, Soviet
Russia’s sudden change of lead
ers, were avoided by Johnson,
while Goldwater meandered into
near political catastrophe as he
voiced his opinions. President
Johnson’s circumvention of is
sues made him seem shrewd
and cunning.
At his convience, if the time
comes, he will discuss them.
This organization was demon
strated at the Democratic Con
vention in contrast to the fa
natic associated with Goldwa-
ter’s nomination and backing.
The tenets exemplified here
were by no means liberal or
conservative.
Now is the time to face it!
Americans have chosen a man
whom they do not completely
trust, whose effective action is
overwhelming, whose “Grieait
Society’ is yet undefined, whose
status in foreign countries is
comparatively poor for a per
son holding his office, and
whose ideas, ideals, and goals
determine the lives and future
of us all. Americans have made
him one of the most powerful
world leaders and the most pow
erful American leader. Although
a leader can communicate easily
with his followers, he must be
highly respected also. They
must be certain of his compe
tence, rationality, and discre
tion. Will Americans have a
consequence for their desparate
selection of Lyndon Baines
Johnson to interpret and ex
press their thoughts and desires
as a nation?
—Yvette Savwoir
ZAMBIA
(Northern Rhodesia)
BECOMES
INDEPENDENT
The wind of change in Afri
ca which started with the birth
of the nation of Ghana is still
blowing across the continent
with unceasing vigor. Since that
remarkable year of 1957, thir
ty four states have freed them
selves from the bonds of col
onialism and have joined the
society of free men. This year,
the wind has stated to sweep
like a great hurricane across
Central Africa. Malawi is al
ready free under Dr. Kamasu
Bonda, and on October the
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der Drummond who shall be
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
known as the “Johnny Mathis’
the twenty-first century; Gar-
ACROSS
DOWN
land Taylor, the nimble guitarist
1.
Residence
1.
Prejudice
who will reach heights that Ken-
5.
Your governing body
2.
Solution
ny Burrell and his contempora-
7.
Opposite of good
ries never even dreamed of; and
8.
Prefix
3.
Decade
who will ever forget the sextet of
9.
Defraud
4.
King (French)
some of the prettiest women at
10.
College grounds
5.
Yes (Spanish)
Spelman, who became the first
12.
Confidence; trust
group of women ever to create
14.
— Oration
6.
Chapel —
a six-way tie in the beauty and
17.
Obj. of we
11.
Interaction
talent contests of the Miss
18.
Effigy
13.
Dispute
America Pagent ... Of course,
20.
Co- —
we have always known that
21.
Same
15.
Reverie
Richard Harris would sell more
23.
Implement
16.
Aspiration
records than Arthur Prysock.
24.
Harmony
22.
Polly Kline —
The Billy Mitchell Trio will
25.
Street (French)
soon be preparing for their
27.
Vehicles
26.
Perform
world tour sponsored by the
29.
Quaker
28.
18 across
State Department, spreading the
31.
Female horse
29.
Enemy
soulful message of their music
32.
Nuns
to all coners of the earth.
33.
Northeast (abbrev.
30.
Female deer
by Carolyn Clark
Melba Davis