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SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT
Friday, February 26, 1965
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SU SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT
Editor-in-Chief Leila Potts
Co-Editor Frieda Williams
Associate Editor Andrea Williams
Secretary Carolyn Clark
Business Manager Helen Coleman
Cartoonist Carolyn Simmons
Reporters Judy Tillman,
Anna Belle Porter, Phoebe Bailey, Yvette Sav.woir, Carolyn Camp
bell, Joyce Young, Melba Davis, Anne Carroll, Patsy Stevens,
Carol King, Jane Smith, Ruth Batey, Clara Priorleau, Alexis
Walker, Beverly Smith.
Leila Potts
SPILLED
MILK
Well, now, we’ve had our final examinations, the grades have
been tabulated and are in the Registrar’s Office. How did you do?
To those of you who did well, I say congratulations and
keep up the good work. Maybe you can do better. Remember,
however, that the coming season is spring with its beautiful
weather and by nature people tend to become lackadaisical.
Hence, it is necessary to take stock of ourselves and see that the
grades don’t fall. It may take a little probing, but that’s essen
tial.
To those of you who did not do so well, I say pick up the
pieces and start anew. There is no use crying over spilled milk.
But what happened? Did you turn in your homework or do your
outside readings? Maybe you’ve been cutting class too much, play
ing cards too much, dating too much, or just participating in too
many hen sessions. Is this what you came to college to do?
Think about it and be honest.
Well, what are you going to do? You certainly can’t afford
to peg along at this rate or you won’t be here much longer.
Why don’t you try having talks with your instructors and see
where you fell down. After all, the teachers didn’t fail you, you
did that yourself. So you can’t transfer the blame to them.
Be wise students! You’ve just registered and begun a new
phase of your learning. Here’s a chance to redeem yourselves.
Take it and also remember that you’re here to learn, not to
memorize. It will make a difference later on.
—Leila Potts
FORT LAUDERDALE FOR SPRING BREAK?
A spring vacation in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida is being
planned for students in the A.
U. Center during the Spring
Recess. The trip will be made
via Greyhound Chartered Bus
Service and Accommodations
will be at the Riptide Inn on the
beach. The cost of the trip will
be $48 which includes round
trip transportation and three
days stay at the Riptide. The
Riptide is truly a beautiful and
exciting place to spend the
Spring Recess. The trip will
originate .in Atlanta on April
15 at 9 P. M. and will terminate
here on Tuesday, April 20. Stu
dents from all of the other
schools in the Center are par
ticipating. Chaperones will be
made available for those stu
dents who desire their guiding
hand.
Please have interested parties
contact Robert Jones at JA 3-
9420 for further information.
You Only Die Once
The average man could eas
ily tolerate the hostility of one
woman or even a few women
in the course of a lifetime. If I
had many lives to live I could
endure the anger of many wo
men. But, since I have only one
life and since I can only die
once, I will readily accede that
I have no intentions to live and
die under the aforementioned
circumstances.
Quite vividly I remember hay
ing the occasion of speaking one
morning to an audience of fe
male students. What I had to
say was no Emancipation Pro
clamation but a simple introduct
ion of various members in the
play, “The House Of Bernar
ds Alba.” However, this even
was a bit complicated since I
had seen my speech only twice,
when I wrote it three days prior
and two minutes before I was
to deliver it. Even this may not
have been so perplexing if I
hadn’t been just an hour out
of bed.
Nevertheless, when I finally
made those few steps to the
rostrum to meet my fate I was
a hanged man even before I
opened my mouth, and open
ing my mouth was what I feared
to do because I was afraid
of yawning and then falling to
sleep.
Anyway, my nervous system
began pumping and I sensed
no coordination whatsoever be
cause my mouth kept opening
and the words were articulated
after it closed. Of course, no
one noticed this as it appeared
the reverse. Nevertheless, some
thing had stifled the upshoof of
prepared words and before I
knew it, I was ejecting utter
ances quite out of joint for the
occasion. One must realize, how
ever, that to confront an au
dience and to suddenly incur
a mental block is then to either
sink or swim. I guess I’m one
of a few people who have swum
and sunk at the same time.
To fully understand such a
predicament one has to appear
in the existential situation. Since
fate gave only me the oppor
tunity, I can only now come
from the sea of despair and
offer my apologies to the young
ladies who had the misfortune
to see me drown myself un
necessarily.
If I’ve learned anything from
this experience it must be this:
you don’t say anything to an
audience at eight o’clock in the
morning. If you should make
the mistake you’d better smile,
even laugh, yea, even until the
tears fall. Since I did neither,
I express my regret for my
mistake and henceforth I’ll make
my speeches after dinner.
—Charles Jackson, Jr.
MATTIWILDA DOBBS
IN CONCERT
World famous coloratura so
prano, Miattiwilda Dobbs, made
her home-coming appearance in
Sisters Chapel on Friday, Nov
ember 27, 1964 at 8:00 p. m.
As a product of Spelman Col
lege, her recital was given for
the benefit of the newly built
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Fine
Arts Building.
Miss Dobbs, accompanied by
Williard Stektberg, won the ov
erwhelming admiration of the
audience as she sang melodic
compositions by some of out
most noted artists. “My Heart
Ever Faithful” by J. S. Bach,
“Man is For Woman Made”,
by Purcell, “Roman de la petite
etoile”, by Cambrier, “Adieux a
1’hotesse arabe”, by Bizet, “La
Singara”, by Donizetti, “Mi-
ohieu Bango”, by Nickerson
and “A City Called Heaven”,
a Negro spiritual, were included
in the program.
Miss Dobbs is a comparative
rarity among coloratura sopra
nos. Her sheer magical voice,
combined with purity, expres
sion of personality and charac
terization provided a shattering
impact with rich resonant tones.
As the first Negro ever to
sing in the Metropolitan Opera
in New York, she has traveled
all over the world and is noted
as an outstanding purveyor of
musical color.
Miss Dobbs is the sister of
Mrs. Millicent Jordan, a grad
uate and faculty member of
Spelman College.
The Spotlight Staff and the
entire student body of Spelman
CHARTER DAY
CONVOCATION
Dr. Frederick D. Patterson,
founder and president of the
United Negro College Fund,
Inc., and president of the
Phelps-Stokes Fund was the
featured speaker at the 23rd
Annual Atlanta University Cen
ter Convocation honoring the
cooperation of the six institu
tions in the A. U. Center.
Dr. Patterson spoke of the
past and present leaders of the
various colleges in the A. U.
Center and acknowledged die
part they have played in their
development.
To Dr. Patterson, the found
ing of a private college for Ne
gro youth is a truly heroic con
tribution to education and in
connection with this he gave
three stages of development.
He believes that Negroes are
aware of the important roles
which their colleges play. Their
graduates have done well and
are seen in all walks of life.
Since the 1954 Supreme Court
decision new gains have been
made in education and more
will come with diligent effort.
Unfortunately, we have not yet
reached the ultimate in citizen
ship, but this too will come with
effort.
New job opportunities are be
ginning to open up and we must
be able to provide sufficient
numbers to comply with the
demands. However, difficulties
are still encountered in the hir
ing process for oftentimes Ne
groes have to be better quali
fied than any other applicant.
Dr. Patterson does not believe
that this will always be the case.
Finally, Dr. Patterson stress
ed the role of the Negro col
lege and the Negro in today’s
changing society and in the
world.
Music for the convocation
was rendered by all of the par
ticipating institutions.
salute Miss Dobbs for having
reached the ultimate goal of
success, a goal that is sought by
all Spelmanites.
—Beverly Smith
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