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VOLUME XX SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT SPELMAN COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1965 NUMBER 2 RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS WEEK - A SUCCESS? Dr. Manley and Dr. George Kelsey WHAT HAPPENED ? ? There was an extensively planned program of activities in the A. U. Center during the week of March 7, under the chairmanship of Dr. Rufus E. Clement, president of Atlanta University. Approximately 5,000 students were possible partici pants—yet total crowds com posed not too much more than a fifth of that number. Some students even claim to have heard nothing about it. What was the problem? It was not lack of good speak ers. Dr. George Kelsey, Univer sity Center speaker who is pro fessor of Christian Ethics at Drew University, received com mendation from many of those who heard him. Rev. J. Claude Evans, Clark: Rev. William V. Guy, Morehouse: Dr. James H. Cone, Morris Brown; and Rev. Kelley Miller Smith, Spelman, all reported good responses from their audiences. It could not either have been lack of diversity. In addition to a Sunday afternoon service and two evening services, there was the evening Communion service. Meditation and organ music were available on the different campuses at varying hours. In formal discussions were also programmed as well as a color slide presentation of “Artists Concepts of Jesus in Various Media”. Even in the evening services, the music was varied. Featured were the Clark College Choir, the Spelman Glee Club, and the A-M-S Chorus. With so many different times and local ities to choose from, those ac tivities should have been avail able to all of the students in the system. Was lack of publicity the problem? Perhaps — yet an nouncements were made in all of the school assemblies and posters of some activities were placed. The weekly calendar, evidently unread by many, also carried these events. With a speaker imported especially for an occasion, it seems difficult •not to know that the occasion does exist. It can not be said that the week did not involve student participation. It was found on planning committees, in the mu sic, among the ushers, in the prayers and scripture reading! and the preparers and offerers of Communion—in fact in al most every possible phase. What, then, caused the poor attendance of Religious Week? It would seem to be the con sensus that lack of student in terest and knowledge was re sponsible. Committees may plan, speakers may speak, but relig ion can be emphasized only so far as the students of the A. U. Center will emphasize it. Only the yardstick of student interest can measure the success of non- compulsory activities. —Andrea Williams RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS AT SPELMAN During the week of March 7 Spelman College carried out its annual Religious Emphasis Week program. The speaker was Rev. Kelley Miller Smith, the pastor of the First Baptist Church, Nashville, Tennessee. Miss Ger aldine Lyons, President, Miss Michael Purify, Miss Ann Go- lar, and Miss Alice Hines were the officers of the Religious Em phasis Committee which was composed of a representative number of students with Rever end N. M. Rates acting as ad visor. From the time of his arrival in Atlanta at six a. m. Monday until his departure on Friday, Rev. Smith was involved in the activities of Spelman and the center. Many girls have stated that Rev. Smith captured their interest as soon as he appeared on the platform in Sisters Chap el or when he first began to speak. He had many attentive listeners at all the morning ser vices, as well as at the luncheons and dinners he attended. These included the Student Teachers’ dinner on Tuesday and the Fac ulty luncheon on Thursday. Quite a number of students ex pressed special appreciation of the House Conferences on Mon day, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings at Packard, Morehouse South, Abby, and Manley Halls respectively. In fact, Rev. Smith seemed to be a hit with many Spelman students —and he certainly felt the same way about Spelman. He explor ed the campus, questioned var ious aspects of life on campus, and even suggested that he be invited to return. Although the speaker was a central focus, another important feature of this week was the Seminar on Wednesday morning which involved approximately twenty seminar groups led by students and resource persons from several religious groups. It afforded a chance for discussion of such topics as Sex and Relig ion, Cumpulsory Chapel Atten dance, and many others. It is difficult to assess the value of an observance of this kind. Some appreciated it while others did not. Yet, to all it offered an opportunity, an op portunity of which many took advantage. Andrea Jeanne Williams AULA ORGANIZES A BEGINNING: On Satur day, February 13, 1965, the stu dent assistants of Atlanta Uni versity’s Trevor Arnett Library organized themselves into an as sociation known as the Atlanta University Library Assistants (AULA). At the first meeting of AULA, Mr. Miles Jackson, Chief Librarian of Trevor Ar nett, talked to the student assis tants about the historical devel opment, function, and current progress of Trevor Arnett as a central library for the Atlanta University Center. Mr. Jackson also reminded the student assis tants of their responsibility for Memorial services for Mrs. Dorothy Shepard Manley were held on Sunday, March 14, 1965 at 3:00 P. M. in Sisters Cha pel. Memorial tributes were given by Mrs. Elizabeth Macomson on behalf of the faculty, Miss Judy Tillman on behalf of the stu dent body, and Mrs. Richard Hacking on behalf of the Wo men’s International League for the provision of prompt and ef ficient service to the students and faculty members of the At lanta University Center. Follow ing Mr. Jackson’s comments, officers were elected: President - Terry Dawkins, Morehouse, Vice-President - Geraldine Ben ton, Morris Brown; Secretary - Joette Y. Baker, Atlanta Uni versity; Assistant Secretary - Thomas Frazier, Morehouse; and Treasurer - Deloris Davis, Morris Brown. The members of the AULA represent the five institutions of the Atlanta Uni versity Center: Atlanta Univer sity, Morris Brown, Spelman, Clark and Morehouse. The primary functions of the AULA are both social and edu cational. The social aspect of the AULA will concern the ga thering of the members and their friends for fun and relax ation. The educational function takes in four broad areas: (1) utilization of the members’ ex perience as library assistants to provide maximum service to the Atlanta University Center, (2) presentation of lectures and for ums by outstanding intellects, (Oont. on page 6) Peace and Freedom. The Spel man College Glee Club provided music by singing an adaptation of Psalm 27 which was written by Dr. W. L. James in memory of Mrs. Manley. After the service, the congre gation travelled to the Dorothy Shepard Manley Hall to witness the unveiling of the building's lettering.