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Tuesday, April 27, 1965
SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT
Page 5
KNOW YOUR PROF
Some of our faculty mem
bers lead and have led unusually
interesting lives full of new and
unique experiences, yet they are
devoted to a threefold cause
where their students are con
cerned - teaching students, the
more challenging task of caus
ing students to learn, and final
ly, learning from their students.
Actually, there is no simple way
to discover these people, but
we have done so in the person
of Miss Marcia Halvorsen, a
social science instructor.
Miss Halvorsen did her un
dergraduate work and part of
her graduate work at the Uni
versity of Minnesota where she
received her degree in econom
ics. While holding a full time
job, she paid her way through
college and helped her family
at the same time. One of the
most valuable aspects of her
college work was SPAN, Stu
dent Project for Amity among
Nations, which enabled her to
study Italy, not through the per
ceptions of others, but as she
saw it. This took place the sum
mer after her junior year. The
preparation was made the pre
vious summer and during the
year in correlation with regular
school work. She did research
on Italy’s income tax situation
and received additional credit
which made it possible for her
to graduate in three and a half
years. She graduated with hon
ors and fellowship offers.
Still in graduate school, at the
age of twenty-two she embarked
upon a career in teaching and
worked summers in research on
problems of poverty for the
state of Minnesota. Now, she is
in her seventh year of teaching
which began at the University
of Minnesota and continued at
Smith College and Spelman Col
lege, a school differing from
Smith in environment, size, and
race. Her studies in economics
in relation to public policy
aroused her curiosity about the
South and a desire to fill in the
gaps which no indirect acquain
tance could fill in about sou
thern life. Before moving to the
South she became involved in
the civil rights movement and
wanted to contribute to the
cause behind it. This led her to
a southern Negro institution of
higher learning.
A rewarding adventure of her
life was a summer job on which
she was everything from nurse
to bicycle repairlady. Her actual
assignment was to lead a group
of students on a bicycle tour of
Europe. This job took her to
England, France, Switzerland,
and Belgium. When the job was
completed, she hitchhiked to
Norway. This is evidence of her
love for travel. She has driven
back and forth over the north
east coast of the United States
and the Appalachian Mountain
area. More proof is her skill in
flying planes which she develop
ed indirectly because of that
love.
About her experience at Spel
man, Miss Halvorsen says that
it is very interesting; in fact,
she may one day write a book
about it. Something that really
impressed her was the eagerness
of the Spelman students to par
ticipate in Challenge ’65 at Wake
Forest College and the abilities
they demonstrated at that con
ference. These things made it
a worthwhile experience for her.
She believes that there should be
more activities like this in which
people from different colleges
can meet and exchange ideas
and gain insight into each oth
er’s convictions.
—Yvette Savwoir
A DAY AT
THE PARK
Of ah the daring adventures
that I encountered last year,
perhaps the most enjoyable one
was spent in the “Stadtpark”.
I had gotten up early—that is,
about 7:30 and I decided that
I had to “be like” the Viennese
before I left Austria. This meant
that I had to pack my lunch,
grab a good book, and perch
myself on a bench in the park
for about eight hours on a sun
ny Sunday. In advance I knew
I would be bored, but I re
membered the favorite saying,
“Nothing beats a failure but a
try.”
I won’t give the name of the
book that I carried. You see,
I needed time for starting and
I only read fourteen pages that
day—no insult to the author, of
course. The big question is
“why.”
When I first arrived in the
park, I saw the lovely ladies
feeding the many pigeons. 1
stood for a moment trying to
choose the perfect spot to sit.
I had just made up my mind
when one lady walked up to
me, spoke, and proceeded to
take my choice seat. It was a
sunny day and everyone was
looking for shade—of course,
I got a lovely sunburn that day.
My only choice was to take
a seat near the edge where I
could watch the policeman in
the middle of the street. Even
though it was relatively early,
he looked dreadfully tired. The
comer of “Landstrasser-Haupt-
strasse” was filled. There were
two women with carts loaded
with beautiful flowers, a man
selling fruit, a woman selling
candy, and naturally a paper
stand.
The first thing that happened
(Cont. on page 6)
CROSSWORD
Very often it is difficult for
a member of any type of crea
tive endeavor to criticize or eval
uate that endeavor, for he be
comes so completely submerg
ed in its total execution that
he no longer is able to function
objectively or rationally. How
ever, active participation does
offer greater perceptivity, for
the participant is aware of the
mechanisms involved in the
evolution of the final product,
able to make a comparative
evaluation, and is more aware
of and in control of the varia
bles which cause his work to
be a success or failure. Thus,
these reviewers feel adequate in
the following eveluation.
On the evenings of March
29 thru April 3, the Atlanta-.
Morehouse-Spelman Players pre
sented a superb performance of
Rogers and Hammerstein’s
“South Pacific”. To quote from
another well-known “Hit”, when
describing something that is
even more than stupendous, it
was “superkolifragilisticexpiala-
docious.” The cast was a com
posite of the people from the
Atlanta University complex and
the community at large. The
play was produced and directed
by the more than capable Dr.
J. Preston Cochran.
Perhaps one of the most in
teresting aspects of the A-M-S
Players’ production was that the
play was fully integrated and
that the role of Nellie Forbush
was played by a Negro. This
was done in an attempt to bring
forth the universality of the
play - to make it fitting and
apropos to current social prob
lems. To take a situation which
grew out of one context and
place it into another, with equal
emphasis was not an easy job.
However, it was done success
fully, and with a high degree of
perceptivity.
—Alberta Foster and
Roslily Mitchell
ACROSS
Short-necked river dock
To scrape or drag along
Sorfeited
French preposition
Subway
Greek letter
Ape-like
Virtue
Dwelling
Commercial propaganda
Decoy
American Medical
Association
Banal
Oderration
American Athletic
Association
Geological time
Kindle
120 volts
Legendary or historical
story
Juveniles
Boy’s nickname
Are
Offense against law
To ring or toll
PUZZLE
DOWN
1. Golf term
2. Suitor
3. Ailing
4. Towering
5. Languorous
6. Non-conformist
7. Worldly-wise
9. Vagabond
12. Objective case of I
13. Non-commissioned officer
16. Snake
19. A spelling —
22. Conceited; vain
23. Odd fellow
24. tattered; shred
25. Foreigner
29. Artist’s canvas holder
30. Marble
33. Type of tree
34. Jug