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SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT
Tuesday, April 27, 1965
AULA ORGANIZES
(Cont. from page 1)
(3) provision of continuous and
current information pertaining
to innovations at Trevor Arnett
which are beneficial to the At
lanta University Center, and (4)
to set examples (as students in
the Atlanta University Center
and library assistants) of proper
and full utilization of all the
available resources of Trev<5r
Arnett Library.
DID YOU KNOW?
Each of the institutions com
prising the Atlanta University
Center developed as separate
and distinot entities. Their lib
rary resources developed the
same way.
Atlanta University’s Library
serves each of the five institu
tions in the A. U. Center. The
foundation for the book collec
tion of Trevor Arnett was a gift
of 300 volumes in 1870 from
the Reverend Giles Pease of
Boston. Three years later Mr.
Robert Graves of Morristown,
New Jersey, gave the Univer
sity $1,000 for immediate use
to buy books and to increase its
endowment. Atlanta U niversity
designated its library the “Graves
Library” until 1970, as a ges
ture of appreciation for his in
terest.
Andrew Carnegie gave the
University $25,000 in 1906 for
the erection of a library build
ing. By that time the book col
lection had grown to 13,000 vol
umes.
In 1929 a merger of the book
collections of the other colleges
in the Atlanta University Cen
ter was effected. In 1931, More
house College contributed ap
proximately 5,000 volumes and
Speknan contributed over 12,-
000. Howwever, both institu
tions maintained their own read
ing rooms.
Clark students made little use
of this now “Central Library”
from 1932 to 1941, for dark
was located in South Atlanta,
several miles away. In 1941
dark moved to its present lo
cation which gave the students
an opportunity to use more of
the Central Library’s resources.
Morris Brown College moved
to its present location on Hun
ter Street in 1932. This brought
it closer to the Central Library
and its resources.
The costs of library services
increase each year. The total
operation budget for Trevor Ar
nett Library has moved from
$54,410 in 1951 to over $179,-
000 in 1964-65. The book bud
get alone has increased from
$12,000 in 1963-64 to $30,000
in 1964-65.
The Atlanta University Li
brary, serving as “Central Li
brary” for the Atlanta Univer
sity Center, has had, and con
tinues to have a dynamic im
pact on the education of the
students in the Center. The Tre
vor Arnett Library is a source
of a wealth of knowledge to the
students who use it with integ
rity and skill as a tool for their
educational preparation.
A HINT TO THE WISE!
Presently, all students of the
Atlanta University Center are
permitted to use the stacks at
Trevor Arnett Library. The on
ly requirement for stack permits
is the completion of an official
application form which takes
only two to three minutes!
A DAY AT THE PARK
(Cont. from page 3)
which seemed rather peculiar
was the appearance of a man
and his daughter—waiting, of
course, for the rest of the
family. I assumed they were at
tending church and wondered
later as the mother and four
other children approached. Per
haps it was a family reunion.
Anyhow, I then made my first
mistake—I ate my apple. It was
my dessert for lunch, but well,
I thought, I could get another
one later. I had no idea that by
eleven my entire lunch would
be gone.
Around eleven-thirty the park
became somewhat less crowded
—what were the people doing?
They were preparing for lunch.
Everyone leaving gathered their
precious possessions — children
and dogs—'and proceeded to go
to their favorite “Gasthaus”
(restaurant). No, it was no hol
iday but everyone has the right
and need to dine out once in
a while, even the dogs.
The thing that struck me was
that most of the time one dog
was not enough—masters and
mistresses needed two. Anyhow,
lunch hour was over at two and
the owner, who knew his reg
ular customers had made his
rounds and left his patrons in
peace. The park then lost some
of its visitors as some remained
to read the various newspa
pers and magazines provided in
the “coffee-houses.” Here it is
interesting to note that an or
dered glass of beer or a cup
of coffee was the only fee nec
essary—in fact, that made you
the private owner of any seat
for as many hours as you liked.
But many Viennese came back
to the park again. On the wa>
to or while at the restaurant,
they had been thoughtful and
gathered all kinds of food for
the pigeons. This meant making
the rounds again to see that
these birds were cared for.
There were interesting people
there. I met a child with whom
I played ball for almost an hour.
I met the director of the re
habilitation center in the neigh
boring city of Baden. He spoke
four languages fluently, and be
fore he left, he gave me a few
tips as to what I could include
in my next letter to Dr. Manley.
Dr. Frity was really an interest
ing person. As we walked
through the park, we met some
of the people who had the for
tune of being his patients and
whose .faces were living exam
ples of the peace, thankfulnss,
and joy that could exist in our
modern world.
There was another thing that
shocked me. Toward evening, I
met a policeman coming on du
ty. The lady sitting next to me
informed me that he walked
the parks during the night in
order to protect the modern art
statues found there. She further
explained that in spite of the
wars, they appreciated the “old.”
There are many other small
incidents which I could cite,
but I have given enough to
share with you a glimpse of
Viennese “Gemuitlichkeit.” Some
people call it laziness. But what
ever it is, it seems to me that
man needs it. The above has
not been cited to make fun of
or stereotype the Viennese.
Rather it was my effort to in
troduce you to a society that
is not built on saving time—a
society that seeks to enjoy na
ture, peace, happiness, and the
rest of our world.
Clara Prioleau
POETRY CORNER
LIFE’S STRUGGLE
Life’s a rugged, rough, angry
sea that fights and struggles
for existence to be.
She is afame with the thirst
for knowledge and truth
But discovers not the fountain
of youth.
Scientists seek her fountain of
eternal life
Through toils and struggles and
misfortune and strife.
She engulfs the weak, and up
lifts the strong,
Yet, contradicts the right and
comforts the wrong.
She has man as a puppet, pull
ing him by a string—
She knows his destination and
what the future will bring. .
Life is worth the misfortune, no
matter what hardships lie,
For “Life is a continuous strug
gle,
And only the fittest survive.”
—Beverly Smith
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