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Thursday, May 27, 1965
SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT
Page 5
KNOW YOUR SPELMAN QUIZ
Each year, as a part of the
Founder's Day observances, a
Know Your Spelman Qquiz is
sponsored. Each class chooses
a representative to answer ques
tions about Spelman and her
history.
Competition on the part of
the classes reaches its peak as
questions are asked—then an
swered or misanswered.
This year’s contest was won
by Laurette Williams, who rep-
Mr. Edward Weeks, Editor of
Atlantic Monthly, Spelman’s '65
Founders' Day speaker.
In Memoriam
Each year Spelman College
remembers its beginnings and
those who made those begin
nings possible. A part of this
remembrance is the decoration
of plaques by the Granddaugh
ters’ Club.
During the numerous activi
ties of Founder's Day, this time
is set aside to honor our found
ers. In Howe Hall a service is
presented by the Granddaugh
ter’s Club. Included in the pro
gram this year was a musical
selection by the Granddaugh
ters’ Ensemble. The service call
ed to mind the achievements of
Sophia Packard and Harriet
Giles in the long-ago days of
Spelman’s genesis.
The climax was the actual
placing of the wreaths on the
plaques by the members of the
Granddaughters’ Club, all of
whom were dressed in white.
Thus another tribute to the
memories of Spelman’s found
ers was given.
resented the Freshman Class,
j Other representatives were Au-
| relia Brazeal, Senior Class; and
Madeline Nix, Sophomore
Class.
Another part of the program
was the announcement of the
gifts the Founder's Day by the
alumnae and friends of Spel
man. The largest amounts given
by Spelman Clubs were those
of Atlanta and New York.
Andi Williams
CLASS ELECTIONS
The 1 9 6 5 - 6 6 academic
school year is already looking
profitable because of the select
ion of class officers for the
1965-66 school year.
The class of ’66 will now
step into the spotlight as the
leaders of our fair school. Pre
sident—Maude Brown from
Jacksonville, Florida, I’m sure,
will prove to be an untiring
leader of the senior class. As
her close worker, the class has
selected Helen Carithers with
whom all the students will coop
erate. Corresponding secretary—-
Carolyn Clark, treasurer—Mel
ba Davis, recording secretary—
Jackie Brown and parliamen
tarian, Olga Cook will also
carry the class of ’66 on to
honor.
The prospective junior class
has also elected very competent
workers: Valerie Green—presi
dent from Daytona Beach, Flor
ida and vice-president—Dore-
tha Morton will have the full
support of their class to help
them in their class projects. To
assist Valerie and Doretha, the
class has elected secretary—Pat
Ricks, treasurer—Glenda An
derson, and parliamentarian—
Barbara Jackson.
The incoming sophomore
class, which has exhibited creat
iveness and cooperation has
elected officers which I am
sure will surpass the successful
endeavors of the preceding
class. The officers are president
—Phyllis Rutledge from Atlan
ta, vice - president —• Carolyn
Jones, secretary—Angela Rob-
SENIORS MOVE
FORWARD
The time has once again come
when those young women who
have completed the require
ments for graduation begin pre
paring themselves to leave these
protective gates for the last time
and begin their varied roles in
society. Some will continue
their educatiton, some will seek
jobs and still others will find
themselves doing things that
they never dreamed they could
do.
Upon talking with some of
these seniors, I discovered that
many of them have already
been accepted at some graduate
school or have already been of
fered Jobs in many varied
fields and localities.
To mention a few: Gwendo
lyn Williams will be working
towards her Ph.D. in textiles.
Barbara Henry will be doing
work with the U. S. Army in
physical therapy. Velma Charles
will enroll either in New York
University or in Atlanta Uni
versity. Alberta Foster has been
accepted at Temple University.
Margaret Hampton will be at
tempting Western Reserve Uni
versity School of Medicine,
working towards her Ph.D. de
gree in Anatomy. Clayton
Copeland, Sunny Guider, Lor-
na Hosein, Doris Bebee, Mary
Ann Geer, Jacqueline Hunter,
Ernestine McDaniel Beverly
Pettigrew, Queen Hardnett, De-
lores Turner, Virginia Cotton,
Dorothy Wideman, Marian
Shivers and Mary Dupree, have
all been offered teaching posi
tions here in Atlanta. Sandra
Montgomery will be working
for the American Red Cross in
Korea and in France for a
year and a half with all ex
penses paid and a monthly
salary.
These are only a few of our
graduating seniors who have al
ready begun their strides to
ward success.
—Clementine Burgess
inson, assistant secretary—An
gela Beverly, treasurer—Tam-
mara Williams, and parliamen
tarian—Veronica.
You can see for yourself
that each class has selected
leaders on the basis of their
leadership, initiative and relia
bility. This coming year will be
a test of these traits and of the
cooperation that will be given
by the students.
—Jolita McCray
Qualities We Seek . . .
(Continued from page 2)
Friday, March 26, sums up the Maximum in leadership:
What have the idealists really got out of it, after the long
walk through the rain? A head cold, maybe. But oh yes—one
other thing: something they wouldn’t sell, and you could not
buy—A maximum social value is something you really cannot
buy, even though it has utility, not always for the leader but for
many others. Education ought to help all those who strive for
it, and especially the prospective leader to see the past, the pre
sent, and the future—all making a life.
The fifth value is excellence, the paramount value which
Spelman aims to inculcate in all its students. It underlies and is
intertwined with all the others. Without it, all the others lose
significance. We want to produce excellent individuals—indivi
duals with high standards, proficient in performance, ready to
take their places in the large or small areas they may serve.
Sound scholarship and high ideals are sought assiduously
by those who seek perfection. It is a truism that the good society
depends upon the quality of the persons who compose it. Spel
man aims to have graduates who will serve as leaven in society
because their performance is characterized by such excellence.
The institution recognizes that this is really a practical considera
tion in the keen competition of the world of work—perhaps as
important as the need to experience the joy of work well done.
In the 1958 Rockefeller report on education, there is this
statement:
There can be no striving for excellence without models to
inspire emulation. There can be no greatness without the en
couragement to ask much of oneself.
The Spelman seniors should be models to inspire emulation
by others. They should ask much of themselves, thus helping to
create an ethos where others likewise ask much of themselves.
Without doubt, these values of creativity, freedom of
investigation, development of leadership, and the development of
excellent individuals—should be fostered by the students, es
pecially the seniors, to a maximum degree here at this college
where the liberal arts are nourished.
Spelman College recognizes that our students should be
provided the opportunities which will enable them to develop to
the fullest their academic talents and interests. For this reason,
we and other liberal arts colleges and universities are greatly con
cerned with methods and techniques for maximizing your learn
ing opportunities and experiences, thus enabling those of you
who are endowed with greater intellectual capacity, as well as
those of you who are average students to progress as rapidly as
your capabilities will permit in the areas of interest-to you, and
also enabling you to develop those values which I have stressed.
Atlhough we never reach a maximum in life, we try to
achieve it. It is always out there ahead of us. “But a man’s
reach should exceed his grasp or what’s a Heaven for.”
May those of you who are here 84 years after the founding
of the college consider that you are here rehearsing the play or
the music for the real performance you will be called on to give
as human beings in the world. I consider I am in the world to
give the finest performance I can. For you, the seniors, your
real performance will soon begin. May you reach for the max
imum and perform well.
Not Finished . . .
(Continued from page 2)
change. Some became discon
tented with Spelman and her
traditions; others became more
socially than academically in
clined; others had emotional
problems; and still others long
ed for the comforts of home.
Thus, our class grew consider
ably smaller for the next two
years.
Some of us stumbled and fal
tered until we reached the most
cherished position on campus,
we were Seniors and we had
dwindled to less than a hun
dred. Our four years had been
challenging, rewarding and in
spirational. Now we are get
ting ready to embark on an
even greater career. Some of
us will get married; others will
continue their educational ca
reers at higher institutions of
learning; others will go into the
teaching profession and still
others will pursue various fields
and careers. We will no longer
be protected by the ivy walls
of Spelman. Instead, we will
be thrust into that hard cruel
world where survival and suc
cess will be all important. We’ll
surely survive and succeed at
all of our future endeavors be
cause we’ll not settle for any
thing less than perfection.
—Marian Shivers