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MY FIRST LETTER
HOME
Dear Mama and Daddy,
I arrived alright. We were
met by a reception committee
from the college; they were so
eager to get us to campus and
settled. As soon as we stepped
off the train they hustled us
into cabs bound for Spelman.
At the end of the day there
were 375 freshmen. Ten had
been bound for Tuskegee, 5 for
FAM U, and 20 for no school
at all; but they just made the
mistake of stepping off the
train and into the hands of the
reception committee.
My luggage was here wait
ing. Did I have twelve or thir
teen bags?
My roommate is neat. She
said she didn't mind a bit if I
slept with the windows open in
the winter—she’d sleep in her
coat. Her brother is way out.
His name is John Paul, he's
6’2”, and his friends call him
J.P. , and “what’s her name”
told me he doesn't have a girl.
You don’t have to send those
boxes — I hear the food is not
as bad as it used to be and
there’s a great place called Pas
chal’s besides.
Well I have to go now; 1
have to get up tomorrow morn
ing and find where to eat. Oh,
Morehouse has 11 buildings and
the freshmen live on the north
east corner of the campus and
the upperclassmen on Lee St.
Give my best to all and to
your 15 year-old son too.
Love —
Dianne
P.S. I forgot some things.
Please send my tennis racket,
the blue sweater with the hole
in the sleeve, (nobody dresses,
you should have seen that re
ception committee) my green
shirt, Beatles’ portrait, record
player, my fuzzy flip flaps and
my raincoat plus five dollars
please.
P.S.S. I’ll call if I think of
anything else.
'iVeCcame
Dr. Eagleson
Dean of Instruction
GUIDE YOU, YES!
GUARD YOU, NO!
In the dormitories this year
there is quite an interesting ar
ray of Head Residents. They
are conscientious, friendly, and
even human. They are ready to
answer your questions, listen to
your problems and provide you
with Kleenex for your many
tears.
The Head Resident is in the
dormitory to guide you, not to
guard you. Most of the time she
is in the dormitory office, if not,
she is somewhere in the dorm
trying to make things better for
you. Before you name her the
“old hag”, or “broom flying
witch”, get to know her right
now.
Mrs. Carrie Gordon has lived
in Packard Hall for three years.
This is her second year as head
Resident for freshmen.
Miss Jerrie Lyons is now liv
ing in Morehouse North. Dur
ing her senior year at Spelman,
she was dormitory counselor in
Packard Hall.
Miss Edna Johnson is a 1964
graduate of Spelman and is now
a student at the Interdenomina
tional Theological Center in
Christian Education. She lives
in Morehouse South.
Miss Emilie Williamson is a
graduate of Spelman College
and will attend Atlanta Univer
sity in January. This is her se
cond year as Head Resident in
Chadwick Hall.
Miss Callie Herndon is a
“freshman” Head Resident in
Morgan Hall. Last year she
worked with Sophomores. She
is a student at Atlanta Univer
sity.
Mrs. Anne P. Bell is Head
Resident in Abby Hall. Before
coming to Spelman, she work
ed as Head Resident at Grady’s
Mrs. G. T. Perry
Registrar
School of Nursing and at Clark
College.
Miss Alice Goseer is Asst.
Head Resident in Abby Hall.
She is a 1965 graduate of Spel
man and is now attending At
lanta U.
Mr. and Mrs. S’ekou Tour’e v
are the Head Residents in Bes
sie Strong, or the “French
House”. Mr. Tour’e is the direc- v'
tor of the Language Lab.
Mrs. Dorothy Berry is Head
Resident in Manley Hall. Be- ,
fore coming to Spelman, she
was Head Resident in a sorror- u--
ity house at the University of
Idaho at the American Univer
sity of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Mrs. Rosa Rose is a relief
Head Resident in Morgan and
Packard Halls.
Mrs. Mabel Warner is a re
lief Head Resident in More
house South and North.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
When viewing Spelman Col
lege for the first time, what did
you think? First impressions
are acknowledged to be strong
forces in molding the attitude
toward any new person, place,
or experience encountered. So
it is here: The reactions of the
entering freshmen and transfer
students this term should re
mind each of us of what Spel
man means to her.
The major inducements for
choosing to come to Spelman
were the recommendations from
relatives and upperclassmen,
family tradition and parents’ re
counts of their Spelman and
Morehouse days, the College’s
reputation and the aura sur
rounding the Spelman image,
long-cherished ambition to at
tend this college, scholarship
aid, and Morehouse Men. The
(cont’d pg. 4, col. 1)