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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)