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Left to right, Sitting-. Helen Broughton, Dollie Scott, Leonia McRae,
Jenelle Studgeon, Joan Gail lard. Left to right, Standing: Joyce Hunter,
Vivian Glass, Annie Humber, Melrita Russ, Augustine McDaniels,
Cheryl McCoy, Agnes Houston.
Outstanding Seniors
Student Teachers ’67
by Alice Graham
“Change of Pace .... Long hard hours .... More study
ing .... Less sleep .... People .... Wonderful.” These are
Helen Broughton’s responses to the question, “How do you
feel about student teaching?” During the first nine weeks of
the second semester, twenty-five seniors who have minored in
elementary or seconday education are putting into practice
the educational methods which they have learned. Each stu
dent has assumed the responsibilities of a regular teacher.
Most of the student teachers are in disadvantaged areas.
Brenda Smith stated that she is glad that the student teachers
have been placed in situations where they can get a realistic
idea of what teaching involves. Evelyn Ellis, also in a dis
advantaged area, told of her pleasure when her students reacted
favorably to their music lessons. Angelique Pullen, working
diligently to correct her students’ test papers, expressed her
feelings of frustration and concern for her high school history
class which she has had to teach to write and spell.
The student teachers are being confronted with the prob
lems which plague the urban ghetto schools—overcrowding
and lack of teachers and facilities. One senior expressed con
cern for a large group of mentally handicapped pupils who
are not getting any special education or training because of
the shortage in teachers and facilities. Other seniors voiced
a concern for the gaps in their own educational preparation.
One student teacher looked up from a pile of books that she
was studying and commented, “I am teaching new math and
I have never had it myself.”
Most of these seniors plan to teach and further their educa
tion. Only one student said that student teaching has made her
decide to pursue another career. Annie Humber and Dorothy
Render, both Spanish majors, hope to someday go to Spain and
Mexico and perhaps take a few students. Joyce Hunter wearily
said, “Student teaching has made me more sympathetic towards
teachers.” Agnes Houston and Marian Smith realize the ful
fillment which teaching a child to think can afford. The Spot
light takes pride in saluting the senior teachers: Helen Brough
ton, Vernestine Bynes, Carolyn Crockett, Barbara Gantt,
Vivian Glass, Agnes Houston, Barbara Jackson, Evelyn Ellis,
Virgilyn Gresham, Annie Humber, Joyce Hunter, Leonia Mc
Rae, Cheryl McCoy, Barbara Martin, Barbara Harper, Joan
Gaillard, Melrita Russ, Berdie Ricks, Dorothy Render, Marian
Smith, Wenda Faye Smith, Brenda Smith, Dollie Scott, Jenelle
Studgeon, and Wilma Webb.
Thurmans Visit AU Center
by A. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Thurman paid a visit to the Atlanta
University Center in February. Mr. Thurman is an author
and minister and was formerly Dean of Marsh Chapel at Boston
University. He is a Morehouse graduate and participated in
the Morehouse Centennial activities during his visit here.
Mr. and Mrs. Thurman are the donors of many items on
display in the International Room in Rockefeller Hall. Mrs.
Sue Bailey Thurman, a 1920 high school graduate of Spel-
man, made the presentation on March 18, 1962. She stated
that she hoped the gift and the idea behind the room (that of
an “International Library-Museum Center”) would open new
vistas to the Spelman family and to the community.
Mrs. Thurman entered Spelman in 1917. Spelman Semi
nary awarded her a certificate in preparatory music in 1919.
After finishing her high school work, she spent one year doing
special work at Spelman. In 1921 with four other Spelmanites
she toured as a part of a singing quarted and pianist group
under the direction of Miss Emma Delany (also a Spelman
graduate) in order to raise money for African Missions. Work
in her home town of Dermont, Arkansas was followed by
attendance at Oberlin College from which she graduated in
1926. Mrs. Thurman has served as teacher of Music Educa
tion, and with the National Student YMCA.
From the 15-20 of February she conducted a series of
meetings here at Spelman. They included a one-hour dis
cussion of the recent upheaval in China, a meeting with
officials of various student groups in the Center that relate
to international affairs, a meeting with members of the Inter
national Room Committee to discuss the room and its use,
a meeting with Spelman students who have participated in
programs abroad, and a meeting with some Spelman mem
bers faculty to discuss the need for and problems of establish
ing a vigorous international relations club.
Spelman College High School Scholars Program
by Christine Singleton
Higher education in the South must seek the greatest de
gree of excellence in whatever it undertakes. In keeping with
the trend to provide more and better educational programs for
gifted pupils, Spelman College is quietly and meaningfully
expanding an “experiment.”
Known as the “Spelman College High School Scholars
Program,” it is designed primarily to stimulate and broaden
the intellectual interests of outstanding high school pupils.
In this program, boys and girls are exposed to a variety of
new ideas and to new ways of looking at old ideas. Not only
are they exposed to outstanding and stimulating members of
college faculties, but many of the great minds from the Atlanta
area are called upon for the lectures or to lead discussions on
some topic.
The Program, though small, is a cooperative effort on
the part of Spelman and the surrounding high schools to
broaden the intellectual horizons of selected pupils from the
area. The College provides the meeting place and the refresh
ments for the youngsters. No charges are made.
The format is quite simple: once each week, during the
evening, a group from the high schools meets with an out
standing faculty member or a successful business leader. At
one meeting, the topic may be some aspect of philosophy;
at another, high energy physics or a chemistry problem,
foreign affairs, or the basic laws of genetics and concepts of
probability; at another, the idea of compassion.
The Spelman College High School Scholars Program is
being developed and planned by Dr. Richard J. de Pagnier
of the Department of History, with the recognition that the
standard high school curriculum may not offer gifted pupils
the opportunity to explore the world of ideas.
The response given this type of program in other colleges
where the originator of the Program has served, has been tre
mendous. Many feel that the program should be expanded in
many instances to allow more pupils to attend.
The first session of the Program was held February 8 in
Spelman’s Fine Arts Building. The speaker was Dr. William
Jones of the Department of Chemistry of Emory University.
Herman Bailey
'IPjeet the -Artist
Spelman’s new artist-in
residence is Mr. Herman
Bailey, a native of Chicago,
Ill. Mr. Bailey received a B.A.
degree from Alabama State in
Montgomery, Ala., a B.F.A.
degree from the University of
Southern California in Los
Angeles, and the M.F.A. de
gree from the University of
Southern California. He has
taught at Florida A & M Uni
versity, Clark College, Win-
neba Training College in Win-
neba, Ghana, and the Kwane
Nkrumah Ideological Institute
in Winneba, Ghana. Mr. Bailey
has served as senior artist in
the Ghana Institute of Art and
Culture in Accra, Ghana and
in the Publicity Department of
the Office of the President in
Accra. His works are in public
and private collections. Mr.
Bailey is a man of wide artistic
and travel experience. While
he is on campus, the College
should benefit from both his
artistic talent and the percep
tion and insight he has gained
through working and traveling
on four continents.
Money For
Talented Writers
The April issue of the Spot
light will have a literary mag
azine supplement that will fea
ture original short stories,
poems, and essays by students
and faculty members. This is
an excellent opportunity for all
unpublished writers and poets
of our campus to see their work
in print. In addition to that
there are three awards to be
presented to the students who
submit outstanding work in
the areas of poetry, the short
story, the essay, and drawing.
Please help make this the
best literary magazine ever
printed. You may submit your
work to Anna Belle Porter,
Cynthia Smith or you can bring
it to the Spotlight office. The
deadline for submitting work
is March 13.