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March, 1967
THE SPELMANSPOTLIGHT
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Ruth Buety Ann Carroll
Spelmanites Capture Prizes
Two Spelmanites recently captured two of the three first
prizes offered in the Reader’s Digest-United Negro College
Fund Creative Writing Contest. The purpose of the contest
was to seek out writing talent in essays, short stories, and
poetry among the colleges of the United Negro College Fund.
Judges of the contest were Mr. Edward Weeks, editor of the
Atlantic Monthly, and his staff.
The two winners were Evelyn Ann Carroll and Ruth Baety.
Miss Carroll won in the short story division with The Cliclip
Step, the story of a business man obsessed with a girl’s walk.
Miss Baety’s essay was entitled On Being Negro in Greece.
Each award carries with it a cash prize of three hundred
dollars as well as a trip to Washington and New York during
the week of March 19. The prizes will be awarded at a
luncheon on March 24 in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in
New York. Publication rights to the entries are the property
of the Reader’s Digest and the United Negro College Fund.
When asked their reactions to the prizes, Miss Carroll
replied that she was very pleased, while Miss Baety said
that she was overwhelmed. Both are looking forward to their
trips and to the cash prizes.
Contest Winners’ Schedule for
New York City and Washington, D, C.
Date Hour Event
Wednesday, March 22
Noon Contest winners arrive at Kennedy
Airport.
Afternoon Possible interview or interviews ar
ranged by UNCF Director of Public
Relations.
Thursday, March 23
9:00 a.m. Visit and luncheon, including inter
views and pictures, at Reader’s Digest
Foundation, Pleasantville, New York.
Friday, March 24
11:00 a.m. Interviews and pictures arranged by
UNCF Public Relations Department.
12:00 noon Awards Luncheon in your honor,
Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Carpenter
Suite.
Friday, March 24
4:30 p.m. Entire group check in at Eastern Air
lines counter for “Air Shuttle” flight
to Washington, D. C.
Saturday, March 25
Morning and Opportunity for sight-seeing, shop-
Afternoon ping or other activities you may find
of interest.
Sunday, March 26
Early Ruth Baety and Evelyn Carroll ar-
Afternoon range to check out of hotel in time to
arrive at Washington National Air
port.
Alumnae Corner
by Melody McDowell
There are twenty-two Spelman alumnae now teaching on
the Spelman College teaching staff. Of this number, only one
person holds a doctoral degree in her major field of study.
This person is also the only female member of the English
Department who holds a doctoral degree. She is Dr. June
McDonald of the English Department.
Dr. McDonald graduated from Spelman in 1953 and ven
tured to Mount Holyoke to obtain her Master’s Degree a year
later. In 1964, Dr. McDonald returned to Spelman—but this
time in the capacity of a teacher. One year later, she received
a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut.
When asked if she would accept a chairmanship at another
college if she were offered one, Dr. McDonald answered
frankly:
“Not necessarily.”
As a student who was subjected to the compulsory daily
chapel and stricter hours, Dr. McDonald can compare the
changes now and perhaps chuckle at the conditions and
rules to which she had to abide while at Spelman. Comment
ing on the changes, Dr. McDonald remarked:
“I realize that times change and rules and regulations
reflect the changes.”
Other Spelman alumnae teaching in the English Depart
ment are: Mrs. Brooks, Mrs. Jordan, Mrs. Toomer and Miss
Watts; in the Art Department are Mrs. Akridge and Mrs. Hol
loway; in the Education Department are Mrs. Andrews and
Mrs. Farris; in the Physical Education Department are Miss
Simon and Miss Starks; in the Nursery School program are
Mrs. Chisolm, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Williams and Miss Wood
ward. Others are Mrs. Butler, Psychology; Mrs. Howard,
Spanish; Mrs. Micklebury, Librarian; Miss Patterson, Biology;
Mrs. Glass, Math; and Mrs. Allen, Assistant Dean of Women.
Exciting Slate of Activities
Planned by SNEA
This is a particularly active year for the Spelman chapter
of the SNEA. The organization has planned a series of stimu
lating activities for the month of April.
From March 30 to April 2, members of the SNEA will
attend a conference at the Holiday Inn here in Atlanta. They
have been invited by Dr. Samuel Proctor, ex-president of
Virginia Union College. The purpose of the meeting is to
discuss the methods of integrating the SNEA groups in the
Southern region. The conference is being financed by money
granted Emory University by the Danforth Foundaton to work
with SNEA groups.
“Teacher Education—The Challenge of Change” is the
theme of a conference that the Spelman chapter of the SNEA
will sponsor from April 12 to April 15. Speakers are being
invited in the areas of natural science, foreign languages, Eng
lish, sociology, psychology, and social sciences. The purpose
of the conference is to help anyone interested in these fields
determine the direction of the field, and problems that exist
in the area must be solved by educators in the field.
There will be displays by local book companies and busi
nesses. All SNEA and Future Teachers of America groups
in the city and all education majors and minors in the center
will be invited. Other interested persons are invited to attend.
The Spelman College “Teacher of the Year” will be announced
at the conference.
At the end of April, several delegates will be sent to the
state meeting o fthe SNEA. Spelman’s SNEA president, Ernes
tine Clowers, is running for state president.
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Dr. Wilbert Snow
To Visit Colleges
The well known poet and
lecturer, Wilbert Snow, will
visit Spelman and Morehouse
College during the last week
in March. Mr. Snow was born
in Maine and much of his
poetry has a local flavor al
though universal in meaning.
He pursued his interest in
poetry at Bowdoin College
while preparing himself for a
career in college teaching. Mr.
Snow has been very active in
politics; he feels that college
professors have an important
role to play in civic life. Mr.
Snow worked in Alaska among
the Eskimos as teacher and
reindeer agent. In 1929, he
went to Wesleyan, where he
is now Professor Emeritus of
English.
Mr. Snow will give three
lectures on “Fifty Years of
American Poetry, 1912-1962.”
He will also give one poetry
reading session.
“Les Jeux
Sont Faites”
by Cheryl Summers
Wednesday, February 29,
students attended the Spelman-
sponsored film version of John
Paul Sartre’s existentialist
book, Les Jeux Sont Faites.
The film was entirely in
French and the audience was
composed primarily of en
thusiastic French students and
their instructors.
The film was a fairly ac
curate representation of the
book which demonstrated Sar
tre’s particular brand of ex
istentialism. Sartre believes
that men have free wills and
are therefore in control of
their destinies. But, once deeds
have been completed they are
finished and cannot be
changed. A person cannot cor
rect past mistakes or change
in any way the destiny he has
made or himself.
Even though Sartre’s two
characters had been created
for each other, they each cre
ated a life without love. They
had formed their characters
and a second chance at life did
not allow them to forget or to
erase what they had already
done. Things done previously
cannot be changed. In other
words, “Les Jeux Sont Faites”
(The Die is Cast).
According to Sartre’s stim
ulating and thought provok
ing existentialism—man, insig
nificant and ridiculous as he is
—is placed in a position of
great responsibility. Man and
man alone is held accountable
for his actions; man alone de
cides his fate.
The Spelman students
seemed to enjoy the film which
was quite effectively acted and
realistically produced. This ex
posure to spoken French in a
relaxed atmosphere was an en
joyable experience for most of
the students and one that
should be repeated more often.