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VOL. XXVII, NO. 9
SPOTLIGHT
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
MAY, 1967
CONGRATS GRADS
Congressman Brademas
Chosen as
Commencement Speaker
This year’s Commencement
speaker is Congressman John
Brademas, the Democratic
representative of the third dis
trict in Indiana. Congressman
Brademas was elected to his
fifth term in November of
1966. He was born March 2,
1927 in Mishawaka, Indiana.
Congressman Brademas re
ceived a B.A. from Harvard
University magna cum laude
in 1949. While at Harvard he
was a Veteran’s National
Scholar and a member of Phi
Beta Kappa. He also received
a Doctor of Philosophy degree
from Oxford University in
Oxford, England which he
attended as a Rhodes Scholar.
Congressman B r a d e m as
served as assistant professor
of Political Science at Saint
Mary’s College in Notre
Dame, Indiana in the school
year 1957-58. In 1956 he
served as administrative as
sistant to Adlai E. Stevenson.
In 1966 he served on the
House Education and Labor
Committee and as chairman
of the Task Force on Interna
tional Education.
He has sponsored or co
sponsored the following bills:
International Education Act,
1966; Teacher Fellowship and
Teacher Corps Program of
1965; Technical Education
Program, 1963: Juvenile De
linquency Act, 1961, Elemen
tary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965; Higher Educa
tion Act of 1965; Vocational
Education Act, 1963; and the
Peace Corps Act.
In 1967, Congressman
Brademas received the Office
of the Secretary of the Order
of Saint Andrew. This is the
highest honor that can be be
stowed on a layman by the
Greek Orthodox Church. In
1962 he was named one of
America’s Ten Outstanding
Young Men.
Memoirs of Four Years
(Excerpt from the Senior Day Speech given by Sylvia Cordy 67)
Goethe has said, “Life belongs to the living and he who
lives must be prepared for changes.”
It is now the year nineteen hundred and sixteen seven of
our Lord Jesus Christ, a year long awaited by those who are
now seniors. We came starryeyed to our respective colleges
in 1963 with our hearts and minds dedicated to a dream, a
dream that would take four years of intense preparation before
it could become a reality. However, we know that the world
is not a static one; it necessitates change, and change it did dur
ing the four years from 1963-1967. There have indeed been
many changes, some which made us beam with happiness, and
others which caused us more sadness than we thought any
mortal should be called upon to endure. This episode of our
lives began very heavily in 1963 with the tragic death of the
distinguished and beloved John Fitzgerald Kennedy, for in his
dying, we thought that our dreams, hopes and aspirations of
ever becoming immersed into the mainstream of American
life also died. However, a slant of light was seen in 1965. The
Civil Rights Bill was passed despite all the viccissitudes it had
seen in past years. Yet, the slant disappeared last year, 1966,
when we as Negro students began to feel the repercussions
of the Vietnam war, and therefore, participated openly in dis
sent. The concept of “Black Power” has certainly made an im
pact on this, the final year of our college career. It has made
us become more aware of ourselves, black people striving so
diligently to meet adequately, and without restraint the chal
lenges set before us by society.
If Goethe’s statement is true, then because of the changes
we have experienced in these four years, the Senior Class of
Spelman College can emphatically affirm that we have lived
in this generration.
“Life belongs to the living and he who lives must be pre
pared for changes.
Spelman Students
Honored
Annual Awards Day
Each year the achievements of various members of the
Spelman student body are recognized on a special Awards Day.
This year Awards Day and Installation of new student of
ficers were held on May 10. Many students received outstand
ing scholarships and grants.
Patricia Roberts received
the Trevor and Bertha S. Ar
nett Scholarship which is of
fered to a junior who makes
a high record in scholarship
and shows such qualities of
character and personality as
give promise of making wise
use of further educational op
portunities. Miss Roberts
along with Patricia Graham
also received special Merrill
awards for summer study in
Canada.
Agnes Foy received the
Amy A. Chadwick Scholar
ship which is awarded to a
working student, preferably
in the incoming senior class.
The J. Louise Fowler Loy
alty Fund Scholarship was
awarded to Cynthia Barnes.
This award is given to a mem
ber of the incoming junior
class who in the opinion of
the Alumnae Scholarship
Committee merits a full year’s
tuition on the basis of need,
average or above-average
scholastic standing, good cit
izenship record in the Spel
man community and the
promise of community serv
ice after graduation.
Shirley Barber and Mildred
Ingram received the Maggie
Gorman Valentine Scholar
ships which are awarded to a
member of the junior class
and a member of the senior
class who, during their years
at Spelman, have demonstrat
ed the highest qualities of
leadership, citizenship, schol
arship, and willingness to
work at any desirable task to
help with college expenses.
Above all, the recipients
should have demonstrated
earnest efforts to make a con
tribution tothe college.
The Catherine Hughes
Waddell Scholarship went to
Lillian Birchette. This schol
arship is awarded upon the
recommendation of the Board
of Directors of the United
Negro College Fund to a top
ranking sophomore.
The MacGregor Scholar
ship, presented to a top rank
ing junior, was awarded to
Elaine Chutz.
Two awards are annually
made in memory of the late
Mrs. Dorothy Shepard Man-
ley. The Dorothy Shepard
Manley Fellowship is given
by Mrs. Laurence Rockefel
ler. This grant covers tuition,
room, board, fees, and books
for one year of the recipient’s
graduate study. It may range
from $3,500 to $5,000. The
recipient was Anna Belle
Porter. The Dorothy Shepard
Manley Scholarship is award
ed by the family and friends
of Mrs. Manley. The award
went to Cynthia Smith, a
junior. Miss Porter was also
the recipient of the Helen
Tucker Albro Prize which is
awarded to the student in
biology who is exemplary of
the qualities Dr. Albro im
parted to her students, in
cluding high academic stand
ards, dedication to the pur
suit of truth, and an interest
in learning beyond academic
requirements.
The Seymour Finney Prize
is awarded to the student in
the graduating class with the
highest scholastic average.
The award went to Bernice
Dowdy.
Evelyn Ellis received the
Jerome Award for Creative
Achievement. This award is
offered for a piece of work in
any field-art, dramatics, writ
ing, music, or research- which
shows creative ability of high
order. Miss Ellis composed a
selection for the piano.
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