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VOL. XXIII, NO. 1
SPELMAN COLLEGE
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
SEPTEMBER, 1967
OLD BUILDINGS REOPENED
AFTER NEW RENOVATIONS
Dr. Albert E. Manley
GREETINGS
To the Class of ’71 I offer
you the challenge of the next
four years. You are now on
the threshold of a new life—
a life that should bring to you
many new and exciting experi
ences. Whether you spend one
semester or eight semesters
here, you are beginning an
emotional, social, mental and
physical journey that will
mark you as members of the
Spelman family for the rest of
your lives. These years, I hope,
will bestow upon you fond
memories that will remain with
you throughout your life. The
road that you will travel may
be a rugged one. There may
be times when you feel that
you have chosen the wrong
road to your eventual goal.
Then, you should remember
that the way to success is not
an easy one—the weak suc
cumb, the strong endure.
Your life at Spelman will be
permeated with the “great
search” — the search for
knowledge and understanding.
Here you will continue to learn
to think, to feel and to “see.”
Here you will continue to learn
the great ideas that have
shaped the world of today.
Here you will learn of the great
ideas that are shaping the
world of tomorrow.
At Spelman, you will re
ceive training in the usual
broad areas of the liberal arts
—humanities, social sciences,
and natural sciences. You will
explore not only the general
areas of these fields during
your first two years, but also
the specialized areas during
the last two years.
The humanities are designed
to help you acquire a firm un
derstanding of yourself. After
engaging in the study of
languages, art, music, drama,
literature and other areas
which make up the humanities,
you will be in a much better
position than you are now to
answer the question, “Who am
I?”
The social sciences will en
able you to find your own
answers to the many questions
that ate asked about society
today. History, for example,
teaches one thing—that if you
search its pages hard enough,
you can find situations in the
past that are comparable to
the situations that give rise to
tensions between peoples and
races today. If you would
really understand man’s re
lationship to man, you must
study the social sciences, which
will invariably provide back
ground for your thinking con
cerning the local, national, and
international problems that be
devil us today.
The doors of opportunity
are open wide to you. As
women, you may be faced with
the challenge of new careers
that never before have been
open to you. As a Negro in a
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The 1967-68 school year at Spelman College has been
enhanced greatly by the completion of the renovation of
Giles Hall. This building holds a place of value in the hearts
of many Spelman graduates, for Giles Hall is the oldest and
most majestic building on Spelman’s campus. Dedicated in
December of 1893, the cost of the building at that time was
$51,793.00. It then had only three floors consisting of class
rooms, offices and a reading room.
Upon the completion of the renovation of Giles Hall this
year, it is interesting to note that the cost has been estimated
to be between five and nine hundred thousand dollars. But
more extraordinary is the fact that five floors have now been
made available rather than three. Open house is planned for
October of this year.
Chawdick Hall
In addition to the work that has been done in Giles,
Chadwick Hall has seen some major changes this year. Orig
inally built in 1926 to house the Nursery School, Chadwick
Hall has now been converted to a Sophomore Domitory.
From the onset, Chadwick had been admired by many for its
well-planned, attractively light and sunny look. And none will
dispute the fact that even as a dormitory it has not lost its
radiant charm.
Packard Annex
Not to be overlooked is Packard Annex. Originally built
as a music studio, Packard Annex was set up as an office and
classroom building for the Foreign Language department upon
the completion of the Fine Arts Building.
Now that Giles Hall has been completed, Packard Annex
has again seen changes. This semester finds Packard Annex
as another part of Packard Hall, housing 18 girls and one
resident counselor.
Dining Hall
Renovations to the Morgan Dining Hall are now in pro
gress. At present the floors have been re-finished. Additional
renovations should be completed by the end of the first
semester.
Title III Aids
Spelman Growth
This year Spelman College
will be participating in a pro
gram known as Title III. Be
ing a section of the 1965 Edu
cation Act passed by Congress,
Title III consists of grants
given for the improvement of
instructional offerings at col
leges and universities all over
the country.
The funds received for Spel
man from the Title III pro
gram are to be distributed in
three different areas. They are:
(1) a cooperative Fine Arts
program, (2) a Cooperative
Career Counseling and Place
ment Program, and (3) a Na
tional Teaching Fellows Pro
gram.
The Cooperative Fine Arts
Program is designed to enrich
and expand the Fine Arts pro
grams in the colleges in the
center. This is accomplished
through combining the existing
departments of each college
under one general head. Spel
man will serve as coordinator
of the Cooperative Arts Pro
gram, having $125,000,000 to
use for additional faculty, lec
turers, and equipment.
The Cooperative Counsel
ing and Placement Program is
designed to expand the occu
pational horizons of students,
faculty, administration, and
alumni in the center. This plan
shall be achieved through a
centralized Career Center. It
is Spelman’s responsibility to
coordinate this center. Each
school will be required to pay
its own Placement Officer, but
Spelman has received $33,-
500.00 from Title III as co
ordinator. The A.U. center has
also received an additional
$14,000.00 grant from Olin-
Mathieson Trust to aid in the
cost of this program.
The final phase of Title HI
consists of our National Teach
ing Fellows Program. This
program has enabled the col
lege to expand its faculty as a
result of a $75,000.00 grant.
We now have additional pro
fessors from M.I.T., Indiana
University, Boston University
and numerous other institu
tions as a result of the Na
tional Teaching Fellows Pro
gram.