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VOL. XXIV, NO. 2 SPELMAN COLLEGE ATLANTA, GEORGIA NOVEMBER, 1967 Spelman Joins Board Spelman has become one of ten southern colleges and uni versities voted into member ship October 26 at the annual two-day meeting of the College Entrance Board and the Col lege Scholarship Service. 14 secondary schools were also received into membership. This election increased southern membership in the College Board to 176 colleges and uni versities, and 245 secondary schools. The College Board is a na tional association of 782 pub lic and independent colleges and universities, 238 second ary schools, and 88 associa tions. It was established in (Continued on Page 11) French House Residents Top Row: (L to R) Carolyn Anderson, Luella Nichols, Faye McElroy, Katherine Petroletti, Jean Shipp, Jacqueline Brown, Patricia Roberts, and Cheryl Birchette. Front Row: Janice Hale, Wilma Williams, Willie Mae Smith, Sneryl Summers, Cassandra Taylor, Melody Quinn, and Rosina Rajan. French House Honored Sunday, October 22, 1967 was not only Open House but was the celebration of the 50th Anniversary for the residents of Bessie Strong Dormitory or La Maison Francais. The building which, during the presidency of Miss L. H. Tapley was built to accommo date students for nurses’ train ing, then called Bessie Rocke feller Strong Nurses Home in honor of the oldest child of J. D. Rockefeller—first oc cupied in October, 1917. In the years following, Spel man Seminary developed into a strong liberal arts college and the dorm served as a faculty residence. In 1964, at the suggestion of students majoring and min- oring in French and their French tutors, Bessie Strong emerged as a dormitory for students pursuing their AB degree in French. The goal has been to promote proficiency in speaking French within the so cial and cultural framework of dormitory life. In marking the 50th An niversary, the residents took charge of the Vesper hour. The highlight of the pro gram was a most enlightening speech delivered by Mrs. Ros- alyn Mitchell Patterson, class of 1958. Included in her speech was mention of some Spelman sisters: Mrs. Ella Barksdale, Dr. Georgia Rooks, Dr. O’Neal, Mrs. Ethel W. Rugsdale, and Marion Wright —thus basing her speech on concrete data. Dr. Patterson infused a new sense of pride and identity in the entire stu dent body. Dormitory Presidents were also installed. They were: Mary Commack, Abby Aid- rich Rockefeller; Cassandra Taylor, Bessie Strong; Jacque lyn Matthews, Chadwick; Mar seille Miles, Manley; Camilla Smith, Morehouse North; Ann Hill, Morehouse South; Sylvia Morgan, Morgan; Marjorie Duncan, Packard; and Delsie Whited, Representative of the Commuting Students. AU Center Mourns President's Death Pianists Give Concert Dr. Rufus E. Clement, president of Atlanta Univer sity for 30 years, collapsed and died of an apparent heart attack at a hotel in New York. The longtime Negro educator was 67. Dr. Clement was in New York to prepare for the fall meeting of the college’s board of trustees. The first Negro to serve on the Atlanta Board of Education since Recon struction days, Dr. Clement was elected to the board in 1954. College officials said the educator had been planning to retire in the near future- probably at the end of this year. Dr. Clement received his Bachelors’ of Divinity at Garrett Bibical Institute in 1922; his M.A. at North western University in 1922; his Ph.D. in 1930. Prior to coming to At lanta University he was an instructor at Livingstone college, 1922-1925; profes sor of history and dean from 1925 to 1931 before becoming dean of Louisville Municipal college for Neg roes, a part of the Univer sity of Louisville, from 1931 to 1937. Among board and com mittees he served on were A splendid morning concert in Sisters Chapel on Thursday, October 12, was presented by the remarkably capable Aus- tralian-American duo-pianists, Nelson and Neal. This event was a welcomed return engage ment of this world-renowned ensemble to Spelman College, and understandably so. As the enthusiastic audience so ac curately anticipated, the hus band-wife team of pianists re warded the Spelman College family with a skillful—nearly flawless—display of sparkling clarity, contagious exhuber- ance, and brilliant technique at the keyboards. The program consisted of six works from the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries, none of which were from the avant-garde of the present. The works were performed in this order: Shostakovich’s “Con certino for Two Pianos,” Op. 94; Schubert’s “Fantasy in F- minor,” Op. 103; Debussy’s “The Afternoon of a Faun”; Milhaud's “Scaramouche Suite”; Chopin’s “Variations in D-major”; and Rachmanin off’s “Fantasia for Piano, Op. 5. Interestingly enough, Nelson and Neal gave the American premieres of the Chopin and the Shostakovich works. In short, Nelson and Neal presented a stirring perform ance. They overwhelmed their delighted audience, and the grateful listeners responded with their best — a standing ovation. the trustee board of Living stone, Morehouse, Spel man, President’s Confer ence of Presidents of Negro Land Grant Colleges, 1952- 53; member of the execu- Dr. R. E. Clement tive committee of the South ern Conference on Human Welfare; vice president of Southern Conference Edu cation Fund. Vice chair man of the Georgia Confer ence on Interracial Cooper ation 1937-44; National Council of YMCA, and many more. He became president of Atlanta University in 1937 succeeding the late John Hope. Students observe pianists in action.