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THE SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT
November, 1967
Progress...
In Our Times
That’s right! Spelman College is again seeing revolutionary
changes in the area of student privileges. You should all be
aware that your parents have received official notification of
the privileges offered students with parental permission. Al
though many of you are still not satisfied with those privileges
offered, I think none of you can deny the fact that senior
permissions will stand up in almost any college or university
as being “liberal”. Freshmen might well take note that they
will receive car permissions for the second semester if their
parents so allow. Now all that remains to make for a desirable
and happy college atmosphere is for the sophomores and
juniors to receive permission to use their own discretion in
visiting friends and relatives in the city.
But it might be noted that these changes will only take
place as a result of your actions and conduct around the
campus. Since it has been noticed that benefits are only reaped
as a result of positive action, there needs to be less energy
used on grumbling over matters and more on making them
better. Yet more than this, I want to remind you that in a large
sense the school has relinquished its duties of policing and
patrolling students and placed the responsibility at home. It is
for that reason that I drop this hint to the wise—which I hope
shall be sufficient. While you are convincing the school of your
maturity, why not convince your parents as well. You will
all be seniors soon, and your destiny then rests in their hands.
Janice Holloway
Does the Snack Shop
Have a Trash Monopo y?
Thoughts On Our
Thanksgiving Rally
A friend of mine asked me
recently why I spend so much
time in Yates these days. My
reply—-“It’s a might less filthy
in Yates than it is in our snack
and card shop these days.” My
friend shrugged in agreement
and perhaps a little guilt since
he happened to be one of the
many brothers who wouldn’t
think of offering me a chair
in my own snack shop.
So the snack shop is swing
ing these days. It’s full of noise
and trash and the men we love
so well. The fact is plain
enough. You can’t get a chair
to eat a hamburger unless you
can get in on a hand of Bid
Whisk while you’re eating. An
other fact is a bit clear too.
The Morehouse snack shop is
clean and probably empty.
It cannot be denied that we
need a Student Union build
ing, but we might as well make
Guess What? You’re slip
ping again! We said last year
we wanted EXCITING, DY
NAMIC, COLORFUL, IL
LUSTRIOUS, as well as in
formative speakers. But some
how you aren’t filling the bill.
We are, true enough, getting
informative speakers. Just ex
plain what happened to the
other adjectives which qualify
speakers? Where’s just that
right touch of excitement we
asked for?
How do you expect us to
keep the little man—the one
who carries sand around —
from catching us? We’re tired
of playing “tic-tac-toe” on the
the best of what we have and
there might be just a little more
room to play cards if we would
throw our trash where it be
longs. We’ve already got a
man policing the grass walkers
and soon some bright admin
istrator will hire a policeman
for our snack shop.
Somebody is trying to make
the snack shop the closest
thing possible to a Student
Union Building. We have
everything in there except a
juke box and a maid, the lat
ter of which is ridiculous. We
don’t have a restaurant. We
do have an adequate number
of trash cans. The problem is
our inadequate amount of
pride.
I wonder why Yates is so
dirty? Could it be that stu
dents are responsible for that
too?
Marilyn Hunt
chapel slips. What’s worse, by
May our rear ends will be
bruised from the shifting which
must occur in order to survive
the combination of information
and length.
We women want Stimula
tion! If they can’t be tall, dark,
and handsome—at least let
them have style with their
orations. Maybe you could put
out a brochure entitled “Meth
ods of Speaking to Spelman
Women.” Basically, we don’t
care how you do it, just make
an honest effort to see that
it’s done!
Thank you for your cooper
ation and consideration.
Once yearly, in keeping with
a true American tradition, we
citizens of this country take
time off to give thanks for all
our blessings. Likewise, in
keeping with a Spelman tradi
tion, we daughters set aside a
chapel hour for the same pur
pose. Though the effectiveness
of the Thanksgiving tradition
might be questioned on a na
tional scale, I am not presently
concerned with it. What I am
concerned with is the farce
that takes place annually in
Read Hall, more commonly
known as the Thanksgiving
Rally.
For those of you who have
never attended one of these
affairs, let me tell you briefly
what usually goes on at one.
First, the entire student body
is packed into Read Hall
where we can gawk at displays
depicting aspects of the “spirit
of Thanksgiving.” After ap
propriate songs and prayers of
“gratitude,” the children from
the Spelman Nursery School
usually perform. (This is us
ually the most interesting part
of the program.) Next comes
the tallying of the contribu
tions that each organization
has made to the rally. And, to
end things up, Dr. Manley
speaks, awards are made for
best displays, and everybody
sings the Spelman hymn be
fore making a mad dash to
the dining hall—usually dis
gusted that the program didn’t
end promptly at 12 o’clock.
After everyone’s clear out, a
few noble souls gather up the
food that was included in the
displays and cart it off to the
starving families in the com
munity.
Now, far be it from me to
say that the idea behind the
Rally is not a good one. How
ever, between the time it was
conceived and now, the spirit
of the event has been lost.
It seems that we here at Spel
man have completely forgotten
the purpose and the spirit in
tended with the Rally. So,
what results is a group of
students who, after the initial
experience of the Rally, look
upon the affair as a rather
boring, if not disgusing, one.
Few of us seem to be remind
ed that we are involved in such
a program in order that we
focus on the things for which
we are grateful and that a di
rect outgrowth of this grati
tude is supposed to be an even
greater willingness to share
with those who have less than
we do. However, being re
minded of our duty to share is
perhaps, an abstraction. For
one thing, few of us ever see
with whom we are sharing.
This is not to say that the
families to whom our contri
butions are given shoud be
brought to Read Hall, lined
up against a wall, and point
ed out those needy creatures
to whom we so generously
give. But, it does seem that
our own awareness of the
need to share, as well as the
families’ awareness of our
“concern,” might be increased
if both groups had contact with
each othter at some kind of
Thanksgiving program.
Now, the question of con
cern should also be raised. Are
we really? I’ve concluded that
the answer to this question
must obviously be NO!! Any
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GAME
VERSUS
DINNER
When in the course of hum
an events a wrong becomes so
evident and a transgression so
injurious, the oppressed must
seek a redress of their griev
ances. Such is my intent as I
bring to your attention a basic
inconsistency in the policies of
the administration in regards
to the Spelman-Morehouse re
lationship.
Last year Spelman students
were denied dismissal of class
es for the homecoming parade.
Although Spelman girls were
the main participants and serve
each year as queens, we were
told that this was not our
homecoming and classes went
on as scheduled.
Early in this semester, a pep
rally was organized to origin
ate at Spelman and terminate
at Morehouse. It is rumored
that an official at Spelman in
formed the Morehouse men
that Spelman has no football
team! For that reason, the pep
rally was allegedly called off.
From these incidents, one
would have reason to believe
that Spelman is in no way of
ficially related to Morehouse
and that their activities in no
way affect us.
However, a few weeks ago
this conclusion was contra
dicted. The afternoon of the
Morehouse-Clark game, the
Spelman student body was
given bag lunches instead of
dinner because of the game.
This was totally unjustified for
two reasons. First of all it is
contradictory to previous col
lege policies that led us to be
lieve that Morehouse’s activ
ities do not affect Spelmanites.
Second, it was totally unneces
sary to deprive us of our din
ner. Clark’s and Morehouse’s
student bodies were officially
involved in the game and they
received dinner that evening.
Furthermore, the game did not
conflict with the dinner hour,
for most students had returned
to campus by 5:00.
Since homecoming is just
around the corner, and policies
again have to be made, I sug
gest that the administration
keep these discrepancies in
mind so that the student body
will not always be placed in a
position of disadvantage./
—Janice Hale
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