The Spelman spotlight. (Atlanta , Georgia) 1957-1980, November 01, 1967, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextPage 8 THE SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT November, 1967 M, umnue According to records in the Alumnae Office Spelman grad uates were employed by forty- seven institutions of higher learning during the 1966-67 academic year. Positions held included: teachers, placement director, publicity director, li brarians, research assistant, laboratory technician, deans of women, assistant dean of wom en, associate dean of students in charge of women, research associate, alumnae secretary, resident community coordina tor, coordinator of Project Po tential, Associate in Pediatrics, and director of nursery school. A list of the institutions at which these positions were held follows: Alabama A. and M. College Albany State College Atlanta University Benedict College Chicago Medical School Clark College Coahoma Junior College, Mississippi College of the Virgin Islands Eastern Michigan University Fayetteville State College, North Carolina Fisk University Florida A. and M. University Fort Valley State College Georgetown University Georgia State College Hampton Institute Huston-Tillotson College Howard University Jackson State College Kenyatta Teachers College, Nairobi, Kenya Lincoln University, Missouri Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois Meharry Medical College Miles College Morehouse College Morgan State College Morris Brown College North Carolina College, Durham, N. C. North Carolina State Uni versity, Raleigh, N. C. Paine College Pennsylvania State University Riverside City College Saint Finbarr’s College, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria Shaw University South Carolina State College Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Southern University, New Orleans, Louisiana Spelman College Texas Southern University Tuskegee Institute University of California, Davis, Calif. University of Connecticut University of Detroit Vanderbilt University Virginia State College Wayne State University Wenonah State Junior College, Ala. Spelmanites Go Ivy League During the summer months of July and August, 1967, several Spelman students par ticipated in the Harvard-Yale- Columbia Intensive Summer Studies Program. The pro gram, sponsored by the Ford and Carnegie Foundations, was coordinated at the three insti tutions for sophomore and junior students from southern colleges, who evinced an in terest in continuing their aca demic learning on a graduate level. The curriculum included intensive study in the various sciences and the liberal arts. The students were directed in their work by instructors, or “tutors,” who were graduate students or teachers in their respective fields. The Spelman ites who were involved in this program were: Agnes Foy and Ruth Mason, who attended Yale; and Cynthia Lemon, Shirley Marks, and Muriel Birchette, who studied at Har vard. All five students were enthusiastic about their sum mer experience, and all re turned with enlightened per spectives regarding the roles of students and faculty in an academic institution. The gen eral consensus among the Spelman ISSP participants was that the liberal environments of Harvard and Yale were in tellectually stimulating because of the freedom they afforded to the student to act and think independently. The independence in think ing particularly delighted these Spelman students who appreci ated the encouragement given them by instructors who re garded their students as indi viduals with opinions worthy of consideration. This attitude, the participants felt, is held by too few faculty members here. The instructors, both in the program, and in the regular summer schools, mingled more freely with their students in informal settings, with a fre quent exchange of ideas. The difference in the atmos phere of Spelman and the Ivy League colleges attended, was not only found among faculty members. The Spelman partici pants generally agreed that students in the program, and in other areas of study, were interested in knowing about their fields of interest, and about everything in which they were remotely, or direct ly involved—from Black Pow er, and Vietnam, to likely teams for the World Series. Many students did not require extensive challenge on their professor’s part, and individ ually sought to increase their knowledge and experiences. This strong desire to be intel lectually stimulated, and intel lectually active, the partici pants felt, is absent in a large number of Spelman students. This lack of drive among the students, however, makes the need for stimulating teachers who realize the potential of the student and demand that he develop his abilities, even greater. —Muriel Birchette Skit presented at YWCA Get-Together features (L to R) Helen Battle, Vivian Williams, Angela Beale, and Mary Saunders. Grads Get Doctorate Three Spelman graduates have earned the doctorate de gree so far this year. The Spot light extends congratulations to these women who are an inspiration to us sisters who follow them. Mrs. Pinkie Gordon Lane of the class of ’49 has received the Ph.D. in English from Louisiana State University. She received her M.A. degree from Atlanta University in 1956 and at present Dr. Lane is Professor of English, South ern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Mrs. Bessie Mae Washing ton Jones of the class of ’52 has received the Ph.D. in Eng lish from George Peabody College for Teachers. She re ceived the M.A. degree from Atlanta University in 1954 and at present Dr. Jones is As sociate Professor of English, Alabama A and M College, Normal, Alabama. Mrs. Rosalyn Mitchell Pat terson of the class of ’58 re cently received her doctorate degree in biology from Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. In 1960 she received the M.A. degree from Atlanta Univer sity and is now our Assistant Professor of Biology here at Spelman. These three women bring the number of Spelman women having earned the doctorate to twenty. It is also notable that we have twelve graduates who have earned the M.D. degree and seven who are lawyers. Twenty-four of our graduates have been conferred the M.A, degree from Atlanta Univer sity. These statistics present evidence of the success of the college in achieving its aims. Gladys Williams Powell GRAD NAMED DIRECTOR In early August, the Alum nae Office received the fol lowing news release: “Mrs. Gladys Powell, long time employee of Atlanta Gas Light Company in Atlanta, has been named assistant to the home service director. “A native of Whigham in Grady County, Georgia, Mrs. Powell grew up in Atlanta and received her B.S. degree in home economics at Spelman College in 1935, and did sum mer work at Atlanta Univer sity. “Mrs. Powell has been in the Home Service Department since coming with the com pany in 1940. “Active in church work, she is a member of the Allen Tem ple AME Church, a teacher of the Builders Sunday School Class, and vice president of the Amanda Reese Memorial Board. “She is also president of ‘Know Your Neighbor Club’ in Mozley Park, a member of the Negro Voters League, past president of the board of di rectors and now a director of Grady Homes Community Girls Club. “Mrs. Powell’s husband, Herbert S. Powell, is a teacher at the Booker T. Washington High School. They have two sons, Robert, a priest in the Episcopal Church and rector of St. Augustine’s Church in Newport News. Virginia, and Arthur, an engineer with a B.S. degree in mathematics and physics, who is with General Electric missile program in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.” Congratulations to Mrs. Powell!