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November, 1967
THE SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT
Page 9
Freshman Speaks
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Spelmanites, take heed to the
story I’m going to tell
And you fellows too—for
what happens at Spelman
Concerns Morehouse as well.
The Subject is one that affects
me quite strongly
Because I feel sure I’m treated
wrongly.
I think the making of social
rules
Should be students’ responsi
bility, and not the school’s.
One reason why these rules
should be abolished—
Spelman isn’t kindergarten,
it’s supposed to be college.
If our parents didn’t think
we could make it alone,
Then you and I know we
should have stayed home.
But here we’re treated like
we’re twelve years old;
And the facts of life we’ve
never been told.
A girl isn’t allowed to make
up her mind
About how she’ll spend her
after-class time.
The decisions are made and
she’s given no choice
’Cause in making the rules
she had no voice.
But if she’s caught breaking
them without doubt,
Spelman College will TOSS
HER OUT!!
I realize Dean Chivers wants
to mother us
The Spelman girls, all
eight hundred plus.
But I said it before and
I’ll say it once more
If we hadn’t wanted to be
on our own
We’d have stuck to our
mothers and stayed at home!
II
Now this is the fate of the
Spelman girl
Who, after graduation, goes
out in the world.
She had, for the four years
she was here in school
Followed every guide,
regulation, and rule.
Society says she’s a woman—
she’s twenty-two
A nd there’s nothing that
she cannot legally do.
She can stay out all night,
vote, drive a car
She man marry if she wants
or walk in any bar.
But Spelman required her
parent’s permission
Just to ride in a car—and
in addition
She’s allowed at no parties
without a chaperone;
And a lounge or liquor,
Manley’d never condone.
Apartments of male students
are off-limits too;
Or any place that can be
termed “rendezvous.”
Commitment of the above
is a major offense
Section two of your handbook
will tell you all this.
So she’s protected, shielded,
and kept within the gate.
And after she’s gone she
finds out too late
That she’s academically able,
her career is secure;
But in social experience, she’s
just plain immature.
Ill
So what does the girl do
who has common sense?
She breaks Spelman’s rules
at her own expense.
Which is another point in
my argument
If it’s necessary to break rules,
then to a greater extent
They shouldn’t be made
at all.
Now the average Freshman is
eighteen years old
I know this because I’ve
taken a poll.
Fifteen the age when dating
was begun
And the average curfew was
somewhere near one.
She didn’t have to say
exactly where she was going,
How,
When,
With whom,
Or exactly when she’s be back
She could use her discretion
and that was that.
Then when she entered Spel
man she found that the
rules are,
That for five solid months she
couldn’t ride in a car.
Like her sisters before her she
had a choice and she chose
So she walks out the gate,
with her date,
A block down Chestnut,
A block west on Fair,
Gets in the car,
And away she goes!
I have one Freshman friend,
and my facts are right,
Who breaks four major rules
every Saturday night.
She signs out falsely,
in a car she rides,
She goes to her boyfriend’s
apartment, and takes a
drink or two on the side.
While President Manley pats
himself on the back,
Thinking he’s keeping Spel-
man’s good name intact.
Girls have been doing this
year out and year in,
But to the administration
it’s a cardinal sin.
I say, if she can do it and
keep up with her class,
Then Spelman should allow
her, with no questions asked.
Let us do what we want
and leave us alone,
’Cause in a year or two
we’ll be on our own.
This I propose—
On non-academic matterms
let the students decide
And by our own rules
we’ll surely abide.
If to this our President and
Dean would agree
Spelman would surely
a better place be.
—Unsigned
SSGA
Newsbriefs
Laura Burton—President, SSGA
I. WSGA Conference
Accompanying Dean Chiv
ers and Mrs. Strictland to Ath
ens, Georgia, on the 20th and
26th of October were Zenobia
Gardner and Johnnie Mae
Woolfolk. Representatives
from Women’s Student Gov
ernment Associations (WSGA)
of eleven colleges were in at
tendance as plans were made
for forming a state-wide asso
ciation of WSGA’s.
II. USNSA National Student
Power Conference
Joyce Green and Henri Nor
ris are scheduled to attend the
National Student Power Con
ference sponsored by the
United States National Student
Association (USNSA) Novem
ber 17-19. The conference will
be held at the University of
Minnesota in Minneapolis.
“Student Power Tactics and
Strategies” will be the central
topic of the conference.
III. Associated Student Gov
ernments Conference
The fourth National Confer
ence of the Associated Student
Governments will be held in
San Francisco, California, No
vember 22-26. Shirley Barber
and Laura Burton will be the
Spelman delegates to this con
ference. The conference will
consist of workshops, seminars,
and discussion groups on topics
ranging from academic free
dom to dormitory government.
IV. Thanksgiving Rally
This year, the Thanksgiving
Rally will be held on Tuesday,
November 21. The Rally Com
mittee, which consists of the
presidents of all clubs, dorms,
classes, and organizations, is
presently at work to make the
rally a much more meaningful
experience for all of Spelman.
Support
Your
SSGA
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