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THE SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT
September. 1968
Student Seminar
Studies Spelman
During Summe
Eleven students returned to
Spelman during the summer to
participate in a student semi
nar entitled, The Spelman Col
lege Environment: Student
Perceptions. Mrs. Sadie Allen,
Assistant Dean of Students was
advisor to the seminar held
July 17-31, 1968.
The students did a study of
four areas of the Spelman en
vironment: the physical en
vironment, the peer environ
ment, the classroom environ
ment, and the academic en
vironment. The seminar,
largely structured by the stu
dents themselves, involved the
use of studies and reports
done by experts and students
on various phases of college
life as well as the voiced per
ceptions of the seminar parti
cipants.
A daily log was kept of all
discussions from which was
compiled a report to be releas
ed later during the schhol
year. The report includes
several recommendations and
observations to be considered
by the Spelman administra
tion.
The participants represented
the sophomore, junior, and
senior classes and were select
ed on the basis of student and
administrative recommenda
tion as well as individual in
terest. The Spelman Student
Government Association was a
represented by five of its of
ficers.
The participants were: Henri
Norris, Junior and vice presi
dent of the SSGA, Danese
Wilcox, Senior recording sec
retary, SSGA; Gloria Manson,
Junior, associate editor of the
Reflections; Marilyn Hunt, sen
ior, editor-in-chief, Spelman
Spotlight; Evanda McDowell,
Senior, corresponding secretary
SSGA; Dianne Wright, Sopho
more, Glenda Alexander, So
phomore; Mary Ellen Camack,
Senior, Theresa McGowan,
Senior, Barbara Forte, Seinor;
and Carolyn Walker, Senior.
The students had daily ses
sions from 9:00 a. m. to 4:00
p. m. for ten days. Each waS
given $200 honorium plus room
and board for their partici
pation in that most of them
forfeited summer jobs for the
two-week program. The stu
dents were housed in. Abby I
Hall.
The seminar was not all
hard work. For an evening of
enjoyment, Dr. Manley invited
the participants to be his guests
for dinner at the Picadilly
Restaurant, Greenbrier Shopp
ing Center. After dinner the
students briefed Dr. Manley on
the progress of the seminar
and shared impressions of the
personal value to be gained
from working with the semi
nar.
The seminar, which grew out
of a series of administrator-
student discussions last spring
was the first such self-study
ever done by students at Spel
man. The students hope it to
be a basis for further study of
this kind more depth in nature.
The students gave their as
sessments on everything from
Freshman Orientation to the
role of the Board of Trustees
in their discussion and report.
Their dedication, enthusiasm
and hard work are to be com
mended.
AU Center
Gets New Courses
Thanks to a U. S. Govern
ment grant under Title in,
three new “critical languages”
are being introduced this aca
demic year (1968-1969) for stu
dents in the colleges of the At
lanta University Center: Clark,
Morehouse, Morris Brown, and
Spelman. These languages are
Chinese (Mandarin), Ibo, and
Swahili( the last two are im
portant languages of West
Africa and East Africa re
spectively). A fourth language
in the Critical Languages Pro
gram is Russian, wich was in
troduced last year at Morris
Brown College.
The class in Elementary Chi
nese is being taught by Mrs.
Maria Chan Morgan, a native
Chinese, at 3:00 P. M. Mondays
Wednesdays, and Fridays in
Room 309 Dansby Hall( More
house campus).
Elementary Ibo is being
taught by Mr. P. A. Ntukogu,
a native of Nigeria, at 4:00 P.
M. on Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays in Dansby Hall—
Room 222.
Mr. U. C. Mudakha, a native
African, will teach Elemen
tary Swahili at 4:00 P. M. in
Dansby Hall—Room 218.
Elementary Russian is being
taught by Mr. David E. Polut-
nik, a native Russian at 8:00
A. M. Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays in Dansby Hall—
Room 206— Mr. Polutnik will
teach Intermediate Russian at
Morris Brown College.
New Dorm Opens
164 girls live in the newest
building on campus. The long
awaited New Dormitory is the
largest and most modem dor
mitory on campus. It’s decor
features warm colors, contem
porary and ultra modem furni
ture, carpeting in the halls and
lounges and bright floral cur
tains. The rooms are nearly
soundproof. The girls like the
new dorm but most say they
would rather have phones in
their rooms than carpets in
the halls. The dorm is not
completely finished yet but
presently it is quite livable.
Some girls say the dorm is
like a hotel.
All are inquisitive as to
whom the Dormitory will be
named in honor of but for
now it’s “home” and they’re
glad to be there.
GAME ROOM IN NEW DORM
Dpelmanite
Do Ding.
Granddaughters
Numerous
Among
Compulsory
Chapel
Resolved
Atlanta bom Mattiwilda Do
bbs will sing the supporting
role of Mussetta in the Atlanta
Opera Company’s new 20th
Century English version of
Puccini’s “La Boheme” dur
ing the company’s coming in
augural season, artistic direc
tor Blanche Thebom announc
ed recently.
She is the fifth .of six
daughters of John W. Dobbs,
an Atlanta railway clerk. She
began piano lessons at 7, con
tinued her studies until she
was 17, when she enrolled in
Spelman College and began
vocal training under Naomi
Maise and Willis James. She
was graduated from Spelman
as valdictorian of her class,
with majors in music and
Spanish.
Miss Dobbs is the winner of
the Marian Anderson Scholar
ship and awards from the
Mannes School of Music, the
Berkshire Music Center and
the John Whitney Foundation.
After winning the Internation
al Music Competition in Switz
erland, she made several
European tours.
As Musetta in “La Boheme”,
she is the object of the painter,
Marcello. Her aria, “Quando
me’n vo’poletta,” in which she
describes the ways in which
she captivates the men around
her, is a highlight of the second
act.
SUPPORT
THE
SPOTLIGHT
Freshmen
The following members of
the freshman class are either
daughters, grand daughters or
neices of former Spelmanites.
All these girls are new memv
bers of the Grandaughter’s
Club. They are: Judy O. Den-
nard, Jeanne M. Dowell, Janice
Jackson, Janet E. Lane, Mari
lyn Smith, Debra Moore, An
drea Yvonne Hunt, and Lynn
Stoddard.
Spelman
Girls Go
Greek
With the advent of a new
year many new and different
faces. Some of the most in
teresting faces are those of
the newest international on
campus — the Greeks.
As you look around the
campus you’ll see many of
these people dressed in their
national attire of pink and
green or red and white. It
looks as though quite a few
Spelmanites have crossed
those burning sands since last
spring.
Presently there are two
Greeks from Alpha Kappa Al
pha land sporting their pink
and green, Starlett Russell
and Shirley Marks of the
senior class. It’s possible to
spot an Ivy here and there
or perhaps to run into an
anxious PI (prospective Ivy).
For variety of color scheme,
check the Deltas: Alycia Ar
nold, Marilyn Hunt, Sharon
Pierro, Glenda Stevens, Marita
Robinson, Anita Graves and
In recent discussions, tire
SSGA and various members of
the administration have at
tempted to resolve the pro
blems of complusory chapel
and vespers. It was decided
that boarding students would
be allowed 8 cuts per semester
and commuting students 4 cuts
a semester. Academic hours
will no longer be taken for
over cutting but over cutting
will result in counseling and
possible cancellation of regis
tration at the end of the school
year. This new plan will be
tried for a year on experimen
tal basis.
Lydia Wynn. By the way, the
Deltas are strong enough in
numbers to start a chapter tin
campus — and they plan to
try!
How sweet it is to see a new
phase of campus life. Con
gratulations Greeks! Keep on
pushing.
FOOTBALL
OCTOBER
*18 Tuskegee
Cb&umbuf
**26 Alabama Stats
Horn*
NOVEMBER
2 Clark College
Atlanta
9 Knoxville
Away
*15 Howard U.
Homs
23 Fisk U.
Away
* Night Games
** Homecoming