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VOL. XXV, NO. 5
SPELMAN COLLEGE
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
DECEMBER 19. 1968
| Stokely J
Speaks ?
The untogetherness of the
students in the A.U. Center in
terms of their relation to
their administrations and their
blackness was classicly evi
denced by the farce that oc
curred on the evening of Dec.
11. Stokley Carmichael, orig
inator of the term Black Pow
er, founder of Sncc and Prime
Minister of the Black Panther
Party for Self-Defense, had
been scheduled to speak in
Archer Hall on Morehouse’s
campus a week prior to his
arrival in Atlanta. At the last
minute, the SGA and admin
istration of Morehouse College
locked the doors of the gym
nasium, thereby precluding the
possibility of having any kind
of speech held there. Read
Hall was then opened and Mr.
Carmichael was urged to
speak there — reluctantly he
consented.
Before any significant prog
ress could be made in the lec
ture, an unidentified young
lady demanded that all whites
be ushered out of the room.
Other students in the audience
picked up the cry and some
whites left. The incident came
to a head, however, when Dr.
Melvin Drimmer of the His
tory Department refused to
leave and was hit by an angry
student. Following this series
of events, Mr. Carmichael,
thoroughly disgusted, left. A
Placement Center
Has Teacher's Fair
The Atlanta University Ca
reer Planning and Placement
Center and the Department of
Education of the schools in
the Atlanta University Center
sponsored a two day Teach
er’s Fair December 12 and
13. Students preparing to teach
talked with representatives of
approximately fifty school sys
tems from all over the United
States. Many were interviewed
for teaching positions.
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Randolph
of the Charlotte-Meeklenburg
School System was the guest
speaker at the Teacher Educa
tion Convocation Thursday,
December 12.
Dr. Audrey Forbes
Brings Medical Team
Dr. Audrey Forbes of the
class of 1955 was the guest
speaker in chapel, Tuesday,
December 10. She and a team
of doctors from The Univer
sity of Chicago’s School of
Medicine came to our campus
to interview pre-med and sci
ence majors from all the in
stitutions in the A.U. Center,
for the University of Chicago’s
School of Medicine.
Dr. Forbes is an instructor
in the Department of Pedi-
few students, hoping for the
return of Mr. Carmichael,
lingered on in the gym, some
made pleas to others for action
against the kinds of “totali
tarianism” of the administra
tions that initially caused the
upset.
atrics, University of Chicago’s
Woodlawn child Health Cen
ter. She graduated from Me-
harry Medical School in 1959
and studied there on a tuition
scholarship from the Jesse
Smith Noyes Foundation. She
has also studied Newborn
Physiology at the University of
Illinois under a national Insti
tute of Health Fellowship. In
1962 she was honored by be
ing selected Zeta Phi Beta
“Woman of the Year” and in
1965 by inclusion in Outstand
ing Young Women in Ameri
ca. She is a member of the
American Academy of Pedi
atrics and has many publica
tions, to her credit. Since 1966
Dr. Forbes has been serving
on the Spelman College Board
of Trustees.
42nd Carol Concert
Said Best Ever
by Dr. Roland Allison
The 42nd Christmas Carol
Concert bore all the usual
characteristics of past years:
the Spelman College Com
munity was in a frenzy of
yuletide excitement. For the
uninitiated — the freshmen
and the new members of the
faculty — here was a real ex
ample of hallowed tradition,
as the numerous areas of the
college united to make this
concert the best ever.
To be frank, one found it
difficult to determine if or
whether the music prepared by
the music organizations was
the major contributor of the
Christmas Spirit which was
engendered during the three
nights of performance, De
cember 13, 14 and 15. Cer
tainly the decorations, so me
ticulously planned and ar
ranged, established serenity
and majesty for the musical
offerings which followed. Too,
the heightened anticipations
surrendered the receptive
hearts and eager spirits of
those who came to partake of
this significant, annual presen
tation in Sisters Chapel.
The program consisted of
Negro spirituals, African de
rivatives, traditional Christmas
carols, and outstanding ar
rangements of carol melodies.
The Glee Clubs of Morehouse
College and Spelman College
each sang five selections, but
the greater portion of the per
formance was done by the
able members of the Spelman-
Morehouse Chorus. It would
be difficult to specify the high
point of the program, for the
audience participation, a very
worthy tradition of the Con
cert, seemed to be genuine
ventilaiton of the listeners’
feeling, as there was no ap
plause.
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Dr. Audrey Forbes is dedicated pediatrician and one of Spelman’s
many successful graduates.