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THE SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT
February 28, 1969
No Reason
To Be Bored
by Wanda Smalls
Have you a longing for
something to do on lonely,
dull afternoons when you have
no classes? Do you often sit
around complaining that your
campus is dull on Saturday
afternoons? Are you interested
in engaging in some physical
activity to break the monotony
of class work? With the ex
ception of physical education
classes, how often do you visit
the gym? Dr. Randall and the
entire physical education de
partment have set up a pro
gram of recreational activities,
the areas of recreation and
physical development are so
numerous that there is some
thing that should interest every
Spelman student.
Facilities in Read Hall are
available at any time a class
is not using them. Scheduled
activities begin at 3:30 on
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday afternoons and
at 4:00 on Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons. Activi
ties are also scheduled on
Tuesday and Saturday morn
ings. These schedules are post
ed on bulletin boards all over
the campus.
Since the installment of the
new automatic pin-setters,
plans have been made to es
tablish bowling leagues com
posed of five three-man teams.
A handicap system is being
set up in which weaker bowl
ers may be placed with more
skilled bowlers in order to
balance the averages. Any in
terested bowlers are asked to
sign up now for league bowl
ing.
On Wednesday afternoons
at 4:00 volleyball is played in
the gym. The Spelman team
plans matches with Morris
Brown and Agnes Scott Col
leges. The team also hopes
to participate in a volleyball
tournament at West Georgia
College in Carrollton, Geor
gia in March.
The swimming club will
present its annual swim show
on the evenings of March 7
and 8. Watch for further no
tices as to the time of this
event for it is surely one you
should not miss.
The advanced gymnastics
group is preparing for a per
formance in April. Gymnas
tics are held every Monday
and Thursday afternoon at
4:00.
Did you know that Spelman
has a basketball team? Indeed!
They are preparing for games
with Morris Brown College.
They also plan to go to Agnes
Scott College for a game.
An inter-mural tournament
planned for March, will be
played on our campus.
The dance club, which
meets every Wednesday after
noon at 3:30, is made up of
a group of girls who have lit
tle skill in dance but aspire to
become better so that they
may later join the University
Center Dance Theater. The
Dance Theater has made re
cent performance trips to
Southern Illinois University,
Boggs Academy and several
local high schools.
All of these physical activi
ties are open for interested
students to participate. In ad
dition to areas already men
tioned there are also hours
set up for participation in
folk dance and table tennis.
Williams Heads
Black Studies
Mr. Russell S. Williams of
Spelman’s Sociology Depart
ment has recently been ap
pointed Coordinator of the
new Afro-American Studies
Program offered by the At
lanta University Center, ac
cording to an announcement
made by President Manley,
Chairman of the Council of
Presidents of the A.U. Center.
During registration, Mr.
Williams advised interested
students on the selection of
courses in the Afro-American
Studies Program, and later, he
will coordinate the develop
ment of new programs in this
field. His new office is located
in Trevor Arnett Library, At
lanta University.
MASLC
Sponsors
Workshop
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professor lives
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Roving Reporter
Has The Word
The Metropolitan Atlanta
Summit Leadership Congress
(MASLC) is sponsoring a
Workshop/Frolic on March 7
and 8 (Friday & Saturday) to
study problems in Atlanta
involving politics, education,
economics, and housing. Any
interested black or white per
son may register for this work
shop by registering at Mt.
Moriah Baptist Church, corn
er of Ashby and Fair Streets,
on Friday evening, March 7,
and paying a student fee of
$5.00 or a regular fee of $10.-
00. Meeting time: 8 p.m.
The public meeting at Mt.
Moriah Church, to which
everyone is cordially invited,
includes registration for the
Workshop/Frolic on Satur
day, mood singing, and a
speech by Rev. James Bevel,
one of the late Dr. King’s
long-time associates who says
that James Earl Ray did not
commit the murder.
The $5.00 or $10.00 regis
tration fee includes the public
meeting on Friday at Mt. Mo
riah, the Workshop on Satur
day at the Interdenominational
Theological Center at Atlanta
University, an inaugural ban
quet (soul food: ham and
chicken) when MASLC offi
cers will be installed, an ad
dress by Dr. Hugh Gloster,
President of Morehouse Col
lege, on the subject of stu
dent unrest, and an inaugural
dance.
Banquet and Dance will
take place at the Palladium
Club on Bankhead Highway.
During the banquet Dave
Whitfield’s Grace Gospel
Group will sing gospel, spir
itual, and fredom songs, and
Bill Braynon and his 18-piece
band will play for the inaug
ural dance.
For further information or
for reservations, call MASLC
office at 201 Ashby Street.
Telephone 525-2761.
Those paying the registra
tion fee of $5.00 or $10.00
will be assured a front row
reserved seat at the public
meeting Friday at Mt. Moriah.
The word “militancy” has
been floating in the air here
at Spelman, therefore, the rov
ing reporter decided to ask
students whether or not they
felt militancy existed on this
campus, and if so, in what
form. . . .
Personally, I feel that there
is no militancy on this campus,
but there is a revolutionary
movement that started in the
past and is continuing now
and will continue until we, as
Black students attend a Black
university.
Vicki Williams
I think there is some mili
tancy on this campus. But let
me add that it has been mili
tancy of a constructive sort
rather than being destructive.
There were changes at Spel
man that had to be made to
suit the needs of today’s Black
women.
Jaquetta Wells
There should be a definite
role by the student body to
participate in any “black”
movement, militant or passive.
Obviously there isn’t enough
of this mood on campus, so
when a major militant move
occurs, a lot of students will
be trampled or “blown in the
wind.”
Judy Dennard
I do not feel that there is
any militancy on this campus,
because I usually associate
militancy with violence and
extreme radicals and I do not
see any of this on our campus.
Joann Allen
Militancy is making more
people aware of the issues of
today. Even though the ad
ministration doesn’t agree with
it, it’s necessary to keep Spel
man from becoming an Uncle
Tom institution.
Janice Baker
Basically, I don’t think
there is true militancy on
Spelman’s campus. We are
basically passive as far as
Blackness is concerned. We
are more interested in getting
in and out of school not
whether our presence in the
institution has any noticeable
affect. Apathy is the face we
wear. Afros and daishekiis
don’t mean a thing if there is
no action of any kind to go
along with them.
Bettye Atkinson
I think there is a militancy
on campus that is influenced
by our revolutionary Black
Power leaders. Although, not
shown by violent outbreaks,
this form of militancy finds
its expression in the Black
identity cause with the Afros
and daishekiis.