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SPELMA N
THE VOICE OF BLACK WOMANHOOD’
SPOTLIGHT
Vol. XXVII, No. 5
Atlanta, Georgia
March, 1971
31 show up
for Feb. 25
SGA meet
Cordelia Taylor
is secretary
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of press assn.
Begins July 3
American
studies in
Forum
Ghana,
Spelman Student Government
Association (SSGA) President
Joyce Horton said, “It doesn’t
surprise me” that only 31 peo
ple showed up at the Feb. 25
SGA meeting in Sister’s Chapel.
“It’s typical of the apathy on
this campus,” Joyce said. “Stu
dents sit around and complain all
the time, but don’t show up for
meetings.”
The meeting was called to
discuss several topics on which
students have recently expressed
concern. Few topics were cov
ered and the meeting was ad
journed about 25 minutes after
it begah.
The Granddaughter’s Club will
call another meeting March 18
to get student feedback on this
year’s Founder’s Day activities.
Students have complained that
the activities of past years are
non-relevant to Black studies.
Stephanie Adkins, president of
the Granddaughter’s Club, will
chair the March 16 meeting in
Sister’s Chapel at 11 a.m.
In the same meeting, candi
dates for 1971-72 offices will
present campaign speeches to the
student body. Election Commit
tee Chairman Arlene Mitchell
said elections will be held early
this year so that the campaign
will not overlap the spring break.
The election is scheduled for
March 25. Arlene said the com
mittee is trying to get Fulton
County voting machines for the
election.
The Political Science Club is
in charge of the SGA election.
Spotlight Business Manager
Cordelia Taylor was elected sec
retary of the Georgia College
Press Association (GCPA) Sat
urday, Feb. 20, in Athens, Ga.
Colie Burnett of Morehouse Col
lege was elected vice-president.
GCPA is composed of junior
and senior college newspapers in
Georgia and is under the auspi
ces of the Georgia Press Associ
ation.
The election of 1971-72 offi
cers culminated the two-day
GCPA conference.
Gail Charleston, currently a
member of the GCPA executive
committee, and Paula Hicks
were other Spotlight delegates.
An adres by Synadicated Col
umnist Jack Anderson highlight
ed the conference activities. An
derson attacked the United States
government’s top priorities.
Anderson criticized the mis
appropriation of ta'x dollars and
scoffed at how the “rich en
riches the rich in America,” with
their anti-poverty programs, tax
loopholes for large oil compa
nies and programs to pay farm
ers not to farm their land.
Anderson, who in the past has
suggested that FBI Director J.
Edgar Hoover retire, hinted that
some of Hoover’s recent activi
ties indicate the director’s senil
ity. He said it is time for a
younger man to take Hoover’s
place “before he does some real
damage.”
Founders day to feature
black film festival
The Spelman College Lectures Committee and English Depart
ment will sponsor a Bla'ck Film Festival as one of the 1971 Foun
der’s Day activities, March 23-25, in Howe Hall.
These films will present a historical survey of film making by
Black people in the United States since 1917. Some of the films
include “Spying the Spy,” a satire on the Klan; “St. Louis Blues,”
starring Bessie Smith, and “Emperor Jones,” featuring Paul Robe
son.
Actors and participants in the production of Black films will be
on Spelman's campus during the festival dates. Paul Robeson may
be one of these people who will bring information and comments
on the films.
The film festival is being organized and directed by Mrs. Pearl
Bowser, film consultant of Chamba Productions, in New York.
This will be the first Black film festival to be presented in an
educational institution.
The Film Festival is open to the public and time schedules will
be announced soon.
Dr. C. Eric Lincoln, President
of the American Forum for In
ternational Study, announced re
cently that universities in Gha
na and Nigeria would be the sites
for the fourth consecutive Afri
can Studies programs sponsored
by the American Forum.
The African Studies programs
will begin July 3 and conclude
August 5, and will carry six ac
ademic credits from the Univer
sity of Massachusetts. The fac
ulty for the programs will be
drawn exclusively from the Af
rican Studies specialists of the
Institute of African Studies,
University of Ghana, and the
University of Ibadan (Nigeria).
Dr. Lincoln said the Ghana
program, in addition to 60-75
hours of lectures, would include
field study trips to Kumasi, El-
mina, Tema, and other historical
sites. Special programs of dance,
music and the arts will be in
cluded as part of the program.
The National Dance Company of
Ghana' led by Mr. A. M. Opoku
will perform for the participants.
The program in Nigeria will be
centered in Ibadan and have as
its theme Comparative African
Cultures. Lectures will be pro
vided by leading scholars from
the University of Ibadan and
field trips will be ma'de to Lagos,
Ife, Abeokuta, and the Muslim
North. American teachers will
be given the opportunity to col
lect and develop materials for
use in their U. S. Classrooms.
As in all American Forum pro
grams, Ghanaian and Nigerian
students will participate in the
programs.
Faculty from the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana,
who will participate in the fourth African Studies program spon
sored by the American Forum in Ghana this summer: (upper left)
Prof. K. A. Opoku (Religion and Ethics); (upper right) Prof. A. M.
Opoku (Director, National Dance Company of Ghana); (lower left)
Prof. E. O. Apronti (Linguistics and Language); (lower right) Prof.
Eric O. Ayisi (Sociology and Politics.)
sponsors
Nigeria
In addition to university based
programs, Dr. Lincoln also an
nounced that the Forum would
sponsor a six country West Af
rican cultural tour. Nations to be
visited are Senegal, Liberia, Iv
ory Coast, Ghana, Dahomey, and
Nigeria'. Participants in the three-
week program will meet with
leading figures in the fields of
government, education, and the
arts of each nation.
The American Forum has pi
oneered on-thel-scene programs
in African studies for American
students and teachers. Since its
founding in 1968 as a private,
non-profit educational organiz
ation, the American Forum has
taken over 500 Americans to Af
rica for summer study and field
work.
The executive director of the
American Forum, Dr. Melvin
Drimmer, Chairman of the His
tory Department at Spelman Col
lege in Atlanta, spent a week in
West Africa in mid-February
completing arrangements for the
Forum’s 1971 programs.
Information about the Forum’s
1971 programs may be obtained
by writing Dr. Melvin Drimmer
at 86 Forsythe Street, N.W., At
lanta, Georgia, 30303.
No action
taken on
chapel cuts
The fate of chapel cutters at
Spelman remains, as yet, unde
cided.
Dean Olivers said neither
hours nor quality points would
be taken from students, but that
she could not say just what
would happen to them.
Seniors have received letters
saying that no action would be
taken provided they go to every
required chapel.
Upperclassmen also received
letters and were asked to meet
with the Judiciary board and
state why they could not attend
chapel.
If students were working they
were asked to get a letter from
their employers. Those who did
not respond at all were sent no
tifications asking them to meet
with the Judiciary board.
The members of the Judiciary
board are Dean Chivers, Miss
Camilla Howard, Dr. William
LeFlore, Stanley James, Carolyn
Yancey, Rosa Drayton and Joyce
Horton.