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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 * 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.