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"THE VOICE OF BLACK WOMANHOOD"
NO VOL. XXIX NO. 2
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Construction Begins On
"Shirley Chisholm Keeps Party Honest”
Says Rev. Young On WAUC
By Harriett Geddes
"I think Nixon can be
beaten and the survival
of black people is at stake
with Nixon,” said the
Reverend Andrew Young
on WAUC Atlanta Univer
sity Center, Feb. 14th ra-
dim program, “Meet the
Student Press”.
Rev. Young, Commun
ity Relations Officer for
the city of Atlanta and
an undeclared candidate
for the fifth congress
ional district, said in
"politics you have to
make people ready”.
"I’m really pleased
with Rep. Shirley Chis
holm’s move because I
think she can keep the
democratic party hon
est.”
Assuming that he is
a candidate, Rev. Young
said the main issue to
face in this campaign is
what we do about 50 mil
lion people who are lock
ed out of the economy.
"What I think has hap
pened is that Nixon has
decided that he would put
the country’s money into
airplanes, bombers and
buses-and those don’t cre-
are jobs for the poor peo
ple and black people; that
doesn’t allow for much
money to come into uni
versities and the educa
tion system,” Rev. Young
said.
"We’ll have to have a
complete reversal of the
national spending trends
and we’re going to have
to spend some money to
get the home front right
and that means refund
ing and increasing fund
ings on things like model
cities and letting them
really do the job.
Rev. Young told the stu
dent panel that we’re go
ing to have to concen-
First semester the
Spelman Student Govern
ment Association was
plagued with the age-old
problem of apathy among
the Spelman community.
The SSGA tried to esta
blish various activities
both social and educa
tional.
The social chairman
arranged to have weekly
card parties. More men
from the other campuses
came to the parties than
the Spelman students.
Dances were also plann
ed but again the lack of
student participation kill
ed the chances for future
dances during this school
trate on the meat, bread,
and potato issues for all
people, especially black
people because blacks are
on the bottom and feel
the effects of a depress
ion more than anyone
else.
"Meet the Student
Press” is a weekly dis
cussion program featur
ing newsmakers from At
lanta and throughout the
nation. The program is
presented as an educa
tional service of the First
National Bank of Atlanta.
year sponsored by tht
SSGA.
Problems and com
plaints with the security
guards and the dining hall
led to the formation of
committees to come to
terms with both parties.
The main objective of the
committees is to hear
both sides and arrive at
conclusions that would
benefit both parties.
The SSGA also saw a
need to establish a better
communication line with
the Spelman Alumnae.
The SSGA felt that with
the backing of the grad-
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Student Government
Anticipates Changes
New Buildings
New Dorm, College Center
Estimated $3,600,000
If you have seen pipes
and more pipes laying on
the grounds of what used
to be Morgan Hall, don’t
get upset, it’s not Morgan
Hall’s ghost, it’s only
Toombs, Amisano &
Wells Architects getting
ready to lay the founda
tion on the proposed Col
lege Center and New Dor
mitory. The new build
ings are scheduled for
completion in June 1973
for use and occupancy for
the school year 1973-
1974.
According to figures
released by Toombs,
Amisano & Wells Archi
tects, the new buildings
will cost about $3,600,-
000.00. Estimated cost of
College Center is
$2,441,392. and estimated
cost of the new dormi
tory is $1,148,232.
The College Center will
occupy the geographical
heart of the campus and
compliment the Adminis
tration Building. The New
Dormitory will reinforce
comfortable living quar
ters.
The concept of the Col
lege Center is to form a
bridge between the aca
demic areas of the cam
pus and the dormitories,
according to Jerry Wil-
kerson, Administrative
Assistant to the Presi
dent.
“It will be the center
of all happenings for fa
culty and students and
staff,” said Mr. Wilker-
son.
Mr. Wilkerson said this
is one activity in which
the students had the de
termining voice because
it was from surveys and
questionnaires from the
students that the admin
istration decided what use
the Center would have,
“It will be one of the
most outstanding college
centers all over the
states,” said Mr. Wilker
son.
The college center is
to be a two-level-facility
located on the site of old
Morgan Hall. The upper
level will contain the main
dining hall, with seating
for 450, private dining
rooms, the central kit
chen facilities, offices for
counseling, Dean of Stu
dents, Student Govern
ment, and conference
rooms. A generous con
course located on the
north side will (1) pro
vide stacking space for
the cafeteria line, (2)
function as a gallery for
the exhibition of art, (3)
provide lounge space for
use by everyone and (4)
function as a congenial
"mixing chamber” to
promote contact and in
teraction between stu
dents and faculty.
The lower level of the
Center will open directly
onto a major east-west
pedestrian path, which
connects Howard Har-
reld, Manley and the New
Dormitory to the campus.
Spaces included on the
lower level will be the
post office, the bookstore,
the lounges, the coffee
shop, the day student fa
cilities, public relations
office, the newspaper and
yearbook work spaces.
The facility is located
on a central campus site
and because of this, the
plan has numerous en
trances.
New Dormitory
The dormitory is to be
a three and a half level
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Merrill Scholars
Wanted For 72-73
Applications are now
being taken for the Merrill
Scholarships for 1972-19-
73. Any student of sopho
more classification orhigh
er with a cumulative
grade average not below 2.8
is eligible to apply.
Good physical and men
tal health, intellectual cu
riosity, maturity of judg
ment, soundness of charac
ter, and some competence
in a foreign language (not
mandatory) are among the
factors which will be con
sidered in the selection of
nominees. This year, Mer
rill scholars are studying
at Sophia University (To
kyo), the Lhiversity of
Edinburgh and the Univer
sity of London. Contact Dr
James S. Gates, Giles ’8£
for application forms.