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fePELMAN COU L£SE ebruary.1972 "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- CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 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 CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 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.