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The Spotlight - Sept., 1972 - 3
Finally, it came, that
anticipated arrival at
Spelman. Months of won
dering ceased, and
tedious packing was for
gotten. Only this ques
tion remained -“What is
Spelman like?”
Some new Spelmanites
revealed their answers
to this question:
Jerilyn Horne - More
house Hall - Pittsburgh,
Pa
“Socially, I think it’s a
pretty hip place.”
Pam Williams - Pack
ard Hall - Niagara Falls,
N. Y.
ANTICIPATION
“I want to get out of
the Freshman Class.”
Denise Duvernay - Chad
wick Hall - New York,
N.Y.
’ ‘As soon as I know
what's here, I’ll know
what I want.”
Denise Hartsfield - Chad
wick Hall - Winston-
Salem, N. C.
“Being able to meet a
lot of people will help
you to know yourself.”
Camile Barber - Chad
wick Hall - Kansas City
“I want to see if this
place will help me grow.”
Toya Evans - Chadwick
Hall - New York, N.Y.
“Reading the catalo
gue, it has everything I
want. The whole ex
perience will be what
you make it.”
Wanda Malone - More
house Hall -
“The girls have been
just great. I really think
it is a matter of getting
things straight,”
Goldie Diggs
“I like the atmos
phere.
Jackson Welcomes Freshmen
SPOTLIGHT ^RflOK
SHELF
Book Review
You can taste the bit
terness of the tears she
has shed, and feel the
piercing moans that she
so soulfully utters. Her
name is Maya Angelou,
and her plea is “Just
Give Me a Cool Drink
of Water ‘fore I Diiie.”
In this book of poems,
she explores the world
of Black survival and the
essence of Black love.
The Mothering Black
ness
She came home running
back to the mothering
blackness
Deep in that smothering
blackness
white tears icicle gold
plains of her face
She came home runn
ing
She came down creeping
here to the black arms
waiting
now to the warm, heart
waiting
Rime of alien dreams be-
frost her rich brown
face
She came down creeping
She came home blame
less
black yet as Hagar’s
daughter
itall as was Sheba’s
daughter
threats of northern winds
die on the desert’s face
She came home blameless
Maya Angelou feels
from the heart and writes
from the soul. She speaks
in a bitter-sweet voice
that will continue to be
heard for as long as the
world is in existence. In
her poetry, one can feel
all the loneliness, pride,
rage and love that she
herself has experienced.
Miss Angelou speaks in
tone of anguish, warmth
and love. She quietly
but poignantly delves into
the inner most regions
of the soul, and makes the
bitter-sweet plea “Just
Give Me A Cool Drink
of Water ‘fore I Diiie.”
Freshman Week
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stressed their responsi
bility toward their stu
dent accounts; The even
ing concluded with a mes
sage from Student Go
vernment Association
President, Annette
Hutchins and a song-fest
of Spelman songs on the
lawn.
Vice mayor of Atlanta,
Maynard Jackson, wel
comed a standing room
onjv crowd that Tuesday
night in Sisters’ Chapel.
from the Mine Shaft, a
high spot in Underground
Atlanta. From Don Clen-
dennons on Hunter Street
came Dave Whitfield who
capivated the audience
with his bass voice. The
Electric Modification, a
group of young men from
Atlanta, thrilled the au
dience with their instru
mental versions of popu
lar tunes. Charles Mann,
a Morehouse College gra
duate, sung his own “Be
Real Black For Me.”
register to vote, they are
telling a lie.”
Other student govern
ment presidents from the
Atlanta University Center
briefed the audience on
their hopes for this school
year.
Morris Brown’s vice
president, Maynard Ben
son stresses unity in
hopes of a centerwide
newspaper and student
government association.
He said that Morris
Brown’s SGA will aim
for a close student facul
ty relationship.
Curley Dobson, More
house SGA president kept
with the atmosphere of
the evening by disclosing
to students the effective
ness of political and so
cial involvement. Dobson
said that students could
"get it all together” and
should be involved in their
student governments this
year.
Spelman SGA presi
dent Annette Hutchins
presented the remainder
of the speakers for the
evening by saying "stu
dents don’t have clear
perspectives of the black
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movement and black his
tory.”
In giving a brief his
tory, Reverend Bernard
Lee, from the Southern
Christian Leadership
Conference (SCLC,) sho
wed the nonviolent civil
rights struggle SCLC has
persuaded in the SouthT
He said the Voting Rights
Act came as a result of
the march in Selma, Ala
bama. Rev. Lee felt that
the vote in the South “was
dear and precious be
cause we have fought.”
Lee gave due credit to
whites who died and fought
for civil rights in the
South. He attacked pre
sent President States po
licies, particularly those
in Southeast Asia.
Tom Porter, executive
director of the Martin
Luther King, Jr. Center
for Non - violent So
cial Change, addressed
the group. He elaborated
on the views of the late
Dr. King in an attempt
to motivate the students
to act. Porter said that
education was a serious
journey. He extended it
by quoting King as saying
“as long as the mind is
enslaved, the body can
never be free.”
Speaking to the aidence,
Porter said “Your task
is to change the world.”
The successes of the
National Association for
the Advancement of Colo
red People (NAACP) were
told by Mrs. Ruby Hur
ley, NAACP Southern Re
gional Director. Mrs.
Hurley said the NAACP
has worked for change.
She gave personal ex
periences dealing with
discrimination in Atlanta.
Fleda Mask, a Spelman
senior provided enter
tainment midway the pro
gram by singing a medley
of ‘Bridge Over Troubled
Waters’ and ‘You Got A
Friend.”
The Free For All Bap
tist Church Choir con
cluded the evening by
singing several gospel
numbers.
A “Soul Expedition '72”
brought local talent from
Atlanta to the Spelman
campus. John Broomfield
from WAOK emceed the
show which featured Liz
Spraggins, a vocalist
floor will house day stu
dents lounges, lockers,
bathrooms, the book
store, the post office and
a coffee shop. Also shar
ing space on the first
floor will be offices for
the school newspaper,
The Spotlight, the year
book, Reflections, and
the Student Government
offices.
The Dean and Assis
tant Dean’s offices will
be located on the second
floor. Students will eat
their daily meals in the
dining area on the second
floor. On this floor will
Other activities plan
ned for Spelman fresh
man week were a tour
of the city, freshman and
upperclassmen talent
shows, and a trip to Six
Flags Over Georgia.
be a kitchen and re
cords (tests, papers, re
ports, etc.) office.
At the rear of Manley
and Howard Harreld Halls
will be a four-story dor
mitory. The dorm will be
sectioned off in units for
group living. There will
be kitchenettes, single
rooms, double rooms,
lounges and bathrooms
in each unit. Kimono
rooms will have built-in 1
ironing boards and will
be on the first floor with
washrooms, trunk and
shampoo rooms*
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Dorm; Student Center
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