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SPELMA N
THE VOICE
OF BLACK WOMANHOOD
SPOTLIGHT
VOL. XLI No. 1
OCTOBER 1973
The Napper Movement
by Yolanda Jones
There is hope in the air that Atlanta will
be free of crime, poverty, and corruption.
Since this is an election year, hope may rest
with each candidate running for office. Hope
may rest with Dr. George Napper
Napper, Associate Professor bf Sociology
at Spelman College, is a candidate for Coun-
cilman-at-Large. He is also Assistant Clinical
Professor of Psychiatry at Emory University,
a position he has held since February.
Napper decided to begin his campaign in
May. He said that he didn’t disclose his plans
to students because they were preoccupied
with finals.
Well, this is October, and students haven’t
been preoccupied with finals since they re
turned in September. Dr. Napper is quick to
point out that he has been receiving student
help during his campaign, particularly student
coordinators, Belva Davis and Jetta Edwards.
The campaign platform that Napper and
his campaign volunteers are advocating is
called “The Napper Movement.” And if you
have ever been in one of Napper’s classes, you
will notice that his platform is as carefully
outlined as his class syllabus.
The “Napper Movement” is geared to
strengthening the welfare of Atlanta citizens.
Some of the ideas of the movement are to
decentralize city hall operations, provide bet
ter education for all children, create neigh
borhood precincts, assure neighborhood sta
bility, pursue better drug abuse policies,
work toward a fair and equalized taxation
program, create better health care delivery
systems, provide better benefits for city em
ployees, and build sidewalks for the safety
of children.
The 6’1” native of Berkeley, California,
said that the creation of police precincts will
increase quality law enforcement. He also
said that the police and the community can
better observe each other’s behavior.
Napper believes that good people should
be involved in city government. He said that
being a councilman would place him in the
hub of government.
“I know that I want to be involved in the
political arena,” he said, “and what it is all
about.”
He said that he would like to see more
student interest in politics. Napper said that
he may call on students to research if he be
comes councilman. He believes that there is
a need to bring the academic and political
worlds closer together.
Napper received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D.
degrees from the University of California at
Berkeley. He has served as a consultant to
state and federal programs in the areas of ur
ban systems, jobs, economic opportunity,
and education.
He is the author of Blacker than Thou,
which deals with the Black student move
ment in the middle 60’s.
Napper’s daily activities aren’t limited to
his campaigning and teaching interests. He is
married to the former Delores Winston. They
have three children, Kendall — 10, Kenya —
8, and Bozo III, who is expected to arrive in
March.
DEFEND YOURSELF
Guess What’s Happening? For the first
time in Spelman’s history, Judo and Karate
classes are being offered. With the steadily
increasing crime rate and different forms of
violence being practiced, all young ladies need
to be knowledgeable of some method of
“Self Defense.”
Spelman Welcomes
Dean of Instruction
by Debra Orr
For most of us, when we entered the gates
of Spelman College on September 2, we knew
that our Summer had ended and the good
times we had were dissolved into memories
to be cherished forever. We knew when we
arrived that it was time to seriously contem
plate the courses we would take and the
teachers from which to take them. For the
more reserved student the choice was simple-
teachers who were here previously and whose
reputations were well known. However, the
adventurous student may have decided to test
her luck and choose from one or more of the
teachers whose reputations have not yet been
established.
For the unadventurous, we would like to
introduce the new additions to the faculty at
Spelman College. Dr. Edward E. Riley, who
is Dean of Instruction, is new to the adminis
trative staff. Dr. Riley received his B.A. at
Syracuse University and his M.A. at Oberlin
College in Zoology. He received his Ph.D. in
Biology from Brown University. He served as
Academic Dean at Dillard University from
1959 until his arrival at Spelman last July.
Dr. Riley’s impression of Spelman is very
high. He says, ‘The college is a very good
one. It has an excellent reputation, but its
highest asset is its potential to provide a high
quality education for its women.” He also
feels that the instructional processes here are
very good because of the various approaches
to teaching. However, as the times change,
so must the processes change. In keeping with
this thought, the Keller Plan, which is indi
vidualized instruction, has been instituted
“to broaden the student’s base for learning.”
On teacher-student relationships at Spel
man, Dr. Riley has many outlooks. He feels
that the relationship should be a familiar, as
well as professional one. The fact that Spel
man has a low student-teacher ratio makes
this both “possible and practical. The primary
interest of education is exposure to various
and different ideas,” and one way of doing
this is to become accessible to different
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