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The Manley Years
ESSENCE
OF
MALE AND FEMALE
During the past twenty years, Spelman
College has grown and matured in many ways.
Its continual physical and intellectual growth
can be attributed to the never ending efforts
of Dr. Albert Edward Manley. Dr. Manley
has the distinction of being the first Black as
well as the first man to be President of the
college. As we celebrate the 20th anniversary
of Dr. Manley’s administration, the Spotlight
would like to take a look at Spelman College
in retrospect.
During the first decade of the Manley
years, the college’s enrollment increased from
474 to 727, and since that time, has grown
to approximately 1,200. It was under Dr.
Manley’s guidance that, in 1958, Spelman
was accepted into full membership in the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
In 1962, membership was granted in the
American Association of University Women.
It was also during the first ten years under
Manley that the budget for the college
doubled and library facilities expanded two
fold.
As the financial status of the college in
creased, so did its physical and intellectual
environment. Closer ties were drawn with the
other schools in the Center, and five new
buildings were added to facilitate the ever
growing needs of the students. All of this was
made possible because of an increased interest
in the state of Black schools as well as Dr.
Manley’s concern for the survival of Spelman
College.
In 1964, The John D. Rockefeller Jr. Fine
Arts Building was made possible through a
grant by the Rockefeller Brothers’ Founda
tion. In November of that same year, Dorothy
Shepard Manley Hall was built with a loan
from the Housing and Home Finance Agency.
In 1968, Howard Harreld Hall was opened
and last month we witnessed the opening of
the new dormitory and the new student
center.
Dr. Manley has been called the “invisible
President” by some students, but he is visible
every time one passes any one of the build
ings constructed during his administration
and whenever they enjoy the “privilege” of
unlimited curfew, or wearing jeans to class.
There are some changes aside from the physi
cal and intellectual growth that have occurred
during the Manley years that deserve men
tion. Up until recently, calling hours for men
ended at 10 p.m., ladies could not wear pants
to class, and convocation was required daily.
These are signs that Spelman College has
changed with the times, and will continue to
change, but they are due to the open-mind
edness of Dr. Manley and his receptiveness to
change.
Last month, the Spelman College National
Fund Raising Campaign was launched with
its goal of 16.9 million dollars. The money
will not get up and walk to us. It comes
through the endless energies of Dr. Manley
and others. It is because of his endless energy
that Spelman College has grown and become
the institution that it is.
Dr. Manley is to be commended for his
twenty years of service and dedication to
Spelman College. He has guided us through
twenty years of progress, and has helped set
us on the road to greater achievements.
WGTV-8
programs of interest
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1973
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1973
2:00 p.m.
Music and the Spoken Word
9:00 p.m.
Firing Line
2:30 p.m.
Young Musical Artists
10:00 p.m.
The Atlanta Film Festival
5:00 p.m.
Black Is
6:00 p.m.
Soul Food
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1973
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1973
9:30 p.m.
Woman (Alternatives of
Traditional Marriage)
6:30 p.m.
Washington Debates
10:30 p.m.
The Course of Our Times
8:00 p.m.
Newport Jazz Festival New
York: A Tribute to Louis
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1973
Armstrong
7:30 p.m.
Wall Street Week (Nixon’s
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1973
Economic Policy: One
Year Later)
The David Susskind Show
7:30 p.m.
Our Street (Movie)
9:00 p.m.
by Lorenzo Benn, Jr.
From my recent observations of the young
men and women of the A. U. Center, it is
quite obvious that we as young people need
to begin to define in our own minds what it
is to be a man and what it is to be a woman.
We need to begin to seek knowledge of our
selves as men and women. Once we know
ourselves, we will know our relationship to
each other and hence we will be on the way
to enjoying better relationships and mean
ingful interactions.
This definition cannot .be found in Web
ster’s Dictionary. We need not only concern
ourselves with certain elementary 'biological
elements which are integrated into the two
compounds — man and woman. Our physical
attributes are only a part of our total being.
It is essential that we focus our attention and
insight into greater depths, concerning our
selves with the total being of man and woman
and the essence of what it is to be a man and
to be a woman.
We cannot just turn to a certain page in
our dictionary and find this definition. It can
only be found in ourselves. We must not
allow ourselves to engage in an over-abun
dance of extraneous methods by which we
search for our identity. Too often we go to
the bathroom to get food, when the food is
in the kitchen. We must make an honest
attempt to search into ourselves as we inter
act to inevitably reach a confirmed definition
of ourselves as men and women.
As I look around me, I see too much
conflict between the men and the women of
the A. U. Center. We should be enjoying each
other. We should not be against one another
but working together. I also see too much
disrespect being exercised by both the men
and the women toward each other. It is my
belief that part of being a man is to respect a
woman and part of being a woman is to
respect a man. I think once we start living in
accordance with our rightful role as men and
women, we will find that we will become
worthy of this respect.
We are college students in pursuit of an
education. A very vital and significant part
of our college endeavors should be to find
within ourselves a realization of what it is to
be a man and what it is to be a woman. The
attainment of this particular aspect of our
education could very well be the most out
standing factor of college education in rela
tion to our success in life.