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SPELMAN
THE VOICE
OF BLACK WOMANHOOD
SPOTLIGHT
VOL. XLI, NO. 7
APRIL,1974
Founders’ Day
’74
- A New
Beginning
This week marks the 93rd celebration of
the founding of Spelman College. As we look
back on our rich and progressive past, we can
look forward to a richer and more prosperous
future.
For nearly a century, Spelman has been
educating women who have taken their places
in the working world and made great achieve
ments therein. If we are to continue this
heritage of achievement and greatness, we
must begin now to make ourselves aware and
cognizant of what is going on around us, and
the place to begin is here — within the gates
of Spelman College.
We are the determiners of our future and
that of the college. Are we going to be con
tent as followers, being led blindly into the
darkness, or are we going to begin to con
structively question our leadership, both
administrative and student? It isn’t enough to
ask each other questions and expect the
answer to fall out of nowhere. We must not
only ask questions, but begin to demand
answers. No longer should we accept excuses
such as, “Well, that’s the way they do things
at Spelman.” We are not looking for excuses,
but reasons. We, as Black women, should not
have to give each other excuses. Excuses are
merely the tactics of the weak, for the strong
thrive on knowledge and awareness. We are
part of a long heritage of women who had
an intense thirst for knowledge, women who
weren’t content with excuses, but were con
stantly seeking out reasons and answers.
How can we effectively go out and begin
to deal with the world, when right here in
our own backyard, we are allowing ourselves
to become engulfed by apathy and/or ig
norance? We are at present going through
our own little depression for Spelman College
is slowly deteriorating. Not because of
inferior academia, for in that respect, Spel
man offers a good curriculum, but each day,
because of the apathetic attitudes reflected in
very influential places, young minds are
being destroyed. The future of Spelman
College lies in the Freshman class (’77), and
right now, it looks rather grim. They, as a
whole, are young, eager, and show a great
deal of potential, but as we all know,
APATHY KILLS.
As we go proudly into our 93rd year, let
us do so on a level of positiveness and aware
ness. The upcoming year should mark a new
beginning for the future, and a rekindling of
the spirit of the past.
Congratulations
SSGA and
Spotlight Staff
1974-75 SPOTLIGHT. STAFF
Kathryn Johnson .
Amelia Hamilton .
Yolanda Jones. .
Jacqueline Gambrell
Alice Bledsoe
Denise Bryant
Belva Davis.
Fannie Swain .
Arita Okon
Debra Orr
Sheryl Webber
Kim Bright
Denise Hartsfield
Marion Cobb
Debbie Newton
Carmen Williams
Editor
. Associate Editor
Business Manager
Creative Arts Editor
Photographer
Photographer
Photographer
Business Secretary
Constance Cleviand
Cornelia Edwards
Carla Crawford
Sabrina Freeneey
Greer Geiger
Buena Smith
Pam Wright
Jetta Edwards
Com mun icat ion
Career Forum
Students from the communications de
partments of Clark College and Georgia State
University will meet and talk with 51 broad
casting and advertising professionals at the
first annual Communications Career Forum,
to be held at Clark College on Wednesday,
May 1, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Under the direction of the Atlanta Broad
casting Executives Club (ABEC), the students
will have a first-hand opportunity to rap
informally with radio and television station
managers, sales managers, program directors
and on-air talent, as well as advertising agency
creative and media executives.
The professionals, from metro Atlanta
radio and television stations and advertising
agencies, will conduct eight separate career
forums simultaneously. The students can
wander from session to session at will in the
Clark College auditorium, where it will be
held.
The sessions include radio programming
and talent, radio sales, radio management,
TV programming and talent, TV sales, TV
management, creative departments at radio
and television stations and ad agencies, and
media careers at ad agencies.
It is hoped by ABEC that an interest in
the various career opportunities in the broad
casting industry will be fostered by this first
annual Communications Career Forum.
Don Waterman, Vice-President and Ge
neral Manager of Station WKLS-FM is general
chairman of the Forum. Other committee
members include Dr. Charles Hobson, Direc
tor of Mass Communications at Clark College
and Howard Rothchild, Executive Vice-
President of Gerald Rafshoon Advertising,
Inc., John Laur, Vice-President and General
Manager of Station WPCH-FM and President
of ABEC.