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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.