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SPELMAN THE VOICE OF BLACK WOMANHOOD SPO TLIGHT VOL. XLIII, NO. 1 ATLANTA, GEORGIA October, 1975 Atlanta University Center SGA Michele McCullough Staff Reporter The 1975-76 school year brings new SGA presidents to the A.U. Center. They are: Thelma Sias. a senior from Maycrsville. Mississippi, president of Clark SGA, Yolande Herron, a senior from Minneapolis, Minnesota, president of Spelman SGA; Rickey W. Peetc, a junior from Memphis, Tennessee, president of Morehouse SGA; and Larewnce D. Davenport, a senior from Brooklyn, New York, president of Morris Brown SGA. What do AU SGA president expect to achieve this year? When asked about problems foreseen in the 1975-76 school year and possible resolutions, both Rickey Peete and Thelma Sias were in agreement. They both foresee their main problem as being student apathy. Rickey plans to start the big brother program which he feels will “alleviate the frustrations and tensions” that can develop among the freshman. Thelma plans to work very hard with programs already in existence and be Continued on page 7 National Student Govt Endorses Hubert Humphrey Manley Series Yolande Heiron Spelman : _» i Thelma Sias Clark By Rita D. Ford Within the last decade Americans have been plagued with the ills of Watergate, inflation, depression, and recession. Now as the country approaches a new election year, another major dilemma will plague many—who are the most likely candidates for the dc mocratic ticket? This question has been partially answered. The National Student Government, a nation-wide organization of college student associations, has already endorsed Hubert Horatio Humphrey. Hum phrey, who is a political veteran, became virtually non existent after his loss to Richard Nixon in the 1968 presidential election and then his defeat to George McGovern in the 1972 primaries. Because of the lack of strong competition—Udall, Henry (“Scoop”) Jackson, Lloyd Bentsen, Jimmy Carter, Milton Shapp, Terrv Sanford, Continued on Page 7 Spelman College has an nounced the Albert E. Manley Convocation Series in honor of the College’s fifth president who plans to retire at the end of this academic year. The series is expected to provide a forum for debate of issues of national relevance and will be open to all people in the A. U. Center. Speakers for the series will include such notables as Harold Eugene Ford, Member, U. S. Congress; Johnny L. Ford, Mayor, Tuskegee, Alabama; Vivian W. Henderson, President, Clark College; Charles B. Rangel, Member, U.S. Congress; Dr. Alvin L. Poussaint, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard University; Gwendolyn Brooks, Pulitzer Prize- Winning Poet; Lerone Ben nett, Jr., Historian, Essayist, Novelist, Poet; Madelyn P. Nix, Attomey-at-Law; Yvonne B. Burke, Member, U. S. Congress; and Barbara Sizemore, Public Superin tendent of Schools, Washington, D. C. The first convocation (Congressman Ford) is slated for September 28, 1975 at 3:00 p.m., in Sisters Chapel. Sherrie Mars nan, was one of 1/ college students who worked this summer in New York advertising agencies, under the auspices of the Student Fellowship Program of the American Association of Advertising Agencies. A Spelman senior, Sherrie worked atWells, Rich, Greene, Inc., received a “graduation” certificate from John Taylor, chairman of the A.A.A.A.’s Equal Employment Opportunity Committee. She is an English major and a Mass Communications, minor. Her home is in Nashville. The need for urban and environmental studies grew out of the rising perplexities of urban living, population in creases and environmental pollution. Although the course concentrates on the social science division, there is still imput from the national sciences for a two-fold study. The urban studies look at living conditions, government, population, and economics. Environmental issues deal with pollution and ecology. The administrative com mittee includes: chairperson, Dr. Katherine Brisbane, Dr. Oran Egleson, Psychology; Mrs. Ann Hornsby, Economics; Dr. Harry Lefever, Sociology; Dr. Lois Moreland, Political Science; also. Dr. Gladys Bayse, Chemistry. Sophomores enrolled in one of the social science depart ments are eligible for par ticipation in the program. Along with'receiving a degree Faith Shepard [center] of Ypslanti, Michigan, a Junior at Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, exchanges ideas with Marketing’s W.E. Kern at Mobil Oil’s “Week in the Business World” program for outstanding black college sophomores. Faith Shepard was of 24 sophomores entitled to participate in Mobil Oil’s “Week in the Business World” program by writing an award-winning essay. Teh project, now in its eighth year, brings outstanding college sophomores for a week-long visit to Mobil facilities in the New York/Philadelphia area. The program offers black students a first-hand look at a big company’s operations and a chance to question directly the people who have the answers about job opportunities. Urban/Environmental Studies At Spelman College By Stephanie Nelson Staff Reporter This fall a concentrated course of study, entitled Urban-Enviommental Studies, began at Spelman College. The program, which is funded by the National Science Foundation, is a unique program with in terdisciplinary studies in the social science division. Urban- Environmental Studies is designed to enable students to study urban and en vironmental problems and solutions to these problems which will ultimately face all in the future. in her major field of study, the student also receives a cer- Continued on Page 5 TRAVEL ABROAD Become A Merrill Scholar See Dr. Gates For Further Info III