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SPELMA N
THE VOICE
OF BLACK WOMANHOOD
SPO TLIGHT
VOL. XXX NO.9
ATLANTA, GA.
MAY, 1977
WCLK Jingle Package Launches
Campaign For Radio Excellence
said Phillip “Blue” Jones, “not
just spinning records.”
“Blue” as everyone calls
him, came up with the idea of
the jingles, which is nothing
new to most radio stations, but
WCLK, has never had jingles.
“I got an idea and five
minutes later I started writing
songs,” he said. “It’s my baby
but those chicks who sing are
the ones who should get the
credit because they really
worked hard.”
Those “chicks,” as “Blue”
refers to them with a note of ad
miration, are Lynn Jordan,
Gloria “Buffy” McGill, Dinni
Terry and Myrna Taylor. All
are students at Clark except
for Lynn who is a student at
Spelman College.
“I think that it’s a great
change for the station to do
something like this,” said the
petite Myrna who, after the
jingle presentation, was run
ning around trying to sell
WCLK buttons to a group of
visiting high school students
from New Jersey.
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Spelman Sisters
Sing On
By Novice Johnson
By Robyn Mahone
WCLK Jingle Package
Launches Campaign For
Radio Excellence
If you like the mellow moods
of music magic, or maybe
boogie woogie’s more your
style, then join us at the
junction where we jazz for you
— WCKL, FMMMMMM...
With the aid of sweet
harmony only, four young
ladies belt out jingles like the
above in a sultry upbeat tempo
that is sure to have your foot
tappin’ and your finger pop-
pin’ whenever you hear them.
The Clark College jingle pac
kage is a part of the push to
start the station on its way to
being a radio station power
house.
“This is the beginning,
where we start tightening up,”
Andrew Young
Preaches At Spelman
By India Burton
U.S. Ambassador to the
United Nations, Andrew
Young, gave an inspirational
speech in Sisters Chapel on
April 17. The filled chapel,
which consisted of members
from the diplomatic com
munity, Spelman alumnae,
Spelman faculty member^,
community members, and
students, set the stage for a
speech that was destined to be
the highlight of this year’s con
vocation series.
Before Ambassador Young
could even begin his speech, as
he stood up, the chapel came
alive with a thunderous round
of applause. By the time he
reached the pulpit, the ap
preciative audience was on its
feet. With a humble
acknowlegement of their affec
tions, the Ambassador began a
speech that was filled with
words of wisdom and en
couragement.
He began his speech by quot
ing from The Bible, a passage
from the fourth chapter int he
book of Esther. In the passage,
Mordecai spoke to Esther,
“Don’t imagine that you are
safer than any other Jew just
because you are of the royal
palace. If you keep quiet at a
time like this, help will come to
the aid of the Jews. They will
be saved. But you will die and
your father’s family will come
to an end. yet, who knows?
Maybe it was for a time like
this that you were made
queen.”
After the passage, the Am
bassador paused and went on
to say, “The young women of
Spelman are the queens of
Black America.”
He used the passage and the
comment to encourage
Spelman women to assume
leadership positions among
their people. Esther, he said,
was successful in helping to
free her people. He felt that the
mission of Spelman women
was to do the same for their
people. He called for them to
use their God-given potential.
He stressed that one of the
ways for Spelman women to
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The Spelman College Glee
Club has been holding a torch
of excellence for more than 40
years. Aside from singing at
numerous academic and
ceremonial functions here at
school, the Glee Club tours an
nually each spring, perform
ing in principal cities of the
North, the South, the East, and
the MidWest. In 1975, a group
of selected singers from the
Glee Club toured Brazilian
cities and states as official
representatives from the
Georgia Partners of the
Americas to South America.
So This group really gets
around. Not only did members
of the Glee Club get a chance to
sing at the U.N. this past
summer with some of the
Morehouse Glee Club
members, but some of our
Spelman Glee Club members
got a chance to sing at the
inaugaration of President
Jimmy Carter this past
January.
Under the faithful,
dedicated, direction of Dr.
Roland Allison, the Glee Club
strives for overall excellence in
all of their performances. This
year the group toured from
March 25 through April 2.
From Atlanta the Glee Club
went to Chicago, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, Cleveland, Ohio,
Columbus, Ohio, Norwalk,
Connecticut, Lawrenceville,
Virginia, and then back to
Atlanta to sing at the
Founders Day Exercise the
very day they returned. The
group receives deserved
recognition and praise. With
the help of Barbara McNeely,
student director, Janet Meyers
student accompanist, and Dr.
Joyce Johnson accompanist
and college organist, the group
in a combined effort exercises
their musical expertise for the
enjoyment of their audiences
as well as for themselves.