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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. Continued on page 8 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 Continued on page 8 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.