Dr. Jane Browning Leaves Spelman
By LaRonda I. Morris
Site of Slaying: University Barber Shop.
A. U. Student Slain
By Rolonda G. Watts
A foreign exchange student
from Tanzania, who attended
Atlanta University, was the vic
tim of Atlanta’s one hundred and
seventy third homicide this year.
The student, identified as
Charles Mutashobya, 28, was shot
on the sidewalk in front of the
University Barber Shop on Thur
sday night, September 27.
According to homicide in
vestigators, Mutashobya was
walking down Martin Luther
King, Jr. Drive and turned onto
Chestnut Street Southwest where
he stopped to talk to a woman
who had gotten out of a blue late
model Chevrolet Monte Carlo
with a white vinyl top driven by
another man. After the woman
went into the barber shop, the
man in the car got out and shot
Mutashobya in the chest with a
high powered magnum.
The gunman was described as a
black male, about 6-1 and
weighing 165 lbs.
Police said the woman, also
black, was described as about 5-4
and 110 lbs.
Investigators have not
established a motive for the
slaying but the most popular
hypothesis is that there was
political foul play involved.
Mutashobya was apparently a
high official in the Tanzaneian
government and came to Atlanta
University in hopes of increasing
his leadership capacity.
On August 31, 1979, Dr. Jane
E. Smith Browning resigned from
the administration of Spelman
College. She served in the
capacity of Assistant to the
President. Her responsibilities in
cluded coordinating AIDP,
chairing the Centennial Com
mittee and assisting the President
in administrative responsibilities.
As a dedicated alumna, and ad
ministrator, Dr. Browning regrets
leaving the Spelman student
body. Dr. Browning stated her
reasons for leaving as being my
interest in Research and
Development, the opportunity to
head an office and staff of at least
four people, the opportunity to
work in a graduate school and the
opportunity to learn the skills of
budgeting and fund raising.”
Also, Dr. Browning felt that she,
being a 33-year-old woman wan
ted a main line job, Spelman of
fered, no advancements for her
career so she sought higher goals.
She is the only woman working in
the budget field dealing with
higher education in the A.U. Cen
ter.
On September 3, 1979, Dr.
Browning started work at the
Atlanta LJniversity Graduate
School as the Assistant Vice
President of Research and
Development. She works under
the supervision of Cleon
Arrington who is Vice President
of Research and Development.
As Assistant Vice President, Dr.
Ms. Price Receives Degree
By Adele S. Newson
Famed opera star, Leontyne
Price, received an honorary
degree of Doctor of Music from
Morehouse College, Sept. 29, at a
special convocation in the Martin
Luther King Jr. Memorial
Chapel.
A crowd of student, faculty
and community representatives
gathered to pay tribute to the “fir
st lady” of the Metropolitan
Opera Company. Dr. Hugh
Gloster, president of Morehouse
College, praised Ms. Price for
having “proved that it is possible
for a black person with talent and
training to move from the outside
to the inside. . . in one of the most
demanding and competitive
professions in the world.”
The awarding of doctorates by
the institution is reserved for two
occasions: founders day and
commencement. Ms. Price was
further honored in that she is
only the third woman to receive a
doctorate degree from the
college.
Ms. Price was overcome with
emotion as she stood between Dr.
Gloster and Dr. Willis Hubert,
academic dean of Morehouse
College, while they conferred
upon her the degree.
The daughter of musical paren
ts, Ms. Price responded to the
award by admitting, “I am truly
overwhelmed ... I accept it in
memory of my mother and father
and in memory of my roots.”
The night before the con
vocation Ms. Price was honored
with a NAACP J ubilee Award.
Both the Morehouse honorary
degree and the J ubilee Award
will add to 20 Grammy awards, a
Spingarn Medal, the Presidential
Medal of Freedom and a
seemingly endless list of others.
According to Dr. Gloster, Ms
Price was “Gifted by God with a
beautiful and powerful voice.
(She) is a rarity who was born to
sing.” Ms. Price proved these
words true when she joined the
Morehouse College Glee Club in
the singing of the Negro Spiritual
“Everytime I Feel the Spirit.” The
audience raved at the per
formance.
Rhodes Scholar
On October 2, Karen Steven
son, the first black female
Rhodes Scholar, visited Spelman
College’s campus. Ms. Stevenson
met with students in an informal
session in Giles Hall and was
featured at a luncheon in her
honor. Later in the day she met
with a select group of students to
talk about her experiences as a
student at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, N.C. and
to give advice and information on
the different scholarships
available to graduate level
students.
Dr. Jane Browning
Browning is responsible for “the
day-to-day operation of federal
funds,” “works with faculty in
developing proposals for federal
funding,” “monitors the im
plementation of federal projects
and budgets.” She is very fulfilled
with her job and enjoys working
wit h policy.
Spelman suffered a great loss
with the resignation of Dr.
Browning. Her concern for the
students, professionalism in her
job, devotion, honesty and deter-
Inside
'Spelman to Get
New Dorm p. 2
•Hubert and Thurmond
Attack p. 8
•Special Poetry Section:
“All Yours
on Black
Women . p. 9& 10
•Study Tips .. p. 12
•Eartha Kitt in
Timbuktu p. 14
ruination will be missed by ail
who knew her. We wish her hap
piness and success in her present
job at Atlanta University.
Atlanta citizens recently voted no
to the imposition of a one percent
increase in the local sales tax.
The referendum election, held
Tuesday, Oct. 2, 1979, had been
the center of considerable con
troversy.
Forces that had been pushing
the passage of the tax were led by
a group, Citizens for Atlan
ta/Fulton. Mayor Maynard
Jackson and Fulton County Com
missioner Milton Farris were co-
chairmen of the group.
Forces that opposed passage of
the tax were led by Coalition
Against the Local Option Sales
Tax, which was headed by John
Boon.
Now that the sales tax was
defeated, the City of Atlanta will
have to seek other alternative
means of increasing the city’s
revenues.
