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BOARD
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Trustees of The Martin Luther
King, J r. Memorial Center, The
National Council for Children
and Television, The German
Marshal Fund; a member of The
Yale University Corporation
(1971-1977); and is on the board
of Directors of the NAACP Legal
Defence and Educational Fund
Inc., The National Office for the
Rights of the Indigent, and The
Arts; Education and Americans;
as well as a member of the Policy
Review Board of the Public
Agenda Foundation.
In 1979, Mrs. Edelman
received the 1979 Black En
terprise Achievement Award for
her professionalism in child
welfare reform. She has been ap
pointed a member of the
President’s Commission for a
National Agenda for the ’80’s.
GREENSBORO
(from page 1)
Greensboro Coliseum. Speakers
from various groups spoke on
the purpose of the Anti-Klan
meetings. Joseph Lowery, Presi
dent of the National Southern
Christian Leadership Conference
(SCLC), summerized his speech
by comparing the crowd to the
hostages in Iran and the KKK
to the Ayatullah Khomeini.
Rev. Lowery’s remarks received
boos and hisses from portions
of the audience.
Rev. Ben Chavis, member of
the Wilmington Ten, also spoke
at the rally.
The city managers declared a
state of energency for Greens
boro, alleging it the only way to
keep demonstrators from carry
ing firearms. Although it was
understood, by the participants,
that no weapons were to be
carried, city police and the
National Guard continued to
patrol the route.
Despite some of the distorted
reasoning for the march and the
anticipation of trouble, the
march maintained order, and
the men in the white sheets
were no where in sight.
WALLACE
(from page 1)
perpetuate the division amongst
blacks?
Ms. Wallace: The media is
not my friend. Of course they’ve
used what I’ve said to do that, but
I can’t allow them to prevent me
from voicing something that I
feel is important, or from doing
what is important.
Student: What is the natural
and necessary role of women?
Ms. Wallace: I’m not exactly
sure, but I feel to some degree
having and nurturing children
(she hastened to add) this is also a
natural role for men. (She didn’t
exactly comment on women’s
natural role, but said that we all
have an obligation to improve the
world.)
Student: Are there any lessons
or thoughts that you have ob
tained when looking at women
from other parts of the world?
Ms. Wallace: Other cultures
recognize that it is important
to allow women to participate in
the third world struggle.
policy now are the same as that of
slave days.
What is the situation in Iran?
What did the United States do to
get itself involved? How does the
United States get out? Reverend
Howard stated, “Iran is in the
middle of a revolution. In
Iran...revolution is no laughing
matter. Casualties are
everywhere to be found. The un
certainty, the threat of
repression, poverty, and life itself
is always prevalent. While there
are ideological, regional,
religious, and class conflicts
among groups in Iran today
which thrive during this time of
uncertainty, the one unifying fac
tor in Iran is the return of the ex-
Shah...Passions run high against
this man because of the 26 years
of his unwanton disregard for
human rights. The United States
has been seen throughout this
quarter century as the Shah’s
chief benefactor... the United
States had seen the Shah as the
best hope for protecting its in
terests in Iran and in other mid
east countries.”
Dr. Howard added, “To the
people of Iran who see the
revolution as a victory, theirs was
not only a victory over the ex-
Shah, it was also a victory over
his number one backer. This con
ception of the current in
ternational crisis is not un
derstood by a significant segment
— HOWARD
(from page 3)
of the American population,
because we are largely ignorant
of our nation’s activities
abroad...if we pay close attention
to what is going on in Iran today,
we will be better able to extricate
ourselves from situations which
will inevitably emerge in the not
too distant future.”
Dr. Howard stated, “The
Iranian revolution is a revolution
for independence...Iran regards
Soviet Communism as foreign as
much as they regard monoply
capitalism. They see a third way
for themselves which is. based
upon Islamic principles. Prin
ciples we would do well to better
understand. They (Iranians) will
not respond...to the conventional
pressures that are levied in their
direction because of their fervent
religious commitment...I believe
the more we pass them on
military grounds, the more we
present to them inflammatory
rhetoric, the more resolved they
will be about the righteousness of
our cause. The Iranian revolution
has a moral thrust and it is not
very conducive to conventional
compromise for political ex
pediency. To the Iranians, the
return of the Shah is the only way
the situation may be resolved.”
Reverend Howard said there
were some middle grounds if they
could be explored properly. “We
should commit ourselves to
listening to the Iranian people.
Spelman Spotlight February 25. 1980
A Guard's Eye-View
By Sheron Covington
Amidst the controversies
surrounding the effectiveness of
the security system on campus, it
is only fair that the guards them
selves, be allowed to voice their
opinion in the situation.
One of the major problems
that all the guards agreed on was
the low resourse of manpower.
One of the most visible efforts of
this is the back gate which is oc
casionally unattended and
therefore locked. Another is a
general shortage of guards cir
culating through the campus at
all times. The guards also agreed
that the cause of the shortage
could be found in the high em-
The role of the American
religious community is recon
ciliation.” Dr. Howard wants
churches in the United States to
sponsor exchange visits between
religious leaders in the United
States and those in Iran. He in
dicated that on February 15,
heads of churches of the
American Council of Churches
will be called upon to sponsor
educational programs on Iran
and other countries.
Dr. Howard closed his remarks
by stating that military force
should not be used in Iran, and
that the general public should
make their elected federal of
ficials aware that the United
States citizenry deplores the use
of violence as a solution to the
Iranian crisis.
IT'S THE MOST
The most effective sun
glasses protect against bright
sun and reflected glare with
out distorting what you see.
Sunglass lenses should be
large enough to shield the
normal angles of vision—
above, below and either side—
against glaring rays. A curved
lens gives the least distortion
as the eye rotates.
Lens tints permitting the
most accurate color percep
tion possible are neutral gray
or smoke-colored.
ployment turnover rate which
plagues the force. This high rate
is often a result of incompatibility
with the job, inadequate salaries
and general discontent. However,
of the guards interviewed, they
expressed little disagreement
with the salary.
Another problem faced by
most of the guards is the attitudes
of the Spelman women. “Some of
them think they are better than
others’, one guard said, “And
they feel that they deserve more
privileges than others too”.
Another guard attributed the
stuffy attitudes to upbringing,
which he felt was different from
one who has come through a
school of hard knocks, therefore
making some of the girls harder
to get along with.
On the other hand, the attitude
of some of the guards towards the
students is also a problem that
they all agreed on. “Some of the
guards treat the girls like their in
prison, questioning their arrivals
and departures at odd mornings
hours”, said one of the guards. He
also commented that some of the
older guards feel that the girls
shouldn’t go out at all.
On the subject of safety on cam
pus, one of the women guards
said, “You girls over here have
to realize that none of the cam
puses are safe, because we are in
By LaRonda Morris
On January 17, 1980, at 8:00
p.m., in Sister Chapel, Spelman
launched its annual Blue and
White Coronation. The theme
was entitled “Exquisitely. For
You...In Blue.” It was a stunning
production with participation
given by all the class courts and
our own Mr. Blue and White,
Mark Ford.
This year’s theme was
elaborated on by each class
court. Each court was given a
word of the title and the court ex
pressed how they felt the word
presented their class. The fresh
man class elaborated on how
“Exquisite” they are and will be
in the future; the sophomore
a high crime area”. She also ad
ded, “The major crimes that hap
pen over here are not the results
of students but from people from
the Bottom”.
Interestingly enough, one
guard believes that the crimes
such as assault and rape can often
be attributed to cohersion on the
part of the student. “Whether ac
cidentally or with intent, girls
sometimes present incentives
which lure men on campus
illegally”, he said.
To the question, “Is Spelman a
safe campus at night?”, the an
swers were evenly divided yes
and no. Those who were negative
felt so because of the location of
the campus, the look of lighting
around stratigic spots and the
acute shortage of manpower.
Those who felt the campus was
safe cited the advantages of the
fence which surrounds the
physical plant and the acessibility
of the guards to reach distur
bances within 60 seconds, due to
the mobile units.
Overall, the guards were op
timistic and felt that they were
operating the best possible way
under the prevailing cir
cumstances. They do however
advise that students exercise
more caution and safety con
science actions, because the life
you save may be your own.
class expressed their meaning of
“For” in that they are the epitome
of manhood: wisdom, under
standing. and love; the junior
class symbolized the word “You”
as the black woman, more
precisely the Spelman woman,
and the characteristics that make
her beautiful: the seniors
uniquely used the expression
“In”, informing us about the dif
ferent facets of life and that life
should be appreciated in that it’s
a gift from God; Mr. Blue and
White gave significance to “Blue”
in an effort to show how women
should recognize the positive
qualities in a man instead of the
See CORONATION p. 8
Spelman's Coronation A Success