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Page 10 — FEATURES
Spelman Spotlight
November 3,1980
First Play of the Semester: A Hit!
By Reginald D. Williams II
The Morehouse-Spelman Players
were at it once again with their produc
tion of The Skin Of Our Teeth, a
comedy by Thornton Wilder. All the
world had the privilege of witnessing this
hilarious homespun hit during the entire
week of October 21-26, 1980 at 800
pm. in the Proscenium Theatre of the
John d. Rockfeller Jr. Fine Arts Building,
Spelman College. Admission was free.
The story revolves around the ludi
crous escapades of the Antrobus family
and their housemaid, Sabina. This
motely assortment of characters was
very capably performed by Pearl Davis,
James Cheek, Renata Cobbs, William
Parker, and Yolanda Snowball. It has
been written that the Antrobuses:
“survived fire, flood, pestilence, the
seven year locusts, the ice age, the
black pox and the double feature, a
dozen wars and as many depressions.
They run many a gamut, are as durable
as radiators, and look upon the future
with a disarming optimism. Alternately
bewitched, befuddled, and becalmed,
they are the stuff of which heroes are
made—heroes and buffoons. They are
true offspring of Adam and Eve, vic
tims of all the ills that flesh is heir to.
They have survived a thousand
calamities by the skin of their teeth.
Here is a tribute to their indestruct-
ability.”
A scene from “Skin of Our Teeth” with Renata Cobbs, Yolanda Snowball
and Pearl Davis
Words from the College Chaplain:
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By Reverend Norman Rates
When you get down in the dumps and
wonder what in the world are you doing
here on God’s earth, consider this: You
are unique among all God’s creatures
and you will never be duplicated as long
as the earth lasts. Consider also that, if
you are so unique, then there must be
something that you have been designed
to do that no other of God’s creatures
has been created to do. Furthermore,
consider that what you have been
designed by God to do need not be de
ferred until you become of ripe old age.
You might just need to get started here
and now to carry out God’s plans for
your life.
You’re never too young to get things
done. And please don’t use excuses for
not getting started—such as “Tm just or
dinary”, or “I’m a Black Woman with two
strikes already against me” Remember,
it takes just one swing to hit a home run.
And please don’t say “Wait til next year”,
or “Wait til I get educated”. Now is not
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only the time to make big plans but it is
also the time to put some of your talent
into action.
Consider that Phillis Wheatley, while
yet a slave, published her first poem
when she was seventeen and her first
book when she was twenty. Booker T.
Washington established Tuskegee In
stitute when he was twenty-five. At
twenty-nine, Harriet Tubman escaped
from slavery and eventually freed over
three-hundred slaves on eighteen under
ground railroad trips to the South. Mar
tin Luther King, Jr, finished Morehouse
at an age when many are entering
college and gave his life at age thirty-nine
after having led the greatest civil rights
movement in the world.
Frederick Douglass began teaching
himself to read at 8 and at twenty-four
held northern audiences spellbound with
tales of his experiences as a slave. At
twenty-seven Jean Baptiste Pointe De
Sable founded a settlement on the
HEALTH: Do's and Don'ts
on Hair Care
By Vickie McMillan
Would you believe there is a skill to
shampooing your hair? There is. Very of
ten we shampoo much too vigorously,
using too much shampoo, and do not
rinse well. Then we condition our hair
and leave the conditioner on too long or
not long enough, and follow that with a
quick rinse, again not done properly.
Washing your hair correctly is a much
finer skill than that, although once lear
ned it can become very simple. Since a
great many of us use the shower to
wash our hair this is the method I will
describe. First, pre-rinse hair making sure
your hair is thoroughly damp. Next pour
shampoo into the palm of your hands,
then rub them together. Smooth sham
poo over your hair with your palms.
Massage your scalp gently. This in
creases the flow of nutrients, oxygen and
hormones to the ahir follicles. It also
promotes a feeling of well-being and re
laxation. Rinse thoroughly! Then repeat
this process. Gently dry hair with a
towel.
Some Do’s and Don’ts
Don’t pour shampoo directly on your
hair, it will saturate one area and starve
the rest of your hair. This will save you
excess waste of shampoo.
Do wash your hair whenever it is
needed. It does not have to be once a
week or two times a week, but whenever
your hair is dirty. If for some this means
washing everyday, then wash your hair
everyday.
Don’t use hair brushes or prastic
massage brushes. It tangles and breaks
hair off. Massage hair and be careful that
your fingernails do not scratch your
scalp.
Do wash your hair from front to back.
Never work against the grain of your
hair.
Don’t pile your hair on top of your
head, it will only tangle.
Do use a conditioner. You should use
the conditioner once your hair is clean
and rinsed
shores of Lake Michigan in 1772 which
became known as Chicago, Illinois.
Maynard Jackson became the youngest
mayor of the city of Atlanta. Ella Fit
zgerald was sixteen when she wowed
the audience on amateur night at the
Apollo Theater. And Hannibal assumed
the leadership of the Carthaginian forces
at seventeen, conquering the insur
mountable Alps with elephants several
years later.
“Wait now”, I’m sure you’ll say. “These
people were geniuses, exceptions to the
rule”. And that is just the point. They
were exceptions, but so are you. For you
are the only “you” that will ever exist
You are the exception to the rule. Per
haps history books or magazines and
journals will never record the story of
your life and your feats. But, that does
not make you any less an “exception to
the rule” than those whose names we
know so very well.
The important thing is the record that
you preserve on the tablets of your heart
and your conscience. For to waste the
“you” that God has so uniquely designed
would be a tragedy. To squander the
talent that He has placed in you would
Rev. Norman Rates
Spelman College Chaplain
be a disservice. To neglect the “call” of
God to be the very best that you can be
in whatever endeavor you should
dedicate your life to would be “sinful”.
So, start now in shaping your life in
such a fashion that every thing that you
do will be done in the awareness that
God has called you to do it. For, to
whom much is given, much will be ex
pected.
Don’t decide how long conditioner
should stay on your head; always follow
the directions.
Do apply conditioner to your hair, not to
your scalp.
Don’t rub your hair dry, always pat it
dry gently
Hair washing in the proper way is
healthy and re'axing. Do not over or un
der do this. Enjoy it, it can become a fan
tastic treat.