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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: The 1 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 Call" 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.