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December 1980
Speiman Spotlight
Page 7 FEATURES
Maroon and White Court
By Cheryl Sueing
Jr. Reporter
On April II, 1980, the Morehouse
College student body made a wise
decision when they chose three young
women from Speiman College to reign on
their Miss Maroon and White Court.
Ms. Phyllis Sawyer was selected as
Miss Maroon and White for the academic
year 1980-81. The members of her court
are Ms. Renata Cobbs and Ms. Suzette
Irving, respectively.
Phyllis Sawyer, a senior Psychology
major is a native of Winston-Salem,
North Carolina. When asked her initial
reason for running she responded. “I felt
it was an honor to be nominated.
Someone else found qualities in me that
they felt were representative of a member
of the Maroon and White Court.” Sawyer
also added, “I thought it would provide
an opportunity to represent an institution
of such respected and high esteem.” The
reign of Ms. Maroon and Whit is only a
temporary phase, but Phyllis hopes to
leave a lasting impression when she
leaves. She hopes to be remembered as a
"very honest and down to earth
individual with a pleasing personality.”
She adds, “1 have a lot of respect for the
group 1 was chosen to represent and
hopefully they will have the same respect
for me.”
Upon graduation Phyllis plans to
immediately enter graduate school to
begin a 4-5 year Phd. program in
Psychology. She would like to center her
studies around children with mental
disorders. She said, “1 feel 1 have more to
offer to children because of my frame of
mind concerning mental disorders. I feel I
can relate to children more effectively
than to adults. Adults have been already
socialized and would be more difficult to
work with; whereas children have not
been as subjected to societable behavior
to as great an extent. Therefore their
minds are more open and susceptable to
change and behavior modification.”
Phyllis is an active member of Alpha
Kappa Alpha and is currently president
of the Mu Pi chapter. She is also president
of the Psychology Club at Speiman
College. Her other extracurricular
activities include swimming, tennis,
jogging, and sewing.
Phyllis feels that the black woman has
an extremely important role to play in the
business world. She said, “Black women
are faced with the challenge of making the
world aware of the fact that we can
successfully compete with women of
other races in the job world.” She adds,
"The idea of success is such a challenge
that 1 have set my goals at a tremendous
height, therefore having an automatic
daily inspiration to thrive, to grow, and to
learn in order to be all that I can possibly
be.”
The first attendant to Miss Maroon
and White is Ms. Renata Cobbs. A senior
Drama major. Renata is a native of San
Francisco, California. Ms. Cobbs states
that she was interested in participatingon
the Miss Maroon and White Court
because she was “honored to have been
asked and would be proud to represent
Morehouse.” Renata would like to be
remembered as a “positive image of a
black, woman.” She like^to-boviewedaso
"real person having inner beauty” as
opposed to merely surface qualities. Ms.
Cobbs has an extremely creative nature
which contributes to her love of the arts.
Upon graduation she hopes to further her
education at N.Y.U., Yale, or U.C.L.A.
for her masters in drama. She would like
to prusue a career in theatre and
eventually become a successful actress.
Renata’s extracurricular activities
include 2nd Vice Presidency of Delta
Sigma Theta and active membership in
the Morehouse-Spelman Players. She has
been a leading character in “Children’s
Hour,” “Day of Absence,” and “Skin of
our Teeth,” which played Oct. 21-26.
Renata feels that in order to gain inner
peace we must “spend life giving instead
of takine. One should realize and
appreciate one’s own qualities and use
them to help others as opposed to takinga
’me-first’ attitude.”
Suzette Irving is the second attendant
to Miss Maroon and White. A native of
Thornton, Pennsylvania, Suzette is a
senior Psychology major at Speiman
College. Suzette states that she wanted to
participate in the court because she felt,
“It would be an honor to represent
Morehouse, Spelman’s Brother school,
based on what I feel the institution stands
for.” She adds, “Morehouse represents
academic excellence and has produced
successful black men through the years.”
Since being selected, Suzette has “been in
contact with a wider variety of people and
has consequently cultivated many new
friendships,”
Suzette considers herself to be very
“personable and easy to get along with.”
She is basically an easy going young lady,
but can be very serious when the situation
Carla's Health and Beauty Column
A Look At Cosmetics
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Jr. Reporter
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Members of court at this year’s homecoming game. From left to right: Cobbie Ransom
(escort), Renata Cobbs, Dr. Hugh Gloster (President of Morehouse), Phyllis Sawyer,
Michael Holmes (SGA President), Suzette Irvin, and Tommy Blasingame (escort).
Photo by Whitney Young
calls for it. Her personable character
could prove quite beneficial to her in her
chosen career. Upon graduation she
hopes to enter graduate school, possibly
A.U. to persue a career in clinical
psychology.
Her extracurricular activities include
participation in the dance troop, the
psychology clib and the swimming team.
She has also been previously chosen as
Miss Alpha Rho.
Suzette’s philosophy of life is, “To be
anything that I am not is to be a disgrace.
I feel as though 1 don’t have to change for
anyone. I’d rather have people accept me
as I am, and I strive to reciprocate.”