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February 18, 1983
Spelman Spotlight
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Phi Gamma Nu
Means Business
-Kelita Hull-
Phi Gamma Nu Professional
Fraternity in Business has existed
on Spelman’s campus since 1979.
One of our main goals has been
to offer the student body with
some foresight for the business
world. In the past, we have had
such seminars and workshops as:
Compromising Your Moral
Ethics in Corporate America,
Interviewing Techniques,
Resume Writing, and Dress for
Success. In view of the fact that
this month we will be celebrating
our 59th anniversary, more infor
mation will be displayed.
Although we are a small yet
effective chapter, there are many
members in influential positions
throughout this country -male
and female. Also, these members
have a variety of undergraduate
degrees. Furthermore, after
pledging Phi Gamma Nu, many
went on to join other social
and/or professional
organizations. Everyone has to
have some business sense in
every profession, especially in
this era. At this time, I would like
to invite all interested persons to
watch for advertisements for
some educational and helpful
events because WE
MEAN BUSINESS.
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Another mailing system is set
up for accepted students. They
receive a letter from the Ad
missions Director. A week later
they are mailed instructions for
enrollment. The next week a
letter from Dr. Stewart is sent,
followed by a letter from the
Business manager with a housing
application. Finally, the accepted
student receives a postcard from
an SSAO member who takes the
first step in introducing the new
student to Spelman student life.
Alliance Theatre Presents
“A Little Night Music”
The Alliance Theatre will stage
one of the most popular and
highly praised Broadway
musicals of all time from
February 23rd through March
27th. A Tony Award winner as
Best Musical of 1973, the operet
ta also won Tony Awards for its
book (by Hugh Wheeler) and its
music and lyrics (by Stephen
Sondheim). A Little Night Music
was inspired by Ingmar
Bergman’s memorable movied
called “Smiles of a Summer
Night.”
Set in Sweden at the turn of the
century, A Little Night Music is
the lightly mocking tale of
tangled romances among the
guests at a sumptuous weekend
houseparty. Hearts break and
mend during one of the roman
tic “white nights” of far-
northern summer when the sun
never quite sets, and men and
women become intoxicated with
the magic of love.
The flirtations and frustrations
of romance come to life accom
panied by the lilting, whimsical
strains of the waltz. Sondeim
used variations of the waltz
rhythm for every song in A Little
Night Music. The graceful
melodies have a modern flavor
while retaining a classical,
pastoral quality of tranquillity
and light - heartedness. (The title
of A Little Night Music is drawn
from Mozart’s serenade for
strings of the same name com
posed in 1787 - “Eine Kleine
Nachtmusik.”) The haunting
sweetness of the music is
epitomized by "Send in the
Clowns,” made into a hit single
by Judy Collins.
Sondheim is one of the few
men in stage annals who wrote
both music and lyrics for his
songs. (Cole Porter, Irving Berlin,
George M. Cohan, Noel Coward
and Frank Loesserare other well-
known composer - syricists.) In
the early '70’s Sondheim wrote
three Tony Award winning
shows in a row: Company,
Follies, and A Little Night Music.
Other shows for which he is
celebrated are West Side Story
(lyrics), Gypsy, A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the
Forum and Sweeney Todd.
The gossamer quality of this
carefree but touching musical
was immediately perceived by
critics after its Broadway open
ing. Time described it as “a
jeweled box of a show.” The
New Yorker characterized it as
“the perfect romantic musical.”
Newsweek hailed “one of the
most brilliant creative streaks in
the history of American musical
theatre,” and according to the
New York Times, “it is Dom
Perignon.”
Among the silver birches of
Mme. Armfeldt’s (Betty
Leighton) country villa, four
discontented couples juggle
their ill-matched relationships
until they finally fall into a
happier order.
At the center are Desiree
(Linda Stephens) and Fredrik
(Jess Richards) a pair tentatively
considering resuming a long -
interrupted love affair, though
both are now committed to
other unhappy alliances. She is a
beautiful actress, whose current
affair is with a jealous, strutting
(and married!) hussar. He is a
prosperous lawyer, with a new 18
year old wife, Anne (Suzanne
Sloan), whose skittishness is a
continual frustration to him. The
lawyer’s moody son, Henrik
(Larry Solowitz), is studying for
the ministry - and guiltily in love
with his father’s young wife.
Completing the guest list are
Desiree’s blustering hussar.
Count Carl (Roy Alan Wilson)
and his neglected but charming
wife Countess Charlotte (Lynn
Fitzpatrick).
Others in the cast include
Cathy Larson as Frederika
(Desiree's daughter), Don
Spalding as Frid, Kay McClelland
as Petra and Dennis Durrett-
Smith as Bertram. A chorus of
some of Atlanta’s finest singing
voices provides musical com
mentary and a frame for the
action: Ken Ellis, Jan Maris, Clay
Newton, and Susan Russell.
Linda Stephens was named
Best Actress by Miami critics for
her portrayal of Sally Talley in
Players State Theatre’s produc
tion of Talley’s Folly last year. She
is a veteran of theatres
throughout the South including
the Alabama Shakespeare
Festival and has appeared at the
Alliance in The King and I,
Whose Life is it Anyway?, and
most recently, Fifth of July. Lynn
Fitzpatrick has performed in
theatres from Florida to New
York, as well as in film and TV.
Her previous Alliance
appearances include A History of
the American Film, Brigadoon,
Private Lives, and A Midsummer
Night’s Dream. Betty Leighton
has appeared in productions
from Broadway to Minneapolis;
she toured with the Alliance
production of On Golden Pond
and was seen here most recently
in Fifth of July. Suzanne Sloan,
newly based in Atlanta, has
appeared on several soap operas
in addition to stage work in New
York, the Southeast, and Indiana.
Don Spalding most recently seen
here in Fifth of July, has also
appeared at the Alliance in many
musicals, including Brigadoon
and Cabaret. Kay McClelland
(Cabaret, Marne) and Cathy
Larson (Marne, My Sister in this
House) are also familiar faces to
Alliance audiences, as is Dennis
Durrett-Smith (Cabaret, A Mid
summer Night’s Dream).
Director is the Alliance’s Ar
tistic Director Fred Chappell.
Choreographer is Lee Harper,
director of the Lee Harper and
Dancers Company here in Atlan
ta. Musical Director is Michael
Fauss, Resident Director of
Music. Set designer is Mark
Morton, the Alliance's Resident
Designer, who has designed the
sets of Another Part of the Forest,
Chekhov in Yalta, Marne, The
Emperor’s New Clothes, and The
Pirates of Penzance. Costumes
are by Susan Hirshfeld, whose
designs were seen in Chekhov in
Yalta, and lighting is by Michael
Stauffer.
A Little Night Music will run
from Wednesday, February 23rd
through Sunday, March 27th.
Performances are Tuesday
through Sunday nights at 8 p.m.
with Sunday matinees at 2:30
p.m. An additional matinee is
scheduled for Saturday, March
12th. Tickets are $7.50 and $12.00
($11.00 and $14.00 on Friday and
Saturday nights). Specially priced
preview performances ($5 and
$6) are at 8 p.m. Saturday,
February 19th, Sunday, February
20th and Tuesday, February
22nd. Student rush tickets ($5)
are available on a space available
basis one half hour before the
start of each performance at the
box office window. Group rates
are available for groups of 15 or
more. For reservations, call the
Alliance box office at 892-2414.
A New Minor At Spelman
“Information And Computer Science”
by Layli Dumbleton
“New” Registration System
by Karen Burroughs
If you have been thinking
about how nice it would be to
graduate from college with the
ability to understand and to use
computers - - without changing
your major to computer science
- - your time has come: Spelman
now offers a minor in Informa
tion and Computer Science.
“Computer literacy” could
benefit you whether your con
centration is in the sciences or
the humanities.
The primary thrust of
Spelman’s new ICS minor is
more general and practical than
the AU Center-wide Computer
Science major. Its objectives are
twofold: Students should learn
to write and run computer
programs, and students should
also be familiar with the com
puter as an indispensable tool of
management. It should be noted
that in the course of their study,
students minoring in ICS are
expected to explore and
demonstrate direct applications
of the computer to their major
fields.
The minor currently struc
tured, consists of six three-hour
courses and two one-hour
programming labs. Only three of
the eight courses have been
offered this year; three more will
be added in Fall 1983, two more
in Spring 1984, and by the 1984-
85 school year the program
should be under full implemen
tation.
Consider the advantages
which the Information and Com
puter Science minor could
provide for you:
a) augmented employability
upon graduation and a com
petitive edge on the job market.
b) a proficiency in the use of
personal computers which are
found in numerous homes
today.
c) a feeling of closer touch
with an increasingly automated
modern world.
d) lots of fun!
Remember...computers may
have been limited to scientific
and business use in the past —
But in the present, their
applications are unlimited. If you
would like more information
about Spelman’s new minor in
Information and Computer
Science, contact:
Dr. Sylvia Bozeman, Chairperson
Department of Mathematics
Tapley Hall
Third Floor
In the second semester of the
1982-83 school year, Spelman
College introduced its new
registration system. Using com
puters, this system is more ef
ficient than the previous system,
according to Mrs. Jeanne Allen,
registrar.
"The old method was
obselete," says Mrs. Allen. "The
former system required about
seven more steps for our office
after the student completed
registration. This system
eliminates the manual work.”
Mrs. Allen also pointed out the
students no longer have to “run
around" looking for teachers to
get course cards.
According to many students,
however, they prefer the system
of previous years. “When you
weigh the disadvantages and
advantages of this system with
the old system, you find more
disadvantages with the new
system," says Mitzi Slack, a junior
at Spelman.
“It didn’t work,” says Lori
Henderson, a sophomore at
Spelman. “The lines were
ridiculous and the computer
kept breaking down.”
Mrs. Allen assures the students
of Spelman that steps will be
taken to correct the problems
that occured during registration.
“We will be getting computers
that operate on a cable instead of
a telephone like this semester,”
Mrs. Allen says. "That way we
will have direct access and we
will always be able to get a line.”
Mrs. Allen adds that the
biggest problem was never hav
ing used this system before. “We
did not know exactly how it was
going to work,” she said. She also
says, however, that the com
munication problems that they
experienced will be resolved.
"When the kinks are ironed
out, this new registration system
will be better for the students,"
she adds. “On the whole, we’re
quite pleased.”