Spelman College - Reflections Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT The Department of English is headed by Dr. Helen Sanders. In the seven yeam that she has been at Spelman, she has annually served as advisor to Reflections and as sponsor of the English Club, Her special interests are seventeenth and eighteenth century music, ballet, and the theatre. Wonder what her hobby is? She collects Wedgwood china. Mrs. Millicent Jordan, instructor, has had a. special interest in African art for many years. Recently She has returned to daily piano practice. Her civic and Social affiliations include the Board of Directors of the Gate City Day Nursery and of the Grady Homes Community Girlsh Clubs, and membership in Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Mrs. Helen Brooks has spent twelve years as a staff member and teacher at Spelman. Presently she is teaching freshman English. Mrs. Brooks is a native of Atlanta and is an active church and club worker. Her hobbies include reading and sewing. Mrs. Edwin Cerney is an active member of the Wromen's International League for Peace and Freedom. She is also a member of the Religious Society of Friends at the Quaker House here in Atlanta. Mrs. Carney was one of the 1,200 Quakers who kept vigil around the Pentagon from November 12 to 14 in an appeal for disarmament. Dr. Renate Wolf, who has been a member of the English Department for three years, has succeeded Dr. Howard Zinn as coordinator of this yearhs exchange program. Dr. Wolf enjoys swil'nming, hiking, reading, and writing as means of relaxation. Her small son, julius, is the darling of the campus. Dr, Richard K. Barksdale tnot picturcLU, exchange pro- fessor of English, has taught at Spelman since 1958. His interests are creative writing and music. He has published numerous articles in professional journals. Dr. Barksdale enu joys tennis. 2B

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Mr. Willis Lamvncv jamcs i5 chairl'nan of the Music Department. He. directs the Atlanta-Morchousc-Spelman Chorus and tho Spclman GILT Club. Mr. James has made arrangements Of many Negro spirituals. Among these is hGoing Homef 011m: of Lhu best loved numbers in the reper- toire for the Christmas Carol Convert. I'IC has spoken cx- tcnsivcly 0n jazz, and fm- sow-ral sumn'xcrs he has lectured at Tang'lcwond. tlu- higussachusutts colony for jazz artists. This is thv eighth year Ihat Mrs. joyce Finch Johnson has been a mcmhpr of the Spehnan College Music Department. Mrs. Johnson plays 1hr organ at chapt'l and vosptrs. When asked about ht-r hobbies, she stated that her vocation is her avocalion. She is a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda Hon- orary Music Society B. .1... Dr. Grace Boggs has been 0n the faculty for four years. A native of Charlt'nmsx-illr, Virginia. shc now lives in Atlanta. Dr. Boggs teaches music theory and appreciation and plays the piano at chapel and at u-spurs. Her faVOritc composar is Brahms. Dr. Boggs has a green thumb -she loves gardening. Mr. Alan L. Kagan has charge of the Spelman orchestra; he also teaches theory and gives Icssons in stringed instru- mvnts. Before L'mning t0 Spolman hit: Kagan taught at the Univumity Of California. He has trax'uivd in Europe as an armyr musician. He is a member of the American Musicological Society and of Phi Epsilon Pi. NIP. Kagarfs hulnhics are photography and reading

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LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT Miss Camilla Howard, teacher of SpanishJ has compleLed all of her course requirements for the Ph. D. cltrgree. Sefiorita Howard as we affectionately call herj has studied French at Grenoble and Spanish at Santander, Spain; Columbia University; and the Unik versity of Mexico. NIiss Howard has also studicd German. Hei' activities include sewing, reading, and attending concerts and plays. hEverything French interests Mrs. W. G. Thomas; her reading and all her cultural activities reflect this truth. Even her dog, Lea, has a French name and understands nothing but French. Mrs. Thomas has traveled extensively; for four consecutive summers she has motored over most of Western Europe in a Renault Dauphine. Mrs. Claire Haac also teaches French. She lived in France for two years and has studied at the Sorlxmne. Iurreritly, Mrs. Haac is learning Russian. In her spare time she collects reproductions of paintings and attends as many art exhibiticms 3;; possible. DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH AND DRAMA Dr, j. Preston Cochran teaches theater courses and directs ama- teur productions in the Atlanta University Center. He finds little Lime for anything but the theater, but he likes dancing and plays tennis. He also collects photo- graphs. ij. R, as he is fal'niliarly ad- dressed by many of his students, has traveled in France and Ger- many, and extensively over the United States. He enIt-recl college as a prc-nurdical student; during his: junior year he became interested in the lhmler. VVhilv studying at, the University of Iowa Dr. Cochran played leading roles in pmdm'tions 01' Oifxeilu and The Emperor forays. Dr, Baldwin Hurrnughs heads the department of Speech and Drama. Recently he rrrvix'ccl his doclnmte in seventeenth and eighteenth century French dramatic criticism from West- ern Reserve Univmsity He directs the Atianla University Summer Theater and the Atlanta-Moruhouse-Spelman Play- ers. Dr. Burroughs is interested in all phases 0f the theaterJ but especially in costume designing. He has traveled extensively in France, the 'West Indies: and NIexicn. Di: Burroughs is an excellent cook and a. connoisseur of fine foods.