Spelman College - Reflections Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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-vs:-.3 . L . gi s Q , up Q s..,,N Ur I j,fQp.,- K Mrs. Jean Young L.:L b While appearing at Atlanta s Civic Center for the October performance of Timbuktu actress Eartha Kitt stopped by Spelman to talk to a packed audience in Sisters Chapel. Her visit was sponsored by the Spelman Student Government Association. The students listened carefully to the famous low soft-spoken sensuous voice of the Cat Lady IBat Man Famel as she spoke of her young life as an abused child in North Carolina. Forced to leave home by an unloving stepfather Ms. Kitt was sent to her aunt in New York wearing a little tag that sai - I am Eartha Mae Kitt. Miss Kitt went to Julliard on a full scholarship and attended the New York School of Performing Art prior to traveling around the world as a dancer singer interpreter and seamstress. .x -,Q 'if msc. 3 , ..- - aw: v Solving Children's problems takes your head, heart, and mind, Jean Young lMrs. Andrew Young Jr.l told her Spelman audience during a special convocation in December. As National Chairperson of the International Year of the Child Mrs. Young admitted that the world community of the United Nations couldn t solve the problems of children in one year but the organization could help people to recognize problems and to begin a solution process. According to Mrs. Young the International Year of the Child is an outgrowth of a Belgium priest s idea to have a celebration of declaration for the rights of the child and their rights to a free education. With this basis for the year each country of the United Nations attempts to reach out to the world s children. America has its share of concerns and problems Mrs. Young pointed out. We have ten million poor youngsters illiterates in our schools a suicide rate among children that has tripled and a high infant mortality. As the wife of the former ambassador to the United Nations Mrs. Young reminded her Spelman audience that ' We as people who suffer must have a special sensitivity to those in need. 9 7 7 9 3 9 7 KK 73 H 1 7 1 9 v S i7 'QS W A V6 f x ii I x E P t F 'N ,s ,M . Q 6 N .X x s if l ll ii 7 1 ! 7 CC 3 9 7 9 d ll 71 7 ! 3

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'PF llilillt' Born in St Louis Missouri in 1936 Ambassador McHenry was raised across Mississippi in East St Louis Illinois He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1957 and received his Master s Degree in 1959 After an extensive study of international law and organizations he joined the Department of State where he served ifrom 1963 to 19717 in various positions related to United States policy regarding international organizations Ambassador McHenry reentered government service in 1976 as a part of the Carter administration s State Department transition staff Subsequently the President appointed the Ambassador to the United States Delegation to the United Nations. At the United Nations he served as Advisor and Alternate Representative to the Trusteeship Council' Alternate Representative to the Seminar on Apartheid and Racial Discrimination' Delegate to the International Conference on Human Rightsg and Consultant to the United States Congressional Delegation to the Inter- Parliamentary Union. The Ambassador was also Deputy Representative to the Security Council. lSpelman International, March, 19801 Needless to say fthe photo speaks for itselfl Leon Bates, pianist, received the undivided attention of his Spelman audience as he gave an informal presentation in a combination concertj workshop in Sisters Chapel. Warming up at Spelman's keyboard with Beethoven's First Movement Sonata in B-Flat Major Op. 22, Mr. Bates later delighted his audiences with Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag. His concert also included Alborada del gracioso by Ravel and Ethude-Tableau in D Major Op. 39, No. 9 by Rachmaninoff. Born in Philadelphia, Mr. Bates began his piano study at the age of six, continued at the Settlement Music School and later studied with Natalie Hinderas at Temple University s College of Music. Music is a personal and personable experience he explained. Find a goal to reach for and get the education necessary to obtain that goal he said adding now is the time to find out how strong you can be,

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CPE Kllllt' Rawls Smce she was eighteen years old Michele Wallace knew she would write a book about the sexual politics of the black experience in America She is now twenty seven years old and for nearly ten years she has been researching this topic and conducting interviews It was the striking similarity of responses to her questions by so many blacks which led her to suspect very definite patterns in the way they viewed themselves and their relationships On February 7 1979 The Dial Press pubhshed Ms Wallace s startling controversial work BLACK MACHO AND THE MYTH OF THE SUPER WOMAN In this book she tells us that black leadership has made a fatal mistake by defining itself in sexua rather than political and economic terms Equatmg power with manhood it has created a black macho mystique lt has been largely insensitive to the needs of women and children and has been mtent on the disastrous pursuit of its own gratification Michele Wallace s articles have often appeared in such publications as Esquire The Village Voice and Ms. which will be excerpting BLACK MACHO in its January edition and featuring the author on its cover. She is the third generation of her family to grow up in Harlem. Her mother Faith Ringgold is a well-known painter and sculptor as well as a college lecturer. Her father Earl Wallace was a classical and jazz pianist. Ms. Wallace began her college education at Howard University later transferring to the City College of New York where she graduated with a B.A. in English and Writing in 1974. From September 1976 through June 1978 she taught journalism at New York University and is currently on a leave of absence from that position. She has also been a research at Newsweek A dedicated jogger and tennis player Ms. Wallace lives in New York City. In addition to working on new projects for Rolling Stone and Ms she is at work an another book of nonfiction. Spelman College was one of four campuses selected by the United Negro College Fund QUNCFJ for their National television special to be aired in 1980. As a result Lou Rawls and a Hollywood production crew did a November filming at Spelman featuring the popular singer and Spelman s own Avis Bynum. Ms. Bynum a junior was selected by a panel to represent the Spelman woman for the film which highlights student life. She is vice president of Spelman s Student Government Association a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and Miss Maroon and White Morehouse Homecoming Queen for 1979- The Spelman segment is part of the Lou Rawls Parade of Stars a television spectacular to be aired in the Atlanta area as well as in 24 other cities in the summer of 1980.