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THE CAMPUS MIRROR
PRESIDENT READ’S VISIT
TO TUSKEGEE
By FRANKIE J. CLARKE
President Read returned from her visit to
Tuskegee Founder’s Day, March 30, very
much elated over the sights and things heard
of interest during the week-end there.
Her trip was made with the party that
had paid a visit to Spelman en route to
Tuskegee. They were Mr. and Mrs. Julius
Rosenwald, Dr. Gregg, of Hampton, and
several other members of the Hampton fac
ulty.
The Tuskegee visit was the subject of the
president's talk for two morning chapel pe
riods. "The first thing that impressed me,”
she said, “was the landscape architecture and
arrangement of the campus shrubbery and
flowers. Next, I was decidedly impressed
with the appearance of the student body.
The girls wearing white blouses and dark
skirts and the boys in khaki made a unique
effect of simplicity and good taste.”
Still more interesting to the Spelman stu
dents were the activities which she witnessed
—particularly the ones which took place on
Founder’s Day—the band concert, the pro
gram at the Children’s House, and the trip
to a Rosenwald school and a rural church.
There was an exhibit of the work done at
the institution.
There were economic demonstrations of
sewing, cooking, and canning. Agricultural
products and skillful contrivances used in
poultry raising were also exhibited. Some
of the exceptional scientific productions of
Dr. Carver were put out for public inspec
tion.
As is their custom there was a special pro
gram for that day. “I was exceedingly pleas
ed with the remarkable order kept by the
students during these exercises,” said our
President. This was indeed a mark of the
atmosphere of culture and systematic rou
tine at the Institute.
"Many things of interest were said by the
speakers for this occasion.” related the Pres
ident of Spelman. Among the speakers were
Sir Wilfred Grenfell of Labrador, Mr. and
Mrs. Julius Rosenwald, Dr. Gregg of Hamp
ton, Dr. R. R. Moton, President Read and
others.
The music heard at the vesper services
and the band concert was beautiful.
Her visit to the country school was in
structive. Here, there was staged an im
pressive pageant in which high tribute and
praise were given to the founder of the in
stitution, Booker T. Washington. Flowers
were carried to the grave and the usual cere
mony of remembrance was performed.
"Spelman and Tuskegee stand for many
things in common and we have the assur
ance of the cooperation of Dr. Moton and
Tuskegee in our plans for higher things,”
concluded our beloved President.
‘Q —
HOW THE LIBRARY WAS
MOVED
By Jeannette Hicks
The community project of moving Quarles
Library from Packard Hall to the new quar
ters in Laura Spelman Hall was announced
by President Read Monday, March 26. As
the big tower bell pealed forth the signal at
3:30, students, faculty, office people, house
mothers, visiting alumnae, and last, but by
no means least, the Dean and President, gath
ered at the front entrance of Packard Hall.
Here the crowd was directed to form two
lines. These two lines then proceeded into
;he library past guards who directed one line
L o the left to the people who were removing
reference books from the shelves, while the
second line was directed to the right to the
people who were removing books from the
regular stacks, beginning with the lowest
classification and proceeding to the highest.
As each individual was given her load of
books, she moved on and kept her same line
and position, and then the person directly
behind her was given a load of books, whose
numbers were the same as the individual in
front, or whose numbers succeeded those.
The books were placed in one’s arms or
hands, so that the numbers would fall into
their logical order when placed on the shelves
in the new home. These lines after being
made up were led by captains to the new
home, where a group was waiting to put
f he books on the shelves. Subject headings
and class numbers which had been placed
on the shelves enabled the group to find
he places quickly.
When each group of carriers had been
relieved of the books, they came back for
more. This process continued until every
book, magazine and paper had been moved
from the library. All the books were re
moved also from Tapley Hall that same day.
By 5:30 all the books were on their proper
helves and the library was opened that night.
The library has really taken on a dignified
look, and is a place conducive to intensive
study.
EARNEST EFFORTS
“Hot dogs! Here’s your hot dogs,” called
a voice across the campus.
“Ah, are they selling ‘hot dogs’ on the
campus now?” asked Lenora.
"Yes," answered Olivia, “but it is just for
this week. Don't you know that Founders’
Day is next Wednesday and we’ve got to
get some money somehow. That’s the senior
college girls’ plan for getting their quota.
| We’ve got to put our thinking caps on and
j get up a plan to raise our quota. What
jhave you thought of?”
“Nothing. I leave thinking for great peo-
| pie like you.”
“None of your sarcasm, Lenora. Talk sensi-
• bly, please ; this is no time for fooling. We
, have got to get busy. I have thought of
asking the Dean to allow us to have a hike.
| We’ll charge 10 cents for each girl who
goes.
"That’s great, Olivia,” said Lenora. “We’ll
| go to her right away. I am talking sensibly
now. Yes, we must do something right
away. I've heard that the high school girls
are going to sell candy, fish sandwiches, ice
cream and also ‘hot dogs.’ The junior col
lege girls are planning to sell peanuts and
pimento cheese sandwiches. The sophomores
are planning to have a Slabtown Convention
and charge an admission. We must do some
thing different. The hike it must be. We
freshmen can’t ‘let ’em left us.’ ”
These were the schemes of Spelman girls
for raising money for the Founders’ Day
rally. The profit from these enterprises, in
addition to the cash gifts, amounted to $150
for the students. The gifts from present
and former teachers, alumnae and former
students and friends, made a total of $1,682.61
for Rallv Dav.
AT THE SPELMAN GAMES
Basketball and relay fans are always
noisy. The ones at the Morehouse Gym on
April 11th were no exception. They were lib-
| eral in applauding what they considered good
sport.
A CORRECTION
In the last issue of The Mirror it was
stated that Rev. Howard Thurman was grad
uated from Morehouse and Oberlin Colleges.
He was graduated from Morehouse and from
Rochester Theological Seminary.
THE NAME OF THE
LIBRARY
Quarles Library was established in 1887 in
Packard Hall. It received its name in honor
of Rev. Frank Quarles, the pastor of Friend
ship Baptist Church in the infancy of Spel
man. The selection of this name was a fit
ting tribute to pay to the honor and memory
of Father Quarles, for it was he who had
prayed for many years for the founding of
a school for girls and women, and his death
occurred while he was on a iourney in the
interest of Spelman.
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SPELMAN CELEBRATES
HER 47TH ANNI
VERSARY
(Continued from Page 1. Col. 3)
Hale Tapley. Litt.I)., President Emeritus
of Spelman College.
Negro National Hymn.
. Address Mary McLeod Bethune,
President of Bethune-Cookman College,
and President of the National Associa
tion of Colored W omen.
Melody—"We Are Climbing Jacob's Lad
der.”
Prayer—By Rev. E. R. Carter. D.D., Pas
tor of Friendship Baptist Church.
. Hymn—“O God, Our Help in Ages
Past."
Benediction—By Rev. Edwin P. John
son, D.D., Pastor of Reed Street Bap
tist Church, and Secretary of the Board
of Trustees of Spelman College.
Organ Postlude Read