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Campus Mirror
Published by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
During the College Year
VOL. V.
OCTOBER 15, 1928
Number 1
OPENING DAY
FLORENCE M. READ
To all Spelman students, old and new, a
hearty greeting!
I picked up a hook this morning, and read:
. not so swiftly are we wrought;
By many single days we learn to live.”
And I make that my message to you in
this first Campus Mirror of the year. We
have before us the necessity of learning to
live together happily as members of the Spel
man family and we have the task each one
of learning to live in and of herself. We
do not have to live all our lives in one day—
but day by day—if we “do ye next thynge”
thoroughly and well, we build our habits and
in turn our character. May we this year by
single days learn to live joyfully and rich
ly, with loyalty and high purpose, true to our
occasional vision from the mountain top.
FLORENCE M. READ.
FRESHMAN WEEK, 1928
liy ELISE OLIVER, ’32
Spelman has just completed her third an
nual observance of Freshman Week. Such
preliminaries as psychological tests, readings
in the library, lectures and entrance exami
nations, helped the Freshmen to realize that
they must put away childish thoughts and get
down to real conscientious study.
During this week individual preferences
are put aside, and one learns to think more
in the terms of group life. Also she is given
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On Wednesday, September 26, 1928, a large
audience consisting of members of the fac
ulty, new and old students, and many friends
witnessed the opening at Spelman College.
It was the second annual opening of the col
lege held in Sisters Chapel and the beginning
of Miss Read's second year of service at
Spelman.
Dr. John Hope, president of Morehouse
College, read the scripture and offered prayer.
Miss Read, our president, in her usual easy
manner, spoke of the changes one year had
brought—in that she no longer felt “new" on
the campus and was facing friends—not
strangers. She said that this meeting should
give us an additional urge and expressed
happiness to have enrolled that day 135 col
lege and 172 high school students.
Miss Read suggested that we send tele
grams to Miss Lucy Hale Tapley, president
emeritus, to Mr. Arnett, president of the
General Education Board and of the Board of
Trustees of Spelman College, to Miss Miriam
F. Carpenter, dean of Spelman College, 1927-
1928, and to the class of 1928 in reply to
telegrams and messages received from them.
She added that we should develop wisdom,
courage to withstand temptations, truth, and
beauty. “Let the beauty of our Lord God
be upon us,” she said, “as these are exempli
fied in the life and works of lesus Christ."
She reported from her brief summer vaca
tion an aim for every Spelman student for
this year: Aim to be thorough.
After the audience had sung the Negro na
tional anthem, some friends were presented
by Miss Read. Each gave a talk, brief but
pertinent.
Dr. Carter, who has for 40 years been pas
tor of Friendship Baptist Church in the base
ment of which Spelman College was founded
in 1881, extended a very hearty welcome to
the Freshmen and all other new students.
Mrs. Spalding, a member of the Board of
Trustees of Spelman College, urged that we
grasp all the opportunities we have. She said
further, “Youth is the only thing in the world
that matters.”
Dr. Faulkner, pastor of the First Congrega- 1
tional Church, said, “We look to our Spelman
girls for the Christian hope of our race. Spel
man is an institution that emphasizes virtue in
our women. God bless you and keep you in
the beauty of your youth.”
Dr. I). D. Crawford, editor of the Georgia
Baptist, and Secretary of the General Mission
ary Baptist Convention, urged that everybody
know the history of Spelman, because it is
very inspiring. In other words, people who have
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ETHEL McGHEE
The Spelman community welcomes to the
campus Miss Ethel McGhee, the new student
adviser. There were numerous other or
ganizations and institutions that sought to
obtain her services, and Spelman College is
to be congratulated that she decided to cast
her lot with us.
In a sense, this was a home coming for
M iss McGhee, as she was a student at Spel
man for seven years. She was graduated
from Spelman High School in 1919 and from
Oberlin College in 1923. On her graduation
from college she was awarded a fellowship
by the National Urban League for study at
the New York School of Social Work. The
following year, on the basis of her high
qualifications, she was granted a fellowship
by the New York School of Social Work. She
received her diploma from the school in 1925.
Her experience includes a survey of the
Negro population of Morristown, N. J., made
under the auspices of the Urban League;
work with the Harlem Tuberculosis Asso
ciation and with the Harlem Charity Organi
zation. She also has served as assistant
house mother and as parole officer at Sleigh-
ton Farm, a State Home for Girls in Darling,
Pa. Since 1925 she has been director of so
cial work among Negroes in Englewood, N. J.
Ik-r work in Englewood commanded atten
tion, and within recent months several at
tractive positions have been open to her, in
cluding one in New York City with the New
Vork l rban League, and positions with the
Young Women’s Christian Ass n., both at na
tional headquarters and two local branches.
Miss McGhee has already established her
self in the regard and affection of the college
community. It is our good fortune to have
her with us. FLORENCE M. READ