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THE CAMPUS MIRROR
The Campus Mirror
‘‘Service in Unity’’
Editor-in-Chief JULIA PATE
Editors of News RUBY Brown
and Catherine Burris
Editor of Special Features MARY DUNN
Editor of Jokes and Sports
Elnora James
Social Editor JUSTINE WILKINSON
Editors of High School Section
Ida Miller Cora Douthard
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HIGHER EDUCATION AND
THE NEGRO
(New York Telegram)
The tendency toward specialized higher edu
cation, so pronounced among our colleges and
universities in recent years, has reached the
Negro.
Three Negro colleges at Atlanta—Atlanta
University, Morehouse College and Spelman
College—are to combine in a plan which its
sponsors hope will result in making Atlanta the
Lhiited States center of Negro higher educa
tion.
Atlanta University is to discontinue under
graduate work entirely as soon as its present
college classes are completed, and, beginning
next fall, will specialize in graduate and pro
fessional training. This is the same plan con
templated by Johns Hopkins University in Bal
timore, and the one carried on for many years
by Clark University in Masschusetts, but it
is novel among Negro institutions.
It will add to the self-respect and the ad
vancement of that race to have trained its
own higher educators, its specialists and pro
fessional men in its own institutions. Some
are so trained now, but not to the extent pos
sible under the new plan.
In 1917, according to the United States de
partment of education, there were only 2,100
Negroes being trained in 31 colleges, while in
1928 there were 17,680 students in 77 colleges.
Income and endowment of such institutions
have increased approximately three times in
the ten years, and are growing at an even faster
pace.
We are glad to welcome Mr. Frederick Du-
puv, father of Miss Constance Dupuy of the
Spelman faculty on our campus.
Miss Lillie Sirmons of the class of ’28 paid us
a short visit while en route home after having
spent a very successful year teaching in the
High School at Anniston.
BITS FROM THE HISTORY
OF THE CLASS OF 1929
(Continued from Page 1)
Thirty-three of us returned in the fall of
1926 and entered the gates not as strangers but
as children coming home. The year went by
smoothly and pleasantly. The Sophomore class
kept up its usual interest in school activities.
The most outstanding event of the year and
clearly the zenith of Miss Tapley’s administra
tion, was the completion and dedication of Sis
ters Chapel. Several of the class graduated
from the two-year Elementary Education
Course, and almost 100 per cent of them re
ceived Sunday School Teacher Training diplo
mas.
In the fall of 1927 our class enrollment
dropped to twenty-one. For the twelve we lost
”'e had two additions, making twenty-one again.
During the summer of 1927 Miss Lucy Hale
Tapley resigned, after many years of faithful
service as President. When we returned in the
fall we found a new administration, improve
ments in equipment and a change in college
dormitories. With our new President, Miss
hlorence M. Read, and our new Dean, Miss
Miriam F. Carpenter, we felt confident that
in our last two years newer and greater oppor
tunities would be opened to us, and within our
selves we decided to increase our initiative, use
our opportunities and so measure up to these
new standards. One of the outstanding events
of the year was the reception we gave the
Seniors on May 18 in the Laura Spelman As
sembly Room.
Could it be possible that we had come to the
last year of our college work? How strange
and different we felt now as compared with our
impressions as Freshmen, Sophomores, or even
as Juniors!
We were loathe to lose one of our members
but our grief turned to joy when Mrs. M. J.
Powell of Leland College joined us. How
proud we were to remain twenty-three strong!
1 he evening of March 25 is memorable to
us ; it was at that time, when the student body
had assembled in Sisters Chapel to give a musi
cal program in honor of our trustees and friends,
that we the Seniors of ’29 surprised the cam
pus by our first appearance in caps and gowns.
The courtesies accorded us Seniors through
the year have been delightful. It is a fine
thing to entertain, but it is still finer to be en
tertained as we were at the Junior-Senior
reception May 17. The annual receptions are
distinctive events that will be long remembered
by our class.
Looking back we feel proud of the oppor
tunity that has been ours to pass this way. We
have endeavored to uphold a high standard, of
which all will feel proud. And now as we go
out we shall forever strive to reflect through
our achievements, the noteworthy examples of
our Founders, the principles of our faithful
leaders, and the spirit of those who have made
and are making Spelman.
SOCIAL NOTES
By Sadie F. Brown, ’29
On Saturday afternoon, May 18, at four
o’clock the Spelman Juniors, Seniors and Fac
ulty were special guests at the Morehouse
Junior-Senior Reception, in the Science Hall on
Morehouse campus. The spacious hall presented
a lovely scene with its blue and yellow color
r heme. A short program was given wh’->
Mr. R. I. McKinney as master of ceremonies.
Mr. M. H. W atson gave a welcome address, to
which Miss E. R. Bailey responded in behalf
of the Spelman girls and Mr. O. M. Beverly
responded for the Morehouse Seniors. Mr
Arthur Ellis rendered two vocal selections and
with his pleasing baritone voice, thrilled his
listeners.
Ice cream and cake were served and the re
mainder of the afternoon was pleasantly spent
in games and socializing.
The five honor students of the college depart
ment were guests at a dinner party given for
them by President Read at Reynolds Cottage,
Saturday, May 18, at six o’clock. They were
very grateful for such a pleasant social hour.
The Installation Service for Student Or
ganizations of the College Department was held
in Sisters Chapel Sunday night, May 19. It
presented a very picturesque scene when
the old officers came in with lighted candles
and the new officers as their partners came in
with unlighted candles and took their seats on
the platform.
1 he devotional exercises were conducted by
Miss Estelle Bailey. President Florence M.
Read, who gave the charge to the new officers,
emphasized the importance and the responsibility
of the officers, and challenged each girl to ful
fill her duty by seeing things through. The
new officers then lighted their candles and re
peated in unison, their pledge to duty.
While singing “Follow the Gleam” all the of
ficers with lighted candles led the procession,
followed by the other members of the student
body.
The Juniors entertained in honor of the Sen
iors with the college faculty as guests, Friday
evening, May 17, in the reception room of
Morehouse North, w’hich was artistically deco
rated. The slogan of the evening was “Smiles,”
and w r as cleverly worked out with games and
songs. The Juniors foretold the life of the Sen
iors ten years hence by having a Junior repre
sent a messenger bringing telegrams, letters and
cables to various members of the Junior class,
stating the failures or good fortunes of each
Senior. 1 lie cable which brought the most in
teresting news told of Alma Ferguson’s new
achievement as “night watchman” at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. The great honor was
conferred upon her for her unusual ability to
stay awake under all circumstances. Delicious
refreshments were served. Each Senior was
given a tiny white elephant as a souvenir with
the assurance that its presence would always
carry an omen of good luck. The Seniors left,
feeling a keen sense of satisfaction in know
ing that the Juniors had such warm places in
their hearts for them.