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Q/ZfyQJLL irror, Published During the College Year by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta. Georgia ^ ol • ^ ^ April 15, 1931 Number 7 A I I'T V Q O LDEN AEAR S f J / „ N “Lift Every Voice,” Scene from Historical Pageant A Historical Sketch of Spelman College Carrie L. Adams, ’34 It is ours to recall the rocks and "ravel which made for the enrichment of this in stitution. Keen moments are allotted for thought concerning the diggers of untouched ground—ground that was seen to be propiti ous bv women of vision; ground seen to be what it was, what it is today, and what it will be tomorrow. It is ours to recall those women, coming to Atlanta in 1881, to invest their lives in the interest of Negro women’s education. Miss Sophia Packard and Miss Harriet Cl i 1 os saw a necessity for the development of Negro women’s education; therefore, the two ventured toward untouched soil to invest their lives; and so it was that, in 1881, what was termed “The Atlanta Baptist Fe male Seminary” was founded in the base ment of Friendship Baptist Church, during the pastorate of Father Frank Quarles. This school in the basement, and later in the <»ld army hospital, “Union Hall,” often lacked funds, yet it never lacked the neces sary courage which Miss Packard and Miss Giles had in undertaking this work and the perseverance to carry through. It was through the liberality of Northern Baptists that it was made possible for such characters to come south and to render serv ice, not only for colored people, but for the entire American civilization. With the talent of these two women to plan here, with their ability to execute their plans, and with the ideas of the two com bined, a high and noble character was im parted to the institution. Their tactfulness drew to them the interest of others. In places, their dynamic personalities were so forceful that they tore down racial prejudice, so that in time they could speak to white groups in white churches in the interest of Negro education. The growing interest spread. The number of people who were willing to invest interest and funds spread slowly in the South, but indeed rapidly in the North. With eleven students as their first ma terial, they began the investment. As time came on the school grew, the number of students increased, and the course of study became more extensive; other people’s inter ests in this broader education grew and spread, so that what was The Atlanta Bap tist Female Seminary, through the active in- tere>t of the Spelman-Rockefeller family, be came Spelman Seminary in 1883. Gifts from this family made possible a number of col lege halls, including the administration building, which bears the name of Roeke- (Continued to Page 3) Founders Day Sermon On Wednesday afternoon of April 11, 1931, when the academic procession of fac ulty, visitors and delegates to the Fiftieth Anniversary exercises had filed into Sisters Chapel to Verdi’s Triumphant March (from Aida), the Spelman Glee Club sang 0 Ee- deemer Divine, followed by scripture reading by President Harvey W. Cox of Emory Uni versity. After the hymn, God the Omnipo tent, President Read introduced Dr. Julian Lewis, Assistant Professor of Pathology of the University of Chicago, who delivered the educational address of the afternoon. Doctor Lewis has received degrees of Doctor of Med icine and Doctor of Philosophy from Chi cago University, and his work proves him one of the ablest Negro scientists. In dis cussing Basic Elements of an Education, Doctor Lewis named three attributes of an education: intellectuality, social training, and spiritual values. The first attribute has to do with knowing about the world’s accumulated experiences and facts and knowing how to use knowledge to avoid fumbles, and to make short cuts to success. Social training has to do with doing. Col lege teaches that people cannot live alone. This training is reflected in the modern inclination to help the unfortunate and to remove causes of failure. Intellectuality and social training satisfy man’s contact with the outer world. The spiritual value has to do with character and inner life. It is a satisfaction when man is alone with himself. The problem of finding a type of educa tion that will bo both cultural and occupa tional may he solved in one way by agricul ture, since it is related to many cultural studies as chemistry, banking, commerce, and others. College makes clear similar relation ships between other studies and life so that culture and occupation may blend in edu cation. Following a hymn, and prayer by Rev. E. R. Carter of Friendship Baptist Church, with the Spiritual, 0 Seek and Ye Shall Find, President Read introduced Mr. Jack- son Davis of the General Education Board tor an address on llie Negro Woman in the Schoolroom. He spoke of the way the bless ings of education have spread from centers of light, such as Spelman, out into the back woods and reminded his audience that of the 48,000 public school teachers in the Southern States, the great, majority of teachers in the Negro schools are women. He spoke of the (Continued to Page 3)