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Visitors
The students of Spelman are glad to know
that Miss Ethel E. McGhee, the former
Student Advisor of Spelman College, who
has been studying, on fellowship, at Teach
ers College, Columbia University, will re
turn to Spelman next year as Dean of
Women.
M iss McGhee has been offered the posi
tion of Dean of Women of Talladega Col
lege, but she decided to return to Spelman.
Because of her unusual acquaintance with
students’ personal problems and her sym
pathetic understanding of the needs of
young women, the student body is for
tunate and especially grateful to have Miss
McGee return to serve in the capacity of
Dean of Women.
Miss Adelaide Case, Teachers College,
Columbia University.
Miss Edith Clark, Missionary of the
Phelps Stokes Fund—to Portugese West
Africa.
The Religious Education Association
delegates to the American Alumni Council
come to our campus to listen to the spirit
uals and see the choregraphic group of the
historic pageant perform.
Miss M. C. Chase—Retired Physics
Teacher of Mt. Holyoke College and friend
of Doctor Wallace.
Miss Lida Russell, missionary of Phelps-
Stokes Fund at Inardi Seminary, Natal,
South Africa.
The Campus Mirror
War Prevention Urged
By Women
Mamie Bynes, ’33
Dr. Helena Glassey, of Geneva, who is
field secretary of the Women’s Interna
tional League for Peace and Freedom, spoke
in chapel, Monday, April 27th, in behalf
of the league she represents.
This league was founded in 1910 by Jane
Addams and has, since that time, held as its
aim a national protest against war. In
order to carry out this aim many definite
steps are taken by the league. Annual con
ferences are held, at which the reduction
of national armaments is discussed. Ac
cording to Doctor Glassey, forty nations
will be represented in the next conference.
Recently the league called a meeting of
scientists to investigate the problem of
poisonous gases. She further stated that a
method of international approach is being
sought by an exchange of students—Ameri
can students study abroad while foreign
students study in American colleges. Di
rect knowledge of both conditions is gained
and a thorough correlation is made.
At present, Doctor Glassey says the
United States fails to cope with some of
the other countries in signatories, which
measure alone, if taken to the proper ex
tent, will lead to the fulfilment of the aim
of the league.
Good Will Day, which will be celebrated
on May ISth, has been set aside as an
observance of the founding of the Hague
Court, universal disarmament, and world
peace.
Track Meet
The Fifth Annual Tuskegee Relays were
held May 9, 1931, at Tuskegee Institute.
The meet consisted of twenty-four events,
including dashes, relays, broad jumps, high
jumps, shot put, javelin throw, and discus
throw; 358 young men and women repre
sented twenty-five schools of the following
states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Loui
siana, Texas, and Ohio.
Spelman College sent as representatives,
Mary Bennett, Frankie Butler, Rachel
Davis, and Lottie Lyons. From the Atlanta
University Laboratory High School were
Edwina and Ruth Westmoreland, Anna
Reid, and Willa Thomas. They entered the
50 and 100-yard dashes with creditable
records, though not prize winning. The
100-yard dash was won by a contestant
from Tuggle Institute, Birmingham, Ala.;
the 50-yard dash by a contestant from
Tuskegee. A representative from More
house, Griffin Day, won the discus throw.
The carnival is sponsored by Tuskegee
Institute. It has done much to advance
track and field athletics in the South..
Commencement Program
(Continued from page 1)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3RD
10:30 a.m.—Commencement Exercises, Dr.
Frederick C. Ferry, President
of Hamilton College, Clinton,
New York.
Prevention of Diphtheria
Malissa Varner, ’32
The children of the nursery school are
guarded as much as possible against disease.
For the last two months Doctor Kelly has
been inoculating them against diphtheria,
which is a germ disease and affects the
throat, nose, and larynx. The first symptoms
of it are fever, increased pulse beat, sweat
ing, and chills.
Diphtheria is not a new disease, but it is
a very destructive one. Many cases could be
cured if the correct treatment were given
before the disease gets too great a hold on
the patient. Almost all cases may be pre
vented by using antitoxin.
Tn 1931 Doctor Park began experimenting
with antitoxin on the school children of New
York City. Since then the entire school sys
tem of New York has adopted the use of
innoculation against this disease.
Diphtheria is prevalent among children,
and 70 per cent of the cases occur in children
under five years of age. The largest number
of cases are found among people of rural
districts and in well-to-do families. The cure
depends upon how soon the case is diagnosed
and treatment given. Each twenty-four
hours after the first symptoms appear the
mortality rate increases. A child does not
have to have diphtheria; therefore steps have
been taken to guard the children of the Spel
man nursery school.
Each child was given a Schick test to see
if he is subject to the disease. A small quan
tity of toxin is placed between the layers of
the skin. A red spot appears if the test is
positive. If the test is negative, no marks
appear. After seventy-two hours all reac
tions have faded away. A positive condition
means that the child does not have enough
circulating bodies to guard against the
disease.
The child who has a positive test is in
oculated against the disease by giving toxin
to produce an active immunity against the
disease. It starts the body to generating
immune bodies so as to throw off toxin. If
all children showing positive test were
treated, others would not be subject to such
a great risk.
Eleventh Annual Conference
For Negro Women
The eleventh annual Conference for
Negro Women has been scheduled to be held
on Spelman Campus during the week of
June 5-12, 1931.
This conference is conducted by the
Woman's Auxiliary of the Synod of Geor
gia Presbyterian Church. Its purpose is to
give information and aspiration to Negro
women with leadership qualifications,
thereby helping them to render a greater
service to their race.
Every auxiliary is urged to send a dele
gate or unite with another church in send
ing one or more.