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VOL. VII
June 3, 1931
Number 9
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SENIOR CLASS OF 1931
Reading trom left to right: First row—Magnolia Dixon. Rubye Weaver. Addie Harris. Mamie
Cabaniss. Alma Long, Agnesc Maddox, Eva Baker. Naweta Brown. Jewel Woodard. Mabel Dock-
ett. Eddielena Haynes. Bernice Starling. Elnora James. Helen Thomas. Second row: Luetta
Austell. Lillian Peck. Willie Dobbs, Mattie Reid, Ermatine Hill. Lottie Jordan, Ida Prater, Zollie
Martin. .Julia Stanfield. Mary F. Smith. Dorothea Fleming. Candace Johnson. Francis Callier.
I hird row: Mary Bennett. Mary DuBose. Margaret Johnson, Mamie Anderson. Mrs. Eva Wil
liams, Lucia Griffin, Florence Morrison. Fannie Miller, Bessie Mayle.
I o the Class of 31
Frances Callier, '31
Once in a beautiful garden
\\ here evergreen, ivy and oak abound,
Seeds were scattered.
They had variety in size and kind—
A fact that little mattered,
And so with desire they began.
There was constant striving day by day,
Each to be best in the way it should grow.
The struggle was long;
The forces within pushed sometimes on
rock,
Sometimes on good earth;
Hut true, patient cultivators from their
rich store gave nourishment;
And gradually from a foundation solid and
sound growth began.
With the first view ot the world, realiza
tion came—
I hey were parts of a beautiful whole
Wherein it was given either to grow in
worth or to wither.
Nature spoke, and tin* poplars marked in
stature and in stateliness her stand
ards.
The struggles and strivings have just
begun.
Yearly they’ll yield in strength and in
worth
Man spoke: they whose lives have enriched
other lives are proofs of noble
heights.
The gods spoke: they would help those
who would help themselves.
The time for choice had come; there was
struggle within each seed.
They were aware that what each should
choose
Meant that the whole garden would gain
or lose.
The reaping is now being done;
The seeds were sown with care; the harvest
is gathered with joy.
In the garden of Spelman, the seeds are the
students.
They must be sent out into the world, not
to boast of their worth and superior
cultivation,
Hut in simplicity to find planting,
To grapple and take root,
Waiting only a worthy harvest.
Not merely a flowery crown.
As fruits of seeds themselves, they, seeds
must sow,
That the reaping may bring a rich
golden store.
The victory is not yet won;
Commencement Speakers
We welcome as the speaker for the Bac-
ealaurate service, May 31st, at 3:00 p.m.,
Dr. John Richard Sampey, president of
Southern Baptist Theological Seminarv.
He is a graduate of Harvard College and
received his Doctor’s degree at the insti
tution of which he is now president. He
was Professor of Old Testament until he
was appointed to the presidency in 1929.
He is the author of several religious works.
The speaker for the Commencement
exercises June 3rd, at 10:00 a.m., is Dr.
F. ('. Ferry, President of Hamilton Col
lege, Clinton, N. Y. He is a Harvard
alumnus, with additional studies in the
l niversities of Berlin and Leipsig. He is
a member of the National Conference Com
mittee on the Standards ot Colleges and
Secondary Schools and is an authority in
the field of research in geometry. His
articles appear in American and Euro
pean journals of mathematics.
High Jump Record Broken
Marion Bohler, '34
The National High School high jump
record was broken by Ruth Westmoreland
at the athletic meet on Spelman campus on
Friday afternoon, May 22nd, before a
large group of spectators.
The contestant, representing the Atlanta
I niversity Laboratory High School,
jumped 4 feet, 9 inches, beating the official
high school record for girls of 1925 by a
margin of 2Hnches.
President Read Entertains
President Read’s reception to the faculty,
alumni, and the graduating classes of Spel-
man and Morehouse Colleges, held at Rey
nolds ( ottage, was a delightful affair of the
evening of May 30th. The guests found a
welcome in the cordial greetings of Miss
Read and Miss Eakin and in the loveliness
of the decorations. Red rambler roses were
banked on the mantels. Daisies, corn flow
ers, and peonies peeped from unexpected
places, and their colors blended with the soft
lighting.
On the lawn, which was lighted, the guests
witnessed a program of musical numbers and
a clever playlet, written by Miss Elizabeth
W ilson. Refreshments were served in formal
style: punch, strawberry ice cream, cakes,
and salted nuts. Another pleasant event was
added to the commencement season.
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