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The Campus Mirror
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Spelman l akes the Premium
The Spelman College exhibit at the An
nual Southeastern Fair was a most interest
ing unit for public education.
There was a tiny wardrobe in which the
proper clothes for a pre-school child were
hung, and they were hung low enough for
tiny arms to reach. To the right of this
was a basin arranged so that small children
might wash their own hands. Other features
of the first booth were a small table set
for pre-school children, a bed for the
small child and a window which was
screened and curtained as a child's model
bedroom should be.
The second booth which displayed a well
equipped playground, was a miniature gar
den that included trees, grass, flowers,
steps and a straw bed on which lay a little
brown baby holding a tiny elephant in its
hands. The background of silver paper with
a huge orange sun helped suggest the out
door scene. The entire booth was sur
rounded by a tiny, white picket fence.
Although the Nursery School Movement
is a comparatively new feature to most peo
ple, placards made the exhibit very easily
understood. This display was wholly dif
ferent from any other at the Fair. Because
of its aesthetic value, simplicity of arrange
ment and helpfulness to parents in general,
Spelman College was awarded a blue rib
bon on this display.
The E. V. Day Girls' School
Margaret Stewart, ’35
About thirty miles from the coast of
Liberia, on a hill overlooking the St. Paul
River, there is a large concrete building
which is a boarding school for girls. It is
called the E. V. Day Girls’ School, after
one of the first Lutheran missionaries to
Liberia. Foreigners, who visit the school,
are very enthusiastic about the beautiful
scenery around. Tall, stately cotton-wood
trees stand like sentinels against the hill
side. The building stands in tin* center of
the level hilltop with soft, green grass all
around, sweeping down to the playground
on one side. The native palm trees give an
added touch of grace to the scene. From
the piazza of tin 1 school one can see little
islands where, during the dry season, white
birds, which have migrated from wet re
gions, hang like big white flowers.
Not long after Liberia had begun her
career as a nation, Mr. Morris Officer, a
Lutheran missionary, went out from Amer
ica to start a mission school. Everyone ex
pected him to work in Monrovia where
most of the civilized people then lived, but
he insisted on going about thirty miles up
the St. Paul River where In* could more
easily reach the natives. At that time there
were continual outbreaks among the tribes.
People predicted that the little mission
would soon be wiped out: and so it was
called ‘'Officer’s Folly”.
Although no missionary work in any
land is void of difficulty and hardship,
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Freshman Week
Mixxie Harris, ’35
Freshman Week, September 15 to 21
enabled the freshmen of ’35 to learn the
campus, to become acquainted with several
members of the faculty and staff, taught
them how to follow college regulations and
gave them a chance to become acquainted
with each other.
Every morning chapel services were held
in Howe Memorial Hall. Reverend Thur
man conducted the first chapel exercises
and here he said that everyone must learn
to “stew in his own juice.” This is a state
ment that the freshmen gave much thought
to and are still thinking of.
One thing that helped the students to feel
at home was a tree tour conducted by Miss
Sherwood. This acquainted the freshmen
with the names of the different trees by
which they were able to locate the build
ings and find their way about the campus.
An interesting part of the program of
the week was a series of lectures given by
Efferent members of the faculty. Miss Dun
lap told how a girl who had taken a course
in Home Economics was better able to
cope with the care of her home and her
children. She also told how inexpensively
one might dress if one was able to make
one’s own clothes. Miss Arduser conducted
a fashion show in which four girls were the
models. Chic sport suits, soft afternoon
frocks, lounging pajamas and an evening
gown were suggested by her as being ap
propriate for the college girl’s wardrobe.
Miss Cooke told how a girl may be charm
ing. If she is well groomed, dressed cor
rectly, and is graceful, a girl may be charm
ing. Miss Rockefeller advised that good
care of clothing would be one way of
stretching the dollar. She pointed out the
fact that the entertainment fee of $1.00
had been stretched by President Read so as
to give excellent entertainments.
The standards and traditions of Spelman
College that have been handed down from
year to year to each new class were presented
by Mrs. Han-eld in the history of Spelman.
She spoke of the distinctive air that a Spel
man girl has and what it really should mean
to be a Spelman girl. Miss Dobbs, another
Spelman graduate, took the words Spelman
girls and made each letter stand for a certain
desirable quality. ,
Other lectures tended to give scope and
definiteness to our study. Miss Neptune dis
cussed the attitude of pupils to teachers. She
stressed that pupils should consider theteacli-
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New Faculty Members
Miss Ethel E. McGhee—Dean of women,
returns from leave of absence; studying at
Teachers College, Columbia University.
Dr. Helen T. Albro—Head of Biology
Department; M.A. and Ph.D., Brown Univer
sity; Assistant Professor of Zoology and
Physiology at Hood College, Frederick, Md.
Dr. Anna Grace Newell—Biology; A.B.
and M.A., Smith College; Ph.D., University
of Illinois; studied at University of
Leipzig and at Naples Biological Station.
Dr. Luella Norwood—Professor of Eng
lish jointly for Atlanta University and
Spelman College; A.B. and M.A., Carleton
College, Ph.D., Yale University.
Miss Hattie B. Feger—Education De
partment of Spelman College and Atlanta
University; B.S. and M.S., University of
Cincinnati.
Miss Mary Eloise Bradshaw—History;
A.B., Pennsylvania College for women;
M.A., University of Wisconsin; candidate
for Ph.D. from latter institution; studied
at Universite de Paris, France.
Miss Ernestine Vivian Erskine—History;
graduate of Spelman College; studied at
University of Chicago summer school 1!)2S);
summer of 1931 studied at Columbia
University.
Miss Elizabeth Britan—Librarian; B.S.
and A.B., Hanover College; 31.A., Ohio
State University; training in Library
Science, University of Michigan.
Miss Anne 31. Cooke—English and
Speech; on leave of absence in 1930-1931;
studying at the American Academv of
Dramatic Art and at Columbia University.
31iss Lisle H. Arduser—Transferred from
boarding department to Home Economics
department; B.S., University of .Minnesota.
3fiss Helen Yeomans—Dietitian in charge
of boarding department; Newport, 3Ion-
mouthshire, England.
3Iiss Viola Branham—Assistant dieti
tian; A.B., Spelman College.
3Iiss Greta Virginia Lind—Secretary to
Dean of Women; A.B., Radcliffe College.
Mr. Hale Woodruff—Negro artist; stud
ied four years in France; offers college
course in art open to students of 3Iorehouse
College, Spelman College, 3Iorris Brown
University, Clark University, and Atlanta
University.
3Iiss Coates had the misfortune of losing
her father, 31 r. Thaddeus W. Coates on
•June 14, and also her sister, .Miss Bessie
Lorenzo Coates, who also resided in the
home at Thomasville, Ga.
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