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The Campus Mirror 3 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, ((’ontinuod on Page S) 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- (Continued on Page S) +—■■—■■—*•—■*—■■—»—••—-—■—■■—**—■■—>—•+ T. E. LAUGHRIDGE j Groceries, Fresh Meats, Fruits. Sandwich Meats j TELEPHONE MAIN 1069 j 801 North Lawn St.. S.W., cor. Lee ATLANTA. GEORGIA + + 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. + + j 'Printing . . . i " I I ROBINSON-COFER I (OMPANY I I j 198 Auburn Avenue. N.E. j j Phone: WAlnut 4047 j i i +— +