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T he Campus Mirror
A Symposium of College
Majors
Edythe Tate, ’32
On class day tlu> Seniors presented a
symposium of college majors in the form
ot a round table discussion. The purpose of
(he material presented was to set forth the
relative value of each of the seven major
courses Biology, English, History, Latin
Home Economies, Mathematics and Chemis
try. Each department was given seven min
utes for its defense.
BIOLOGY
Stopped in the midst of drinking a glass
of milk, a student was told the bacterial
count in a cubic centimeter of raw milk.
A conversation followed which explained the
various branches of the subject of biology
and their relations to life. The student was
convinced that the branches of biology are
of great value in their relation to even/ day
life.
HISTORY
The history group presented a teacher and
a class of students who had never studied
history. Their inability to answer the teach
er’s questions about the background of cur
rent happenings well showed the need of a
knowledge of history to make one able to
understand present day problems. Thus his-
tory was proved to be of great value in
evert/ day life.
LATIN
The Latin department defended its point
by maintaining that since Latin is called the
brain of the English language and since
it is a priceless heritage and is the founda
tion of all the Romance languages, it is
therefore of great value in our every day
life.
MATHEMATICS
The mathematics department presented a
most convincing argument, the the-is of
which was that mathematics bears a direct
relation to the cultural and industrial ac
tivity of civilization and is therefore a most
important contribution to every dug life.
HOME ECONOMICS
The members of the home economics de
partment based their argument upon the
fact that its curricula touches all seven of
the cardinal principles of education, which
are: health, worthy home membership, use
of leisure, citizenship, a command of the
fundamental processes, vocation, and ethical
character. Such an argument was effective
in proving that home economics is of great
value in our every day life.
ENGLISH
The English department presented a con
vincing argument in defense of its claim of
values. The two main aspects of the field
were developed: the philosophical which
opens new worlds and broadens life and the
aesthetic which includes design and poetic
expression. By proving that literature fur
nishes escape from life’s sordiness and rou
tine, and that it is a representation of life
with the fundamental values of life and the
delights one gets from its numerous con-
Honor Students
The following have achieved highest schol
arship records of the class of 1932: Rubye
Sampson, Marjorie Stewart, Oteele Nichols,
Marjory Wheeler, Augusta Johnson, Ernes
tine Anthony, Louise Torrence, Iredelle
Howard, Erostine Coles, Grace Hale.
Ideal Senior
Neat like Iva
Punctual like Velma
Thoughtful like Augusta
Ambitious like Dolle
Intellectual like Rubye
Diplomatic like Marjorie S.
Artistic like Eric
Personality like Naomah
Vivacious like Odee
Disposition like Liz
Athletic like Jean.
tacts, it was proved that English was of
great value to every day life.
CHEMISTRY
The chemistry department presented an
alchemist’s laboratory set up to suggest the
first ideas of chemistry. Although the al
chemist’s ideas were not correct, the al
chemists were the ones who stimulated the
minds of our first scientists to think about
the elements of the earth.
The alchemists thought that they could
change all elements to gold. One day an old
lady came to an alchemist’s laboratory and
gave her last coin to be changed into gold.
Being disappointed, she left the laboratory
crying.
Tt was the aim of the chemistry group to
prove that chemical elements can not be made
into gold, but that they can be combined
with each other to make many other things,
for example soap and medicine. To prove
that these things could be done, some pins
were electroplated and soap was made and
given away to the members of the class. Thus
is was proved that chemistry is a necessity
in our every day life.
It is hoped those in the audience went
away convinced that if they were attending
college again, they would each major in
seven different fields, namely: Biology, His
tory, Latin, Mathematics, Home Economics,
English and Chemistry, because the argu
ments of each department convinced every
one that a knowledge of all seven subjects
is essential to his well-being in his every
day life.
Tribute
Among the Seniors of 1932 there are some
whose period of residence on this campus
includes more than the regular four years
of college: a few entered in the grades and
some in high school. Students have come
and gone, but these to whom we pay tribute
have grown up with Spelman. Some have
seen her grow from a seminary with ele
mentary and high school departments and
become a college in 1924. They have known
Miss Lucy Hale Tapley and have seen her
retire as President Emeritus after thirty-
seven years of devoted service to the growth
of Spelman. Several have seen the erection of
Laura Spelman Rockefeller Hall, of Tapley
Science Hall, of Sisters Chapel, of the at
tractive sanitary dining hall and kitchens,
and of the magnificent Atlanta I’niversity
Library; they have seen the gradual enlarge
ment of the curriculum, the passing of the
nurses’ training school, of the elementary
school and the high school departments and
the affiliation of the three institutions; they
have Avatched the growth of the Y. \Y. ('. A.,
of the Campus Mirror and of other college
organizations, and they have seen five years
of the presidency of Miss Florence M. Read.
Who are they Avho have watched these
transformations—these rounds of progress—
and what haA T e they contributed to their
Alma Mater?
Inez Dumas of the class of ’32 has the
honor of having entered Spelman in the first
grade, having completed grades and high
school, two years of college, of having taught
and returned to complete her undergraduate
work. Her lovable personality has won her
many friends in Spelman College and in
the Leonard Street Home, where she wa>
reared under the loA’ing care of Miss Amy
A. Chadwick. During the year 1931-32, Inez
has made a pleasing chairman of the “Y”
Program Committee and has appeared fre
quently in the Choreographic group.
Lennie Green entered Spelman in 1917
and has spent fifteen consecutive years here.
She has proved herself to be a girl with a
co-operative spirit, and is distinguished as
being the only student ’cellist of the college.
As an assistant librarian, member of the
Glee Club, of the Latin Club, and a member
of the Girls’ Orchestra, she can be consid
ered as a helpful member of the campus life.
Tall and slender, quiet and business-like,
she goes about her work the same yesterday
and today as she will do in days to come.
Garnie Ison has climbed steadily from the
seventh grade on up through Spelman High
School and College. She has worked hard
to achieve her degree. As waitress in the
teachers’ dining-room, as office girl, mail
carrier for the college on Saturday after
noons, and as assistant in countless other
duties, she has employed herself commend-
ablv. Miss Kurrelmeyer, the last principal
in Spelman High School, could always count
on having a quiet study room when Garnie
Avas in charge. She cares more for doing
Avhat she believes is right than for what
others avi 11 think of her. Heres' hoping that
she Avill not continue to be a mail carrier
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