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6 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 (Continued on Page 11)