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The Campus Mirror
Freshman Week at Spelman
Bkii.ah Johnson 1 , ’37
The program for Freshman Week was
based on the fact that the day on which
one starts is not the time to begin prepara
tions for the start. For us the week was
filled with many helpful and gracious con
tacts without which we should have found it
<liilimit to adjust ourselves. We were grad
ually yet well prepared for the beginning
of our four years of college work.
The first days, beginning September 19,
were spent making the acquaintance of mem
bers ot the staff and faculty of the college.
In the hearty welcome, given by President
Florence M. Read and Dean .Jane Hope
Lyons at the first chapel service, they urged
all freshmen to feel at home, assuring us
that we were among true friends. This wel
come, together with many and varied lec
tures, made us feel at ease and contented
to the extent that we no longer felt like
outsiders. At the same time it created within
us an eagerness to begin our college work,
and we soon felt that we were a part of the
Spelman community.
Mrs. Ludie Andrews gave a very helpful
lecture on How to Keep Fit Physically, em
phasizing' the necessity of a healthy body
for a healthy mind. Miss Viola Branham
spoke on What It Means to be a Spelman
(rid. She gave helpful suggestions concern
ing our general deportment on the campus
and among ourselves as Spelman girls. Mrs.
Elizabeth Perry Cannon gave some much
needed points on Effective Study. As new
students in the college department we were
keenly interested. We determined then to be
gin following her instructions concerning the
careful gathering and assimulation of ma
terials, paying attention to instructors, keep
ing up with assignments and regarding the
teachers as human beings.
On Saturday morning Miss Wilson in the
chapel service, gave some helpful advice for
freshmen as beginners. She emphasized the
fact that all later success depends upon the
beginning. Therefore we should start our
college work with the right attitude. Dr.
Norwood lectured on the importance of learn
ing to read effectively and to digest the
material read. She explained that one of
the greatest pleasures of life comes from
reading.
Miss Ailsie Stevenson of the Home Eco
nomics Department spoke on The Well-
Dressed aid. She stressed the fact that a
girl may be well-dressed without being elab
orately dressed.
Touring the grounds and visiting the vari
ous buildings, both old and new, acquainted
the class more definitely with the beauty
of construction and planning which is so
characteristic of the Spelman College cam
pus and which had impressed us from the
first. We were brought into closer contact
with the world in which we were to begin
our college work, and viewed it with a better
understanding. This also tended to put us
at ease and get ns ready for the start.
Something besides getting a general
knowledge of the campus took place within
the depths of our being as we noted the
beautifully kept grounds and tall, stately
buildings. It was a pleasure akin to an
awakening that afforded a peculiar thrill.
One could but be inspired by the new li
brary with its marble walls and steps, its
beautiful and gracefully winding stairs and
store of books. The atmosphere impressed
us as ideal tor the seeking of knowledge
and truth.
I owards the end of Freshman Week
Lucille Pearson, president of the junior class,
brought greetings to the freshmen sisters and
assured us of their friendship throughout
the year. She presented to us our emblem,
the lamp, which she had in keeping for us
from the class of 1933.
One of the most enjoyable treats was a
picnic-supper at Constitution Lakes on Sat
urday, September ‘13. This outing was spon
sored by Miss Nelson, Miss Cooke and Mrs.
Cannon. Many were the interesting things
we learned concerning the origin, name, uses
and care of the lakes. We returned in late
afternoon after a delicious supper.
At the close of the week, freshmen turned
entertainers for the faculty, upperclassmen,
and friends from the ctiy. The program was
planned and sponsored by Miss Nelson, who
gave scenes sketching the experiences of two
types of students during the four years of
work here; by Miss Ida Miller, who gave us
a new version of an Eskimo Tragedy, by
Miss Charity Bailey, who gave an entirely
new chapter to history when she presented
Columbus Discovers America, the date being
1942; and by Mrs. Cannon, who had her
group play tuneful ditties on glassware,
introducing to us a new type of music. It
was appropriately called Glassware Sym
phony Plus.
On Monday morning, September 25, Miss
A iola Jenson made the complicated process
of registration much easier for us by her
lecture on JIow to Register. By following
her instructions, before noon we had be
come a registered part of the college.
Throughout the week each student had
been conscious of a welcome and a friendli
ness that made entrance into Spelman Col
lege a real joy. Even the trees swaying
gently in the early autumn breezes seemed
to be whispering hope and courage to our
hearts.
Recipients of Last Years
Prizes
Many prizes were awarded to deserving
Spelman students at the close of the aca
demic year, 1932-1933.
The Seymour Finney Prize, of .$15, which
is given to the student of the graduating
class with the highest scholastic record, was
awarded to Cora Douthard, "33.
The Chamberlin Scripture Reading Prize,
$15, given to the college student who excels
in reading certain specific passages of scrip
ture, was awarded to Millie Dobbs, ’33.
The Lucinda Hayes Scripture Recitation
Prize, $15, offered to the student who excels
Pre-Hallowe'en Party
The beginning of social activities for the
College year, save those of Freshman Week,
was a Pre-Hallowe’en Party sponsored by
the Y. W. C. A., Saturday night, October
7th, in the Gymnasium in Giles Hall.
Effective suggestions of the coming season
were small jack o’lanterns and the colors
orange and black so arranged as to mark
off the center of the room as a stage around
which the guests in beautifully colored cos
tumes, comfortably lounged.
A unique and enjoyable program included
“A Witehgram” by Wilhelmina Chapman;
“Next Morning,” a dialogue by Johnnie
Childress and Wilhelmina Chapman in which
the former simulated the cat and the latter
the spook. Clever interpretations were given
by Mary Louise Smith in the songs “Stormy
Weather” and “Lazy Bones.” “A Scandal
Sheet” read by Thomasine Duckett was—as
scandal—highly amusing as was also the
primp with which it was given. A musical
trio, ‘It’s the Talk of the Town” was given
by Jeanette Hubert, Josephine Dobbs, and
Mabel Murphy; a violin selection, “Blue
Prelude,” by Clara Haywood; and a piano
solo, “Polly,” by Grace Days. In her exe
cution of taps and solo dancing Eleanor
Blackshear gave promise of possibilities for
artistic development. A tapping feature was
presented by Louise Jones, Eleanor Black-
shear, and Sarah George. Special music for
the program—the selections and accompani
ments—was furnished by Louise Long and
Thelma Buford.
Prizes for the most effective costumes
were awarded: first, to Melbahu Bryant; sec
ond, to Annlizabeth Madison; and third, to
Jessie Jackson.
Appropriate refreshments consisted of
bright colored candies and nuts served in a
witch-pocket followed by punch and apples.
Credit for the pleasure derived from the
affair is due to Thomasine Duckett, presi
dent of the “Y”; Eleanor Frazier, chairman
of the social committee with a number of
willing assistants; and Miss Erskine, faculty
advisor.
in reciting certain specified passages of
scripture, was awarded to Annie Motley, ’30.
The Lucy Upton Prize, $12, offered to
the student who stands highest in the Com
munity for Christian character, leadership,
and scholarship, was awarded to Lottie
Lyons.
The Arnett Scholarship, which provides
$75, tuition for one year for the student
of the Junior Class who makes a high record
in scholarship, and shows such qualities of
character and personality as give promise
of making wise use of further educational
opportunities, was awarded to Mary Red-
dirk.
The Jerome Award, $50, which is offered
for a piece of creative work in any field
of art, dramatics, writing, music or re
search—which shows creative ability, was
awarded to Cecil Long, ’33, for an oil paint
ing in still life.