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6 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.