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CAMPUS MIRROR
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The Awarding of Prizes
Dorothy Nell Hamilton, ’38
At the end of each school year, the
Spelman students gather for an occasion
which gives all assembled a thrill of
pleasure and pride—pride that one’s
fellow women have accomplished some
thing noteworthy—the awarding of
prizes.
The Arnett prize, a scholarship prize of
seventy-five dollars offered to the junior
who stands high in scholarship and shows
pleasing qualities of character and per
sonality, was awarded to Theodis Wes
ton. Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Arnett of
fered this prize through their generosity
and it is much coveted. The Spelman
Graduate Club endowed a prize known
as the Lucy Upton Prize of approxi
mately twelve dollars. Jessie Hubbard,
a member of the Junior class, was award
ed this for her Christian character, lead
ership and scholarship. Frances John
son received the Seymour-Finney Prize
of fifteen dollars for the highest scholar
ship record in the senior class of 1937.
These awards, given for various
achievements, with the exception of two,
afford every Spelman girl the oppor
tunity of earning one or more. The next
prize of $22.90, offered by the Mary E.
Simmons Prize Fund for writing and
delivering the best essay on self-help,
is proof of the preceding statement. This
year the prize was given to Eldora
Hayes. Anatol Reeves received the Lu
cinda Hayes Scripture Recitation Prize
of fifteen dollars, which is awarded for
excellence in reciting certain specified
passages of scripture.
The Jerome Award of fifty dollars
for creative achievement is based on not
only creative ability in art, dramatics,
writing, music or research on the behalf
of a student, but also to encourage effort
in the field in which it is awarded. This
award, which was given to Eloise Usher
for excellence in dramatic presentation,
certainly bore out this promise. To the
same student was awarded the Cham
berlain Scripture Reading Prize.
The first prize in the local contest, an
engraved leatherbound Bible, was award
ed to Ruby Cohron in the Intercollegiate
Essay Contest, sponsored by the Stewart
Missionary Foundation for Africa.
Japanese Exhibition
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beginning of the art. The methods of
print making are seen in tools and in
an open Japanese text which are among
the exhibited pieces. All of the prints
on display, but one, are originals which
have been carefully selected for their
historic and artistic worth.
From this superb collection one re
ceives not only an appreciation of the art
but also valuable information on the life,
culture, and ideals of the Japanese.
A Wedding of Interest
On -June 26 Miss Phern G. Rockefeller
was married to Mr. John AY. Stanley, of
Decatur, Georgia. The ceremony was
performed in the presence of a few
friends in the home which was already
prepared for their residence and to which
they returned after a motor trip to
AYashington, D. C., and later to Penn
sylvania, where they visited Mrs. Stan
ley’s parents, and to New York where
they visited other friends.
This event was something of a sur
prise to Spelman students who know
Airs. Stanley for her faithful and very
human service to them as treasurer. All
are relieved to know that Airs. Stanley
retains her position as treasurer and that
they are to lose nothing of her kindly
service. In the sixteen years of service
that Airs. Stanley has given on the ad
ministration staff of Spelman College,
she served first as secretary to Presi
dent Lucy Hale Tapley and later be
came treasurer.
On her return to the campus after the
wedding journey, Airs. Stanley was hon
ored with a miscellaneous shower, given
July 9 at Bessie Strong Cottage. In
this event Spelman alumnae joined with
the college faculty and staff in present
ing the bride with a great variety of
gifts and in wishing her and Air. Stanley
much happiness.
Chapel Speakers
Grace Days, ’39
I)r. Patterson, the principal of Tus-
kegee Institute, who was attending a con
ference of the National Interracial Com
mission here in Atlanta, spoke at our
chapel services on October 5. His mes
sage began with a word of greeting and
an expression of the high regard that
he holds for Spelman College and its
output of students who are meeting sat
isfactorily the challenges of life.
The importance of effective activity
was stressed throughout the speech.
“One is part of the germ of life that
has come down through the ages, mani
festing itself in human destiny.” Cer
tain airs, philosophies, theories and the
like are relatively unimportant, but one’s
ability to do is the essential thing. If
the subject matter one gleans in school
will not aid when applied to help others
it is worthless. “College is no sure ticket
to success unless it helps one to give
as a part of society.”
Bishop -Jones, of the Methodist Epis
copal Church, who has spoken formerly
at the chapel exercise, spoke once more
on October 5. This time his message in
substance was founded on the individual.
“The human being is the most beauti
ful thing in this beautiful world.” By
delving into the biographies of those
Freshman Week
Penelope Bullock, ’41
In order to initiate her one hundred
and fifty-two freshmen into the Spel
man College spirit and acquaint them
with the campus, the institution con
ducted Freshman AA'eek on the college
campus from September 15 to 20. A
special program of lectures, tours, and
entertainments was given for the Fresh
man class, which is the largest in the
history of Spelman College.
The campus on which the class of ’41
will spend its next four years was intro
duced to the freshman students by a
series of tours. The first of these was
a general survey of the Spelman College
campus, in which the various buildings
and the significance of their names were
pointed out by the guides. Special tours
to the MacVicar Hospital and to the
Atlanta University Library gave the stu
dents a more intimate look upon their
surroundings for the next year and pos
sibly the next four years.
Short talks given throughout the week
by teachers in the Atlanta University
System and by Spelman graduates tend
ed to impress upon the minds of the
freshmen the history of Spelman Col
lege, the standards and idea's of a Spel
man girl, what the college should mean
to her students, and what the student
should mean to her college. Alessages of
welcome were given by President Read
and Dean Lyons. Airs. Claudia AYhite
Harreld, a Spelman graduate, welcomed
the freshman students on behalf of the
Spelman alumnae. She also gave them an
idea of what the immediate future holds,
or should hold for them.
In line with the history and traditions
of the institutions, the Freshman Class
of Spelman College was present at the
Alorehouse College chapel service Sun
day morning, September 19, their first
Sunday on the campus, after which they
worshiped at the historic and revered
Friendship Baptist Church, in whose
basement Spelman College was founded.
So that they might have a glimpse of
the type of entertainment they are to
enjoy during the ensuing year, the fresh
men had the pleasure of attending a
costume party given by the Y. \Y. C. A.,
the Freshman Stunt Night, and a social
at which they were hostesses to the Alore
house Freshman Class.
who have contributed to society one finds
a more gratifying concept to lay hold
on rather than by clinging to the theories
growing out of the study of civics and
other subjects of social or other natures.
As an illustration, he gave a short sketch
ot the life of Jane Adams of Hull House.
In conclusion he advised, ‘‘Be not lonely,
but search out the beautiful personalities
of those around you.”