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CAMPUS MIRROR
DR. MAYS AND MISS READ
Spelman and Morehouse —
Sister and Brother Colleges
Ever since the early history of the two in
stitutions, there has been a close relationship
between Spelman and Morehouse Colleges.
The earliest Spelman graduates of the college
department attended all their classes on
Morehouse campus. In 1929 both schools be
came members of the Atlanta University
System.
A certain spirit of friendliness exists be
tween the students of the two colleges, a
spirit which the term brother-sister relation
ship describes very accurately.
There are several organizations which have
as members both Spelman and Morehouse
students, among them the University Play
ers, the Atlanta-Spelman-Morehousc Chorus,
and the Atlanta-Spelman-Morehouse Orches
tra. There is also a great deal of cooperation
between the Christian organizations of the
two colleges, the Y. M. C. A. and the Y.
W. C. A. During the year these two organi
zations have occasional joint meetings. Stu
dents from either college attend lectures,
plays, entertainments and other social af
fairs that are given at the other college.
Spelman students support Morehouse stu
dents in any sort of competitive undertaking,
such as football or basketball games.
The two colleges have a system of teacher
exchange, and both Spelman and Morehouse
students are able to take on the other campus
courses not offered on their own. Students
of both colleges receive medical attention at
MacVicar Hospital. For a brief period in
1942, Morehouse students were served their
meals in Morgan Hall, the Spelman dining
hall.
The spirit of cooperation and friendliness
which grows up between students of the two
institutions during their college years often
culminates in the marriage of a Spelman
woman to a Morehouse man.
The Events of Freshman
Week
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spoke to us on “How to Register.” We spent
the remainder of the day and Tuesday regis
tering at Atlanta University Library.
Classes started Wednesday, September 22,
1943.
SELECTED
“The more you know the fewer your com
petitors.”
“A word often hurts more than a wound."
An Introduction to the Male
Shortage
or
Freshman Week at Spelman
College
Myrene Gray, ’47
The first day at Spelman was unofficial,
but interesting just the same: we met the
girls who were to be our classmates, school
mates, and roommates for a whole year
perhaps four.
There was no doubt about it — Spelman
was an institution of higher learning for
girls, for they were very much in evidence:
fat girls and thin girls, tall girls, short girls
and medium girls — but above all — GIRLS!
There wasn’t a single representative of the
masculine specie within eyesight. This phe
nomenon was a much discussed topic until
bedtime, which is the same for all here
(could that be the spirit of Democracy?).
You may retire sooner, but not later.
For the next week, we were examined:
psychologically, physically, mathematically,
and certainly critically.
There were brighter sides to our period of
orientation, among them encouraging speech
es by outstanding persons who were as much
impressed by us as we were by them (so they
said).
Having been informed that we were to
have a few parties near the close of the
week, one by ourselves and another with the
class of ’47 from Morehouse (!!) — we be
came a little jubilant. Of course, knowing
what to expect from a “Hen-party,” we en
joyed ourselves as much as was possible
considering the fact that our mental process
es were functioning mainly in pursuing
thoughts of what the future (meaning the
next night) might hold for us. We soon
found out.
The following evening, properly lipsticked,
powdered and dressed at our best, we young
ladies of Spelman made rapid transit of the
slice of campus that separated us from Howe
Hall and the evening’s entertainment. Still
hopeful after indulging in a mature version
of “Ring Around the Rosy” with our guests,
during which introductions were made, a few
words exchanged between strains of music
to which we were supposed to march se
dately, we mused in vain on that fascinating
art, the dance (with a broad “A”). If we
hadn’t come to our senses, we should be
musing yet, for the only dance we performed
was in solitary splendor back to the dormi
tory. Please, “Fair Spelman,” we beg of you,
don’t force our lovely new formals to de
teriorate in our boudoirs!
A visit to the Atlanta University Library
proved most interesting. Not only does it
have an excellent collection of reading ma
terial, but this wonderful structure is lo
cated most conveniently on the Atlanta Uni
versity campus! However, as the poor, un
derprivileged (Freshman) class, we find that
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