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Campus Mirror Published During the College Year by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia Vol. XX MARCH, 1944 No 6 MISS SOPHIA B. PACKARD MISS HARRIET E. GILES The Presidents of Spelman College Since its founding in 1881, Spelman College has had four presidents, all of whom by their understanding, sympa thetic attitude and conscientious work, have endeared themselves to students, faculty members, and citizens of the com munity alike. The founders of the college, Miss So phia B. Packard, and Miss Harriet E. Giles, came South fired by the desire to provide educational opportunities for the women of a race recently emancipated from slavery. Miss Packard was then fifty-seven years of age and Miss Giles, forty-eight — so they were setting out on a venture of helpfulness and good deeds at a time for Miss Packard, at least, when most persons consider their life’s work almost over, and refuse to take up any task so new and untried. Miss Packard became the first presi dent of the school, which was given the name of Spelman Seminary in 1884. At her death in 1891 the institution she had (Continued on page 5) MISS LUCY II. TAPLEY MISS FLORENCE M. READ