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CAMPUS MIRROR
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Founders Day Rally
At the end of the campus activities
the students, friends and guests of Spel-
man assembled in Howe Hall to witness
the most spectacular Founders Day Ral
ly in the history of Spelman College.
The students sat by classes sponta
neously in order to sing their class songs
more effectively. The competitive spirit
ran high and each group tried to out
sing the other. The Freshmen performed
first and w'ere followed in turn by the
Sophomores, the Juniors and then the
Seniors. The first prize of five dollars
was awarded to the president of the
Senior Class by Mr. Kemper Harreld for
the best class song. The second prize,
three dollars, went through its president
to the Freshman Class.
Following these lively presentations
came the reports of the result of the
rally, which were as follows:
Student Organizations
Y. W. C. A. $ 10.00
Pan-Americana Club 10.00
Athletic Council _ 25.00
Home Economics Club 5.00
Biology Club 5.00
Granddaughters 5.00
Class of 1960 — 6.25
$ 66.25
Student Classes
Freshman Class $ 97.50
Sophomore Class 87.50
Junior Class 145.00
Senior Class 112.16
$442.16
Graduates and Former Students
Detroit Club $100.00
Washington Club 60.00
Others _ 182.00
$342.00
Faculty and Staff $379.50
Friends 1,435.15
Em ployees
Dining Hall $ 7.50
Dormitories .... .... 2.45
Laundry 5.45
Hospital 1.00
Nursery School 11.00
Buildings and Grounds 41.00
Nursery School 25.14
$ 83.54
Grand Total $2,738.10
The Loyalty Fund is being built up by
the Alumnae of Spelman and. therefore,
is not included in the above total. The
following gift'- were received for the
Layalty Fund:
Buffalo Club S 25.00
Cleveland Club 82.00
Philadelphia Club 50.00
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Advanced Freshmen
Now, to certain adults whom I know,
the title of this article is very funny. A
freshman is simply, without any adjective
except “green,’" a freshman. She (I say
“she" for reasons obvious to all, no
doubt) is the subject of many jokes, the
brave soldier who gets the worst deal
on anybody’s campus. With great pati
ence must she sit by and watch her up-
perclass sisters dance (did I say “watch”
by mistake?), murmur no word of griev
ance when she is kept at home from a
special entertainment (that, fortunately,
doesn't happen often here). Moreover,
whenever someone has to he elected to
keep the study hall lights burning. Miss
Cinderella-of-the-campus Freshman al
ways receives the unanimous vote.
Thus far, I probably have given the
impression that life is misery, that being
a freshman is “no joke,” that hari-kari
is the only way out. That, however, is
the exact opposite of the impression that
I wish for you. dear reader (are you
still there?), to have gently conveyed to
you. In order to assure you that there is
joy as well as sorrow attached to a girl's
first year in college, it seems imperative
that you be told something of what we
freshmen at Spelman College have ex
perienced this year.
Freshman week over and done with, we
began to realize that, after all, the cam
pus wasn't for our benefit alone; for up
perclassmen began to appear. It was a
relief to find that we were treated as hu
man beings, and that there was no fric
tion between our class and the others.
Never having had hoarding school ex
perience before, most of us felt that one
hurdle which we might have expected
simply wasn't there at all when we were
welcomed as if Spelman College was our
home instead of a new place with un
familiar situations.
Toward the end of Freshman Week,
a sort of extended vacation, we had be
gun to tire of all play and no work and
had a great desire for real work to be
gin— as we all want it now to end. No
one tires more easily than I of hearing
about our “bright and shining” faces, but
no other words describe how we looked
on Wednesday, September 22. the day
that classes began, as accurately as those
words do. Those were the days when
freshmen arose before the rising bell and
retired before bed time. At this point
it may be said that “them days is gone
forever. Now we get out of bed at a
quarter to eight and go to bed—at bed
time, of course!
We are in a position now to look back
wards, which is an indication of advance
for anyone. There may be a great many
things left for us to learn, but how it
feels to be college freshmen will not he
included in our list of future experi
ences after May thirty-first or even in the
month of April. We’ve become acquaint
ed with many people of our own age,
become oriented to new teachers (and
they to us) with new habits (or varia
tions of familiar ones) and in most in
stances adjusted ourselves to our sur
roundings and our work with facility and
determination to make the best of our
opportunity to excel in college work.
Certainly we have not been slackers
when there was a chance to make contri
butions to class or school activities.
There were enough Freshmen members
of the Chorus and Glee Club from Mor
gan Hall alone to make a very good
singing group at the Hall Christmas
program in the week that students left
the campus for the holidays. That does
not include Freshmen students who live
in the city or boarding school Fresh
men in Laura Spelman and Bessie Strong
Halls that are in the musical organiza
tions. We were the second largest con
tributors in the Thanksgiving Rally.
It wouldn't be wise, at this time, to go
into personalities in a class as large as
ours. Everyone would have to be named,
for, of course, each one has contributed
in her own way in making each of our
activities this year a success.
Every Freshman remembers with pride
that we have defeated the Senior Class
at least once. Some of us were never
more excited than when we were sched
uled to play basketball against them in
the Morehouse gym. We weren't sure of
victory but w r ere certain of one thing —
that we would put up a good fight. It
was a great moment for us when at the
end of the game it was announced that
the Freshman class had won!
Our class has elected as its officers for
this year Edith Johnson and Monique
I aylor, both hoarding students. Miss
Johnson is president and has the sup
port of her class. Miss Taylor is secre
tary.
We have experienced, this year, along
with the other students, some very en
joyable events. For instance, Marian
Anderson spent several days on our cam
pus while she was appearing in recital
at the city auditorium. We attended her
recital en masse. To hear a million dol
lar concert for twenty-five cents care fare
is worth writing home about, and most
of us probably did!
As a matter of fact, we have had a
great deal to “write home about” this
year. U e sent all of the good news and
allowed the office to take care of the bad
news in March. I hose who may not know
of what I speak 1 refer to any parent
of a Spelman student, win. will recall
immediately the report of our grades.
I hat news wasn t so had. however, as it
could have been. Most of us have tried
to come up to the highest level of
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