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CAMPUS MIRROR 3 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 (Continued on page 6) 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 (Continued on page 6) our