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C A MPIS M I R R 0 R 19 Class of 1946 A Look to the Future 30 Clemens Square Detroit, Michigan May 31, 1964 Dear Norma: Surely you haven’t forgotten the agree ment which we made on the eve of com mencement day. May 31. 1944. when you and I promised to keep one another in formed as to the many exciting and in teresting paths our fellow classmates were destined to travel. Ah, me! It is 1964. and twenty years seem to have disappeared as though they were merely one single year. What with the end of World War II. in ’46, followed by tre mendous migration of much of the popu lation. it has been exceedingly difficult to locate the whereabouts of our class mates and to determine their activities and positions in life. Shelley’s phrase, “There’s nothing constant hut mutabil ity,” was never more true than it has been during these past twenty years. Nevertheless, let me relate to you the few facts which l have learned. It will please you to know that Lelabelle Free man has attained a career in spite of all obstacles that confronted her. Though she aspired to he a doctor, she is con tent as a mortician. Marie Lauray mar ried the next day after commencement, and she is now the mother of five girls. Margaret Gordon’s life has been roman tic, for she went to Hawaii to practice social work and finally married one of the handsome natives there. Thelma Jones, who always reminded me of a little mother, is at present the matron of the Mississippi Home for Delinquents. Gwendolyn Dowdell heads the Surreal istic Interior Decorating Company. Fast summer when I visited her business of fice in Bessemer, Alabama, she almost convinced me that by adorning my living room walls with twigs and dry leaves I could attain a very attractive outdoor atmosphere. What an imagination! Char lotte Linder gave up teaching mathe matics to write novels. She is now writ ing a mystery novel entitled “The Bat Walks and Talks.” I fear that she read entirely too many murder mysteries while in college. Inez Collier’s son won the “Mr. Florida” title this year, and he is new running for “Mr. America.” You know the beauty contest went out of style in 1950. and the “most handsome man’ contest is taking the country by storm. Hazel Cochran has set up a resi dence in Reno, in order to save money. Lest your imagination begin working overtime, let me hastily add that her husband holds a position in that fair city. Geneva Higgins achieved great fame because of her sculptured work entitled “Brown Cupids.” She used her own two sons as models. Gwendolyn Harrison, who was tops in scholarship, taught Spanish at Fisk University for nineteen years, after which she decided to march to the altar with Walter. Pearl Dorch finally consented to her husband’s plan that they accept the missionary ap pointment in North Africa. Opal Jones, Jessie Croom. Laura Watson, and Claudia Davis have formed a quartet that has become renowned in Texas and Alabama. I hey call themselves the Amen Sisters, 't on have been deprived of a great priv ilege if you have not heard Marguerite Pearson, the famous lecturer, --peak on Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. Red Skelton was never s<> popular as Caro lyn Taylor, who is now one of MGM’s most successful comedians, \nnie Ruth Nelson. W i 11 ie Sherwood. Betsy Moss, and Louise Coley went to South America to teach the natives who live in the least civilized regions. No word has been re ceived from them in the past ten years. Dorothy Hood decided to become a dietician after the accident in the chem istry laboratory at Spelman. She stated in a recent letter to me that food was safer to mix than chemicals. Lula Lundy. Ella Tyree, and Mary Martin have found time in their busy married lives to write advice to the lovelorn in their respective home town newspapers. Estella Ashmore is dean of a newly established girls’ col lege in Montana. It is rumored that she has turned down several proposals of marriage. One never knows what one will do, does one? Certainly during her college days Nina 'Charlton didn't sus pect that she would ever become dean of Spelman. Thus ends my report, which is not so complete as it should be, since I must divide my time between teaching at the country school house and working on our farm. I know r that you are surprised be cause I declared that I would live in New York and be one of those fortunate stenographers who married the boss. \1- thougli I realize that you. too. must be busy, I am hoping to hear from you very soon. Sincerely yours. Mable. 3302 West 59th Street Savannah, Georgia June 6. 1964 (Continued on Page 31)