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CAMPUS MIRROR
Athletic Council
A Look to the Future
(Continued from Page 19)
Dearest Mable:
Your letter was received and read with
great interest. I was very happy to learn
of the activities of our 1944 class mem
bers. While enjoying a few minutes of
rest in my dress designing shop. 1 de
cided to inform you of the adventures
of those graduates with whom I prom
ised to keep in touch. You will he even
more convinced of the changing world
after you have read this letter.
Faustina Hall is now a composer of
songs rather than a singer of them. Her
main occupation is that of librarian.
Cleo Ingram is living in Buffalo, New
York, where her husband is the pastor
of a large church. It is rumored that
when her husband is absent from their
church, Cleo substitutes. Oh, those hid
den qualities! Virginia McGee is the
owner of a large night club in Cincin
nati, Ohio. You remember, of course,
that her major wa^ home economics, al
though she was a talented singer. Neither
quality is lost, for she sings as well as
plans the meals at her place of business.
Antoinette Brown is now living in Kings
Mountain. N. C., where her husband is
the principal of the Lincoln Academy.
Kmma Lou Salter became one of the
famous Powers Models shortly after
graduation. She now owns a beauty shop
in New \ ork. The ever-pleasant Della
Bannister works in a hook store and
magazine shop. Do you remember her
weekly tours through the dormitories
for Munething to read? Rose A. Lee
teaches aesthetic dancing at tlie Booker
T. Washington High School in \tlanta.
Marion Edwards L a teacher of social
science in Cedartown. Georgia. \nn
Laura Cameron. Josie Telafare. Marian
Hickerson, Dorothy Colbert, and Edith
Reid are now married to orchestra
leaders. Edith knew an orchestra leader.
who knew an orchestra leader, and that
is the way the marriages came about.
Del Alexa Eagen is a research biologist
in Africa and the author of a textbook
used in the freshman biology department
at Spelman College. Barbara Mosley is
part of a popular tap dancing team,
which is being featured on Broadway
this month. She is married, as well, and
the mother of three lovely children, hut
she says she can’t stay away from the
stage. Louise Jones is living in the West,
where she raises prize cattle. Nellie
Bush is the proprietor of the Vitamin
Distributor Cafe. Gwendolyn Cooper
heads the biology department at Spel
man. Edna Lemon, George Ann Ulen,
and Ruth King are teaching in Mexico.
They now speak Spanish as w r ell as they
do English. Roberta Arnold is the new
dietician at dear old Mac Vicar Hos
pital. Virginia Tillman has recently do
nated a large sum of money to the pub
lishers of the “Free America” pamphlet.
Lavada Stokes is the composer of the
Symphony in B-Flat-Major-Minor. She
has always believed in originality. Julia
Brown plays the organ for her husband,
who is pastor of a church in Richmond.
Virginia. Marguerite Smith is the pro
prietor of the famous newspaper. The
News About, in Chicago, Illinois. Anna
Grimes, Rudean Hackett. and Mattie
Gibson run the feature columns in Mar
guerite Smith's paper. Mariella Ama has
made her home in South America, where
she teaches French. Mary Louise Smith.
Eleanor Blackshear, Mary Woods, and
Helen Bridges cooperate beautifully in
operating a department store located in
Birmingham. Alabama. Ira Wallace is
now living somewhere in the South
Pacific with her husband.
Well. Mable, that about sums up the
successes, surprises, and general activ
ities of (iur classmates. We must begin
to correspond more frequently, for with
each new day comes a new and astonish-
Athletic Council
The Athletic Council is an organiza
tion of student representatives from each
class which promotes good sportsmanship
in the Spelman Community through
leadership and participation in the ac
tivities of the physical education de
partment.
In order that those who desire mem
bership may know toward what end to
work, the Council publicly announces the
qualifications for membership. Each
member shall be enrolled in the sports
division of the physical education de
partment; shall possess qualities of good
sportsmanship; shall have average or
above average scholastic record; and
shall be a good Spelman citizen.
The Council has had a very active
year during 1943-44. It sponsored the
Intra-mural Basketball Games, the finals
being held in the Morehouse Gym; of
ficiated at the evening softball games on
the athletic field, gave $5.00 in the
Thanksgiving Rally and $25.00 in the
Founders Day Rally. This year the “S”
was presented to Ella Tyree. Nina Charl
ton and Mable Emanuel.
A point system has been accepted by
the Council as the basis for presenting
letters and numerals to Spelman students:
Archery _ ...3 points
Baseball ...3 points
Basketball 5 points
Hiking (100 miles) 50 points
Soccer .. 5 points
Tennis 3 points
Volleyball . 2 points
Olficiating __ 2 points
The student who would earn one of
these letters (a blue letter S to be worn
on white sweaters only), or a numeral,
must take part in as many of the above
activities as her physical condition will
permit, until she has made 500 points
for a letter or 250 points for a numeral.
Support
The United Negro
College Fund
Drive
ing report of the adventures of the 1944
graduates. Since life begins at forty. I
am looking forward to many new exper
ience'. Do answer soon.
Love,
Norma.