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THE CAMPUS MIRROR
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Lois Blayton
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Vol. XXI October, 1944 .... No. 1
Editorial
The Campus Mirror staff wishes to
extend greetings to all new members on
the campus as well as to the old ones.
It is our sincere wish that this year
will prove to lie one of the best in the
history of Spelman, scholastically, cul
turally, and socially, with more school
spirit than ever exhibited among the stu
dents.
We realize that this year may he a very
decisive one in the course of world events.
Therefore, it is for us, the students, to
realize the need of the education which
we are now receiving, and to put as much
effort and energy as possible into de
veloping ourselves in every respect, so
that we may take our place in the world
of tomorrow unafraid to face the tasks
that we shall undoubtedly meet.
We can make every year, every month,
or every day a new beginning.
Let us see how much we grow this
year, by keeping a tab on the little things
we do, by the cooperation we lend, and
by the way we enter into all affairs,
whether they be of a social or a religious
nature.
My colleagues, the Campus Mirror is
the voice of the students of Spelman
College. It is not the publication of a
chosen few. but that of every individual
student that walks the daily paths of our
campus.
Come now — don't be bashful, give out
with some of that dormant talent you
possess. Share your ideas, ideals, pet
sayings, experiences, and travels with
your fellow students. The paper, and
your own paper at that, is one of the best
Freshman Week
Bkttye Charlene Washington, ’48
Spelman College opened wide her gates
to two hundred green freshmen, the class
of ’48, on Wednesday, September 13,
1944. Drawn from the act of getting ac
quainted to Howe Hall by the traditional
bell, we listened attentively as the Dean
of Freshmen, Mrs. Margaret Curry, gave
us a cheery welcome from Spelman and
endeavored to rid us of any lingering
feelings of homesickness.
We were addressed by our president.
Miss Florence Read. A slip of the tongue
in her speech, when mentioning our year
of graduation, caused one of our mem
bers to create this poem for the class
to remember her by:
THE CLASS OF '48 OR ’49
We are supposed to leave here in ’48,
But Miss Read tried to make it a later
date;
She said we’d depart in forty-nine,
But we’re hoping we’ll leave before that
time,
For five years in college would surely
be tough.
We love dear old Spelman,
From each building’s ceiling down to its
floor,
But we just want to stay
Four years and no more.
But when we leave, dear Spelman,
Your memories will stay
With us forever
Day after day.
—Vivian L. Reynolds
Later in the week talks were given us
by Mrs. Jane Hope Lyons, Dean of
Women, and other members of the fac
ulty.
We found much pleasure in exploring
the nooks and corners of Spelman’s
beautiful campus. Also we discovered
that there was much talent among the
girls in singing, dancing and acting dur
ing the party given for us by the Y. W.
C. A.
On the rare occasions when we left
the campus, we visited the neighbor
ing colleges and Friendship Baptist
Church, w'here Spelman saw its birth.
As is typical of Spelman and Morehouse,
we freshmen were guests at a get-ac
quainted party. We were entertained by
a young Billy Eckstein and several Lena
Horns.
Freshman Week ended for us with this
thought: We are facing our college
careers with high ideals and with best
intentions of being the finest class at
Spelman.
mediums that can be used to encourage
and develop a stronger bond of relation
ship among us as citizens of the Spelman
College community. Contribute your bit
to the Mirror today.
To Students of Spelman
College:
What a time this is to be alive! It is
a challenge to the best in us to “rise up”
and “have done with lesser things." The
trivial!ies of our lives have been com
pared to taxes on our vitality, taking away
a little strength here, a small amount of
energy there, a slice of time here, a bun
dle of attention there, until we have noth
ing left but little pieces of ourselves to
devote to durable satisfactions, to the
things that abide. Character, honor,
courage, unselfishness — these we must
build up, and that task needs all our
powers. It comes easier, and we are hap
pier, if we start straight when we are
young. May this year together on Spel
man campus be one of marching forward,
fearless and free.
Florence M. Read.
Registration Figures Show
Increase in Atlanta U.
System
Enrollment Figure Totals
1,281
All of the divisions of the Atlanta
University System show high registration
figures, according to statements released
by the various registrars.
At Atlanta University, which this time
last year had 78 graduate and profes
sional students enrolled, there are this
year 115, an increase of approximately
50 per cent. Of this number, 37 are in
the Arts and Sciences, 51 in the Gradu
ate School of Education, and 27 in the
School of Library Service.
According to registration figures in the
Atlanta University School of Social Work,
116 are enrolled as compared with a total
of 93 in 1943-44.
Spelman College has a total of 448
young women enrolled. Of this number
there are 62 seniors, 72 juniors, 126
sophomores, and 185 freshmen. Three
hundred and twenty-eight, or 73 per cent,
are boarding students who occupy to
capacity the seven dormitories on the
campus.
Morehouse College, hard hit since the
enactment of Selective Service, has had
a definite jump in its enrollment figures
over last year. Three hundred and forty
young men are enrolled as compared with
last year’s figure of 244. There are 191
freshmen, 89 sophomores, 38 juniors, and
19 seniors. Two are unclassified at this
college.
The Atlanta University Laboratory
School has registered 152 pupils in
grades 1-6. as compared with 136 in
1943-44; and in the Nursery Kindergarten
there are 110 children of pre-school age,
ranging from 18 months to six years.