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Vol. XXII April, 1945 No. 7
Editorial
Every Spelman woman should be well
acquainted with the history and the per
sonalities connected with the history of
her college. April 11 is a memorable
event in all of our lives, as it was on this
day in 1881 that Miss Sophia B. Packard
and M iss Harriet E. Giles founded the
institution. These two women ventured
into unexplored land to invest their lives
and fortune in a venture hitherto un
tried. the education of Negro women.
It was in 1881 that The Atlanta Bap
tist Female Seminary was founded in
the basement of Friendship Baptist
Church, during the pastorate of Father
Frank Quarles. The school in the base
ment and, later, in the old barracks and
army hospital, the latter called Union
Hall, often lacked funds, yet it never
lacked the courage and faith of which
Miss Packard and Miss Giles had even
greater need.
The growing interest spread. The
number of people who were willing to
give moral support and funds increased
rapidly in the North. With eleven stu
dents as their first material, the founders
began the investment. As time passed
the school grew, the curriculum broad
ened and the progressive institution at
tracted more and more attention. As a
result. The Atlanta Baptist Female Semi
nary became Spelman Seminary in 1883.
Through the active interest of the Rocke
feller family a number of halls were
erected from time to time including what
is now the administration building,
which was named Rockefeller Hall;
Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial
Fourth Annual Art Exhibit
The fourth Annual Art Exhibit, spon
sored by Atlanta University, features oil
paintings, water colors, sculpture and
prints from over seventy-five artists.
Mr. Walter Pach, internationally
famous artist, author and critic, served
as a one man jury.
The $300 International Print Society
award was won by John Wilson of Bos
ton, Massachusetts, winner of three pre
vious awards. The title of the painting
is “Portrait of Clair.” The John Hope
Purchase Award of $250 for the best
landscape was won by Private Henry
Bannarn of Minneapolis, Minnesota, for
his oil painting of “Winter Sports.”
Other prize winners were Frederick C.
Flemister, Atlanta University Purchase
Award for “Self Portrait”; Robert Willis,
Atlanta University Purchase Award for
his water color “Pacific Movement”;
Marjorie Wheeler Brown, Atlanta Uni
versity Purchase Award of $75 for her
water color “The City Is a Pattern”;
Jennelsie Walden, Atlanta University
Purchase Award of $15 for her litho
graph “In a World Alone.” The four
last named have all been students of
Hale Woodruff; and the last two, Mar
jorie Wheeler Brown and Jennelsie Wal
den, are graduates of Spelman College.
Sculpture awards went to Sgt. William
E. Artis for his plaster titled “African
Youth,” and to Richard Barthe fom.his
head in stone which he calls “Faun."
Honorable mention went to Charles
Austin Brice of Jamaica, New York;
Frank H. Alston, Jr., of Washington, D.
C., and to Ellis Wilson, of New York.
Hall, which houses the home economics
laboratories; Bessie Rockefeller Strong,
a dormitory, named for a sister of John
D. Rockefeller, Jr.; and Sisters Chapel,
a memorial to Mrs. Laura Spelman
Rockefeller and her sister, Miss Lucy
Spelman.
The largest increase in number of
buildings was made during the term of
President Lucy Hale Tapley, whose peri
od of service to Spelman covered thirty-
seven years. It was during her adminis
tration that the dedication service of
Sisters Chapel was performed on May
19, 1927. This same year brought our
fourth president in the person of Miss
Florence Matilda Read, and so it is that
the present Spelman has come, an insti
tution noted, among other things, as
being the first Negro college for women,
for its top rating, and for the excellence
of the all-ronud as well as the specialized
training given to Negro womanhood.
Sociology
Dr. E. Franklin Frazier, Chairman of
the Department of Sociology at Howard
University, was the visiting professor to
the department of sociology in Atlanta
University during the week of April 15th.
The Forum was held Wednesday eve
ning of that week at 7:30 P.M. in the
exhibition room of the Atlanta Univer
sity Library. Dr. Frazier discussed The
Role oj the Family in Creating Inter
racial Understanding. “The family,
said Dr. Frazier, “because of its primary
relationships has a profound influence
upon the attitudes of its members regard-'
ing other racial groups.” The legal re
strictions which the state once exerted
and the institutional controls of tin* larg
er community are no longer the domin
ant factors in the life of the family.
The decline of legal and institutional
direction was brought about by the
changes in the organization of the
family, especially by the weakening of
the patriarchal type of home organiza
tion. The “in-group” feeling of face-to-
face relationships within the family cir
cle fosters racial and cultural exclusive
ness.
Dr. Frazier did not offer any solution
for the problem but stated that new
situations would enable the family to in
corporate new attitudes which in turn
might bring about a greater and better
understanding in the future.
Dr. Frazier lectured for a short time
and then opened the meeting for dis
cussion. The response was enthusiastic
and the audience seemed to enjoy their
participation. Dr. Frazier, with eloquent
and forceful explanations, subdued any
one who attempted to confuse him.
The students in the seminar class have
profited a great deal by the opportunity
to hear and discuss with authorities in a
particular field the problems that have
arisen as a result of their readings and
classroom discussions in those specific
areas.
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