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THE ATHENAEUM 37 An investigation to determine the feasibility of the formation of a conference among the Negro colleges of the South, patterned after the “Big Ten,” has also been started. The faculty has been asked to set definite eligibility rules for men engaged in varsity sports. These and many other measures for the betterment of athletics are being planned by the organization. The officers for the current year are as follows: E. S. Hope, ’23, pres., Chas. Clark, ’2b, vice-pres., L. O. Harper, '23, sec., Melvin Sykes, '23, treas., C. F. Gayles, ’24, director of publicity and J. C. Walker, ’25, sgt-at-arms. THE H. E. DEPARTMENT OF SPELMAN By Josephine E. White, H. E. ’23. T HIS term* the Home Economics Department of Spelman boasts the largest and most enthusiastic attendance in its history. Not only is the number of new students a matter of pride, but also the spirit with which all have taken up the work. Every student, new and old, seems to have begun the year with better purposes and ideals. Although the department has been open only about six weeks, yet the cabinets in the sewing roonti are already showing the results of busy needles and nimble fingers. The work accomplished in the cooking classes is made evident by the abundance of jars of jellies, preserves and marm'alades. We are very glad to welcome as our new teachers Miss Sarah Bates of Cambridge, Mass., who has come to us as superintendent of the department; Miss Lora E. Sleeper, B. S., of Concord, N. Hamp.; Miss Pauline Kimball of West Newton, Mass.; and Miss Maude Bar rett, who has been here during previous years, but who comes to our department for the first timie. Miss Rose Standish, the art teacher, has returned to us, after having spent her summer studying interior decoration at Berkeley, Cal. THE H. E. SLOGAN —Selected. “We may live without poetry, music and art; We may live without conscience and live without heart; We may live without friends, we m'ay live without books; But civilized nlan cannot live without cooks. . “We may live without books—what is knowledge but grieving? We may live without hope—what is hope but deceiving? We may live without love—what is passion but pining? But where is the man who can live without dining?”