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THE ATHENAEUM 7 ENROLLMENT AT MOREHOUSE The office at Morehouse announces the enrollment of the College and Academic Departments as follows: Colleger... 172 Academy 259 Total. .... 431 THE SENIOR CLASSES OF ’24 The enrollment of the senior academy class of '24 is fifty mem bers. The following are its officers: Messrs. Jesse Terry, Pres., Rose- felt Roe, Vice Pres., Machion Garrison, Sec’y., McKinley Neal, Ass’t. Sec'y., Enrory Studdard, Treas., Allen Childs, Business Manager, C. W. Hawkins, Historian. The senior college class of ’24 consists of eighteen members of Morehouse and two from Spelman making a total of twenty. Mem bers of this class are active participants.in all student activities. Its officers are as follows: Wm. Howard, Pres., Ad Wimbs Plump, Vice Pres., A. Melvin Townsend, Jr., Sec'y., G. A. Davis, Treas., H. Edward Oates, Sgt.-at-Arms, L. V. Willaims, Historian. SECOND PLEA FOR A BIGGER AND BETTER LIBRARY By J. C. Mitchell, ’24. You will remember that there appeared last year in the May is sue of the Athenaeum' an article showing the necessities of a bigger and better library at Morehouse College. The problem remains yet to be solved. Any advisable plan will be considered for the solution of it. The needs of a bigger and better library are obvious, although for some unknown reason, it has been entirely neglected in past years. During the last ten years Morehouse has grown with rapidity. fsJo one has sought to hinder her progress. The grounds have been improved; new dormitories constructed and the student activities ex celling those of any other southern college. Above all, it now pos sesses an “A” classification. This achievement is commendable for any college. All of these accomplishments are due to the support of the faculty and student body. Morehouse has progressed along other lines. Why not improve her library? It is just as essential aa any other improvement, if not more. The standing of the College is to a large extent maintained by the competence of the students. Such qualifications are only attained through extensive reading and studying. The whole student body is handicapped because of the present inadequacy of the library. I trust that the statement just made will cause no one to do less than he has been doing, or hinder him from doing what he could do with the material he has at