Spelman College - Reflections Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

 - Class of 1956

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THE FIRST GRADL'ATING CLASS . . . 1887 SPELMAN - PAST AND PRESENT HWe Jive in deeds; not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feeiings, nor. in figures on a dial. We should count time 15y heart-thmbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the nobiest, acts the best . . . Spelman College has a noble and dynamic past. The idea of founding Spelman was. conceived by two New England women, Miss Sophia B. Packard and Miss Harv riet E. Giles. Their idea became a reality on April 11, I881, when eleven women met in the basement of Friend- ship Bapliet Church in Atlanta, Georgia, where the Rev. Frank Quarles was pastor. The infancy of Spehuan, then called the Atlanta Bap- tist Female Seminary, was Filled with hardships. Yet there was always faith in the fulfillment of the Spelman dream: to develop into a strong and serviceable institution for the etlutimtinn of Negro women. The iirsl students were eager to learn to read and write, t Philip James ltuilm: Spdmnu Mum nqrr. June. 1889. p, 1. 2AM Km 0,? Pr'fJgJ'l'NH Hm! Pi'rmttxt'. The Clifton Conferem-u 18m. 10 951' so that they could read the Bible and write letters to loved ones. who were far away. The ages of the Hrst students ranged fmm lwenty-fwe to fifty years. ttGirls had to learn to write kneeling 0n the Eoor that they might use their seats for desks? In 1882, when two new teachers were added, the stu- dent enrollment had grown so large that more room was; needed; and in 1883 the seminary moved into the ta01d. Barracks11 which had been occupied by Federal troops during the Civil War. 111 1884- a printing 033313 was equipped, and the Spelman Messenger was hrst published in 1885. Many important events have been recorded in the Messenger since then.

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PRESIDENTS MISS LUCY HALE TAPLEY MISS FLORENCE M. READ l91.0- I927 1927-1953



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Fem AW '07.. :1 - h:- 214 z . 1 Mrm '. - '1.- :-v r :-. . A -.1.:88A:iot.,. - THIC OLD EVART'S WARD MACVICAR HOSPITAL In this same year the name was changed to Spelman Semi- nary in honor of Mrs. Rockefelleris parents. A nurses training program was initiated in 1886. In this same year Rockefeller Hall, the first brick building, was dedicated. Slowly, Spelmun Seminary reached adolescence as, be- tween the Years 1886 and .1906, her rate of growth acce1- eratetl. Event followed event: in 1887 the hrst academic class was graduated; in 1888, the seminary was incorpo- rated under a Board of Trustees; in 1.890, a brick laundry was huilt; in 1891, the missionary prngram was organized. It was in this year that Miss Packard, the first president, ended a long life of devotion to Spelman Seminary. 111 1892, the normal training department was added; in 1893, Giles Hall was completed and a central steam plant was also put into operation. In this year $36,000 was the amount of money needed to meet current expenses. The frame buildings were removed in 1901, and four brick ll A 8'111'DENTIS ROOM buildingsiMorgan Hall, Morehouse Hall, Reynolds Cot- tage, and MacVic-dr Hospitalewere dedicated. A cooking school was opened in 1892; and a nurses, home tBessie Strungj was built in 1905. By 1906 Spelman Seminary had grown to include nine college students, one hundred and seventeen high school students, thirtyr teachefs professional trainees, four hunu dred and forty-six students in the practice school, eleven students preparing as. missionaries, eleven Students in nurses training, and seven music students. This year marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of Spelman Seminary. In the next few years Spelman continued to grow under the 1eader5hip of Miss Giles. In 1908 the following ex- cerpt from an article by Miss Giles was published in the November issue of the Messenger: EsSpelman offers the Negro parents a safe home where their daughters are protected from hurtful influences and trained in the homely, womanly virtues, and in right ideas of Christian 1ifef'

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