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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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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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In 1909 Spelman lost Miss Giles after she had served as president for eight years. Miss Lucy Upton acted as president until the next March when Miss Lucy Hale Tapley was e1ected. The Granddaughters Club was organized in 1910. This is an organization 01 the daughters, granddaughters, nieces, and sisters of Spelman graduates. By 1913, 8,000 girls and women had come direet1y under the inHucnee 0f Spe1man Seminary. From 1914 10 1931, the year of her fiftieth anniver- sary, Spelman looked around her and reexamined her values. What did she stand 101'? Where had she come from? Where was she going? She stood for the noble, serviceable, Christian ideals; she had come farei'mm a basement in a beautiful campus; she was going on to de- velop and clarify further the ideals ei' sincere, practiea1, and honorable service in a Christian school. 111 1924-, the name Spe1man Seminary was Changed in Spelman Cn1lege by an amendment to the charter. There were fli'ty-six students enr011et1 in the college in that year. HWritat marveious changes in so short a time. Cir1s are graduating from eo1lege today at the age many began their education a few years ago.m On June 15, 1927, Miss F10renee Matilda Read was 18;!Fimlnr .lfrsangmu SPELMAN f'Ul MOVING TU PRESENT SITE , . . 1883 ,LEGE . A elecled the fourth president of Spelman College, beginning her duties on September 1, 1927; and Miss TapIey be- came President Emeritus. Miss Tapley died on June 6, 1932. On April 1, 1929, plans for an Atlanta University aHili-ation were eomp1eted. This aiiiliation provided for the continuation of an undergraduate school for women at Spelman C011ege, an undergraduate sehuo1 for men, and a coeducational graduate SC1IUO1 at Athmta University. From 1931 to the present, Spelman College has deve1- oped into a mature and responsible institution. She has kept her isiea1s when they proved high and just; she has discarded those which proved to have little va1ue for her growth. New improvements are being made each year to the. physical p1ant. Current expenses total approximate1y $500,000, an increase of about $464,000 over expenses in 1893. On December 6, 1951 the Florence Matilda Read Health and Recreation Building was dedicated. The total cost of this building, along with playing fields, was $460,000. This. building has added much to the recreationa1 and social 11ft? 0f the eo11ege. A new dormitory, Abby Aldrich HoekefeHer Hall, was dedicated in 1953, when the keys to the building were . 1909
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