Spelman College - Reflections Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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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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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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STI'DI'INTS 1113-41 WITH DI'TY WORK fm'maliy 1111111211 111'121' 111 1.11151: Head. Upon 1191' retirement 111 this 311.2111 , M155 Read war: 11111119 President 1111111111115. 51114 is 111'1291211t1y writing '11 history 011 5111211111111 C1111ege. 111'. Allwrt Edward Manley was inaugurated as 11112. 1111111 1111511111111 111' 511121m'1111 College 111 April, 1954-. H111111111 11g12111i12k 1111112 playtd 1111 1111pur111111.1'11112 in the 11121121111111111111 11F 5111111111111 Amnnu 111121112 agem 11 - 111'221 I111- 1111111111115.51111611121111 Baptist 111111112 Mission SocietV, 111111.211 1111111111 111-9 111111111111 111111 Mien 1.31111: get th1211 $111001 started: the American Baptist 11011112 Mission Society. which gave 12111211111'11g1211112111 111111 11111111121111 11111: the. 51211111 Fund. which 12.121111111111911 generously to 5111211111111; the L'nitt'd Negro College Fund, which 1111.21 given 11111111121111 11111 111 5111211111111 111111 to lhirty-one other private Negro c111legas 111111212 1944; 111111 11112 Negro 1111212115. themselves who have given of their 11111211251, their time, 11nd their money 10 Fuml: of Sir 1'111'1111111111'1' VCI'I'JI. N. 11:1111'21 1110112111111. London. A MORNING AT THE LAI'NDRY Spelman through 11112512 512V'12111y-F1V'12 years of her existence. Among 511011111111? 1112.1'1131'11ctnrs, 51112121111 mention is here 111111112 111' 111131111111 D.Rockefe11er 111111 his family, who have 11131211 11 g112at.h121p 111111 11111111311012. though the 11mg snuggle 111 Spelman, from the Atlanta Baptist Fema1e 5121111111113; to the present Spclmdn Co11ege. T1112 Rockefeuer 1111111111 12011111111125 tn 11e1p 11111'101112g12 lodaV'. T111111V 5111211111111 C01It'gc can be proud of her accom- plishnwhtn She 11115 learned well the 111111121 01 Christian life, high 11011111211111: standard, 111111 1200111211111011 with the 121111111111111132. Croat emphasis has 11129.11 111111 12011111111135 to bc 111110311 on practical application of Bible doctrines in purity 01 1111'. 111111 111 service. How 01111 we assume that Spelman has endeavored 10 d0 110 much and 111111 achieved so much? 151 mmmmentnm, 11211111118 circulnspicam 11f you seek 11121 monument, 101111 around youj