Spelman College - Reflections Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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NURSERY SCHOOL Mrs. Selma T. Richardson has been director of the nursery school since 1953. She received her AB. degree from Tuskegee Institute and her MA. degree from Teachers College, Columbia Univer- sity. In addition to her position as director of the nursery school, Mrs. Richardson teaches courses at Spelman College in child development and be- havior patterns of children. Assisting Mm. Richardson are: Mm. Rosa King, a graduate of Clark College; Mrs. Lena Sayles, a graduate of Tuskegee Institute and Ata lanta University; and Miss Betty Ruth Taylor, a graduate of Spelman College. DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY Mrs. Jane Ross Hammer has been teacher of philosophy, ethics, and logic at Spelman since 1946. She did her undergraduate work at the University of North Carolina, and later received her MA. degree from the same unwemty.

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q-j-uu-nn-It- 22 MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT Since 1945, Mrs. Georgia C. Smith has been a teacher of mathematics at Spelman. Mrs. Smith received both AB. and M.A. degrees from the University 01' Kansas. MUSIC DEPARTMENT Mr. Willis L. James UighU is head of this Department. He received the A.B. degree from Morehouse College and holds an honorary doctorate from Wilberforce University. Other members of the Department are: Dr. Grace B. Boggs thd from lefn , who received her 3.8. degree from Hampton Institute and her MA. and PhD. from Columbia University; Miss Lilla J. Finch and from rightL who received her A.B. degree from Fisk University; and Mr. Earl A. Sanders Ueftj, who received his Bachelor of Music Education and MA. degrees from Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois.

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.i ii a PHYSICS DEPARTMENT Mrs. Shirley McBay is the teacher of Physics at Spelman. A graduate of Pain: College at Augusta, Georgia, Mrs. M0333; is instructor of both general and household Physics. PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Physical Education has always been required of Spelman students, but in 1955 this Department began offering a major in physical education. Dr. Ellen Duvall Uer , is the head of this Department. She received her Ph.D. degree from New York Univemity. Other instructors are Mrs. Geneva Weaver IIan from ler , dance instructor, who received her B.S. degree at West Virginia State College and hcr M.S. degree from Columbia University; Miss Rowena Baker i2nd from righU, swimming instructor, who is a graduate of Howard University; and Miss Lucinda Edwards trightL who holds the 13.5. degree from Tuskegee Institute and the M. A. degree from Northwestern University.