Spelman College - Reflections Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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By the end of 1832! Misses Giles and Packard, satisfied that their young school was growing into a successful venture. began thinking of a more permanent location. In 1383, then, the school was moved to a group of army bartacks suituated on the present site 0F the campus. From such humble beginnings. no location of its own in 1381, to several army barracks in 1583, lo a modern campus 0F 32 acres and 22 buildings in 1952, with another dormitoryr about to get underway, Spelman has show marvelous growth. The gruwth Of the young developing instilutien showed itself in other areas. This growth reveals not so much a shifting of emphasis as much as a broadening of purpose and sphere of operations. Misses Giles and Packard had as their main purpose the training of young Black women to be teachers. missionaries and church workers. Incidentally, attending chapel exercises was an impor- tant part of the training to become teachers, missionaries and church workers. Students of the 1980h5 upper classwomen particularly, can appreciate how different their situation vis-a-w's attend- ing chapel how we call it convocation'j is when they learn lhat until not too manyr years ago. students were required to attend chapel every day not at 11:00 but at 8:00 in the moming, As Far as proper attire was concerned. wearing slacks was not allowed on campus, except on Saturdaysiin the early days, though, slacks were not allowed at a1 . Spelman's purpose today is to give students a comprehensive liberal arts background through study in the fine arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

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By The End Of 1882!

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To that end majors are offered in at least 23 subjects, and students are encouraged to prepare themselves for further study or for entering the work force in areas which, until recently, were not generally open to young Black women. But this broadening of- purpose did not happen all at once. When Spelman moved to the barracks location, opportunity for extending the curricu- lum became evident. Great emphasis was put on preparing teachers, through the introduction of a normal course. A college preparatory course was intro- duced, and an industrial department, which taught cooking, sewing, house- keeping, laundering, and printing assumed a high priority in the curriculum because of a desire to make education practical. In the decades of the 192055 and 30's, through the lapping off of the inductrial department, the discontinu- ance of the high school, the changing of the name and the emphasizing of the liberal arts curriculum to Spelman College the institution became accredited by the Southern Association of