Spelman College - Reflections Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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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

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Students Entering Spelman College In The Fall Of 1982 Are Impressed.