Spelman College - Reflections Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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Wh en The Misses Packard And Giles Arrived w l 'r . Ff. w, A t r! v I- xIu'ulmn - fu- th W a

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When the Misses Packard and Giles arrived in Atlanta that cold and windy night in April, 1861 tactually it was April Fool's Dayl, they had certain financial commitments made by New England Baptists to assist them in their efforts to set up a school for Negro women. But they had little in the way of physical facilities and equipment to work with. Help came to them, however, in the person of the Reverend Frank Quarles, affectionately known by all as Father Quarles who volunteered the facilities of his church, the present Freindship Baptist Church, as a place to hold classes. 50, on April 11, 1831, in the basement of Friendship Baptist Church, Spelman College, known then as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, was begun. lfIt Was A Wonder. On April 11, 1881, the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary twhich in this brief account will hereafter be referred to as Spelman CollegeJ opened with a grand total of eleven students. News of the opening of the school certainly must have spread quickly, for three months later, there were eighty students enrolled. By 1882, over 200 were enrolled and attendance had to be restricted to young women over fifteen years of age. By contrast, the enrollment for the 1980-81 term was 1,367!

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By The End Of 1882!