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In September 1924, Spelman Baptist Seminary officially became ''Spelman College''. Florence Matilda Read assumed the presidency in 1927. Shortly thereafter, Spelman entered into an "agreement of affiliation" with nearby [[Morehouse College]] and [[Clark Atlanta University|Atlanta University]] by chartering the Atlanta University Center in 1929.<ref name="georgiaencyclopedia.org">{{cite web|first1=Taronda|last1=Spencer|title=Spelman College|url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1460|website=New Georgia Encyclopedia|date=1 February 2004}}</ref> Atlanta University was to provide graduate education for students, whereas Morehouse and Spelman were responsible for the undergraduate education. At a time during which Black students were often denied access to graduate studies at predominantly white southern research universities, access to Atlanta University allowed the undergraduate students at Morehouse and Spelman immediate access to graduate training.
In 1927, one of the most important buildings on campus, Sisters Chapel, was dedicated. The chapel was named for its primary benefactors, sisters Laura Spelman Rockefeller and Lucy Maria Spelman. The college had also begun to see an improvement in extracurricular investment in the arts, with the organization of the Spelman College Glee Club in 1925,<ref>{{cite web|title=Spelman College Glee Club|url=http://www.spelman.edu/academics/majors-and-programs/music/ensembles/glee-club|website=Spelman.edu|publisher=Spelman College|access-date=26 February 2017}}</ref> inauguration of the much-loved Atlanta tradition of the annual Spelman-Morehouse Christmas Carol Concert and smaller events such as the spring orchestra and chorus concert, the Atlanta University Summer Theater, and the University Players, a drama organization for AUC students. The school also began to see more of a focus on collegiate education, as it discontinued its elementary and high school divisions. In 1930 the Spelman Nursery School was created as a training center for mothers and a practice arena for students who planned careers in education and child development. Spelman celebrated its 50th anniversary in April 1931. This milestone
[[File:SpelmanCollegeSign.jpg|thumb|right|Spelman College sign outside campus gates]]
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