Campus Mirror Published During the College Year by Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia VOL. XXIV October - November, 1948 NO. 2 THANKSGIVING RALLY "... BIRTH NIGHT OF OUR LORD” Carols Theme This Year: ring out and songs of praise swell the air as the Atlanta-Morehouse- Spelman chorus makes ready for the Twenty-Second Annual Christmas Carol Give ’til You Help Concert on Friday and Saturday nights, December 17th and 18th, 1948, in the beautiful Sisters’ Chapel at Spelman College. Each year the chorus, under the The Thanksgiving Committee chal¬ direction of Professor Kemper Harreld, lenged Spelman this year by emphasiz¬ gives to the community of Atlanta Uni¬ ing not only class competition but also versity and the city of Atlanta, songs individual gifts. It was hoped that that fill the heart with “the wondrous through bulletins, posters, and chapel news.” The Morehouse and Spelman College glee clubs will contribute notes speakers, this could be accomplished. of interest to this international song Numerous organizations and classes fest. heeded their call. The concert will open with an organ For instance: classes gave varied prelude of Irish origin. This composi¬ forms of entertainment in order to tion, “The Christmas Pipes of Country Clare”, is one of Irish carolry tunes of raise their contribution (with the ex¬ 1680 to 1730 arranged by Harvey Gaul. ception of the freshman class). All The traditional processional, “0 Come, classes asked for individual sacrifices. 0 Come, Emmanuel”, which is thir¬ The senior class presented a Sadie Haw¬ teenth century plain song, will be used. This is to be followed by carols which A I kins festival; the Junior class gave two Secret Can Share are Swedish, Russian, Greek, Catholic, movies; and the sophomore class spon¬ A capturing smile, a pleasing per¬ Old English, Czech, American arranged, sonality, and a voice of authority— sored a waistline party. English, Italian, Polish, Catelonian, these has she. Appealing in various ways, organiza¬ Morivian, Andalusian, Burgundian and Her home is Allendale, South Caro¬ French in origin. Too, there tions also contributed. The Y. W. C. A. will be lina. She received her B.S. from Spel¬ stimulating American Negro Spirituals entertained with its annual talent show man in 1943, and her M.S. from Cornell and songs of the Kentucky mountains. was a in order to increase their funds. The University in 1946. She member The campus and the chapel will be of the Spelman College staff, 1943-44, Spelman Student Association presented attired in their usual dress of Christmas and taught in the Department of Home the faculty in a television show in order festivity. The season of gaiety and Economics from February, 1946 until Christmas cheer will have arrived! to top their last year’s record in the June, 1948. She was also Sunday School Thanksgiving Rally. The Sunday “This is,” says Mr. Harreld, “about Advisor last year. With these the best chorus in the history of the descriptions, one can realize that she School and Biology Club asked their affiliated institutions, with a most un¬ must be very reliable and a person fit members to help others by giving from usual soprano section. The Glee Clubs for her position. their own weekly or monthly allow¬ are expected to reach a new high.” She fears that you fear her. If you ances. Organizations and classes both The Christmas Carol Concerts, which do, you are wrong. Whenever you have appealed to the Spelman community to were begun in 1927, under the adminis¬ personal problems or feel you should talk aid them in helping the Thanksgiving tration of President Florence M. Read, something over with her, she wants Committee make 1948’s record the were one of the first gestures toward you to feel free to come in. She is understanding and has a sense of humor greatest in the history of Spelman. the affiliation of Atlanta University, that Morehouse College, and Spelman Col¬ any one could appreciate. Why not call on lege. her before she calls on you ? We are so happy to have such a person as our—Oh! I almost gave my secret FACULTY INTEREST away. Well, I’ll With the beginning of the 1948 school stop the suspense and tell you who I’m writing about, or haven’t term we noticed many additions and you guessed? subtractions to the faculty. Many have Yes, of course. It’s our dean, Miss gone for further study. Among them Helen Eliza Rice. are: Miss Selonia Smith and Mr. Henry Thomas, University of Michigan; Miss Eloise Usher at the University of Iowa; ATTENTION!! and the University of Wisconsin has THEATERGOERS! Miss Myrtle Bowers as one of its stu¬ dents. Others have gone in diverse di¬ IT’S FASHION rections. Miss V. Curry is now teaching at Florida A. and M.; Mr. C. Bacote is Todd New Director of U. P. on sabbatical leave; Mrs. P. Hannak has Plans for an authentic presentation transferred to the faculty of Morehouse of the 19th century play, FASHION, College; Miss A. Dunbar is home spe¬ were expressed by Mr. Todd, new di¬ cializing in sculptor work; Miss B. De- rector of University Players. “It is Costa now is married to Dr. Davis of expected,” stated Mr. Todd, “that all the Morehouse College staff, and Mrs. who attend this comedy of five acts will S. O. Stivers, now Mrs. Samuel P. have a side-splitting, as well as a full, Barnes, is a member of the faculty at evening on the 3rd and 4th of December Alcorn College. in Howe Hall.” There are new members of the faculty FASHION, written by Anna Cora (Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 4) 2 C A M PUS M I It R () R CAMPUS MIKROR STAFF IS THIS A MAN’S WORLD? Editor-in-Chief Lavaughn Forck In a recent debate sponsored by the Y. W. C. A. of College and the ■Issistant Editor Pinkie Gordon Spelman Y. M. C. A. of Morehouse Managing Editor Joan Purvis College, the Morehouse students contended that women should remain Easiness Manager Evkly n Starks subordinate to the opposite sex. On the other hand, the affirmative Circulation Manager Agatha Jones maintained there should be a single Advertising Manager Dolores Jones moral standard for young women as Did You Know? issistant Manager El nici Goss well as young men. Each of us knows that our campus is EDITORIAL STAFF James Randolph of the negative very lovely, and now that it is autumn Eddye Champion Cleopatra Ennis maintained that: “Economically, the and nearly winter, we can really see the Eloise Dunn Jeralyn Young family will not be able to survive under artistic brush of Nature coating our a single moral standard, because it will NEWS STAFF campus with varying hues of brilliant lead to greater family disorganization.” Ophelia Conley Cecelia Isham colors. But did you know also that He concluded his speech with the ques¬ Dolores Coward Elizabeth Malcolm Spelman’s beauty has been not only tion, “Is the price of tearing down the Dolores Duval Margaret Still noticed, but acclaimed by others? family worth the price of human dig¬ Sadie Harris Gladys Turner An American elm on our campus was nity?” (And what is subordinating of TYPISTS chosen as one of the most beautiful women if it is not “tearing down the trees in the city by the judges in the Eunice Guy Dorris Webb Gloria Bibb family?”) Fulton County Botanical Gardens “Miss Preston Amos, also of the Faculty Advisor Doris Duncell Holmes negative, Atlanta Tree contest.” The elm is lo¬ asserted that: “Women do not really cated down the walk from Macvicar, want equal standards because the so¬ We Are Challenged and is five good paces in the drive from ciety in which we live would become a Rockefeller Hall to Sister’s Chapel. Did In America we begin the observance turmoil.” He stated further that, “If of the Christian season. Our senses you know this ? society is to survive, women must con¬ Take a turn around our campus on quicken to the shrill, high voices of tinue to their part play in the survival.” one of excited these brisk autumn evenings. children, the smell of evergreen, (How do men know what we women Feast your eyes more often on the beau¬ the- sight of our cities glittering with want ?) ties of your campus. It is from these colored lights, and the voices of carolers Romeo Horton agreed with the affir¬ across gifts of nature we may learn our great¬ raised the land. We look forward mative that there should be a single est to lesson—only the fit survive the family gatherings, opened boxes, the moral standard for young men as well struggles and attain a ripe old age. Or rustle of strewn paper and the warmth as women. He emphasized the fact that did you of heart or loneliness—or both—that know? “society recognizes only one moral makes of Christmas not an ordinary standard which is the one set by Jesus you have let the courses which you day. Christ.” (Ah, a champion for our priv¬ have studied become a part of you. To star on But Bethlehem’s will shine ileges! Or are they rights?) quote an expression, “There is such a other lands. Christmas finds a civil Walter Clements contended that “A thing as maintaining a certain standard war in China. Faction run amuck in women is to be a work of art—pure, whether you like a particular course or Palestine. In Europe there is starvation. clear and virtuous. Therefore, the not.” As to external incentives, read Under these conditions the angel’s song abolition of the double standard would your catalogue carefully to see what of “peace on earth to men of good will” lead to family disunity and degenera¬ contests and scholarships Spelman has appears as a mockery.