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THE CAMPUS MIRROR
T T SOCIAL NOTES T T
FRESHMAN-JUNIOR
SOCIAL
By F. N. Jones
The Freshmen had as their guests to a
formal dinner on Thanksgiving night at 7
o’clock, their Junior sisters, the President,
Miss Read, the Dean, Miss Carpenter; Mrs.
Stull, and Mrs. Reddick.
We arrived at the appointed hour and
were met by Misses Peters and Hammond,
who ushered us in where Misses Davis and
Anderson showed us our places.
The menu served was fried chicken, rice,
cranberry sauce, creamed English peas, hot
rolls, butter, hot cocoa, pine apple salad, cake
and mints.
During the meal a program was given con
sisting of instrumental solos, readings, and
vocal solos.
Toasts were given by different members
of the Freshmen class.
The welcome was made by the Freshmen
president, Miss Warner, and a response by
the Junior President, Miss Pate.
Short talks were made by President Read,
Dean Carpenter, Mrs. Stull and Mrs: Red
dick.
Miss Callicr very cleverly found out the
talent in the Junior class by calling on cer
tain members to perform different tasks. In
return we found out some of the talent of
the Freshmen that had not been shown to
us in such light before.
Then followed marches, college songs and
yells.
The President, the Dean, the house moth
ers, turned entertainers, also. After this an
other march followed and the Freshmen took
us home, after having spent a delightful
evening.
BOXES FROM HOME
By Helen Pierce
“O! Won’t you be glad when Thanks
giving comes?" are the cries that are heard
on the campus. “I should say I will,” comes
the answer. The freshmen who are consid
ered very “green” are not the only ones who
are doing the questioning, hut the proud
sophomores, the mighty juniors and the most
dignified seniors are questioning just as
much. “Oh! I do hope mother will send
me some of those good mince-meat pies, some
of that baked chicken and dressing, just a
half of a piece of that good fruit cake and
some nuts,” are the sayings. From one side
of the hall to the other side are children
coming to each other’s room engaging some
Thanksgiving dinner for fear their boxes
don’t come. The dormitories are full of gos
sip.
Late Wednesday evening every student was
patiently waiting for the office girls to bring
slips to the hallmothcr for the children to
go after their boxes. Some of the girls be
gan to get uneasy because some received
boxes before they had received theirs. Some
cried and others had long faces. Finally
everyone had received her slip.
Across the campus the girls had business,
skipping and joyously singing until they
reached the office. Each girl was almost
too excited trying to find her box among the
many that were in the office. Across the
campus were seen the girls coming two-deep
with boxes, some entirely too large for one
person to carry, others small and just me
dium sizes. All of the girls seemed to trj r
to outtalk each other, telling about how long
it seemed to take them to get to their dormi
tories. Finally, they reached their dormito
ries. Each roommate tried to beat the oth
er one opening her box. In a few moments
each one was found very quiet sitting in
her corner, with a greasy mouth, and with
bones lying around her. The next day ev
erybody was complaining about what awful
headaches and pains she had.
THE OLD STORY
By Mary DuBose
There is an old, old story
That never grows too old,
And always at this time of year
This same old story is told;
’Tis of the Christ-child, Jesus,
Of how He came to earth;
He left His royal home in heaven,
Came down in lowly birth.
His birthday we call Christmas—
A day we all should love;
For He was our first Christmas gift
Sent to us from above.
And this is why on Christmas day
A day we celebrate,
We send love tokens and good news,
O'er every land and state.
Hark! while I tell the story of
That first glad Christmas morn 1
An angel told the shepherds that
A Saviour had been born;
“Glory and praise to God on high,”
The angel chorus sang;
“Peace on earth, good will to men!”
The joyful music rang.
These shepherds were attending flocks,
But, when the news was brought,
They listened for the sign and place
The babe was to be sought;
They journeyed unto Bethlehem,
And found Him as ’twas said;
For He was wrapped in swaddling clothes,
No crib had He for bed.
Now it was prophesied this babe
Would he the Jewish King;
King Herod was then on the throne;
He feared what this would bring,
So thought he out a plan by which
This baby lie could kill;
And when these wise men came along,
He bade them do his will.
These men had seen an Eastern star
And followed it, until
It led them unto Bethlehem,
And o’er the babe stood still;
They then knelt down and worshipped Him,
So happy now they were;
Three great gifts rich and rare they
brought:
Gold, frankincese and myrrh.
Now God was ever present, and
He meant that Christ should live;
He interfered with Herod’s plan;
A vision did He give ;
This vision was to these wise men;
It warned them what was planned,
And bade them go another way,
Into their own home land.
Now that we have the story of
The first bright Christmas day,
We should endeavor with our might
To Him great homage pay;
The Bible is our guiding star
And we should do our part
By giving our three gifts to Him:
Our life, service, and heart.
The Campus Mirror wishes to acknowl
edge the following exchanges :
The Tuskeegee Messenger—Tuskegee In
stitute, Alabama.
The Ironsides Echo—Bordentown Indus
trial School, Bordentown, N. J.
Near East Colleges News Letter—Near
East College Association, Inc., 18 East For
ty-first Street, New York City.
The Cuyler Workman—Cuyler School, Sa
vannah, Ga.
The Mirror—Wilberforce University, Wil-
berforce, Ohio.
The Skieter—Bordentown High School,
Bordentown, N. J.
The Georgia School Picture—A. & M.
State School, Forsyth, Ga.
The Hilltop—Howard University, Washing
ton, I). C.
The Paineite—Paine College, Augusta, Ga.
Ye Stirling Stir—Sterling College, Sterling,
Kansas.
The Aurora—Knoxville College, Knoxville,
Tennessee.
The University Student—Johnson C. Smith
University, Charlotte, N. C.
The Mule’s Ear—Talladega College, Talla
dega, Ala.
The College Arms—The Florida A. & M.
College, Tallahassee, Fla.
Southern Opportunity—County Training
School, Wortham, Texas.
1 he Scroll—Atlanta University, Atlanta,
Georgia.
S. S. T. T. SOCIAL
By PHYLLIS V. KIMBROUGH.
I he Sunday School Teacher Training
classes had their annual social in Laura Spel-
man .Assembly Room on Friday night, De
cember 1. Although the night was rainy
and very cold, most of the classes made 100
per cent representation. The teachers of
these classes, Misses Everingham, Taylor,