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THE CAMPUS MIRROR “LAUGHS FROM LIFE” Traveler: “When is the next train due, please ?” Lazy Porter: “Mister, vve ain’t particular around here. We take ’em as they come.” Morehouse student covering up his Ford on a rainy day, with a blanket. Freshman looking on: “Dou’t cover it up, son, I saw what it was.” Freshman: “My brother is a diamond cutter.” Upp er-Classman : “Oh, lie’ s in the je ■wel- ry Ini* uness ? ” Fre: slunan : “Not exactly ; lie cuts the grass on a baseball field.” Girl : “I have a hunch.” Boy : “Really? I thought you were just round -shouldered.” Bro ke Student: “ A friend in need, is a friend to feed.” Teacher: “Name the common taxes and tell who pays them/’ Freshman: “A real estate tax is one paid by all real estate men.” Teacher : “What operating expenses would 3 r ou provide for in a budget for the house hold ? ’’ Pupil: “Do you mean physical or men tal operations?” Another Pupil: “Supposing no one in the family has an operation, what would you do then?” Heard in chemistry laboratory: “Oh, Miss MacDonald, look at this prettv red partici pate.” Teacher: “What would you add to carry to express past tense?” Pupil (sleepily) : “Er-r-er—Carrie who?” Man sitting in Chinese restaurant: “I want some stew.” Waiter : “Here you are, sir.” Alan: "What kind of meat is this? Quack, quack?” Waiter : “No sir ; bow, wow.” Catherine: “Where is Thelma?” Annie: “She’s gone to New Jersey.” Catherine (surprised) : “Gone to New Jer sey? I thought she was going to Atlantic City.” MISS FRANKIE CLARK The whole student body has regretted the accident occurring about three weeks ago in which Miss Frankie Clark was injured. She is convalescing to our great delight. The college group, especially the Junior Class of which she is a member, have tried to make her stay in the hospital a little less lone some by sending her flowers and cards, and by visiting her. We shall be extremely hap py when she is able to walk again, and join us in the campus activities. CAMPUS CUSTOMS By Ida Belle Prater, ’31 Campus customs may be compared with the customs of the home in many ways. There are duties to be done that are similar to the home work. The great difference between campus duties and home duties is that on the campus the duty is never to be forgotten, nor should the student have so much other work to do that she neglects it. If she does neglect her duty, she is sent for while in school to return to her hall and do it. In the home, when one is going to school and has something to do which she thinks is more important than her duty work, or just as important, she usually lets the work go, because she knows that some one else will do the work for her. Thus the campus rules strengthen the memory, and aid the student in making every moment useful. On the campus everyone who is physically able does her own laundry. This is a time which everyone dreads, because one day in every week she must arise from her “flowery bed of ease,” and go to the laundry and re main until she finishes her work without saying one word. The washing is done in the morning, and the ironing later on in the day, but in the home we usually wash one day and iron another. The campus is almost a town of itself. Almost everything needed can be bought on the campus ; there are entertainments given; and the students issue papers which are very beneficial to the residents who did not see the different happenings, to the outside people who are interested in the campus, and to those who desire to be editors. Everyone who desires to and whose work is suitable may have it put in the papers. The chief difference between these papers and other papers is that the campus papers deal with the campus alone, and other papers deal with the entire world. Although campus customs seem to be very strange as compared to other customs, they prove to be very help ful. CHRISTMAS SHOPPING By Etta L. Haynes It would be amusing, I am sure, to a stranger, to be the unseen visitor in one of the rooms where, each night, Spelman girls group themselves to discuss their Christmas shopping. The discussion always opens with the questions: “What shall I give Jim, moth er, dad and my roommates?” In considering this there is always the problem of stretch ing the Christmas shopping allowance. The general line is : “Nobody expects much from us since we are merely school girls.” The next difficulty after deciding what to give, is the shopping. Shopping is always a pleasure to most girls, whether it is win dow or cash. The shops are artistically dec orated and give one wonderful suggestions. But there is always the questions: “Should I pay that amount for this?” Oh “Can I af ford that?” Shopping for roommates always presents problems, since they insist on accompanying you to town, or, going with someone else and you see them looking at, or purchas ing the same article you had planned to give them. If you finally succeed in getting the gifts home, the next problem is where to hide them. This question is answered by the neatly wrapped packages carried each day to the trunk room, and stored away in the girls’ trunks. The statement that Kress, Grand, and Rich’s (basements) are receiving a large amount of Spelman trade, may be easily verified by the mysterious packages brought on the campus each Saturday, wrapped in paper bearing the above names. Each week the mystery deepens and sus pense increases. Every girl is anxious to know what is in the beautiful boxes that are coming in daily and being carefully stored away. But only December 25th can tell. TUSKEGEE BAND AT SPELMAN By Ermatine Hill The Tuskegee Band, announcing the foot ball game between Atlanta University and themselves to be played December 2, arrived on Spelman Campus Thursday, December 1. The band, directed by Captain Driver, play ed music that brought all free people to the campus. The band arranged themselves in a circle around the flag pole in the center of the campus between Rockefeller and Laura Spel man halls. They played two popular se lections, one Tuskegee song and gave one yell. All students and teachers came hurry ing, skurrying to that place. After the en tertainment was over they reassembled in their busses and drove away, broadcasting as they went. TRUCK-LOADS OF CHEER! By AIary DuBose Toot! Toot! Went the whistle of the ex press and parcel post trucks beginning the day before Thanksgiving and continuing through the day. It was the annual arrival of boxes to help in the celebration. Every year at this time one may expect to see the loaded trucks come and go. There are many anxious girls peeping and peering to see if the car bears their boxes. The good things to eat and to wear which arrive in the truck loads of boxes make the girls on Spelman campus feel that they are at home again, living in luxury, enjoying plenty of food and delightful friendships. PIGEON MANNERS (Continued from Page Three) “Alice, isn't it wonderful and interesting how one pigeon respects the rights of an other?” “It’s even better than we do, for often we forget and don’t give others the rights due them.” “I’m really ashamed, Alice,” Alary said, “that these little pigeons do have such in teresting manners. I know we’ll encourage them on the campus.” “Let us have pigeon manners at least.”