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THE CAMPUS MIRROR
Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, president of
Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona, Florida,
and president of the National Association
of Colored Women, was at chapel Thurs
day morning January 11, she gave a brief
history of her own life and of her efforts
to found the college of which she is presi
dent. She ^aid there are great possibilities
and opportunities for young people today to
go out into the world and render service.
THE GROUNDHOG
By Ruby L. Brown
Hello, folks, we’re going to have six more
weeks of winter weather. Can the ground
hog talk? No, but seeing or not seeing his
shadow on February 2, the day he comes
out of his hole, determines, as is the tra
ditional belief, the kind of weather we’re
going to have for the next six weeks. Well,
Mr. Groundhog really saw his shadow, did
he not ?
Why does the groundhog have to stand
on two legs to report the weather instead
of on all four? Oh, maybe it’s because he
can see such a short distance when on all
four that to see the weather he must be tall
and therefore he stands on two.
We believe in the groundhog story, at
least it seems so. Before February arrived,
on the beautiful spring-like days, the pinks,
the blues, the yellows, and all the spring
colors could be seen all over the campus.
The trunk rooms were visited frequently and
tlie gay frocks replaced in the trunks by the
turs and all winter clothing. All this time
one could hear occasionally, “I wonder if
that groundhog is going to see his shadow.”
Fxtra work, extra work! All those winter
clothes have been brought out again by some;
others claim they knew he was going to see
his shadow because of corns, etc.
Well. Mr. Groundhog has gone back into
his hole. Good-bye, spring weather for a
while at least.
Mr. S. H. Lee, building agent for the Ros-
emvald School Fund and field agent for the
Georgia Association of Teachers, spoke at
chapel services Tuesday morning, January
31. He spoke on conditions found in the
field, making special mention of a Boys and
Girls Club Conference which met in Decem
ber at Tuskegee, Ala. He cited the excellent
work done in the Rosenwald schools at Mon-
tecello, Jasper County, Georgia, and in Tay
lor County, Georgia.
FROM A FRESHMAN EX
AMINATION PAPER
By Addie Harris
I have often heard it said that a bird in
the hand is worth two in the bush, and I
have found it to be very true. You may
argue on the grounds of arithmetic that two
is twice the sum of one. Yes, that is true,
but which is worth the most to you, the one
you hold tight in your hands or the two in
the bush which will fly at your approach?
1> not a quarter of your own worth more
to you than a dollar belonging to some one
else? There is an old story which proves
my statement. Once a dog was crossing a
if water on a log. He looked down
into the clear water and saw another dog
with a much juicer bone than his. He im
mediately dropped his and sprang in to get
that of the other dog. The dog disappeared
and the bone sank to the depths. He arose
cold, tired, wet and hungry. He lost his
bone trying to get that of the other dog.
Better keep what you have until you get
what you want.
MISS LUCY HALE TAPLEY,
PRESIDENT EMERITUS
OF SPELMAN
COLLEGE
Miss Lucy Hale Tapley, president eme
ritus of Spelman College, is spending the
winter in the South. She has been in At
lanta for some time and has been out to
Spelman several times.
On Wednesday morning, January 11, she
led the devotional exercises in chaped. Her
word to us was, “put God first, others sec
ond and self last.” “All lives that have sur
rendered have put God first.”
She said that there is no end to progress
and she felt that Spelman was going on to
greater and greater things.
LIBRARY RUSH
By Ruby L. Brown
It was a cold rainy morning during ex
amination week. Sksh, sksh, sksh, went the
rubbers on the wet walks as the girls rushed
toward the library. Finally the steps lead
ing to the entrance were so crowded from
bottom to top that the librarian could hardly
make her way to unlock the door. The crowd
increased.
Alice, who could see nothing but books
and the girls around her, called, “Hey, some
body let Miss O’Shea pass so that she may
unlock the door. I’m tired of being pushed
almost to death.”
“Sarah, please give me the Atlanta Consti
tution when you have finished reading it. I
know you’ll get it first since you are so near
the door.”
Elaine, at the bottom of the steps, heard
the word “Constitution,” and said: “Sarah!
Sarah! You know I asked for the paper
after you. I must see what poor little Or
phan Annie and Winnie Winkle are doing
before I take exams.”
“Yes, Alice, said Sarah, “Elaine has asked
for the paper after me. After her El’Eckler
is to have it: after Fl’Kckler. Madeline: after
Madeline, Urseline ; after Urseline, Katrina:
and after Katrina, I think, Gloria. 1 am
very sorry, but maybe you could get it after
Gloria.”
Alice being disgusted replied: “Oh, that’s
all right. What does it matter? I have my
history exam today and I need this time to
study anyway. I just thought if I could
get the paper before I begin studying, I
would read the comic section, but the wait
ing list is too long already. I shall probably
read it tonight.”
As the librarian found her way through
the mass she could hear these sentences: "I
have lots to study today.” “I wish there was
no such thing as an exam.” "May I have the
; paper after the last one who has asked for
it?”
Miss O’Shea smiled when she finally suc
ceeded in getting to the door. Click! went
the lock as the little key did its daily work.
When the door was opened, the crowd
seemed to just fall in. There was a mad
rush to the paper rack. Everybody was look
ing for the Atlanta Constitution. "Here's
a New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and
many other papers, but no Constitution for
today.”
Alice, with some enthusiasm, walked up
to the desk, while the crowd scrambled with
the papers that had been taken from the
rack. Miss O’Shea got for her one copy
of Bassett’s History of the United Stats. She
looked on the desk and saw the paper folded—
not even ready to be put on the rack. She
asked for it, and Miss O’Shea promised it
to her as soon as it was ready for the rack.
“Sarah," Alice remarked as she approach
ed her with a sweet smile, “I'm to have
the paper first and I didn’t rush for it. I
am very anxious to study, therefore I shall
not have it long. You may have it after
Doris, who is to have it after me.”
You see by hurrying to do a thing, one
doesn’t get it done nearly as quickly as if
he had just waited patiently. Everything
takes time. I hope you won’t rush with
your examination nor with anything and fail
as you did this morning in trying to get
the paper.
VESPER MUSIC
Charles Gounod’s "Gallia" was beautifully
rendered by the Morehouse-Spelman chorus
at Vesper service in Sisters Chapel, Febru
ary 5, with Professor Kemper Harreld di
recting. Miss Stella Haugan was at the or
gan and Miss Madolyne Towles at the piano.
The solo part, sung by Miss Ernestine Mor
row, deserves special praise: “Lift Thine
Eyes” was beautifully sung by the Spelman
Trio, and the violin solo by Mr. Oliver Jack-
son, of Morehouse, was much enjoyed. The
audience, which filled Sisters Chapel, en
tered sympathetically into the spirit, the dig
nity, and the beauty of “Gallia.”
EXCHANGES
The Skeeter, from Bordentown High
School, Bordentown, New Jersey, calls its
jokes “Mirthquakes.”
“Mizpah, N. J., a town ruled by harmony
and without any distinction because of color,
is the realization of a philanthropist's dream.”
says N. Rathblott, a Jew, and president and
founder of N. Rathblott Development and
Realty Company.—The Mirror, Wilberforce
University.
Bride (at butcher shop) : “I want half a
j pound of mince meat, and cut it from a nice,
tender, young mince, please.”—The Aurora,
Knoxville College.
The Negro's part in the Festival of Na
tions, held recently in Boston, equalled the
splendor of any of the other races and na
tionalities on the program, according to ob
servers.—The Tuskegee Messenger, Tuskegee
Instituttc.
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