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THE CAMPUS MIRROR
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meeting was the collection of exhibits in
Packard Hall. Most of the schools in Geor
gia were represented. Hand work from the
departments of home economics, tailoring, car
pentry, home nursing, kindergarten, commer
cial subjects and in millinery were on dis
play.
The meeting closed with a spelling con
test Friday evening in Sisters Chapel. There
were 30 contestants. Three medals were
awarded; first to Washington High School,
and the second and third to Newnan public
schools.
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AN APOLOGY
“The Campus Mirror" staff wishes to apol
ogize to its subscribers for the delay of this
issue. It was held back in order to get
the accounts of Founders’ Day, and of “The
Georgia State Teachers Association.’’
GEORGIA STATE TEACHERS AND
EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION
It was a pleasure for the Spelman faculty
and students to have as their guests last
week more than 500 superintendents and
teachers from all parts of the state.
The Georgia State Teachers and Educa
tional Convention held its annual meeting in
Sisters’ Chapel, April 11-13. The purpose
of this meeting was to discuss educational
problems arising among Negro schools in
Georgia.
The opening session was held at Big Beth
el Church Wednesday night. After the ad
dress of welcome, Dr. J. W. Holley, president
of the association, from Albany, Ga., gave
his annual report.
Throughout the other sessions, various ad
dresses were delivered on such topics as
Home Economics, Primary and Elementary
Methods, Organization of Schools, Agricul
ture and Building Programs. Several mu
sical numbers were given by students from |
Morehouse College, Clark University, B. T.
Washington High School and Spelman Col
lege.
On Friday afternoon the delegates as
sembled on the grounds of B. T. Washington
High School and a wreath was placed on
the monument of Booker T. Washington.
THE REVEREND HOWARD
THURMAN
The Rev. Howard Thurman spoke each
day at chapel and conducted discussion
groups, March 13-16. An account of his
talks for the first two mornings appeared
in the last issue of The Mirror. The fol
lowing is an account of the last two talks :
“My prayer to God is,’’ he began, “that
your love may grow more and more in knowl
edge and understanding, enabling you to
have a sense of what is vital, that you may
be transparent and of no harm to anyone in
view of the day of Christ.” “Anyone” in
cludes oneself; therefore, one must be of no
harm to oneself nor to any other person. Life
must not be dimmed, foggy or cloudy.
We cannot measure the significance of
a simple word which falls from the lips, nor
of a nod of the head, nor of a few words we
write. Once a minister said to a little boy
who came to his house to deliver groceries,
“John, why don’t you go to school?” These
simple words rang in John’s ears and he did
go to school. Today John Hope is President
of Morehouse College.
We are bound together for better or for
worse, therefore we should strive to live lives
that are transparent and of no harm to any
one.
Again, Mr. Thurman would have our lives
covered with the harvest of righteousness
which Jesus Christ produced. Jesus produc
ed righteousness, a superior quality of life,
because of his intimate experience with God.
If we want to understand Jesus, we must
not read what he said about himself or what
others said about him, but we must enter
into his experience with God. Scholars, from
a standpoint of scholarship, will never under
stand him, but there must be that personal
experience with Jesus and the Father.
COLLEGE SPIRIT
By Elnora James, '31
When we first enter college we are told
that we must get the “college spirit,” this
means that we are to get right into the col
lege life. We must act, talk and think “Col
lege.” In fact, we must move along in the
right coordination with the different college
movements. The spirit of the college is the
life of it, and this life we must live in the
fullest sense in order that we may have the
true college spirit.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
By Ruby L. Brown
I’m sure you’ve heard the laying: "Many
hands make light work.” Well, many well
ordered hands make orderly work. If you
don’t believe it, ask the Spelman students
and faculty. What a pleasure it was on
Monday, March 26, for us to put into action
the suggestion of our president and librarian,
by transferring the books from the Quarles
Library in Packard Hall to the new quarters
in Laura Spelman. Even the weather seem
ed to harmonize. It was a lovely day and
just the one for such an enterprise.
Everybody in line! Books were handed
down off the shelves, lines were directed, and
information was given by members of the
sophomore class who took a library course
last year. That is one time that “sophomores”
led the president, the dean, and the rest of
the people of authority. It was just wonder
ful to note the spirit of democracy on the
campus that day. Miss Read carried great
stacks of books the entire evening with no
intermissions. Having left the door which
she was told to hold for a while, she said:
“I was asked to hold that door, but I find
that a rock can do it just as well. I’m going
for some more books.” Her office did with
out her for a while.
When a visitor called and the fact was re
ported to her, she said “Tell him he’ll have to
come out here.” Surely the visitor consented
and also helped to carry books. Business
can be transacted in so many good ways.
Dean Carpenter showed equal democracy.
Ask the photographer. He knows.
The books slipped and slid as they w r alked
on two feet from Packard to Laura Spelman.
Even the reserve books got tired of the old
racks and rushed out with the crowd. That
is one time they got out of the library and
it wasn’t 9 P. M. either. How they slipped,
some of them tumbling to the ground at
times! After they got out—naughty little
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A VISIT FROM THE ROSEN-
WALD PARTY
Air. and Airs. Julius Rosenwald were wel
come visitors on the campus Thursday, Alarch
29. Mr. Rosenwald is the founder of the
Rosenwald Fund, by which four thousand
schools have been built for Negroes. Both
spoke at an assembly which was called es
pecially for the purpose of having them see
the Spelman family.
Mr. Rosenwald spoke of the wonderful op
portunities that have come to the Negro.
“One should,” he said, “be ashamed to em
phasize one’s difficulties and minimize one’s
blessings.”
"I like to speak of the impressions made
by this place,” began Airs. Rosenwald when
she arose to speak. She had been impressed
by the beautiful trees on the campus. “When
you know trees, flowers and birds, you aren't
lonesome,” she said.
With Air. and Airs. Rosenwald were Aliss
Rhoda Kaufman, executive secretary of the
Georgia State Department of Public Welfare,
and Aliss Louisa Fitz Simons, director of Geor
gia Study of Negro Child Welfare.