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THE CAMPUS MIRROR
^ T SOCIAL NOTES T T
Y. W. C. A. BARNYARD
SOCIAL
By Lois D. Davenport
“Did they have fun?” Ask anyone who
attended the “Y" social on the evening of
March 30th in Laura Spelman Assembly
Room. All the girls were plainly hut neatly
dressed in bright colored gingham dresses
and wore ribbon hows on their hair; while
the hoys wore overalls, bandanna handker
chiefs for neck ties, and straw hats.
The guests were met with a cordial wel
come by the President, Miss Gaston Brad
ford, and were escorted to the assembly room
by other members of the "Y.” This room
was artistically decorated, yet gave a real
barnyard effect.
After meeting friends, old and new, a hell
was rung and everybody took a seat to
listen to a program carried out in the man
ner of a country school with Miss Julia E.
Pate as teacher. Then many interesting j
games were played in keeping with coun
try life.
To crown the evening of fun all were
served with lemonade, lolly pops, and a bag
of peanuts.
VISITORS FROM HAMP
TON INSTITUTE
“Self education means frequently a high
er degree of freedom with which there comes
an increase of responsibility,” said Dr. James
E. Gregg, Principal of Hampton Institute,
when he spoke in Spelman Chapel Thursday,
March 29. “Every man must light his own
torch” were words spoken by Mr. John Gil
man in his inaugural address at Johns Hop
kins University. By this quotation Dr. Gregg
meant that one must educate himself.
Dr. Gregg was accompanied by the follow
ing persons: Miss Elise Gregg, his daughter ;
Mrs. William E. Stark, wife of the Dean;
Miss Elizabeth Hendry, Director of Home
Economics; Miss Dorothea Allen, Assistant
Dean of Women; Mrs. Peter Bowman, Chief
Cook in charge of the students' kitchen; Mr.
Allison Davis, instructor of English; Mr.
Albert O. Porter, instructor of History.
PLAYERS UP!
Last Chance to Win the Cham
pionship !
April 11th marked the official closing of
the practicing for the apparatus, relay, and
basket hall games of Spelman College.
Mixing rough stuff with scientific grap
pling, the Junior and Senior High Schools
and College kept the apparatus, relay and
basket hall fans at Morehouse gym in a
constant uproar.
The enthusiasm was at its greatest height
when the college girls jumped to first place
in the basket hall and relay games.
The Junior and Senior High Schools won
first prize in apparatus work.
A TREAT
The Thursday following the moving of
the library, a notice was placed in More- j
house North for the girls who acted as cap- |
tains. They were to meet directly after
prayer meeting in Reynolds Cottage, the
President’s house.
Everyone wondered at first what it was
all about. Solution after solution was given
until someone thought of a party. Everyone
took this as final.
After prayer meeting the girls all gath
ered in the reception room of Reynolds Cot
tage, where they were shown pictures of the
library movers. Every captain searched for
a picture of a group she had led.
Miss Read then showed two letter open
ers made by French prisoners on Devil’s
Island. These knives were wonderfully dec
orated with carved designs on the handles.
Jokes were told while brick ice-cream and
novelty crackers were being served by Misses
Read and Carpenter.
After topics of interest bad been discussed
someone remembered that it w'as time to
study. The girls sang to the hostesses and
as a send-off Miss Carpenter sang a little
song, Miss Read recited a little speech and
Miss Griffin was forced to answer a few
questions. The girls went to their study
places after having thanked their hostesses
for a lovely evening.
NATIONAL NEGRO
HEALTH WEEK
The fourteenth annual National Negro
Health Week was observed April 1-8 at Spel
man. On Monday, April 2, Dr. Reddick
spoke on the care of the teeth and its rela
tions to good health.
The Senior High School presented a health
play, “The Grace of Athletics,” written and
directed by Vivian Richardson, a member of j
the twelfth year class, Wednesday afternoon,
April 4.
Thursday morning Mrs. Ludie Andrews
.poke of the work that the Neighborhood
Union is doing in trying to make better
health conditions for the people here in At
lanta.
Health posters, made by the high school
girls, were hung in some of the buildings
on the campus.
Credit must be given to Misses Nina Haw
kins and Ann Davis, instructors in high
.chool home economics, for their efforts in
making Spelman’s observance of Negro Na
tional Health Week a success.
WORDS, WORDS!
The old debate comes up—which is the
more desirable in a winning team, good
guarding or good forwarding?
Eating of the tree of knowledge constrain
ed Eve to put on clothes, hut it is different
MISS POLLY’S PATCH-
WORK QUILT
The Junior High School presented a quaint
little operetta, Friday evening, April 6, for
the benefit of the Founders’ Day Rally fund.
In the first act the ladies of the village
were having a quilting party at the home of
Mrs. Bascom to finish a patchwork quilt for
Miss Polly Penrose, which was to he put on
exhibition at the county fair. As they work
ed, they discussed Miss Polly, because she
did not seem able to take care of herself.
In the second act the young people of the
village decided to send a picture of Miss
Polly to a matrimonial bureau and get her
a husband to take care of her. Everything
went off just as the young people had plan
ned it until the wedding day; then two bride
grooms appeared. After a bit of investiga
tion it was found that one was Miss Polly’s
nephew and the other wanted to he excused
from the marriage. He had found a widow
who had six children, and as he had four,
he thought it best for him to marry her.
Miss Polly's nephew married Mrs. Bascom’s
niece and Miss Polly made her home with
them. So the villagers had a wedding after
all.
Between acts piano selections were played
by three members of Junior High School.
Misses Jessie and Essie Heath directed the
operetta, the latter being the accompanist.
On Tuesday morning, March 20, Miss Mary
Jenness, a native of Canada, spoke at chapel
services. Miss Jenness, who is especially
interested in Negro education, said religious
education is that which makes life more
abundant.
“We have no leaders, we are the leaders,”
said a little boy in one of the schools in
the Near East when the director of the
school and all the teaching force w r ere ill.
Miss Jenness said that it would be worth
our while to take this as our motto when
we go to our work after college days are
over.
Miss Emma McDonald, instructor in high
school physics at Spelman, left March 15
to take a position in the Research Depart
ment of the Carborundum Company, Niaga
ra Falls, New York. Her address is 315
Pine Street.
Miss Mary E. McDowell, who for 35 years
has been a social worker in the stockyard
section of Chicago, and Director of the Uni
versity Settlement, was a pleasant visitor
on the campus for a few days in March.
She spoke at Vesper services Sunday eve
ning, March 25.
If a female duke is a duchess,
A female spook must he a spuchess;
If drinking too hard makes a drunkard,
Then thinking too hard makes a thunkard.