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THE CAMPUS MIRROR
VISITORS ON THE CAMPUS
Mr. W. A. Robinson, State Supervisor
of the Colored High Schools of South Caro
lina, spoke at chapel services Monday,
May 14.
"The Xegro must inquire if he would ac
quire; he must accumulate if he would give,”
said Mr. Emory B. Smith, field agent for
Howard University, when he spoke to the
students Wednesday, May 16.
On Thursday, May 17, Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Cauley, of Sierra Leone, W est Africa, spoke
at chapel. Mr. McCauley is Assistant Di
rector of Education in Sierra Leone.
Speaking at Chapel Monday, April 30, I)r.
J. C. Austin, Pastor of Pilgrim Baptist
Church of Chicago, Ill., congratulated the
students and teachers on being at Spelman
and expressed his pleasure in having a chance
to visit the campus. Encouraging the stu
dents to make the best of their opportunities,
he said; “AVe are expecting that each one
of you will make a non-stop flight to high
er and greater achievements.” In order to
do this there are certain prerequisites: First,
the flier must have a strong plane, that is,
she must have a strong body. Second, the
plane must be fitted with the wings of
faith. Third, she must have fuel or intel
lectual training. Fourth, she must have a
definite goal and press on towards it with
no idling by the way.
In conclusion Dr. Austin asked, ‘‘What is
your aim here? Are you planning to return
home and be the belle of tne lown and have
every one looking up to you, or are you
going to be of as much service to all as
possible? Fhe biggest thing in life is not
having others serve you, but how are you
going to serve others? What are you going
to do with life?”
Have a good background as you go
through life. Do worthwhile things,” thus
advised Mrs. Palmer, of New Haven, Conn.,
a member of the Woman’s American Bap
tist Home Mission Society, when on Wed
nesday, May 2, at chapel, she addressed the
students.
HIGH SCHOOL DEBATING
As a part of their class work the eleventh
grade English pupils have had a series of
debates. On March 23 they debated after
school, in Howe Chapel the question : Re
solved, That capital punishment should be
abolished.
FRESHMAN DEBATE
By ERMATINE HILL
Students from every college and high
school class filled Laura Spelman Assembly
Hall Wednesday evening, April 16, to hear
the Freshmen debate the question: Resolv
ed, That student cooperation in campus gov
ernment develops a basis for high standards
of action. Helen Thomas presided.
The affirmative was upheld by Florence
Morrison, Eddye Money, and Margaret John
son, the negative by Elnora lames, Minnie
Cureton and Mabel Dockett.
The audience’s decision went to the nega
tive.
SPRING AT SPELMAN
By RUBY L. BROWN
Just at this time of the year one finds a
bit of all the beauty of the spring hidden
within the gates of our campus.
Although we are not all artists, we do have
a deep appreciation of the beautiful. That
is what makes us enjoy strolling down our
smooth walks and it is what makes drivers
enjoy riding slowly along our drives—sens
ing the beaut}' of the place.
We are very proud of our grass and of
those who worked so faithfully to make it a
success. In the first place the “Give the
grass a chance" signs have done their part.
Then there are the tender fresh green patches
as a result of our faithful gardener’s earnest
labor in tilling the soil and planting seeds
in the vacant spots, especially along the
walks, so that now we have a green carpet
that leaves only the playgrounds bare.
The trees and vines with their bright green
leaves and brown trunks and branches are a
part of the beauty of the spring. There is
a beautiful oak near Laura Spelman Hall that
we thought had been harmed by Mr. Jack
Frost. Its leaves which ordinarily would
have been stiff, seemed to be so soft and
tender that those who passed wished it were
possible to carry all of them indoors until
they were fully grown. Well, well, it must
have been that Jack Frost had held them
back so that when they came out to bathe
in the warm sunshine they grew 7 so fast that
they w'ere too weak to spread out like leaves
and were only able to droop like plumes.
There is evidence all around that the weath
er, bitter though it was, affected nothing un
favorably on our campus. The holly and
magnolia w'hose old leaves have been a dull
green all winter now have new leaves, the
color of which contrasts with that of the
others. Nature has prepared a wonderful
color scheme for this campus and has been
able to keep it. The benches situated at
different places are also green in keeping
with the natural spring color scheme.
It is quite effective to get a peep at one
of the buildings through the bright green
leaves of the trees. The vista from the
south corner of Laura Spelman to Bessie
Strong is perfectly lovely. At first one
place and then another, the white trimming
of Bessie Strong through the different shap
ed leaves makes a picture to remember. The
leaves arc a wonderful network of nature’s
own weaving.
To add to the beauty of the campus are
the flowers: The rose, wisteria, lilac, tulip
and others brighten various spots and fill the
air with sweetness. Each one is in just the
right place: The tulip bed near the South
eastern side of Rockefeller Hall, the wisteria
vine finding its way up a trellis just east of
Reynolds Cottage, the lovely roses near Up
ton Home and near the Southeastern side
of Rockefeller Hall, and the lilacs n ar Mor
gan Hall just between the teachers’ and stu
dents’ dining rooms.
Why do so many people visit our campus
just to look around, especially in the spring?
Drink in beauty while you may,
Listen not to what men say,
‘‘Beauty you may see tomorrow,”
Then you may be deep in sorrow.
DR. WALLACE, PROFES
SOR OF ZOOLOGY
Doctor Louise Baird Wallace, now Pro
fessor of Zoology at Mount Holyoke Col
lege, has accepted a position as Professor
of Biology at Spelman College. Miss Wal
lace holds Bachelor’s degrees from Lake Erie
College and from Mount Holyoke College
and holds the degree of Doctor of Philoso
phy from the University of Pennsylvania. A
few years ago she was given the honorary
degree of Doctor of Science from her Alma
Mater, Mount Holyoke College.
Miss Wallace has the distinction of being
one of the few women listed in “American
Men of Science,” an encyclopedia contain
ing names of only those persons who have
made contributions to scientific knowledge.
She has had the honor of being awarded a
fellowship for study at Naples Zoological
Station in Italy. She also was a student in
the French Institute, Tours, France.
For a number of years Miss Wallace was
Professor of Biology and Dean of Constan
tinople College, Constantinople, Turkey. Her
term of service in Constantinople included
all the years of the World War. First as
Dean, then as Vice-President, and later as
Acting President of an institution contain
ing girls of many nationalities, at a time
when the attitude of the armies in Turkey
was of questionable friendliness to foreign
institutions, she won distinction for her man
agement of affairs that received favorable
comment from the American ambassador and
others.
Previous to her service in Constinople Col
lege and again afterward, Miss Wallace
taught zoology at Mount Holyoke College
and contributed much toward making that
subject of vital interest to generations of
Mount Holyoke students. Among her scien
tific publications are the following:
The Axillary Gland of Batrachus.
The Germ-Ring in the Egg of Batrachus.
The Spermatogenesis of the Spider.
Miss \\ allace is a member of Phi Beta
Kappa, a scholarship honor society; of the
American Association for the Advancement
of Science; the Society of Zoologists; the
American Association of University Wom
en; the League of Nations Non-Partisan As
sociation, and the Foreign Policy Associa
tion. She has had many opportunities for
travel in the United States and Europe.
Both teachers and students at Spelman Col
lege are fortunate in having a woman of
Miss Wallace’s training and experience asso
ciated with them in the work of the Col
lege.