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THE CAMPUS MIRROR
NOW IS THE TIME
WHEN students begin to count the num-
her of
w
„‘eks and
days and
even the num-
her of
ti
mes we’ll
have ice
cream before
school
clc
ses;
Will
:x
Seniors
begin to
eel like teach- !
ers am
j
uniors lik
e Seniors;
Will
:x
Sophomores grow
foolishly wise
and l ; r
es
mien feel
extreme!}
collegiate;
Will
:.\
house mothers wonder if the new
student
S t
>f next term will he
any worse than
the old
o
les;
Will
:x
Seniors
wonder w
iich letter will
say ‘W
e
shall he glad to have
your service;”
WH1
:y
teachers
feel sorr
y for flunking
students.
THE GROWING IVY
(Continued From Page 4)
and healthy, the vine will be also. Each
year regularly the ivy renews itself, spread
ing over new and wider surfaces, at the same
time becoming thicker and stronger. The
stay which the vine clings to supplies the
thing it lacks to develop into a perfect, grow
ing plant, evening and softening the rough,
grotesque appearance of whatever it covers
—concealing the jagged edges, imperfections,
and harshness so that the wtiole is more
beautiful and perfect in appearance.
The periods of human growth occur ac
cording to nature. We cannot change or hur
ry them. The unfolding life and personality
passes through the experiences of the race
into those peculiar to its own time ; there is
no sudden outburst, no miraculous occur
rence. Our entire development is a process
of struggle and pain. As the ivy ever reaches
upward, so we reach for something greater
—just beyond our grasp. This is not strange
—human beings with all their finiteness long
for the infinite, long to understand and to
see things whole. We constantly strive for
the highest. Just as the ivy clings to some
thing stronger than itself, the growing, ex
panding soul clings to the strong principles
of truthfulness, kindness and purity. If these
are planted in our hearts they will bud forth
into worthy acts. The pure, clean, transpar
ent soul reflects a pure, clean, transparent
life.
Year by year the joys, sorrows, failures,
and achievements of each person will, if he
will let them, broaden his mind; changes
will be less difficult to accept. Let us not
condemn ourselves to solitary imprisonment
by turning the key in the lock, as it w r ere,
when there is mention of a new idea or a
change suggested in our creed. We cannot
live alone; we depend upon others to supply
that part we lack. Through our contact
with other people, our influence spreads over
a wider area so that we give as well as re
ceive. Our friends are like the beautiful ivy,
they conceal our frailties and harshness and
understand us so that they interpret the
truer and finer qualities in us.
Just as the growing ivy softens and
smooths the grotesque appearance of what
ever it clings to, making it beautiful, may
our judgment and criticism be softened as
we mature into an abundant life, our think
ing and actions become less radical and vio
lent, and the world more beautiful because
we are here.
CLASS HISTORY
(Continued From Page 4)
Clearly the outstanding event of the year
was the dedication of Sisters Chapel on the
night of May lb, by Mr. John 1). Rockefeller,
Jr., the gift of a trust fund of his mother
and aunt—the Spelman sisters.
September, 1927, how different everything
looked from the time we first set foot on
the campus! What a contrast to our feel
ings three years before ! First there w ; as a
change in house arrangements from Pack
ard, the college girls’ old dormitory, to
Morehouse Hall. There was a change in ad
ministration. After many years of faithful
service the honor of President Emeritus
had been conferred upon Miss Tapley. A
new' president and a new dean—how bright
and how' promising looked the prospects that
have been more than fulfilled. As we look
back over the changes that have taken place
during our four years here, we realize that
some have come suddenly, hut time has
brought many by a process of evolution.
There have been changes along all lines too
numerous to mention.
A big event was the moving of the old li
brary to what seemed like palatial new quar
ters in the basement of Laura Spelman. It
w y as a community project in which all fac
ulty members and students had a share. In
two hours, every book, paper and magazine
had been moved. That night the library op
ened for work with all books on their prop
er shelves.
On April 11, we were happy to have Mrs.
Bethune address the college at the Founders
Day exercise to celebrate Spelman’s forty-
seventh birthday. That memorable day, we
donned our caps and gowns for the first time.
The Senior receptions, the big affairs of
the spring were the crowning events of the
life of the class of 1928. And now com
mencement w r eek with its sorrows, its joys
and farewells.
In after years when other classes have
filled our place as Seniors, they wall have
had to set up a completely new social order
—in other words to smash up the world to
have excelled our record. May Spelman be
proud of her daughters. May they reflect
glory and honor worthy their Alma Mater!
Vive la class 1928.
DOROTHY ROBERTS, Historian.
MISS NEPTUNE
(Continued from Page 1)
well as her enthusiasm and personal inter
est, has been an inspiration to every stu
dent with whom she has come in contact.
The enterprises undertaken this year by
the Campus Mirror staff and the literary so
ciety have all been successful largely be
cause of her untiring efforts.
We appreciate Miss Neptune’s interest in
us and are wishing for her a happy vaca
tion before she returns to resume her work
next fall.
VISITORS ON THE CAMPUS
Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Fisher, parents of Miss
Theodora Fisher, of the Spelman faculty,
were visitors on the campus for a few days.
Dr. Fisher, who is pastor of the Sixteenth
Street Baptist Church of Birmingham, spoke
at the vesper services Sunday, May 20.
Mrs. Fisher spoke to the students at chap
el, Monday, May 21, on the subject: ‘The
Importance of the Home Task—the Mak
ing of a Good Bed."
Mrs. Merlin Ennis, an instructor in the
Sachikila School, Angola, Portugese West
Africa, spoke to the Sunday classes April 23.
“Africa is a very large place,” she began.
“Many people can not imagine the size of
this country, and it is impossible for me to
tell you about it in so short a time. The
girls who attend the schools in Angola are
forced to send themselves to school with
out any help whatever from their parents.
At one time the school did not permit girls
to attend.
Speaking in chapel Mrs. Ennis said that
Africa w r as a land of unwritten proverbs, also
a land of maternal rule. African people do
not worship a definite God so much as an in
definite spirit.
A challenge comes to each student to do
much to help carry on such work as that
which Mrs. Ennis is doing.
Miss Grace Eaton, alumna of Mount Holy
oke College, was on the campus for a few
days and spoke at chapel Tuesday, May 8.
“Many people,” she said, “do not know what
is meant by the Fireside Schools. A Fire
side School is merely one family around the
fireside studying the Bible or some other
good book."
Sunshine hands are groups of children or
ganized under the Fireside School leaders.
Miss Eaton is editor of “Hope,” a little mag
azine containing Bible lessons, which are
helpful for missionaries, for home reading
and for the study of Sunday School lessons.
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