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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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