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EDITORIAL
Like a star that shines afar,
Without haste and without rest;
Let each man wheel with steady sway,
Around the task that rules the day
And do his best.
Indeed this is the ruling idea in the Spel-
man community—especially during school
hours, when everyone seems busier than ev
eryone else. Both faculty members and stu
dents have entered whole-heartedly into the
various activities of our campus life from
attending early breakfast to voting in the
presidential election at our campus polls.
Teachers who, in the beginning of the year,
impressed us as interesting strangers, we
now know as strong, but gentle forces guid
ing and impelling us to study long and late.
With their great help we have reached the
first mile-post of our scholastic journey—
our six weeks’ examination which we now
count among the things of the past. We
have taken a deep breath and are running
hard to the next goal, with a hope that we
may have another joyful journey and suc
cessful arrival.
Giles Is Grateful
A new High School library was opened in
Giles Hall Monday, October twenty-eighth. Li
brary hours, and the borrowing of books are on
almost the same basis as in the central library.
1 his new room contains the best reference books
and reserve shelves lor the various High School
courses. The girls wish to thank Miss Read,
Miss Kurrelmeyer and the Librarians for this
improvement.
DR. WALLACE GIVES
INSPIRATIONAL TALK
Friday, Oct. 26, 1628, Dr. Louise Wallace,
professor of Biology, gave an interesting talk-
in chapel.
The audience was asked to take an imag
inary journey to New York harbor. There
as one looks out, he can see the statue of
Liberty Enlightening the World. He can
also see many ships, each with a captain
who sees that the ship is in good order. He
consults his chart and compass. He thinks
he knows navigation, but in spite of all that,
many, many times he can not steer his ves
sel. The thing that he needs then is a pilot.
Everybody feels at ease when the pilot gets
on board and steers the vessel to the haven.
“Life,” she said, “is like a voyage on the
sea. Each person is the captain of his own
ship.” He is to determine the port to which
he is going. “Will it be the port of intel
lectual ambition, pleasure, or self sacrifice?”
Dr. Wallace emphasized the fact that the
right port is the port of God’s own choosing.
If one sees that his machinery is in good
order and consults the compass that Jesus
gives him, he knows that the Pilot can and
will steer him through storms and winds.
MR. AND MRS. CRABTREE
VISIT SPELMAN
Mr. and Mrs. Crabtree, who have w r orked
in South Africa for six years, visited Spel-
man and gave a brief review of their work.
They came to America to get new ideas to
carry back to help their people.
Mrs. Crabtree said that her work has been
among women and young people. She taught
them needlework and handicrafts.
Mr. Crabtree said that they need our pro
hibition in Africa. “We envy you,” he add
ed, “your schools, colleges, and homes. We
envy also the w T ay in w'hich Negroes are
taking advantage of their opportunities.”
His main work is ministering to the people
and teaching them the gospel of Jesus Christ.
He said, “There is no hope, no faith but
that in Jesus Christ.”
Mr. and Mrs. Crabtree were glad to know
that there are five Spelman girls working
in Africa.
AS THIS LITTLE CHILD
“If you expect the rule of God to take
place in your heart, you must become as this
little child.” Mr. Thurman gave some very
interesting reasons why Jesus said that about
a little child.
First, a child has something which peo
ple call imagination. Perhaps one cannot
experience God without imagination. He
gave a fitting example of a boy’s imagina
tion which brought that point home.
Then one must have a “living sense of self
projection” which a little child most cer
tainly has. A little boy found himself alone
on the back porch for the first time. He
crawled over to something big that had a
handle on it. He pulled at it, the handle
followed him, and lo! a new world opened
to him. He had discovered the ice box. To
find God one must venture to walk into
new worlds of experience and find a richer
life.
The third element found in a little child
is genuineness. “A little child is what a
little child does. After he grows up and
has been tampered with by adults, lie finds
it difficult to be what he is doing. You can’t
find God until you find a way to be in
creasingly true to yourself. Until you get
these elements you will never know what it is
to have a life ruled and dominated by God’s
great spirit.
DEAN ARCHER’S SPEECH
INSPIRES FRESHMAN
TO WRITE
Spelman College,
Atlanta, Ga.,
Nov. 2, 1928.
Dear Uncle:
I wish that you could have heard Dean
Archer, of Morehouse College, Wednesday
morning in chapel. He gave us a most in
teresting talk on "voting.” Going back as
far as Abraham, he told us about a possible
origin of the ballot, in disputes over the pos
session of lands. I readily recalled the story,
but had never thought of it in the light of
the ballot.
He reminded us of the days of Abraham
and Lot when shepherds would dispute over
lands. Each wanted the best lands for him
self. They even fought for the ownership
of certain fertile lowlands. He said that
the ballot probably originated when the
shepherds finally decided that it was better
to “count heads instead of breaking heads,”
and as a result adopted the plan of counting
and allowing the tribes that had the most
men to occupy the land.
I think that voting should be interesting
to everybody and especially to the Negro
because there are so many things that he
needs and can not get. “He can only get
them by voting.” He can at least attempt,
and, if he fails, he has shown that he is in
terested in himself.
Dean Archer told us that he once attend
ed a political meeting, the main speaker of
which approached his audience in terms
which he thought would make his point suc
cessful; therefore he chose the appetite. He
told his Negro audience that he would as
sure them of good jobs and a full dinner-
pail every day. He asked them if they would
prefer a full dinner pail every day for 365
days to using the ballot. Some were willing
to accept, but of course Dean Archer and
a few others were wise enough not to con
sent to such a thing as that.
It really pays all of us to take account of
the platforms of various parties and to be
alert on the issues that are drawn up be
cause most of the issues voted on in this
part of the country in which we live affect
us indirectly or directly, and if we are eligi
ble to vote, it behooves us to do so, pro or
con. What do you think about it?
Sincerely, your niece,
LENNIE CARL GREEN.