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THE CAMPUS MIRROR The Camp its Mirror ‘‘Service in Unity’’ Editor-in-Chief JULIA PATE Editors of Neu,'s Ruby Brown and Catherine Burris Editor of Special Features Mary Dunn Editor of Jokes and Sports Elnora James Editors of High School Section Ida Miller ' Cora Douthard Social Editor JUSTINE WILKINSON BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager ESTELLE BAILEY Secretary of Staff FLORA McKinney Treasurer Minnie CURETON Circulation Manager THELMA BROWN Exchange Editor ANNIE HUDSON Advertisements Ann NABRIT Willie Barnett Subscription Rates 50c Per Year 25c Per Semester 8c Per Copy Postage 2c a Copy 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.