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THE CAMPUS MIRROR
THE TRANSFORMATION
OF PETER STREET
Bv M. A. DUNN
New York has her Broadway and Bowery;
Chicago her Madison and State streets,
Memphis her Main and Beale, and Atlanta
her Peachtree and Peter streets.
For many years Peter street has been
one of the dark, dingy streets of Atlanta,
hut it is now being transformed. Visitors
reaching Spelman by the Walker West View
car lme pass through the section of Peter
street between W alker and Ella streets. It
lies parallel with Whitehall and with the
railroad tracks over which go the Southern
and Central trains.
Go with me through the part of Peter
street between W alker and Ella and I will
show you many changes, two of which are
very important. The two rows of old and
new telegraph poles give an idea of the
narrowness of the street before it was
widened. This narrow and dingy street
was probably a road and then a thorough
fare before the Civil War. It is now being
widened and the side-walk is being paved
with hexagonal cement pieces. The trenches
for the curbing show layers of soil of dif
ferent shades of red, gray and black.
Surely all of Peter street could not have
been burned when Sherman made his dev
astating march through Georgia, because
some of the old buildings must have seen
ante-bellum days. Have their sides ever
known the feel of paint?
As fast as the stores are put in condition
to be used, the people approach them by
making paths through the small mountains
and valleys of dirt.
One would think that the men who are
digging the trenches for the gas and water
mains were skilled musical directors by the
way they raise and lower their picks in
rhythmic motion and utter suspirations.
Rhythmic movement was noted again where
the men were scraping and leveling the
land on which some of the frame houses
had stood. They would all scrape together
and empty their scrapers at the same time.
It had probably been many a day since any
one had seen the sub-soil that years of
traffic had pressed down.
Every man to his own task was exempli
fied in a spot between Humphrey and Mc
Daniel streets. An old brick building had
been torn down. One man was separating
the bricks, another cleaning them and plac
ing them in uniform piles, ready to be hauled
away, and at dusk an old woman with her
daughters came otit to gather kindling from
the debris. Among the debris stood an old
fireplace—with memories of a warm hearth,
and some distance away as if in mockery
guarding the scene, tall, stark and strong
stood a section of plumbing pipe.-, bearing
the point which once matched the color of
the rooms.
It must have been an interesting sight to
see them move those solid brick buildings.
Who knew that a brick building could be
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ELECTION!
In order that the students might sense their
citizenship on National Election day, a
straw vote election was held on the cam
pus, Tuesday, November 6. The polls were
open from one o’clock to five. A ballot was
arranged with the following parties on it:
Republican, Democrat, Socialist, Labor and
Prohibition. This question was also voted
on : "Do you want our electors to vote for
the repeal of the 18th Amendment?
The polls closed at exactly five o’clock
with the following result: There were 311
good votes cast:
For Smith 31.
For Hoover 273.
For Thomas 7.
Not to repeal the 18th Amendment, 266.
To repeal the 18th Amendment 37.
THANK YOU
The Mirror wishes to thank teachers, stu
dents and friends for their hearty coopera
tion during the November Subscription Cam
paign. Perhaps the most enthusiastic phase
of the canvass was the contest for the high
est percentage of subscriptions in different
student dormitories. Six resident students
were appointed to solicit subscriptions in
their respective halls. Each contestant strove
to make her hall one hundred percent. The
highest percentage was won by Hettie Mae
Jackson, ’32, of Morehouse South, who has
been awarded a seat on the Top of The
World, as represented in the clever poster
drawn by Beatrice Tucker, '29. This poster
which was displayed on the campus post-
office bulletin, was a big beautiful world.
It had a flight of stairs running diagonally
across the globe from the south pole to the
extreme east where it touched the equator
and connected with a higher flight of stairs
leading to the throne upon The Top of the
World. Six paper dolls, bearing the names
of the members of the contest, were shown
climbing the stairs according to the percent
age reached by the contestants; the one
having the lowest percentage was stationed
farthest down the stairs, the one having the
highest was nearest to the throne. It was
thrilling to watch the race and very pleasing
to note the results of the whole campaign
which has enabled the Mirror to secure the
following subscriptions:
Faculty members 52.
College department 74.
High School department 56. ,
Mail Orders 14.
Exchanges 25.
Our parcel postman, Mr. Irwin, is a new
subscriber.
According to records, the receipts from
subscriptions the past month have doubled
those of the corresponding month last year.
The Mirror is indeed grateful tor this in
creased support; since many of the students
have not yet subscribed we believe there is
a possibility of more subscriptions and we
hope for an even stronger support in the
future.
SPELMAN Y. W. C. A. REC
OGNITION SERVICE
From October 7th to 12th, Spelman was
hostess to the Negro members of the South
ern Regional Council of the Y. W. C. A.
Misses Estelle Rolls of Florida, Maggie
Simpson of North Carolina, Josephine Evans
of Tennessee, together with the Georgia
members, Misses Jennie Douglass and Gas
ton Bradford, were the student representa
tives. Misses Susie Bailey, the new student
secretary for Die region, Marion Cuthbert,
dean of women at Talladega, and Viola
Chapman, local Y. W. C. A. secretary at
Hampton, were also guests of Spelman.
While here Miss Bailey prepared a very
lovely and significant candle service for the
recognition of the new members of the Spel
man association. Sisters Chapel with its soft
interior was a fitting background for the
girls dressed in white. The members marched
to the front and lighted their small white
candles from burning white and blue tapers,
then marched on, forming a circle of light
around the center section. A sextette of
voices added to the beauty of it all. Miss
Chapman, in a simple yet forceful way, told
the group of the challenge of the purpose of
the National Association and expressed the
hope that they would accept it.
The service was an indication of the cre-
ativeness of a reverent mind and its effect
upon an average student group. The Recog
nition Service will stand out as a highly
spiritual experience in the college year. Much
praise also is due the girls for the way they
entered into the prepared form and gave it
re-created significance.
INSTALLATION SERVICE
OF THE WHEATLEY-
FAUSET DEBATING
CLUB
The second meeting of the Wheatly-
Fauset Debating Club was an installation
service held in Laura Spelman assembly
room, Oct. 23, at 5:00 o’clock. After a short
business session, the president turned the
meeting over to Miss Frankie Clark who
conducted the following program:
Why I like Debating—Cassandra Maxwell.
Instrumental Solo—Aquilla Jones.
The Qualities of a Good Debater—Cath
erine Burris.
Instrumental Solo—Eddye M. Money.
Miss Neptune then gave the installation
address in which she discussed the values
of student organizations and outlined the
duties and obligations of the officers in
stalled, who were:
W illie Barnett, President; Frankie Clarke,
Chairman of Program Committee; Flora Mc
Kinney. Secretary; Annie Hudson, Business
Manager; Catherine Burris, Critic.
A fitting response was given to the oath
by each officer, after which refreshments,
consisting of ice cream and assorted cookies,
were served.