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The Campus Mirror
Published by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
During the College Year
VOL. v
JANUARY 15, 1929
NUMBER 4
HOOVER’S GOOD
WILL TOUR
Cassandra Maxwell, ’32
The relationship of the
United States to Latin
America i s important,
politically as well as eco- ;
nomically. Although Eng
land, France, Spain and
Germany have, for many
years, been strong and
serious competitors of the
United States for Latin
American trade, Latin-
America is now giving more
of her trade to Uncle Sam
than to any other country.
This perhaps may be ac
counted for by the ideals of Pan-Americanism,
and by the sense of independence which charac
terizes all the people of the western hemi
sphere. The Brazilians have never forgotten
the prompt recognition of their independ
ence by the United States of America.
Many persons have seen the necessity of
closer relations between the United States
and Latin America. Henry Clay was the
first to conceive the idea. James G. Blaine
as secretary of state under Garfield, attempt
ed in 1881 to increase our influence in Cen
tral and South America by “negotiating re
ciprocity treaties” of commerce.
Klihu Root, in 1906, on a good will tour
in Latin America, made friends there for the
U. S. A.
The memory of our flying ambassador,
Lindbergh, is still fresh in the minds of our
neighbors. He made a wonderful impres
sion of the necessity of the spirit of friend
liness.
So important is our relationship with Lat
in America that President-elect Hoover,
soon after he learned the good news of his
election, embarked for South America. The
party left San Diego on the U. S. S. Mary
land, November 19, 1928, for Amapala, Hon
duras. On November 26, he made speeches
in Honduras and Salvador. On November
27. lie visited Nicaragua. He continued his
journey to Chile and then to Argentina. He
visited many other countries, including Bra
zil. President-elect Hoover and his party
returning, went straight to Washington in
stead of stopping in Florida as was formerly
planned. Hoover won the esteem of the
Brazilians by his pleasing personality. The
contact with the officials of the different
countries afforded him an opportunity for
first hand study of the political and eco
nomic relations of the two Americas. In
spite of the Nicaraguan affair, Latin Ameri
can countries are among the best friends of
Uncle Sam.
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THE CLASS OF ’32
By Augusta J. Johnson, ’32
Once upon a time there were sixty-five girls
who had finished at more than twenty high j
schools in states of the U. S. A. These
girls met at Spelman in the fall of 1928 to form
the Freshman class. After an introduction to
the new community, they have settled down to
looking for “x,” holding big ideas, and watch
ing empires rise and fall.
They are also interested in extra curricular
activities and especially those clubs organized
solely for Freshmen and sponsored by the Y.
W. C. A. Reference is made to the Discus
sion Group, the Book Group, the Dramatic
Club, and the Athletic Group. Each group was
opened to any member of the class. It was in
teresting to see how the class would divide
itself. At length the groups were completed and
began to meet with their leaders.
Miss Perry is leader of the Discussion
Group. At their first meeting Miss Williams, J
a friend of Miss Perry, lectured on Health, j
In other meetings they discussed problems of
campus life.
In spite of all the books the class is required
to read, there’s a book group interested in
reading works of Kipling, Poe and O’Henry.
To those who have special fondness for legiti
mate display of emotions the Dramatic group
made an appeal. “Plumes,” a one act play, writ
ten by Georgia Douglas Johnson, has been pre
sented by some members of the group.
Miss Beatrice Tucker and the Athletic Club
are working up a basket ball team to challenge
any team in the school.
The various groups are one when it comes
to being good natured. They don't mind being
teased so long as you just call them the class
of ’32.
They are owls;
They wear blue;
They arc the class of '32.
AFTER
CHRISTMAS
By Ruby L. Brown, ho
The age of a girl is us
ually kept secret and you
are to keep this. Alice was
only 16 and was a fresh
man in college. Verdant ?
Sophs, juniors and grand
old seniors would say she
was. Surely this must
have been the first time the
girl had been away from
home to remain more than
two weeks at a time. She
had been homesick, lone
some and had experienced
all the other things that are
bound to come into the life of a poor freshman
girl. She would often tell her room mate, who
was a junior, and, because of the sister class
relationship, had sympathy for freshmen, "I
shall be glad when Christmas comes so that I
can go home and be with my people and have
a nice time. You are kind to me and all the girls
seem quite friendly, but Mother, Dad and Sam
will be so happy to see me, I know. What a
time they will give me!”
Little Alice lived joyfully, daily with high
hopes for her holidays—four of them. “Why
are you so happy, Alice?” she was often
asked.
“Well, you see it’s very near Christmas
time and I am going home.”
“You want to see Sam I know because
I’ve heard you talk quite a bit about him
but how about your school friend here? He
seems to be a very nice fellow and he seems
to be very fond of you. You’re not going
to forget him while you are away, surely.”
“I’m planning to have a ‘swell time,’ Ruth.
I shall probably forget everything except the
time I’m going to have—a time such as I
had last year. I shall receive lots of nice
gifts, too—maybe a ring. I am so full of
the Christmas spirit.”
“Alice," said Ruth, “you think you’re full
of the Christmas spirit. Consider others
sometimes. I remember you told me once
there is a very poor family next door to
your home. Remember, now!”
"Oh, yes, there is," said Alice very hastily.
“Christmas will mean very little to them.
They will not have the chance to go out
and enjoy things as I. Even their daugh
ter who finished high school in my class
could not attend college because she had to
go to work to help the rest of the family.
They ought to stop the second girl from high
school even before she finishes.”
"But, my dear Alice, you're not as thought
ful as you should be. It isn't because you
are a freshman that I’m talking to you like
this, for I should talk to a senior the same,
(Continued on Rage 5)