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THE CAMPUS MIRROR
AFTER CHRISTMAS
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should I see her filled with the Christmas
spirit—the kind that you talk of.”
Finally the day came for Alice to leave
for home. We’d call what she carried lug
gage instead of baggage as the Romans did.
It seemed as if she were going to stay four
weeks instead of four days.
The gay young girl could hardly wait until
her train reached the station where she ex
pected the family to be anxiously awaiting
her arrival.
Finally the train stopped. Alice looked
all around her and at first saw no one whom
she knew. There was her brother walking
up to her slowly. “Alice,” he said, “I am
the only one who was able to meet you and
I really ought to be in bed myself. There
are many cases of influenza here and un
fortunately our family is suffering. It has
taken so much money that we could oidy
spare your railroad fare home, with the other
school bills that simply had to be paid. I
know that you will be surprised not to find
a great many presents and we are sorry.”
"Why did this have to happen?” she said.
She became faint and pale as she thought
of these words: "You think you are full of
the Christmas spirit.”
Her parents were very glad to see her and
assured her that she could return to school.
The family next door seemed to be a happy
little family and enjoying a pleasant Christ
mas. They were poor, but it seemed not
to matter.
"Where is Sam?” asked Alice very en
thusiastically.
Her mother said: “My dear, Sam left town
about two weeks ago. It may be that he
is married by now.”
"What am I to do,” thought Alice. These
words kept ringing in her ears, “You think
you are full of the Christmas spirit.”
Alice’s people got better before she left,
and she then decided that she might attend
a party, saying to herself: "I signed a state-
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CAROLS
By Rubye L. Sampson, '32
Early Christmas morning the residents and
guests of Spelman community were awakened
by a burst of peaceful melodies that swelled and
then died away and swelled again and again
and died away. No, it was not the knights of
old serenading their loves beneath balconies. It
was groups now of Morehouse boys and then
of Spelman girls singing carols and plaving
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carol music.
The Morehouse Quartette was first to break
the silence with “O Little Town of Bethlehem."
The carols of the girls were beautiful reminders
of those sung by the angels on the night when
Christ was born.
That most loved melody, “Silent Night,”
brought to the mind a picture of the scene in
the manger on that calm, bright night in
Bethlehem. The song “Noel” revealed the
triumphant rejoicing with which the angels pro
claimed His coming. The other carols were
equally as beautiful in their meaning.
The thrilling tones of musical instruments of
another Morehouse group told, in a language of
their own, the story of the birth of our Savior
and King.
ment to be back at school on time, but I
just can’t miss this party, even if I am a
few hours late.
At the party she forgot everything until
time to leave for her train. She bade her
family good-bye, saying she had had a pleas
ant time—thinking mainly of the party.
The train seemed to move more slowly
than ever. When she got off the train and
on the street car, she said: “I know I’m
school bound now. It won’t be long.” She
was school bound and for being late she
found herself campus bound also.
"That vacation was very unpleasant,” she
said. "I wonder why?” Then more loudly
she could hear; “You think you are full of
the Christmas spirit.”
She thought of her school friend once
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A TREAT TO SPELMAN
A peep into The Land of Cherry Blossoms,
the mystery of the Orient, the charm of Japan,
the graceful folk-dances of a far-away land,
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lighted Christmas tree on the campus. She
thought too of the morning when serenaders
stole to the windows of her home and sang
very sacredly and meaningly that beautiful
song, “Silent Night,” but she thought more
of the words “You think you are full of the
Christmas spirit.”
Alice could not help but cry and thank
Ruth for her good talk. Now she has the
real spirit and has vowed to show' it not
only at Christmas time but at all times. To
prove this, she, without one bit of selfish
ness, wrote letters to her school friend, to
her parents and to the poor families. She
explained all to them.
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