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THE CAMPUS MIRROR
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HIGH
S C H G O L
Just to Remind You
"You never miss the water
Till the well runs dry.”
Mow much we miss and appreciate the
fountain since the water has been cut off!
While we await the day of its return, it
might he well for us to think a moment of
its source.
The fountain was placed on the campus by
the Alumnae in memory of Miss E. Werden
and Miss M. Grover. These women served
in abundant measure for a number of years
on the Spelman faculty. The idea of the
fountain was first suggested by Miss Ger
trude Fisher (now Mrs. Gertrude Anderson)
and was adopted enthusiastically by grateful
Alumnae. It is still their desire to have a
plate placed on the fountain, hearing the
names of Miss Grover and Miss Werden.
To Help You Remember
January 19—Piano Recital.
January 25—Ongawa Entertainment.
February 1—Roland Haves Recital.
; Whipple, which help in the even distribu-
! tion of study time. They are :
Keep yourself in good physical condition.
Form a place-study habit.
Formulate a time-study plan. Don’t daw
dle in getting started.
Begin work promptly.
Work intensely while you work—concen
trate.
Get rid of the idea that you are work-
! ing for the teacher.
Don’t apply for help until you have to.
Break yourself of the habit of day dream
ing.
Consult the dictionary for the meaning and
pronunciation of strange words.
Summarize the main points and be sure
you have learned them.
When Miss Kurrelmeyer had finished, each
student had found some way in which she
could receive greater benefit and joy from
study.
PAG E j
DANGEROUS CURVE
AHEAD!
Each year as Christmas vacation ap
proaches and recedes, there is a tendency
for students to relax in studies. This year
the relaxation was too long in duration. Some
tragedies resulted; failures, warnings, and
other varieties of uncomfortable reports.
Next time you decide to stop studying
“for a spell" think about it. Are you bril
liant enough to do that and pass? Even
| though you are, will not your standards suf-
I fer? Are you doing your best to make good
use of your time? What are your parents
sending you to school for, anyway?
HOW TO STUDY
Recently Miss Kurrelmeyer gave her sen
iors a long desired treat—a talk on how to
study. And thereby hangs a tale: When
this term was in its infancy, Miss Kurrel
meyer gave the seniors a few hints on ef
fective study. The wisdom of these hints
was easily seen when they were put into
practice. Need it be said that those aspir
ing seniors greedily asked for “more” with
an even more wistful bearing than Oliver
Twist’s ?
One of the most interesting assertions of
this lecture relates to the often dreaded
memory work. This was spoken of as the
first of the five types of study; memory
work, the use of books as tools, study for
appreciation and enjoyment, the acquisition
of skills and problem solving.
“Since a certain amount of memory work
is always necessary, let us consider this type
first,” said Miss Kurrelmeyer. “Before we
attempt to memorize definitions, sentences,
or whole selections, we should go over the
material carefully for the meaning, and clear
up the vague and difficult points as we go
on. The things which seem most important
and which we wish to recall later should be
noted with pencil or underlined. We should
try to visualize the reading by picturing
scenes and actions in our mind’s eye. We
must organize and relate the material to be |
learned, for organized material may be
learned more readily than a series of un
connected ideas.”
Miss Kurrelmeyer, after dwelling briefly
on the most important types of reading—
reading for mastery and rapid reading for
research—quoted some rules from Dr. G. H.
THEY DON’T FORGET
There is a loyalty so deeply rooted in
Spelman grads that they are always drawn
back to the school, some time—in some way.
Some answer the call a great deal sooner than
others—some linger longer. Recently several
young graduates have come for short visits.
Misses Essie and Jessie Heath, members
of the class of ’27, were on the campus for
a few days during their Christmas vacation.
They are now teaching in the public schools
of Birmingham, Ala., their home city. Last
year they taught in the Giles Training
School, and one suspects that occasionally
they would like to be back with the Spelman
family.
Miss Lillie Sirmans, class of ’28, had to
pop in for a look on Spelman this term—
possibly to compare and contrast this year
with last year. She is teaching in the South
Highland High School, Anniston, Ala.
Graduates do not let marriage interfere
with their desire to peep in on the “ole
School.” Mrs. Eldora Hayes Lovelace, mem
ber of the high school class of ’27, is able
to come often now. She has recently been
installed as a member of the faculty of Miss
Chadwick’s School.
Miss Agnes E. May, another member of
the class of '27, ran in for a few moments
also, during her vacation. Miss May is in
structor in French and German at Arkansas
Baptist College, Little Rock, Ark.
THE GIFT OF BOOKS
Probably he is extinct who said, when some
one suggested that he buy a book for his be
loved. “She’s got a book." Let us hope so, for
with the enriching of one’s library comes the
enriching of one’s life. Books have meant so
much in the lives of individuals that when it
comes to giving, one can hardly choose better
gifts.
It was interesting to note the books some of
the members of the High School received during
this past Christmas. Some of the volumes had
been selected for recreation and pleasure:
namely, Berta Puck’s “The Leap-Year Girl" and
Gene Stratton-Porter's “Magic Garden,” both
delightfully refreshing and light, but the taste
for which would soon pass. Others were like
wise selected for pleasure but one would also
always find in them new enjoyment and could
seek them at any time, discovering not only
companions, but also friends responsive to any
mood. Among these were two complete volumes
of Shakespeare, the Oxford Book of English
Verse, Tagore’s “Fireflies.”
“GIVE THE GRASS A
CHANCE”
As the time draws near when the tiny
grass blades will push through, let us watch
those corners where the sidewalks turn. If
we continue to save ourselves one step at
each turn, we will have to look at bare
grassless spots in the spring.
RIVALS
Two High School Literary Societies have
been organized, each numbering among its
members students from each of the four High
School classes. Only those girls making av
erages of P are eligible to membership. The
two societies are pitting their resources against
each other in a spirit of creative competition.
The “James Weldon Johnson Society” pre
sented for its first program a very clever dra
matization of “Uncle Remus.” Dorothy Black
as Uncle Remus himself, told the Brer Rabbit
and Tar Baby stories to Vera Bray and Lucille
Dillon, his lucky friends, until the audience was
convulsed.
Those who are members of the “Scipionic
Circle” enjoyed an interesting and inspiring
talk by Mrs. Raffalovich on the Erick Berry
paintings which were at the time being exhibited
in the Laura Spelman Assembly Room.
And I said yet more, a certain man took
his cup and went to the shore of the sea
and filled his cup, and turned his back, and
soon was out of sight of the sea. And all
the water that he then could discover was in
his cup, and he said, Behold the Ocean.—
From the Christian Index, November 22, 1928.