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THE CAMPUS MIRROR
INVENTORYING
By Lois I). Davenport, ’30
At the beginning of the New Year
all successful business men make an
inventory of their stock. This is done
as a means of seeing whether their
business has increased or decreased,
or in other words to find out if the
income is greater than the output.
In comparison to the business men,
we, on our campus, seem to have prog
ressed by leaps and bounds. This
January we have new teachers, new
students, new showers for gymnasium,
new furniture for college halls, re
ception rooms, and a—a—New Post
Office!!! All of these have added
much happiness as well as pleasure to
the college community.
But a far greater improvement for us is the
elasticity of our school curriculum. Last Janu
ary we had access to the courses prescribed by
our college only. But this year we have the
interchange of courses with Morehouse College. keep j n mind as we begin the New Year.
What has this meant to us/ It has given to j Often will one thoughtlessly follow channels
us a wider range of courses of study; it has w hich may lead to a regretful and tragic
end; but surely Spelman students can not
fail to start the year aright after listening
to the strong New Year message delivered
by Reverend Thurman on Sunday, January
7. He pictured in detail the evils resulting
from lack of purpose and emphasizing the
fact that each must choose his own goal, he
used these lines:
ANOTHER NEW YEAR
Whither Goest Thou?
“Whither goest thou?’’ is a good question
created a more friendly attitude between the
two colleges; we understand more thoroughly
the interests of each other; and we have been
more able to exchange ideas which are cement
ing bonds between us.
Not only do we hope this contact will create
a deeper interest between these two colleges
but will add to a better understanding between
men and women in the future.
“One ship drives east, another drives west,
While the self-same breezes blow;
'Tis the set of the sail and not the gale
That bids them where to go.
Like the winds of the sea, are the ways of
fate,
As we journey along through life;
’Tis the set of the soul that decides the goal
And not the calm or the strife.”
EVENINGS WITH OLIVE
SCHREINER
By Cassandra Maxwell, '32
HOOVER’S GOOD WILL TOUR
(Continued from Page 1)
This trip is much more significant than
any of the others mentioned. Not only is
Mr. Hoover the first president-elect to take
such a tour, but his doing so proves to all
American citizens that he realizes the im
portance of Latin American friendship and
trade. And we may feel assured that our
Latin American problems will have close
consideration during the ensuing presidential
* ernl - ; One of the greatest sources of inspiration to
There is much raw material grown in the girls of Spelman College is the Tuesday
South and Central America that we can use evening talks with Reverend Howard Thurman,
profitably. And in turn, Uncle Sam can fur- jq c j s interesting and has wonderful thoughts
nish South America with many products to share.
needed there. 1 he products that are ex- Under the spell of candle light girls have
changed are almost all that are needed by gathered between the hours of 5 and 6 and
a people. And since there has been estab- 5:30 and 7:30 in Morehouse Hall of our cam-
1 isheel a reciprocity treaty, there is a possi- pus. Such a quiet atmosphere was most suitable
bility that the day may come when Latin for the Olive Schreiner readings and discussions.
America and the L. S. A. will be as one peo- Olive Schreiner was born in South Africa
pie, economically. of an English mother and a German father.
The economic relationship that will no Francis Brett Young, however, thinks that Miss
doubt exist as a result of Mr. Hoover’s trip Schreiner was a child of neither race, but
will be a greater aid to the American farm- rather the child of South Africa. She married
ers than any farm relief plan could ever an Englishman, Samuel Conwright. Quite un
hope to give without the markets which are conventionally, and interesting, too, he changed
and will be afforded by the closer relations his name instead of Olive Schreiner changing
of the two Americas. hers, for, as he said, he had less to lose. He
But we must not let the idea of our being
a "big brother" to the Latin American coun
tries lessen our desire for their friendship
or tamper with their achievement of inde
pendence. A thousand good-will tours could
er.” One wil find these two b<x>ks
very interesting and will learn from
them much of her life.
Books by Olive Schreiner which
were read and discussed in the meet
ings are “Dreams, Stories and Alle
gories,’’ “Dreams,” “Women and
Labor,” “From Man to Man” and
“Trooper Peter Halket." The reader
reads selected passages then stops to
allow for a pooling of opinions and
ideas. Many thoughts come to a per
son that perhaps would never other
wise have presented themselves.
Her "Dreams” and “Dreams, Stories
and Allegories” are imaginary tales.
“From Man to Man" is a novel which
portrays two women and shows how
their lives were shaped by the love they
had for their husbands. "Trooper
Peter Halket” is a novel, the story of an English
trooper. Her “Women and Labor" is neither
a novel nor is it imaginary. This book is the
result of a long piece of research done in
Africa, the manuscript of which was destroyed.
“Women and Labor” was written of what she
remembered of her lost work. It tells of the
relationship between men and women from
primitive times to the present day civilization.
Olive Schreiner shows that when women did
all the manual labor and man simply hunted,
fished and perhaps fought against a hostile
tribe, she was highly respected. As woman
urged man to help her in her duties he assumed
an air of responsibility which had been char
acteristic only of women heretofore. When he
came to the place where he did all the work and
woman only helped him, he began to think of
woman as property. Even though this world
is supposed to be highly civilized, men, for the
most part, have not banished the idea that
women are property. Some of the thoughts
gleaned from these discussions are that neither
should dominate the other. Woman should re
main in thought and act a woman, and in so
doing she will remain a real help to man and
to all humanity. She can do her own thinking,
have her own point of view, and both man and
woman can be more individual. Women will
then cease to be thought of as property, and
will be more respected by men. If a man is
still so unreasonable as to consider a woman
as property it behooves her to prove to him
that she is neither a “slave" nor a "doll.”
Read one of Olive Schreiner's books and
you will read them all and wish there were
more of them to read.
LAUGH A LITTLE—
It'll Help You
Blj Maenei.le Dixon
Imagine Henry IV without “gumptions" as
R. K. stated in a frantic effort to recite when
the history teacher suddenly called upon her.
has written two books: “The Life of Olive
Schreiner” and "The Letters of Olive Schrein-
"I haven’t read that far," said a dignified
Morehouse student when called upon to recite
on the first topic in the lesson.
To tin
trade unless the undercurrent of hatred and
the superiority complex of the “big brother”
never win Latin American friendship and is wiped out.
hraiu just before exams
Hush little brain,
Don't you cry,
You’ll be crammed
By anil by.