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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.