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The Campus Mirror
Published by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
During the College Year
VOL. v
FEBRUARY, 1929
NUMBER 5
THE KELLOGG PEACE
PACT
By Mabel Dockett, ’31
Tin United States ratified the Kellogg
Peace Pact on January 15. This pact has
been sent to other powers for -—
ratification, but it is a matter of
pride that the United States is
the first to ratify it.
The meeting in Paris on April
6, 1927, the tenth 1
a n n i v e r sary of : jgk
America's entrance
into the World
War. was called to
decide whether
there might not be
some sort of peace j
pact between the j
United States and
I*'ranee. Mr. Kel
logg asked Mr.
Briand, the foreign minister of France, his
opinion concerning the possibility of a treaty
between France and the United States as their
national policy toward each other. Some time
later Mr. Briand sent two articles which ex
pressed his judgment and sentiment in regard
to a peace policy between the United States and
France. Nothing more was heard of the article
for six months. Then, on December 28, Mr.
Kellogg, having studied the articles with great
care, sent a note to Mr. Briand stating that he
approved of the lofty ideals in the articles and
accepted them as sane proposals.
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COLLEGE CAMPUS AN
IDEAL COMMUNITY
By Mary E. Dubose, '31
As Roselia was sitting by her window in
room 7 writing busily, in rushed her freshman
sister with skates in hand.
“Oh, come, Roselia,” said Ella. “Let us
skate. All the girls are at it.”
“Oh, no, I'm too busy.”
“Too busy doing what? This is Saturday
afternoon. Why not rest?”
“Well, I’m writing my thousand word theme.
Evidently, you’ve finished yours.”
“Oh, no, there's tonight and tomorrow you
know. I never write too far ahead. What is
yours about?”
"My subject is ‘A College Campus As An
Ideal Community.’ ”
THE SPHINX
By Mary E. DuBose, '31
We are the gay young Sophomores,
And we are dreamers of dreams,
Wandering within these college halls—
A mystery to all, it seems.
We're losers and we’re gainers too;
We’re either right or wrong,
But still we’re here to play our part—
Somehow we get along.
Since this is true of ’31,
What may our emblem be?
The Sphinx, of course, and hard we strive
For strength and unity.
The Sphinx itself a riddle is;
It holds the secrets of ages,
Oh, the wisdom it could unfold!
If written on history’s pages.
The thirty-ones have secrets too;
No one knows what we’ll be,
But we hope soon to unfold ourselves—
The riddle solved, you’ll see.
Although well fail along some lines,
As any one who starts,
The college spirit we must have;
So we strive with loyal hearts.
HOWARD THURMAN,
OUR FRIEND
By Elnora M. James, '31
"O, come right in. My! I'm so sorry
hat .you had to wait a while. You’ll par
don me this time, won’t you?
I just reached the city a few
minutes ago and haven’t been
to my room yet. I rode all day
yesterday and all last night.
—i How are you feel
ing?” After hear
ing your answer to
this cheerful in
quiry the speaker
would say (in spite
of the fact that he
had not lain down
for 36 hours) “I’m
feeling fine today.”
Yes, this was the
way of a character
that has been upon our campus, mingled with us,
shared our sorrows and joys, helped us and is
now gone away.
When I think of how we hated to give up
this sympathetic and inspiring friend, I’m re
minded of the saying: “’Tis better to have had
and lost than not to have had at all.”
We have had him with us for four months
or more. We’ve rubbed shoulders with him
and felt that men were brothers. We’ve laugh
ed with him and felt the world a place of
sunshine. We've thought with him and found
that unknown things are revealed to us through
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THE SPHINX OF “31”
By Katie Walker, ’31
Why should we, the class of ’31, choose the
“What? That subject is as odd as you. How Sphinx, a mythological monster, with lion's
can a college campus be an ideal community? body, the head and the breast of a woman, the
This small place a community?” wings of a bird and a serpent’s tail, for our
“Yes, it is, and an ideal one. College life class emblem? What significance is there con-
is the nearest approach to ideal living.” nected with such a crude figure that we should
“Maybe I’m dumb. You'll have to convince want it to be a symbol of our work or ac
me.” coniplishments here, at Spelnian? W hat meati-
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THE FOURTH “R” FOR
WOMEN
By Magnolia R. Yvonne Dixon, '31
Since Spelman is a woman’s educational in
stitution, it is not to be doubted that things
pertaining to women hold charm for each in
dividual of our big family.
Ida Comstock’s article in the February is
sue of the Century Magazine gave a brief his
tory which clearly presented the part women
have played down through the ages in mak
ing the world what it is. Back in the age
of exploration and discovery women were work
ers and many women fostered progress. Queen
Isabella yielded her jewels so that Colum
bus might have ships to reach India by sail
ing around the world. Queen Elizabeth stood
anxiously behind the Englishmen supplying
them with zeal, means, and encouragement.
It is only in the last fifty years that high
er educational opportunities have been open to
woman. Then she has only been on trial, for
it was doubted whether she would justify the
advantages given her. Many men were disap
pointed at the early results, Miss Comstock re-
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