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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. (Continued on Page 6) 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 (Continued on Page 7) 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- (Continued on Page 6) ; (Continued on Page 8) 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- (Continued on Page 7)