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THE CAMPUS MIRROR
5 O C I A L NOTE S
THE SOUTHERN REGION
Y. W. C. A. CONFERENCE
JUNE 7 TO 14, 1929
By Gaston Bradford, ’29
The V. W. C. A. of Spelman College is
happy to welcome the June Conference of the
Southern Region Student V. W. C. A. The
first of such conferences for Negro women
students was held on Spelman campus in 1919—
just ten years ago. Talladega lias been the
home of this conference from 1920 until last
year, when two meetings were held in the area
in order to give more girls the enriching ex
perience of attending a conference. During
the ten years since the organization of the con
ference, the convention has grown steadily in
scope and usefulness. It is to a larger and a
richer conference that Spelman warmly wel
comes the delegates.
The expenses for the week will be $12.00
for registration, room, and board, and the meet
ings follow immediately the close of the col
lege year.
HEALTH WEEK AT
SPELMAN
Health Week was celebrated on our campus
the first week of April by a series of lectures
and demonstrations. Mrs. Ludie Andrews, the
head of the College Infirmary, spoke Monday
morning on the necessity of cleanliness and
how to avoid catching and spreading diseases.!
Miss Helen Tyler and her class in Advanced
Foods, gave a demonstration on Vitamins. Miss
Tyler gave the recipe for “Happy’s Vanity
Case,” which she highly recommended for get
ting and keeping “that school girl complexion.”
Dr. Thomas Slater, the school physician, ex
plained the importance of proper diet. He
said that over-eating will be the physical and
financial ruin of a great number of people.
Dr. Georgia Dwelle emphasized health through
physical education. The ninth and tenth grades
designed and displayed on the bulletin boards,
posters illustrating the necessity of health, and
some ways of acquiring it.
PIANO RECITAL
Spelman College presented Aquilla Jones in
piano recital on Sunday afternoon, April 7th,
at 4:30 o’clock, in Howe Memorial Chapel.
Her program included selections from Mo
zart- Pintel, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Palm-
gren, MacDowell, Cyril Scott and Liszt.
These various selections were rendered with
much clearness, accuracy, depth of feeling,
smoothness and remarkable technique. Her
selection, "Hungarian Rhapsodie No. 2," de
serves special mention. The audience sat spell
bound as Miss Jones’ fingers glided over the
keys, giving them rapturous melody.
Miss Jones was the recipient of many lovely
bouquets of flowers from her senior classmates
and friends. The platform was beautifully
decorated with flowers and ferns.
FOUNDERS’ DAY
By Hi.nora M. James, ’31
Spelman College celebrated the forty-eighth
anniversary of her founding on April 11, by
an all-student athletic meet in the forenoon,
an academic procession to Sisters Chapel for
an address by Dr. John Hope, of More
house College, in the afternoon, and a Glee
Club concert at night.
The athletic meet held at 10 o’clock in
Morehouse gymnasium, consisted of compet
itive athletic stunts and a mimetic drill. The
athletic stunts exhibited the skill and ath
letic ability of the students. The mimetic
drill in which each student showed her ac
curacy and alertness of mind and body, pre
sented pleasing pictures as each one did her
part in perfect rhythm. The drills were the
see-saw, playing baseball, prone-fall, swim
ming, diving and breathing.
The silver cup, which was awarded to the
student performing best the various stunts on the
apparatus, went to Anna Reed, a member of
the 10th grade of Spelman High School.
At three o’clock in the afternoon, following
the academic procession of faculty, staff,
trustees, visitors and students, Dr. John Hope
of Morehouse College gave an excellent ad
dress in Sisters Chapel. In paying tribute to the
two founders of the school he said, “They
were two of the greatest women who ever came
into this great state. They did more than start
a school. They planted an idea—the idea of
giving Negro girls a chance to attain character,
culture and usefulness.”
Dr. Hope’s address was a convincing presenta
tion of the place modern women must take in
the affairs of social and civic life.
“All women are divided into two classes,”
he said, "those who work and those who get
the work done for them.” He cited the case of
Andromache, the wife of the Greek warrior,
Hector, who feared the slavery into which she
must pass if the Trojan cause failed, also the
case of the German women who shared hard
ships with their soldier-husbands, saved Ger
man territory from Roman invasion and shortly
were themselves knocking at the gates of Rome.
1 he faith of Sophia Packard and Harriet
Giles, averred Dr. Hope, showed them a vision
of Spelman College as it is today. If Spelman
keeps that faith, Spelman students will use
their college opportunities to make themselves
not only workers, but co-workers—sharers in
the daily tasks of the world’s work.
The last feature of the day, the annual glee
club concert, given at 8 o’clock in Sisters Chapel,
is reported elsewhere in this issue.
TRUSTEES ENTERTAINED
A special assembly of Morehouse College
and Spelman College students and faculties
was held on the evening of March 25th, in
Sisters Chapel, honoring the members of the
Boards of Trustees of Spelman College and
Morehouse College, who were holding their
meetings on each campus.
The program consisted of selections played by
A SPRING GARDEN-PARTY
The Y. W. C. A. social held Friday evening,
April 5, in Laura Spelman Hall was an en
joyable affair. The decorations, consisting of
branches of dogwood in full flower, suggested
a spring garden.
The informal program of games, stunts, and
music continued throughout the evening, al
lowing much time for mixing and conversation.
Miss Irene Dobbs gave several piano selec
tions, Miss Florence Jones sang “Don’t Be
Like That,” and Mr. Riley of Morehouse Col
lege performed some tricks of magic. A grand
march and the hints of “Home Sweet Home”
dispersed the company.
SPELMAN SUNDAY
SCHOOL
By Johnnie Price, ’30
The Sunday School work at Spelman is very
helpful because of the interest that faculty and
students take in it. Nearly every Sunday this
year some high school or college class has had
charge of the worship service at the begin
ning of Sunday School.
Some of the topics used in this service have
been appropriate for the particular time of the
year, as Armistice Day, Thanksgiving Day,
Palm Sunday and Faster Sunday topics. Others
have been built around topics having to do with
school life and activities.
I he Sunday School Teacher Training De
partment offers a two-vcar course, which is
open to students of the College and of the
Junior and Senior high school. This year
about one hundred and twenty young women
are enrolled and fifty-four expect to com
plete this course and receive certificates in
teacher training this June.
Spelman Sunday School affords rare oppor
tunity for Bible study and the discussion of a
variety of religious problems. The fact that
many of the Spelman faculty teach or other
wise aid in the Sunday School work, makes
the Sunday morning Bible Study as valuable as
the study and discussions these people conduct
in their class rooms.
the Morehouse orchestra, songs by the More
house glee club and quartette, and the Spelman-
Morehouse chorus.
The members of the choruses occupied the
platform while the audience listened attentively.
After the program, the guests, led by Presi
dent Read and President Hope, came to the
platform. 1 hey were introduced, and expressed
their appreciation of the pleasant entertain
ment.
The guests who spoke were Mr. and Mrs.
I revor Arnett, Mr. \\ dliam 1 ravers Jerome,
Jr., Dr. W. \Y. Alexander, Dr. Cary Beckin-
ridge W'ilmer, Mr. Kendall Weisiger, Mr. Da
vid Wood word, Mrs. John Spalding, and Mr.
P. I). Davis.