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The Campus Mirror
Published by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
During the College Year
Vol. V.
JUNE, 1929
Number 9
james g. McDonald
SPEAKS AT CHAPEL
Chairman of the Foreign Policy
Association
James G. McDonald, Chairman of the
Foreign Policy Association of New York,
spoke at Chapel on Thursday, May 22, and
was a visitor on the campus Friday, May 23.
Mr. McDonald was in Atlanta as chief speak
er for the second Georgia Conference on the
Cause and Cure of War. He has served on
the faculties of Indiana University, of Rad-
clit'fe College, and Harvard University, and
he is one of the recognized authorities in the
United States on foreign affairs. He is the
author of the Monday evening radio confer
ences on The World Today, broadcasted
over WHAF and the Red Network of the Na
tional Broadcasting Company.
Mr. McDonald’s talk in chapel was one of
encouragement and inspiration. “There are
just two points I wish to make,’’ he said.
“The first is a statement by a great British
ambassador, Colonel Sir Gordon Guggisberg,
Administrator of the most successful colony
in Africa—the Gold Coast. Prior to his
governorship of the Gold Coast, Colonel Gug
gisberg was an engineer in charge of work in
all parts of Africa. He, therefore, had unique
opportunities to know the Negro at home. At
a lunchen Colonel Guggisberg was asked
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BITS FROM THE HISTORY
OF THE CLASS OF 1929
By Alma C. Ferguson, Historian
The Class of 1929 can boast of being the larg
est, the most talented, and the most active class
that has ever graduated from Spelman College.
Forty-five Freshman girls from eight dif
ferent states entered Spelman in the fall of
1925 in response to the challenge for prepared
womanhood.
Campus life seemed at first to be days of re
sponding to signal bells, getting permission
“slips,” learning what to do and when and
where to do it; it was different at every turn
from the home life we had known. Even our
dress regulation annoyed us, but it was not many
monthes until—joy to us! We were permitted
to wear oxfords of any color and silk hose and
simple silk dresses. Among other joys of our
Freshman year was the completion of Tapley
Science Hall—and we were the first class to dis
sect frogs in the new biology laboratories. The
longest nine months that we have ever lived
passed, and at the close of the year we had
grown to like college and were not so anxious
to part after all.
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Dr. George Edgar Vincent
ROCKEFELLER FOUNDA
TION PRESIDENT TO
SPEAK AT SPELMAN
Dr. George Edgar Vincent, President of the
Rockefeller Foundation, noted scholar and
statesman, will be the speaker at the joint Spel-
man-Morehouse Baccalaureate service on Sun
day, June 2.
Dr. Vincent, a native of Illinois, received
his A. B. degree from Yale and his Ph. D. from
the University of Chicago. In 1911 the degree
of LL.D. was conferred on him by Yale and
the University of Michigan. His father, Bishop
John Heyl Vincent, was the founder of the
Chautauqua System, with which Dr. Vincent
also has been associated almost from its be
ginning.
For 19 years Dr. Vincent was associated
with the University of Chicago, as fellow in
sociology, instructor, dean of the Junior Col
leges, and from 1907 to 1911 as dean of the
faculties of arts, literature and science. He
became widely known for his remarkable abil
ity as an educational administrator. In 1911
he was elected President of the University of
Minnesota. His inaugural address, dealing with
the practical aims and purposes of an educa
tional institution, at a time when people were
becoming weary with elaborate theories, attract
ed world wide attention.
In May, 1917, Dr. Vincent resigned from the
Presidency of the University to become Presi
dent of the Rockefeller Foundation, succeeding
Mr. John 1). Rockefeller, Jr. During the dif
ficult period in international relations preceding
the entry of the United States into the World
War, Dr. Vincent was one of a committee of
statesmen sent as emissaries of friendship to
Europe. His interpretations of international
relations through the press accomplished much
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THE SELF-ACTIVITY OF
THE IVY
By Irene C. Dobbs, ’29
The ivy, a well-known climbing and spread
ing shrub, whose stem clings to walls, trees and
other supports by its many fine aerial roots, is
not injurious if allowed a moderate growth.
A fair growth of this beautifying vine on a
building that has no fissure, is beneficial. Ivy
protects the building by encouraging dryness
and warmth and by minimizing any corrosion
that might be caused by the atmosphere.
In times of want and scarcity, the ivy leaves
are eaten by horses and cattle. Bees acquire
some honey from the small yellowish flowers.
But aside from this, ivy has no important eco
nomic value.
The cultivation of ivy is a simple matter. It
will thrive in poor soil and does not require
much sunlight. In fact, a strong light is inimi
cal to its growth. When encouraged with water
and careful training for three or four years,
the ivy grows rapidly and trains itself.
There is a splendid analogy between the ivy
and the college student.
The progressive student is a well known
climbing and spreading person. He is en
couraged, trained and supported by sympathetic
and competent teachers and educational en
thusiasts. These friends and able assistants
help him up to, and often through, that stage
of learning when the pupil has gained the fun
damentals of knowledge and is ready to go on.
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A BACKWARD AND FOR
WARD LOOK
By Ann Nabrit, ’29
With the beginning of the world, history be
gan, and through all the ages, reminiscence and
retrospect have demanded their places in all
the verbal and written discourses of man. We
cannot, therefore, get on without a knowledge of
the past, as it is so closely related to the present
and connected with the future. It is the foun
dation upon which rest the possessions and pos
sibilities of this minority group in America.
To us who stand upon the threshold of the
life that follows college days, we concern our
selves with the past and future of our college.
We feel sure that any words through which
we may pay tribute to the founders and ad
ministrators of our beloved college would in
adequately express the value of their contribu
tions to us, but in our own way of expression
we dedicate to them the following paragraph
because their efforts, aims, and achievements
are our inspiration and guidance. They should be
sacredly cherished and deeply imbedded within
our hearts.
The serious spirit with which Spelman was
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