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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 (Continued on Page 8) 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. (Continued on Page 2) 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 (Continued on Page 5) 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. (Continued on Page 3) 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 (Continued on Page 8)