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Published by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
During the College Year
Vol. VI DECEMBER, 1929 Number 3
SOME PROBLEMS OF
PROGRESS
By Annie L. Kelley, '31
We, the Negro race, have not yet been of
great help to ourselves. We have been, it seems,
waiting for our white friends to take the lead
in things which make up our affairs, yet there
are many things which we can do to help our
selves. We know that at the present time there
are but a few strong business firms owned by
Negroes, and those that are, are not patronized
by the majority of the colored people. It is
easy, I admit, to stand off, or sit in a quiet
place, and think of the wonderful unngs we
might do if we could only get financial equip
ment. But it is far better to stand solid for
each other, and try to support our own enter
prises.
To the ones who are willing to make at
tempts at progress, let us busy ourselves by
giving them our complete cooperation. A few
men cannot carry the race forward alone; we
must all help if w r e w T ant to move on. If we
do not learn how' to do for ourselves, we shall
be without support, without self-respect, and
out of the line of progress.
There are only a few schools for our race
that are under the strict direction of colored
people. The majority of these schools may be
partly under a colored directory board, but
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A QUIZZ ON THE HOLI
DAYS, 1929
Augusta J. Johnson, ’32
1. Give the dates of the Christmas holi
days.
2. Name organizations that plan to spon
sor special entertainments.
3. W ill the Morehouse students wake us
again on Christmas morn with their
carols ?
4. Identify the following:
“Story hour,” “the grab,” “joke gifts,”
Spelman Christmas tree, “the Christ
mas star.”
5. Of what will the menu for Christmas
dinner consist?
6. True or false:—
a. Santa Claus does not come to
Spelman.
b. We shall not have breakfast until
eight o’clock during the holidays in
order to give more time for sleep
ing.
c. There will.be no annual Christmas
carol concert by the Glee Clubs.
d. Our student adviser will go hiking
with us.
7. hill in the blanks.
May the hover
over our campus.
ANSWERS ON PAGE 3
SPELMAN COLLEGE LIGHTS THE
LIVING CHRISTMAS TREE
APPRECIATION OF SPEL
MAN LIBRARY
By Myrtle Lagard, ’30
The library is the workshop of the student.
Because of its importance, it is necessary that
it have a good situation as well as efficient
management. Spelman library fulfills both
of these requirements.
The atmosphere of the library is such that
quietness reigns not only in it but around it,
thus providing excellent conditions for study.
Such conditions encourage an attitude for
wholesome feeding and steady growth of the
mind; for the cultivation of a taste for books
that become lasting friends, that are inter
esting, educational and recreative, that en
courage creative work, that adjust malad
justments. Such an atmosphere makes pos
sible thorough, broad and rational thinking.
The librarian is chiefly responsible for the
atmosphere which pervades our library. Her
love of quietness; her delight in seeing a
group of students in search of information,
conscientiously engaged in delving for know l
edge which she is able to asist them in se
curing; her knowledge of the value of books
and her sincere interest in her work, help to
make the library an ideal place for study.
There is nothing more essential for the
growth of a school than a well equipped
library. Should our library continue to grow
and to make students grow with it as it
is now doing, it will become more and more
serviceable as a workshop for Spelman
students.
AGE AND YOUTH
By Mabel Dockett, '31
Eckener and Lindbergh are personifications
of the words age and youth. Each has
startled the world with his unusual accomp
lishment ; both have aroused the interest of
the entire world; both have left definite in
fluences that will affect millions of people
for ages to come.
Captain Hugo Eckener, aged 60 years, com
mander of the airship Graf Zeppelin, journey
ed with his crew 19,500 miles around the
world in 21 days, 7 hours and 26 minutes.
It is not this heroic feat that is to be thought
of as his greatest achievement, because an
other Zeppelin can be built and another one
will go faster than this Zeppelin went. It
is the courage, ambition, enthusiasm and
modesty that were shown in age that the
world is admiring. He had the courage to
make the effort and was not disappointed
at his first failure; but, undismayed by re
peated rebuffs, he rose anew to accomplish
his desire with strength unsapped and ener
gies undiminished. His praiseworthy feat
showed that it is folly to sit and rust.
Eckener is not old. Age is determined by
one’s attitude of mind. He did not let his
long experience in life hinder him in doing
the things youth would undertake to do. He
looks upon life as a precious gift that is given
to man to use until it is called in. All the
experiences in one’s life should be like a
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ONE ACT PLAYS
By Frankie Butler, ’33
“Is the Campus Mirror to present a play
this year?” you ask.
^ es, in Howe Memorial Hall, on January
10, 1930, they are presenting three modern
one act plays that have already won uni
versal approval. Miss Anna Cooke, who
directed “The Passing of the Third Floor
Back and other plays on the campus last
year, is directing these, a fact that com
mends these performances to all who have
seen Miss Cooke’s students play.
The Campus Mirror has already set for
itself a record by the excellence of its plays
in preceding years. It is expected, however,
that this presentation, the first venture on
this campus in the staging of a program
of one act plays, will increase dramatic
appreciation on the campus. One new fea
ture in the selection of the caste is the
fact that the masculine parts in each play
are taken by men, students of Morehouse
College.
The new school theater, with its modern
equipment, is a very suitable place for the
plays. We know that tlie auditorium will
be packed to capacity.