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THE CAMPUS MIRROR
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A FRESHMAN’S IDEAS OF
COLLEGE
Ai.pha Tallf.y, ’33
I cannot recall the exact time when the word
college made a definite impression on me, but
it must have been during the period when I
was in the grades that I first defined the word
according to my little vocabulary. To my mind,
then, it meant fine buildings in which stern pro
fessors taught, and serious minded students con
centrated on difficult books. I was positive that
they had very little fun or social good times
and no humor at all in the class room. The
whole matter seemed utterly vague to me, but
as I was not concerned very much at the time,
I dismissed it from my mind.
My refusal to acknowledge the importance of
college life was not to be permanent, for after
I had completed the eighth grade at home, I
was sent directly to Spelman High School.
Immediately I began to go through a period
of reformation. Unconsciously, my thoughts,
ideas and feelings changed. As time passed,
I formed a new idea of college life. I, a ninth
grade girl, regarded the degree graduates, look
ing so dignified and solemn in their black caps
and gowns, with an admiration near to rever
ence. “How wonderful!” I thought. I shall
have reached the height of my ambition when
I become the possessor of one of those caps
and gowns. Very eagerly did I look forward
to entering college, and, with this in mind, I
began to study as never before.
During the last years of high school, I be
gan to feel the necessity of a college education.
I knew that it must be wonderful to learn so
many new things, to have so many privileges—
especially to go to West End and buy “Hot
Dogs," and to prepare oneself for a “future
career." I looked with envy and jealousy upon
the upper classmen, and imagined that they were
conceited on account of their accomplishments.
I could hardly wait for my day of graduation
to come. On June 9, 1928, I'm sure I was one
of the happiest girls in the class. “Now,” I
thought, "I am beginning to reach my goal.”
But I had just begun.
After being absent from school for a year,
I came back as a freshman in college. Now I
am discovering something every day, and what
do you suppose it is? New ideas about college
life. My petty notions concerning the vanity
and superiority of the college students and the
austere manners of the teachers seem very fool
ish. It is true that the fault one finds in others
is sometimes due to his own undeveloped state
of mind. To my relief, I have found that the
teachers are as human as any one else, that
the college student does not feel his superior
ity, that it is the high school student who
realizes his inferiority so far as classes are
concerned, that the text book is not made a
paper god, that outside information and per
sonal feelings and ideas make studying a
pleasure, and that there is no end to enjoy
ment along social lines. As a freshman, I
think college life enables one to learn to ad
just himself to circumstances, to be agreeable
and pleasant, as far as possible, with people,
and to take an active and intelligent part in
the things which arc worth doing.
Lottie Lyons
Leader for Morgan Hall in Subscription
Campaign.
The campaign for subscriptions to T he
Campus Mirror, Nov. 14 to 23, resulted in the
following percentages for the different groups:
Morgan Hall, 68 Students, 37jjj%. Lottie
Lyons, Leader.
Packard Hall, 37 Students, 25 25/27%.
Miriam Orse, Leader.
Morehouse South, 54 Students, 28 19/27%.
Hettie Jackson, Leader.
Morehouse North, 52 Students, 33 17/26%.
Anne Lue Ramsey, Leader.
Rockefeller Hall, 20 Students, 17\%. Janie
Banks, Leader.
College Day Students, 76 Students, 3 18/19%.
Florence Morrison, Leader.
High School Day Students, 85 Students, 4
2/17%. Josephine Wheeler, Leader.
The members of the Business Staff are deeply
grateful to students, teachers, and friends who
have shown interest by their cooperation in
the campaign for subscriptions. On the whole
the leaders did good work, but no group
reached 100%. We are therefore leaving the
campaign open in the hope that subscriptions
may yet reach 100% of student enrollment.
ANSWER TO QUESTIONS ON PAGE 1
1. From the afternoon of December 23
until 10:00 P. M., December 29.
2. Y. W. C. A., C. W. E., Story Telling
Club, Wheatley-Fauset Debating Club.
3. We hope so.
4. a. A period of entertainment sponsored
by the Story Telling Club.
b. A colloquial term applied to the box
of gifts placed in the students’ din
ing roorrtfc given by faculty and oth
ers.
c. Inexpensive gifts for the trees in
the dormitories, given to the person
whose name is drawn.
d. The lovely fir tree at the entrance
which is customarily decked with
blue and white lights at Christmas
time.
c. 1 he star that glows from Leonard
Street Orphan Home.
5. Thought question.
6. a. False.
b. (flunk).
c. False.
d. True.
7. True Christmas Spirit.
FOREIGN STUDENTS
ENTERTAINED
By Phyllis Y. Kimbrough, '30
The closing event of World Fellowship
Week was a tea given in Morehouse North
reception room from 4:00 to 6:00 P. M.,
November 23, Miss Ruttkay and Mrs. Red
dick acting as hostesses.
The foreign students present were: Air.
Renee Charles, British West Indies, and
Mr. Frederick Z. Dube, South Africa, both
of Morehouse College; Mr. Henry Krum-
fley, Damascus, Syria, student at Gammon;
Miss Talbot, British Guiana, South America,
Miss Pearl Ntsiko and her brother, South
Africa, students at Morris Brown.
There were also delegates from the student
Christian Associations of Morehouse College
and of Atlanta University. On this campus
World Fellowship Week was under the di
rection of the Christian World Education
Committee of the Spelman Y. W. C. A. Since
it was the purpose of the Spelman Associa
tion to bring together all the foreign stu
dents of the city and to provide for cordial
relationships and interchange of ideas be
tween American and foreign students, a
temporary organization was effected with
Cassandra Maxwell as chairman. The sec
ond meeting will be held on December 14 to
form a permanent organization and plan pro
grams.
A HIKE VERSUS THE GAME
By Frankie B. Butlf.r, ’33
(Carried over from November issue)
A bevy of gloomy girls, who for lack of
tickets or for other personal reasons, were left
at home on that memorable day of the Howard-
Morehouse game, had their misfortune of being
left behind turned into an asset by the Student
Adviser, who took them on the most interest
ing hike imaginable.
Some of the girls were all ready to go to
the game as far as finances w'ere concerned,
but they failed to buy their tickets on the regu
lar sale day, and could get no tickets afterwards,
even with their own money. Others really did
not want to go until the tenth hour, and then,
of course, it was too late.
After the departure of the crowd for the
game, everything around the campus became still
and the place began to look deserted. The girls
who were at home went to their rooms or to
other desired places. Soon, however, the Stu
dent Adviser, Miss McGhee, with her usual
originality, suggested that the girls accompany
her and Miss Brannen on a hike. The news of
this spread like wildfire! In a jiffy all were
gathered in Rockefeller Hall ready to set out.
Since most of the girls had seen only the
towers of Atlanta University, the party started
at a brisk pace in that direction. Soon they
reached the southern end of the campus, which
was covered with clover. Wild horses could
not have dragged the girls farther until they
had tested their luck by trying to find a four-
leaf clover. The nearest anyone came to find
ing one was a three-leaf sprout with one of its
leaves split into halves.
(Continued on Page 11)