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THE CAMPUS MIRROR
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EDITORIAL
The New Year offers us many opportunities,
but shall we wait for them to come round to
us, or shall we go out and find them? If we
fail to find them, we might go and make them.
There is joy in the doing of something—some
thing for the good of mankind—something good
enough to merit reward. There is an eternal
urge within which is trying to push us on and
on and up and up. We have not far to go
to find this urge, and it always refuses to ac
cept our second best. Surely “He who puts his
best into every task will outstrip the man who
waits for a great opportunity.”
AS A MATTER OF FACT
Having read the interesting works of Charles
Dickens and marvelled at his ability to analyze
characters and understand folk I wondered
what kind of man he was and regretted the
fact that he had not written an account of
his own life. As a matter of fact he had
written an excellent autobiography but I had
not recognized it, in the form of a novel.
During the Christmas vacation the faculty
sponsored the picture “David Copperfield” in
Howe Memorial Hall for the diversion of
students who did not go home for the holidays.
It was in the scene which gave a comment of
the picture that I learned that David Copper-
field is an artistic presentation of the life of
Charles Dickens.
The Campus Mirror management urges
readers of the paper to patronize firms who
advertise with us.
DR. E. P. JOHNSON
Elsie Edmonson, ’30
Dr. Edwin Posey Johnson, Secretary of the
Board of Trustees of Spelman College, and for
twenty-seven years, Pastor of Reed Street Bap
tist Church, in Atlanta, Georgia, died on De
cember 28, 1929. Dr. Johnson was a well-loved
citizen of Atlanta, and was respected by both
races. For ten years, he was President of the
colored committee on church co-operation, and
in that capacity, rendered notable service in the
promotion of interracial good will and welfare
in the city of Atlanta.
Dr. Johnson was born in Columbus, Georgia,
February 22, 1849. He received his Bachelor’s
Degree from Atlanta University, and in 1906
Morehouse College .conferred upon him the
honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity.
He was married to Miss Eliza A. Key
and throughout their lives together the
two of them formed a life “partnership
that has rendered immeasurable service to
needy people.” For six years, Dr. Johnson
taught school at Hawkinsville, Ga., and in
1886 when he and Mrs. Johnson came to At
lanta he became principal of Mitchell Street
Public School. Father Quarles, the devoted
friend of Spelman, had ordained Mr. John
son ; and it was natural that the young man,
on his return to Atlanta, should cultivate
many of his old friend’s interests, including
Spelman Seminary. Mrs. Johnson became a
student at Spelman because her husband
was very enthusiastic about the girls school.
He was a useful man throughout his whole
life, and did much for both spiritual and civic
advancement. He once said, “I never ap
plied for a position or church. I felt that
if I was truly the Lord’s servant, when He
wanted me, He would call: me.” That is the
spirit in which both Dr. and Mrs. Johnson
have worked, finding the Lord’s call in what
ever need came to their hands.
On December 31 the life and character
of Dr. Johnson was the subject of a talk
given by President Read in Sisters Chape 1 ,
which set forth the staunch and loyal char
acter of this true friend, not only of Spel
man, but of numbers of needy and worthy
causes.
DR. JOHN HOPE HONORED
By Elsie Edmonson, ’30
One of the important awards of the William
E. Harmon Foundation for the year 1929 went
to Dr. John Hope, President of Atlanta Uni
versity, in national recognition of the work he
has done in the field of education among
Negroes. The award included a gold medal
with $400 honorarium.
Dr. Hope is a graduate of Brown University
and holds honorary degrees from Howard,
Brown and Bucknell Universities.
He began his work at Morehouse College as
a teacher in 1898 and has been President since
1906. Twenty-four years is an unusual 1 }- long
period for a college president to survive the
heavy demands of the manifold tasks of an
administrator who manages to keep an institu
tion growing and equal to the demands made
on it and its leaders. During President Hope’s
administration Morehouse College has had a
steady, substantial growth along all lines of
educational advancement.
Spelman College women are indeed proud of
this honor that has come to Dr. Hope. His
clear simp'e presentation of ideas and of ideals,
whenever Spelman students hear him, makes his
talks easily remembered and therefore much
quoted. The subject of a few of the valuable
talks he lias given on Spelman Campus have
been: Sincerity of Content and Expression in
Writing, A History of the Status of Women
from Ancient Times to the President Day, and
An Appreciation of Clemenceau. His teaching
provokes thought and inspires not only the
students of Morehouse and Spelman Colleges
but the youth of his race to make earnest
effort and to achieve things noble and worthy.
So individual and sincere is he “that he is a
person who cannot be quoted without quotation
marks.”
The Campus Mirror staff appreciates the
support of all who contributed to the success of
the play program.
AN APPRECIATION OF A
PROGRAM OF PLAYS
By Ida Miller, ’33
On the evening of January 10, The Campus
Mirror sponsored a group of three one act plays
given in Howe Memorial Hal 1 . These plays
made a great appeal to the audience because of
the superior acting throughout them. The suc
cess of the plays is due to the care with which
the director, Miss Anna Cooke, chose the caste,
which was composed of Spelman and Morehouse
students, and to the enthusiasm with which the
plays were rehearsed.
In “The Flattering Word,” George Crockett,
as Dr. Wrigley, exuded a truly ministerial air
which he tinted skillfully with an amusing hu
man susceptibility to “the flattering word”—
in intimation that one has dramatic ability.
Frances Callier not only portrayed Dr.
Wrigley’s wife, but ministers’ wives of any
time or place.
Even Mrs. Zooker, played by Edythe Tate, a
certain everywhere present type of the “church
worker,” proved vulnerable to the subtle “flat
tering word.”
As Lena Zooker, Hettie Jackson presented
an entirely new aspect of the proverbial child
prodigy.
As Tesh, the wielder of this irresistible form
of persuasion, Boynton Milton was a clever rep
resentative of the successful resourceful actor.
In the play, “The Wi'l O’ the Wisp,” Mar
garet Johnson, as the country woman, revealed
the depths of simplicity and understanding with
which souls removed from the shallow' triviali
ties of conventional life are able to invest them
selves.
Willie Dobbs, as the poet’s w T ife, portrayed
the sophisticated woman of wealth and experi
ence so w : ell that the incongruity of this flower
of artifilica'lty as the poet’s wife strikes deeply,
and we understand the Country Woman’s grief
as she says, “He sings no more!”
Frankie Butler, as Nora, injected the lighter
element of, her terror at every turn.
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