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o irror Published During the College Year by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta. Georg:a 1111111111111111 ■ ■ 1111111111 ■ 11111111111111111111111 n 1111111 ■ • 11 >• 111111111 n 111111 ■ 11111111111 • 1111111 ■ 11111111 ■ i m 11111111111111111 ti 1111111111111111111111111111111111111 .VOL. VII March 15, 1930 Number 6 M • II M I • 11 MIM 1111 I IM11111111 III M II IIII 11 II I I II ■ I I II I I II I M I II I I 11 I I I 111 I 11 II I II I II II I II I II I I 11 II It II I II I II III I 11 I I II II III I II 111 I I I II I I M II I I I I I I I II I I II I I II I I ■ 11 I I I M I I III II 11 I 11 I II III I 11 II I I I I I II I I 11 I I I I II I I II I 111 I I I■I I II I IIII I III I II 11 I III I IIIIII I 11 I I I 11 I 111 11 I I II II I I 11 ■ I M I I Trees Spelman Day in Atlanta The fourth Sunday of March has been set apart by the churches of Atlanta as Spelman Day in preparation for the Golden Jubilee of Spelman. The program for that day will include a short history of the growth and develop ment of the institution in the field of edu cation and general culture. The congregations are being asked to give a birthday contribution to Spelman's Golden Anniversary which will be celebrated on April 11th. PROGRAM FlKTIKTH ANN1VERSARY April 10-11-12, 1031 Friday, April 10 A fternoon Athletic Meet Morehouse Gymnasium Evening Alumnae Night . Howe Memorial Hall President’s Reception to Delegates, Alumnae and Other Guests Reynolds Cottage Saturday, April 11 M inning College Program Howe Memorial Hall A fternoon Founder’s Day Exercises Sisters Chapel Dr. .Julian l>*wis, Assistant Professor of Pathology of University of Chicago Medical School. Evening Pageant Sisters Chapel Srnday, April 12 Mur ning Devotional Service Sisters Chapel .1 fternoon Anniversary Sermon Sisters Chapel Dr. Rush Rhees, President of University of Rochester. Evening Sisters Chapel Trees T hrough the Seasons Jewel Woodard, ’31 Reaching up with their branches high, Spreading their lace against the sky, The sturdy trees in the winter’s cold, Loose not from earth their firm foothold. So let our minds toward heaven soar, While hands and bodies work the more. Giving shelter to the birds in spring, Allowing the feeble vines to cling, Growing green in the sun and rain, Calling happiness back again, So let our hearts like the oak tree be, Full of love and sweet harmony. Sending cool breezes upon a hot brow, Giving the shade that is needed now, As the summer sun smiles far and near, Its heaven-sent blessings of heat and cheer. So let us live as Christians should, Helpful, and kind, doing good. Autumn, the leaves are turning brown, Or red and gold, then falling down, Leaving the limbs to stretch and sleep, As winter again over them creeps, We, safe from winds so wild, Dream of our King who was once a child. Ira Reid on Economic Problems Frankie Butler, ’33 To what extent have race relations af fected the present status of the Negro in the economic world ? To what may be at- trihuted some of the apparent injustices to which many, especially the common laborers, aie often subjected in their effort to retain employment ? It is true that scarcely any of America’s industrial power is in the hands of the Negro and it i> also only logi cal that the group to which thi> power be- (Continued on Page 4) Doctor Dubois a Visitor in Atlanta Velma Dolphin, '32 Dr. W. E. B. Dubois, of New York City, editor of the Crisis, was recently a visitor in Atlanta and the guest of Atlanta Uni versity. During this visit Doctor Dubois gave four lectures: two at Atlanta Univer sity, one at Spelman, and one at the Butler Street 3'. 31. C. A.; he also conducted sev eral small group meeting or forums with members of the faculties and with students ot the three affiliated institutions. I he series of lectures given at Atlanta l Diversity and at Spelman College were on the general subject of Negro Art. Lecture number one at Atlanta University dealt with the Negro Literature before 18(50, giving espe cial attention to the literary work of Phyllis M heatley, to the peculiar difficulties under which she wrote and the influence her art has had on writers since her time. In the second lecture of the series, given at At lanta l Diversity, Doctor Dubois divided Negro literary artists into three distinct groups. The first group included men who are dead and those who are very old, such as Williams, Chesnut, Dunbar, and Wash ington. The second group included men who are now middle agred, as Braithwaite, Woodson, Johnson, and Hill. The third group, composed of younger men and women, included Mackay, Fauset, Cullen, Toomer, Hughes, Waldron, and Larsen. The aims he finds in the work of these literary artists are research, criticism, propaganda, revelation, didactic lyrics and rhythm. The methods they use are those of romanticists, idealists, impressionists, realists, and neo realists. r l he third lecture of the series, which was given at Spelman College, on the Economics of Negro Art, by including the literary artists mentioned in the two former lec tures, made this a kind of summary of the series; but in it he included very interesting information and appreciations of the work of Negroes in all the major fine arts: paint ing, sculpture, music, and archiecture. Concerning the economic values that crea tive workers in any of the fine arts are able to realize, the speaker assured his audience that Negro artists find out exactly what artists of all time have experienced: that the reward of an artist is not in physical returns that conteni|K)raries make for the pleasure* he gives them, but rather in the satisfaction and joy an artist actually feels in being able to create that which enlarges and enriches the lives and spirits of his fellow-men. The recounting of the names of groups of Negro artists with descriptions of their work and the financial and artistic ratings they have received made this lecture a rare treat to the large audience that heard it. Vesper Service