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The Campus Mirror
The Business of Being a
Friend
Theodis Weston*, '134
The business of being a friend is as im
portant as any other business; as any parti
cular occupation or employment habitually
engaged in. Friendship is taken trivially
bv some people and by others as a matter
of business.
There are innumerable qualities which go
to make up a real friend; some of which
are loyalty, a helpful influence, a sense of
duty and responsibility, firmness and co
operation. A friend should always be will
ing to help bear burdens and solve problems
and take almost everything as a matter
of some degrees of responsibility. Some
people think that they should have a friend
and that that friend should have no other.
This gives rise to that dreadful quality
which is jealousy. Jealousy always pre
sents a barrier to any sincere relation and
is one of those characteristics that is pro
hibited in real friendship.
Every person needs friends, but every
person can't be a friend. It was a problem
of the ancients and it is one now. A real
friend never tells a secret that she knows
will endanger the one whom she calls her
friend. This often happens in cases of
some individuals playing friends. Emerson
says, “The only way to have a friend is to
be one ’ ’.
In all friendships there lies a certain
kind of love, whether it be intimate or sub
ordinate. Friendships vary with the indi
viduals and also with the sex. In some cases
there are what is called strained friend
ships. This may be explained by giving an
example. There was a girl, whose name
was Quincy, who loved Marion very much
and she was willing to do anything that
she could to gain Marion’s friendship. But
as days passed Marion would treat Quincy
with contempt and hardly had a pleasant
word for her, because, she said, she couldn’t
help it. This is a typical example of strain
ed friendship; one in which an individual’s
love for another is not returned, but baffled.
Our Lord, Jesus Christ, displays the busi
ness of being a friend. He is loyal to His
own; He is present in the time of need; He
does not look for rewards, and He spreads
His arm of guidance. He is a friend that
sticketh closer than a brother. To Him
friendship was part of His Father's busi
ness and to everyone it should be as a re
sponsible business. In any kind of busi
ness there conies a responsibility.
The responsibility of being a friend in
volves intricate problems. What is the best
way that I can approach my friend? How
can we bring about a mutual understanding
between us? How can I help her in solving
her problems; How can I hold her friend
ship? These problems and many others are
involved in being a friend. The business of
being a friend is not to be taken as a trival
proposition, but as the supreme business of
human relations.
Where S culler sit ip Counts
“There’s a fine fellow in the college crew.”
‘ Yes, lie’s a gentleman and a sculler.”
Faculty-Student Assembly
President Head called an assembly ot the
faculty and students in Home Memorial Hall
on Friday, March 13, at 1 :45 p. m., to make
some announcements concerning the program
for the fiftieth anniversary.
Short talks were made by Miss Anna
Cooke, Director of Dramatics, and by Miss
Edith Glode, of the office force, each of
whom has just returned from leave of ab
sence for 1930-1931 to assist with the Golden
Jubilee. Miss Glode will be of inestimable
help in connection with the historical ma
terial and alumnae records. Miss Cooke will
direct the pageant, a historical sketch of
Spelman.
Prizes had been offered for the best pro
gram for college morning and for the best
music to suit words of Fair Spelman, a
poem written by Samuel F. Smith, the au
thor of America. In this assembly Naomah
Williams was announced winner of the pro
gram contest, and Marjorie Stewart winner
of the music writing contest.
The winners of the contest for the his
torical sketch of Spelman and the contest
for the original song, words and music, have
not been announced. The song contest is still
open.
The Juillard Lecture Course
Carol Blanton, ’33
On January 20th Miss Biley spoke on
Haydn and Mozart and the Sonata Form.
In the music of epoch-making composers
preceding these two, church music in par
ticular and other music of a serious nature
held the dominant place. Mozart and Haydn,
however, were ushered into a music world
that was demanding something new; people
wanted something lighter, not so serious as
church music. That want, however, began
to be satisfied with the advent of Haydn
and Mozart.
We find that the thing that these men did
to develop and establish the classic sonata
form was the predecessor of even greater
things that were to be done with the form
by Beethoven and those who came after him
in the Romantic Period.
The meaning of sonata and the sonata
form was explained very briefly as being a
form within a form. One may better under-
Hand the word sonata by knowing that it
conies from two Latin words, cantare, mean
ing to sing, and the Latin word, sonare,
meaning to sound. The sonata consists of
movements, four being the usual number; the
first movement is always in the sonata form;
the second is either a song form, variations
on the theme, or the sonata form; the third
is a minuet, or trio, and the fourth is either
a rondo, or the sonata form. The sonata form
consists of a major theme, a sub-theme which
is in a related key (bridge-work connects the
two themes), development of the themes and
recapitulation, which is a re-emphasizing of
the original theme. The development of this
form by Havdu and Mozart has been in con
tinual favor, hence its importance.
We shall now turn our attention to the
charactei istics and contributions of these
men. Haydn was of simple parentage, hence
his simplicity; lit* is humble and lovable,
lovable to such an extent that he was dubbed
“Papa” Haydn. He was very ambitious, full
of humor (this is evidenced in his music; in
fact, he was the first to introduce this ele
ment); he was a champion from and of the
people. His greatest contribution lies in the
establishment of the sonata form and the
development of the sonata for the (instru
mental) quartet, trio, quintet, and for the
symphony. Mozart was of simple parentage,
soft-hearted and kind; he had a very loving
sort of disposition. He was perhaps the
greatest genius of all time, writing his first
composition at six years of age, and he was
an arduous worker. His work reflects his
disposition. One finds richness of melody
and endless spirit in his works. Haydn and
Mozart were so much alike as to style in
their writing that it takes a keen musical
enthusiast to distinguish between the two.
The distinguishing feature is the fact that
Mozart exhibited more warmth than Haydn.
Mozart’s contribution was further intensifi
cation of the sonata form and the symphony,
giving to the symphony more meaning.
New Members of the Council
At the last general meeting of the student
body the following were elected to the mem
bership on the Community Council:
Sophomore, Frankie Butler; Freshman,
Jule Clayton.
The Freshman member is not elected un
til there is chance for freshmen to have the
experience of campus life. Now that a se
mester has passed she is eligible to help
decide things of the greatest good of all.
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