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Published by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
During the College Year
Vcl. VII
“THE WILD DUCK”
By Lillian Y. Peck, ’31
Could Ibsen have sat in the audience in
Howe Memorial Hall on Monday evening,
April 7. and seen the presentation of his
play. "The Wild Duck”, by Morehouse Col
lege students, he would have smiled with interest
and sympathy and would probably have thought
with the rest of the audience that the play was
well interpreted.
Considering the fact that "a play is what
you make it" one cannot help but recognize
and appreciate the unusual ability of Miss
Cooke to cast and interpret plays.
It would not have been easy to identify
Jerome Harrison in the shrewd and crafty
old man W'erle trying to deceive his son
Gregers Werle as he does the rest of the
world. Gregers is an outstanding character
in Boynton Milton, who feels it his mission
in life to reveal to Hialmar Ekdal, his old
college friend and son of his father’s part
ner in business, Lieutenant Ekdal, things
which made Ekdal’s position in life, to him.
untenable.
James Murray did an extraordinary in
terpretation of Hialmar Ekdal, who, as a
dreamer and idealist, served as the dupe for
old man Werle, until he was told the real
facts of his position by Gregers. Hialmar
maintains diligently his father, old Lieuten
ant Ekdal, whose unfortunate fate was
plainly visible in the remarkable portrayal
of the old man by Bernard Flood.
Millie Dobbs did a rare piece of dramatic
work in Gina Ekdal, the wife of Hialmar,
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THE GLEE CLUB CONCERT
On April 11 the Annual Glee Club Concert
was held in Howe Memorial Hall. When the
audience were seated the Spelman Glee
Club, in white, filed to their places and be
gan the program with the tuneful ‘‘Sunshine
in Rainbow \ alley.”
The Spelman Orchestra made its initial
public appearance and were well received.
Following this was “The Walnut Tree”, with
violin obbligato played by Thelma Brock.
Then came two choral numbers, “Lullaby”
by Scott and the well-known “Anitra’s
Dance" bv Grieg.
The soft and colorful "May, the Maiden”
by Bessie Mayle added another touch of
spring to the program. The light and airy
“Little Damozel” was Miss Mayle's second
number, which she repeated as an encore.
"Stan' Still. Jordan" and "Little Wheel Turn
ing in My Heart" were two spirituals by the
Glee Club. “Adoration” was a violin num
ber played with assurance and 'kill by Josie
Jackson.
The chorus closed the program with "I
Love to Hear You Singing.”
APRIL, 1930
SPELMAN CELEBRATES
HER 49TH ANNIVERSARY
On Friday, April 11, Spelman College cele
brated her forty-ninth anniversary. At 10:00
o'clock an athletic meet was held in More
house Gymnasium, at 3:00 o'clock an aca
demic procession to Sisters Chapel for an
address by Miss Mary McDowell, and at
8:00 o’clock a glee club concert was held
in Howe Memorial Hall.
The athletic meet consisted of competitive
apparatus stunts and a mimetic drill. The
silver loving cup given by Mr. Trevor Ar
nett for the student who does the best work
on the apparatus team went to Jean Taylor,
of the class of ’32. The second prize went
to Ruth Westmoreland, tenth grade, Spel
man High School. Honorable mention w r as
given to Elizabeth Heath, Ida Jones, and
Lucille Dillon.
At 2:30 o’clock the academic procession
began to form. The line of march began at
Morehouse Hall with the seniors followed
by the other college classes in order ,being
joined by the High School at Giles Hall,
and proceeded thence to Sisters Chapel. The
marshals wore academic robes and carried
blue batons. The faculty and guests followed,
wearing academic robes.
The speaker for the occasion was Miss
Mar}- E. McDowell, founder and head of
University of Chicago Settlement. In intro
ducing her, Miss Read spoke of her work
in the settlement and also of the book that has
recently been written by Wilson on “Mary
E. McDowell,—Neighbor." The subject of
her address was “Wise-Hearted Women.”
Miss McDowell said, in part, “I love beauty,
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ATLANTA SPELMAN CLUB
The annual meeting of the Atlanta Spelman
Club, preliminary to Founders Day, was held
the afternoon of April 10, 1930, in the Home
Economics Building with Mrs. Charles H.
Wardlaw presiding. The College Senior Class
and the alumnae of Spelman High School were
guests as usual and as honor guests of the
occasion Miss Read presented Miss Mary Mc
Dowell of Chicago, Mr. Trevor Arnett, Presi
dent of the Board of Trustees, and Mrs. Arnett,
also Mr. Arnett's secretary, Miss Evans, of
New York City, and Mrs. John Hope, of
Atlanta.
Tea was served in Miss Kugel’s apartment
after which the guests gathered in the; assembly
room for the program. There was music by the
Spelman quartet, a vocal solo by Bessie Mayle,
an instrumental solo by Carol Blanton and a talk
by Mary A. Dunn, Spelman, ’30, on “The De
velopment of Dramatics on Spelman Campus.”
Following the program came the presentation of
the gift of SI 15.(Ml from thu Club for bounders
I )av.
Number 7
HAZEL HARRISON
By Evelyn Pittman, '33
Hazel Harrison, the world’s greatest Negro
pianist was presented in recital Friday evening,
March 21st, 1930, by Spelman College. The
first rendition. Variations on a Bach Theme by
Liszt, was especially well received and the audi
ence was assured that it was listening to a
master artist. The bass of this number was
taken from Bach’s Cantata, “Weeping, Wailing,
Lamenting are the Christians’ Bread of Tears,"
followed by a Lutheran Chorale. The other
numbers were, Sonata in G minor by Schumann,
two Intermezzi by Brahms, and Scherzo in B
flat minor by Chopin. The last selection was
Six Etudes by Paganini-Liszt. These numbers
displayed the marvelous technique at the. com
mand of the artist.
Miss Harrison was born in La Porte, Indiana,
where she attended public school, and, while she
was still in high school, her unusual talent was
discovered by Victor Heinze with whom she be
gan studying, going into Chicago once every
week for her lessons. Miss Harrison made such
rapid and noticeable advancement that she was
sent to Berlin, Germany, where she was placed
as soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic Society.
At this time she played Grieg’s Concerto in A
minor, and before returning to America, she met
Busoni. Returning to this country she com
pleted her high school work and in a few years
went back to Berlin where she studied for three
years with the Masters Busoni and Egan Petri.
Following the outbreak of the World War Miss
Harrison returned to America and since that
time she has given recitals in every music center
in the country.
AMERICA COMES OF AGE:
Andre Siegfried
Reviewed by Jean E. Taylor, ’31
It is difficult in a brief review to do more
than scant justice to a book of this sort. After
reading this significant volume on America, one
does not need to question the author’s knowl
edge, for it is evident from cover to cover that
the author has traveled widely and, at the same
time, has observed closely and recorded facts
faithfully. Not only will this volume prove
interesting and helpful to students of history,
economics and political science but to every
person who has not read it. There is a lure
of style and content that literally draws the
reader from one paragraph to the next, and
from chapter to chapter.
The volume is divided 1 into three parts. The
first part is a review of the Ethnic situation in
America, in which M. Siegfried gives, in a
brief, yet accurate form, the origin, existing
conditions, thoughts and problems confronting
the American people. M. Siegfried speaks quite
freely on this situation and especially does he
prove without apology the Color Problem ami
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