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Ol)£ (Tampus 5ttirror 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, (Continued on Page 7) 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, (Continued on Page 7) 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 (Continued on Page 7)