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irror_■ Published During the College Year by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta. Georgia VOL. VII iMiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiMiitiniiiiiiniimiiimiiiiiiiiiii MIIIMIII October, 1930 111111111111 n m 11 in 11 ii 111 ii 11 ii 111111111111111 m 111111 it mu ii i min ii ii 11 11 it n mi i ii nut i n n miiiiimn i in miiiiiiiiiiu mn limn in mm n Number 1 I I I 11 I I I 111 III I II I II 11 I I II I ! I 111 HI I 11 11 1111111 I I I I I I III 11 11 IIIII1111 III I HI 11 Greeting From President Read Ernest Dimnet says that the just and most obvious characterization of the thinker is vision; that the thinker is pre-eminently a man who sees where others do not. We are embarked on a new college year. What are we going to see during the year? To what will our eyes and our minds be open? The power of observation is a thing that can be developed. When you look at a tree, do you see just a hazy outline of trunk, branches, and leaves—something that might as well be a post for all the pleasure you get out of it or do you notice the texture of bark, the shape and color of leaf, so that the tree becomes to you a living thing that gives you joy? Do you notice when the first maple leaf turns golden in the fall? Do you watch for the first arrival of the cardinal on his journey northward? What do you observe in your classmates? -Just their mannerisms or their clothes? Do you notice their helpful acts and courtesies? Do you see a chance to say a good word when one is being unfairly criticized? Do you look for sincerity and honesty and fair play in your friends? What qualities do you see in people? What do you see in your assignment of French verbs to be learned? Just a dull grind—or the chance to get command of a tool that will be a joy to you when you have mastered its use? Behind the study of the circulation of the frog, do you see the marvel and the mystery of living things, of life? Beyond the consideration of a “his- toiy lesson", does your mind open up to the movements of men and of nations that help ns understand and interpret our present life in Georgia, in America, in the countries of the world? The power to see grows not through vagueness and general impressions but through a thorough and complete knowledge of the thing which at the moment is the center of observation. What—and how—shall we see during the year 1 <>30-1931? Fifth Annual Freshman Week At Spelman Clara Haywood, ’34 'Hhe class of ’34 is wondering how other college freshmen who did not have the ad vantage of “Freshman Week" ever became acquainted with the campus, the buildings, ami"different regulations, because the class which met September Hi, 1930, on Spelman campus at 9:00 o’clock a.m., immediately began to be familiar with all the necessary (Continued on Huge 3) Katie Maude Walker Julia E. Pate Katie Maude Walker, a member of the present senior class of Spelman College, a graduate of Spelman High School and of Spelman Sunday School Teacher Training- Course, in the class of 1927, died at the college infirmary at 3 :45 o’clock on Thurs day morning, October 9, 1930. An announce ment of her death was made at the regular college chapel devotional service of the same day. Both students and teachers were deeply grieved and found it hard to believe the sad truth that Katie was no more. Katie Maude was entering her eleventh year as a boarding school student at Spel man. Two days after her return to school from a vacation with her sister at Beaver Falls, Pa., she complained of not feeling- well and went to the infirmary for treat ment. While there she continually grew worse and was never able to return to her classes and friends by whom she was dearly loved. Katie was generally known as a popular favorite among the students and teachers because of her ever-cheerful and pleasant disposition, her good scholarship, and her charming personality. - She was highly de sirous of a college education and the vari ous experiences of college life. She made good use of every opportunity to realize her ambition. During her years both in high school and college she maintained a creditable scholar ship record and was active in many student organizations, holding the following offices of responsiblity: President of senior high school class, vice-president of sophomore college class, treasurer of the Spelman Sun (Continued on Page 2) New Student Adviser—Miss Ruth O. Eakin It is a pleasure to introduce to the stu dents of Spelman College the new Student Adviser, Miss Ruth 0. Eakin, who has come to us while Miss McGhee is studying on fellowship at Columbia University. Miss Eakin attended Wooster College in Ohio for two years. She holds the degrees of B.S. and M.A. from Teachers College, Columbia University. None of us—unless it be Miss Clara Howard—knows the feeling of being one of two American women in a village in a foreign country and the only one respon sible for the educational work, with every thing to be done in the way of building a school, training the teachers, planning the courses, and teaching the students. What a pull on one’s resources it must make, and what a strain on one’s faith and on one’s backbone! Miss Eakin has spent two pe riods of about six years each in Trang, Siam, starting from nothing and building a school for girls which now has more than 100 day pupils, thirty-five boarding pupils, and six teachers. We should marvel at the quiet and effective way Miss Eakin has fit ted into her life and work in the Spelman community if we did not know that pioneer ing wherever it is done invariably develops initiative and resourcefulness and brings out sturdy qualities of mind and heart and character. We welcome Miss Eakin to her work with us. Florence M. Read. Member of British Parliament Speaks at Spelman Oteele Eloise Nichols, ’32 Mi-. Rennie Smith, member of the British Parliament and Private Secretary to the I ndei-Secretary of Foreign Affairs, who is lecturing under The Institute of Inter national Education, spoke at Sisters Chapel, Sunday, October 5, 1930, on the Inter national Outlook of the Negro. Some of the interesting ideas that he presented were these: He said that he is visiting the South in order to see the type of education the American Negro is getting, so that when he returns to England lie will know better how to plan for the education of the South African youth. He prophesied that twenty-five years from today Africa will be the Dig inter national question as India is today. He urged that we think of tin* British Government not as the British Empire, but as the British Commonwealth of Nations. (Continued on Page 7)