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The Campus Mirror
7
The Evening of the Year
Mamie A. Bynes, ’33
The leaves of the trees introduced the
first sign of tho season when they blushed,
began to leave their original homes, and
inhabited another region—the surface of the
earth. They formed a beautiful mantle for
a short while, but they soon deteriorated and
were forgotten.
Following the departure of the leaves, and
helping them to make a more nearly com
plete departure was the first brisk dance of
the October wind. This was probably the
first sign of autumn to some of ns, because
we were not affected by the falling leaves
and therefore paid no attention to them.
The wind made itself more manifest each
day, leading ns on to the high point of the
season.
And now, the final sign has appeared.
Jack Frost made his formal debut a few
nights ago. Although he caused the least
disturbance by coming in the stillness of
the night, he was far less welcome than the
others because he ushered in the rigid winter.
Why do we think so harshly of these days
from the winter solstice to the vernal equi
nox? Does there arise need for more na
ture poets to tell us of the beauty of this
season? Even so, the poet’s words are the
poet’s ideas, and to see it as he sees it,
we must be poets within ourselves. Then
let us think of autumn and winter only as
the strange phenomena which offer conceal
ment of spring and summer for a short
while, thus eliminating the irksome uniform
ity of which these beautiful seasons would
be victims if there were not a change.
With this hopeful assurance in mind, let
us say with Shelley—'‘If winter comes, can
spring be far behind?”
The Journalism Club
While writing for the Campus Mirror
many students have discovered the need of
learning the art of expressing themselves
more effectively. In order to meet this need
the editor of the Campus Mirror suggested
that a club for tlie study of journalism be
organized. As a result of this suggestion,
fourteen girls met on October 13, elected a
temporary staff of officers, and appointed
a program committtee to plan carefully
under the guidance of advisers a program
for the club. In the club meeting, which
will be held on the second Monday in each
month from 4:45 to 5:45 o’clock in the
annex of Packard Hall, the members will
endeavor to acquaint themselves with the
technique and practice of journalism. The
series of programs is to cover such phases
of news writing as: studies in style and
style-books, types of news stories, and get
ting out a paper.
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Campus Trees
Clara Haywood, ’34
Have you noticed that self-possessed ash
tree which faces you while going north from
Tapley? It fairly thrusts itself upon you,
proudly waving its yellow and red-brown
leaves. Now that it is colored more brightly,
the leaf and twig arrangements are easily
discernible.
The red, red sweetgum tree, which is just
beyond the ash, flaunts its fiery beauty to
every passerby. It seems to say, “Look at
me, if you please, to receive a bright, jolly
feeling,” and this (scornfully), “But to be
made drab, dull, and sad, glance over the
way at that pale little maple.” The maple
tree, just as our sophisticated sweetgum
says, is of a sickly vellow-green color—un
like the flaming maples of Virginia and
New York.
The queerest autumn feeling that a per
son could ever feel comes when she stands
far enough away from an avenue of trees
to get a complete picture of them and then
allows her eyes to wander from the quiver
ing leaf reflections on the ground to row
after row of black tree-trunks, grim and
sturdy. Suddenly she allows her gaze to
rise to the trees themselves. Immediately
a blaze of color strikes the eye. So quickly
does it flash before her that she pauses,
taut, almost breathless. It all happened in
a brief second. Stranger yet is the fact
that, although she may try all day, standing
on one foot and then the other, the same
experience never happens again with the
same sudden beauty and fire as it did that
first unexpected moment.
The Debate Studio Program
All those who did not listen in over Sta
tion P-R-E-S-E-N-C-E from our studio in
Laura Spelman Assembly on November 4,
from 4:50 to 5:50, missed an opportunity
for mental development. The first feature
was an outline of the year’s work by the
president and an election of the minor staff
members. Mr. B. I\. Brazeal of Morehouse
College talked about “The Technique of
Debating” and most cleverly answered the
questions asked by his listeners. The staff
extends an invitation for the co-operation
of the Spelman community to make a touch
down for the Wheatley - Fauset Debating
Club.
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Report of Latin Club
Alpha Talley, ’33
The Spelman College Latin Club will meet
this year on the second Friday of each
month at 3:45 p.m. in the assembly room
of Laura Spelman Hall. All who are in
terested are cordially invited to attend.
An interesting number on the October
program was a talk by Mrs. T. B. Maxey
on ‘Virgil, Ilis Life and Works”, which she
gave in commemoration of the two thou
sandth anniversary of the poet, Virgil, born
October 15, 70 B. C.
The Story Telling Club
Those who are interested in the art of
story telling and the technique of story
composition will have a splendid chance to
exercise this ability in a progressive and
lively club without which the campus activi
ties would be incomplete. The Wheatly-
Fauset Story Telling Club meets the third
Friday afternoon in each month at 5 o’clock.
The president and program committee assure
you of a profitable hour at each meeting.
Don’t miss one!
Brief Review of News
Jean E. Taylor, ’32
Among the list chosen, by Miss Ida M.
Tarbell, of fifty women who had achieved
distinction in their different fields, was
selected a Negro woman, Mary McLeod
Bethune. One would not wonder at the se
lection of this woman as an outstanding
contribution of service to America in view
of the fact that Mrs. Bethune almost single
handed and alone has created and built up
an institution for the education of Negro
youth in the heart of Florida. This insti
tution holds up the enduring ideals of its
founder and president, Mary McLeod Beth
une of Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona,
Florida.
“So your son got his B.A. and M.A. ?”
“Yes, indeed, but P.A. still supports him.”
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