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irror, Published During the College Year by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIM Ml IIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIII II Mill Mil llllll I I I M I I I I III I I I II11 II I I I I MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMIIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMIMMMMMMMMMMI Vol. VII January 15, 1931 Number 4 IIII I II 11II11 I II Ml 11 III 111 11 111 111 III I II I III11 I I IIII 11 I I I I I 111 11 11 111III I II II I I I I I I I II I I I I I I I I I 11 11 I I I I I I I I I I I I II I I I I I I I I II III I I I I||I||II I I I I 11II III I I I 11 I I I I I 11 I I I I I I I I I I I III I I I II I I II 11 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 11 I 111 I I II 111 IIII I I IIII 11 I I 111111III I 11 III 111II I II I 11 11 I 111III 111 II 1111 I I The Nursery School Malissa L. Varner, ’32 The Nursery School—Spelman College 1'hc Detroit Conference On Making Resolutions Marjorie A. Stewart, ’32 The National Student Faculty Confer ence, sponsored by the National V. M. and V, W. C. A.’s, which convened in Detroit, Michigan, December 2(i to 31, 1930, had for its purpose the furtherance of educa tion and the betterment of student and faculty relations by bringing together these groups to discuss the fundamental, social and religious problems on the campuses over the country. The conference convened in plenary sessions and in commission groups, each group taking up a specific educational problem. In the three general sessions everyday, there was a main lecture and in some meetings there were shorter ad dresses. The speakers during the five days were Ceorge Coe, formerly of Teachers College, Columbia University; Frederick J. Kelly, lecturer in higher education, Chicago Uni versity; Reinhold Nieburh, of the Union Theological Seminary, New York City; .1. Stitt Wilson; Marion Cuthbert, National Y. W. C. A. Secretary; Sherwood Eddy, writer, and Norman Thomas, leader of the Socialist Party. From the student 's point of view the ad dresses of Ceorge Coe, Frederick Kelly and Norman Thomas were significant because many of their facts bore directly upon stud ent interests and student life. The first of these lecturers emphasized the value of questioning on the part of the student. (Continued on Page 2) Fanny Smith, ’33 With the ever increasing complexity of our life in college, which involves divers adjustments, associations, contacts, thoughts, pleasures, studies and habits, the old cus tom of making New Year’s resolutions has become as unpopular and extinct as flannel underwear and “hen socials”. We mod erns now are so completely overwhelmed with our seeming sophistication that we regard the making of resolutions as a waste of time and thought. We say that we never keep them, so what’s the use of making more, just to break them even before we have fully resolved not to. We say that there isn't any use in making a resolution and then not be able to keep it; but that is exactly the trouble. We think we are not able. There is all the logic in the world in the statement, “There is no use of making re solves only to break them”. But do we realize that at the moment that we utter statements similar to the above we are admitting to ourselves and to our friends that we are weak, incapable of being true and faithful even to ourselves? Would we enjoy admitting to our friends or have the world know that we can not be true to others? Anyone that has anykind of sense of honor prides herself on being trustworthy and dependable. Tf we are not able to be true to ourselves, able to learn to hold firmly to that which we call (Continued on Page 3) The Spelman College Nursery School, which has been making steady progress since its opening on November 6, 1930, offers an environment conducive to the maximum physical, mental, emotional and social development of a selected group of children between the years of two and five. On Friday evening, December 12, at six o’clock, the staff of the Nursery School held its first meeting with the parents of the nursery school children. The aim of this meeting was to acquaint parents, more fully with the methods that are used to promote the highest type of physical, men tal, emotional and social development of the children in the nursery school. As the guests arrived they were greeted bv Miss Sarah J. Bennett and Miss Ethel 31. Seames, teachers in the nursery school, and by students in the class in Child Care and Training, who conducted them through the department and explained in detail each piece of equipment and each phase of the nursery school program. Toys of the nursery school were on exhibit to give parents suggestions for the type of toys that should be provided for little children. Durability and educational value determine the standards by which toys are purchased for the nursery school. A very appetizing dinner was served in the Home Economies dining room; it was a typical nursery school dinner to show the parents the kinds of foods that are served their children. Tables were artistically decorated with the Christmas colors. After dinner the members of the faculty, parents and students of the Child Care and Training class assembled in the play room of the nursery school department for an informal discussion. Miss Pearlie 41. Reed, Director of the Nursery School pre sided and introduced each speaker. President Florence M. Read spoke of the significance of the cooperation of parents and the genuine interest mani fested by them. .Miss Daisy A. Kugel, head of the Home Economics Department spoke of her inter est in each child and especially of the in terest manifested by the fathers of the nursery school children. Miss Ruth \. Watson, head of the Food and Nutrition department, spoke of the foods that are suitable for Pre-School Children explaining the value of each food included in the menu served that evening. She then discussed six groups of fowls and told why each group is necessary for opti- (Continued on Page 2)