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2 Q amp ns ThError IIIIIIIIII1111 M 111IIIIII11IIIIIM I • 1111111II11IIIII1111 Ml III 111111 III III IIIIIIII11IIIII i ''Service in Unity' 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 n 111111111111111111111111111111 Editor-in-Chief _ MABEL DOCKETT Assistant liditor-in-Chief AUGUSTA JOHNSON Editor of Neivs OTEELE NICHOLS Assistant Editor of Neivs ALPHA TALLEY Editor of Special Features MAMIE BYNES Assistant Editor of Special Features Jean Taylor Editor of Jokes and Sports EDYTHE TATE Social Editor ... IDA PRATER illliliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillliiiiiiiiiiilitiliiiliillillllllllllllllllllllliiiiiin BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager MARJORIE STEWART Secretary of Staff . ERMATINE HlLL Treasurer of Staff MARY DUBOSE Circulation Manager. MAUDE PRICE Exchange Editor ... RACHEL DAVIS Advertising Managers FLORENCE MORRISON Lucia Griffin Faculty Adviser M. MAE NEPTUNE 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111li111111111111111111 il 1111111111111111 SUBSCRIPTION RATES 75c a Year 40c a Semester 8c a Copy Postage 2c a Copy I Mil I II II III I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I II I I I I I I I I I I I I II 11111111111111111111111 EDITORIAL Two things that make a college great are the quality of those who teach and the quality of those who are taught. The teacher is no longer thought of as one to merely dictate to a class of students an author’s idea and then wait until exami nation day and have them pass it back in worse condition than it was given. The teacher that is needed today is one who can be a guide, philosopher, and friend. Students need those who can inspire them to think beyond the classroom. The sponge-minded student who waits patiently for someone to give him an idea is worthless to any college community. The students that are needed are those who think new thoughts, present them and act on them. Recently a conference was held in Detroit in which the relationship that should exist between faculty and students was the para mount issue. Another conference was held almost si multaneously with this one and it had as its aim the stimulation of students to think more about the national and international happenings of today. The student must be a world thinker in order to be intelli gent. It may be that the students will be the ones who will bring perpetual peace among the nations. Many a quarrel among adults of a neighborhood has ceased because the children were found playing peacefully and joyfully in the background. Watch for announcements of the annual Campus Mirror benefit play which will be presented next month. 1 he cast, with Miss Julia Pate as director, are working steadily, and persons who have observed their practice predict an excellent performance. The Campus Mirror Spelman and the N. S. F. A. Willi k Juliet Dobbs, ’31 The National Student Federation of America held its sixth annual congress in Atlanta at the Biltmore Hotel, December 29, through January 2. This is an organi zation which, though new to some of us, presents a special interest because Spelman College sent observing delegates, for the first time, to this congress and, as a result was accepted as a member of the National Student Federation of America. This organization had its beginning in the 1925 Princeton Conference of student representatives from 245 universities who assembled to discuss the question of the entrance of the United States into the World Court. It was here that the stud ents realized the need for an organization through Avhich might come the development and the expression of intelligent student opinion on problems of education, citizen ship and international relations. In 1927 the Federation became a full member of the International Confederation of Students, which is a world organization composed of 29 national student unions. Up until 1930 this organization had no central executive office, but as a result of a program for expansion and develop ment adopted at their fifth annual Con gress in January 1930, a central office with a staff of eleven members has been established in New York. The National Student Federation of America has a three-fold purpose which is as f ollows: We would achieve a spirit of cooperation among the students of the United States to give consideration to questions affect ing students’ interests. We would develop an intelligent student opinion on questions of national and inter national importance. We would foster understanding among the students of the world in the further ance of an enduring peace. The N. S. F. A. has a program which is of practical value to the members of the organization and which conducts such pro jects as: News Release, Information Bu reau, Work with Foreign Students and Student Identity Cards. From the above brief account of the N. S. F. A., its purpose and its work, we may better realize and appreciate just what it means for Spelman College to be a mem ber of such an organization. Plans are being made for the creation of a committee on our own campus, which local committee will be the means of contact between Spel man and the central office of the N.S.F.A. Junior Teas Recently a way has been devised by which the members of the junior class may be able to get together in a family-like way and discuss matters of interest on the cam pus once a week with Miss Eakin. As the junior class is large, half of them come on alternate weeks. The juniors have greatly appreciated and enjoyed these teas and eagerly look forward to the next time for tea and talk. The Nursery School (Continued from Page 1) mum development and growth of the children. Miss Mabel Dunlap, head of the Textile and Clothing Department, gave an interest ing talk on proper clothing for the com fort and health of children. In the near future she is planning to give a demon stration showing the proper kinds of cloth ing for children. Mrs. Ludie Andrews, superintendent of the infirmary, spoke of the importance of the inspection of each child by the nurse upon its arrival each morning. Miss Pearlie E. Reed introduced each parent and gave an opportunity for ex pression or suggestions. Several spoke, ex pressing their appreciation of and their gratitude for the results already accom plished by the nursery school. Mr. E. M. Martin, secretary of the Atlanta Life In surance Co., expressed the sentiment of the group when he said that no material valuation could be placed upon the bene fits already derived from the training which the children are receiving. Parents were present from fourteen of the sixteen families represented by children of the nursery school. It Avas unusual and pleas ing to see so many taking an active inter est in their children. These meetings Avill be held once a month. I he Detroit Conference (Continued from Page 1) Professor Kelly emphasized the facts that the responsibility for learning must be shifted to a much greater degree from the teacher to the student, and that learning and education do not come to a close with receiving the college “sheep skin”, but they should be continuous processes throughout life. Norman Thomas brought to the minds of the students of the group that the Avorld problems of today are their problems, and if they Avish to see them sol ved, they must assume the responsibility as students and delve into the issues that cause these problems, for in the future, AA T ho will be the men and women of civili zation ? To give some idea of how national in scope this conference was, there were rep resentatives from Brown University, Stan ford University, the University of Pilts- burgh, NeAv York University, Dartmouth College, Alcorn College, Georgia School of Technology, Southern University, IIoAvard University, Virginia Union, University of Wisconsin, Morgan College, University of Southern California, Fisk l niversity, Wor cester School of Technology, Lane College, University of Minnesota and many others. Although all the questions that Avere asked and all of the problems that arose Avere not ansAvered and solved, the coming together of this group of 850 delegates provided for a spread of student and facul ty opinion to such a degree that the con ference was a step forward in working out solutions that will be of benefit all over America.