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EDITORIAL
Colleges are supposed to supply what the
spirit of a particular age demands. Are the
colleges of today supplying the world the
kind of men and women that will interpret
to the world the meaning of this age?
Recently we were enchanted and inspired
by the challenging words that Mr. H. C.
Phillips spoke concerning present-day needs
and problems. In his thought we could see
that his hope for the future of culture and
civilization lies in our intelligent interpreta
tion of the new discoveries scientists have
made. He further implied that education
must be directed toward the improving of
social morale and cooperative living.
The absorbing interest in college athletics
and the attractiveness of the social life of
the college are among the causes which draw
throngs of students to these institutions. But
colleges were never designed for these crowds
of youths.
The college first grew up because of a
thirst for knowledge. There was an insa
tiable longing to learn. Then came the age
of science and the curriculum was enlarged
to meet the demands of those who sought a
knowledge of the new sciences. There was a
need for men with new ideas. Today the
college offers opportunities for original in
vestigation. Certainly this is a noble pro
gram.
Never has the future of our Western cul
ture been so uncertain. When Protestanism
was introduced, men thought that they had
surely found a true interpretation of Chris
tianity. Today we find Protestanism seems
more concerned about securing money to
maintain its institutions and its statistics
than in the interpretation of evidences of
science in the light of the teachings of Jesus
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and the power of God. Jesus was more con
cerned about giving men a religion that
would test itself against the world than about
money or statistics.
It is left to the students to create a new
ethical consciousness. We as students should
not be so engaged in intellectual stock-taking
of ourselves and become so concerned with
self that we forget our sacred duty.
Spelman College Golden
Jubilee
A prize of five dollars is offered for a
musical setting for the words of “Fair Spel
man”, under the following conditions:
1. The contestant must be a regular stu
dent of Spelman College, either day student
or boarder.
2. The melody must he original and not
an adaptation.
3. The manuscript must not bear any
marks to indicate the composer, but must
have clipped to it a sealed blank envelope
containing the name of the composer.
4. The manuscript must be handed in not
later than six o’clock, Saturday, Febru
ary 28th.
5. Contestants are asked to signify their
intention to compete by handing in their
names to the office not later than Febru
ary 12th.
6. The right is reserved to reject all manu
scripts if in the opinion of the judges none
is found to deserve the award.
Fait Spelman
Dear Spelman, thy children rejoice in thy
fame,
Acknowledge thy beauty, and honor thy
name;
How fondly we praise thee wherever we
roam,
And love thee, and cheer thee, our school
and our home.
—Rev. S. F. Smith, Newton Centre, Mass.
March 28, 1895.
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A prize of five dollars is offered the stu
dents of Spelman College for a program for
one session of the Fiftieth Anniversary cele
bration (probably Saturday morning, April
11), which will be a distinctly College Morn
ing, under the following conditions:
1. The contest is open to any regular col
lege student of Spelman College whether day
student or boarder.
2. The suggestions must be for activhies
of not more than one and one-half hours in
duration.
3. The program must be typewritten.
4. It must not bear any marks to indicate
the author, but must have clipped to it a
sealed blank envelope containing the name
of the author.
5. The program must be handed in not
later than February 14th.
C. The right is reserved to reject all manu
scripts if in the opinion of the judges none
is found to meet the requirement of the
occasion.
A prize of five dollars is offered for a
historical sketch of Spelman College, or for
the story of the work and achievements ol
one or more Spelman girls, under the follow
ing conditions:
1. The contestant may be any Spelman
boarder or college day student.
2. The sketch or story must not be less
than fifteen hundred nor more than twenty-
five hundred words in length.
3. The manuscript must be typewritten.
4. The manuscript must not bear any
marks to indicate tin* writer, but must have
clipped to it a sealed blank envelope con
taining the name of the writer.
5. The manuscript must be handed in not
later than six o’clock, Saturday, February
28th,
G. Contestants are asked to signify their
intention to compete by handing in their
names to the office not later than Febru
ary 12th.
7. The right is reserved to reject all manu
scripts if in the opinion of the judges none
is found to he up to the standard.
This contest is open to high school hoard
ing students and to college students.
We are glad to welcome to our mathe
matics department Miss Alma Catherine Fer
guson, A.B., Spelman College; M.A. Univer
sity of Wisconsin.
Miss Elizabeth W. Leach comes to head
the Boarding Department. She is a graduate
of the University of Minnesota and has
served as dietitian at Fort Snellings Federal
Base Hospital.
Freedom in a Ship Without a
Rudder, Chart or Compass
Oteel F. Nichols, ’32
Rev. Harold Cooke Phillips, pastor of (lie
First Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, spoke
to the Spelman, Morehouse and Atlanta Uni
versity students on the evening of February
2, at the chapel services of Morehouse and
Spelman College, February 3, and again at
four o’clock the same day to a group of
students who were especially interested, in
Morehouse north reception room. There was
a charm and simplicity in the thoughts he
presented that make them easy to remember
and that make him hard to misquote.
His subject, to which he gradually led his
audience on the evening of February 2, was
“Behold, I set before you an open door and
no man can shut it.” He said there are today
many forces that are keeping the sons of
God apart and that these forces may he
listed as social, linguistic, nationalistic and
racial differences. The deeper we get into
the human heart the more we see how much
we are alike. The emotions of our hearts
are more eternal than the complexions of our
skins. The common need of every heart is
God. The future of religion is in the hands
of youth; fathers must he able to transmit
to their children, their faith.
“Behold I set before you an open door
and no man can shut it.” Freedom is a
spiritual thing and is not new; bondage is
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