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Published During the College Year by the Students of S pel man College. Atlanta. Georgia
Volume VIII
October 15, 1931
Number 1
New York City,
October 11, 1931.
(ireetings:
This morning I attended the Riverside
Church. A half hour before church time
there were long lines of people waiting to
get in. A quarter of an hour before time
for the service to begin, when my hostess
took me to my seat, the church was almost
filled. There was quiet. Although the ushers
were passing up and down the aisle to seat
more people, there was no hum of conversa
tion. There was a spirit and an attitude of
worship.
The subject of Mr. Fosdick’s sermon was
“Victims of Fate or Masters of Destiny".
Will you complain that circumstances are
against you -or will you resolutely set about
to change the circumstances? Will you whim
per at life because life is hard or will you
put into life so much of courage and faith
that you will be able to move mountains?
When Columbus >et out in 14!)2, there were
two elements in his situation. There were the
ships, driven by the wind. There was the
man. the leader, with faith in his goal, reach
ing out to attain, making the impossible be
come possible. It was the pulling power of
his vision and his hope that made the dis
covery of America possible.
Atlanta University Library
On a tract of land adjacent to Spelman
and Morehouse Colleges is now rising the
new Atlanta University Library which has
been made possible by a grant from the Gen
eral Education Board.
“The building, which will face north, thus
affording a maximum of natural light, will
consist of a full basement and three floors.
The basement will contain a large room for
exhibition purposes, library staff room, stor
age and delivery room, lockers and lavatories,
and the lower tier of book-stacks. The first,
or main, floor will be entered through a cor
ridor and exhibition hall which extends the
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Victims of Fate or Masters of Destiny?
It is a good subject for u> at the beginning
of a new college year. The year is before us.
V ill you let yourself be driven hither and
thither by the accidents of fortune? Will
you find excuses for yourself in all your
failures? Or will you believe in yourself,
your college, your future, and, venturing
forth with courage and trust, set yourself to
discover your new world ?
Fi.okknok M. Rkah,
President.
Greetings and best wishes for the new
college year, a year fresh with beginnings,
enthusiastic with aspirations and ambitious
for purposeful activity.
Since one of the chief aims of education
is continuous growth, I am wishing for each
one of you growth so dynamic that it will
permeate your entire being, so contagious
that its influence will spread to others and
thus become continuous—a part of infinity,
a real influence in our college community
and the bigger community outside.
What a relief it is to know that all deci
sions have not been made, that the right
and wrong of everything has not been pre-
established! What a joy to know that those
of ns who are willing to open our minds
and think creatively may have a share in
helping to meet the present day demands
of a changing social order! Growth i> the
essence of a magnanimous life, of educa
tion, of institutions and society; open
mindedness is the backbone of continuous
growth. Let us therefore develop a desire
for growth, prepare ourselves to face life
experimentally, ready to adjust wherever
n ■cessarv and thus help to work out more
satisfactory procedures to moot the de
mands of a changing civilization.
Ethel E. McGhee, Dean of It omen.