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2 The Campus Mirror Qamp us <JMirror "Service in Unity ” Editor-in-Chief AUGUSTA J. JOHNSON Associate Editor-in-Chief MAMIE A. BVNES Editor of News Ai pha Talley Associate Editor of News MALISSA VARNER Editor of Special Features CARRIE ADAMS Associate Editor of Special Features Ercell Powell Editor of Jokes and Sports Matilda McMahon Social Editor JEAN ELIZABETH TAYLOR BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager JULE CLAYTON Secretary of Staff __.Iredelle Howard Treasurer of Staff MARJORIE STEWART Circulation Manager LOTTIE LYONS Exchange Editor RACHEL DAVIS Advertising Manager MARGERY WHEELER Faculty Adviser M. MAE NEPTUNE Subscription Rates 10 Cents a Copy 75 Cents a Year 40 Cents a Semester Postage 2 Cents a Copy Editorial The Campus Mirror extends a broad wel come and best wishes to the new faculty members, new students, and new subscribers. To our old friends we renew our greetings with all the good feeling that a new term can stimulate. This feeling contains a desire to please by giving the best reflections of student life and opinions on our campus. Further, this good feeling is the effect of a new start and a response to the sacredness of a beginning. The new term comes to offer us another chance to learn to live. If we have learned anything from other experiences it is that a flourish at the begin ning does not count the same as persistent effort throughout. If the thrill of a start can be gradually changed, as the days pass, into a thrill of carrying on, we shall be learning our lesson. A Pound Sterling On board the Steamship Homeric en route to New York from Southampton last sum mer two cabin mates talked of the things in which they were deeply interested. Their interests coincided upon the topic of the education of women. One mate told the other of Spelman and of its students and their Campus Mirror. The other. Miss F. G. Ruth erford of Langford, Sussex, England, listened keenly, then gave her cabin mate, Miss Nep tune, a pound sterling note to be used for the Campus Mirror. The staff is grateful for this complimentary gift. Spelman Girl Granted Mount Holyoke Scholarship During the early spring of 1931, the stu dents of Spelman College were informed of a letter addressed to President Read, which stated that a competitive scholarship of One Thousand Dollars for the school year 1931-32 would be offered to a Negro girl, preferably to a student applying for admission to the junior class, on the basis of scholarship and personality. The scholarship was awarded to Ida Louise Miller, a prospective member of the junior class of Spelman College. Every person in the Spelman community rejoices in the competence of the one chosen, and all feel that as she has met the scholar ship requirements here she will also meet the requirements of Mount Holyoke. In ac cepting the scholarship, Miss Miller lessened the breach in the understanding of problems peculiar to both races. This scholarship, known as the Racial Minority Scholarship, was awarded by the Mount Holyoke Board of Admissions, of which Miss Harriet Newhall is Executive Secretary, and the money was raised by the faculty and students of Mount Holyoke Col lege; a fact which adds much significance to the gift. A Gift of a Million Dollars An anonymous gift of $1,000,000 to At lanta University was announced October 6th in New York by Dean Sage, President of the Board of Trustees of Atlanta University. This generous gift from a friend of the Uni versity will be used to erect five new build ings, including an administration hall, a cen tral heating plant, a women’s dormitory, a men’s dormitory, and a residence for the President, Dr. John Hope. It is estimated that these additional buildings will cost $625,000. The present buildings are to be renovated at an approximate cost of $40,000 and the remainder of the fund, about $335,- 000, will be set aside as a permanent fund for the maintenance of the buildings. The James Gamble Rogers, Inc., who are also the architects for the new $300,000 library building, have announced that plans are under way for beginning work soon on the buildings. Improvements on the Campus Ercell Powell, ’33 Teachers and students were happy to be gin their duties in Tapley Hall and Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Building since these places have been done over with fresh paint and shellac. The ivory-colored walls, light oak floors, newly waxed, and the radiators freshly covered with a shade of cream paint combine to create an atmosphere which is conducive to thought and concen tration. Especially are they pleased with the new classroom in Laura Spelman. Its position on the southeast corner of the second floor, its spaciousness and large blackboards make it a very desirable place for a lecture room. The ringing of the bells by a system of electric clocks at the end of each class period is accepted as a helpful feature of the daily college program. The bells regulate very effectively the passing of classes. Everyone appreciates the bells. Another splendid addition to the campus is the tile walk leading past tin 1 plant to the Greensferry gate. It not only makes walking better, but also improves the appearance ol the campus. The most inspiring feature to the college community is the progress that is being made in tbe erection of the new library on Chest nut Street. A. U. Library (Continued from Page 1) full depth of the building. Opening from this on the right will be the reserve book room, on the left the periodical room, and beyond that the browsing room. Five seminar rooms, a check room, and additional tiers of book-stacks complete the details of this floor. “A great reading room, two stories in height and extending the entire length of the building will comprise the greater part of the second and third floors. On the second floor, also, will be the librarian’s offices, a library work room, and the upper tier of book-stacks.” In the four tiers of book-stacks will be space for 118,400 volumes. The total seating capacity will be about 500. It is the aim of Atlanta University to make the library serve not only the graduates and undergraduates of Atlanta University and the affiliated col leges, Spelman and Morehouse, but also Mor ris Brown University, Clark University, and Gammon Theological Seminary. It is hoped that with the new library, some work may be done in extension service and in adult education for Negroes of Atlanta. Summer Activities at Spelman While the students and faculty were tak ing’ their vacations from the campus, vari ous other groups came to make use of the place for different activities. The college crowd had scarcely departed, when delegates began to arrive for the Eleventh Annual Conference for Negro Women which is conducted by the Women’s Auxiliary of the Synod of Georgia Pres byterian Church. It continued June 5 to 12. The purpose of this conference is, “To give information and inspiration to Negro Women with leadership qualifications, thereby helping them to render a greater service to their race.” The program included daily Bible classes with discussion, handicraft, lectures and open forum on a number of subjects. The delegates were treated to a concert by the choir of Big Bethel Church; they visited churches and Sunday schools in Atlanta and at the close of the conference diplomas were granted to the delegates who had at tended the conference and met the require ments for three years. No sooner had these guests of the campus departed than the Morehouse-Spelman Summer School students came on to use the accommodations of class rooms, dor mitories, dining halls and the shady campus (Continued on Page 5)