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The Campus Mirror
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Y. W. C. A. Notes
Frances Lawson, ’33
A series of achievement talks about Negro
women lias been attracting interest in the
Sunday evening meetings since January
24th. Matilda McMahon presented signifi
cant events in the life of Harriet Beecher
Tubman, a Negro woman who bad the cour
age to give definite help in the smuggling
of slaves out of the South by means of the
system of “underground railways”.
Edna Bethea presented the life of Nora
Gordon, the first Spelman student to be
sent by the American Board of Missions
to do missionary work in the Congo region
in Africa.
Minnie Harris sketched the life of Meta
Warwick Fuller, the sculptor, who in her
depiction of horror in the figures that she
creates is able to suggest the suffering of
persons who have experienced blasted ambi
tions or disappointed hopes. She traced Mrs.
Fuller’s early accomplishments in America,
the influence she received from her studies
in France, and her present endeavors to bet
ter the expression of her earlier theme, that
of horror.
It is hoped that this series of programs
will help to stimulate interest in creative
work in the girls on this campus.
Sounds in a Barnyard
Minnie L. Pinson, ’35
In the afternoon when I used to be in the
midst of a very interesting ball game—be
tween 4:30 and 5:00 o’clock—I could always
hear my grandmother’s soft voice calling me
from my play. I would pretend that I had not
heard the voice of my grandmother and
would continue to play. She would call so
loudly again that people farther away than
I could hear her. I would leave my play
mates very reluctantly and go to join in
the regular routine of feeding the cows,
chickens, pigs, and the horse. When I
reached the barnyard I realized that I did
not mind coming to assist with the work so
much, after all.
I enjoyed seeing and hearing the milk fall
and splash into the pails as grandmother
milked, but, best of all, I was thrilled to
hear the baby calf ba, ba, ba, as my brother
held him away from his mother while grand
mother milked the mother cow. I loved to
gather the eggs and listen to the chickens
cackle and the baby chicks say “peep-peep”
when I disturbed them from their roosting
places. I was always afraid to feed the pigs
because they squealed so loudly that I spilled
their food and grandmother always scolded
me for doing it. I listened with surprise
to the neighing of our pet horse to express
his appreciation for the food that brother
was about to give him. As soon as the horse
was fed one could hear the loud crushing
of hard cars of corn and the rattling of
dry hay as he ate.
There was one task that almost made me
hold my breath in suspense until it was
completed—-that was drawing water from
the well for the stock. There was a large
oaken bucket with a heavy chain attached
to it which made a very rhythmical sound
as it wrapped around a huge windlass while
the bucket was lowered into the well. Best
of all, I liked to hear the water gurgling
through the pipe on its way to the barnyard.
I used to wait until the water was poured
into the barrel at the well and then run with
all my strength racing with it to the barnyard.
When the milking and feeding were com
pleted I had the job of washing the milk
pails, but I made so much noise by drop
ping them on the floor I think it would be
better if I said that T had the job of clang
ing milk pails on the floor instead. My
playmates always knew when the milking
was finished by the clattering, ringing sounds
I made in putting away the milk utensils.
They said: “Minnie has an orchestra re
hearsal every afternoon when the cows say
‘moo, m-o-o-o’ and the calf says ‘ba, ba’—
then sudden shrill sounds made by the pigs
to melloAV the sounds of cackling hens
and crowing roosters.” I did not like to
hear my playmates tease me in this manner,
but if you had been in the neighborhood I
think you would have agreed with them.
Recreation Among Negroes
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inferior in size and equipment the Negroes
themselves ought to take the initiative in
furnishing as many of these facilities as pos
sible without the question of gain or com
mercial interest in mind at all. Parks, play
grounds, concert facilities, and ballgrounds
require very little expense in their operation.
The conditions under which many of the
theaters are offered to Negroes in the South
ern cities have repelled many of the better
class of Negroes who otherwise might be at
tracted. As a solution of this, I think that
if the Negroes would support their own thea
ters which thejr have now in operation, it
would be possible for them to organize better
theaters in the future. The dance halls, pool-
rooms, and cabarets, which are poorly super
vised cause many evils. These facilities are
highly commercialized and are organized for
the purpose of gain or exploitation, and as
a result in many cases the products of the
entertainments are not only cheap themselves
but they also cheapen the consumers. This
problem is one that can be solved by insisting
upon proper supervision and management
of these facilities.
Now since we see the needs of the Negroes
in regard to their forms of recreation and
since it has been brought out that there are
ways of meeting these needs, I wish that
Negroes would feel it their own responsi
bility to make improvements, wherever pos
sible, upon their present forms of recreation.
If these suggestions were put into practice
I am sure that the difficulties of the prob
lem of recreation among Negroes would be
greatly reduced.
Announcements
Coming! Magic Through the Ages, in
which Rupert Howard, both a brilliantly
entertaining lecturer and an acknowledged
pastinaster of the Art of Magic, will relate
the interesting history of magic and super
stition. This will include such interesting
items as Magic in Greece and Rome, ex
plaining the Cups and Bells Trick, a feat
popular in ancient Rome and exhibited to
this day by street performers; also reveal
ing the cunning of fire-eaters, ventriloquists,
and jugglers; Magic in the Middle Age-,
Early English Magic, and Modern Magic.
Interspersed throughout the lecture are dem
onstrations of The Ethereal Wand, An Early
Card Feat, Fast or Loose, and numerous
other feats equally as interesting. Oriental
Magic based upon such tricks as Snake
Charming, Dancing on Broken Glass, and
The Flying Bird Cage is a sequel to Magic
Through the Ages. Mr. Howard has pre
viously charmed his audiences by bis ex
cellent delivery and graceful and well-
mastered demonstration. If you are curious
enough to want to know the theory of magic,
you can’t afford to miss this entertainment
at Spelman College on February 27th.
Watch the bulletin board for the hour.
The French department of Atlanta Uni
versity Laboratory High School will present
two French plays and a French musical
pageant on February 26, 1932, at 7:30 p.m.
in Howe Theater, Spelman College. With
out a doubt you will enjoy Le Medecin
Malgre Tam, Les Trois Souhaitz, and Mal-
hrougli S’en-vat-en Guerre. Admission free.
The exhibition of paintings by Mr. Hale
Woodruff in Laura Spelman Hall during
the Aveeks of January 17-31 was well at
tended by members of the Spelman commu
nity and their friends. Mr. Woodruff ex
plains the intense modernity of the paint
ings as expressive of a stage of experimen
tation in subject, form, and color. Although
the general reaction was one of bewilder
ment, many who have the right to criticise
praise highly some numbers of the collection.
The George Washington Bicentennial
Commission has completed a list of 225
business firms that have had unbroken ex
istence since the century of Washington.
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