Newspaper Page Text
The Campus Mirror
7
Alice in Wonderland
Curtis Miller, ’34
In accordance with the centenary celebra
tion of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonder
land", Miss Wilson, representing- the Fort
nightly Club, reviewed the story at Assem
bly on Wednesday morning, May 11, in
order that the students of Spelman College
might share, acknowledge, and develop more
interest in the world’s greatest nonsense
classic and its author.
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, known as
Lewis Carroll and noted for his nonsense
writings, has produced in his Alice in
Wonderland, one of the few books in which
the mind takes, and must take, an absolute
holiday because of the unreasonableness of
things presented. In this fact lies the charm
of the book but, in spite of this fact, many
have taken seriously the statements and con
ditions in the book and have attempted to
analyze them and to find reasoning where
there is none.
The audience was interested to know that
Dodgson, Lewis Carroll, the author of such
pure nonsense, also wrote many massive
volumes on mathematical subjects which no
body but researchers ever reads, and he also
kept a copy and file of 98,721 letters. These
peculiarities account for his communicating
with friends oftener by mail than by imme
diate contact.
Carroll often entertained three little girls
in his boat. They liked to have him make
up things to tell them. “Alice in Wonder
land’’ began in this way. At the close of the
day he would write down these works of his
imagination which had amused the children
and finally produced the finished story. 1 he
original Alice, Mrs. Alice Liddel Hargreaves,
one of the three children, was in New York
to open the celebration there on her eightieth
birthday.
The students left the assembly quite under
the influence of the nonsensical story and its
clever author. Occasionally during the day
there floated a voice—
“Soup of the evening—
Beautiful, beautiful so-up!"
The Concert at LaGrange,
Georgia
Friday evening, April 22, at 8:00 o’clock,
Spelman College presented a one-act play,
quartet selections, and choreographic num
bers at Latlrange, (la., in the auditorium of
Last Depot Street High School. The trip—-
the first of its kind for Spelman students—
was an enjoyable one and the entertainment
was a great success. Mrs. Harreld spoke ot
the advantages tit Spelman College.
The Ladrangc people were a very appreci
ative audience, and did everything in their
power to show their appreciation and hos
pitality.
The group consisted of Misses hrostine
Coles, Xaomah Williams, Mary Louise
Smith, Mercedes Powell, Carol Blanton, .Jose
phine Harreld, Mabel Hillman; accompanied
by Professor and Mrs. Harreld and Miss
Anne Cooke.
Carrie Adams Receives
Prize
In the 2500-word essay contest, which
ended March 13, 1931, held in connection
with Negro Achievement Week, Carrie
Adams won the college award, first prize,
of $50 offered by the Omega Psi Phi Fra
ternity of Baltimore, Md. Her subject,
Booker T. Washington as a Business Man,
was chosen from a list given by the chapter.
Four hundred and eighty-nine essays from
twenty-five states were submitted.
Miss Mary E. Bradshaw, of the depart
ment of history of Atlanta University and
Spelman College, has been granted by the
University of Wisconsin the degree of Doc
tor of Philosophy, which is to be formally
conferred on June 20, 1932.
Class History
(Continued from Page 5)
Spelman’s faculty increased. Morehouse stu
dents were given access to our library. In
the summer of ’29 our old chapel was turned
into what is now our “Little Theatre", a con
venient and attractive place in which to
present pictures and plays.
When we returned as Juniors in ’30 there
was another decrease in our number. For
those who had returned there were many
inspiring changes. During the spring of ’29
Spelman, Morehouse and Atlanta University
affiliated and formed what is now the first
great Negro University of the far South.
As a result of this affiliation the nineteen
Juniors of Atlanta University became mem
bers of our class and campus community.
It was also during the summer of ’29 that
our dining hall was turned into a cafeteria.
Another most interesting change was an ad
dition to the Home Economics Department
of our college—the Nursery School, the first
of its kind for Negro children of the South.
On October 21, 1930, it offered instruction
to Atlanta children of ages two to five. Since
that time the Nursery School, under the
supervision of Miss Pearlie E Reed, has
mothered sixtv-three different children as
regular attendants and twenty-two visitors,
who spent a day at different times. This
division of the Home Economics Department
also offers to students of both winter and
summer sessions, a course in Child Care and
Training. With no little interest we have
watched our own high school evolve into a
co-educational Laboratory School for Atlanta
University. We met with new interest and
high hopes, Miss Ruth 0. Eakin who, upon
the leave of absence of Miss McGhee, was
acting Student Adviser. Three days were
spent in celebrating the Fiftieth Anniversary
of the founding of Spelman College. De
spite the fact that we became a part of all
these changes, our school work was done
with more zeal and eagerness than ever, each
Junior having in mind that there was just
one more year ahead of her. Now that we
had grown three years in wisdom and in
creased our knowledge of a changing world,
we passed a happy year.
Our college years must now come to a
Freshman Home Economics
Class Exhibit
Ethelynde E. Armstrong
This year was a great adventure of enjoy
ment to the Freshman Class, but for the
eleven girls who were home economics ma
jors, it has been more than an adventure.
For them it has been seeing things, learning
things, and actually doing things.
The exhibit given in Laura Spelman,
rooms 310 and 311, on Thursday, May 26th,
gave the other classes of the college a chance
to glimpse into the cheery home economics
workshop and see a few of the things that
have been done there this year.
In Miss Arduser’s applied art department
were beautiful original designs done by block-
print on wall hangings of theatrical gauze
and scarfs and table covers done on pongee.
There were also posters showing pleasing
arrangements of words and of figures of
the human body, showing the effect of lovely
curves drawn with muscular control. The
lounging pajamas, slips, and gay print
dresses, in Miss Dunlap’s clothing depart
ment showed the results of careful plans.
Each showed improvement in technique.
Each girl has a project upon which she
will work during the summer so that she
may be able to continue next term with
this adventure of doing things as well as
learning them while in college. Some of the
girls will make clothing for themselves, some
for their mothers and sisters, and one girl
will make clothing for children entering
kindergarten next year.
close. As “Owls”, our wise looks are toward
the future. We are Seniors, forty-two in
number, nine of whom are graduates of
Spelman High School. This year has brought
an unusual change for the benefit of students
of every college in Atlanta. On June 2, 1931,
ground was broken for the Atlanta Univer
sity Library. This building, one of the most
beautiful of its kind in the South, was com
pleted the last of March, 1932, and on April
25th the books from the Quarles Library of
Spelman, Carnegie Library of Atlanta Uni
versity and Morehouse Library had been
placed in it, and students did their first work
there. A week later it was dedicated. Now
we are watching the development of a new
administration building, but regret that we
cannot see it completed. This year an art
department, under Air. Hale Woodruff, ha-
given an opportunity for the development
of our artistic talents.
We shall soon mingle with those who have
gone out before us and lend our hands to
the service that is ours to perform in the
“wide, wide world”. When we look back and
recall the few F’s we have made, we do so
troin behind tin* A’s and chuckle at the
scholarships that are offered us this year.
We have aimed to make the best <d every
opportunity that our Alma Mater has of
fered, and now we shall strive to instill in
others the principles that have been instilled
into us by our dear Spelman.