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The Campus Mirror
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AT THE s^lC-T CM OF ■rep. Pcue,
Y. W. C. A. News
Curtis Miller, ’34
On Sunday evening, October 23rd, Mar
garet Stewart, a student from Liberia, a
Negro Republic on the northwest coast of
Africa, played the part of conductor and
took her Y. W. C. A. audience to her home,
her school and many places of interest in
Liberia.
We landed at Monrovia, where there were
men and boys in loin cloths and others in
fashionable suits. Other than this perhaps
there would be no great difference between
Monrovia and a small American town. We
then got into a launch (motorboat) and went
up the St. Paul river about thirty-five or
forty miles. Even then we had about two
miles to walk before reaching the E. Y.
Day Girl’s School in the settlement of Har
risburg. The little foot path which takes us
there goes through portions of jungle, of
farmland and settlement. Now and then we
encountered snakes.
As we neared the settlement we came to
the home of one of Margaret’s friends, where
we stopped for a few minutes. After resting
in her hammock and looking at the scenery
from her porch, we walked further into Har
risburg and to the school, which is beauti
fully situated on a hill, at the foot of which
runs the St. Paul river and which is sur
rounded by tall, stately cottonwood trees.
The girls, representative of the general
friendliness, came bounding down to meet us.
They hesitated neither to ask questions nor
to give us information about the school, in
whose existence they play such a great part.
The students, especially the young men, do
much of the school work. These students also
showed great respect for us since we were
Americans and they do respect Americans
sincerely.
Our hostess then took us to some of the
farms out from Harrisburg, where we found
men working in the rice fields among the
stumps. The stumps are not removed because
it requires too much time and is too hard to
do without implements to aid them. If the
field has just been planted we may hear the
sudden rattling of tin cans. The birds are
great pests and to keep them away the farm
ers may tie tin cans, with pebbles in them,
the entire length of the field. \\ lien the birds
approach the string is pulled and all tin* cans
rattle. Children are used on many farms to
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chase the birds, so that many of them are
not in school during this season. On our way
from the farm to a native home we met a
couple. The woman was carrying a bundle
while the man walked lazily and empty-
handed. He had to have his hands free to
protect them if necessary. Among the things
we saw at the home of a native was a pot
hanging over the fire. It is “just a pot—
but from it many good things come.” Of
the gifts that an American might take a
native, soap would be most appreciated. They
make their own soap and it is not so hard
and firm as our soap and does not smell so
sweet.
It was interesting to hear her say there is
no formal marriage ceremony among the
natives, but that when a young man liked a
woman, he first got her consent and then
that of her parents. It was by a mutual
agreement that they were married. It is cus
tomary for the father to ask the young
man to work for him a required length of
time, an ancient custom. Frequently a man
will beat his wife or go and get another
one; for as yet they have not come to the
place where marriage is as binding and fine
as among more civilized people.
We thoroughly enjoyed this trip and ap
preciate the information given to us.
National Y. \V. C. A.
Secretary
On Wednesday, November 9th, Miss Celes-
tine Smith, national Y. W. C. A. Secretary,
was a campus guest for the entire day. Miss
Smith was the chapel speaker at 8 :00 o’clock,
and throughout the morning she was in con
ference with girls interested in various
phases of Y. W. C. A. work. At 4:30 o’clock
she was entertained at a tea, given by Mrs.
Lyons, in the student activity room in Laura
Spelman, to which President Read, Mr. and
Mrs. Webster, Miss Nelson, Miss Cooke,
Miss Monsanto, and Miss Stewart were also
invited.
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Dr. Hope Sees Russia
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When one asks about the old people, the
young people at once say they are old and
don't know, and further say, “We do the
best we can for them.” The old people
are even allowed to beg. In some places,
Dr. Hope stated, he saw thousands of old
people. They might not necessarily have
been old, he stated, for Russian women
must work extremely hard and might have
aged prematurely. They still go to the
stream in the dead of winter to do their
laundering.
The young people are full of vitality.
They do much walking and running; they
do not have automobiles for riding as we
have.
In Russia there are many different types
of people. When one talks of Russia, one
talks of miles of country and millions of
people.
There is in Russia need of everything.
Even lodging is needed there. Russians are
always glad to get foreign money, so that
they can buy some of the things foreigners
have, such as pretty clothes and silk stock
ings. The Russian government itself wants
all the foreign money that comes into the
country, so that it may buy machines and
the like from foreign countries. Wheat, par
ticularly, is sold by the government to get
needed articles from other countries. The
government tells the people what they need
and can have.
Tn some places there were Soviet farms
where several families worked together on
one farm and even ate together. There is
no set rule. The families may eat separately
if they desire.
There is only one political party con
sisting of about two million members who
control the government. One has to go
through a terrible ordeal to become a mem
ber, and these members have to go anvwhere
the government decides to send them. Tn
this party are many unworthy members.
One Russian said that they were going to
purge the party of these.
The Russians have lost one thing in the
midst of a great crisis which the Negro has
retained, that is, religion, which has meant
more to the Negro than clothes and food.
The Christian has taught him to seek heav
en first and that all other things will be
added. Now, Russians have no religion and
their only God is Lenin, their great social
ist leader. IN hen they cease to worship his
tomb, what will become of them?