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The Campus Mirror
Christmas in England
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turkey or roast beef and the pudding. This
always came in lighted and had a piece of
holly in the top. We poured brandy over it
and lighted it just before bringing it to the
dining room. There was always a six-pence,
a thri-penny bit and a ring in the pudding.
The money for luck, the thimble for the old
maid, and the ring for marriage. It was
great excitement to get either. After dinner
we had dessert in the drawing room. We
children had games and pulled “crackers”—
crackers were pieces of candy or other things
folded in paper.
Christmas morning we all went to church
at eleven and for a walk afterwards to get
up an appetite. The church was always dec
orated with holly and evergreen. We always
wished for snow, but, as you know, we are
much more likely to get rain.
The day after Christmas is Boxing Day
and is a holiday. This originated when the
lord of the manor gave boxes to the tenants.
Now it is just a holiday and all the stores
are closed.
England is a delightful place to spend
Christmas, because there is always such a
spirit of cheer and good will.
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Christmas in the Virgin
Islands
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privilege and joy of the boys. There
are no fir trees in the Virgin Islands. The
lime trees used are not very high; they have
thorns that stick out from among their tiny
dark, green leaves. They are trimmed into
coneshape and both boys and girls share in
the fun of decorating them.
The boys and girls of the Virgin Islands
have never seen a “white” Christmas, nor
even a snow flake, except in pictures. Arti
ficial snow is sprinkled over their Christ
mas tree. Perhaps this is done to take away
the supposed ill luck of a “green” Christ
mas.
Christmas day begins with the carols sung
under your window. The choristers are in
vited into the home and are given refresh
ments. The rest of the day is spent in quiet
worship and thanksgiving. Everyone goes to
church and, after hearing the beautiful story
of the Nativity and expressing gratitude for
blessings, visits his friends. In every home
you visit, the family feel hurt if you do not
partake of their bountiful Christmas dainties.
The day ends with church cantatas and loud
singing of the Gloria in E.rcelcis Deo.
On the morning of December 1, Mr. Lan-
don, a representative of the Board of Trus
tees in the building program of Atlanta Uni
versity and the son-in-law of Mr. Dean Sage,
greeted the students in chapel.
1 WEEK TO CHRISTMAS
Shop Early
Mail Early
Buy Christmas Seals
Greetings From the Atlanta
Tuberculosis Association
1 lie Atlanta Tuberculosis Association
sends you greetings. To many others in this
community it sends not only greetings but
restores health and happiness through its
medical, nursing, and educational program.
That the association may continue its bat
tle against tuberculosis, won't you purchase
Christmas Seals? One penny is the price of
a seal.
Ere the ^ uletide Season begins buy these
attractive seals to decorate your Christmas
packages. Every one you use and buy will
help restore health and happiness to someone.
The Spirit of Christmas
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part in Yuletide merry-making, they never
stop to think. How, one wonders, must Ave
spend our holidays and what can Ave do that
will be in keeping Avith the spirit? For, do
Ave not agree that the spirit of Christmas is
beautiful? After a careful analysis of the ori
gin of Christmas and the purpose for which
that day Avas set aside, Ave come to the in-
eA'itable conclusion that it should be spent
disseminating good cheer and happiness.
We Avonder at this moment Avhether Ave
Avish no longer to aspire to this beauty of
spirit. As people, should Ave not go forward
resolving to live so that by our presence the
Avorld will be improA T ed, and that the memory
of our unselfish deeds, as the deeds of Santa
Claus, will be carried all over the Avorld, so
that all may realize the meaning of Christ
mas and celebrate it in the proper spirit, the
spirit of unselfishness?
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Christmas in Liberia
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from the country also put off their shopping
until the last day and then they hurry to the
city and return to be made much over by
eager expectant children. I can still see papa
coming up the road one Christmas morning
with two little hats atop his head. We just
about ruined his trousers in our scramble to
get the hats.
Just before the last stars pale on Christ
mas morning, some of the girls of our school,
with blankets thrown about their shoulders,
slip out from their dormitories and standing
out under the quiet sky, softly sing those
beautiful old Christmas hymns: “Angels
from the Realms of Glory” and “O Little
Town of Bethlehem.” In that hushed hour,
the wonder of the new born day seems some
how to make the spirit of Christmas real to
the young singers.
The natives prepare for “big feasting and
dancing” on Christmas Day, people from all
around gathering at one town where the best
drummer has been obtained. Rice, venison
and palm-Avine can be had in abundance. In
a cleared spot of the \dllage, the leader
“lifts” a song, and the men, women, and even
little children answer in the chorus and all
dance gracefully in a circle Avhile the drum
mer beats his loudest.
Christmas Carol Concert
The annual Morehouse-Spelman Christmas
carol concert Avill be given on Wednesday eve
ning, December 21st, at 8:00 o’clock in Sis
ters Chapel. This is the sixth year that Avell
trained choruses from these institutions haA r e
given this fine performance under the direc
tion of Professor Kemper Harreld. It is
hoped that a large number of Atlantans Avill
Avelcome the opportunity of attending the
concert.
International Status of Negro
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from the United States; Austria, Hungary,
and Lithuania were saA’ed by the League.
Haiti is our second Negro Republic in the
Avestern world, and because of that fact, Ave
should be interested. It has been deprived
of self government by our Democratic Go\’-
ernment.
Mr. Rayford’s last thought Avas the phil
osophy of a Frenchman: “Colonies, just as
fruit, Avill drop off as soon as they are
ripe.” The American Colonies serve as an
example; they dropped off from the mother
country. What prospects are there for
Negroes?
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