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4 The Campus Mirror Christmas in England (Continued from Page 1) 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. The Play Antigone The Campus Mirror Staff is proud to sponsor this rare intertainment. Watch for posters and sale of tickets. Christmas in the Virgin Islands (Continued from Page 1) 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 (Continued from Page 1) 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? Office Phone AVA1. 3432—Residence WA1. 4789 Hours: 8:30 A M. to 1:00 P.M.—2 to 7 P.M. Sundays by Appointment DR. WM. BURNEY Dentist X-RAY SERVICE 223J Auburn Ave., N.E.—Corner Butler Street Christmas in Liberia (Continued from Page 1) 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 (Continued from Page 3) 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. 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