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The Campus Mirror 3 Lincoln-Douglass (Continued from page 1) the direction of emancipation, when he en tered upon his duties as President, because he wished to see hi> way clear and to weigh the outcome before he made any definite move. One of his greatest virtues lies in the fad that he refused to allow sentiment and moral judgment and personal convic tions to interfere with his duties of office. Nor did he take advantage of his position to procure personal power or to give vent to his personal feelings, lie was true to the oath which he took and to the faith which had been placed in him. Lincoln was de termined to protect and defend the Consti tution of the l nitcd States and to preserve the l nion at any c<’st. Perhaps he has been considered mild and shy, but he retained his opinions despite all forms and types of opposition which constantly confronted him during his period of responsibility as leader of the people. W e do not look upon Lincoln as the sole instrument in the abolition of slavery and its consequences; nor do we consider his procedure a perfect and adequate one; but we still maintain that he who said that, alter January 1, 1863, all those slaves in the parts ot the country which were still in rebellion against the government of the I nitcd States should be declared free, did, by that proclamation, prepare the way for the abolishing ot every vestige of the diaboli cal institution ot slavery, also prepared the way tor the passage of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution ot the I uited States and for subsequent s teps in the development of American citi zenship in the Negroes of America. During tin 1 period ot the efforts of Lin coln and his numerous adherents there arose in public 1 it<* a person who could support the cause ot Abolition by showing what a cultured, inte'ligent slave could do and be. This was Frederick Ibmglass, an ex-slave who entered the movement, pleading the cause of the Negro. 11 is ability as a lec turer, his marked assurance and self-con trol have been widely acclaimed. Frederick Douglass has been referred to as one pos sessing much originality and unadorned elo quence rather than as one having a fine I low of phrases. Ili> dignity of appearance, polished language, poise, and gentlemanly manner caused a contemporary to say: ‘‘He is a man id' lotty reason, natural and with out pretention; always master of himself; brilliant in tin* art of exposing and extract ing ideas." By his appearance, gesture, man ner, and genuine eloquence, Douglass could -way any kind of audience. He accepted re buff- and criticisms calmly and sanely. His scholarly mind did not take him apart from the cause he represented, but served to strengthen it. Hi- clear intellect and pliilo- -opliic insight, support (id by endurance and a lofty purpose, made his career a brilliant one. Frederick Douglass, a free Negro, was not enlv of service to hi- brothers who con tinued in bondage, by merely asking for their rights of freedom, but he showed to Mr. W. H. Chamberlin Speaks on Russia Mr. William Henry Chamberlin, journal ist, author, traveler and lecturer, who for ten years has been correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor, in Russia, spoke to Spelman, Morehouse and Atlanta Uni versity students at Spelman College, Febru ary 14th, on “Ten Years in the Soviet.” Mr. Chamberlin divided the economic, social and political conditions of Russia into two cycles of development. When he ar rived in Russia in 1922, he found the coun try just recovering from seven years of civil war and foreign intervention. He perceived a new feeling of hope, an aspiration emerg ing from the people as a whole; at the same time a new economic policy was developing. The first cycle, which ended in November, 1932, was characterized by economic, social and political development and all of these affected the general life, the psychology and the working habits of the population. The objectives of the first five-year plan were: first, the assumption that the coun try’s development would be advanced by giv ing the government power to adjust every thing; second, to secure a high speed of in dustrialization by the expansion of national transportation, plus the building of fac tories; third, to bring 62 per cent of the peasant families into collective farms; fourth, the expansion of an educational program to suit the plan of the government; fifth, the adjustment of the amounts of food stuff for each individual. The success of this plan will depend on what can be achieved in the next five years under the plan which is now in operation. The first five years have been unmistakably unsatisfactory, especially for the peasant class. There is total underproduction of food stuffs for the large number of peasants; and another thing facing the peasants is the mat ter of exchanging their farm products for manufactured goods. For one dollar’s worth of farm produce they may obtain about thirty-five cents’ worth of manufactured goods. The bringing of 62 per cent of these peas ants onto collective fauns and into a joint community home life has had a tendency toward the disintegration of the spirit of the family and home training and culture. Again the great industrial movement, which has taken the majority of the mothers from the homes and placed them in the factories, has produced a bad effect on the children. At an early age such, children are taken from their mothers and placed in a nursery where they spend tin* most of their waking time. Is it (Continued on page 7) those who held the late of the slaves in their hands, what an emancipated slave, when he became intelligent, was capable of doing. As Marshal in the District of Co lumbia, as Recorder of Deeds and, later as Ambassador to Haiti, Douglass main tained an enviable record and was consid ered an honorable office holder. The Negio race is justly proud of him. Dr. Snell Visits Spelman Dr. Florence M. Snell, Head of the Eng lish Department of Huguenot University College, Willingtcn, Cape Province Union of South Africa was the guest of Miss Newell the week of January 21st. Dr. Snell’s chapel talk, during examina tion week, inspired us to represent well the best qualities in our ancestors and improve upon the bad qualities. She set forth the idea that we are reflections of at least three institutions with which we are con nected, the family, the church, and the school. Dr. Snell’s way of supporting this fact was through the story of the wonderful artist who painted the ancestors of a man and his wife from having studied those two persons only. They had come into sud den wealth and position, only to realize that they also needed ancestral background. If one has good qualities in his background, is he not to live out these qualities? And if one has bad qualities, can he not cultivate better ones ? People are constantly noting in us evi dences of our ancestors; we look like father, we talk like aunt Nellie. We our selves attribute good or bad qualities to our ancestors. We are honoring our an cestors when we are proud of their fine qualities and develop them in ourselves. Or we may discredit them by our deteriorat ing in those qualities. It’s unfair to blame our ancestors for our inability to do something; we only cheapen ourselves by making such excuses. It is also unfair not to credit our ancestors with what they might have done had they had our advantages. The Chinese have set good examples of ancestor worship. Although some of the features of their system are undesirable, the practce is still to be favored when compared with that of the ancient Egyp tians who credited themselves with every thing, giving no credit to their ancestors. This chapel talk shocked each girl into the realization that she is living out the influences of her home, her school, and her church. After all, how much of us is an cestor, and how much is improvement upon our ancestors? CLOVER DALE DAIRY ! Pasteurized Milk and Cream ' ICE CREAM Raymond 3919 849 Gordon St., S.W. CATER GROCERY COMPANY 841 Hunter Street. N.W. MAin 7100 -+ i +•—