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The Campus Mirror
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Norman Thomas Speaks
in Atlanta
Norman Thomas, socialist head, brought
to a close the series of eight weekly lectures
sponsored by the Citizenship Lecture Com
mittee when he addressed citizens of Atlanta
on Monday night, March 6th, at eight o’clock
at the Wesley Memorial church auditorium.
Mr. Thomas spoke on “An Economic Pro
gram for America”, outlining a plan of re
construction both for immediate relief and
for the permanent advantage of the country.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas were eager to see
the new developments in Atlanta University
and although in the city only a few hours,
they visited the new Administration Build
ing and the campuses of the affiliate in
stitutions.
Boy Scouts' Head I alks
to Chapel Group
Mr. Bulloch, who is head of several thou
sands boy scouts in the South, addressed the
chapel group on Monday, March 13th, the
gist of his talk being A Formula for Intelli
gent Living.
The following steps, said Mr. Bulloch,
should be included in such a formula : first,
clearly defined objectives and purposes;
second, planning; third, exercise of plans;
fourth, objective evaluation.
Mr. Hubert Herring
The executive director of the Committee
on Cultural Relations with Latin America,
Mr. Hubert Herring, was the speaker at
regular chapel services, Monday, February
27th. He gave in a brief, interesting Avay
the conditions existing in the islands of the
West India group, owned, or in part con
trolled, by the United States. He vividly
traced the journey from The Keys, off the
coast of Florida, past the greater West
India islands to the Virgin Islands. Con
cerning this group of tiny islands he said
they are very poor now under the rule of
the United States, with national prohibition,
compared to their condition under Denmark,
to which country they were able to sell
much rum. Another decrease of income was
due to the decrease in the amount of coal
needed by steamers. This the Virgin Is
landers formerly supplied in much larger
quantities than today, when they were used
as a fuel station for large steamers.
Porto Rico, which was taken from Spain
by the United States in 1898, was governed
efficiently by Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., until
he went to the Philippines. The Porto Ricans
today pay him tlie highest tribute, and
through him they made great progress in
education, yet Porto Ricans today have few
privileges.
Haiti, divided into Haiti proper and San
to Domingo, contains many beautiful moun
tains. The government in both parts is
dominated by tin* United States—a domina
tion which is unpopular, especially since
Marine rule is not good. Tin* people look
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Mary Alice Dunn Jones
The shock which came with the death of
Mary Alice Dunn Jones on March 1st, was
one which will linger long in the hearts of
those who knew her.
Mary Alice Dunn was graduated from
Spelman College in 1930, where she had re
ceived two years’ high school training and
her four years’ college training. In the fall
following her graduation she began teach
ing in the Jones High School in Orlando,
Florida. She was married to Reverend Rob
ert L. Jones, pastor of the Mount Zion
Baptist Church of that city, in the summer
of 1931, and fulfilled successfully her du
ties both as teacher and as minister’s wife
until the time of her illness, a few weeks
before her death.
While at Spelman Mrs. Jones proved to
be that type of student of which the least
that could be said was that the community
was helped by her having lived in it, and
it suffered for the lack of more individuals
possessing her ambition. She was adjustable
to all phases of college life alike; she was
anxious; she was sincere; she was pleasing;
her work was effective. She always planned
to see that her plans were finished, notwith
standing the effort it required.
One of the most responsible jobs which
she held in college was that of Editor-in-
Chief of The Campus Mirror, in her senior
year. Her work in this capacity reflected
credit both for herself and her college. The
paper was forced upon a standard which de
manded that subsequent work be of a high
type lest it should fall from the standard
she had set.
Miss Elsie Edmondson, who was a class
mate and dose associate in school activities
of Mary Alice Dunn Jones, was asked to
contribute the following article about Mary
as she knew her.
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Mary Dunn, As I Knew Her
Elsie Edmondson, '30
Sincerity, integrity, fineness of character
were outstanding qualities of Mary Alice
Dunn. She lived with us for four happy,
busy, growing years, and throughout this
time, she made glad the hearts of the mem
bers of the class of ’30, her other college
mates, and teachers. Whenever there was a
piece of work to be done, she did it well.
She was Editor-in-Chief of The Campus
Mirror, 1929-30, during which time the
paper reached its greatest expansion in size
and in advertising. The Blue-Book, contain
ing full instructions from every member of
the staff to his successor, prepared under
the editorship of Mrs. Julia Pate Borders,
was used for the first time under her editor
ship. She was a good student, and was per
mitted to take additional courses. She was a
responsible girl who earned a part of her
own expenses. She was chairman of the
Story-telling Club the year that it did its
most constructive work.
Hers was a striking personality, with full
height and dignity of figure. There was an
indefinable quality in her bearing that com
manded attention, and her fine, broad fore
head, particularly, suggested high courage
and nobility of thought. To know her was
to know one who had the knowledge lent by
the Master, combined with the will to do.
Intimate association with her proved to me
that she was no weakling, that there was
nothing mean or small about her. I have
shared with her sad hours as well as pleas
ant ones, and through them all, there was
something staunch and fine about her which
was admirable. Her judgment was sound,
based on clear reasoning from a full array
of facts.
It is hard to realize that Mary has gone
from us. I shall always count it a joy to
have known one of whom it may be said, she
was gentle, brave, and strong, and her life
was a blessing to many.
Another appreciation follows.—Editor.
Thoughts of Mary
High courage, fine appreciation, that was
Mary;
What was mean or small, in deed or
word, was not Mary.
Her play of imagination ran into noble
ambition;
Hardships, things that seemed impossi
ble, daunted not Mary.
No boasting, no flaunted array of claims,
no empty pretense;
Every plan or urge or effort directed
by woman-sense:
Days that are gone and to come must
show some fruition;
Sweeter the tasks she tried, the places
she lived,
Even her name of Mary.