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('■/ MPUS MIRROR^ Published During the School Year by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia IlfllllllllllllllllltlllllllltlllllllllllMItlllltllllMIIIIMMIItlllltllllllftlllMIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIilliiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiMtMtMIIIIIIMMIMIIIMIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIItlllMIIMIIIIMIIlflllllllllllliiililiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuii Volume X November 15, 1935 No. 2 A Rare Experience To have as quests on our campus during the week of Oetober29-November 4th, mem bers of the Green Pastures cast, was an un usual and delightful experience. On Thursday morning, Atlanta colleges weie invited to an assembly in Sisters Chapel to hear Richard B. Harrison, who gave an account of the experiences that led to bis career on the stage. In a very effective way, Mr. Harrison told the story of his birth in Canada of run-away slave parents, his brief schooling, years of small jobs and early diamatic training. It was interesting to watch the artist grow; to see that in spite of obstacles, be found almost uninter rupted opportunity for dramatic training. In conclusion Mr. Harrison gave a sin cere and dramatic defense of Green Pastures in which he depicted his own struggle with audiences that expected the Negro to make a jest of his own religion instead of making a sincere interpretation of the struggle of a race toward a pure faith. This expression will 1m- remembered as a part of our apprecia tion ot Green Pastiires. Sisters chapel wa> crowded almost bevond capacity with students from the three in-ti- tntions, from Atlanta University Laboratory School, elementary pupils from Oglethorpe school and numbers from Morris Brown and Clark and citizens from the city of Atlanta, who came to hear Mr. Harrison and tin* other members of the cast, who either gave delightful numbers on the program or were merely introduced. The call of the Im-II for The Century of Progress Statue Ruth Ferguson, '37 The theme of the great Fair of 1933 is expressed in its name, a Century of Prog ress, because the fair shows the general progress of the world for the last 100 years. The theme of the Exhibition of Fine Arts is also a Century of Progress, because this ex hibit shows not only famous and character istic works of the last 100 years, but also a century of progress in American art collect ing. Among the great works of art at the fair a most fascinating one is the statue which stands outside the Science Building facing all who approach the Fair through the Avenue of Flags. This statue symbolizes the predominance of man’s thorough knowl edge, over the forces of nature which would degrade man. It is not Greek or Roman art as some have supposed but purely American. Greek statues possess the curved effect, but this statue is of a straight and stately form which depicts modern man. The statue is typically modern and was designed by the Fournier studio in Chicago, Illinois. lunch was unheeded as long as another artist was to be heard. During their stay in Atlanta, the Green Pastures cast was very generous in making visits to many school assemblies, and stu dents of these schools were fortunate to be able to hear, in their own schools, so many distinguished artists. To The Memory of Lucy Hale Tapley Memorial exercises commemorating the life and services to education of Lucy Hale Tapley, president-emeritus of Spelman Col lege, who died last year, will be held on the morning of Thanksgiving day in Sisters Chapel on the college campus. In the spirit of the holiday the service will be one of thanksgiving for the life or Miss Tapley who was associated with Spel man College for 37 years, the last eighteen of which she was president. Alumnae of the college and her many friends in Atlanta and elsewhere in the South will participate in the services. Coming to the pioneer school for Negro women in 1890, nine years after its found ing, she served in turn as teacher of English and of mathematics, as matron, organizer and director of the teacher training depart ment, and dean of the seminary. In 1909 at the death of President Harriet E. Giles, she became third president of the institution. During her administration more than a thousand women received degrees or diplo mas. Through her influence Spelman was raised from the status of a seminary to that of a Class A college. In recognition of her services tin* science hall of Spelman College, a gift of John I). Rockefeller, Jr., was named Tapley Hall in her honor. At her resignation in 1927 she returned to her brother’s liume in McKinley, Maine, her native state, where she died on June 6, 1932, in her seventy- sixth year.