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6 / he Uthan League At the Fair AY alter Kith Madison, '.'57 The Urban League Exhibit was among the exhibits of the first social display ever given at a \\ orld’s Fair. The exhibit was first conceived and outlined by Do A. Reid of the Urban League. After it had been ap proved by tlie executive secretaries of all the branches of the Urban League and by tin* Social Work Exhibit Committee, it was turned over to the technicists of the fair. When tin* exhibit was completed it was placed in the Social Science Building, North erly Island, between the Y. W. C. A. and the Red Cross Exhibits. The exhibit is four-paneled and is set in the wall in a niche. The central back panel is a painting by Mr. Dawson, a prominent artist. It depicts the migration of the Negro from the South to the North. A road, start ing in the foreground and winding through hills and valleys, leads to the north, to a city of spires and towers, wreathed in a cloud. The road is filled with Negroes of all types and ages, those in the foreground wearing a look of determination and the light of hope on their faces. The title of the painting is, “Negro in Migration” and under the title, in a smaller print, “The Exodus” and “He took not away the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night.” Exodus XIII, 22. The basal panel bears a map showing the situation of all Urban Leagues, and on either side of the map are these significant statements, “The Urban League brings together for the pur pose of community welfare and for construc tive inter-racial co-operation, the thoughtful classes of white and colored people. It was the pioneer group in this work.” “The Urban League has done much toward the objective study of social problems, securing funds for social work, organizing and stimu lating social service activities, training ef ficient social welfare leadership.” The left panel presents the “Social Prob lems Which Press the Negro” such as hous ing, health, delinquency and the like, and tells how the League copes with them. The right panel shows the “General Advance ment. of the Negro” and states, “The Urban League is a clearing house of information in various aspects of the Negro.” This notation refers not only to the statistics on that panel but also to those on popula tion just under the painting. The last words on the basal panel of the exhibit are: “It Has Given Emphasis to the Needs of, and Seeks Industrial Op portunity for, the Negro Worker.” The exhibit has excited much comment and Mrs. Helen Cody Baker, secretary of the Social Work Exhibits Committee, is quoted as saying: “We are all pleased with the Urban League Exhibit; people stop and study it, particularly the- statistics on the right hand side. There is almost always a little group in front of it. Mr. Dawson did a fine piece of work. We are giving our volunteers special instruction about in terpreting this particular panel, which we feel to be an important part of the exhibit.” The Campus Mirror Another says, “not for a long time will the story of social work be told so dramatic ally, colorfully and interestingly as it is told in this display.” Improvements on the Campus Mossib Alexander, ’.‘54 A number of improvements have been made on the campus since last June. In Rockefeller Hall painting of floors and walls was done in all dormitory rooms on second and third floors including Howe Chapel. The floors and walls were also done in the Bookstore, the Post Office, the Laundry, the teachers’ dining room, the kitchen and the floors of the students din ing room. Some changes were made in Upton Home, such as additional closet space for several rooms on the second floor, a new entrance for the stairway leading to the second floor and to rooms on the first flor. The old en trance leads into a suite of rooms which is now the Dean’s Apartment. Those who had classes in Laura Spelman Rockefeller Hall last year and were vic tims of many falls will notice the new treads leading from the first to the second floor. Every effort is being put forth to add to the comfort and convenience of those who live in this community. Visitors in England Francis Brock, "36 A few of the Spelman teachers spent their vacation in theBrithish Isles and on the Continent this summer. Dr. New'all, a professor of Biology, spent most of her summer in England. She espe cially enjoyed going to a garden party at Bedford College with one of her former South African students. Bedford College is one of the best girl’s colleges in London University. Miss Folger, the secretary to the Dean, enjoyed a very interesting and exciting sum mer. Going across the Atlantic Ocean she witnessed many terrible thunder storms. She was filled with reverence while view ing the cathedrals of England and the old Roman ruins. The quiet grazing sheep in the majestic old towns of Winchester, York and Canterbury made beautiful and impressive pictures. Aliss Yeomans reports: The most wonder ful part of my trip home this summer was a motor trip from South to North Wales. We had a week through the most beautiful mountain scenery! The mountains were won derful and the day we went up Snowdan, the highest mountain in England and K e e p U n e a t CLEANERS | 791 Gordon St.—West End j Dresses and Coats Cleaned Work Called for and Delivered Daily | Negro Art and Literature At I he Century of Progress Exposition Walter Ruth Madison, ’37 At the beginning of this century many still had much to learn of the fundamentals of the laws of nature. In these 100 years more progress has been made in science, in vention and the general extension of human knowledge than in any other similar period in the history of the world. A Century of Progress International Ex position tells this marvelous story graphic ally by its exhibits. On Negro Day at the Fair in the Illinois building, a Negro Art and Literature Ex hibit was presented to the public which lasted until three o’clock, and then a select, informal program and reception was given. As a witness, T shall say that the progress of the Negro was exemplified in the exhibit. The Wiley Quartette of Texas, traveling students, presented three spirituals: “Shout All Over God’s Heav’n,” “Down By the Riverside,” and “No Hiding Place Down There.” Helen Walker King, director of the Music Department in Cincinnati, sang “With the Moon” and “Oh! Tell Ale.” Hazel Harrison, who was formerly a student of Busoni’s and who has been presented with the Symphony of Berlin, gave Busoni’s interpretation of Liszt’s “Fire.” John Green, who has received two successive Rosenwald fellowships, rendered “Old Alan River,” ac-. companied by Miss Wliitenhouse of the. AY Oman’s Symphony. The final number was a ballet dance by Alisses Snyder and AValker from Hazel Thompson Davis’ class. A reception followed the program during which Richard B. Harrison, Roland Hayes, Airs. McDowel, Mr. Alottley and Air. AV. N. Dawson, Airs. Redfield, William M. Farrew, Air. Diggs and Airs. De Ramus were pre sented. These persons have done much to ward the Fair. Some of them are natives of Chicago. Airs. Redfield arranged the book collection. Mr. Alottley presented copies of his book, A.B.C.’s of Negro Art and Air. Diggs presented copies of his books. Among the paintings by Air. Alotley, on display, were a number of others, including one by Henry 0. Tanner, loaned from Airs. John Jacobs’ collection. These artists and this collection of Negro art are convincing evidence of Negro achieve ment in art and literature. Wales, was the most thrilling of all. From the summit we could see the Irish coast, the Isle of Afann, fourteen lakes down the moun tain and miles along the coast we had come. Luncheon and tea we would have out doors, as a rule, though sometimes we would stop at a small thatched cottage for tea. One night we had dinner at Tal-Y-Clyn Lake on the porch of the Inn, the mountain rising on all sides. ; • We went up to LlanAndrio and then south through Bettws-Y-Coed, Shrewsby, and Hereford. It was a perfect week, f hope- some day some of you can see that country.