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Melbahu Bryant, '34
^ c are happy to have our Y. President,
Thomasine Duckett, back with us after a
short stay in the hospital.
There are numbers of persons on these
three campuses with whom the students
never get an opportunity to come in con
tact, but we were fortunate enough to have
Miss Burch to speak to the “Y” at the
meeting on November 12. Her talk was
about Solitude, and Friendship in the
crowds with which we live. Miss Burch’s
observations were taken from a different
angle from what we usually hear, and were
quite interesting.
M hat a pleasant surprise we all experi
enced when we walked into Morehou.se
South for our “1 meeting, the Sunday
night before fhanksgiving. The reception
room had been attractively decorated with
autumn leaves and sheaves. Large pump
kins appeared here and there among the
sheaves. The members of the High School
Christian Endeavor were the guests of the
1. W . ('. A. for this Thanksgiving service.
Miss Erskine, our advisor, was present, as
well as several other members of the fac
ulty.
The meeting was very informal, the
members bringing sofa pillows and group
ing themselves around the room. Frances
I*rock related an interesting story, Ednah
Bethea read poems appropriate for tin* oc-
s.ion, and Lottie Lybns played a. violin
solo. At tin* close of tin* service Thanks
giving souvenirs, containing nuts, were dis
tributed, and the meeting ended with
friendly conversation.
Le Cercle Francais
La premiere reunion du cercle francais
de Spelman College a eu lieu vendredi le
1/ Novembre. Mile. Motley a ouvert la
seance. On a d’abord chante la Marseil
laise puis on a passe a 1 orde du pour. On
a proeede imiiiediatement a Lection des
mem lire du bureau difiniti aver les resultats
suivants:
President
\ ico-President
Secretaire
Trcsorier
Mile. Annie Motley
Mlie. Florie Jackson
Mile. Annie Roberts
Mile. Carline (Soudv
Rapporteur des articles de journal
Mile. Eldra Mon santo
Minnie. Jackson a lu line serie de lions
mots ties nmusants. Mile, (ieter a
deux fables de la Fontaine. Pris
chante trois chansons: “ Alloutte”, '
Jaques" et “An Claire de la Lime.”
Enfin on a mange des lions lions.
Noils esperons <pie les etudiants de frail
cais s'interesseront plus an cercle et m
manc|Ueront pas de se rendre a la prochaim
seance.
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Fortnightly
Annie Motley, ’36
Mr. Allen, Publicity Director for Atlanta
l niveristv, who is very much interested in
the operas ot Gilbert and Sullivan, brought
to the Fortnightly club in its last two meet
ings two ot the most widely known operas
of these men.
In the first meeting, which was held in
Howe Theatre, Mr. Allen gave something
of their lives. A few of the interesting
things that he told us were that Gilbert and
Sullivan’s creative work covered a large
part of the Nineteenth Century. He told
ns that Gilbert was distinctly English and
loved England so well that he could af
ford to laugh at her. As an artist, he was
comparable to Aristophones, the great Greek
comedian. He wrote the Bab Bapads—
“Bab ’ being the pen name he used for his
writings and illustrations. He gained con
fidence through the success of these bal
lads so that he could become great as a
writer of comedy, and there has been noth
ing to equal his musical comedies. When
by accident he met Sullivan, avIio was a
composer and lover of music, two men had
met who were peculiarly fitted for each
other; so they went into partnership—Gil
bert writing the librettos and Sullivan the
music. Their operas were replete with com
edy, distinctly English, always clean, and
never stooped to vulgarity to make a point.
Mr. Allen thought that it would interest
us to know that Sullivan wrote Onward
( hristian Soldiers. They are also the au
thors of The Mikado which, likoPinafore, is
a great favorite of amateur actors.
Mr. Allen then played on the victrola,
the shortest of these operas—“Trial by
Jury’’, the theme of which is trial for a
breach of promise. We heard the members
of the jury give their opinions of the man
who had broken his promise; then we heard
the judge, when lie considered himself the
proper man to marry the beautiful lady.
1 wo weeks later the social dining room
of Morgan hall was converted into a lovely
living room with chairs arranged in a semi
circle around an oak fire burning in tin'
broad open fire place, and in this cozy
and homelike atmosphere Mr. Allen enter
tained the club with another Gilbert-Sul-
livan opera, Pinafore.
As the guests entered they were greeted
by Miss Norwood, who gave them copies of
the selected lyrics from Pinafore.
Mr. Allen told us that this opera got
its name from the ship Pinafore, and that
the action took place on its deck. The
captain s daughter, Josephine, was engaged
to marry Sir Joseph, “The ruler of the
Lueen s Navee, ” but she was in love with
a common sailor, Ralph,
“ A suitor lowly born,
With hopeless passion torn
And poor beyond denying . . .”
Josephine found herself in a difficult
situation. Should she marry the man of
her rank or the mail of her love.’ She sings:
Buy Christmas Sects
Fight Tuberculosis
At the Sign of the Cross
The double barred cross, the symbol of
all tuberculosis Associations in the world,
is a sign that the Atlanta Tuberculosis
Association is on the job. It is in this sign
that this association carries on its con
tinuous fight against tuberculosis.
In 1932 the association gave clinical ser
vice to 3,278 persons, 42 per cent of whom
were colored, and through its nursing ser
vice visited 16,601 homes.
I his cross is double barreled, too. One
barrel shoots a message of cheer for the
friend who gets the letter. The other shoots
definite aid toward somebody who is in
danger from tuberculosis.
Hundreds die of tuberculosis here in At
lanta. Do your part in the fight. Buy
double-barred cross Christmas Seals. This
is your part, and “by this sign” you will
eventually conquer tuberculosis.
Biology Club
Fannie Allen, ’35
The Biology Club met November 17,
1933, in Taplev Hall to plan their year’s
work. A brief synopsis of last year’s work
was given by Mary Reddick, and then the
house was open for election of officers.
Lueile Pearson was elected president; Mary
Reddick, vice-president; Fannie Allen, sec
retary; Catherine Lewis, chairman of the
Social Committee with Ereinne Hare as co
worker.
Miss Albro introduced the plans for the
year which will be on the subject of
‘ ‘ Birds ’ ’.
Stick peppermint candy was served while
the members socialized and became familiar
with new birds recently given to tin* Biology
Department.
“I'd laugh my rank to scorn
In union holy
W ere he more highly born
Or I more lowly.”
When Buttercup revealed the life-long
secret that Ralph and the captain had been
exchanged when they were babies, and that
Ralph was the real captain, he was im
mediately promoted to his rightful station
and married Josephine, while tin* captain
became the common sailor.
Pinafore ran for seven hundred nights
in London and was brought to the United
States where it has had great success in
New York. It has been revived repeatedly
in England and America, and still it is a
source of real pleasure to those who have
heard it.
The next one of the Gilliert-SullJvan
operas to be played will be The Pirates of
Penzance.