The Campus mirror. (Atlanta, Georgia) 1924-19??, December 15, 1933, Image 3

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The Campus Mirror 3 .AT Tf-)£ difr_Pt Of WP mif. W/ 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. recite on a Frere 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.