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The Campus Mirror
Slavery and the Negro
On -January 11, eleven members of the
Social Science Club and their sponsor, Mrs.
Ernestine Brazeal, enjoyed an interesting
discussion of “Out of the Mouths of Ex-
Slaves" and the effect of slavery on the
present and future of the Negro led by Mr.
Clarence Bacote of Atlanta University, in
his unique and entertaining style.
lie discussed the shelter, clothing, and food
of the slaves, family life, the slave and his
work, slave punishment and trading, religion,
recreational activities, and how the ex-slave
answers your questions. Some clever anec
dotes were read concerning the slave forms
of marriages. One was by means of jump
ing over a broom stick and considering them
selves legally tied.
At the end of the talk Mr. Bacote sug
gested that all students should take Negro
history in order to increase their self-valua
tion as Negroes and to teach it wherever
they are, so as to encourage all others to
do the same. He expressed his desire for
a United States History written by a Negro
so as to interpret the history of this coun
try with all of its elements, and the part
Negroes played in its development justly
represented.
Such questions as was the Negro benefited
by a period of slavery, was he liberated too
soon, and the possibility of his absorption
in the white race all brought forth individual
opinions. It was shown in this discussion
that the Negro possessed the same ability to
learn and delve into the deeper intellectual-
isms of the time, that he has possibilities of
being a good business man by means of
training, and that rapid progress has been
made in the last sixty-five years. This is
an indication that he can be as much of an
asset to the United States as any other na
tionality. The main obstacle that stands in
his way of complete assimilation is the old
tradition of regarding him as inferior be
cause of his previous condition of servitude,
which leads one to surmise the correctness
of the following analogy.
“Rattlesknae meat has been proved to be
good to eat, but because it has not been
customary to do so, it remains very distaste
ful to most people. Such is the case with
the Negro in America. Thus only time and
continued progressive thinking on the part
of both races can obliterate the present con
dition.”
The refreshments and the informal air of
the meeting caused it to be a period of con
structive mental recreation which is one of
the objects of the club.
The main feature of the next meeting will
be announced later.
Mae Gustin, Secretary.
The absent-minded student remained away
from all her morning classes on Monday to
prepare a paper due just one week later in
an afternoon class.
Cheer the weary travelers ! ! Exams are
January 21 to 25.
Fen Commandments for
Church Attendance
1. Thou shall not come to service late.
Nor for the Amen refuse to wait.
2. Thy noisy tongue thou shalt restrain,
•b A hymn thou shalt find and take. And
then a “joyful noise” shalt make.
4. The end-most seat thou shalt leave
free.
For more must share the pew with
thee.
5. The offering plate thou shalt not fear,
But give thine uttermost with cheer.
(1. Thou shalt the bulletin peruse,
And look there for the church’s news.
7. Thou shalt the minister give heed
Nor blame him when thou’rt disagreed.
8. I nto thy neighbor thou shalt bend,
And of a stranger make a friend.
9. Thou shalt in every way be kind,
Compassionate, of tender mind.
10. And so, by all thy spirit’s grace,
Thou, shalt show God within this place.
—From Monthly BYPU Magazine.
Merely Decorative or More?
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demanded. Indeed, many colleges have been
called “match-factories.” But is that the
purpose of colleges and of universities? It is
the duty of every institution to look care
fully after the sound physical health of every
student and see that they have wholesome
habits of living; then no kind of restraint
will prevent them from making social con
tacts which will make for their happiness.
An experienced friend of mine once said,
“The woman whose life is commonplace is
the one who is not free to wait until she is
certain she has found the man she loves as
fully as he loves her—who loves mutually.
The mismated woman of common intelligence
is the one whose whole life is common-place,
not knowing her soul or her body is her
own.”
This is what colleges strive to prevent—
and after all, the high goal of a present-day
college is to produce the highest type of
woman and wife and mother—a woman who
lives far more truly in her own time because
she knows the past and the present in his
tory, philosophy, science and literature. She
is far more alert and happy because she is
able to make contacts with a great variety of
people. The day of the decorative madam
is past. Even wives and mothers must prove
useful as well as entertaining.
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Things Beautiful
From September to December these
things have been collected by a student
who thought it would be interesting to
know what others considered beautiful.
Probably you can add to the list:
Eights shining through fog.
A poplar tree silhouetted against a Georgia
sunset (as seen from my room).
A twinkle in a person’s eye.
A mother’s face as she looks upon her
child.
Sister s Chapel with the sunlight streaming
through the windows.
The campus “snow-bound.”
The moon coming up over pine trees.
A clean thought.
Eight after darkness.
A warm, clean bed after a full day.
A crackling fire on a winter’s night.
Glowing faces around a campfire.
You, when you are happy.
Sincere friendships.
Grandmothers.
Texas sunsets.
Married love which has lasted over twenty
years.
High Lights of the New York
Theatre
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I was interested particularly in what Miss
Cooke had to say concerning the play
“Borneo and Juliet” in which Catherine Cor
nell and Basil Rathburn played the leading
roles. To quote Miss Cooke, “Basil Rathburn,
as Romeo, was not sufficiently ardent to
create the necessary spark for the kind of
love that Shakespeare had in mind,” and
said she, “He was cool, and for that reason,
I feel that Catherine Cornell did not reach
the dramatic height which she might have
reached. The play was well pronounced,
beautifully staged and evenly performed.”
One of the most talked of plays of the
current season was “Within the Gates” by
one of the members of the Irish group, Shean
O’Casey. This play was significant because
O’Casey synchronized the main themes of
contemporary life with Elizabethan song and
the Greek chorus.” Miss Cooke was inter
ested in the way in which Lillian Gish creat
ed the feeling for the young whore.
One of the most pleasant comedies seen
was John Van Druten’s “The Distaff Side”
(The distaff side, being the side of the
mother).
“I'd see the play a second time,” said
Miss Cooke, “to watch the very controller!
and well poised acting of Sybl Thorndike,
who, in 1931, was honored by King George
when he bestowed upon her the title, ‘The
Dame Commander of the British Empire.’
This was his recognition of her acting abil
ity. Sybl Thorndike was one of the three
British women to receive such an honor.
In her acting, there was a maturity and
poise which Catherine Cornell and Lillian
Gish have yet to master.”