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THE CAMPUS MIRROR
November 15, 1935
The Campus Mirror
The Students’ Oion Publication
“Service In Unity”
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Volume XII November 1 5, 1 935 No. 2
A DREAM
“ Dream of the strong man making
greater ever, the things that are not
of God.”
The modern Caesar with his soldiers
marching to battle has stirred the
Italian people into dreaming once
again of empire. As the brave souls
of Mussolini’s army go in their effort
to plant the Italian flag over a large
portion of Ethiopia, visions of the
grandeur of ancient Rome fascinate
Italian minds, and they turn the pages
of ancient history with more pride
than ever before.
The Roman dominance of nineteen
centuries ago offers a challenge to the
Italian of 1935. Mussolini today is
trying to revive the grandeur that
Rome had at the time of its greatest
geographical extent. He wants an em
pire comparable to that of Trajan (98-
117 A. D.) which was populated by
more than 100 million people, with the
seas as links of connection for those
provinces separated from Rome by
water, while military roads connected
those separated by land.
•lust as 11 Duce is trying to extend
his territory by warfare, the empire
of Rome was won and held by armies.
While Rome wasted its citizens in
war, its slave population grew and
weakened it; military and financial
power crumbled under conquered peo
ples who bettered Roman instruction
and government; the vastness of the
empire made it difficult to control
from a central point; and under re
peated barbarian blows, the empire
fell apart.
It is unfortunate that Italy should
catch so much of the lower type of
culture of ancient Rome and so little
of the higher type of the renaissance
period of her history.
Mussolini’s empire is not at all tin*
Roman world of Julius Caesar or that
of Trajan. It is small in comparison,
and includes only Libya, Eritrea, and
Italian Somaliland, approximately
94(5,734 square miles. Of this land Lib
ya and Italian Somaliland are of some
importance economically, Libya pro
ducing tropical fruits, and Italian
Somaliland furnishing half the world’s
consumption of incense. On the whole,
Italy’s supply of natural resources and
raw materials is relatively bare, and
that is one of the main reasons why
II Duce is reaching such a determined
hand into the heart of Ethiopia.
It must be remembered that Italy
attached her name to the treaty of
3 ersailles, 1919, which established the
new boundaries in the African conti
nent; in 1920 she became a party to
the League of Nation’s covenant, re
affirming these boundaries and pledg
ing not to resort to war to gain terri
tory; and in 1928 she signed the
Briand-Kellog pact, thus once more re
nouncing war and adopting Arbitra
tion as an instrument for settling all
disputes.
Italy, by her recent actions, has de
clared all these null and void because
of the Great Italian need of fertile
soil, of room for her over-crowded
population, and of other riches found
in Ethiopia which will provide a cure
for the evils from which Italy suffers.
Whether or not the success of II
Duce is to compare with that of the
ancient Caesars of Rome, the future
alone will disclose, but the maps Ave
see of that region, Ethiopean strong
will and determination, and Haile Se
lassie's perseverance indicate that the
modern Caesar probably has a long
Avay to go.
To Think About
Dovey Johnson, ’38
“Tell the girls to take advantage of
every opportunity offered there.”
This message given Spelman girls by
Mrs. David Jones, Avife of the Presi
dent of Rennet College, Greensboro,
North Carolina, Avas found in letters
written to Rennet this fall by gradu
ates of ’35, Avho have gone on “that
first job.”
Since a college education is used as
a basis for earning a living, are stu
dents thinking enough about “that
job" after college days are over? Do
they avail themselves of the various
opportunities for fuller, better develop
ment? Is it true that students study
only those subjects in the college cur
riculum which are related to their par
ticular interest? If it is true, one
sided personalities are being developed
and the richer half of education is be
ing omitted; it is this richer half which
gives the qualities which art* neces
sary if one is not only to earn a liv
ing, but to move easily among A r arious
kinds of people. To apply a concrete
example, this means that instead of
assuming an attitude of indifference
toward physical education, one should
look upon it as being quite as im
portant in mental development as any
other subject. One’s great knowledge
of French, or biology is of little use
when he finds himself faced with the
problem of teaching children funda
mentals of volley ball.
The experiences which can be derived
from the class organizations may aid
students in becoming tactful and more
understanding toward their fellow be
ings. None can deny that an under
standing of human nature, and the abil
ity to deal justly, and kindly with peo
ple can mean the difference between
success and failure regardless of what
the job is.
Leaving it to Others
Anatol Reeves, ’39
33 e are all apt to lea\ T e things to
Mary or George. But when Ave come to
think of it, it is a mean thing to do,
although we rather like it. The fact
of the matter is, our constitutions are
such that we’d rather do anything than
take trouble.
33 T hen there is something to do, hor
rid and unpleasant as it may be, the
best thing is to up and face it. Do
it. Get rid of it. Finish it. The more
troublesome it is, the quicker Ave ought
to get it out of the Avay; or, it may
return with added Aveight and poAver.
And more often than not, leaving a
difficult problem to someone else to
solve, means, as a rule, some incompe
tency.
Hoav can Ave expect preferment if Ave
refuse responsibility. Remember, it is
only the spiritually fit Avho are going
to survive in life, and it is only the
efficient who are going to deserve
promotion. Leaving it to others is
blind foolishness. Folly from begin
ning to end. And there is no escape
from the result, Avhich is as sure as
fate. Rut there is less hurt than avc
imagine if Ave grasp the responsibility
Avith determination and courage.
Years not our OAvn are passing by,
To use for God and man;
Ah! Iioav their SAvift Aving’d mo
ments fly!
Today’s our utmost span;
And that Avhich noAv Ave do or be
Shall make or mar eternity.
The heart-felt sympathy of the Spel
man College faculty and students goes
out to Dean Lyons in the loss of her
son.