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The Campus Mirror^,
Published during the College Year by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
VOLUME XII DECEMBER 15, 1935
Christmas, What It Is and
What It Means
Anatol Reeves, ’39
Before the dawning of another
month, we shall have seen the dawn of
another Christmas.
Of the many red letter days, there
is none so great, so joyous, and so
eagerly anticipated as Christmas Day.
It is by no means a local or a lapsing
festival, but rather a universal and
fixed one. It bears a great message,
one filled with meaning, not for a few,
but for each and for everyone.
Christmas had its place in the hearts
of the shepherds two thousands years
ago, and its importance has affected
tin* world more than any other event in
history. The incarnation of the Son
of Cod, the birth of Jesus Christ,
marks a central point in the history of
the human race. It was well that the
angels from heaven announced the glad
tidings of great joy which shall be to
all people. Great jov indeed, for on
this day, the word came which changed
the face of all human society. Good
tidings in truth, for He came, who
reconciled mankind with their God
and shed peace and good will upon
an unhappy world.
From that lowly crib in Bethlehem,
there went forth a power that trans
formed the soul of the whole world.
For that child who was born in the
poverty of a stable centuries ago be
came the Child King, and has since
ruled the world, and regulated the laws
and customs of society. His palace Avas
a stable; His room a stall; His cradel
a manager; His retinue was the shep
herds. Now, His palace is the most
magnificient temple of worship; His
throne is in the hearts of multitudes;
His retinue has swelled into millions of
all nations, filling the world and in
creasing through the centuries.
Let us ask ourselves, how has all this
been accomplished? Man, by his sin,
lost favor with God. It was God's sup
erabundant love for us that caused
Him to send His only begotten Son
into the Avorld to bring us back to Him.
This Son came as a babe in that stable
on the first Christmas Day as the Light
of the World. Then was man told the
true meaning of life.
Christmas is a time of joy, of mer
riment. of radiant faces, of cheerful
greetings, and of kind deeds. But alas!
How few celebrate it in the right way?
We hear that many who keep Christ
mas do not remember His graciousness,
His generosity and His love. As we
drink in the real meaning of Christ
mas, and the true joy of the day, let
us not forget those that know not by
what -pint they are moved.
Let those of us who are here see
No. 3
Our Prayer
Ruby L. Flanagan
0 Holy Babe, Ave know that thou are
born
Tonight in Bethlehem;
We heard the angels SAveetly singing
In the deep of winter’s night;
We saAv the Avise men on the camels
come,
Treading their Avav to the stable's
door.
We heard Joseph when he told the
ucavs
That Mary had borne the Heavenly
Babe. '
We heard the voice of God saying:
‘ 1 My son has come to redeem the
world.
And there shall be no more death.”
Oh Christ, thou Prince of Peace,
May Ave too gather this night at
Bethlehem
And eroAvn thv head in sweet sim
plicity.
“Forever Free”
Beulah Johnson
Seventy years ago, December 2,
1865, Atlanta University Avas founded
in an old box car. In commemoration
and celebration of this event, at nine-
thirty o'clock on Sunday night, the
second of December, a mixed chorus of
Spelman, Morehouse and Atlanta Uni
versity faculty members and students
rendered a program “Forever Free,”
which Avas broadcast over the Columbia
netAvork from the studio in New York
City.
The program was an arrangement of
poems, songs, and dialogue depicting
the history and rapid progress of At
lanta University from its founding up
to the present time. "Go Down
Death" was read by its author, James
Weldon Johnson. Friends of Atlanta
University and Negro education all
over the world Avere touched and in
spired by the history, aims and ac
complishments of Atlanta University
as told by President John Hope.
The Negro National Anthem was
sung as a conclusion to the program.
to it that avo are going to make this
Christinas one of real soberness, not
drunkenness, of kindness, and service
to our less fortunate friends, and in
truth, a Christmas of “Peace on
earth, good will toward men.” And
last, but not least, a Christmas of
thankfulness and praise to the Al-
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