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CAMPUS MIRROR 3 I)r. Dubois Addresses Convocation Speaking for the first time to an At lanta audience since returning from his seven-month journey around the world, Dr. W. E. B. Dubois, Professor of So ciology at Atlanta University, addressed the students and faculty members of the Atlanta University System, Tues day, February 9, at a university con vocation in Sisters Chapel. During the course of the seven-month journey Dr. Dubois revisited many of the principal countries of Europe and for the first time visited the Orient. France and England, according to Dr. Dubois, are democracies which are oc cupied with new and different tasks, that of preserving the peace of the world and that of adjusting themselves to the ever changing economic situation. Dr. Dubois spoke of the great cele brations and demonstrations of armed force by the Nazi party; he reported the gigantic housing program of the lower and middle classes; the construction of new roads; the na tional vocational guidance program by which each youth is advised by a coun selor concerning the chances of securing work in certain fields and the compul sory work program. The most astounding situation to be seen in Russia is the absolute absence of retail trade stores. This fact proves the belief of the Soviet government, in timated Dr. Dubois, that business and industry are direct concerns of the state. Dr. Dubois was much impressed on his first visit to Asia by the immense size and power of the population. In this country he not only saw the phy sical center of future mankind, but he found a civilization that has some sort ot eternity. In Japan Dr. Dubois was greatly amused and pleased with the seemingly instinctive and natural cour tesy found in every class of society. Her almost sinful efficiency is making Ja pan, and not England, the textile center of the world. Though Dr. Dubois found economic conditions of the world upset and peace conditions uncertain, the chief im pression remaining with him at the end of his journey was the tremendous, un dying beauty of the world—the rich beauties of nature, the seas, mountains, and islands—and most of all the al most unbelievable achievements of man in the building of his temples and other works. Thought for the Month “None but the nightingale should part his lips just to make a sound.” A Chinese proverb from the lecture by .Mrs. John Henry White on Chinese literature. Fhe Most Frequently Broken Vow Ruby L. Sanders, ’38 My friends! Have you ever been through one of those hand-wringing, heart - sickening, head - cramming, eye straining knowledge machines? I am sure, if you have, that some hours after ward there could be found a few silver strands among your bright tresses. Yes, you walk into the room at the appointed hour with your head full (from cram ming all night); the teacher hands you your “blue book;” you take it, smiling —not for pleasure but in an attempt to disguise your fear; the teacher hands you the examination sheet which you tremblingly reach for, usually turning it face down. Finally you ease the paper over inch by inch and peep at its con tents—first with one eye, next with both eyes, then you open your eyes very widely and read the contents carefully. “Oh, pshaw! I thought this exam was going to be hard; I know all this stuff,” you will say to yourself. You open your examination book in order to proceed on your two-hour (or more) task. The moment you attempt to write down the answer to the first question all of your knowledge flees from you. Then you say, “What is the matter with me? I am sure I know the answer to all of these questions.” You read the first question over and over trying to recall the answer, but it will not come. Then you leave the first question, promising to go back to it later, and go to the second. You find it the same way and go to the third, then to the fourth, and finally you reach the last, giving all the same “look” and the same promise. Then you begin at the first again. You grasp your head and squeeze it, unconscious of the fact that there is any one else in the classroom besides you. About that time you look up and the teacher is looking at you. Then you begin writing away—on almost nothing, but you feel that you must write something to keep from handing back the blue book just like it was handed to you. Soon the first bell rings, and you lose your head—what little you have left. You get very heavy and your hand will not move; you then get very light and your hand flies up and you cannot get it back down on the paper. You get awfully warm and persipration begins to “pop” out like little beads all over your face; then you get very cold and your hand begins to tremble; you can’t read your own writing and you know the teacher can’t. Your eyes are weak from the neglect of sleep the night be fore, and everything looks blurred. Fi lially you adjust yourself again and look over and see your fellow classmates writing away. About that time one hands in his paper and walks out of What Impressions? Speaking to the students of Spelman College, Thursday, February 4, in Howe Hall, on the subject “The Impressions We Leave,” Miss Elizabeth MacDonald Osborne, nationally known authority on appearance, stressed the fact that the impressions which we leave with a per son are so important to our happiness and success in life that it should be of vital concern to each person to develop to the fullest extent his or her assets and to overcome liabilities as completely as possible. Miss Osborne’s talk included four main topics: manner and manners, grooming, bodily posture, and voice. What one does everyday, the way one sits, walks, or talks, the general car riage—creates one’s appearance in the future. Finally, she said no two indi viduals are alike—each person is a dis tinct individual—each has assets and liabilities; the more one makes of his assets and the less one is hampered by his liabilities, the bigger one is; for great people are those who make the most of what they have rather than attempting to acquire the qualities which someone else possesses. Of all the things one wears, the facial expression is most important, for it re flects one’s personality and philosophy of life. Miss Osborne expressed oppo sition to masking, for, she said, “Masks are worn because of one of two reasons: over-sensitiveness or a desire to appear sophisticated. Masks are very dangerous because in shutting other people out, one shuts himself in, making real under standing impossible. Grooming, according to Miss Osborne, is the care of clothes and the way one wears them. It includes also the com plexion, which is more dependent upon circulation than upon make-up; the hair —its quality and health rather than its dress; and general cleanliness and care of the nails. That well-scrubbed, well- pressed look adds greatly to one’s at tractiveness, and anyone can have it. Miss Osborne was available to stu dents for short conferences during her three day stay on the campus, and stu dents took full advantage of every con ference period. the room, then another, then another. You treat all of your questions more or less in the same manner, get up and hand in your paper and walk out, too. 1 he moment you close tin * 1 door behind you all the answers to the questions pop back into your mind again—the correct answers in correct form. Oh, if you could get your paper again! But you can’t, even if you try. You march on with the “semesterlv” resolution that you will not let that hap pen again—the most frequently broken vow!