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“Little World War'”
At the chapel services on the mornings
of January 12 and 14, Dr. Rayford \\ .
liOgan, Professor of History at Atlanta
University, gave introductory lectures
leading up to and forming a background
for his main lecture on “The Little
World War,” January 2d.
“Heredity-mongers,” said Dr. Logan,
are gleefully pointing their lingers at
the Spanish situation with the air of a
pseudo-prophet whose prophesy has ac
cidentally come true, and saying mean
ingfully “I told you so.” They mean,
of course, that it is the sin of the Moor
ish Conquest being visited upon the
Spaniards—whoever they are. Here Dr.
Logan gave a clear and detailed account
of the various elements which make up
the Spaniard; they include the follow
ing: the first inhabitants, according to
the best authorities, were a Negroid peo
ple; then came, mixing in varying de
grees, the Celts, Phoenicians, Cartha-
genians, Greeks, R o m a n s, Germans,
Moors, Jews and Irishmen. In speaking
of Spaniards, Dr. Logan said, one sim
ply means those who live in Spain.
Who then is responsible for this back
wardness of Spain? The thoroughness
with which Spain has quarrantined her
self against “liberty, equality and fra
ternity” is at the base of it all, accord
ing to statements made by the speaker;
Spain is now in the throes of civil war
which came to other major countries
twenty-five, fifty, and in the case of
France, one hundred and fifty years ago.
It is worse only because of the nature
and duration of oppression before un
rest and reaction reached a point ot
outbreak. Dr. Logan pointed out the
fact that this is not the first attempt
at: a Republic in Spain; the first one
began in 1873 and lasted until 1875.
Finally in 1931, the Spanish people,
tired of a “rotten nobility, a bigoted
Catholic Church, a caste-ridden army
and a worthless monarchy,” rose in
bloody and terrifying revolt. The mon-
archs, whether Hapsburghs or Bourbons,
were an especial and ever-present griev
ance; they may all be put in the same
catagory with a certain queen of whom
a French historian said, “She has much
emptiness in her heart and even more
in her head.”
As interesting as may be the actual
conflict of principles and forces in
Spain proper, the part played by the
other European powers is an even more
absorbing game. There seems to be only
one motive, only one way to win—
avoid “being put in the middle.” Russia
is frantically trying not to be caught
between Germany and Japan; France is
in a state of unrest because of Italio-
German “understandings,” and even
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Germany feels uncomfortable between
France and Russia, with England almost
certain to side with France; in other
words, axiom number one in interna
tional relations, according to Dr. Logan,
is “make friends with your neighbor’s
neighbor—but not with your neighbor.”
Great Britain’s position is particularly
fascinating. She still has “no eternal
enemies or eternal allies; England has
only eternal interests,” so no consistency
in policy is to be expected, except in
so far as she is consistently inconsistent.
According to the speaker, Germany could
never have reached her present position
if Great Britain had not, in the begin
ning at least, supported her against
France. “As soon as a war is over, Eng
land deserts her former allies and goes
to the side of former enemies.”
England’s present vacillation is due
to two distinct currents of thought and
feeling in England proper; this also
accounts for the aid which Portugal, a
satellite of England, has given to
the insurgents in Spain. The English
aristocracy, if the communists win, will
be seriously threatened. Like most aris
tocracies, said Dr. Logan, that of Eng
land is worthless. “They do not
know how to live; they only know how
to die nobly—the latter being the highest
compliment one can pay them.” Then
there is the opposing group, the work
ing masses whose degradation is neces
sary for the survival of the aristocracy.
Finally, Great Britain is practically cer
tain to side with France because other
wise Mussolini will make good his proc
lamation to make an “Italian Sea” of
the Mediterranean, and Great Britain’s
and France’s life lines to India and
North Africa respectively will be cut.
Lenin said that Communism can be
ultimately successful in one country only
if it is practiced throughout the world;
Trotsky stated confidently that Europe
will some day be red at both ends. Were
these men right? Time alone will tell.
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The Annual College dance in Morgan
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student dining room both tin* teachers
dining room and the fireplace dining
room were thrown open, which gave
ample space for the large group of
dancers.
Different dances were dedicated to
Morehouse and Spelman student organ
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that covered the lights in the ceiling.
Before the concluding number on the
program, the Morehouse and Spelman
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students of Spelman College, Feb. 5, on
the very interesting subject of Cancer
for which disease there is now a pos
sible cure; that is, if the disease is
treated in the early stage of develop
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tory of cancer and then showing slides
of cancer in different parts of the body
(the breasts, the mouth, the stomach),
was able to demonstrate clearly and
emphatically the result of neglected ul
cers and nodules, the first stage of can
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multiplication of cells that do not func
tion properly, it can be removed by sur
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concluded his lecture by telling the stu
dents about the cancer campaign, which
begins in March, against this one-time
dreaded disease.
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