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Campus Mirror
Published During the College Year hv the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
VOL. XIV OCTOBER 15, 1937 No. 1
I)r. Caldwell At Atlanta
University
Alma Stone, ’40
A rare opportunity for the students
of the Atlanta University System was
the coming of Dr. Otis William Cald
well to the position of Visiting Profes
sor of Education this year. Though a
biologist by training, Dr. Caldwell’s
interest in the larger Held of education
and his resultant activity in this Held
have made him one of the distinguished
scholars and educators of this country.
Dr. Caldwell, a native of Lebanon,
Indiana, is a graduate of Franklin Col
lege, from which institution he received
the degree of doctor of letters in 1917.
11 is experience has been broad; he has
served in Eastern Illinois State Normal
School, the University of Chicago, the
Lincoln Experimental School of Teach
ers College, Columbia University, and
as director of the Division of School
Experimentation. He retired from Co
lumbia University as Professor Emeritus
in 1935 and has since worked as general
secretary of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, which
position he will continue to hold while
at Atlanta University.
Dr. Caldwell has written several books
on botany, general science, and educa
tion, and has contributed frequently
to scientific and educational journals.
Exhibits of Japanese Wood
cuts Open at Atlanta
University Library
Dovey Johnson, ’38
An exhibit of Japanese woodcuts is
on display in the foyer of the Atlanta
University library the week of October
15-22. The collection, consisting of origi
nal color prints by leading Japanese
print makers from Masanobu and Horna-
bu, is the first of a series of seven loan
exhibits which the university has made
possible through its charter membership
in the Case Extension Circuit Coopera
tive, an organization whose purpose is
to provide for institutions that are mem
bers a regular series of worthwhile ex
hibits.
Fourteen items which make up the dis
play cover the art of print making from
about the twelfth or thirteenth century
down to the nineteenth. A block print
treating a religious theme, and a seven
teenth century decorative print, hand
colored in black and white, show the
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Greetings from President
Read
Will you stand at the window this
morning, all by youi’self, and look out
far into the distance? Catch a glimpse
of the woman you hope to be,—ten or
twenty years from now. It might be a
good idea just to close your eyes for
ten minutes and think over the last dec
ade or two. Think of father and mother,
brothers and sisters, teachers and other
friends who have helped to make it pos
sible for you to be here, at the beginning
of this college year. Lift your heart in
silent thankfulness. Then open your
eyes wide, and look ahead. Think of that
Person-who-is-to-be a few years from
now. What kind of woman at thirty, at
forty, do you see?
Is she well and strong physically, with
buoyancy in her step and the light of
health in her eye ?
Is she keen mentally, up-to-date in
her acquaintance with what is going on
in the world ?
Does she think through her problems
without being swayed by every wind that
blows.’
Can she do a good job as teacher, li
brarian, manager of a beauty parlor or
dressmaking establishment, as labora*
The Mantle That We Wore
Dovey Johnson, '38
The mantle left by the death of Dr.
John Hope in February, 1936, was
placed upon Dr. Rufus E. Clement April
25, when he was unanimously elected to
the presidency of Atlanta University by
the Board of Trustees.
The thirty-seven-year-old North Caro
linian, the second individual to head At
lanta University since it was reorganized
in 1929 as a graduate school, is a gradu
ate of Livingston College, Salisbury,
North Carolina, and holds the degree of
Bachelor of Divinity from Garrett Bib
lical Institute, Master of Arts, and Doc
tor of Philosophy from Northwestern
University.
In 1931 Dr. Clement was called from
the professorship of history and gov
ernment, and Dean of Livingston Col
lege to serve as the first Dean of the
Municipal College for Negroes in Louis
ville, where he served until his present
appointment.
Dr. Clement has been president of
the National Association for Teachers in
Colored Schools, and of the National
Association of Collegiate Deans and Reg
istrars. He is a member of the American
Historical Association and the Associa
tion for the study of Negro Life and
History.
At the first Vesper Service of the 193,7-
38 college year, Dr. Clement addressed
students and faculty members of the
University System. The earnest tone of
his voice, the simple, straight-forward
manner in which he developed his mes
sage from the theme, “I Will Lift Up
My Eyes Unto the Hills From Whence
Cometh Mv Help,” gave evidence of
the fine, courageous temper of Dr. Clem
ent’s character, and proof that he can
and will wear the mantle well.
tory technician or secretary, as a busi
ness woman ?
Can she make her own clothes ?
Can she cook a dinner that her guests
hail as a work of art ?
Does she take part helpfully in com
munity life?
Can she speak effectively at a public
meeting, or lead a forum?
Has she healthy and wholesome chil
dren and a happy home?
Does she have happy memories of her
college days and of her friends in every
walk of life?
As you see that woman of the future,
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