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CAMPUS MIRROR
Al The Si«jn Of The Blue
The Y. W. C. A. members of Spel-
man (College have found themselves very
busy during the first weeks of the college
year. With the launching of the annual
membership drive under Margaret
Creagh, chairman of the Membership
Committee, a much larger membership
is anticipated than ever before; the
need of manifesting the spirit of fel
lowship in a Christian community is
obviously imperative in our rather con
fused and somewhat bewildered world
of today.
The activities of the organization
started during Freshman Week with a
get-acquainted affair in the form of a
gala costume party. It was a hilarious
affair and was much enjoyed.
The first meeting of the year was a
brief devotional service on Sunday eve
ning, September 28. The second de
votional service, held October 10 in
Morgan Hall, proved extremely in
teresting and important, for Dean Hilda
Davis of Talladega College spoke on
“Why the National Y. W. C. A.”, out
lining the progress and affiliations of
the association since its beginning in
England in 1850. Following the talk,
reports were given by Anatol Reeves,
Louis Gaillard, and Harriett Williams
of the impressions and activities of the
King’s Mountain Conference, held at
Lincoln Academy last June. Since space
will not permit a detailed account of these
reports, students are urged to notice the
Y. W. C. A. bulletin board in the post
office lobby for views of the conference
affairs and other information.
The girls who attended the King’s
Mountain Conference will be glad to
talk to individual girls or groups of girls
interested to know details of the delight
ful experience these girls had.
Other guests who attended this same
meeting of October 10 were Misses Jes
sie Maddox and Alma Smith, of Talla
dega College, and Miss Marguerite Tay
lor, of Hampton Institute, who, with
Dean Hilda Davis, were all in Atlanta
attending the Leadership Meeting of the
Southern Region of the Y. W. C. A.
It is with regret that we report the
absence of our Y President, Raymond
Whigham, who, due to illness, will not
be able to take over her post until later
in the college year. We sincerely hope
that her recovery will be rapid and com
plete. Anatol Reeves, Vice-President of
the “Y”, has been meeting with mem
bers of the Cabinet each Monday (‘ve
iling in the Activity Room in Morgan
Hall and plans for the work of the
entire year are being formed.
The members of the Cabinet are:
Vice-President. . .
Anatol Reeves
Secretary
Marjorie Green
Treasurer
Dovey Johnson
('hair men
of Committees
Membership
Margaret Creagh
Social
Celestine Taylor
Publicity
Mexico Hembree
Race Relations. ..
Louise Gaillard
Music
Alma Stone
Program
Julia Palmer
Arrangements. . ..
Lillian Davis
Secretary
. . ()llie Mae Franklin
Faculty Advisers: Miss Brett, Miss
Wagg, Miss Cowen, Miss Ida -lories, and
Mrs. Naomah Maise.
Members of the student body are urged
to affiliate with the Young Women’s
Christian Association for a big year is
planned and there is much to be gained
by membership. Persons belonging to
the organization are asked to work with
some committee, either report to the
chairman of the committee you prefer
or sign your name on the lists placed
on the bulletin board.
New Upperclassmen
Gladys Holloway, ’40
This article is intended to help all on
the campus to distinguish the owners of
the new student faces we see here. Per
haps it will help you to know the fif
teen new upperclassmen from the fresh
men if you know their names. The seven
new Juniors and eight new Sophomores
are: Virginia Mildred Sherard, Eddie
Smith, Lena Sayers, Lenore Brooks, and
Jewell J. Cook, of Atlanta, Georgia;
Inah Smith and Tena Mae Burleigh, of
Houston, Texas; Ida Billee Wood and
Minnie Wood, of Glasgow, Kentucky;
Kathleen Johnson, Columbia, South
Carolina, Mamie Shannon, Palm Beach,
Florida; Lula Smith, Buford, Georgia;
Martha Wright, Albany, Georgia; Wil
ma Watlington, Okmulgee, Oklahoma;
and Ida Lillian Brown, Macon, Georgia.
'fhe most westernly state represented
is Texas, the most southernly, Florida,
and the one farthest north, Kentucky.
With this sprinkling of new students
amongst the old, we are conscious of the
longer line in the dining hall, and the
extra tables that are filled as a result;
and the noise in the dormitories has
been increased by the high sopranos and
low altos of the new students who obvi
ously are letting us know they are here.
In the classrooms they are quite ener
getic and their different viewpoints have
added much interest to the discussions.
We have not yet heard nearly enough
of what they did there and we are told
that they have not heard nearly enough
of what we do here.
The SPHINX—
Class of ’39
This year marks the third beginning
of our attempt to get somewhere. Before
we go into it, however, let us take a
rather sketchy view of the past.
September, 1935, one hundred and
two girls found themselves in an alto
gether new environment. “What is all
this about anyway?” was the expression
any veteran in the college atmosphere
could readily, very readily, read on these
green or tarnished freshmen. As time
passed, our greenness seemed to lose its
brilliant hue and become a dull one lik
ened to that of the changing leaves of
the trees in the fall. This was due to the
realization of the fact that “We’re in
college now, and our foolish days are
fast fleeing.” As a leader of this seem
ingly hopeless group, we chose Grace
Days as class president. It was Mrs.
Curry’s stimulating advice and counsel
that made us lose this green hue alto
gether, by June of 1936.
“Time marched on,” and we found
ourselves adding a bit of sophistry—
knowing it all—to our personalities. In
spite of the fact that our number had
decreased to seventy-nine, we were de
termined to have a good year. Julia Goss
was our conscientious and very efficient
president. The year passed quickly,
however, and with it we became quite
stained with the fruitful things of a
college life.
After a three-months vacation, whether
profitable, enjoyable, or otherwise, six
ty-three of us are now enrolled as Juni
ors. Just think, Juniors! We have great
hopes and desires for this to be a pros
perous year. Success seems assured with
the splendid program which our capable
president, Harriet Williams, and her co
workers have planned. The new presi
dent has already proved her interest
and with her conscientious guidance and
the cooperation of each classmate, we
are certain to have a successful year.
The Sphinx, as such, is usually thought
of in connection with Egypt or as one
of the seven wonders of the world. To
us it is an oracle of Wisdom. It is hoped
that each of us will catch the spirit im
plied by our emblem and realize that—in
the words of Coleridge—“Common sense
in any uncommon degree is wisdom.”
There was a young lady named Kate
Who was learning, on rollers, to skate.
Her friends, for a game,
Quickly gave her a name
Of “Niagara”—her falls were so great!