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Campus Mirror
Published During the College Year by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
VOL. XIV FEBRUARY 15. 1958 No. 5
The New System For
Registering
Along with the many other things that
are new and exciting around the campus
is to be mentioned the Registration Day
of January 30. On that day, there was
a joint college and university registra
tion in the University Library, and
Morehouse, Spelman, and Atlanta Uni
versity assembled to witness something
new in their registration. After the
usual preliminaries, the students went
upstaii's into the reference room to be
hold a more systematic arrangement for
registering than had been seen on our
campuses. There was no running up
and down steps, nor rushing in and out
of buildings to find some one who was
supposed to be somebody else. No, none
of that was possible because there were
marked sections for every department,
and each teacher in the departments was
in a specific place with a name above
in unmistakably plain letters.
Yes, it was something new and some
thing better—registration in a systematic
and more convenient way. But a number
of us did get sniffles and wet feet on that
rainy morning before we got inside to
take advantage of this new convenience.
Atlanta Audience Hears
Josephine Harreld
Franzetta Williams, ’39
Patrons, friends, and enthusiasts
turned out en masse to hear Josephine
Harreld, young Spelman graduate and
daughter of the head of our music de
partment, in a fine piano recital Friday
evening, February 11, in Sisters Chapel.
Miss Harreld’s charming manner was
enhanced by her beautiful gown of pink
having a bodice of spangled crepe and
a wide flared skirt of silk net. Her hair
was arranged in a bun, low on the neck
encircled by a band of rhinestones, and
she wore silver sandals. Three lovely
bouquets of American Beauty roses,
which were presented to her in the mid
dle of the program, added to the beauty
of the picture already created.
I'he program consisted of some of the
best pianistir* literature from the class
ical school to the present day composers,
including the works of Bach, Mendels
sohn, < hopin, Liszt, Brahms, Debussv,
Ravel, Lohos. and Still. It was indeed
gratifying to hear the young artist ren
der modernistic and contemporary selec
tions; for the opportunity to hear tin*
works of the recognized masters is ever
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President Rufus E. Clement
Aii Interview With
President Clement
On February 10, representatives of
the Campus Mirror staff, because the
paper had thus far had no direct ex
pression from Dr. Rufus Clement, the
new president of Atlanta University,
sought and were granted an interview
with him. At exactly one minute after
the appointed hour the group "was
ushered into his office. There was no
red tape or ado about the matter; the
group had an appointment and the
President received them and started the
conversation, leaving no need for their
prepared questions.
The first thing that impressed the
members of the group was the genuine
ness with which Dr. Clement greeted
them and discussed student interests.
There was a spirit in his greeting which
put the group at their ease and made
them realize that the man before them
was definitely awake to student prob
lems. He interestingly told the group
of his great faith in the University sys
tem of Negro institutions in Atlanta,
and, although the system is young, he
said there are many evidences that it
will develop into one of the greatest
centers for Xegro education in the
country. He cited the advantages of
exchange teachers, giving students many
more choices of subjects and of contacts,
and of the large number and the excel
lence of cultural entertainments made
possible for all students belonging to
the system. Because all of the institu
tions which are a part of the system
are reaping such marked benefits, they
are being bound closer to the system
and are thereby giving greater strength
to the whole.
When asked whether he believed the
housing project had helped to clear the
slums, he replied, “Yes, it has definitely
helped to clear the slums. In the first
place, those slum areas which were
wiped out to make a site for the hous
ing project have been put out of exist
ence. Next, those people who moved
into the project left numbers of houses
vacant which forced their owners to re
duce the rents to such a point that many
people of the lowest economic strata
were able to move from their dilapidated
houses, leaving them useless, into better
houses vacated and for the same rent they
had paid for the tumble down.”
At about this point in the interview
the siren of a fire engine was heard,
and to the surprise of the group, Dr.
Clement excused himself and walked
concernedly to a window; lie returned
in a few moments with “That’s not on
the campus, is it? I’m always anxious
when I hear the fire engine until I know
it has not stopped near the schools.”
The group looked at each other with
surprise and after leaving the office
commented on the incident, “There’s
nothing connected with the institutions
but that he is vitally interested in it.”
The students came away wondering
whether interviews are usually so pleas
ant and stimulating—wondering if they
might learn how to succeed in doing the
interviewing instead of being the ones
pleasantly interviewed.
China-Japanese Debate
Frankie Smith, ’38
To a large audience on January 19,
1938, in Sisters Chapel, was presented
one of the most illuminating and un
usual debates in the history of Atlanta
University. Its unusualness was due
to the fact that its participants were
“friendly enemies” each defending his
own native country—countries which are
at present warring in the far East. The
subject of the debate was Japav versus
( Inna, and its proponents, Dr. Yutaka
Minakuehi, one of the foremost re pro
sentatives of the Christian Japanese and
the only Japanese pastor of an Amer
ican congregation in this country, and
Dr. Xo Yong Park of Manchuria, author,
lecturer, and prize-winning student on
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