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THE CAMPUS MIRROR
The Students’ Own Publication
“Service in Unity”
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Vol. XV. January, 1939 No. 4
EDITORIAL
School spirit is necessary to the prog
ress of any school, socially, intellectually,
and morally. No school can ever do its
best work or reach its highest standards
unless there is school spirit uniting the
group in fine ideals and in courage to
operate in carrying out these principles.
To have a successful school there are a
few things needed. The work of the
school must he interesting to all who have
any connection with it. The needs of the
pupils must be supplied. They should be
able to get a deep insight as to their
place in the school—what they are able
to contribute and what receive or ac
quire—it is then that they can perceive
the school spirit both retrospectively and
prospectively. With the class work and
activities, there should be an adequate
sociability sprinkled in. School spirit is
decidedly to the advantage of any school’s
progress, or
Breathes there a man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land?
There is, it seems to me, no man who
does not love his country. The flag is an
emblem of our country—we all love and
honor it: it stands for the laws and gov
ernment and noble aims of America. It
is reverenced. The welfare of a country
depends upon the spirit of its citizens.
Even so should we have the spirit of
love for the laws and general welfare of
our school. We should reverence its laws.
A school is what its students can cooper
ate to make it. A college most surely
needs college spirit. Now you ask, “What
helps to develop college unity and co
operation?” The answer is simply the
desire of everybody to reach the goal of
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“Right.” Other added features of the col
lege are literary societies, dramatic clubs,
school papers, songs and yells. Spelman
goes over the top with everything but
school spirit. All right then, students—
let’s try very hard to go over the top with
college spirit right here on our campus!
We Should Resolve
A New Year! Resolutions are in order.
A few suggestions:
1. Use the Walks. I wonder, when we
take a “short cut,” are we applying some
geometric or trigonometric theory—or are
we just being “weak”? It seems to be an
all-university error. One used to look be
hind him to make sure “no one” was
looking before “tipping lightly” across.
Now, why look? Instead—discuss Shakes
peare, the “good of Hitler,” or even “How
to keep your health,” as you stroll non
chalantly across the grass plots. If
amused, stop, spring on your toes four
or five times and let your heels leave your
print—it is perfectly all right. Morehouse
men want to impress us as being so im
bued with knowledge of an endowment
from some power that the pressure of 160
pounds on the grass won’t kill it—not
even harm it. Is it because the grass on
their campus is so inferior to that on ours
that it deserves better treatment, or are
they letting their much-boasted-of pride
be only superficial? All of us—teachers,
Spelman girls and Morehouse men—need
to resolve to “use the walks”-—if only to
keep our shoes spotless.
2. Be More Concerned. Mr. W. R.
Banks almost shelved the popular greet
ings, “What do you know?” and “How is
everything?” One thinks twice before
asking either. Instead of evading the use
of the “pet” expressions, let us know
something other than the latest hat mod
eled at Schiaparetti’s or why Carrie isn’t
the first lady any longer.
3. Develop a Critical Attitude. Dr.
Cook suggested it; Mr. Ira Reid gave a
warning—resent what you please, but bet
ter than that, express your dislikes in
such a way that your opposer can’t resent
your indignation.
4. Decide Upon Our Status. A visitor
might easily get mixed on what is the fad
in dressing around Spelman. Furs cov
ering prints along with saddle oxfords;
satin dresses with flowing belts and rhine
stone accessories, at the eight o’clock
chapel services in the morning; skirts
and sweaters, accompanying mesh hose;
spike heels in the biology laboratory; and
other such combinations of attire. Just
what are we going to do? Why not bring
this thing down to a strictly collegiate
basis, and rule in all sorts of sportswear
all day, every day; and then let the frills,
fancies, furs, satins, etc., be, until we go
some place or for Vespers on Sunday
afternoon?
Hale Woodruff lo Exhibit
Work at World’s Fair
Among the four Atlantans whose art
works were selected at a preview exhibi
tion of contemporary American art in
Richmond, Virginia, for display at the
New York World’s Fair in April, is Hale
Woodruff, one of the modern masters,
who is a member of the fine arts faculty
at Atlanta University. Mr. Woodruff’s
selection was based on a painting entitled,
“Little Boy.”
Of the many Georgia artists who en
tered the competitive showing, only six
were selected to represent this state. Mr.
Woodruff’s painting portrayed a young
ster of about eight years wearing a violet
colored sweater and holding a red knitted
cap in his hand.
Paintings by Mr. Woodruff have been
on view at the Chicago Art Institute, the
Art Center of New York City, Herron Art
Institute, the Boston Museum of Fine
Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washing
ton, D. C., Kansas City Art Museum, San
Diego and Los Angeles Museums, Valen
tine and Downtown Galleries, New York
City, and Dallas, Texas, as well as at
various schools and colleges throughout
the country.
Y. W. C. A.
Miss Ida Wood, a member of the Senior
Class, has been elected President of the
Young Women’s Christian Association.
Miss Wood, we think, is a very capable
person for such an office as this.
Before the section of the American So
ciety of Zoologists, Dr. S. Milton Nabrit,
professor of biology at Atlanta Univer
sity, was to read a paper entitled, “A
Study of the Effect of Cautery on Regen
eration in the Central Nervous System of
the Embryo on Fundulus Heteroclitus.”
He was unable to attend, but sent his
paper. On the program of the American
Genetic Association, Section F, of the
American Association, Harold E. Finley,
professor of biology at Morehouse Col
lege, participated in a symposium on
Genetics in Ciliata.
An abstract of Dr. Nabrit’s paper ap
peared in the December supplement of
the Anatomical Record. Abstract of Mr.
Finley’s paper will appear in the January
issue of the same journal.
Mrs. Naomi Maise of Spelman College
faculty will be heard in a recital spon
sored by the David T. Howard Junior
High School at 8:30, February 2, at Big
Bethel Church. Mr. Johnson Hubert will
be her accompanist. Mr. Drew Days will
play a selection.