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American Association for
Advancement of Science
Isolyn Comer ’41
I’lie one hundred and third meeting of
the A.A.A.S. and affiliated societies con
vened at Richmond, Virginia, December
27, with registration at the Mosque, where
the exhibits were. The exhibits were lim
ited to four categories: (1) exhibits that
illustrate scientific studies, phenomena, or
progress; (2) exhibits of apparatus,
methods or materials that are useful in
scientific instruction and research; (3)
exhibits of publications that are of value
in the dissemination or advancement of
knowledge in science; (4) exhibits that
are of value as aids in education or re
search in science. Specific exhibits in
cluded the Chemical Model of Vitamin
B. roots growing from the top of a plant
developed as a result of growth substance
applied in the form of a salve, and a
model of the brain with electric buttons
in the different centers, each of which
would light up the corresponding activity
illustrated in a panel of photographs.
One of the most interesting booths was
that of Dr. Albert E. Blakeslee, Carnegie
Institute of Washington, Cold Spring
Harbor, N. Y. Tbe subjects given were
Mannose, a rare sugar, and tbe reactions
were tested. The object was to show the
differences among people in taste reac
tions. Dr. H. T. Albro states: “After a
starchy taste which is not recorded, I
tasted first sweet, then bitter; a friend
with me tasted sweet and bitter at the
same time, and another only sweet.”
There were excursions out of town and
place tours that included the American
Tobacco Company, where Dr. Albro saw
the active process of the making of a
cigarette from the dried tobacco to the
finished product.
The general sessions of the Association
were devoted mainly to non-technical ad
dresses, of interest not only to scientists
but to the general public as well.
Symposia included the discussion of
such topics as Chromosome Structure,
Mating Types as Found Among Infusoria,
and Contributions of Higher Animals to
An Understanding of Human Biology. In
a symposium on Mental Health, man was
warned that he must work fast to beat
forces returning us to the Middle Ages.
Special sessions included reports in
many fields of science and special meet
ings of the Affiliated Societies. In the
thirtieth anniversary meeting of the
American Nature Study Society, Dr. Otis
W. Caldwell of Boyce Thompson Institute
for Plant Research, Yonkers, N. Y., gave
a report on What Seems Ahead. Dr. Cald
well, well known to Spelman students, is
general secretary of the association.
As a part of the hospitality of an en
tertainment program, bushels of apples,
many of them from the orchards of Byrd,
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Christinas Carol Concert
Alma Stone ’40
I he annual Christmas Carol Concert
is an event that Spelman students and
music lovers in and about Atlanta look
forward to with pleasant expectation. The
concert of 1938 did not fail to fulfill the
promise of the preceding years.
An interesting feature of the Christmas
Carol Concert is the broadness of its
scope. The processional, 0 Come Im
manuel, was written in the thirteenth cen
tury; and Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
is also a thirteenth century melody, ar
ranged by Praetorius. Christians, Hark!
as sung by the Morehouse Glee Club is,
on the other hand, an arrangement in the
style of the modern French composers.
In addition to the chronological range of
seven centuries, the concert included
songs of many lands—Italy, France, Eng
land, Germany, Canada, Isle of St. Hel
ena, Russia, and America. Two of the
most charming of the Negro folk songs,
Oh, Po’ Little Jesus, and Roun de Glory
Manger, were arranged by Mr. James, of
the Spelman College music department.
The numbers on the program were of
varied character, presenting a many-sided
conception of Christmas. The Ukranian
Carol of the Bells, the Burgundian Pat-a-
Pan and the Andalusian Song of the
Christmas Presents portrayed the lighter
aspects of the season. Doivn in Yon For
est, an old English song, had a mystical
atmosphere. Various selections, such as
IT hence, 0 Shepherd Maiden, and Good
King Wenceslaus (arranged by Mr. Har-
reld) had an historical setting. The
March of the Magi Kings is a Christmas
classic for the organ. Stille Nacht, Carol
of the Russian Children, and Po’ Little
Jesus has each a powerful emotional
effect.
There were many other numbers on the
program, all beautifully interpreted and
intelligently rendered. After listening to
a concert such as this, one cannot help
feeling that in spite of national and inter
national conflicts, the world is yet worth
living in, if men and women can still be
moved by the simple story of Christmas.
Named
Ruth Watson ’40
A bright and clear Christmas morning
dawned over the south end of the labora
tory where the large sand table stood,
on which rested the aquarium and
its visibly excited inhabitants. Everyone
in the aquarium was awake at an early
hour, the six goldfish; that is, all except
Baby Goldfish. No one ever comments on
his tardiness now, because it is an iron
clad habit with him. The snails also were
awake, and the entire salamander family
including its two most recently acquired
members. In fact, these two members
were tbe direct cause of all the gaiety
Bo Bu Pm
By a system of my own I have suc
ceeded in collecting the following infor
mation. Certain Spelman students were
asked what they would do if they had a
million dollars, and this report was pre
pared from their answers. Therefore, I
am not responsible for any thrilling fact
disclosed here.
The report is as follows:
Lucille Hopkins: .“I’d buy a car and
clothes.”
Dorothy Reeves: “I’d drop dead.”
Lenore Brookes: “I’d faint first, and
then run around in circles.”
Ida Wood: “I’d change the money into
fifty-cent pieces and see how many it
would take to get from here to New
York.”
Mary Alice Normand: “I’d go to
Rich’s.”
Mildred Jacobs: “I’d buy clothes, a
car, and live in Paris.”
Nada Stewart: “I don’t know, but I
think I’d go to Hollywood and marry a
movie star.”
Juanita Foushee: “I’d buy clothes and
continue my education at Spelman Col
lege.”
Thelma Worrell: “Don’t ask foolish
questions.”
Minnie Wood : “I’d go crazy.”
Ruth Watson: “I’d seek higher edu
cation.”
Mary Kelly: “Buy some clothes.”
Thelma Davis: “Go home.”
Ethel Harvey: “I’d put the money in
the bank.”
Margaret Creagh: “I’d faint.”
Edna Kyle: “I’d quit school and eat
chicken every day.”
Mrs. Eagleston: “I’d invest mine.”
Florence Martin: “I’d buy clothes.”
Ruth Pope: “I’d go crazy over the
thought of all that money.”
Geraldine Geer: “I’d travel and buy
some clothes.”
Mrs. Harper: “I’d buy the world and
remodel it.”
Evelyn House: “I’d quit working.”
Julia Williams: “I’ll tell you later.”
Ella Tyree: “Give it to me, first.”
and bustle. Even the two snails were
stirring somewhat more briskly and were
a bit more congenial. Why! one of the
snails actually almost smiled. Just imag
ine that. Well, this certainly must have
been a big day in the aquarium, at any
rate it proved so for “Castor” and “Pol
lux, the last two of the salamanders, for
on that day they were given their names,
and guess who the donor was—Miss Mae
Neptune.
Elizabeth: "I believe I will spend my
first summer after graduation from col
lege in Rome, Italy.”
Eva: “Why don’t you spend it in Eu
rope?”