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CAMPUS MIRROR
Dr. Richard Hurst Hill
Visits Spelnian College
One of the events which the Spelnian
students look forward to with the great
est enjoyment is the yearly visit of Dr.
Richard Hurst Hill, secretary of Howard
University at Washington, D. C., who
comes to the campus in his capacity as
one of the most vital influences in the
Christian religion today among the Negro
people. His visit lasted four days, from
March 23 through March 26.
In Dr. Hill’s initial address in the
chapel services on I hursday, March 23.
he stressed the necessity of living up to
one’s capacity. He very humorously ridi
culed the folly of depending on material
resources alone. We shall ever remember
the necessity of measuring up to our ca
pacities in order to contribute something
worthwhile to life, which point Dr. Hill
stressed in this talk.
At the Spelnian College prayer meeting
the theme of Dr. Hill’s message was
woven around the words of God to Aaron
“And to you, Aaron, Moses shall he God.
Although Spelnian students had the
opportunity of hearing him several times
during the four days he was here,
perhaps one of the most memorable of
Dr. Hill's talks was the one which he
made at the vesper service on his last day
here. With a touch of humor, yet with
that serene understanding, Dr. Hill paint
ed the picture of a typical colege student
who feels that the world is his as he em
barks upon the sea of his life’s work. The
student has planned out the ideal position
which he shall obtain, believes in the op
timism of other college men, and has
chosen the social realm in which he de
sires to move. However, reality in its es-
sense proves that the ideal picture does
not exist, and as these hopes and aspira
tions become shattered, he recommends
the “Anchor that does not fail, belief in
the teachings of Jesus,and becoming ‘real’
in the lives of those about us. 1 hat is the
ersense of a life fully lived.
A Plan of Work
Booker T. Washington’s plan was not
merely a plan of work but a plan of edu
cation.
Today it is possible, but improbable,
that one should study French Grammar
with filth and weeds all around him. or
study cube root or banking and discount
without having thoroughly mastered the
multiplication table or that one could lo
cate the Desert of Sahara and the Capital
of China on a Globe yet could not locate
tire proper places for the knives and
forks on an actual dinner table or that a
student’s chief ambition be to get an edu
cation so that he will not have to work
any longer with his hands.
In the month of April, the eyes of every
Vmerican Negro should be turned toward
one. born supposedly in April. 1858 or
Athletic Council News
Gkorgia Oswell ’40
The Athletic Council sponsored an as
sembly on March 29 in Howe Hall, for
the purpose of giving out letters and pos
ture awards for the year 1938-’39.
Margaret Creagh. chairman of the Ath
letic Council, presided over the meeting
and introduced Ida Wood, who discussed
the work of the Athletic Council and the
requirements for earning a letter. Sports
manship, cooperation, athletic ability,
character, and scholarship are all con
sidered in the awarding of a letter.
Following the discussion by Miss Wood,
letters were awarded to the following
girls: Dorothea Boston "39, Ida Wood 39,
Kathryn Toomer ’40, Georgia Oswell '40.
and Minnie Wood ’40.
Miss Creagh told of the purpose of the
posture contest held in January and an
nounced its results. Mary Alice Normand
'40 received first place as the student hav
ing the best posture, Thelma Worrell 41
placed second, and Dorothy Forde 39
was third.
The meeting was adjourned by singing
Spelman, Beloved Spelnian.
1859. who saw and realized these false
principles in the desire for an education.
Some still believe in the last principle but
the number is gradually decreasing.
It must have been due to this that the
whites pictured an educated Negro as one
determined to live by wit with high hat.
imitation gold eye glasses, a showy walk
ing-stick-. etc. Dr. Washington’s opinion
about these things is expressed in Tus-
kegee Institute. His plan for education
did not consist merely of book learning,
but also of how to bathe, care for teeth
and clothing, how and what to eat, how
to care for rooms, a practical knowledge
of some one industry together with the
spirit of industry, thrift and economy and
especially not to educate students out of
sympathy with agricultural life.
Dr. Washington said, “We want to
teach them to study actual things instead
of mere books alone. In keeping with
this idea, he was instrumental in starting
a number of important movements among
the Negroes which are regional and na
tional in scope. Among these organiza
tions we have the Farmers Conference,
the Annual Medical Clinic, the National
Negro Business League. National Negro
Health Week, Extension work and the
Movable School, and the Department of
Records and Research which is the most
important clearing house of accurate in
formation regarding the recent develop
ment and present status of the Negro in
America, if not the world."
As Rousseau’s philosophy runs through
our modern education so can Dr. Wash
ington’s plan be conserved and its prin
ciples utilized in terms of the changing
times. “Plan your work and work your
plan.”
Spelnian Students Hear
Marian Anderson
Over two hundred Spelman students
and teachers watched and listened eager
ly while Miss Marian Anderson, contral
to. gave them one of the greatest thrills of
a life time.
Many Spelman students heard Miss
Anderson when she appeared at Spelman
in 1936 and this served to heighten their
enthusiasm and appreciation for the
beautiful concert heard at the auditorium
on April 5. Miss Anderson’s stage per
sonality. simple and unaffected, was per
fect as was her regal carriage, the mag
nificence of her appearance and the grace
ful poise which so endears her to her au
dience. Truly, she is a great personality.
Included in the first group of songs
were Tutta Raccolta and Der Floete
JVeich Gefuehl by Haendel, and A Bruno
Vestiti, by Carissimi. The second group
was composed of An Den Mond, Die Voe-
gel, and Ave Maria by Schubert; Der
Nussbaum and Icli Crolle Night by Schu
mann, with Schubert’s The I rout as an
encore. The third part of the program
was an aria. Casta Diva, from Norma by
Bellini. Lullaby by Scott, Rivets! by
Gharles Cohen, Deserted Streets, ar
ranged by Vehanen and Songs My Mother
Taught Me as an encore composed her
fourth group.
The fifth group was composed mainly
of Negro spirituals: Sinner, Please Doan
Let Dis Halves’ Pass, and De Gospel
Train arranged by Burleigh; Tramping,
arranged by Boatner; Dere’s No Hidin
Place Down Here arranged by Brown.
This was followed by three encores:
Heaven, Heaven, The Cuckoo, and Comin
Through the Rye.
Opinions may differ as to the exact
merits of each number that Miss Ander
son rendered but the audience responded
as one person to the beautiful and ex
pressive rendition of Schubert’s Ave Ma
ria. Once in a lifetime there comes to one
an inspiration that above all others makes
one feel like doing and being the best
that there is in one; such an inspiration
was Ave Maria as Miss Anderson sang it.
If the music of heaven is any more sweet,
it will be beyond the understanding of
human faculties.
Five busses of Spelman boarding stu
dents returned to the campus enriched
and uplifted by the rare experience of the
concert. The administration deserves all
of the thanks and appreciation that the
students can give for making such an oc
casion possible for so many students.
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