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6 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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