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Campus Mirror
Published During the College Year by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
VOL. XVI OCTOBER. 1939 No. 1
Honor to Miss Read
Isolyn Comer '41
Spelman College with all alumnae and
students are glad of the honor which
came to President Florence M. Read at
the 106th anniversary of Oberlin Col
lege. Oherlin. Ohio. June 13. 1939. when
she. the only woman in a group, was
distinguished by receiving the honorary
degree of Doctor of Laws. The others so
honored were President Ying-Lam Lee
of Lingnan University, Canton. China,
and Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States Harlan Fiske
Stone. Having received her first honor
ary degree. Litt.D.. from Mt. Holyoke
in 1929. Miss Read won the LL.D. de
gree for her outstanding achievement in
education.
Preliminary to the conferring of the
degree by President Ernest H. Wilkins
of Oberlin College, Dean Marguerite
Woodworth, also of Oberlin, presented
the candidate as follows:
“Over one hundred years ago, Oberlin
was a pioneer in offering higher educa
tion without prejudice as to sex or race.
It is fitting that we should pay honor
to the unusual achievement of a woman
who has developed a Class A liberal arts
college in which Negro women are edu
cated for positions of leadership and
responsibility.
“Miss Read, who earned her Bache
lor's degree from Mount Holyoke Col
lege in Masaschusetts, has had wide ex
perience in educational work, first at her
alma mater, then at Reed College. Port
land, Oregon, later with The Rockefel
ler Foundation in New York City and
since 1927 has been President of Spel
man College in Atlanta. Georgia. Miss
Read has shown great administrative
ability, courage and unselfish devotion
to the interests of this college and the
entire community.
“In a time when we are made sharply
aware of race discrimination, it is par
ticularly heartening to witness and to
recognize the work of one whose life
has been found through spending it in
the cause of a minority group. Miss
Read's work at Spelman reaffirms our
democratic faith in the right of every
person t«* the fullest opportunities for the
development of mind and spirit.''
President \\ ilkins conferred the de
gree upon Miss Read with the following
citation:
Florence Matilda Read, maker of a
Florence M. Read, President
Greeting
We face another year. It will he made
up of failures and triumphs, of struggles
and givings-up-too-soon, of patience and
intolerance, of sacrifice and selfishness.
Will your mistakes or your victories
come out ahead? The answer depends
on you, on the ideals you set for your
selves and the tenacity of purpose you
exert in trying to reach them.
You never get to the top of a mountain
in one leap. You w'eave your way if the
climb is steep, this way and that, the
end of each zigzag line a little higher
than the last, until the last steep spurt
when the guide chips out each step with
an ice-axe and you follow step by step
behind keeping tight hold of the rope by
which you help haul yourself up. and
then at last you reach the mountain top,
and are filled with the glory of the view.
Will you this year choose the easy way
and content yourself with mediocrity, or
tlie high goal and learn to enjoy the stiff
ness of the clind).
Fi.orkv e M. Read.
college, giving blessedly to those who
find it blessed to receive, crowned with
their gratitude, in the name of Oberlin
College I confer upon you tin- degree of
Doctor of Laws, together with all the
rights, honors, and privileges thereunto
appertaining, anil I bid you receive this
Mr. Woodruff \\ ins Prize
At Indiana Fair
At the 87th Indiana State Fair held
in Indianapolis September 1-8, Mr.
Hale Woodruff, instructor in Art of
the Atlanta University system was
aw r arded first prize for his landscape in
oil entitled “Old Mining Town.” This
selection was made from ninety entries.
The painting was executed by Mr.
Woodruff during the past summer
months at Idaho Spring in the Moun
tains of Colorado. The scene represents
an old part of the once flourishing min
ing section in the early days of the state
of Colorado.
Mr. Woodruff received his initial
training at the Herron Art Institute in
Indianapolis, studied under William For
syth and Harold Haven Brown, and
later continued his study at the Scandi
navian and Modern Academies in Paris.
Miss Neptune to Delta
Phi Delta
One of the finest distinctions that has
come to the Campus Mirror this year is
the election of its Adviser, Miss Mary
Mae Neptune, to the National Advisory
Council of Delta Phi Delta. This organ
ization is the national journalistic honor
society founded at Morehouse in 1937
by V. Trenton Tubbs, Bernard Milton
Jones, and others. Its purpose is to raise
the standard of Negro journalism, to
appraise the work of Negro journalists
and authors, and to offer awards for out
standing achievement in these fields. On
its Advisory Council Delta Phi Delta
has some of the most outstanding Negro
authors and teachers of literature in the
country, with Mr. Braithwaite as presi-
dent. The Campus Mirror Staff is very
proud of this orchid to Miss Neptune
and they are sure that her practical
experience with student journalism will
make her a valuable member of the
Council.
Josephine Harreld. talented concert
artist and daughter of the head of the
Spelman College Music Department will
be presented in a piano recital in Sisters
Chapel October 23. 1939. Spelman stu
dents will use the second ticket in the
entertainment series.
diploma and this hood, which certify
and symbolize the award of the degree.