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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.