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Campus Mirror Published During the College Year by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta. Georgia VOL. XVI NOVEMBER, 1939 No. 2 K<*v«*ri«*s for Thanksgiving Lynette Saine. '40 Place: The Inner-self of a Spelman College young lady. lime: Thanksgiving Day. November 23. 1939. [Fond Memory of Thanksgiving en ters.] First Reverie Fond M emory: I am happy today be cause your college life has not blotted out the Thanksgivings of yesteryears, grandly simple and impressive. Yes. that i- just tin- way that you looked, rosy faced, rapt in expression, hearing from the lips of your mother the story of the Pilgrims, and looking at pictures of them, their quaint dres-. Bibles under the ir arms, beating a path through the snow to the near-by church, to give thanks to a God who had dealt bounti fully with them. Quickly you shifted your attention to the delicious dinner - steaming baked turkey buried in rich dressing, cakes, pies, and nuts. That night, exhausted, but happy, you fell asleep, protected and in an attitude of simple Thanksgiving. Second Reverie [Fond Memory discovers other thoughts.] Fond Memory: What did I see there as my reverie ended? Little forms, that represent phases of experiences through the years, draw near. A* they pa" I diall challenge them in the spirit of Thanksgiving. Exhibit on “The Negro in American Life** at Library An exhibit of library material on the “Negro in American Life” was shown in the foyer of the Atlanta University Li brary from October 28 through Novem ber 13. The exhibit, which covered the period from the Civil W ar to 1900. in cluded books and manuscripts on slavery, the place of Negro soldiers in the North ern armies, the reconstruction era, and the development of Negro schools and colleges. Photographs and writings of some of the leaders of the period were also displayed. Among these were “Flet cher's Studies in Slavery” written in de fense of slaveholding; Siebert’s "The Un derground Railroad;” and 'Walker's ap peal.”—the first work of a Negro ad vocating rebellion. The exhibit includes some of the history written during the Reconstruction Era. and some of the life and works of Paul Lawrence Dunbar and Booker T. Washington. The exhibit was assembled by the case Extension Circuit Cooperative of New York City, from the Schomberg Collec tion of the 135th Street Branch of the New York Public Library. Ah! Adventure, the spirit of youth, you tinge her being with enthusiasm. Let her always be thankful for your daring in those things that are uplifting. Mistakes and rash decisions, you are not demons, but danger signs. Make her thankful for your warnings that guard her and create in her tolerant attitudes toward others. There is one that will not move, but it draws me toward it. It is self con trol; this force that tempers extremes, that urges, motivates, and guides be comes the heritage of all who would rise. Then, the beauty of love too great for a meager form, too radiant for a simple space, crowns my message of Thank sgiving to you. Third Reverie Fond Memory: Farewell, my lady fair, until Thanksgiving Day. nineteen-forty. I must leave to the wide world my refrain: “Be thankful unto Him and bless His Name. For His Mercy i- everlasting. \nd Hi- Truth endureth to all gen erations.”