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CAMPUS MIRROR
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rhoughts From Chapel
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A STUDENT’S CODE
1. I will do my work everyday.
2. I will get an understanding.
3. 1 will do my own work and not
expect to earn my lessons by
sweat of others’ brows.
4. I will be knowledge-minded and
not merely grade-minded.
5. I am resolved to have a disci
plined mind, one that I can trust.
6. For me. a business agreement will
be a business agreement and not
a mere scrap of paper.
7. I will cultivate the friendships of
my fellow students.
8. 1 am resolved not to disregard the
needs of others.
9. I will study and work in the be
lief that this world can he made
more fair and just in its economic
and social aspects.
10. I will be a religious person.
—Quoted by Mrs. Jeffries from Presi
dent Coon. Iowa Wesleyan College.
The great sons of the world who have
made indisputable, creative contribu
tions to the onward march of civilization
have always had hitter opposition; but
instead of being conquered by this op
position, they have made capital of it.
Those of us who would make contribu
tions to the world must fix our eyes
upon some brilliant star, and we must
subject ourselves to the grind that lies
between us and our ideal. To succeed,
w T e must overcome tremendous oppo
sition.
—Dr. W. H. Borders.
The person who is guided by no force
greater than himself is in utter help
lessness.
-Miss Clarie Collins.
To be a Christian missionary in the
world today is an extra-hazardous task
in any country—Europe or Africa. Asia
or America—among any people—bar
barous or civilized; white, yellow, or
black. Difficulties arise because of the
land to which the missionary goes, be
cause of the land from which he comes,
and because of the message that he car
ries. In every country into which a mis
sionary ventures there are customs, prac
tices. beliefs, and ideals which are in
direct defiance of Christianity. Among
the people and in the country who send
out the missionary there is contradiction
and inconsistency. \\ bile one hand is
engaged in Christian activity, the other
is engaged in unchristian activity. Fi
nally. the message of Christianity i> not
a message of opium but a message of
dynamite. It requires of the person who
would be a Christian, conviction, cour
age. and self-respect. But these existing
circumstances are not void of hope.
There is hope, and there is a challenge
to the youth of the world to alleviate the
plight in which the world finds itself
today.
—Dr. Walter Judd.
A useful, happy, and fully-lived life,
must he a dedicated life, a life dedicated
to serving the unfortunate and under
privileged people in our midst. Twenty
years hence, the most outstanding mem
ber of the graduating class of 1940 will
not he some great painter, singer, or
writer. She will he a teacher or public
health nurse who has humbly and sin
cerely dedicated her life to the improve
ment of a rural community. Fame, for
tune, and the worship of the world bring
no satisfaction. The greatest satisfaction
comes from helping and sacrificing for
others.
-Dr. Douglas S. Freeman.
Negro Festivals
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in the British West Indies, Louisiana,
Georgia, and North Carolina. Possibly
the most plausible suggestion as to the
source of that name is that John Canoe
was a king, terribly feared but much re
spected. ruling over an African group
and supplying slaves to other countries
when he chose to do so. One might
wonder why such a person should be so
honored; but celebrations in his name
seemed to be quite sincere.
In all of the festivals, parades were
important features, with much symbolic
costume, color, and pageantry. Festival
songs were important. There were sev
eral characteristic types: (1) 1706—
songs with African words in which the
leaders sang the treble, with the follow
ers clapping hands and singing bass, (2)
spontaneous songs reflecting any phe
nomenon of the times. In 1799 songs
dealt with the race problem, as shown
in the song ‘'1-2-3- black, white, brown;
all the same- 1-2-3." (3) Songs to those
people who gave nothing to the paraders.
(4) Songs with demonstrations and
acting.
The vestiges of festivals that are left
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Richard Durant in Recital
Mr. Richard Durant and Miss Grace
Days returned to Atlanta to be presented
in a recital at Wheat Street Baptist
Church. Wednesday night. February 7.
Mr. Richard Durant, violinist, was ac
companied by Miss Days as they ren
dered the following program: Sonato A o.
VI in E Major, Handel; Concerto in L)
Minor, Weniawski; Fantasie-Impromptu,
Chopin (a piano selection by Miss
Days) ; Romance in G, Op. 40. Beetho
ven; Rondino, Kreisler; Canzonetta, A.
D’Ambrosio; Serenade, A. D'Ambrosio.
Chant, arranged by C. C. White, and
Danse Tzigane by Nachez. The program
also included several encores.
Both Mr. Durant and Miss Days vis
ited the Spelman campus; Miss Days,
who was president of the Spelman Glee
Club last year, was welcomed by this
organization when she visited their re
hearsal Thursday. February 8. Both are
on the faculty of the Arkansas State
College in Pine Bluff. Arkansas, and.
when asked about their work there, each
reported that the work was enjoyable.
It has been reported that both are doing
a splendid piece of work there.
Club News
The chief project of the biology club
for this college year is a scientific scrap
book. Each member of the club con
tributes scientific clippings gathered from
a variety of sources such as The News
Letter, and Scientific Review, or any
other current publications.
Following a meeting called on Feb
ruary 2. the announcement was made of
the annual bird identification contest.
The purpose of this contest is to famil
iarize students with the different birds
which are natives of Atlanta, also mi
gratory birds, and especially those which
are common on our campus.
This contest is open to members of the
Biology Club and closes in June.
SELECTED
“The more you know the fewer your
competitors.”
“A word often hurts more than a
wound.”
“A talker has few secrets."
are important in our lives. Dr. Reid said.
The meaning of the ceremonies i- gone
but the feeling i- -till there. Such cus
toms are indicative that <>ur culture i-
linked with the past.