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CAMPUS MIRROR
THE CAMPUS MIRROR
The Students' Oivn Publication
"Service in Unity"
THE CAMPUS MIRROR STAFF
Editor-In-Chief Penelope Bullock
Associate E<litors-in-Chief Elizabeth Lipford
Doretha Williams
Editor of News Jean Warren
Associate Editor of News Helen Robinson
Editor of Special Features Eleanor Bell
Associate Ed. of Special Features Lydia Brown
Editor of Sports and Jokes Sara Smith
Social Editor Evelyn Ebbs
Art Editor Jennelsie Walden
Music Editor Mildred Cuthbert
Exchange Editor Kathryn Brown
Business Staff
Business Manager Alice Clement
Advertising Managers Helen Nash
Alma Vaughn
Circulation Manager June Strong
Secretaries Zenobia White
Rae Jamison
Treasurer Alfred Taylor
Faculty Advisor Miss M. Mae Neptune
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Vol. XVII October, 1 940 No. l
EDITORIAL
To the student body and the faculty
and to all of its subscribers and readers,
the Campus Mirror extends a hearty
greeting and sincere wishes for a fruit
ful year. May this year be one in which
we will all grow in spirit, mind, and
character.
We are today afforded an opportunity
for growth, the equal of which has been
the lot of but few generations, in the
history of mankind. True it is a time
of wholesale destruction of life and
property. But while the tangible mani
festations of civilization are being torn
down, the intangible qualities are being
built up and strengthened. We despair
at the ravages of mechanized Death. We
are amazed that any human being could
devise such a terrible plan of destruction
and oppression as is being executed in
the present time. We condemn those
who have no respect or admiration for
the architectural masterpieces of civili
zation, who destroy in a single minute
what it has taken centuries to build. We
dread the ultimate end and result to
wards which the present crisis seems to
be tending.
But at the same time, we reaffirm our
faith in the inherent good in human na
ture. It is said that war is a natural
and inevitable part of history and civili
zation because it results from the natural
tendency of men to compete with each
other, to be envious of each other’s sta
tus and prosperity, to covet power, wealth
and that which is not their own, and to
hate those who seem to stand in their
way. But it is just as human to cooperate
with our fellowmen as it is to compete
with them. It is just as human to admire
and aid in the prosperity of others as
it is to be envious of their well-being.
It is just as human to respect another
Exchange Students
Those who remember Mr. Dantes
Bellegarde, director of the Ecole Normal
Dos Instituteurs. Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
and the last year guest professor of
French at Atlanta University, will learn
with interest of the exchange scholar
ships arranged by the Haitian Institution
w'itli Atlanta University and Spelman
College, for the year 1940-1941.
Receiving scholarships to Haiti were
Miss Marion Speight, of Memphis, Tenn
essee, who received her Master’s degree
in P rench from Atlanta University in
1940; and Miss Mary Elizabeth Cater,
a 1940 graduate of Spelman College.
Both will be enrolled in the French Uni
versity for the coming scholastic year
and will serve as assistant instructors of
English in the same institution. On her
return to the United States next fall,
M iss Cater will begin work on her Mas
ter’s degree in French at Atlanta Uni
versity.
The two students from Haiti are Miss
Marie Gagneron, who is living on Spel
man Campus, and Mr. Faublas, a native
of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Miss Gagneron
has for some time been deeply interest
ed in the English language, pursuing her
studies without assistance until the op-
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person as it is to transgress upon his
rights and property. And it is just as
human to love as it is to hate. The good
in man can and must triumph over the
evil in him.
We reaffi rm our ideal of a democratic
government. Today democracy is “under
fire. Dictatorship and totalitarianism
are testing our democracies and pointing
out their flaws and weaknesses. Democ
racy must not succumb to the ordeal. It
must emerge strengthened by the test.
Above all, we reaffirm our faith in God
and in the justice of God. Two thousand
years ago He gave us a pattern of living,
a pattern of peaceful living. Since that
time many different patterns have been
tried, but so far none has equalled His.
It may seem that God has forsaken the
world, but He has not; He merely finds
it difficult to work effectively when man
is working against Him and pulling in
the opposite direction. Man can attempt
to twist justice in an effort to utilize it
for his own base and selfish purpose, but
in the end, the constant, eternal justice
of God will triumph.
By reaffirming our faith in democracy,
in man, and in God, and by making it a
living faith, we steel ourselves against
the chaotic condition of the world, and
we are able to hope. We develop strength
of character, maturity of mind, and free
dom of spirit. The present crisis offers
a challenge to us. Will we accept the
challenge? Will w'e grow?
Coming Events
Presidents’ Reception
A reception will be given by President
and Mrs. Rufus E. Clement and Presi
dent Florence M. Read in honor of Presi
dent and Mrs. Benjamin Mays on Octo
ber 18.
Avon Players
The Avon Players, who gave highly
enjoyable performances of The Taming
oj the Shreiv and As You Like It in the
past two years, will return to Spelman
College on November 9 in the presenta
tion of Hamlet.
Student Stunt Night
The Seniors are presenting a Student
Stune Night on October 26. The pro
gram will consist of group stunts and
individual numbers. All the classes will
take part and it is hoped that this will
become an annual event. There will be
several prizes awarded, a group prize, an
individual prize, and a prize for the class
selling the largest number of tickets.
University Theater
The University Theater opens its 1940-
41 season on the first and second of No
vember with the much-talked-about play,
You Cant Take It With You, by George
Kaufman and Moss Hart. A hilarious
comedy in three acts, this play centers
around the somewhat ludicrous members
of the Sycamore family who have found
that the secret to happiness in life lies
in following whatever hobby each likes
best, regardless of material reward. Their
philosophy is that, after all, money is of
little importance: you can’t take it with
you. Events take a complicated and ex
tremely comical turn when the Syca
mores are interrupted, in the midst of
enjoying their peculiar hobbies and
whims, by Alice Sycamore’s fiance and
his wealthy parents, who have by mis
take come to a dinner planned for the
next night. From then on the action
rises to a peak of hilarity.
Characters in the play are: Grandpa,
played by Howard Woodson; Alice Syc
amore, Mildred Cuthbert; Tony Kirby,
W. T. Brewster; Mr. Kirby, S. L.
Thorpe; Mrs. Kirby, Malissa Kilgore;
Kalenkhoo, George Chandler; Essie,
Doris Davenport; Penny, Bessie Cobb;
Rheba, Alma Vaughn; Henderson.
Charles Steele; Officer. Albert Grant;
Mr. de Pina, Robert Willis; Mr. Syca
more, John Ette; Donald, Thomas Mas
sey; Ed. B. F. Scott; and Duchess Olga
Katrina. Jean Warren.
You Can't Take It With You is under
the direction of M iss Anne Cooke, head
of the Dramatics Department at Spel
man, and Mr. Owen Dodson, of the same
department.