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Campus Mirror
Published During the College Year by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
VOL. XVII DECEMBER, 1940 No. 3
Let's All Be Santas
Do you remember what you did on
Christmas morning when you were a
little girl? Remember how long Christ
mas Eve night was? How afraid you
were to get up for fear Santa Claus had
not come to your house yet? How, fi
nally, you jumped out of bed, hardly
more than two hours after your father
anrl mother had fallen asleep, and ran
to the Christmas tree to see what Santa
had brought for you? You probably
remember the long list of toys, clothes,
candy, and other things that you had
left out for Santa to see on Christmas
Eve night, hoping that he would forget
those naughty little things you did in
September, before you remembered that
only good litle girls get all they want.
Although he did not leave all that you
had on your list, you really did not
mind much, for the things he did leave
were “simply beautiful! Then you ran
hack and simply tugged your sleepy
father and mother in to see “what Santa
Claus left.
By night, at least one of your toys
had been broken: you were almost sick
from the enormous amount of candy
devoured during the day; while your
mother was quite distressed at the sud
den decrease in the candy supply simul
taneous with the sudden increase in the
amount of food left on your plate after
meals. You probably protested vigor
ously against going to bed, but once
there, your mother’s good-night kiss be
came a part of a wonderful dream, so
exhausted were you from the excite
ment and events of the day.
All of us, perhaps, remember a Christ
mas like that and can still thrill to the
pure joy of it, as memory unrolls to us
our faith and trust that were so genuine.
As our lives go on we realize how much
the joy spots of Christmas and other
celebrations make up the pattern woven
into the web of our lives with the faith
and trust that abides and must abide.
And so we early begin to play Santa
Claus to other children and to all we
love and especially to some about us
whose spots of joy are too few in the
webs they are weaving. I.o! The Christ
E horn indeed.
Fourteenth Annual Christ
mas Carol Concert
On Friday and Saturday evenings. De
cember 13 and 14. Sisters Chapel was
again decorated with holly, ivy, Christ
mas wreaths, pine branches, and lighted
candles for the fourteenth annual Christ
mas Carol Concert.
The organ prelude “The March of the
Magi Kings’" was skillfully rendered by
Mr. Kemper Harreld. “0 Leave Your
Sheep" (13th Century-French), “Shep
herds at the Cradle"’ (German), and
“Come Ye All With Great Rejoicing”
(Slovak) were among the new- numbers
this year. The Chorus sang again with
more feeling than ever before “Carol of
the Birds” (French), “Balkan Candle
Carol"', and "Carol of the Russian Chil
dren". The 13th century melody, “Lo,
How a Rose E’er Blooming” was sung
extraordinarily well. The chapel lights
were dimmed for the singing of “Stille
Nacht”, after which the Spelman Glee
Club, under the direction of Mr. W. L.
James, delighted the audience with the
singing of “Angels W'e Have Heard",
“The Coventry Carol”, and “The Great
God of Heaven”.
"Ding, Dong! Merrily on High”, a
French carol, brought about a light, yet
vivacious, touch. This carol is also a new-
one. The Morehouse Glee Club was
most impressive with the singing of “Sing
We Noel!", arranged by Kemper Har
reld; “Zion Hears the Watchmen Sing
ing"; and ‘.Rise Up Shepherd, and Fol
low”.
A new Negro jubilee, “'De Keys of
Bethlehem”, was much enjoyed. “’Round
de Glory Manger”, arranged by W. L.
James; and the traditional “Go Tell It
On the Mountain” were sung w-ith much
feeling and enthusiasm.
The success of the Christmas Carol
Concert was due to the splendid work
of Mr. Kemper Harreld, Mrs. Naomah
Maise. and Mr. W. L. James, to the
eighty-five members of the Chorus and
the Glee Clubs who generously gave of
their time for rehearsals, and to tin-
teachers and students who decorated the
chapel.
May the true spirit of Christmas be
with you throughout the New Year.