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CAMPUS MIRROR
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Chekhov Players
Jennie Strickland ’42
The night of November 30. 1940.
brought to the campus the Chekhov
Theatre Players, new to Atlanta au
diences, who are directed by Michael
Chekhov in collaboration w’ith George
Shdanoff. On their first tour of the
South, the players brought with them,
besides every necessary article of a pro
duction from costumes to footlights,
something new in presenting William
Shakespeare’s i m mo r t a 1 comedy,
‘"Twelfth Night’’. Scenes of the play
flowed swiftly and smoothly into each
other, even though the front curtain re
mained open throughout the entire
show. Changes in scenery were made
as nimble sprites danced about, divert
ing the attention of the audience from
set-moving to give the impression of
furniture seeming to disappear.
The story of “Twelfth Night” con
cerns the jumbled love affairs of a
brother and sister who have been sep
arated by a shipwreck. Viola, the sister,
is later disguised as a page to a duke
who sends her to woo Olivia for him.
Viola falls in love with the Duke, but
she is forced to keep it concealed be
cause of her disguise. Meanwhile,
Viola’s brother, Sebastian, has met
Olivia who immediately marries him
thinking he is the duke’s page, Viola,
whom she had fallen in love with. The
Duke decides to visit Olivia to learn
why she has not accepted his love. As
he and his page, still Viola, find Olivia,
she rushes to Viola thinking she is Se
bastian. her husband. When Sebastian
enters, he recognizes the page as his sis
ter. Viola then discloses her identity as
a woman; and the Duke decides that
he really didn’t love Olivia after all—
and, too, there’s Viola. In short, every
thing turns out happily. Sebastian and
Viola are reunited, Olivia and Sebas
tian are married, and the Duke marries
Viola.
Those who saw the play will remem
ber this presentation by the Chekhov
Theatre Players as a delightful and very
unique performance.
Our Neighbors
Lillian Lewis ’44
Again we anticipate the joys of an
other Christmas without having sent any
of our loved ones across the sea to fight.
Vie who know of the chaos in the con
quered countries across the sea have so
much more than they to be grateful for
—grateful indeed that our men are at
home instead of in some miserable for
eign trench.
Since we are more fortunate than our
neighbors across the sea. cannot we
here at Spelman show what we feel for
Father's Attitude
Grace H. Sims
(An answer to question VI. done in the
Junior English examination.)
My father prides himself on being a
man who takes into consideration every
phase of human emotion when making
a decision. It is this pride that crops
out when he is deciding where to send
each of his seven daughters to college.
I have heard for three successive years
now his ideas about a college for his
daughters. “First,” he says, “the school
must be a girls’ college. I want all my
girls to go to refined women’s schools.
They seem to offer something and instill
something into young women that no
co-educational school ever attains. I
want my girls to have every opportunity
to develop into women of finer knowl
edge and understanding than other
schools and experience might give, of
finer princples and broader outlooks, to
develop wider fields of contact, and
to make me proud of them as women.’
Please do not feel that these are his
only ideas on the subject. Perhaps I
should say the facts mentioned are the
hopes or ideals he would like to see
blossom in us. He does not feel that a
school is a miracle-worker, “its won
ders to perform.” On the contrary, he
feels that a school can do more for an
individual than almost any other influ
encing factor today. However, he fully
realizes that there cannot be developed
in a student that which is not there.
There must be some character, some will
power, some determination, and some
ability in order to produce a finer person
after four years’ training. Nevertheless,
there are some of these qualities and
many other essential ones lying dormant
in many individuals. College life usually,
gently but firmly, awakens these abilities
and puts them into good working condi
tion. In such a way college does its
greatest work, he says.
I have never experienced a disagree
ment with my father over grades. He
likes us to make good grades. Rather,
he expects us to do our best. That is
all he asks. He does not believe in too
much intensive study just for the pur
pose of a grade. However, he doesn’t
expect any of us ever to “flunk” a
course. It seems contradictory, doesn’t
it? Not if you examine what lie says
very closely and apply it to college life.
He wants us to enjoy school life. What
do you think of his philosophy? I have
found it so satisfactory that I think 1
shall adopt it for my own children.
them during these trying times? We
can express this feeling by giving to a
fund to send to them for their Christmas.
(Continued on Page 7)
Book Club Organized
Carolyn Taylor ’44
In response to suggestions by Miss
Ernestine Anthony, twenty-two of the
freshmen on the campus met in the par
lor of Morehouse South. December 8, to
discuss plans for a Book Club and to
organize. The officers elected are: Mabel
Emmanuel. Chairman: Gwendolyn Har
rison. Secretary and Treasurer; Nina
Charlton, Chairman of Program Commit
tee; and Carolyn Taylor, Reporter. The
club planned that for its first meeting
each member give a three-minute
talk on her favorite book. Some of its
other meetings will be devoted to poetry,
to authors and their work, and to popu
lar books. The club feels highly hon
ored to be able to hold its first meeting
in the parlor of Mrs. Lyon’s home.
Le Cercle Francais
De Spelman
Le Cercle Francais de Morehouse en
tertained Le Cercle Francais de Spel
man very graciously at a joint meeting,
Friday night. November 15, at More
house College.
There was an orderliness about the
preparations and a certain beauty in the
arrangements of the dainties that de
lighted the guests.
Each person introduced himself to
the group in French, as far as he had a
grasp of it. The president of Le Cercle
Francais de Morehouse expressed his
hopes that everyone would enjoy him
self. While each person partook of the
delightful refreshments, selections from
DeBussy and popular songs by Jean
Sablon (a well-known French crooner)
were played.
The end came quite too soon as voices
blended in singing the “Marseillaise.”
Camera Club
Marilyn Green ’42
Lights! Camera!! Action!!! With such
enthusiasm the Camera Club began its
work for the year. The officers are: Er
nestine Strickland. President; Eddie
Bush, Vice-President; and Emmie El
liott, Secretary.
The aim of the club is to learn the
basic facts and to improve upon the tech
niques of photography, such as develop
ing. printing, and enlarging pictures.
With the help of the adviser, Dr. H. V.
Eagleson. trick photography and other
devices of photography will also be learn
ed. At the first meeting it was pointed out
that it is vitally important to know the
parts of the camera and their functions.
The members of the Camera Club hope
to be able to develop pictures for the
students. \\ atch for samples of our work.