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2 CAMPUS MIRROR THE CAMPUS MIRROR The Students' Oiun Publication “Service in Unity" THE CAMPUS MIRROR STAFF Editor-in-Chief Associate Editors-in-Chief Penelope Bullock Elizabeth Lipford Editor of News Associate Editor of News ... Doretha Williams Jean Warren Helen Robinson Editor of Special Features... Eleanor Bell Associate Ed. of Special Features....Lydia Brown Editor of Sports and Jokes Sara Smith Social Editor Art Editor Evelyn Ebbs Jennelsie Walden Music Editor Mildred Cuthbert Exchange Editor Kathryn Brown Business Staff Business Manager Advertising Managers Alice Clement Helen Nash Circulation Manager Secretaries Alma Vaughn June Strong Zenobia White Treasurer Rae Jamison Alfred Taylor Faculty Advisor M iss M. Mae Neptune Subscription Rates 75 cents a year, 10 cents semester—Postage 2 a copy, 40 cents a cents a copy Vol. XVII January, 1941 No. 4 Editorial One of the problems in our daily col lege life that is becoming more and more serious is the matter of applauding chapel talks. We used to applaud all chapel talks, whether applause was ap propriate or inappropriate, using no dis crimination whatsoever. The only thing that would keep us from clapping would be a prayer at the end of the speech. Now it seems to be a question as to whether we will applaud anyone at all, at any time, unless perhaps the speaker is some very, very outstanding person who has come from quite a distance, and whose picture appeared in the paper the previous morning. Our chapel exercises are not so for mal and austere that applause is entirely out of order, although there are times when it is inappropriate. Judgment and discrimination should be used in such cases. When a speaker relates to us first hand personal contact and experience in the events of a world religious confer ence held in Madras, India, describing for us the simple yet dynamic character of Mahatma Gandhi and the universal Christian spirit of fellowship, brother hood, and good will that prevailed at that conference, describing them in such a vivid and impressive manner that we feel within ourselves the influence of Ghandi and the spirit of Christian fel lowship, the whole effect and spirit is completely destroyed when we applaud. It is at such times as these that the speaker appreciates silence more than applause. Of course, applause should be sincere. And we don't know whether or not we enjoy a talk or a musical number unless we really listen to it. Therefore the ba sic problem for too many of us is not the matter of applauding but the matter of I)r. Archer Dies in Atlanta (Continued from Page 1) who has served Morehouse College faith fully and wisely for many years.” One of the most popular and effective instructors Morehouse has ever known, President Archer will be long remem bered by the hundreds of men who went through the College and the Academy not only as their dean and later as their president, but as their friend. His great est contribution, perhaps, lies in the in fluence he has had on the lives of men who have been fortunate enough to know him. He 1 relieved in clean sports and clean victories, and it was during the eight years that he was director of ath letics and coach that Morehouse teams were the undisputed champions in foot ball. In the second year of President Arch er’s administration, Morehouse College received “A rating from the Associa tion of Colleges and Secondary Schools in the Southern States, which placed the College'on an equal basis with the lead ing educational institutions in the South. It was during his administration that the successful drive for $600,000 was com pleted, increasing the endowment to more than a million dollars and marking an important step toward guaranteeing the perpetuity of the college. On January 1, 1938, Dr. Archer was awarded a scroll and placque by the 27 Club of Atlanta, in recognition of his contribution to the social and educa tional well-being of the citizens of this city. Dr. Archer was a member of the Kappa Boule, the Omega Psi Phi Fra ternity, and the Monday Club. At one time he served as treasurer of the Con servative Investment Corporation. The deceased is survived by a wife, Mrs. Anna Johnson Archer; three sons: Samuel Howard, Jr., an instructor at Booker T. Washington High School, At lanta; Nelson Thomas, a member of the faculty of Prairie View State College; and Leonard Courtney, a member of the faculty of Georgia Normal and Indus trial College at Albany, Georgia; and a sister, Mrs. Rosa Harrison, who made her home with the family. Funeral services were held in Sale Hall January 19. listening: we don't applaud because we don't listen. When we finally decide to listen we should hear with both our ears and our minds open. Then, after catch ing the true flavor and spirit of the speech, we will know whether it is ap propriate to clap or inappropriate to clap. The matter of applause in chapel is becoming a serious problem. Something must be done about it. Where Is Our Initiative? There are very few social organiza tions which are satisfactory to every participant. On the other hand there are few social situations which are not sat isfactory to the majority of participants. What, then, happens to those organiza tions in which the majority are dissatis fied? For the most part, I think we can say that they either disintegrate from pure lack of interest or. if we may use this expression, “something is done about it”. Because most of us come to college expecting something grand and glorious, we are likely to be disillusioned. Let us take an example: If a freshman has just come out of high school where almost everything was planned by the students themselves and where the student gov ernment “ran the school” or where at least the students thought they did. she will discover that she is in an almost entirely different situation. Everything is planned for her now, and though she is older and a little wiser, her own judg ment is worth somewhat less than for merly. She often thinks that her choices are confined to deciding whether or not to comply with stipulated regulations and not so much whether she will do what is best of her own accord. But should she let herself be thus dis illusioned and do nothing about it? If she had expected something grand and glorious out of college life, why not see that she gets it and gets it legiti mately? What she meant by ‘‘something grand and glorious” could not have been that she wanted simply to slip through college and live a life of ease. No, col lege is not like that at all. What she probably meant was that she wanted to he just as necessary to the college as she hoped the college would be to her. If such a condition does not exist, then why not speak up and express her views and desires? She must not only be pre pared but willing to offer something con structive, to face opposition, and to stand up for what she believes to be bet ter. Classroom discussions, class and campus organizations offer some medium for action, but when opportunities are not presented they must be made and this calls for initiative. Continual com plaints will get her nowhere, if she con tinues to hold back and passively accept that with which she is displeased. Why don’t we, Spelman students, profit by this girl’s experience? Let us become alert to our opportunities, let us attend all our meetings and take an ac tive part in them, let us do our work well, and let us accept the challenge to do something on our own initiative!