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Yule Log Service
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classes, Jeanne Spurlock, Juanita Sam
uels, Elizabeth Lipford. and Lula Prater,
made wishes and threw a sprig of holly
into the fire. President Read made a
wish that the students, while enjoying a
peaceful Christmas season, would re
member war-torn Europe.
After the Yule Log Service, the stu
dents were each given a candle which
was lighted from the flames of the 5 ule
Log and which they carried as they sang
carols. The well-known poem, ’Tivas the
Night Before Christmas, was read just
before the group disbanded.
Living Together Peacefully
Cahoi.yn Taylor 44
One of man’s greatest problems is that
of living with others peacefully. One
morning when l was looking out of my
window as classes were changing, I
heard a student make this remark to a
friend. “You know one thing, if Mrs. X
doesn’t move Y out of that room with
me I’m going to move into the hall, be
cause that room is too small for both
of us.” As I looked at this student I
imagined that 1 followed her home.
After greeting her parents she went to
the telephone and called her friends.
Then she turned the radio on, first to
the station of her city and then to Eng
land. France, and other foreign coun
tries. As she listened my mind returned
to Spelman and I drew this conclusion:
man in his modern inventions has drawn
the four corners of the earth closer to
gether. so that he can sit in his home
and listen to people talk thousands of
miles away merely by turning a knob
or pressing a button; but in all bis in
ventions be has not invented anything
that will make him live peacefully with
his next door neighbor, or even bis room
mate. The solution to this problem is to
obey tbe commandment of Christ that
says “Love ye one another as I have
loved you.”
Chapel Music
Miriam Drake, '44
January 20 at the eight o'clock chapel
service. Miss Alma Stone thrilled the
audience of about 300 students with her
brilliant rendition at the piano.
The program, a brief one of two num
bers. showed a great contrast between
I be types of music composed in two dif
ferent periods of music, the Romantic
and the Modern. 1 lie first selection was
Schertzo by Chopin and it chaiacterized
its period by the domination of the mel-
ody. The other number was a novelty
one by a modern composer. William
Grant Still. Its outstanding elements
CAMPUS MIRROR
Jokes About Doctors
Fussy lady patient—“I was suffering
so much, doctor, that I wanted to die”.
Doctor—“You did right to call me in,
dt ■ar lady”.
Doctor: “Shall I make an affidavit to
the fact that he is dead?”
Coroner: “No; merely state that you
treated him.”
“Well, well,” said Dr. Bigbill as he
met a former patient on the street, “I’m
glad to see you again, Mr. Brown. How
are you this morning?”
“First, doctor,” said Brown cautious
ly, “does it cost anything to tell you?”
Patient “Doctor, what l need is some
thing to stir me up—something to put me
in fighting trim. Did you put anything
like that in this prescription?”
Doctor—“No. You will find that in the
bill.”
The doctor stood by tbe bedside, and
looked gravely down at the sick man.
“I can not hide from you the fact that
you are very ill,” be said. “Is there any
one you would like to see?”
“Yes,” said the sufferer faintly.
“Who is it?”
“Another doctor.”
The instructor in the Medical College
exhibited a diagram.
“The subject here limps,” he ex
plained. “because one leg is shorter than
the other.”
He then turned to one of the students,
and addressed him:
“Now, Mr. Sneed, what would you do
in such a case?”
Young Sneed pondered earnestly and
replied with conviction: “I have an idea,
sir. that I should limp. too. '
were the rhythm and the odd chord ef
fects.
Miss Stone showed herself to be a ver
satile pianist by playing with equal skill
the two pieces of such different types.
Her poise w 7 as easily noted and her ex
cellent technique was readily detected by
the bell-like tinkle she gave to the pas
sages filled with runs. The Spelman stu
dents gave Miss Slone hearty applause.
Social Events
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gayeties and each hall had a Christmas
tree. All of this added much joy to the
evening of entertainment.
President and Mrs. Benjamin E. Mays
gave an “at home” for the faculty mem
bers of Spelman and Morehouse Colleges
and other Christmas guests, at their
residence on December 26.
Annual Watch Night Service
The Spelman students who spent this
Christmas vacation on the campus had
the usual opportunity of watching the
old year pass into limbo in the fire Side
Dining Room on I uesday night, Decem
ber 31.
From 10:15 to 11:30 the girls enjoyed
a home-like social hour of games and
music. Corn was popped and served
crisp and fresh.
Promptly at 11:30, the mood changed
to one of devotion. Mrs. Jeffries, Dean
of Freshmen, in the absence of Dean
Lyons, conducted the service. She gave
a short talk on the old and the new. us
ing as Scripture references Mai. 4:1-6
and Jn. 15:1-10, after which she read
the beautiful poem “Great Silences’ by
Killian. Favorite hymns were sung and
sentence prayers made by tbe girls. As
the old year closed and the new year
dawned the girls sat in silent medita
tion and prayer.
The meeting was closed with the soft
singing of the prayer hymn “Dear Lord
and Father of Mankind”, to the tune
of “Should Auld Acquaintance Be For
got?” Chairs and tables were put in or
der and the girls departed to their sev
eral dormitories to get their first wink
of sleep in 1941.
Activities of Miss Tooiner
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tape. Miss Toomer has taught the stu
dents to make rugs out of shucks, and
relates that she has many times been
forced to use whatever she could when
materials that she has been accustomed
to having are not obtainable.
One of the most interesting of her
experiences was making an incubator out
of a large basket to save a baby which
had been born prematurely. I lie basket
she stuffed to prevent drafts, and used
fruit jars full of hot water to supply
heat. She also developed a milk formula
for its feeding, and rejoices in the fact
that the baby is now out of the incuba
tor and is increasing steadily in size
and weight.
At the school where Miss roomer is
teaching there are 350 students and ten
grades. They are working to improve the
school so that it may some day become
accredited.