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Campus Mirror
Published During the College Year by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
VOL. XVII
Georgia Student Christian
Conference
The fourth annual Georgia Student
Christian Conference, sponsored by stu
dent Y.W.C.A. and Y.M.C.A. organiza
tions. and open to students and faculty
members from white and Negro colleges
in Georgia, will be held March 28-30. at
the Central Congregational Church in
Atlanta. The registration fee is $1.25.
Harriet Towns represents Spelman Col
lege on the executive committee.
In past years the Conference has been
successful in stimulating and promoting
Christian fellowship, study, and wor
ship. This year the theme will be “The
Christian Community-—Prophetic and
Actual”, and the guest speaker will be
Dr. T. Z. Koo of China. The program
will consist of periods of worship, ad
dresses followed by forum periods, dis
cussion groups, a panel discussion, and
a session for transacting necessary busi
ness. The Conference aims to help and
encourage individuals in their attempt
to practice the principles of Christianity.
Commander Fernando
Romero
As evidence of an active good-will pol
icy being practiced between the North
American and South American countries
was the presence on the Atlanta Univer
sity campuses recently of Commander
Fernando Romero, of Lima, Peru, a
member of a group of exchange visitors
from Latin American countries brought
to the United States by the State Depart
ment in Washington. D. C., on a good
will tour. Mr. Romero is a naval officer,
an anthropologist, a sociologist, a writer,
and a friend of the Negro.
During informal talks and discussions
with various groups. Mr. Romero pointed
out that North Americans and South
Americans get distorted and narrow con
ceptions of each other through such mis
leading agencies as the movies. The peo
ple of North America think of their
southern neighbors in terms of the tango
and of rnen wearing sombreros and
women with high combs in their hair.
To the South Americans, North Amer
icans are. for the most part, gangsters
and flappers. The intelligent and edu
cated members of both groups, who have
a more representative conception of the
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MARCH. 1941
Edward Matthews
Edward Matthews to Give
Recital
An announcement has been made of
the coming appearance of Edward Mat
thews of the Columbia Broadcasting Sys
tem in a recital to be held Thursday eve
ning. March 27. in Sisters Chapel. The
recital promises to be an outstanding
feature in the cultural program for the
year.
Edward Matthews traveled in Europe
for five years as baritone soloist with the
Fisk Jubilee Singers. On his return to
the United States he played the leading
role in Gertrude Stein's “Four Saints in
Three Acts”. He was also featured in
the musical version of “Porgy and Bess”.
In 1940 he appeared as soloist at the Mu
sical Festival of Fisk University and he
sang the “Ballad for Americans” at the
World’s Fair during the celebration of
Negro Week.
In addition to these activities. Edward
Matthews has broadcast for the National
Broadcasting Company and he can be
heard each Sunday morning over the
Columbia Broadcasting System. He has
made extended tours through Central
and South America with outstanding suc
cess. Mr. Matthews has also given con
certs in both Town Hall and Carnegie
Hall.
Edward Matthews is well known in
musical circles throughout this country.
No. 6
Students in University
System Give Program at
Emory
The Atlanta-Morehouse-Spelman Cho
rus, numbering 75 voices, assisted by
the Morehouse Quartet, presented a pro
gram of sacred music at Emory Univer
sity on Sunday afternoon, March 2, at
the five o’clock Vesper Hour. The singers
were accompanied by Mrs. Naomah Wil
liams Maise of the Spelman College mu
sic department. Professor Kemper Har-
reld was in charge.
In the first group offered by the Cho
rus were “Lo. How a Rose E’er Bloom
ing” by Praetorious, and “I Waited for
the Lord”, by Mendelssohn. Spirituals
sung by this group included “The Rocks
and the Mountains” arranged by Willis
L. James, also of the Spelman music
department; and “Eli Never Turn Back
No More”, arranged by R. Nathaniel
Dett. The singers concluded their pro
gram with “Show Me the Way” and
“Plenty Good Room”.
Three spirituals were the contribution
of the Morehouse Quartet to the after
noon's program — “Rockin’ Jerusalem”.
“Steal Away to Jesus”, and “Couldn’t
Hear Nobody Pray”.
The New York World Telegram has writ
ten of him: “—Mr. Matthews, like Mr.
Robeson, is the possessor of a strong
sonorous voice of ample range and un
common flexibility. Throughout his re
cital he gave evidence of having studied
the texts intelligently and with an ear to
mood. Unlike Mr. Robeson, he makes ex
tended excursions in foreign languages,
as well as providing the expected spir
ituals.”
The presentation of the artist, Edward
Matthews, under the auspices of the Jun
ior Class is evidence of the increasing de
sire among all the classes to take on
heavier responsibilities.
It is hoped that all music-loving stu
dents and citizens of Atlanta and nearby
places will take advantage of the oppor
tunity to hear this great singer.
Proceeds from the recital will aid the
Junior Class in making a substantial
Founders Day contribution and in pro
curing a scholarship for a Spelman Sen
ior during the year 1941-1942, the de
tails of which will be announced later.