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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 (Continued on Page 7) 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.