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Vol. XVIII April, 1942 No. 7
Editorial
Why it is that we do not do more
things for the pure pleasure of the doing
will always he a mystery. What higher
incentive could there be than to bring
happiness to one’s own court of satis
faction?
There are hooks we read over and
over again. In nearly every instance
these books were little read and their
authors neglected during their lifetime.
Now we look upon many of them as clas
sics. I am reminded of two pictures
hanging on the same wall. One is by an
artist who spent his entire lifetime try
ing to improve upon everything he did.
The other picture is by an artist who is
forever trying to please the “public
taste.”
Sooner or later observers will tire of
the latter work and part with it, but the
former will he a continual inspiration,
ever suggesting that no task can be done
too well.
Admiral Peary once admitted that he
spent half a lifetime in the discovery of
the North Pole largely that he might
achieve something that had never be
fore been achieved—for the pure plea
sure of having done it! Edison worked
away—creating and inventing more than
is usually allotted to a dozen geniuses—
caring nothing for material rewards be
yond remuneration sufficient to keep him
creating, simply because he loved to
create.
The greatest poets and writers, as a
rule, are extremely modest and retiring
—but in their written words they pour
themselves out. How little we know of
the outward, material life of such writ
ers as Montaigne. Bacon. Cervantes or
Virgil. Each was a writer of his own
life in his own works. These writers.
CAMPUS MIRROR
Present Psychological
Conditions in France
and Italy
It was the privilege of the students
and faculties of the Atlanta University
system to hear Count Carlo Sforza, ex
iled former minister of Italy and Am
bassador to France during the first World
War, at a University convocation on
Thursday, March 19. Count Sforza has
been in America since July. 1940. where
he came, accompanied by his family,
after a flight from Bordeaux to England.
Before the invasion of the low coun
tries, Count Sforza and his family left
their home near Toulon and the French
Riviera to go to Paris. When the Ger
mans advanced on Paris, they fled to
Bordeaux where they were successful in
hoarding a small Dutch trawler which
took four days to arrive in a British
port. In America Count Sforza is well
known for his work as a member of
the Comite du Centre European of the
Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace and as a visiting professor to many
universities. At present he is the leader
of the Free Italian movement in the
United States.
At the convocation Count Sforza spoke
on “Present Psychological Conditions in
France and Italy.” During the course of
his talk, he stated that an incredible
amount of stupidity was necessary among
the people themselves to put into effect
a military regime such as that in Italy.
He said that many people, of course,
want to know why the Italians do not
revolt and overthrow this regime. In an
swer to that question he gave three rea
sons: first, revolutions are impossible
now without tanks, guns, airplanes, and
the other instruments of war. The Ital
ians do not have access to any such
source of supplies. Second, if the Ital
ians were to undertake such a revolution
the Germans would invade Italy and
with their superior forces take over the
country. Third, there is constant and
almost bitter rivalry between Vichy and
Italy to gain the favor of Hitler. Count
Sforza added that this is something
the existence of which even the commen
tators have not guessed.
In occupied France there are still
about ninety-five per cent of the people
who are anti-Nazi, and in unoccupied
France there is a proportionately smaller
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however, each wrote for the pure plea
sure of writing something of value. Their
hooks were, none of them, “best sellers”
of their day.
He who works because he loves to
work and who puts all that he is into
his work can console himself with the
fact that he has done his best.
The Art Exhibition
The Art Exhibition now being shown
at Atlanta University is indeed a stim
ulating cultural and educational experi
ence. The gallery walls are simply ablaze
with really remarkable examples of fine
creative, artistic, painting. In the more
than one hundred pictures hung, there
are examples representing nearly all
types of painting and many schools.
Every picture has some appeal and
though all are not universally excellent,
still, none are bad. There is some inspi
ration for all who look for it on those
walls.
This is the “First Annual Exhibition
of the Work of Negro Artists” to he pre
sented by the Atlanta University. The
fine prizes, totaling five-hundred dollars,
were awarded on Sunday by Dr. Rufus
E. Clement. They were as follows:
1. John Hope Purchase Award $250.00
William Carter—for “Still Life”
2. First Atlanta University Purchase
Award for Oil Painting $100.00
Frederick C. Flemister—for “The
Mourners”
3. Second Atlanta University Purchase
Award for Oil Painting $ 75.00
Edward L. Loper—for “Twelfth St.
Gardens”
4. First Atlanta University Purchase
Award for Water Color $ 50.00
5. Second Atlanta University Purchase
Award for Water Color $ 25.00
The prizes were selected by a jury of
five, including three prominent artists;
Mr. Jean Chariot, internationally fa
mous painter of Mexico and France; Mr.
Aaron Douglas, professor of Art at Fisk
University; Mr. Hale Woodruff, profes
sor of Art at Atlanta University. The
other members of the jury of selection
were Dr. Rufus E. Clement, president of
Atlanta University, and Mr. Lewis P.
Skidmore, director of the High Museum
of Art. Atlanta, Georgia.
On Sunday, April 19. the exhibition
was formally opened and a very splen
did talk was given by Mr. Aaron Doug
las. After the lecture there was a short
discussion period, tea, and talk. A word
of praise must be spoken for Miss Lisle
Arduser and her girls who prepared and
served the tea.
On Sunday. April 26. Dr. Alain Locke
spoke to a most appreciative audience on
the “Significance of This Show in the
Development of Negro Art and the Dis
covery of Negro Artists.” Dr. Locke was,
as always, both interesting and informa
tive. He feels that the present view of
Negro Art is very fine and that the work
shown in this exhibition gives startling
proof of the remarkable progress made
in the last twenty-five years and holds
out promise of even greater things to
come.
The gallery is open from nine to
twelve-thirty, A. M., and from one-thirty
to five P. M. daily except Saturdays. On
Sunday it is open from four to six.