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Vol. XIX December, 1942 No. 3
Editorial
In just such times as these, when men's
minds are burdened with the great problems
of war, preparations are being made which
point to the one occasion, that day dear to
the hearts of all, rich and poor, great and
humble, adults and children — Christmas
Day. Why is it so important that everybody
shall “make Christmas” and “have Christ
mas?”
Some will say because of the giving. There
are those who are able to have thoughts
that are clean and clear and unselfish. The
world seeks to release good will through
out the season, for Christmas is the symbol
of the spirit of love. It is the spirit of the
love in the hearts of men that distinguishes
Christmas from all other holidays. Now more
than ever before, every one should strive to
keep the original meaning of Christmas. In
order to give to Christmas all that it sym
bolizes, let us wholeheartedly join in the
Yuletide spirit.
Once we heard a child say: “But, Mother,
why can’t we have Christmas every day?”
To the child, material things meant Christ
mas. He voiced, however, a question we may
well ask, “Why may we not have Christmas
all the year?”
He, whose natal day we honor on Christmas,
has given His answer to the question. He
has said. “Love overcometh all things.” He
did not say that love overcometh all things
one day a year, or that love overcometh all
things on Tuesdays hut not on Saturdays; He
said, “Love overcometh all things.’" He must
have meant at all times, in all places, in all
circumstances.
Christmas is the spirit of love; if we were
to keep that spirit alive and active all the
year through, what happiness the world would
know!
Christmas is the spirit of giving; let us
all the year through give understanding and
tolerance, kindness and love.
Thus do we honor to Him, and make
Christmas every day in the year.
C A M P 11 S M I R R 0 R
Christmas Carols and Songs
Charlotte Arnold, "46
The carol was originally a term used for
a dance or a dance accompanied by song.
That term is now used to designate a festive
song, particularly those sung at Christmas.
Tlie singing of carols is a custom which has
lived through many years. A chorus goes
from door to door on Christmas Eve serenad
ing the town with carols. A song “Here We
Come A-Caroling,” by an unknown author,
was sometimes sung in England to tell the
people of the coming of the carolers. This
old song has lived through many years and
is still popular today.
Here we come a-caroling
fCe go from door to door
Here we come a-caroling
As we have done before
Love and joy come to you
And to you at Christmas, too,
And God bless you and send you
A happy new year.
At this season of the year, it is very fitting
to recall some of the beautiful Christmas
carols that have been written. Throughout
the ages, all over the earth, men have written
poems glorifying the Advent season and the
birth of Christ. Handel and Mendelssohn,
as well as others of the world’s greatest mu
sicians, have set these words to music. Many
composers, who have written tunes for these
poems, have composed beautiful melodies
and have died unknown to the world.
The first printed collection of English
carols came from the press of Wynkyn de
Worde in 1521. It contained the famous
Boar’s Head carol, “Caput apri defero, Red
dens laudes Domino,” which in slightly al
tered form is sung at Queen’s College, Ox
ford, on the bringing in of the boar’s head.
Many of the world’s most popular carols are
English. “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing,”
“God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen,” “This Is
Christ, the King,"’ “Christians, Awake, Salute
the Happy Morn,” “The First Noel,” and
“The Holly and the Ivy” are only a few of
the old English carols that are sung through
out the world at Christmas.
In France the singing of Christmas carols,
called noels, was common at an early date.
Among the numerous collections of French
carols is "Noei Borguignon de Gui Barozai,”
giving the words and music to thirty-four
noels. “Gloria in Excelsis Deo” and “0 Holy
Night ' are two of the most famous French
noels, and both are unexcelled in beauty.
From German literature come many Christ
mas carols, called wiegenlieder. “Silent
Night, Holy Night" is, perhaps, the best
known of the wiegenlieder. Joseph Mohr
wrote the w r ords for this song and his friend,
Franz Gruber, set them to music. “Good
Christian Men, Rejoice” and “Good King
Wenceslas ’ are leading German Christmas
carols.
Negro literature is rich in Christmas songs.
“Go, Tell It on the Mountain' and “Wasn't
1 hat A Mighty Day” are famous Christmas
Spelman Student Invited to
Display Paintings at
Exhibition
Folyn Yvonne Mijrrei.i., "4fi
Miss Alma Louise Vaughan, ’43, one of the
most talented students in the Art Department
at Spelman College, has been invited to dis
play her paintings in an exhibition of the
paintings of Negro artists at the Institute oi
Modern Art in Boston, Massachusetts. Miss
Vaughan is to he the only non-professional
participant in the exhibition and is one of
the two women invited to exhibit their paint
ings. Miss Vaughan won the $50 "Jerome
Aw r ard for Creative Achievement’ here at
Spelman College for the year 1942. One of
her paintings may be seen in the teachers’
lounge in Rockefeller Hall. For five years
Miss Vaughan has studied art under the di
rection of Mr. Hale Woodruff.
Mr. Hale Woodruff, of the Art Depart
ment of Spelman College, will display two
paintings in the exhibition.
Mr. M acKinley Helm, of the Institute of
Modern Art, Boston, Massachusetts, art
critic and author, has assembled an exhibi
tion of the paintings of the leading Negro
artists in the United States. The exhibition
is to be held during the first part of January,
1943, at the Institute of Modern Art, located
in Boston, Massachusetts. In February, the
exhibition will be sent to Smith College
Museum of Art, located in Northampton,
Massachusetts; and in March it will be
viewed at one of the numerous galleries in
New York City.
The Girl Reserves and the
War Effort
Anabelle S. McGrecor, ’43
Through an appeal made by Miss Irene
Harris, executive secretary of the Phyllis
Wheatley branch of the Y. W. C. A. of At
lanta, Georgia, several of our Spelman stu
dents have become members of a course in
Girl Reserve leadership.
The purpose of Miss Harris’ appeal was in
accord with the war effort. Many Atlanta
parents are war workers; others are engaged
in occupational activities which cause them
to be away from their homes during the
day. Many children of the parents have no
means of supervised recreational activities.
Often they are deprived of the proper home
training and the directed recreation which
growing boys and girls should have. Girl
Reserve organizations will offer worthwhile
activity to the children of these parents.
The Spelman women who are being trained
as Girl Reserve leaders have an opportunity
of making a valuable contribution to youth
adjustment in the Atlanta community.
songs written in the tradition of the spirit
uals.