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THE CAMPUS MIRROR The Students' Own Publication "SERVICE IN UNITY" THE CAMPUS MIRROR STAFF Editor-in-Chief Ida Mae Russell Associate Editors-in-Chief Gwendolyn Harrison Nina Charlton Editor of News Florence Irving Associate Editor of News Susie Jones Editor of Special Features Madrid Turner Editor of Sports and Jokes Carolyn Taylor Social Editor Anna Ross Art Editors Austella Walden Alma Vaughan Music Editor Madeline Patterson BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Ella Tyree Exchange Editor Lelabelle Freeman Advertising Manager Joyce Jenkins Circulation Manager—....— — Mable Emanuel Secretaries Marie Lauray Hortense Bolen Treasurer Helen Robinson Faculty Adviser SUBSCRIPTION RATES 75 cents a year, 10 cents a copy, 40 cents a semester—Postage 2 cents a copy 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.