The Campus mirror. (Atlanta, Georgia) 1924-19??, April 01, 1943, Image 1

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Campus Mirror Published During the College Year by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia Vol. XIX APRIL, 1943 No. 7 HIGH CROSS OF MO.N ASTERBOICE This Irish Celtic Cross is a shape and design built by the Iri**h from the 8th to the 12th centuries; 55 of these still remain in Ireland. Besides the ornamentation most of these crosses have groups of figures representing various subjects of sacred historv such as the crucifixion. Special Meditations Mark Observance of Holy Week SUN.—The Triumphal Entry—Dr. A. W. Loos, Spelman College. MON.—The Cleansing of the Temple—Rev. Phillip M. Widenhouse, Central Congre gational Church, Atlanta. TUES.—The Warning Against the Pharisees —Verse-speaking choruses from Freshman English classes. WED.—The Promise of Transubstantiation— Rev. John C. Wright, First Congregational Church, Atlanta. THURS.—The Intercessory Prayer for Man ■—Rev. D. Talmadge Murray, Radcliffe Memorial Presbyterian Church, Atlanta. THURS. - Special Prayer Service — The Cricifixion — Verse-chorus rendition of James Weldon Johnson's dramatic sermon from God's Trombones, adapted for verse- speaking groups by Dr. Ira de A. Reid; directed and staged by Balwin W. Bur roughs. FRI.—The Mystery of The Cross—Dr. A. W. Loos. Founders Day Exercise The world has had the wrong kind of progress, Dr. Everett C. Herrick, president of Andover-Newton Theological School, told students, alumni, faculty, and friends on Sun day, April 11, in Sisters Chapel at the Foun ders Day exercises commemorating the 62nd anniversary of Spelman College. The time has come, he said, when attitudes must be revamped and the world made humble if the right sort of progress is to come about. Dr. Herrick based his address on John Bunyan’s famous allegory “The Pilgrim’s Progress.” The trouble with the world today, pointed out the speaker, is that there has been too much concentration on getting ahead without the proper attention given to what goes along with progress. Challenging his listeners to become pilgrims, he stated that although there were many difficulties along the way a true pilgrim would build and not destroy the ideals which are the sweet humanities of life. The right sort of progress would not be on any royal road but on a hard road that ultimately would lead to God. Pilgrims are the freest of God s children when they are free. Dr. Herrick emphasized. He urged those present to search night and day for the vision living in the heart of humanity which is waiting to be captured. The speaker paid tribute to Miss Harriet E. Giles and Miss Sophia B. Packard, foun ders of Spelman, whom he described a« pi! (Continued on page 41