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CAMPUS MIRROR
Platter Chatter
“I don’t know what's wrong with me.
I can get English, hut History and I just
don t seem to hitch horses right.” “Guess
1 II go home and wash some socks. 1
had to borrow a pair yesterday. That
always tolls me that my supply is about
depleted. “This lady of leisure is plan
ning to spend her afternoon in bed.” “I
just can find no other reason. It must
be this war. Honestly, it’s the hardest
thing for me to get my mind on my
books.” “Don't say a thing to me — I’ve
just received my first ‘good’ on a History
paper and at present I’m in another
world. So pull-e-a-s-e, say nothing.” Just
a bit of colloquial jabber that goes on
and on day after day. Everyone pro
ceeds on her way plugging diligently (at
least appearing to do so). But, ah! The
note of conversation has changed. This
is what we hear now.
“This time two weeks from now—oh!
happy day.” “I've told Mother not to buy
one thing for me this year. I’m going
to make what I have do and give my
money to the Red Cross.” “I wish Junior
could be home this Christmas, hut no
chance of that. He just had a furlough
last month.” And so the tide turns.
Conversation is now mostly concerned
with “What I m going to do when I get
home.” Marian Clark declares Christ
mas isn't Christmas unless it is spent in
her own house. So if there are hut three
days’ vacation, she is determined to spend
them there. Chicago! Here she conies.
Doris and Roselyn Daniels are making
plans to show two visiting Spelmanites
the sights of that great metropolis,
Orangeburg, South Carolina. They tell
me inviting stories about the beautiful
Edisto. That's their largest theater—
somewhat comparable to Radio City
Music Hall in N. Y. Evangeline Bron-
seau seems to have finally settled on re
turning to her native city. The Juniors
say, “Oh. give me a home.” Some of our
farsighted folk are visiting their families
this Christmas because they intend to
remain in summer school. In this cate
gory we find Edith Johnson, Gwen Hins-
ley, Lois Blayton. Ferris Fowler and a
few others. “Fine Latson is planning to
return for the specific purpose of getting
acquainted with her “ancestors.” Her
"ancestors,’' for the benefit of the puzzled
reader, are her relatives that she has
overlooked on the past two years’ sum
mer vacations. Dora has promise of a
good time in the near future.
Merry Christmas and Cheerio to all—.
MRS. LUDIE ANDREWS
(Continued from page 3)
by side with the white nurses and do
whatever they did but we couldn’t write
‘R.N.’ Today you can see its importance.
1 hink of the places colored nurses would
he barred from without it. There is a
pressing demand for the Registered
Nu rse.
“Finally, we all had our vouches
signed. I then notified the State Board
that we were ready to take the state
examination, but the examinations were
given without notification to us. It was
then that I employed a lawyer — a Mr.
Douglas of Douglas & Douglas.
“I put the facts before him and paid
him half of his fee. As I was leaving his
office, I asked. ‘Now, Mr. Douglas, when
the case is won, will all of the colored
nurses in Georgia be able to register?’
‘Oh, no, tins is just for you,’ was his re
ply. ‘Oh. Mr. Douglas, may I come back
for a few minutes? You see, I am now
the superintendent of the colored nurses
of Grady. This is the highest position I
can hold in the state. I am thinking of
the privilege for those who come after
me because, you see, all of them can’t be
superintendents of Grady. I have been
working on this idea for ten years and
the period of active duty for a nurse is
supposed to he just seven years so, you
see, I have already worked three over
time.’
“Mr. Douglas then raised his fee; I
paid him half of the increase and left.
“In 1920 the case was won and from
then on the colored nurses of Georgia
have been able to write ‘R.N.’ after their
names.”
When Mrs. Andrews left Grady she
went to Morehouse College where she
was superintendent of the student infirm
ary and instructor in health education at
Morehouse Summer School and at the
Atlanta School of Social Work. In 1927
she came to Spelman where she is still
serving as superintendent of McVicar
Hospital, being responsible for the health
of the students of Spelman, of Morehouse
and of Atlanta University.
I left McVicar with a promise to Mrs.
Andrews that I would return to see her
“notes and papers.”
My return proved to be just as inter
esting as the first visit.
“I feel a little tired.” began Mrs. An
drews, "I have just returned from an in
terracial meeting.”
So we began to talk about interracial
affairs, and Mrs. Andrews revealed the
fact that she is a member of the Fulton
and DeKalb Committee on Racial Coop
eration. I learned further that Mrs. An
drews had served as volunteer worker
of the Atlanta Tuberculosis Association
Social Science Forum
The social science majors of Clark,
Morris Brown, Morehouse, Spelman, At
lanta University School of Social Work,
and Atlanta University met in the ex
hibition room of the Atlanta University
Library on the evening of December 1
to organize themselves into a group for
discussion of the social problems that
are facing them and the world. Dr. Ira
De A. Reid acted as temporary chairman.
The forum is to he a student organiza
tion, but members feel free to seek the
advice of any faculty member of any in
stitution they choose. The problems con
sidered will be those presented by the
membership and will he discussed in any
way the group decides.
I his is a step forward in student dis
cussion of social problems and there is
much to he learned in many fields. The
success of this organization will depend
on the interest manifested by the social
science majors, and it is the hope of the
group that the enthusiasm shown in at
tendance at the first meeting will be main
tained throughout the year. Now is the
time to broaden your experience.
from the time of its organization up to
the present.
She was president of the Neighborhood
Union for 15 years—an organization that
ministered to underprivileged mothers
and children. She organized the Georgia
State Association for Colored Nurses and
reorganized the Atlanta group. She
showed me a copy of the first letter sent
out to the nurses in Georgia, on March
15, 1927, in her attempt to start the State
Association. She also showed me the
original constitution of the Atlanta col
ored nurses, compiled in 1907, and the
one of 1920 when she reorganized them.
Of very great interest are the two re
ceipts from Mr. Douglas, the lawyer,
for his services in obtaining the oppor
tunity for the colored nurses of Georgia
to register.
On October 31, 1943, at a meeting of
the National Association of Colored
Graduate Nurses, held in the First Con
gregational Church in Atlanta, Mrs. An
drews was given the Mary Mahoney
Award. This award is in the form of a
gold medal which bears the name of Miss
Mary E. P. Mahoney, the first colored
woman to prepare herself for the nurs
ing profession. She was graduated from
a New England hospital in 1879. The
award is designed to keep alive Miss
Mahoney’s memory and is given for dis
tinguished service and accomplishments
in the field of nursing.
As we survey the achievements of Mrs.
Andrews, we become confident that cour
age, patience, persistence and endurance
will overcome what may seem unconquer
able forces and bring success.