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Vol. XX JANUARY, 1944 No. 4
Editorial
We know the paper will not reach you
in January but we wish to express our
appreciation for your suggestions and
help in 1943 and wish for you a Happy
and Prosperous 1944.
January is a busy month for all of us.
We are trying to readjust ourselves to
college routine after the Christmas va
cation, exerting ourselves to absorb what
we should have learned in 1943, for
examinations begin on January 24.
For some few fortunate seniors, exam
week means the end of a successful four
years in college; for the other members
of the Senior Class it means the begin
ning of the home-stretch; for they hope
to finish their college careers in May,
1944. The Juniors take this period of
testing in their stride. The Sophomores
don’t worry, because they know it all,
wise creatures that they are. The Fresh
men shake like leaves in the wind because
it is their first such ordeal and they don’t
know just how to approach it.
Rest, calmness, and a thorough review
should be the answers to the fears that
swell in the hearts of students during
exam week. However, regular, systematic
study throughout the semester is much
better than conscientious reading the
night before.
The Fourth War Loan Drive began on
January 18. The Government needs your
money to provide the necessary equip
ment for your friends and brothers in
the Armed Forces. Lending your funds
will stop inflation and keep down the cost
of living. The interest paid on this loan
makes the purchase of bonds a sound
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investment. If, because of your selfish
desire to have all the luxuries to which
you are accustomed during peacetime,
the government does not have sufficient
funds to Back the Attack and loses the
war to the enemy, then what money you
have would lose its value and you might
also lose your liberty or your life. What
profit would it be to you in the end?
It is better business to back the gov
ernment in securing a stable living econo
my than to aid the Axis in winning, and
thus consign your country to slavery.
January 1 of each year marks the date
of celebration of the Emancipation
Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln
in 1861. This was a declaration from the
National Government which freed the
slaves and gave them the opportunity to
work for themselves.
The social, economic and political
problems that follow the entrance of any
large group of people into a country’s
organization of life and government were
created in the period of the United
States’ history following the issuance of
this document. A program of reconstruc
tion alleviated the seriousness of these
problems and the Negro began a climb
which has been steady and ever upward.
The way has been long and hard, and
the aims, hopes and aspirations of the
Negro race have not yet been realized.
Nevertheless, the status of the Negro is
being improved through a process of
evolution rather than revolution. The tra
ditional prejudices among Negroes and
against Negroes are gradually diminish
ing, very slowly but surely.
The present war has resulted in many
changes in race relations all over the
world and the creation of new problems.
What the future holds in the working out
of these difficulties is unknown. Never
theless, present trends indicate radical
alterations of viewpoints and practices
in the next few years.
The Game Room
During the holidays the students that
lived on the campus had access to the
game room which was moved from Giles
Hall to Packard for that period. There
was enough of a variety of interesting
games to suit individual tastes, such as
ping pong, Chinese checkers, darts and
dominoes. The students were able to en
gage in matches that sharpened their
wits and aided in the development of
balance.
The game room is not used by the
Spelman students as much or as regu
larly as it should be. It would benefit
each one to participate vigorously in the
diversion that this room affords. It is a
well-rounded person that has an inter
est in sports as well as in dancing and
parties as forms of recreation.
What the Campus Is Reading
Victoria Grandolet, by Henry Bellaman
Three years ago, Henry Bellamann
quietly brought forth a novel about a
Midwestern town and the fascinating
characters who were its inhabitants.
Within a year the book was a best seller.
As you know, that book was Kings Row.
Now Mr. Bellamann has written what
some critics declare to be “another Re
becca.”
Miles Grandolet embarked on a whirl
wind courtship with Victoria Dunstan
only an hour after he met her. Within a
few days the little girl, who had been
brought up in a New England parsonage,
poor, ignorant of the identity of her par
ents, had become a member of the aris
tocratic Grandolet family. From the cold,
bleak, poverty stricken New England en
vironment, Victoria was suddenly trans
planted to the warm, rich, semi-tropical
background of Louisiana. Married to a
man she scarcely knew, Victoria felt a
wave of doubt and evil forboding as she
entered her new home, White Cloud.
The Grandolets were a proud family,
filled with tradition, and with the mystery
of a tragedy surrounding them. Before
Victoria came to White Cloud, she was
unaware of its traditions and mysteries
but she soon became acquainted with
them and realized that she had to solve
and master the attendant problems if she
was to be the mistress of the household.
The account of the transformation of her
personality to the driving force that en
abled her to become even more of a
Southern aristocrat than the Grandolets
makes and keeps the reader interested.
Victoria Grandolet is a novel that util
izes all of the autljor’s “knowledge of
the human mind and heart.” You will
surely enjoy every moment of this thrill
ing story because in relating it “he has
created a character that is like no other
in American literature, and has written
a study of a woman’s mind as exciting as
and much more convincing than a super
thriller.”
Colorado Poetry Society
Announces Contest
The Poetry Society of Colorado an
nounces its Fourth Annual Nation-wide
Contest for unpublished poems on the
American Scene. The poet may select
his own subject, keeping in mind that
this contest is being conducted to stimu
late creative writing which will further
the American ideals of democracy and
should be written upon topics of today.
Poems will be judged on originality, ad
herence to theme, and technique. Poems,
any form, must not exceed 50 lines. Five
cash prizes will be awarded.
Any student interested in participating
in this contest is asked to see Dr. Herod,
head of the English Department.