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9 THE CAMPUS MIRROR The Students' Own Publication "SERVICE IN UNITY" THE CAMPUS MIRROR STAFF Editor-in-Chief Nina Charlton Associate Editors-in-Chief Catherine Acklin Charlie W. McNeill News Editor Gwendolyn Harrison Associate News Editors Evangeline Few Marguerite Pearson Sports and Jokes Carolyn Taylor Music Editor _ Dora Kennedy Social Editor Madeline Patterson Art Editors - . Geneva Higgins Mary Parks Ethel Boykin Lois Blayton Special Features ,.. Ida Kilpatrick BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Ella Lett Circulation Manager. Del Alexa Eagan Treasurer Charlotte Linder Secretaries Marie Lauray Barbara Mosley Marion Edwards Advertising Manager. Eleanor Milton Exchange Editor ... . Lelabelle Freeman Faculty Advisor Claudia White Harreld SUBSCRIPTION RATES 75 cents a year, 10 cents a copy, 40 cents a semester—Postage 2 cents a copy 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 CAMPUS MIRROR 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.