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CAMPUS MIRROR
Spelman College Glee Club
Presented in Concert
For the first time in the experience of
the present college generation, the Spel
man College Glee Club rendered a for
mal concert away from the campus. It
was presented at the Wheat Street Bap
tist Church on Thursday evening, Janu
ary 13, 1944, under the sponsorship of
the Atlanta-Spelman Club. Since this was
its first such presentation, the Glee Club
was eager to surpass its already enviable
record. In order to accomplish this, Mr.
James, the director, and Mrs. Stivers, the
accompanist, w r orked tirelessly with the
students in rehearsals. Whether this be
the cause or not, the concert was truly
one of their best.
The program began with a group of
numbers by the Glee Club 0 Praise Ye
the Name of the Lord, Tschaikowsky;
The Lord’s Prayer, Mallotte-Deis; and
two beautiful Christmas Carols that
transcend the bounds of season and be
come good music for the entire year,
ll hile By My Sheep, and Slumber, My
Dove. Interspersed between selections
by the Glee Club were soloists: Amanda
Keith, who sang Morning, by Speaks;
Faustina Hall, Homing, by Del Riego;
Mattiwilds Dobbs, Ah! Love But A Day,
by Beach; Mae Belle Finch, A May
Morning. The Spelman Quartet sang
Matthews’ A Persian Serenade. Two of
the most talented piano students on the
campus, Jacquelyn Warren and Eunice
Jackson, rendered intricate but melodi
ous selections. The soloists were received
with great appreciation by the audience.
The program continued with the Glee
Club singing: Now Rest Beneath Night’s
Shadows, Dett; Mountains, Pasbach; My
Darling’s Wandered W estward, and Afri
can Dance Song, Wendt. A group of
spirituals concluded the evening’s enter
tainment. Our Glee Club, with its ex
cellent group of low voices, is famed for
its rendition of spirituals. Over in Zion,
Now We Take Dis Feeble Body, You
Gonna’ Reap Jes’ What You Sow and
Jonah were tributes to Mr. James’ abili
ty as an arranger.
The members of the Glee Club, while
waiting for the photographer to adjust
his apparatus, began spontaneously to
sing. Herein lies the secret of their suc
cess. Our young women love to express
themselves in song, the music they pro
duce emanates from within.
May this New Year bring you
more prosperity and happiness
than all the other years have
brought. — The Campus Mirror
Staff.
What Do You Think of
Spelman?
The students of Spelman get into deep
conversations about many things — as all
students do. In the course of an eve
ning’s discussion, the question often
arises as to the concensus of opinion
about Spelman, their Alma Mater, the
administration, the faculty, and the stu
dent body. The session becomes lively
as this student and that dramatically
presents her views. The pluses and the
minuses are well argued and usually a
conclusion is reached similar to the one
stated by a graduate of Spelman in one
of her recent letters to a Sophomore:
“How do you like Spelman? I think
it is a wonderful place. The happiest
years of my life were the four years I
was at Spelman.. I just love it. It has
many good points but I think the best
one is the recognition the Spelman stu
dents receive when they go out into the
different walks of life. When people dis
cover you are from Spelman. everything
is 0. K.
“You will find complaints among the
Morehouse Freshmen Enter
tain Spelman and More
house Students
On the night of December 4, 1943, his
tory was made. For the first time in our
experience a class of Morehouse fresh
men sponsored a social affair and by in
vitation young ladies from Spelman were
allowed to attend. For this reason, if
for none other, the memory will remain
with those who attended as that of an
outstanding event.
The occasion was enjoyed as an eve
ning of chatting, dancing, good punch
and good music.
If we consider the reputation that the
freshmen have already established there
are good reasons for expecting more good
news concerning them in the future.
students but they wouldn’t be real honest-
to-goodness students if they didn’t com
plain. The atmosphere at Spelman, I
think, is congenial, and the students and
teachers are very nice. . .