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CAMPUS MIRROR
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DO YOO KNOW THAT-
University Center Convo
cation
The Second University Center Convo
cation was held in Sisters Chapel on
January 16 at 3:30 p.m. This gathering
is sponsored by Atlanta University, At
lanta University School of Social Work,
Clark College, Gammon Theological
Seminary, Morehouse, Morris Brown, and
Spelman Colleges, all of which were well
represented by their students and faculty
members.
The first of these convocations was held
October 18. 1943, in the University Quad
rangle in front of the Atlanta University
Library. These assemblies furnish one of
the evidences of the plan of the spon
sors to cooperate in the development of
a significant center for the higher educa
tion of Negroes under the leadership of
Atlanta University.
The speaker at the Second University
Center Convocation was Dr. Luther Wes
ley Smith, Executive Secretary of the
Northern Baptist Board of Education. Dr.
Smith is a prominent Baptist clergyman,
a graduate of Harvard College and New
ton Theological Institute. For his achieve
ments he was honored by Syracuse Uni
versity in 1938 with the degree of Doc
tor of Divinity. A trustee of Colgate-
Rochester Divinity School and Keuka
College, Dr. Smith is also executive sec
retary of the American Baptist Publica
tion Society.
Dr. Smith’s “March for Christ” was
an extremely interesting and informative
speech. He raised the question of Ameri
can youth on the march and the place
of the church in guiding the direction
in which they march. “Will it be for
some demagogue, as in Europe, or will
it be for Christ and the Church?” Chris
tian leaders will determine the direction
of this march. He closed his talk with
the following quotation: “Live then for
the things worth dying for; for the only
Platter Chatter
This is the season of high spirits!
Christmas has come and gone and it will
he another twelve months before any
signs of Santa appear again. Well, it was
grand and we still have loads of wonder
ful memories to live on from now un
til - - - -. Lucia Kelly, Dora Kennedy
and Alfreda Wooden, all heartily agree
with us - - - - Yes indeed! Do 1 hear an
echo??? No — it isn't an echo, it’s just
another hearty agreement voiced by Bar
bara Sparks. Barbara spent her vaca
tion with an aunt and uncle who reside
in the great metropolis of Orangeburg.
South Carolina. Now don't tell me you’ve
never heard of Orangeburg. Why, that’s
the most promising “little” town in South
Carolina. If you don't comprehend, well,
just see Barbara. She’s well informed
now that she has visited there.
Edith Johnson, Lois Blayton, Helen
Bridges and “Van” Bronseaux chose the
long journey “nawth-ward.” If presump
tions are permissible, then 1 may pre
sume that the glitter of the bright lights
isn’t what it used to he. Nevertheless,
they were at home — and what could be
more wonderful? Ruth Jackson, who
hails from Arkansas, said it seemed as
if she had had to about face and retrace
tracks as soon as she reached home,
but she got in a few hasty hellos in the
course of her breezing in and out. Mar
ian Clark had said before the vacation
that Christmas just wouldn't he Christ
mas unless she was at home. So her
Christmas was Christmas, after all. be
cause she spent the holidays in ol’ Chi
cago. Eunice Jackson says Anniston is
still Anniston, but the weather fooled her
this time. Even she got caught in the
clutches of “Jack Frost.” Rosalyn Dani
els returned to the ol’ campus telling a
queer story about mice. Don’ know ex
actly where such biological specimens
fit into her young life but perhaps if
we capitalize that word it would take on
a different meaning. Mice????? - - - -
And with the New Year come new
things-—We were reminded of this fact
when “Tina” Latson received her “V”
mail. Yes, we’re standing on the brink
of a New Year, peering and straining
our eyes, trying to get a glimpse of the
cards Fate holds for us. If only we
could — but, we can’t. And so, we don’
interfere with life’s pattern but go on
living by it, enjoying its sweets, regret
ting its sorrows—always hoping for bet
ter tomorrows.
things worth dying for are the things
worth living for.”
The music for the occasion was furn
ished by the Morris Brown Glee Club, a
Clark soloist, and the Atlanta University-
Spelman-Morehouse Chorus.