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C A M P U S M I HR 0 R
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Platter Chatter
Madki.ink Pattkrson, ’45
Only a few more weeks now and we ll
all he saying “So long" to Spelman and
our many friends. Well, it has been
another great year . Our scrap-book of
memoirs is indeed richer and our goal
is not as far distant as it has been. Some
over-anxious freshmen are saying. “It’s
not as long as it has been nor as short
as it could he." Well, kiddies, just about
twenty-eight more months for you. that's
all.
Uh! Huh! Remember when we said
that those freshmen at Morehouse really
had some class—?? All doubt should
be erased now that you have witnessed
the “Frosh Revue"—. Our hopes are
high for the class of "47 at Morehouse.
Keep up the good work. boys.
So, Founder’s Day has come and gone
for another year. And — laurels to the
Juniors for such a fine showing. They
have really established a precedent that
classes of ensuing years are going to
have to come up to and surpass. Ah —
and something new has been added. A
class song contest. Orchids to the Seniors
for so proudly walking off with first prize
and to the Freshmen for coming out
second. So the judges say—. All of the
songs had their virtues but those of the
Sen iors and Freshmen were adjudged
worthy of the two prizes.
Well — until the next time, so-long,
and don’t miss the Dance-Recital pre
sented by the Spelman College Dance
Work Shop.
Good-bye, Now,
(P. C.)
Suthern Recital
Spelman College presented Orrin Clay
ton Suthern II. in an organ recital on a
Friday evening during March in Sisters
Chapel. Mr. Suthern. director of the
music department of Bennett College in
Greensboro, North Carolina, is one of
the most interesting of present day Negro
organists, having both a large technical
equipment and a wddely varied repertoire.
The program began with a group of
Bach selections for the organ, Tocata
and Fugue in D Minor, Jesu, Joy of
Man's Desiring, and Prelude and Fugue
in A Minor. A delightful note w r as in
jected into the performance by the play
ing of Dreams by Stoughton. The Filers
by d'Andrien. and Cantilene Pastoral by
Guilmant. The last composition depicted
a charming scene from rural life in pre
war France.
Several numbers by Cesar Franck, the
renowned composer and organist, were
included in the program. Chorale in A
Minor, Cantabile and Piece Heroique.
All were notably rich in inspiration and
brilliantly executed.
The University Players
Score Again
On Friday, April 21, the University
Players surprised its audience with the
first performance of a play entirely dif
ferent from any of its former presenta
tions, one of the distinguishing char
acteristics of which was its subject mat
ter. Cry Havoc, a three-act play by
Allen R. Kenward. is based upon the
dramatic role that thirteen women play
in the heroic defense of Bataan. The
scene is an old remodeled dugout where
the American nurses live. Only three of
them have any empirical knowledge of
the perils and hardships that must be
faced on the battle-front. The others,
civilian volunteers from various walks of
life, have come to help in whatever way
possible, their only weapon against the
harsh realities of war being their ardent
patriotism. In spite of the extremely
serious tone of the play there are, sprin
kled throughout the dialogue, amusing
quips and witticisms which serve to
lighten the atmosphere. The birth of a
baby to a native woman in the dugout
adds a touch of humanism. Knowledge
of the fact that there is a Nazi spy among
the women supplies the element of sus
pense.
The play was a moving, forceful drama
which caught and held the attention of
the audience throughout. The psycho
logical effect produced, when the identity
of the real German spy became evident,
was marked. The absolute silence main
tained by the audience during the last
scene showed that the full dramatic im
pact of the action was felt.
Significant is the fact that the entire
cast and crew of technicians were women.
The former included: Ella Tyree, Bar
bara Warren, Rebecca Guyton, Zenia
Purcell. Virginia Tillman, Mary Martin,
Ernestine Latson, Gwendolyn Cooper,
Barbara Mosley, Maureen Jordan, Cleo
Ingram, Eleanor Blackshear and Roberta
Arnold.
The technicians were: Gwendolyn
Hinsley. Mary L. Smith. Nina Charlton,
Anita Lewis, Gussie Turner. Barbara
Lockett, Bobbie Latimer, Carolyn Tay
lor, and Lois Blayton, who designed the
setting.
The play was directed by W. Frances
Perkins, assisted by Dr. Herod and Mrs.
Thomas.
Cry Havoc, the best play of the
year 1943-44, was the last of the season.
Evidently the audience heartily en
joyed the performance. When the listed
program was finished, it seemed intent
on exhausting Mr. Suthern’s reserve re
pertoire with enthusiastic requests for
encores.
Atlanta Spelman Club
Sponsors Broadcast
Thanks to the untiring efforts of the
president of the Atlanta Spelman Club.
Mrs. Julia Pate Borders, Spelman Col
lege was able to begin her Founder's
Day celebration with a broadcast on
Tuesday night, April 4, at 10:30 P.M.,
CWT, over station WGST. The program
originated in Howe Memorial Hall.
Mrs. Borders gave a short talk prefac
ing the program on which President Read
spoke and the Glee Club sang. Presi
dent Read's speech was very informative,
giving in as much detail as time allowed
the history of Spelman and of her gradu
ates and their notable achievements. The
Glee Club gave a highly satisfactory per
formance, singing two groups of songs,
most of which were spirituals. As an in
troduction the group sang Fair Spelman
and concluded the program with the
Spelman Hymn.
After the broadcast representatives of
the March of Time made a record of the
voices and of the “faces’’ in the Glee Club.
Do You Know Your Campus?
(Answers to Quiz in March Issue)
1. The magnolia on the west of the walk
between Rockefeller and Packard
was planted by the class of 1888.
2. The water oak between Reynolds
Cottage and Sister Chapel was plant
ed hy the college class of 1901.
3. Giles Hall was first used for the
practice school for the students in
elementary education, called the
Teachers Professional Course, with
dormitories on the top floor.
4. The east driveway was Leonard
Street, ending near what is now the
northern end of Morehouse Hall.
5. The campus was once a part of a
race track.
6. Bessie Strong was built for the pur
pose of housing nurses taking train
ing at McVicar Hospital.
7. “A mile of violets and a mile of
roses” referred to those plants that
once were planted inside the fence
around the entire campus, a gift
that proved too expensive to keep up.
8. The sculpture studio once housed the
big wheel that generated electricity
for the buildings on the campus.
9. The large wild rose bush near the
front of Reynolds Cottage was
trained on the fence that marked the
southern campus boundary.
10. Chadwick Hall was built for an or
phanage.
11. Howe Hall was first called Howe
Memorial Chapel.
12. Sisters Chapel was named in honor
of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller. Sr.,
and her sister, Miss Lucy Maria
Spelman. the Spelman sisters.