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2 CAMPUS MIRROR THE CAMPUS MIRROR The Student's Own Publication “SERVICE IIS UNITY” THE CAMPUS MIRROR STAFF E<litor-in-Chief Lois Blayton Associate Editors Ella Lett Charlie McNeil News Editor Mary English Associate News Editors Narvis Smith Eleanor Bryson Special Feature Editors Ida Kilpatrick Myrene Grey Edith Johnson Humor and Sports Editor Anita Lewis Social Editor Madeline Patterson Art Editors Mary Parks Ethel Boykin Music Editors Vivian White Rebecca Jackson BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Doris Beverly Secretaries ..Charlotte Arnold Fannie Dukes Eursala Buford Geraldine Phillips Treasurer Amanda Keith Exchange Editor Charlotte Gunn Circulation Editor Harriet Myers Advertising Managers Clara Yates Charlotte Cochran 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. XXII April, 1945 No. 7 Editorial Every Spelman woman should be well acquainted with the history and the per sonalities connected with the history of her college. April 11 is a memorable event in all of our lives, as it was on this day in 1881 that Miss Sophia B. Packard and M iss Harriet E. Giles founded the institution. These two women ventured into unexplored land to invest their lives and fortune in a venture hitherto un tried. the education of Negro women. It was in 1881 that The Atlanta Bap tist Female Seminary was founded in the basement of Friendship Baptist Church, during the pastorate of Father Frank Quarles. The school in the base ment and, later, in the old barracks and army hospital, the latter called Union Hall, often lacked funds, yet it never lacked the courage and faith of which Miss Packard and Miss Giles had even greater need. The growing interest spread. The number of people who were willing to give moral support and funds increased rapidly in the North. With eleven stu dents as their first material, the founders began the investment. As time passed the school grew, the curriculum broad ened and the progressive institution at tracted more and more attention. As a result. The Atlanta Baptist Female Semi nary became Spelman Seminary in 1883. Through the active interest of the Rocke feller family a number of halls were erected from time to time including what is now the administration building, which was named Rockefeller Hall; Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Fourth Annual Art Exhibit The fourth Annual Art Exhibit, spon sored by Atlanta University, features oil paintings, water colors, sculpture and prints from over seventy-five artists. Mr. Walter Pach, internationally famous artist, author and critic, served as a one man jury. The $300 International Print Society award was won by John Wilson of Bos ton, Massachusetts, winner of three pre vious awards. The title of the painting is “Portrait of Clair.” The John Hope Purchase Award of $250 for the best landscape was won by Private Henry Bannarn of Minneapolis, Minnesota, for his oil painting of “Winter Sports.” Other prize winners were Frederick C. Flemister, Atlanta University Purchase Award for “Self Portrait”; Robert Willis, Atlanta University Purchase Award for his water color “Pacific Movement”; Marjorie Wheeler Brown, Atlanta Uni versity Purchase Award of $75 for her water color “The City Is a Pattern”; Jennelsie Walden, Atlanta University Purchase Award of $15 for her litho graph “In a World Alone.” The four last named have all been students of Hale Woodruff; and the last two, Mar jorie Wheeler Brown and Jennelsie Wal den, are graduates of Spelman College. Sculpture awards went to Sgt. William E. Artis for his plaster titled “African Youth,” and to Richard Barthe fom.his head in stone which he calls “Faun." Honorable mention went to Charles Austin Brice of Jamaica, New York; Frank H. Alston, Jr., of Washington, D. C., and to Ellis Wilson, of New York. Hall, which houses the home economics laboratories; Bessie Rockefeller Strong, a dormitory, named for a sister of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.; and Sisters Chapel, a memorial to Mrs. Laura Spelman Rockefeller and her sister, Miss Lucy Spelman. The largest increase in number of buildings was made during the term of President Lucy Hale Tapley, whose peri od of service to Spelman covered thirty- seven years. It was during her adminis tration that the dedication service of Sisters Chapel was performed on May 19, 1927. This same year brought our fourth president in the person of Miss Florence Matilda Read, and so it is that the present Spelman has come, an insti tution noted, among other things, as being the first Negro college for women, for its top rating, and for the excellence of the all-ronud as well as the specialized training given to Negro womanhood. Sociology Dr. E. Franklin Frazier, Chairman of the Department of Sociology at Howard University, was the visiting professor to the department of sociology in Atlanta University during the week of April 15th. The Forum was held Wednesday eve ning of that week at 7:30 P.M. in the exhibition room of the Atlanta Univer sity Library. Dr. Frazier discussed The Role oj the Family in Creating Inter racial Understanding. “The family, said Dr. Frazier, “because of its primary relationships has a profound influence upon the attitudes of its members regard-' ing other racial groups.” The legal re strictions which the state once exerted and the institutional controls of tin* larg er community are no longer the domin ant factors in the life of the family. The decline of legal and institutional direction was brought about by the changes in the organization of the family, especially by the weakening of the patriarchal type of home organiza tion. The “in-group” feeling of face-to- face relationships within the family cir cle fosters racial and cultural exclusive ness. Dr. Frazier did not offer any solution for the problem but stated that new situations would enable the family to in corporate new attitudes which in turn might bring about a greater and better understanding in the future. Dr. Frazier lectured for a short time and then opened the meeting for dis cussion. The response was enthusiastic and the audience seemed to enjoy their participation. Dr. Frazier, with eloquent and forceful explanations, subdued any one who attempted to confuse him. The students in the seminar class have profited a great deal by the opportunity to hear and discuss with authorities in a particular field the problems that have arisen as a result of their readings and classroom discussions in those specific areas. Seventh War Loan May 14 Through June 30 War Bonds Bring Security To The Future.