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Campus Mirror
Published During the College Year by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
Vol. XXII NOVEMBER. 1945 No. 2
Miss Maroon and White
Thanksgiving
Victory Hymn
“For victory, we thank Thee, 0 our God,
For strength, and courage and de
termined will.
To fight for freedom, justice, brother
hood,
To draw the sword against demonic foes,
That knew no law save that of brutal
might,
And showed no pity, had no sense of
right.
How great the cost in cruel pain and
grief.
In hitter tears, in agony of soul;
What precious hopes were blasted,
treasures spent,
What noble acts performed, what glori
ous deeds,
What horrors dread endured by heroes
slain,
That peace, sweet peace might live on
earth again!
In penitence for sin, we, contrite, bow;
For national sins we pray to be for
given —
Our lust of power, our selfishness, and
greed.
In gratitude we thankful voices raise.
That thunder of the guns has ceased,
dear Lord,
That now is silver-sheathed the bloody
sword.
God of the nations, hearken to our
prayer:
On wounds still tender pour Thy heal
ing balm,
Divinely comfort those who mourn the
dead.
And guide us into paths of lasting peace.
No more let mankind feel Thy chasten
ing rod;
Shower mercy on Thy people, dear
God! ”
—Harold Garnet Black
Journal of NEA
Have you rendered your thanks to the
Almighty God for all His blessings? Is
one penny of yours being contributed
towards the happiness of someone less
fortunate than you?
HATTIE MARIE PARKS
Miss Maroon and White
Sunday, November 4, the announce
ment of Miss “Maroon and White” and
her attendants was made known to the
interested public.
The chosen queen to reign over the
Morehouse College Homecoming game
November 24 is Miss Hattie Marie Parks,
attractive Junior at Spelman College.
M iss Parks is a native Atlantan and is
the winsome daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. Walter Parks. She is a popular mem
ber of the young social set of Atlanta
and Art Editor of the Campus Mirror
staff.
Miss “Maroon and White’s” attendants
are Misses Mattiwilda Dobbs and John
nie Hogg.
Miss Dobbs is a Senior at Spelman
College and the comely daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Wesley Dobbs. She is a
native of Atlanta and is known for her
beautiful singing voice.
Miss Johnnie Hogg is a Senior at Spel
man and is the president of the Spelman
Student Body. She is the attractive
daughter of Mrs. Estella Hogg and is a
native of LaGrange, Georgia.
— And So We Live
Eleanor Lutia Ison, ’48
A year and a half of a new life in a
new world, and now we stand seventy-five
strong, looking forward to all those
things that man looks forward to in his
youth. Each day, each hour, w’e become
more mature, more seasoned, more en
riched. Now we gradually, but most as
suredly, approach the shores of the great
wilderness of adulthood, leaving behind
us the mild sea of drifting, buoyant child
hood.
Yesterday, we were wrapped in a world
of lullabies, fairy tales, bubble gum. and
Santa Claus. We experienced all of the
“firsts” and “musts” that are distinct
points in each girl’s eye — our first high
heels, our first date, and our first formal
gown. As yesterday’s evening drew on,
we grew anxious and expectant; we
longed to peer into the dazzling tomor
row. the tomorrow that waited after high
school graduation.
Tomorrow came; it is now — today.
Our world does not center itself around us
alone. It is broader and more inclusive.
It includes our friends, students of other
colleges, our state, our nation, the world.
We feel ourselves expand, and we realize
it is a new day. We remember, too, that
yesterday we had looked forward to this
period, and we had planned. We find that
the time is not yet ripe for our plans to
materialize — there is so much more than
we dreamed could be, and we are fain
to depart from the mild sea to the dark
wilderness before us. Yes, we are eager—
but not afraid, and we will depart from
the sea, choosing our paths through the
dense forest of life.
So speak the hearts of the Sophomore
Class of 1945-46 — with fervent spirits
and confident minds.
Give to God and Man according to
the dictates of your own conscience,
through the Thanksgiving drive now in
progress on the Spelman College campus.