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CAMPUS MIRROR
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My Brother and I
Lucilf. Worford, ’47
Today a letter came for me
From an army camp far overseas.
The letter opened with “Dear Sis,
I'm longing for the things I've missed.
Although I'm here where things aren t
right
From reminiscence I get delight.
1 think of the things that we both did
When we were only little kids.
“Yes, Sis, we’ve had our ups and downs,
We’ve had our laughs, our tears, our
frowns.
Tomorrow 1 11 be home with you,
We’ll do the things we used to do.
Probably things w T on’t be the same,
I shall have suffered many pains,
But just to be home again!
I shall have that for which I’ve longed."
Morehouse North Has
Hallowe’en Party
One of the most delightful (and surely
one of the craziest) parties occurring this
year was the pre-Hallowe’en party the
Juniors and Seniors in Morehouse North
gave on October 27th. The party (a
tacky one) got off to a whiz-bang success
as contestants tripped down the stairs
to the reception room in cosumes of every
make and description. Most of these were
really ingenious. Catherine Wilson
brought howls of laughter in her special
ty, a baby blue dress worn over a longer
beige one complete with pocketbook,
gloves, and hat of the sauciest design.
Charlotte Arnold was quite a scream in
a very brief scarlet skirt topped with a
yellow (and what a yellow) blouse, plus
scads of costume jewelry (even around
the ankles), high heels, and a perky
parasol. Gwen Davis was very much a
woman of the world in a yellow over-the-
eye hat, a green dress adorned with huge
blue detachable pockets, red high heeled
lizard pumps, and blue socks. Clara
Yates wore a bouffant starched evening
skirt over blue striped shorts with a Kelly
green jacket from the back of which
dangled a poster. Then there was the
young lady who wore blousy pantaloons,
silk stockings, and tennis shoes. Another
looked very much the double for the
Shadow or Fu Manchu in a voluptuous
cape with a jewel-studdied turhan in navy
taffeta over a pleated playsuit of lime
green taffeta. Prize winner was Alyce
Smith who, bedecked completely in
scarfs, looked quite like an oriental
Miss (or better, mistake). Over her black
tresses Alice had draped a bright red
scarf. Numerous scarfs of various hue
covered the torso, ending in a bulging
side drape. To complete the costume
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Queen and Attendants
(Left to Right) JOHNNIE HOGG, HATTIE
PARKS and MATTIWILDA DOBBS
Intercollegiate Dance
Long has Morehouse College been
affiliated with our college both through
the administrations and in social affairs.
Therefore, it was like enjoying the pleas
ure of meeting with old friends for many
of the Spelmanites to accept an invitation
to a dance held in the Morehouse “Gym”
on October 20, 1945.
For as long as a week before the dance,
the Atlanta University Library hummed
with talk of the coming event. On our
campus, the girls, always alert, took on
new interest in fashion magazines and
such. The questions of escorts and of
what to wear became the high lights of
table conversations.
The night proved to be one of those
made to order with the sky full of moon
and stars. Promptly at eight o’clock, we,
the guests, arrived. The “gym” was dec
orated with the banners of our two
schools, fraternity plaques, and soft
lights. The music was furnished by the
Morehouse College band, and especially
extra special were the vocal solos by
William “The Voice” Bailey.
At intermission time the football play
ers were cheered as they came to the
center of the floor. Following this each
fraternity sang. Later, dormitory contro
versies arose over which “frat song
would take first place. There is no
doubt, though, that the Morehouse Hymn
was the most beautiful song of the dance.
All too soon the music ended on an
other of the intercollegiate events, which
help to make our college life so com
plete. We should like more of them.
Senior President
SUSIE MAYS
The Senior Dance
With all the hurry and flurry of these
luscious autumn days, with papers due,
exams pending, with the excitement of
football games, October 20th was a day
of very special significance to the seniors,
for that w r as the day of the senior formal,
the first this year, in Morehouse North
and South. Y’ou can imagine something
of the enthusiastic preparation as the
seniors anticipated this date. Fall twigs,
spicy pine, and chrysanthemums, thanks
to Mr. Bullock, were decoratively ar
ranged about the reception rooms, last
minute details were looked after by the
various committees, and even more ex
citing, flouncy formals were lifted from
the obscurity of moth bags.
The party itself was a very pretty one.
The sundry tulles, marquisettes, taffe
tas, and organdies formed picturesque
patterns against the bright autumn foli
age. In the lobby of Morehouse North
Mrs. Lyons, together with the senior
housemothers, M iss Ruttkay, Mrs. Simp
son, and Mrs. Hamilton, the latter pret
ty in a corsage presented her by the
seniors in her dormitory, received the
Morehouse men and their guests for the
evening. A most enjoyable evening of
dancing followed, ended all too soon by
the ten o’clock bell.
English Club
Sara Braswell, ’48
The first meeting of the English Club
was held in the reception room of Bessie
Strong Hall Friday, October 19. The
club was organized under the sponsor
ship of Mr. 1 homas, Miss Johnstone, and
Miss Perkins. Miss Charlie MacNeil was
elected president. Mr. Thomas gave a
brief outline of some of the things the
English Club would be doing this year.
One of the aims of this club is to better
acquaint its members with contemporary
literary works. It also aims to create
new interests in literature so that we
may widen our horizon and be well read.