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Campus Mirror
Published During the College Year by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
Vol. XXII JANUARY, 1946 No. 4
Mademoiselle Bouillon Speaks
in Chapel
“I had no intention of being sent to
a German Concentration Camp!”
So spoke Mademoiselle Francine
Bouillon of Paris on December 3 when
she appeared in Sisters Chapel to talk
.on student relief needs throughout the
■world in behalf of the World Student
Service Fund.
“I had been a member of the Maquis,
the French underground movement.
Many students had joined the Maquis.
I had been a student at the University
of Paris where I studied ancient langu
ages. I joined the active resistance group
and was made a liaison agent. My work
took me in many parts of France. I used
assumed names. We requisitioned food,
autos and arms. After D-Day we enlisted
men. One day, some boys from our
Maquis camp in the mountains saw three
German soldiers on the highway in front
of them. They opened fire, not knowing
that a battalion of German troops were
nearby. The Maquis were captured and
beaten. One hoy was forced to lead the
Germans to our camp. We were taken
by surprise. The Germans opened fire
as soon as they came in view of our
camp. I was captured with two boys,
one of whom had been wounded. We
were taken to German headquarters at
Pontarlier where we were questioned.
We were kept in prison there for two
days after which we were moved to
Besancon, Gestapo headquarters in that
part of France.
“I was given a cell with two other
French girl-. We had little to eat. What
food we did get was cabbage and beans
and it was often so bad that we had to
throw it out in spite of our hunger. We
were not allowed outside of our cell at
any time except to empty the dinette.’
Our cell smelled foully because of the
July heat and lack of modern sanitary
facilities. The old German woman who
guarded us know only one word in
French dinette.’ We soon began call
ing her ‘Madame Tinette.' The window
in our cell was high and small and we
were not permitted to look out of it. We
often took th«- risk though, and filled our
lungs with fresh air and caught a
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Head of Spelman Nursery
School Dies in Atlanta
MISS REED
M iss Pearlie E. Reed, head of the
Spelman College Nursery School and a
pioneer in Childhood Education in the
South, died in Atlanta on Wednesday,
December 5, after a brief illness. Her
death came as a great shock to her many
friends and co-workers. Miss Reed had
been at her post at the Nursery School
until November 28; and had been indis
posed in her room on the campus until
December 5, when she was taken to the
Dwelle Hospital where she died.
The deceased had been head of the
Nursery School at Spelman since 1930,
one year after the affiliation of Atlanta
University, Morehouse College and Spel
man College and the organization of the
Laboratory School of which the Nursery
School was a part. She organized the
School which has attracted wide atten
tion of educators not only from the
United States but from a number of for
eign countries. Indicative of Miss Reed's
pioneering in the field is the fact that
the Hampton and Bennett College Nurs
ery Schools, both considered top-flight
in the-South, have as directors young
women who received their training in the
field under her at Spelman College. In
addition to supervising the program at
Spelman College, the deceased served on
the faculty of the Atlanta University
School of Education as a specialist in
child development.
Miss Reed had her high school educa
tion at Fort \ alley. She was graduated
from Fisk University in 1926 with the
degree of bachelor of arts, and from the
University of Cincinnati in 1935 with the
degree of master of arts. She also had
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"O Holy Night”
Gertrude Davis, ‘48
In keeping with the spirit of Yuletide,
the Sunday School Council presented a
special Christmas program entitled 0
Holy Night.
A piano-violin duet with Madeline Hol
der at the piano and Rosetta Wimberly
on the violin gave the setting for the
program.
The call to worship was given By
Muriel Corrin, followed by the ever-
popular Christmas hymn, 0 Come All
Ye Faithful, sung by the congregation.
Eleanor Williams read the Christmas
scripture and offered prayer. A resolu
tion for governing personal behavior dur
ing the holiday season w r as given by
Theodosia Washington.
The Christmas story was a play in
pantomine, with a group of students
robed in white as angels, carrying lighted
candles, acting as the narrator. Fitting
carols by a selected chorus were inter
woven into the acting.
The play consisted of four scenes:
"The Holy Family,” “Shepherds Abid
ing in the Field,” “Away in a Manger,”
and “The Wise Men.”
Those participating in the play were
as follows: Dorothy Charlton, Mary; Al
berta Jones, Joseph; Ethel Boykin. Daisy
King, Adele Del Pino, and Daisy Phina-
zee, shepherds; Lydia Jones, Yvonne
Ketchum. Josephine Larkins, and Lula
Phillips, angels; Audrey Daniels, Ger
trude Davis, Charlie Lovett. Wise Men.
Candle-lighting service. Mary Tatum,
Irene Atcherson, Wilhelmina Wilson.
Mrs. Eunice Miller. Esther Perrin.
Theresa Smith, Darlyne Atkinson, and
Susie Mays.
At the close of the play Maxine Baker,
superintendent, pronounced the benedic
tion.
The Sunday School classes, as usual,
remembered those less fortunate than
themselves by contributing generously
to special Christmas gift packages pre
pared for individual children in the
Herndon Day Nursery, an institution car
ing for children of working mothers in
the low income bracket.