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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 (Continued on Page 3) 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 (Continued on Page 5) "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.