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Campus Mirror
Published During the College Year by the Students of Spelman College. Atlanta. Georgia
Vol. XXII
Founders Day
Catherine Burney, '46
April 11, 1946. the sixty-fifth year of
Spelman College’s existence to the day,
was celebrated with tremendous success
despite the threatening weather.
The program of events began on the
afternoon of Saturday. April 6. when the
Atlanta Spelman Graduates Club spon
sored its third consecutive Founders’
Day broadcast. Mrs. Mexico Hembree
Micklebury, president of the club, pre
sided and the Spelman Glee Club partici
pated in making the broadcast an inter
esting one. Miss Read delivered a brief
address on the history of the college, the
struggles and sacrifices made to make
this institution what it is today, its pres
ent status, and hope for the future.
Next on the program of events were
the morning exercises which were to
have taken place on the center campus at
ten o’clock Thursday morning. At nine-
thirty. however, it began to rain steadily
and all hope for a performance seemed
shattered. The Physical Education De
partment. making the best of the situa
tion, presented the exercises very success
fully indoors, on the fourth floor of
Giles Hall.
The most exciting event was yet in
store for us, that of the reports of gifts
and the decoration of the memorial tab
lets. We all gathered in Howe Hall with
pent up emotions and great anticipation.
Reports of the college organizations, fac
ulty and staff, alumnae and friends were
made, and then the great and momentous
ones of the contributions from the four
college classes. The results were won
derful. The total received up to the
time of the rally was S4.410.27.
Next came the Granddaughters of Spel
man who always pay a serious and im
pressive tribute to the founders of this
our college.
I he climax of our Founders' Day ac-
tinvities came with the formal exercises
held in Sisters Chapel at 3:00 P.M. The
speaker of the occasion was Dr. Jackson
Davis. Associate Director <>f the General
Education Board.
Dr. Jackson told us of his varied inter
ests and experiences, of the schools in
Africa, of modern trends in that country
and of the grant! job that the mission-
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APRIL, 1946
The Art Exhibit
June Wade, ’47
On March 31st the Atlanta University
Exhibition Gallery was the scene of one
of the outstanding events of the college
year.
For the fifth year an exhibition of
paintings, sculpture and prints by Ne
gro artists was presented for those who
love and appreciate aesthetic values.
The guest speaker for this affair was
Mr. Roland McKinney, the director of
the Pepsi-Cola Art Competition.
Many visiting artists were also pres
ent to witness the exhibition. They in
clude Mr. William E. Artis of New
York, Mr. Franklin M. Shands of Ox
ford. Ohio, Mr. Samuel Countee of New
York, and Mr. Numa Rousseve from the
art department of Xavier University,
New Orleans, Louisiana.
Prizes were awarded for the best oil
paintings, water colors, sculptures and
prints. The jury of selection consisted
of Mr. Robert Rogers, Mr. Julian Harris,
and Mr. Hale Woodruff.
The prize winning oil paintings were:
“Two Alone’’ by Charles White, “East
River" by Joseph Delaney, and “Allen”
by Ellis W ilson. The Second LIniversity
Purchase Award will be determined by
popular ballot.
In water color, prizes were won for
“Before The Rains Came’’ by Leonard
Cooper, and “Back Way” by Franklin
M. Shands.
Sculpture prizes were awarded for
“The Angry Christ” by Richard Barthe.
and “Young Girl” by Elizabeth Catlett.
"Hope for the Future” by Charles
’White, “Dead Tree" by Wilmer Jennings,
and “Pickets’ by Royde Carava were
the prize-winning prints.
Two photographers spent a busy af
ternoon snapping pictures of the large
*nd enthusiastic crowd. Many people
came to see the art works contributed
by students of the Atlanta University-
System. Oil paintings were submitted
by Chester Paige of Clark. Mary Jeanne
Parks of Spelman, Mrs. Jewel Simon of
Spelman. June Wade of Spelman, and
Ora Williams of Clark.
1 wo prints were presented by Jack
Adams of Clark.
Those contributing to sculpture were:
Ethel Boykin. Virginia Turner and Mary
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No. 7
Dr. L. L. Beruard, Guest of
Atlanta University Sociology
Department
Charlotte Arnold, '46
Dr. L. L. Beruard, professor of sociol
ogy at Washington University, visited the
Atlanta LIniversity Campus from March
18 through March 20. 1946. As guest of
the Atlanta University Department of
Sociology, he conducted three seminars
for the class in Foundations of Social
Science. On Monday night. March 18.
he discussed “The Beginnings of Ameri
can Sociology”; on Tuesday night.
March 19. “The Approach to Scientific
Maturity”; on Wednesday afternoon,
March 20. “Sociology in Latin America.”
On Wednesday evening, Dr. Beruard
addressed the Open Forum in the Exhi
bition Room of the University library.
His subject was “New Dynamics in
World Relation." It was a challenging
address. The speaker listed several
remedies for the present deplorable
world situation: (1) World population
should be limited to fit the supply of
food. (2) Advantages to be gained by
imperialistic wars should be taken away.
He advocated international political con
trol and socialized wealth. He expressed
contempt for “paper agreements,” but
faith in the United Nations Organization.
Of wide experience, Dr. Bernard has
taught at Western Reserve and Tulane
Universities and at the Universities of
1* lorida. Minnesota. North Carolina, and
Washington. Dr. Beruard is co-founder
of the American Sociologist, and auth
or of Sociology and The Study oj Inter
national Relation, The Social Sciences,
Moderne Scientific Knowledge and So
cial Attitudes.
Spring Concert
Jacqulyn Warren, ’46
Friday night. April 13. at eight o’clock
in Sisters Chapel, the students of Atlan
ta l diversity. Morehouse College, and
Spelman College presented their nine
teenth annual combined concert under
the direction of Professor Kemper Har-
reld. assisted by W illi> Lawrence James,
conductor of tin- Spelman Glee Club, and
by Mrs. Sara Onsley Stivers and Mrs.
I ortia Jenkins Crawford who were ac
companists.
Soloists of the evening were Matti-
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