Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

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- (Continued on Page 4) 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 (Continued on Page 3) 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- (Continued on Page 2)