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Campus Mirror
Published During the College Year by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
VOL. XXIV JANUARY - FEBRUARY, 1948 NO. 4-5
BEING TRUE TO OURESLVES
AND OUR FELLOWMAN
Mamie Thompson, '49
Never before in the history of human
relations has it been more timely for
each individual to consider the value
of being true to himself and others. In
all accomplishments, there must be some
truth, and in all truths there is truth
fulness. Men and women of all walks
of life are suffering more than ever for
the lack of being true to one another.
Education has failed to attain its goal
when we as a society are not willing
to play the game fairly and squarely.
May we ask ourselves the questions: Are
we actually putting into life and study
what we would hope to receive out of
it ? Are we as conscientious as we should
he in all our activities? Are we willing
to share our part of a responsibility to
the best of our ability? Do we as a
rule seek to do good rather than infringe
upon the rights of others? If we can
answer each of these questions truth
fully, we have made a good start toward
being true.
A student body lias a paramount duty
in the planning and development of any
educational institution. You owe it to
yourselves, your parents and your com
munity to strive to attain that degree of
proficiency which will make you an
asset rather than a liability when you
leave college life and enter life’s school.
Let us each resolve to seek the truth
of the well-known statement: “Give to
the world the best that you have, and
the best will come hack to you.”
Education today is playing an impor
tant part in our society; our jobs are
dependent upon our education. Inas
much as this is true, educators are say
ing to youth: “Get as much training as
you possibly can.” Don't shirk your
responsibility. Duty is calling, you must
answer. \ well prepared individual to
day is ready for a duty tomorrow.
\re you among those who are meeting
the challenge? If you can truthfully
answer yes, you will know you have been
and are being true to yourself. This
will enable you to he true to others.
If peace and goodwill on earth ever
become an actualitv instead of a phrase,
it will come about only after each indi
vidual is instilled with a proper philos
ophy of life and is imbued with the ambi
tion and desire to live according to the
golden rule.
CHRISTMAS ON THE
CAMPUS
Sara Penn, ’49
See what you left behind! December
20, 1947 . . . and you just had to go
home. But we lived too far—Mexico,
Liberia, Birmingham, Waycross. Why,
w T e'd have spent our entire holidays
traveling. So we decided to stay on
the campus. Regret it? On the con
trary, we were glad. Our only regret
was to see Sunday, January 4, 1948,
come rolling around.
We hade you a last goodbye and
sauntered home to dream of the good
things in store for us. There were no
rising bells to interrupt our dreams. We
awakened in time to make a mad dash
for the dining hall to a luscious eight-
thirty breakfast “featuring” muffins and
bacon.
To begin with, the record player was
temporarily established in Packard Hall
and a schedule of activities was posted
in Packard, the residence of freshmen
and sophomores, and in Bessie Strong,
the abode of juniors and seniors. We
will acquaint you with the highlights
on the schedule.
Meals were served at 8:00 a.m., 1:00
and 6:00 p.m. on week days. On Sun
days and holidays, they were served
one-half an hour later. Our mornings
were free to allow time for opening
gifts from friends and the family. The
afternoons during the first week were
spent in visiting in the city, attending
the movies, and entertaining callers.
We are indebted to Mr. Smith and
his ultra-modern vehicle for sightseeing
tours to the Governor’s Mansion and
Druid Hills. The elaborate Christmas
displays produced an internal sensation
of happiness. We returned to a weiner
roast and party of games in Bessie
Strong.
I'he true spirit of Christmas was in-
st i 1 led in our souls as we sang carols
around the huge tree at the south gate
and afterwards listened to a Christmas
story read hv Mr. Brooks of the More
house College faculty. We also had op
portunity to express inwardly our Christ
mas Eve wish as we tossed a holly leaf
upon the yule log in the fireside dining
room.
Our Christmas was not a white one,
hut it was a very pleasant one. Every
student looked forward to the dinner
with President Bead. Dean Curry, and
STUDENT-FACULTY COUNCIL
SPONSORS CONFERENCE
ON CIVIL RIGHTS
On December 5, 1948 President Tru
man appointed a committee to investigate
the ways in which American citizens are
failing to live up to our great heritage
of freedom and equality for all men
—“the American Way”—and to give
in their report suggestions and recom
mendations for making the ideal of free
man and equality a reality. The name
of this committee is the President's Com
mittee on Civil Rights. In December,
1947, it made an excellent report to the
President on its findings.
The Department of Sociology of the
Atlanta University system in order to
enlighten the students of all Atlanta
schools on this committee have organized
a Student-Faculty Council on Civil
Rights. The council is composed of stu
dents and faculty members of all col
leges and professional schools in Atlanta.
The council is now working on plans
for the Conference on Civil Rights to
he held February 27 and 28 at the
Atlanta University Library in the Exhibi
tion Room. The purpose of the confer
ence is to familiarize students with the
findings of the committee concerning
civil rights and to find ways in which
to make the suggestions and recommen
dation of the committee function.
The students of Spelman College serv
ing on the Student-Faculty Council are
Bettye Washington, June Dobbs, Mary-
mal Morgan, and Ruth Gandy. Miss
Morgan has been elected to serve as
the Spelman representative on the steer
ing committee of the council.
Every member of the Spelman com
munity is urged to attend the meetings
of the council and to participate in all
the activities and discussions of the con
ference. Each indivdiual is asked to read
the report in order to have some knowl
edge of its contents.
the faculty and staff members. Christ
mas carols were sung and humorous
incidents related over a delicious tradi
tional Christmas meal. The holiday was
made complete with a visit to the movies
or to our friends in the city.
"Open house' was the time when good
friends got together for an informal
social, la-ting an entire afternoon. More
house men who stayed on the campus
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