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Campus Mirror
Published During the College Year by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
Vol. XXVII JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1950 No. 2
SPELMAN TO HONOR
FOUNDERS APRIL II
Plans for Gym Drawn Up
On April 11, Spelman College will pay
homage to the late Misses Sophia B.
Packard and Harriet E. Giles, founders
of the College. The observance will fol
low the usual procedure, and the student
body, faculty, and alumni will resume the
drive for funds necessary for the con-
struction of a gymnasium on the campus.
For some time, the need for proper
facilities for physical education and de
velopment has been clearly recognized.
To that end, varied efforts throughout
the school year culminate with the Foun
ders Day Rally, at which the organiza
tions, classes, and other groups are finan
cially represented. Each Founders Day
has proved to be an additional step in
the direction of the gym.
The Campus Mirror is happy to release
the news that the gym which, in the
minds of Spelman students, has previ
ously been hut a vivid dream, is on its
way to realization. Evidences of this fact
are seen in the work being done on the
grounds just across Ella Street, and the
plans being made to close the street for
construction. These facts strike a happy
note in the hearts of every Spelman stu
dent. They are also a spur to more and
greater efforts in our drive, and a chal
lenge to reach the heights in our Foun
der' Day Rally for 1950.
DR. SINGER CHALLENGES US
TO FACE REALITIES
Kurt I). Singer, noted author, editor,
and radio analyst was the University
Convocation speaker on Thursday, Feb
ruary 23. Dr. Singer was educated at
the University of Zurich in Switzerland
and the Labor College in Stockholm. He
has been editor of an illegal underground
newspaper in Berlin as well as corre
spondent for a Swedish newspaper in
the I nited States. He is an authority on
espionage.
Mr. Singer challenged the audience “to
have the courage to face the grim reali-
ties'*. He predicted that as long as
poverty prevails, there will he Commun
ism, and that the belief in White Su
premacy i' doomed to die. Thus, food
ami racial equality constitute the only
weapon to destroy World Communism,
MISS ELLA MAE BOWMAN
IN RECITAL
At the first faculty recital of the year,
Spelman College presented on February
24, 1950, Miss Ella Mae Bowman, pianist,
who joined the Department of Music in
September, 1949.
Miss Bowman holds a master’s degree
from the Juilliard School of Music,
where she studied piano with Gladys
Mayo, theory with Frederic Host, and en
semble with Frederick Pausnitz. She
has appeared in concerts in Steinway
Hall (New York), at the Brooklyn Acad
emy of Music, and at numerous churches
in and around New York City.
The program included numbers from
Scarlatti, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms.
Chopin, Debussy, Villa-Lobos, and Kha
chaturian. All the numbers were ren
dered with skill and brilliance, and were
well received by the audience. The artist
met the encores by a superb rendition
of “Clair de Lune " by Debussy and “The
Cat and the Mouse” by Copeland.
PERSONALITY SPECIALIST
LECTURES HERE
Dr. Grace Sloan Overton, specialist in
the field of personality problems, marital
relations, and social and vocational guid
ance for youth was guest of the Spelman
student body on February 16, through
the efforts of the S. S. A.
The burden of Dr. Overton’s lecture
was the idea that the total personality
is useless until one has organized the
skills to work to the desired end, together
with the contention that the finesse of
a lady 1 ies in the art of maintaining her
separateness, and at the same time of
developing a broad friendliness across
that separateness—the goal of a person
of culture.
Dr. Overton showed much skill in her
method of lecture, and so interesting were
the points which she brought out that
they stimulated a host of questions, which
she answered at the end of the lecture.
AN AFTERNOON IN PARIS
Don t miss the Grand Opening of
“La Haute Couture*’ on March 14, at
4:30 P. M. The leading Paris “cou
turier' will show their latest models
in Howe Hall. The afternoon will be
filled with music, and high entertainment.
I ickets may be obtained from members
of the French Club for 10c. Don’t forget!
NATIONAL NEGRO HISTORY
WEEK OBSERVED HERE
National Negro History Week had its
beginning in 1926. It is always observed
the second w r eek in February. This week
the observation began on February 12tb,
Lincoln’s birthday. The purpose of
Negro History Week is to acquaint the
nation with the Negro's contribution to
the culture of America.
This observance has done much to rid
the people of much misinformation about
Negroes and their history, and has helped
to make Negroes proud rather than
ashamed of their heritage.
At Spelman, National Negro History
Week was observed in the usual way.
The several aspects of the history of the
Negro were emphasized by the various
speakers presented. Mr. Prince Wilson
of the History Department of Morris
Brown College spoke to us in Chapel on
the general cultural contributions of
Negro Women. Coach Frank L. Forbes
of Morehouse College emphasized the
Negro's contribution in the field of
sports. Mr. W illis L. James, of our own
Music Department, pointed out the con
tribution of the Negro in the field of
Music.
FRESHMEN STAGE
SPECTACULAR SHOW
“Freshmen on Trial,” the first exhibi
tion of the heretofore latent vein of talent
present in the class of ’53, brought a
huge crowd of spectators to Howe Hall
on Saturday, February 25.
The idea of the show was to present
evidence that the Freshman class is
worthy of its place in the sun—Spelman
College. The burden of proof, as usual,
lay with the defense, and all who saw
the show will agree that it was proved,
beyond the shadow of a doubt, that the
Freshman class is worthy of its claim.
The show was fast-moving, well-
planned. and showed evidence of con
scientious rehearsal. In the dance group,
the musical renditions, the dramatic
skits, the dramatic monologues and dia
logues, the gymnastics, and all the num
bers which were a part of the show,
promising talent was shown.
The freshmen are an energetic group.
Our hats are off to them. From all in
dications their Founders Day Drive is
definitely on, full speed!