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CAMPUS MIRROR
CAMPUS MIRROR STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Eunice Goss
Assistant Editor Elise Fortson
Manatfintf Editor Wilma Anderson
Business Manager Eddye Champion
Circulation Manager Agatha Jones
Advertising Manager Ethel Minor
Feature Writers
Gladys Earl, Dolores Jones, Ophelia Conley,
Virginia Moreland, Mury Shy, Mamie Seymour,
Velma Graham, Eleanor I’ettus, Yvonne Crawl.
Reporters
Gladys Turner, Maurice Mitchell, Janet Bond,
Dorothy Collins, Joan Purvis, Sylvia Potter,
Rosa Ragland.
Typists
Anna Whittaker, Helen Marshall, Sadye Harris,
Frieda McGhee, Thelma Southerland.
Artist Johnnie Lumpkin
Faculty Advisor Mr. Henry Thomas
Editorial
ARE WE TOGETHER?
I have no axe to grind, but merely a
question to pose—a question which needs
much consideration and a truthful an
swer. I ask: To what extent does the
spirit of “togetherness” prevail on our
campus?
Putting aside all pretense, let’s face it.
We are guilty, you and I, and in our
guilt we have sadly neglected the issue.
We have viewed with alarm the situation,
and we have dismissed it with a shrug
of our sophisticated shoulders or a shift
ing of the blame to “they”—or both.
The test of the strength and unity of
any institution is the reaction of the body
to the failure of any segment of that
institution in any part of its endeavor.
To bring the point home, when a now
famed artist, a Spelman graduate, re
turns to the campus in glory and splen
dor and stages a spectacular perform
ance, our chests swell to bursting with
pride in “our” product. The same is true
in any aspect of competition in which
we emerge victorious. “We” take the
honors.
But when a program or campaign
meets with failure, or a contest is lost,
it’s quite a different story—for “they”
failed to cooperate, and “they” lost the
contest. This is our candid reaction; a
human reaction, it is true, but there are
times when we must rise above the hu
man thing and employ all our faculties
to the execution of a plan of action in
order to attain the end expected of
beings of our intellect.
We all know what it takes to boost
campus organizations and activities. We
need no outlined pattern to guide us in
the spirit of “togetherness” on our cam
pus. What we lack is will, determination,
singleness of purpose. Thus our insti
tution tends to he hut a dead assemblage
of buildings—its students insensitive,
mechanical forms which pass through
the grinder of knowledge, piling it on in
meaningless, unrelated layers, each know
ing what could be rich and meaningful
experiences in complete isolation.
Such is the situation, and it’s all ours.
THE INQUIRING REPORTER
The Question: NOW THAT ENGLAND
HAS COMPLETELY RELEASED
THE CONTROL OF INDIA. Will
INDIA OBTAIN UNITY?
ALTOISE CHENAULT, SENIOR:
CLEVELAND OHIO. — Historically, it
has been proven that religion is one of
the binding forces of mankind; therefore
when a religious conflict exists within
a culture as between the Hindus and
Moslems in India, cooperation is not
easily obtained. However, I believe that
India will obtain unity.
DORIS JONES, JUNIOR; POCO-
HANTAS, VIRGINIA.—I believe that
the Hindu-Moslem relationship is the
crux of the problem that India has in
becoming unified. The key that unlocks
the door which leads to unity lies in a
satisfactory solution of the differences
between the Hindus and Moslems.
JERALYN YOUNG, SENIOR: AN
DERSON, SOUTH CAROLINA.—Unity
in India is possible. But the unity is
something which will he slow in realiza
tion. When the different religious and
political factions see and emphasize their
similarities instead of their differences,
unity will he obtained. Ideologies, when
in conflict, are always difficult to recon
cile.
RHEA SAULTER, JUNIOR: IN
WOOD, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK.
—I feel that if India is given a chance to
adjust herself to her new independence
without interference from outside coun
tries, she will eventually gain unity. She
should be given a chance to investigate
the resources of her country which have
been denied by other countries that have
used their superior forces to subjugate
her.
(Editor’s Note—India is now divided
into two countries: Hindustan, dominated
by the Hindus, and Pakistan, dominated
by the Moslems.)
What do we say? What shall we do
about? When?
I have no axe to grind, but merely a
challenge to give—a challenge which no
true Spelmanite can dismiss or ignore.
I propose: “Coward, take my coward’s
hand”—and let’s begin together'
BOOKPLATE CONTEST
The Spelman College Library Club
plans a contest of bookplate designs.
Every student is invited and urged to try
her hand at creating a representative
identifying mark for the inside covers of
Spelman’s informative and delightful
printed friends.
Down through the years (or since
1480, anyway) booklovers have wanted
their names connected with the artistic
and spiritual values embodied in the
hook. Therefore, they have designed or
had designed bookplates or ex libris.
The Latin term meaning “from the li
brary”—would be followed by the name
or symbol of the owner. As hooks were
inherited new decorative cuts were added
by lucky inheritors. The bookplate, like
printing, had its beginning in Germany
where the first bookplates were woodcuts
representing a shield of arms supported
by an angel and pasted in books pre
sented to the Carthusian Monastery of
Buxheim by Brother Hilderbrand Bran
denburg of Biherach. Though the styles
differ depending on the pictures, e. g.,
library interiors, landscapes, or portraits
as used by the famous diarist, Samuel
Pepys, the general classification has
been made according to periods. The
early armorial or elaborate symbols were
of pre-restoration days. There is the
Jacobean bookplate which title is mis
leading but which includes the heavy
decorative manner of the restoration,
Queen Anne, and early Georgian days.
The Chippendale or rococo bookplate,
like the furniture of Thomas Chippen
dale had ornamental frames suggestive
of carved oak, a frequent use of fish-
scales, trellis, or diapered patterns for
the decoration of plain surfaces. Its main
element is the scallop-shell. Then there
was the bookplate of the pseudo-classic
urn style with wreaths and ribbons, sym
metrical palms and sprays, with shields
that showed a plain spade-like outline.
Bookplates are original and usually they
represent the period in which they are
designed.
What design do you wish to tell of
Spelman’s book ownership? You don't
have to be an artist to jot your idea down
on paper. It might be a land mark, piece
of campus scenery or a symbol that ex
presses your favorable reaction to your
library in Giles. Please try so that there
will be a grand display of ideas at the
close of the contest. Names of judges
and specific details will be found on the
bulletin boards in the next two weeks.
In the meantime, check volume III of the
Encyclopedia Britannica or ask the libra
rian for samples of bookplates.
Express your idea on paper—and who
knows, your name might someday join
those of Stacey Marks and Sir W. Stir-
ling-Maxwell in the field of Ex Libris.
Or better still, you might he asked to
join one of the Ex Libris Societies for
the study and designing of bookplates.