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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.