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v\/- ENews ART NEWS & VIEWS By Eugene Grigsby A landmark has slowly but surely vanished from the campus of Spelman. Bit by hit and plank by plank they have torn down one of the first buildings that housed that great institution of women known as Spelman College. The Keeper of Grounds told your columnist the other day that the building was first built during the Civil War and was used as a barrack. It then stood where Laura Spelman now stands. I for one will he glad to miss the old structure, for its absence will step up the beauty of Spelman’s Campus. I have learned that the pile of red mud, now behind the power plant, will be used to level off the gully left there, making the whole sight more beautiful, more attractive and more appealing. We take our hats off to you, Spelman. While Spelman is becoming more attractive, her grounds at least, I think that Morehouse (yes men, More house) and A. U. (we are sorry, but its true) are going down in some respects when it comes to grounds. The people who keep the grounds may not think that we notice it, but no one could help seeing the ugly stakes and wires put up to keep people off the grass. The entrance to the men’s side at Atlanta University reminds me of a minia ture of a fence I once saw around a cow pasture. Rough stakes, picked from any old place, thrown up in any way, just to keep us off the grass. I know that it is serving its purpose and that it is good that we have some re minder to keep us off the newly sown grass when we are not thinking. But please, give us something a little more attractive. What shall be placed there in its stead? A small picket fence, portable maybe. Shrubbery or any thing that will make it more attractive instead of making it take away from the beauty of the campus. I am sure that Home and Gardens, Good Housekeeping, The Ameri can Home or some other magazine would carry some other type of suggestion if our keeper of grounds is un able to give birth to ideas of this sort. I don’t think that we of Morehouse can keep our heads high and laugh at A. U. Especially when we are afraid of tearing our pants every night on the barbed wire that surrounds part of our campus. Our only consolation is that our posts are painted. Those that are not painted are broken or the wire is dangling off in some crazy way. I don’t think that there is any need of putting wire up if someone is continually borrowing it. I think that one reason that we have to put wire up is the bicycles that we frequently encounter. If bicycles are going to cause our campus to look like it is staked, then don’t allow them on the campus. They are quite hazardous any way, especially at night. I hope that I have hurt some one’s pride, for if I have, something may be done. We want the most beautiful campus of all. An exhibit of African Carvings went up Halloween day on the main floor of the Library. Look them over. The carvings are quite unique and if you will notice them closely you will see that there is quite a bit of thought and design in their art. They are interesting to observe. At first they appear funny. Then if you notice closely and think about them you will see the life of a people in a few carvings on wood. It is in the wind that we are to soon have that treat that we all have been anxiously waiting for. An exhibit of our Art Instructor, Hale Woodruff. I know that he has quite a few new paintings, all quite interesting. I men tioned last month that he captured several prizes in In diana last summer. We are glad and sorry to lose our friend Vernon Wins low. We are glad because he received a break, in Mr. Harvey’s own venacular. He is now head of the art de partment at Tennessee State. Congratulations V. Q. We are sorry because we have lost a good man from the de partment here. Maybe some art can be beaten into the heads of those left—left in the department now. I told you last month that I would give you the low- down on the University Players this month. They are really in working order at last. The curtains have been opened, the lights dimmed, and the first play of the sea son is on its way. The board of strategy has been named and James D. Browne is the head of all. The staff is as follows: Gertrude Brown, Secretary. Eloise Usher. Recording Secretary. Joseph Sanson. Publicity Manager. Eugene Grigsby, Business Manager-Treasurer. Edna Kyle, Head Usher. We really have an interesting organization this year. With Hazel Washington and her program committee we have already been fortunate to hear Miss Billie Geter who told us about the theatre in France as she saw ii last year—also a little of the history of the French Thea tre. Miss Norwood, of the English Department, was in London last summer and we heard about the plays that she saw there. These informal talks have been very in teresting and also very instructive. Henry Ward gave us quite a violin selection with Geraldine at the piano. The Brother-Sister act. Those who were fortunate enough to attain membership with the U. P.’s w'ill indeed enjoy some interesting things this year. Miss Washington also has a few other treats up her sleeve soon. Something of a different nature. EXCHANGE STUDENTS Undoubtedly one of the most effective means of creat ing solidarity of inter-collegiate relationships, this mod ern device of exchanging students is proving to be of equal interest to authorities and students alike. Students proving themselves capable, trustworthy and conscientious often find themselves granted fellowship or scholarship to some foreign or large eastern or midwestern college where they may pursue courses of study that the University System has not deemed it wise to install be cause of the small number of students interested in such, The system offers much to those who dare slip past the sentinel with flaming torch who guards the entranc^ to the garden in which stands the tree of knowledge. Moral: Be meritorious and derive the benefits)of inojf ern colle§iate'Vel'ati6nsfif'psf^ £ ”