One of the most delightful musical events
witnessed here this term was a recital by
Miss Cornelia Lampton, the accomplished
young pianist, on February 24.
Miss Lampton’s brilliant execution and
splendid interpretation instantly won for
her the admiration of all her hearers, and
made her appearance here one of the most
thoroughly enjoyed events of the season.
Her program included a pleasing variety of
selections, all of which were well received.
Numbers especially well liked by the au
dience were “Scherzo (Chopin), “Nocturne
in C Sharp Minor (Chopin), “Lullaby”
(Grainger), and “Tarantelle” (Liszt).
Grainger’s “Country Gardens” was given as
an encore.
Miss Lampton’s performance showed her
to be possessed of splendid ability and an
extensive repertoire. Music lovers of
Charlotte and vicinity look forward eager
ly to her return.
On March 15 Thomas Johnson, noted
tenor and 1926 graduate of Boston Con
servatory of Music, made his first appear
ance at Johnson C. Smith University. Mr.
Johnson’s coming aroused much interest in
musical circles, as his was the first recital
to have been given here by a tenor singer
in several years.
By Wm. B. Stinson, ’27.
Mr. Johnson’s program was interesting
and varied, ranging from folk-songs to
arias and extracts from various operas.
His voice was especially pleasing in pieces
of more tender and lyric type. “Le Reve”
from “Manon” (Massenet), “Aubade” (La-
lo), and “I Heard You Singing” (Coates),
were numbers which found direct favor with
the audience. Mr. Johnson was assisted by
G. L. Allen as accompanist.
The University Band is still making pro
gress under the leadership of Mr. S. C.
Johnson, of the Senior Class. A tour is
being planned for an early date. A prom
ising orchestra has also been organized.
The University Quartette made a suc
cessful appearance at Fairview School,
Charlotte, on Monday evening, March 22.
Much favorable comment was heard by
those present.
On April 19, Marguerite Avery, the not
ed soprano, is to appear here in recital.
Miss Avery has won high recognition, and
is now preparing to sing the role of
“Aida.” Much interest has been manifest
ed in her coming and a large attendance
is expected.
THREE THOUSAND WOMEN DEMAND
ANTI-LYCHING LAW.
Jackson, Miss., March —: Thousands of
Mississippi’s white women have gone on
record publicly against lynching, and 3000
of the number have signed a petition ask
ing the legislature to enact more stringent
laws against it, as the result of a tour of
the State by Mrs. Maud Henderson, of
the Commission on Interracial Cooperation.
Mrs. Henderson visited twenty cities and
spoke from one to three times a day to
selected groups representing the best lead
ership of the several communities. In a
number of cities the desire was expressed
for the immediate organization of women’s
interracial committees and the inauguration
of a program of cooperation.
Every girls’ college in the State was vis
ited with one exception, and the students
were found to be keenly interested and re
sponsive. At Columbus Mrs. Henderson
addressed the 1200 students of the State
College for Women, with the result that
the student body voted approval of the
anti-lynching resolutions and several hun
dred personally signed the petition.
Members of the interracial committee
are greatly pleased with the result of the
tour and are encouraged to follow it up
actively. They are much encouraged by
the wide interest recently manifested in
Mississippi in the suppression of mob vio
lence and the betterment of race relations
generally.
Charlotte is busily preparing itself for
the various social functions to take place
at Easter. So many are planning to at
tend the game Easter Monday that already
the dry goods stores are taxed to their ca
pacity to supply ribbon enough for colors.
Our friends from old L. C. are expecting
the victory this year, to be sure, but noth
ing so good can happen to them.
A Popularity Contest, a basket-ball game
between the alumni and the varsity of the
school, a Charleston Contest, and the pre
sentation of “The Merchant of Venice” have
netted the Dramatic Club of the Second
Ward High School more than enough mon
ey to purchase a moving picture machine.
This machine is of the latest type for
school use, and will be installed at a very
early date.
The Senior Class is planning to present
a cantata, “The Hidden Treasure,” very
soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward O’Daniel enter
tained Tuesday evening, March 9, at their
home in Washington Heights in honor of
Mrs. Thelma Jones Duckett, Mrs. O’Dan
iels’ cousin, of Washington, D. C. The
home was very attractively decorated with
carnations and ferns. On entering the
guests were received by Miss Willie Mae
Rudisill. A delightful evening was en
joyed.
Mrs. Douglass 0. Smith spoke to the
Friendship Circle at the Y. W. C. A.
Thursday evening, March 25, on “The Well
Balanced Meal.” Mrs. Smith will speak
next Thursday on “Garnishing and Things
to Serve on Special Occasions.” The di
rectors at the “Y” would be very glad for
all interested persons to be present from
8 to 7:30 o’clock.
Other features of the “Y” work are a
cantata, “The Seven Last Words of Christ,”
to be presented on Palm Sunday, under the
direction of Mrs. S. D. Williams; a car
nival by the Girl Reserves and the young
girls in business; and a comedy, “You
Never Can Tell,” the last two to be given
sometime in April.
Miss Edna Stinson and Miss Vivian
Shute, of the Gastonia High School Facul
ty, spent last week-end in Charlotte.
The Vanity Fair Club sponsored a
Charleston Contest, Friday evening, March
19, at the Sanders’ Hotel for the benefit of
the Good Samaritan Hospital. A very neat
sum was realized.
Miss Lucile Jordan, of the Fairview
School Faculty, has been ill at her home
for some time and is still unable to resume
her work. We are hoping for Miss Jordan
a speedy recovery.
Miss Lucile Henry entertained the Blue
Bird Club at her home on Jackson Street,
Friday, March 26.
By George L. Allen, ’26.
Soit, crooning winds! Ah, zephyrs softly
sighing.
Winds! with your magic wooing earth to
slumber deep.
Low, murmur sweet and low, in plaintive
cadence dying,
And, with your song enthi’alling, lull my
love to sleep!
May your gentle kisses
Bid her eyelids close
And your soft caresses
Bring her sweet repose!
Pale, yellow moon, in tranquil beauty
beaming,
While night-winds whisper and elusive
shadows creep.
Come, shed your silver radiance where my
love lies dreaming.
And with your soft enchantment, kiss her
in her sleep!
Kiss her, moon so tender,
Kiss her, pale moonbeams.
Gleam, gleam on in splendor,
While my loved one dreams!
THE MATTOON LITERARY ASSOCIA
TION.
By C. H. White, ’26.
The old members of the Mattoon Literary
Association can afford to feel proud of the
high standards which this association
has always maintained, and to which it has
brought and is bringing its loyal members.
Its motto, “Non bona, sed optima,” stimu
lates its members to strive for the highest
achievements in politics, phonetics, and po
lemics.
On February 5th, this association ren
dered an excellent program at the Y. M. C.
A. On this program +he new quartette
made its first appearance. The members
of this quartette are; Messrs. L. J. Wil
liams, H. L. Foster, G. E. McKeithan, and
E. L. James. Mattoon has the credit of
stimulating and developing the individual’s
musical and literary abilities.
On March 5th, the following officers were
elected: Messrs. P. H. Brunson, President;
J. A. Squire, ’28, Secretary; J. A. Jones,
’29, Assistant Secretary; R. J. Johnston,
’28, Treasurer.
These men have breathed the inspiring
atmosphere of the Mattoon Literary Asso
ciation. They have expressed their deter
mination to keep aloft the principles and
honor of the association. Interest and pro
gress are predicted to prevail during the
administration.
The Annual March Exhibition has been
omitted this year. The Mattoon members
are looking forward to making next year’s
March exhibition the best that has been
staged. The desire of the members is to
receive and keep alive the spirit and delight
that dominated this occasion.
Yellow gold is tested by fire; so is sin
cerity tested by adversity. One may reach
a high place in life, but how is he going
to maintain it? If he has not met
with any adversities everything has been
easy with him, when the time comes that
he is to face a difficult problem, ten times
to one the individual fails. Why ? Because
he has not acquainted himself with the
little adversities.
If you were to read of the lives of such
men as Booker Washington, Abraham Lin
coln, and several other great men whose
works stand out as the Rock of Gibraltar
you will find that adversity has played
its prrt. The adversities that those men
met with have counted, in that they made
them grasp a more firm determination
to what they were aspiring for. To succeed
in life one has to acquaint himself with
the real tactics of adversity; that is he
must know how to compete with it, and if
those individuals, traveling toward a goal,
have the power to see a proposition through
the little adversities will be thrown aside
as a fast ball player throws aside his op
ponents when trying to touchdown.
The little adversities that we may come
in contact with, in writing up experiments
in chemistry, the adversities we come in
contact with in solving the mathematical
problems are only preparing us for life,
and if we are victorius now, when we shall
have launched out into the sea of industry
we will not drift with the tides, but our
works shall stand out pre-eminent.
We have men who were born in riches
and luxury. Of course, they realized the
necessity of an educational training, not
for the sake of winning a livelihood, but
for the prestige one receives when educat
ed, and as a result these individuals are
early sent to some great university, where
they buy or in some way get a diploma or a
degree, certifying their efficiency as lead
ers. Their parents or guardians are now
folded beneath the clay. Now they are to
face the world. Of course, there has been
enough seemingly to take care of them;
but in a few years it has disappeared. They
become beggars. The cause for this is that
their adversities were not numerous
enough to teach them the real tactics of
adversity.
Kipling says: “If you can dream and
not make dreams your master, or think
and not make thoughts your aim, or meet
with triumph or disaster an dtreat those
two impostors just the same; if you can
fill the unforgiven minute with sixty sec
onds worth of distance run, yours is the
earth and all that is in it, and, which is
more, you’ll be a man, my son.”