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&WATA3 tagw to ®m?m bsmima 101 m. njB9(t9fHA *v| • '•'■f#ni4 ^Bv;i /ii'isn-iahj-tlBB* -tfi^intoa itmL J161* yiisf ,3K0; 7‘*/f/il>tiJff*) s S**Wfl:|^lo»ibi • i;:; aishoaeA ,JJIH .3 .W AND YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH ■&o i ( jinn 'i'io'f assnisuS CHARLOTTE, N. C, fchcof Tin hixofyinJU'* -ill h imt i. Odum of hcx; ;b&iftqurf 'ft' week’8 paper we ‘ m editorial article from ie Daily Press of Newport News, Va., on the relation of the races, with special observations in regard to their social contact SaaPwnptyg W&&-. Jff; GfSgg’ made reply to the criti Mai3_st Hampton, to Virginia paper re ecause of the bearing of scussion on the whole race on, we are giving here Dr. ’s letter and the Daily £$swer to him. oif The Daily Press, Sir: ;>Your editorial on the Integrity of the Anglo-Saxon Race in the Dally Pressfor March 15th has jttgt been brought to my atten tion. I amsorry that you have Written quite as you have in your reference to Hampton In stitute, for your words indicate misapprehension of thO facts which I fear may only too easi ly become widespread. Ah I have understood the principles and practices of the school—and there has been no eStiShtial change in either, to the best of my knowledge, for 1he past fifty years—there has never been encouragement of the: soeial milling of the races underrireumstances that would lead to embarrassment on either side; It should hardly be neces sary to add that association of a romantic nature, such as could conceivably iea^ to intermar riage, is contrary to the wishes and the judgment of the over *ig majority of Negroes irhite persons, and in our ..._4. W even keener watchfulness on the part df our colored people than is always exercised by others. Tile Institute exists to help the'Negro race and to serve the whifle nation. It has simply tried to be courteous and fair on the ond hand to its white friends, both of; the North and of the South, and on the other hand to its Negro constituency. If occa sional sharp criticism from all three parties is any indication of approximate justice, we have had that measure of consola tion y ' f cannot imagine that any thoughtful person could advo cate the amalgamation of wide ly diverse races, or would main tain that this is any less culpa ble Where it- takes place without the sanction of law and moral ity, All of us know that for such amalgamation—that has already comb about—the Negro is not chiefly to blame. The more his self-respect is built up, the greater his gain in intelligence, sound character, and economic independence, the deeper will be his natural pride in his own race. live ttllU w UfA *u*rr***r> WUv uy side, conserving the best tradi tions of each group, in mutual respect and in Christum good f'kfc taking the liberty of cipy of this letter, to trustees, Mr. Homer ton and Mr. Frank W. whom I have sev jcussed the whole Attack. a very coi written in t see; waeanw .Uma H, Such have been the Objects of the'kind of education which has been given at Hampton Institute by.'Qeneral Armstrong and Dr. Frissell and at Tuskegee by Dr. Washington and Dr. Moton. It is our nope that it may help to enable the United States eventually to show the world that men of different races can, tution in this community which taught and practiced social equality between the races, meaning, of course, the Hamp ton Normal and Agricultural In stitute. Dr. Gregg replies that “there has never been encour agement of the social mingling of the races under curcumstanc es that would lead to embarass ment on either side,” so may we not with propriety put the fol lowing questions to him: Raises Doubtful Questions. Do not the officers and teach ers of the institution, white and colored meet upon terms of so cial equality. And do not white teachers and colored pupils meet upon such terms? Do they not occasionally sit together at the same table and have a social meal together without racial distinction? j Are not the students of Hamp ton Institute taught that the Negro race is in all respects the equal of the white race and that Uo social distinctions should be made either in law or society ? Is it not a fact that Booker Washington in his lifetime was entertained in the homes of trustees of the Hampton Insti tute when he visited the North, and is it not a fact that Robert R. Moton, his successor, is sim ilarly entertained; and is it not pot a fact that Dr. Gregg has met these and other colored men ip the homes of Northern white men and mingled with them so cially? Will Dr. Gfregg say m plain terms that hd does nbt believe in social eq ' Mf ^ ‘ een the rac cial circle? ! Will he say in plain terms that he believes in maintaining the traditions of this Virginia community in regard to race separation and racial distinc tions? Will he deny that in the enter tainments given in Ogden Hall, no distinctions whatever are made in seating the audience, but that whites and Negroes are seated indiscriminately ? Dr. Gregg says there has been no essentia] change in the prin ciples and practices in Hampton Institute in the past fifty years, but we ask him if it was the practice in Dr. Frissell’s admin istration to seat whites and Ne groes in the public hall indis criminately; if, on the other hand, it was not Dr. Frissell’s practice to separate the races, reserving some seats for the whites and some for the Negroes We ask him if Dr. Frissell ever had Negroes at his social enter tainments as guests. From reports that have come to this office there has been a very decide! change of policy in the conduct oi the institution, in these respects since Dr. Gregg became principal. Of course. Dr. Gregg opposes amal gamation ultimately, and that goes without saying, but social equality would lead to amalga mation ultimately,, and that is the stern question which the white race must face. Place the two races upon terms of perfect equality; educate both in the same manner; obliterate the color line in the social circle and make it the fashion for whites and Negroes to meet in society without racial distinction or dis crimination, and in spite of all that; Dr. Gregg and men like him might do to prevent it, there wtftid be “association of a ro matt'fe nature," mixed marriag es inVi and more. ' Virginia Traditions. We have our traditions m the! South, our peculiar customs, our instincts, and the Hampton Institute Which is situated in Virginia territory and which re ceives the protection of the laws Wnd iriendlv consideration of the people of this community has no moral right to teach and practice anything which is con trary to the Virginia spirit, and our sense of propriety, nor to ignore in any degree our time honored customs. The Officers f&io * --iiOIsHj&Q ^ of the Inst:tute might say thal if the while people of this com munity do not like the tepM upon which visitors aire received at their public functions they may stay away. But that would be defiant of our customs and equivalent to saying that the of ficers did not care for the re spect and good will of the white people of this community, and that, we are sure is not Dr. Gregg’s spirit. The Daily Press has no dispo sition to injure Hampton Insti tute, but we are determined, so far as in our power lies, that no institution in this community shall run counter to the deep seated sentiments of the Virgin ia people, their sacred customs and cherished traditions whose preservation is necessary to the preservation of our Anglo-Saxon stock. REUNION AT JOHNSON G. SMITH UNIVERSITY AND WHAT WAS ONCE OLD BIDDLE. s-r'io “Look urto the rock (whence) ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit (whence) ye are digged.” It 'is a point of interest to look back over the centuries from the point, where Isaiah stood, when he spoke of Abra ham in these words as a pattern for .the Jews, to the period where Abraham stood as a tent dweller—not very far removed from the cave man. Terah begat Abraham 2346 B. C., and Isaiah spoke these words 712 B. C. Who wants to be fondling the old rough, rejected stone whence he was hewn; or what group of us can find any joy in returning to the hole of the pit to get one more fond peep whence we were digged, if the pit looks humble and undesira sprung, if a dust mote of hu manity has flown through the sunbeam of the infinite—from the stone whence one was hewn to take on prismatic colors for one brief second and then is lost to human sight, and afterward germinates into a soul that can place his home and country on the map by the distinction that he wins, such a soul looks unto the rock whence it was hewn and to the hole of the pit whence it was digged with pride and un abating joy unspeakable. If the Jew is proud of any thing in this world, he is proud of his race and Abraham, who walked, not knowing where he was going, to a better country, and who prepared to sacrifice his own and all through love and faith to an unseen God. As alumni, are we ashamed to look back or urito what was once Biddle, and now Johnson C. Smith University, because she was not rated in class A when we graduated there? Then you are ashamed of the days of your youth, you scorn the days of your infancy, notwithstanding you are among men of note. As an alumnus of once Biddle, I am not ashamed to put into public print that When I graduated at Biddle thirty years ago it might be rated only a little above a junior high school now. But she is rated among A class colleges now and we are too proud of it to sleep well at night and to eat well at a full table. We are filled with joy, al though when many of us were students there, Biddle was nei ther A nor Z. We were there studying under men who were doing A class work, like the cow that gives sufficient milk for the entire neighborhood, but she is not registered. I was reading in a magazine a few days ago that Presdient Emeritus Eliot of Har vard University says that he cannot make the freshmen class in Harvard now. He is. hot ashamed of Harvard of half century or more ago. He looks back unto the stone whence he was h^wn and to the hole of the pit whence he Was digged and sees himself as a failure on try ing to enter the freshman class of Harvard of today, and while he rejoices over her marked pip gress and development in the last half century, he feels sat isfied!ithat she (fid a mother's ■ = jh the training he received' rard, when, to make the fre boys, to the reunion! has a fair record, tending she was not among the high in our day. Biddle’s first graduated from Prince bgical Seminary; and ds completed a course ine in a northern medi •1, and he was not among ‘dm men of his class, g man finished his jun I in Biddle thirty-five © and went to Princeton e the junior class on ex n; but his father being ely fond of Greek, in s son to repeat the e year in Princeton ihight get some Greek did not get in Biddle. A eological student, who minus of Biddle, which disputed in his class hern theological semi a of his teachers, who smate of Dr. W. A. jersey City, N. J., when 1 was in Pnneeton The Seminar^, that pr, Byrd J as a graduate of Biddle >f tfoiSass of '91. He, thispro n i northern University lessor th* race ijt is from "some nor until this alumnus of ddie, on the next day, thie professor one of erm catalogues—and ; pity the college has discontinued the printing of the catalogue of all her graduates. This, of course, settled the dis P The ilass of ’85, Hr. A. U. Friersons class, studied differ entia tfclculusunder Dr. Robert McCutcheon Hall, and he said of that it was as lad J. Metz Rollins, an alumnus of old Biddle, finished his theolog ical course in Lincoln Theolog ical Seminary and carried away the fifty dollar prize. Out of the many I make these personal ref erences so that there can be no lack of pride in your looking upon the stone whence you were hewn and the hole of the pit whence you were digged. I have more to say at an early date. W. L. METZ, President of the Alumni As sociation of Johnson C. Smith University. EBENEZER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, NEW BERN. Sunday being the first in the month, our pastor, Rev. 0. E. Sanders, served his church at Pollocksville. Our pulpit was supplied by Elder R. W. Wil liamson. He talked to us from Matt. 3:1-17. Elder Williamson’s talk was short but full of thought. After this Mrs. H. F. Sutton sang “The Palm.” The banner for attendance went «to the Gleaners’ class taught by Elder R. W. William son, and the banner for finance went to the Men’s Bible class, taught by Mr. Jesse Pearson. The hike that was given Tuesday night, March the 24th, was an enjoyable affair. Ten dollars and ninety-three cents was realized which will go foi the benefit of the church. The members of Ebenezer church are asked to please pay their subscription for the Afri co to Miss Allie Grey Sutton. All of the new members are asked to subscribe for the paper, if there are those who wish to pay their subscriptions or to subscribe fen* the paper while Miss Sutton is in the hospital please see Miss Mad eline Smallwood, 9 V& Bern St. A Christian Endeavor ; was organized about a month ago. The officers hire Allie Grey Sut ton, President; Miss Maria Mar tin, Vice-President; Mrs. Susie Pearson, Secretary; Miss Willie Blackledge, pianist, and Master Allen Dudley, Treasurers . ^ ^ Mr. S. C. Henderson and Jerry Daniels were visitors at our CI+AUDIA WII)LIAMSGN> lt< ■ , - ■ —nr* • D& GEORGE E. CANNON n ; DIES OF INJURIES. vJ i-aitf nl alt graav. 'io lad i Dr. George EL ‘Canaan, Nagro physician and a national lead# of the Republican members i«f i htsfo? race* a whodelivered n- a speech seconding? the .nominal tion of Galvin Goohdgte art* the Cleveland Gonvention last spring?, died yesterday; imorning at his home, 354 Pacific Avenue* Jersey City, at the age of 53: His death was due to injuries received a week ago when be fell ©n alighting from a bus near his residence, fracturing several ribs and receiving1 h concussion of the brain. He rallied for a! time following the accident but* sank 11 rapidly after midnight Sunday. He leaves a wife, a son, George Cannon, and a daughter, Miss Gladys Cannon: Ids mother and four sisters, one ox whom is Miss Etta Cannon, Secretary of i the Henry Snyder Junior High School in Jersey City. i; lisle, S. C., and was graduated from Lincoln University, t»k ing his medical degree m 1900 at the New York Pathological College. For the lasttinrty1 three years he had resided in t&m of April hult yedr he received the largest number of votes, which would by custom1 have entitled him to tiie chairmanship of the delegation to the ! Republican National Conventual but re linquished the honor in favor of Senator Walter E.Edge. In the following July hepreaided at1 A large meeting of Negroes which endorsed the candidacy of Sen ator Edge who had worked for the Dyer anti-lynching bill ; On several occ*skraa ipy Gan non appeared his fellow their support ^resident ' ore ’ ” meeting in the same place ^Af terward of colored representa tives of the colored population of eighteen states, Dr. Cannon severely criticised the white Re publican leaders, in particular President Harding, for failing to recognize the claims of Ne groes. —The New York Times, April 7th^ . .. ■’ COULTER ACADEMY NOTES. By Miss M. L. Gates. On Sunday morning, our pas tor, Dr. Long, preached a won derful sermon from the subject, “Christ’s Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem.” His text was John 12:13. Our young people are rehears ing for the Easter Cantata, “The Resurrection Light.” We are hoping that this Cantata will be well rendered. “Field Day” in Chesterfield County was observed March 20, at Chesterfield, S. C. About fif teen hundred children were in the parade. Our own school was very largely represented. Dr. J. J. Wilson, of Wadesboro, N. C., made the Educational Ad dress which was very eloquent! Music for the occasion was fur nished by Coulter’s Choral! Club. Mesdames C. M. Stafford and Martha Johnson, of Charlotte, and Louise Foster, of Chester field, S. C., were visitors on our campus a few days ago. ( '■ Dr. and Mrs. G. W.; Long, Miss es Geneva Pearson and Gladys Wilson attended Fairfield Pres bytery at Mkye&ville, S. C. They reported having had a vttftr suc cessful meeting. i / i ; Miss Eloise Smyrl, of Darling ton, S. C., was the Week-end guest of Miss G. E. Pearson,. Dr. G. J. Baker, District $ec retary of the New Era Move-’ ment, was present at our chapel services Wednesday morning and in his usual pleasing maw ner made quite an interesting site doBti ■hfiit .W'ii Dr. Long attended McClelland Presbytery at Greenville, 8. C* last week, bo r noaihel I I. On Friday evening Dr. and Mrs. Long and Misses Pruitt. Shaw, Pearson, Gillespie and: Gates motored toWadesboro; N. C., to peep ..in on the Catawba Presbytery. They beard a: very splendid sermon from ReV. Li B. West, pastor of Biddleville. Hemphill Frick ■jsiisffl unlfaBon b» •>f.'U>=Ki U/O to 89 mmhmBb ST.JAMESCHBRfD ma MSl ini GREENSBORO. ua> By Mfrt&koh 3mm RWWllw^ | d8.)9 The theme of Rev. Millpr’Srdyiti bourse last Sbbtmt^lMraiMI was > ^Th^jj Triumphal March pf Christ*” Matt* 23U8r9« A- syn opsis of the sermon follower The Master comes th the Mount at the close of- a busy day and rested during al>thet night.' Unusual ' activities i*i‘‘ promised for the morrow: Shbflt^ fng indicate strange* "eV&ith. it heralded the forming of i W'1 markable processi6n.;nPiedpld fa eagerness pull - ddwir :T p*faa branches, others spread meats in the way; an’shot “Hosanna,” etc. l,i Though Christ dad not^as cept the proffered crown,thi» demonstration acknowledged hie kingship. For ixainple; WfHfcUdiu trained soldiers after the usual Bfaahi<me^fe mmteMm** the world. Note, too, His umque deman, thiti heart,;, %*jh&bs TifiJ maresh^tiegun fc6$o:!t years agb, is irresistflSe. ft has ) triumphed over every oppositions Nero tried to check it; Jutisaiju Saul of Tarsus; Mahometj Cm g* the t-esults following the Wilie of'" pMUiiATom: :Aiirl thnsA- iW- thaw conquerors b (and those H# - the He calls us today, to spread1" our garments in .’ Garment of cons Garment of loyalty. ;{c) _ of sacrifice of time and tal< (d) Above all and first of He wants us to give Him hearts. &9I Five hundred million men arar ' women in all ranks of life toda£ are shouting-^Hosahna!” Ki'fhe 1 ranks there isr a place, war O' with Heights, on Thursday after noon. A number of ladies were in attendance and a great deal of business was transacted. Two new members were added to the ' society, whose names are as fo|-: * lows: Mrs. Laura Bridges;and Mrs. Smoot. No meeting will he’ held this week owing tq the fact that quite a number. are going, i > to attend the Presbyterial which ib convenes at Sanford. At toe close of the meeting delioiouaf?Sr fresments were served. . $ey. Miller spoke, to a of workmen at the Fertilize*, Plant Monday noon. Thisis the ^ beginning of noon services at; j such centers. > ^// Mrs. G. D. Wood was received.!; into the church at a recent;,sea*... sion meeting. 'UAlk^^ol Master Clinton BroWn, >of(> Charlotte, was a week-end rtisif tor with the Miller’s, 212 N^Fore w bis St. . . ■ i:-uw ^ The Sundav school Easterex* ercise, under , the direction *«£ •, Sfrs. Barber and Mrs. Phifer, on >w could be made* of Andrew^; Bridges, Jr., who did exception ally well. r:i^o! 'itki'i Tfdor EXEC 'IN (Toorfai,* dgi ri .h#i£rtq The Executive Committee -Why, the Catawba Synodical SabbathR; S > School Convention and School Of* Methods WiU ih<fet lit al session at Johnson C. Smilh versity, Charlotte,' NT C„ o’clock Ai M., to!f arr* grant for the annual se School of Methods the .— . in August, 1925, at Johnso Smith University, CherK N, 0; Mr J. M. Somerndike *. _ be present at Committee: Meet-; ing.s oIdier-.otf obhrif tjfiiviuf ni m»m :ci •mi.-MTHOS A; LOW* ''***?? lO'i-rfarw i'sed dliw lSeeretairyii11^'10
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