AND YE ,SHA]LL ® IB TRUTH, AND //THE kURSDAY,. JAN.21; i$26. VOL. XLVIII. ovf OF THE WORKERS’ Divisionof Missions for Colored People, the Board i r ^f National Missions of the I^isl^^#ra3rl. ; f »i; u ’»■ Church in the U* S* A- ; * rr Brainerd Institute, Chester, S. C., Veibruary 2-5,, '1926 Tuesday Afternoon, February 2, 1926. J. M. Gaston; D. £>., LL. D., ' r:-; :;Pi?esdin^ ■ f 2“i30 P. Ml Devotional. , M. Greetings:— . Agnesvfi. Snivel W ' 3:16 P;!M. Benevolent Offer ' nigs’... *' . ‘r1 , (a) Is aPeneVolerice Treasur 5&*"T;; ‘ (b). Securing and Collecting 1 Ben^Volence Pledges. • Remitting Benevolences. •'Rev.',C.: J. Baker, D. D., At 'larttiai Ga. ' : 3 :45 P. lM. Discussion. ' /*' ; P.' M. What Standards ; Shall fee' Required of‘ a Church m/Grder t6 be Qualified to Re ceiV^Aid? ‘ Her. John A. Savage, V. u., North \t)aroliha. u 1 ' ; i,’,»4^0 p; M: Discussion, ; V;5:00 P. M.' Adjournment. ; ’v 1 T*S J, li B. McCoy, D. DV. _M. Discussion; 9346 i AM. How Can Leaders Be Secured and Trained to .. ;jLw Rj^Paylorl . .10i061 A.. M. Discussion. . ’ 10-15 A. M. i What Are the Best Methods of Strengthening and Developing Mission Sunday Schools? i :A.’ *A. Adair. 10:35 .A. M; Discussion. , 10 :45 A.M. How Can Our Churehes and Pastors Cooper ated Suiiday School Extension Work?,, i .. . . H. M. Scott. .11:05 A. M. Discussion. Ilil5 A. Mk.What is the Sun day: School:; Missionary’s Week Day Work ? ; ; R.W.Kornegay. 11:35 A. M. Discussion, !■.: .11:46. A. M. What is the Re lation of : the Sunday School Mis sionary to the Presbytery and What Should They Expect of Him? • . ..... ... JhM. Somerndike. 12:05 P. M* Discussion, 12 :15: ?- M. Recess. Wednesday Afternoon, Feb. 3. Rey, ;j’ M. Gaston,4 D. D., LL. D., r:;; ‘ Presiding. 2:00 P. M. Devotional. 2:15 P. M. Training Men for Life Work. Rev. C. M. Young, D. D„ Har bisori Agricultural College, Ir mo, S. C. ’ 2:35 P. M. Discussion. ! ,' i:45 P.M. The Training of Women for Life Work. Mrs. E. F. Johnston; Mary Holmep Seminary, West Point, MississibbC : * $;05 P). M. Discussion. 5 §:i5' P. M. Training Boys and $irls‘for Their; Life Work. ■ tin Coeducational Schools). Rev. G. C. ShaW, D. D., Mary Potter School, Oxford, N. C. 3:35. P.’M. Discussion: 3:45. The Place of the Ele mentary Church School. . Mrs' £ G. Porter. Irmo, S. C. 1 4:65 T. M. ’Discussion. -v.j 1U 4:X5‘ P. M. Thfe Place of the 4:35 Pi M. Discussion. ‘ 5:00 IP: M.^ Adjournment. ' . Thursday, February 4, 1926, Mr. J. M. Somerndike, Presiding 9.00 A. M. Devotional, 9:15-A; M. Can the Modern Methods of Sunday School Work tnoie m uaucanon Be Adapted to Our .Negro Schools? J. J. Sheppersoto. i 9 :35 A. M. Discussion, hi- 9;46 A. M. Can Qjar. Sunday Schools’Be Graded, iandsHow?- ‘ A. A.. Adair.; < 10:05.; A. M.. Discussion, -j • 10:15 A. M* How Gfin/Tpacher Training Classes Be Maintained in .Our Schools.?U u: ! Vanhorn Murray,«■ . - 10:35 A. M:. Discussion. '> 10:45 A. M. What li the Val ue of the WorkersV Conference and How Can It Be Maintained ? . I. M. Martin, ^ . .• .11:05 A. M. Discussion. .... . 11:15 ; A. M. How Can .Par ents. Be Brought Into the Sun day School and Be Given an -Ac tive , Part in the. Work of:-the „ U.N.T. Sullivan.?- ,ii -w . 11:35 A. M-Discussioni - 11:45 A. M. What Is the Pas tor’s Place and !. Worfc, ad . the Sunday School? -1 William <.D*,; Wood;! ■.. .. . . . 12 ‘05; P. 'M» Discussion. : u .12 :16 P. M. Recess, u ■ Thursday Afternoon,; Feb, ‘4. Rev. J. M. Ghstdh, J>. D., LL. D., presiding., , ^ ' 2:00 P, jM, ^eyotionsd.; ' 'I ‘2:15 P. M! Some of the Out standing: Workers of the - Past Among the Colored People.. .. R$y. w: %. Metz, p. D, E/iis tp„ Island,. So. Carolina. 3:05 P. M. Discussionv 3:15 P. M. Some of the Grad uates of Gillespie Normal School. Rev. A. S. Clarke, Cordele, Ga.- ‘ ... 3 :35 P. M 3:45 P Discussion; ( r M. The Minister and His Influence. Rev. I. D. Davis, :D. ?D., Co lumbia, S. ,C. . , ... 4:05 P. M. Discussion. . 4:l5 P. M. Quickening the Spiritual Life' of Our Churches. Rev. S. D. Thom, D. D.; At lanta, Ga.‘ ' 1 4:35 P. M. Discussion.1 ' 4:45 P. M. Industrial Educa tion.' ; •••*’‘ r 1 Rev.; Ftanklin Gregg, D. D., Newnan, Ga. 5 :05 P. M. Discussion. 5:15 P. M. Adjournment. 7:30 P. M. Evangelistic Ser vice. ‘ * ’ 1 Conducted by Rev. James E. Jackson, Evangelist, ' Atlantic Synod. . 1 1 Sermon—ReV. H.. C. Miller, Greensboro, North Carolina. ... Friday., February 5, 1026 Mr: J.-.M. Somemdike, Presiding 9:00 A. M. Devotional. - 9:15 A. M. Is thetVacation-Bi ble School Practicable for Every School?- - • - S. L. Young. !: 9 :35 A. M. Discussion; 9:45 A. M. How Can Leaders Be Secured diid Trained for Ef fective Bible ‘ Schools? •' : A. -A. Adair. ; • > - 1 10;05 A. M.-Discussion.; 1 1 10 :15 A. M- How Should the Vacation Bible School Be Con ducted? 1 i ;:' - : - ' (a)' The Daily Schedule.:• ' * (b) Bible Teaching or Hand '6t,aft! • ;■ '*•' •' ‘ ;(c) Interesting the Pupils. * Jesse B. Barber. • ' ; ; ' “ 10:35 A:; M. iJisbussibh. '' 10 :45 A. M. What Are1 the In fects pf' the1 Vacation. Bible School Upon the Sundayi School and,Church 1 ^ , h. ivr. Scott*. \ :. v ;• v 'v 11:05 A. M*. Discussion. 1' * 11:1S. A.“ M.; What: Special Days Should Be Observed and Hbw? '■ •'•' * ’ ,;1 - v •; 0. G. Hutchings, *' 11:35 A. M. Discussion. * ,11:45 A. M. How Can Pastors 12:05 P. M. Discussion..* v Mrs.' Agnes > B; • Snively* and Dri' J. M.* Gaston will grant pew aonal interviews ’■ to the npfl feers bf the Conference - JMdAi afternoon^and evening, Februag ry-hth. '••*4 .< - »*\ V* - It is expected that member* Of the Conference will attend a| Sessions.y ■ 6. _ MarquiJ Brainerd Institute, Chester^ 8 C., advising him as to the thh Of -your arrival1 and your plae of entertainment wilt be las signed-to you.. •*» • I ItJ is earnestly hoped- that'fb local' churches Will pay;the ,trav ^ling expenses of their minis • tiers to the Conference. The in formation and inspiration * de rived from the Conferend Should :a good deal more thai justify1 the local church in pay trig: ; the ’ expenses of their pas fof. • tifSr® be ’impossible f6] the 'Division Of Missions for Col bred Pbople: to pay the traveling 4?cpen^hs of those attending th# Conference: Entertainment will he furtrishhd free.1 . - HOW MR EOS " CAME» J? NEGRO Atix jTED v, S«PI5'> ; Soon aflif I had read *' American Oitizeiir a biograi of yfilliam- H., ! fialdwin, the friend of Tuskegets, written by Jphn Graham Brooks, l Booker T. Waphingtoo. ' VpB asked me to b^cpme^orifedf Tiiskegee Institute trostccs.Jn that way I be<^e. interested to iducation: for' pTe^bes^^h ^ „„>n he pictured to meW able condition of Negro second ary schools in the South and asked me to finance an experi ment in extension , work that would cost about $25,000. I did it. The experiment was a success. There was $2,000' left over. Dr. Washington asked me if I would let him use it to help build a number of experi mental country schdojhoUses. His idea waS to interest both the white and colored people in the building of mpdest but sub stantial and. comfortable schbols in given rural communities, do nating one fourth of the cost when one fourth Had. . .been raised by the Negroes them selves and the balance by the white people. The plan worked so well and aroused so much in terest that before the first' of these schools was built there were applications for funds for more. The idea, spread and kept spreading with the' result that we have oyer 2,800 school houses for Negroes in the four teen southern states. They re present an investment of dearly twelve million dollars.' About fifty-five per cent has bieeri con tributed by southern white peo ple and out of the publife funds; and about tweiity-tWo per cent has been raised by colored peo ple.' The Julius Rosenwald Fund, as it is now Called," has contributed eighteen1 per , cent and supervised the construc tion. \ :lty': ' ': Tlie results have been so gratifying that there is a feel ing of satisfaction apd* a desire to increase rather than limit the work. Whenever ‘' these schools' are built there is a no ticeable improvement in the life and though t',bftKe Cdlbred people served. We find the Ne gro taking more pride in his home and premises and more pride in his" children; That'lit tle schoolhouse- with [ its trim windows, -its spotless ■ - coat of paint and its tidy furnishings sets a mark for - him« mid ; he tries to live -up to it. ^ - • •-:»* The Ne^rd has city problems too. He heeds a center iior' ed ucation, fecreatibn afid service, such as the Y. M. C. A. furnish es in its buildings, and this need has been emphasized since the nt migration .to /Northern The Negro lacked the eans to provide such facili .This .led: me to'make an er which stimulated < white colored. people: to . work to er 'for:thte same catlie^ raised the.;, needed funds, ructed''the .buildings . and tod in* the management the. completed- property. <• 5* The' Y. mV-g.uA. appealed to (hie; for this ’ Work' ; because <' it cptfld' organize ’ and protect the ‘Nejrrbes-i-be* a big brother to a neglected grodp. 'v ‘ ' ; n \ This movement had resulted eighteen bu^dhigir ii^ fifteen ;itios. Two of the buildings Ore ffl NeW York ahd Philadelphia, phe ‘ total; vj^Ue of the property ai more thaiti Ijhree n|ill^oh dol mka> ‘ Of* that' amount, colored people gave nearly fohr hundred thousand' dollars, White ftiends M various cities gaite ftiorO than ,i/hiillion ahd a half. 'J ^jyThe acquisition of, money is largely a. matoer of luck; a man Inherits mpneyor bp stuiphles lUponsome money-inaking op oprtunityj i fii my. own, .case, /1, upkily, at the .right moment, ell into a business,/that, ha^ >/igreatJ money makingppsSibil ies. [ The, fact' that X havp.bpen ommercially / successful is not ue so much to my ability as to reat good luck, there are, no pubt, men right here in tjiis usipess (Sears, J^oebuck, & today/wprking for modest iges who* would haye [made a ;e»tpr success of /it thaji I aye,, tiad, they‘had rny oppor upity v, , Having made money, tty problem.now is |iow to use it .so as to give and .get, happi ness OUt Of it. ; ; ’ , \ ; v r j UP1; glad of. the privilege, of trying to help the Negro/climb put of the ditch. Urban League To Hold Confer ence in New York February 3rd-5tth, 1926. At -the time of' the fifteenth Aftmial Meeting* of the Nation al Urban League, February 3rd 5th, an important • Conference will be held which Will mean much in the future programs of industrial- and . community welfare for the Negro. Repre sentatives from at. least fifty Urban communities -will attend this Conference and confer; on such subjects as Health and Housing, Recreation and Train ing • * of Workers < in Industry. White and colored students of the problem of race contacts will confer on methods by which fric tion may be avoided and better and more lasting fellowship be tween the various * racial ele ments in America may be pro moted. s : • ' f'1 The opening session on Feb ruary ‘ 3rd Will be addressed by Walter W. Pettit, Assistant Di rector Of the New, York School of' Social Work, on Present Day Problems of Social Life and E. Franklin' Frasier, • Director of the Atlanta1 School of Social Work; will describe how these problems arS manifesting them selves among Negroes.' Follow ing this session, ‘Forrester B. 'Washington, Executive Secreta ry Of the Philadelphia 1 Arm strong ; Association, . affiliated with the League,’ will present a 'program- to met these -needs in 'Northern communities, •incident ally bringing1 in a summary , of an investigation of i more than • 901 communities ih Pennsylvania having more than- a hundred Negro population which he has > studied under the auspices of the Public- Welfare Department of the Keystone State. For the South, J. Marshall Ragland, Executive Secretary -of. ; 'the LOuisvilje i Urban: League, will present a program. ‘'1 • • > ■ ; ' . Dii^ng the- ■ day ; sessions, Charles S.‘ Johnson, Director1 Of the* Department Of Research1 and Investigations of ■ the ■ League and Editor ‘.V of ‘ “Opportunity” | magazine,, trill ’ present the find ings of a study of the experi ences of Negroes with' trtde un i ions £0 years, amd T. torofithe; Ni Department of the League, lead- the discussion in sium ion the training wl afforded. Negroes^; to dustrial opportunities' n< fered them* t At this sym; um some of. the leading nents of - trade training ?roes will participate in th ussidn. This grbup ih<3 James Gregg, .. Principal*' Himpton Institute j" ^ D. *1 ford, President oi the A. College ; of. Greensboro; and representatives fromiTus^ icegee Institute. President Ar thur Morgan of Antioch Col lege in Qhio will prepe$& the Antioch plan of work (ahi|' stu dy for consideration by educa tors among the Negroes, Em ployers, of labor win be', -A to discuss this subject of ,the tjrpSs o|, work? they are seeking. GSorge Stil livan, Superintendent' Of the Sayre and Fisher Brick iManu factiiring Co., of Sayreville, N. J., will also address this meet ing. • ' ' ‘. . In the, Health session, F red erick L. Hoffman, Consulting Statistician of ttye Pilidential Life Insurance Company, au thor of Race Traits and'Tenden 9ies of the American; Negro, which produced such ’ excite ment . in; socibl6|rii?^ circies nearly 30 years ago, Wul present sonie. of hisnew theorres ,in the light of the , experiences of the Negro following, the'appearance of the startling hook.' Pi*. M. 0. Bousefield, Presideiht of the Liberty Life-Insurance Co., Dr. Clyde H. Donnell, Medical Di rector of the ,N. C.. Mutual Life Insurance Go,> and C. C. Spauld ing, President of-the same Com pany, will engage •in.t&e«jflg™P sion, as will repfesentzU^P^ many—tother . Inifo^ifliraTanfla. Companies and health organiza tions vitally interested in Negro health. Speakers at the evening pro grams will include Ferdinand Q. Morton, Civil Service Commis sioner of New York City ; Mrs. Blanche Armwood Beatty, Exec utive Secretary of the Tampa, Florida, Urban League; Eugene Kinekle Jones, Executive Secre tary of the National Urban League and: L. Hollingsworth Wood, President of the Na tional Urban League. It is ex pected also that James A. Walk er, Mayor of New York City, Dr. Louis I.1 Harris, the City’s Health Commissioner and other prominent leaders in public thought will speak. The League is extending a cordial invitation to all persohs interested in any phase of Ne gro welfare to ‘attend the ses sions and to participate in the meetings at which opportunity will fcfe given for general discus sion. Welfare organizations and movements interested in health matters, church ; social; service departments, ; insurance • com panies and fraternal bodies are being requested to send dele gates to the Conference and to communicate with James H. Hu bert, Executive Secretary Of the New' York Urban League, 202 West 136th Street,1 New York City, for particulars as to ac commodations and places of meetings. : ’ !v '• ' ’ ‘ ON THE CAMPUS OF FEE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE, By Lena- Mae Guess, 27. The Christmas season jUst passed will long be remembered for the joy, and gladness' it brought to every stiideht.1 All of the girls remained on the campus. Vacation began on. the 24th and ended on the 2ttK. • . A splendid program in (con nection with the: Christmas tree wn? giyep by th1^ grades Under the supervision of Mrs./McNair and, Misses Kinchlow and Cali i man. The tree was beautifully decorated with .Christinas, col ors and laden with . many gifts. The majority of the gifts xaipe (Continued on page 4) * One of God’s noblemen has given up His active' service as Christian Endeavor leader. Dr. Francis tL,’ Clark; s^rv^d for thirty-eight years * as President of the United Society of Chris tian Endeavor, and mhch’of that time as President of the World’s C.:, E. Union. 6n July 6, 1925, this “apostle to youth of the nineteenth c«itury” in sisted that his resignation, sev eral times presented, must be accepted. Dr. Daniel A. Poling, Associate President* was elected to lead the movement, but;'as he himself said, “Francis E. Clark can have no successor.” *• jji. warn nas leix.r-ine active leadership of the cause «tf < his heart at the time of its prime, when it has- more members«in; more societies, in more chufrch es, in more> denominations, -in more nations than eVer: before in its history.” With:*: desire* to express in a -definite > way their love for Dr. Clark'and his good wife, Mrs. Harriet Abbott Clark, ahd . their Appreciation for the. deyofpd and >self-sftc;ri ficing service of these servants o£ God who* ushered- in a: 'iiew d^y, for. the church^ ^9ung .peo ple, the Endeavorers of Ameri ca haye made; plans. fp£ the /set ting up; the “Francis. E,. Clark Repogpitipp,Fpndi” n-u h A committee ! hap. . been ap pointed,, pon^sMhS ar. iepse septative pf csach.Sha^^Mi^PtQ yjnpial C. E. Union -in th,® Unit ed States and Canada, for the raising of a one-hundred-thops andrdpiiar trust, fund.,; ■ rfhel in terest or the investment of this sum is to go tp Dr. and vMrs. Clark as long;, as thpy: Jive, #id after thpij: do^th i&e inyesfanp^ istte, bemused ip& f ff tj hpme missionary program of Christian Endeavor,, under, the direction of the trustees of *the United Society. . > , .... , . , The general chairman of, the committee is Mr Fred C. Ball, treasurer., of ;the ,; Park, (Drop Forge Company, Cleveland, Ohio. : The address of the copi mittee is;; Cleveland Headquar ters, the. Dr.; Francis E. Clark Recognition Fund, 1927 C* Con vention Rpom, Chamber , of Com merce Building, Cleveland, Ohio. , i The actual raising of the fund -is to be carried; out : duping Christian Endeavor Week,- Jan uary 31-February 4 7, ,1926,1 ..This week will mark the forty-fifth anniversary, of the organisation of Christian Endeavor and the golden wedding anniversary year of Dr. and Mrs. Clark. Every Society in the United ; States t and-Canada Fill' he.-in vited,-to gather;, gifts ;S for. the Fund. A unique plan ha,s been worked out, whereby, pnjfprm sigiiature ,;$heets will be fur bished - all societies, • and, .each contributor from the spiallest/to the largest will be asked, Jo sign the sheei,: the amounts, jnpt to be shown,: The subscrjptipn sheets. from each statej.pr pro vince willvbe hoiundiih.,a;(Sepa rate volume,) i all binding, fro {be done by, the, committee, ipCHcve land and binding to be uniform* Each volume will contaig^pho tograph of ;Dr..ancl iMrs.$$}ark, list of i state and : district ^fl eers, a history of the that, state* and the signedpub scription. sheets* ;* All wjJumes will be.brought / or sent* , to ,the International .,, Convention :, j^at Cleveland in 1927andwijlmake up what , will be known, as. .‘fib*. Clark’s library'.”, : For ’ thirty-eight years < Dr. Clark has served as President' of the- United Society without a penriy of salary.' Through Ids pen and by abstemious diving, he’arid MrO. ■ Clark havedlkd enough,' but have gathered lit 'tle of this worlds goods. There will •'be doubtless-• many •'-who Wish to do them: honor-and wish -to help perpetuate their splenr did work for: the young people, by coritributink to the Recogni tion Fund.—Presby terian$t«nd ard. *'•