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The Africo - American Presbyterian CONSOLIDATED V/ITH B«v. H. U McCEOREY, D.D.. IX.D. Editor'' W. E. UILL; Associate Editor Ksv. C. P. PITCHFORD, Business Manasrer Devoted to the Educational, Mate- fiah Moral and Beli^ous interests if our peeple in the South, and pub- 'isbed at Charlotte, N. 0., ever^ riiuredai’ TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION **ingle copy one year ^1.50 months i hree months Entered at the Post Office at Char •tte. N. C.. as second class matte) THURSDAY, MAY 14, 19B6. The report of the contnbu tions of the churches of Cataw ba Synod to the Board of Na tional Missions last year makei interesting reading. It woult. seem that the most of tin. churches fell below their quota. Every effort should be exerte; to make 1936-1937 the recon. year for benevolence in the Syn od Future years may justify the subjugation of Ethiopia, but viewed in the lig'ht of today it it the crime of the century. The. rape and enslavement of tha ancient nation is the shame ol the Christian world. Correspondents should note the change of the Street ad dress of the Rev. Dr. Thomas H. Amos in New York City. He has moved from 795 St. Nicho las Avenue to 419 W. 148th Street. lioned imiu'ovements, we plan to climax our anniversary cel ebration with a drive for $10,- 000. The Chamber of Commerce of Crockett has pledged itself to raise 81,000 among the business houses and white citizens of the city. The Negroes of Crockett have set as their goal a second thousand dollars. Our hope for the remaining portion of this money lies in our churches, missionary socie ties and friends who are inter ested in the institution and the progress of the group which il serves. We take this opportunity to appeal to you for an anniversa ry gift for this very needed cause. May you help us to make oossible this greater service to our patrons. All contributions should be sent in before the eighteenth of May and all checks made pay able to Mary Allen .Junior Col- 'ege Very truly yours, B. R. SMITH, Presideni. •PIONEERING” AT SYRA CUSE ASSEMBLY Every day of the Syracuse General Assembly will empha size Christian pioneering as ar Assembly theme, with Spiritua. Adventuring as a sub-theme ■ The daily devotional periods, the popular meetings, the many events of the Board of National Mi.ssions, the report of the Gen eral Council and other features of the Assembly sessions • will stress the Pioneering note. Thi.s pioneering emphasis is inspired primarily by the actioi of the 1935 Cincinnati Assem bly in designating 1936 as Whitman - Spalding Centennia year. Some churche.s have al ready observed the Centennial, others will do so before the As sembly convenes or in summei and fall, and Synods and Pres teries will hold celebrations during the year. Immediately after adjourn ment of the Syracuse Assembly a large number of its commis sioners, officers and visitors will motor to Rushville, in Yates County, and to Prattsburg, in Steuben county, New York, to join in Centennial celebrations June 4 at these 1836 points- ofydeparture of the Whitmans and Spaldings for Oregon. The Congregational-Christian Churches will unite with Pres byterians in these New Yoi'k celebrations. The New York ob servances will be under auspices also of the Presbyteries of Steu-|niuch THE FIFTH ANNUAL MIN ISTFRS' INSTITUTE AT JOHNSON C. SMITH UNIVERSITY The Fifth Annual Ministers' Institute of the Theological De partment of Johnson C. Smith University opened on May' 8 with an attendance which sur passed all former records. The Institute met promptly n the University church where the devotional period was con- iucted by the Rev. Hercules VVilson, D, D., pastor of West- .ninster Presbyterian church. Concord, N. C. Dr Wilson was followed by President H. L. McCrorey, wlu stated the aims and objectives of the Institute. He expressed appreciation for the manifest interest in the Institute by the ministers, and solicited their pontinued support. He stated that the institution wanted tc render whatever help _ it could to the ministers of this area. President McCrorey then in troduced the Rev. Thomas B. Hargrave, of Hot Springs, Ar kansas, director of evangelism for the Synods of Canadian, anc Blue Ridge. Rev. Hargrave g-ave the first of a series of three lec tures on Evangelism. Rev. Har grave is one of the prominent evangelists of the Church and gave a strong presentation of ‘Tersonal Evangelism.” Dr, W H. Davenport, Editor of the Star of Zion, official or gan of the A. M. E. Zion Church, gave a rather unique address on “The Minister and the Religious Press.” He pointed out that each could be of inesti mable service to the other. Dr Thomas A, Long, A. G, 0. organist of the University church, gave the first of a series of two lectures on “Church Mu sic.” He spogke on “Church Mu sic and Congregational Sing- ing.” I In the afternoon. Dr. Z. A. Dockery, pastor of Broad St Presbyterian church, States ville, led a round table discus sion on “Re-Thinking the Task of the Christian Churchf’ Dr. Dockery’s unique way in pre senting his material provoked thought anci discussion. with an enthusia.sm 'that wa.s' one of the high sjiots of the sessions. | Prof. A. 0. Steele, of tin;' School of Religion of Johnson C. Smith University, delivered two lectures on “Religious Ed ucation.” The first was: “Teach ing Religion Creatively;” tlie second was “Leadersinp Train ing.” Prof. Steele showed thor oughness in his presentation and challenged the ministers to teach with all their powers. He moved the audience in an unus ual manner. The Rev. C. F. Rush, of Em manuel Congre.gationa! church of Charlotte, conducted the de votional hour on Thursday. His reverent attitude and transpar ent sincerity, as well as his in cisive thoughts, left an impres sion On the audience. No less striking was the ad dress by the Rev. Frank C. Shirldy,.- D. .D., pastor cf 'the Btiddleville Presbyterian church, who spoke on “When the Min ster Goes Calling.'’—“He spoke BY IBE WAY By Uncle Bil.ie As I hurried down historic King Street Thursday mornin.g by the news stands in aristo cratic Charleston to Broad St. Post Office, I beheld in box-car letters and in flashing headlines: “Italy Wins the War. Last Black Kingdom Gone.’’ But to my way of thinking, it should have read: “World Wins the War;” for it was the world agajlnst jEthiopia. Italy violat ed beyond question the stipula tions of war in the bitter and unequal conflict Dy using inhu mane deadly gas and air craft, while the referees (England and France) played hide and seek and “peep eye, I see you,’ m the hall of the “League ot Nations.’’ This, no doubt, was the end in view at the be.gin- ning. Italy, likely, has never felt that the “League of Na- out of the well-springs oi his turn a deadly own experience as a pastor and 'weapon to protect Ethiopia as a Sabbath School Missionary, ^f^inst Italy s efforts, although The Friday devotional hour Italy used deadly gas and air was conducted by the Rev, J. H. Moore, D. D., p^tor of the First Baptist church, Charlotte. This veteran minister made a passionate plea for a seriou.s- ness of purpose on the part ot the ministry. The closing address was made by Dr, W. C. Sommerville, ol QueensjChicora College, Char lotte. He spoke on “The Bible and Missions.” He showed how the Bible had played a great part in civilizing the world. ah. GEORGE. KEEP THE RECORD STRAIGHT In the Africo of May 7th, 1.936, the following from the pen of Rev. Herbert Spaugh with reference to Dr. Toyohiko Kagawa, the renowned Japan ese, appears: “He came from a wealthy family, but, orphaned at the age of four, his childhoo.l and >iuth was a dreary procession of years.” Mrs. Smith and I attended the banquet g.ven Kagawa re bombs. Italy knew that she would be given time to do all that she has done to defeat Ethiopia, She knew that decep tion and the overstepping of ac cepted oelligerent principles and pacts are admissible in war and a scrap of paper when a man is mad—not angry, if you ple-ase. Especially is this true when it IS white against black. Although many eitude^irt-s o>l( ethnology—and I suspect of an thropology—digged among theii rich and vajuable ardhives ti, prove that Ethiopians are Se mitic and not Negro-, the Ethi opians have been finally treated Negro. Perhaps they proved it to the satisfaction of the world; but the color of the Ethiopian’s skin places this race alone amidst the multitude—like the American .Negro, if you please. The phrase, “Last Black King dom Gone, ’ satrles this fact as obviously as the truth of the demonstration of the pons as- sanorum. But Ethiopia is not con quered. No man or race or na tion is conquered if it Siirren- ben-Elmira and Geneva, and of the Board of National Mi.ssions. GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY Mary Allen Junior College, Crockett, Texas, April 14, 1936 Dear Friends: In commemoration of the work of the missionaries of the Presbyterian Church who found ed our institution and those who make possible its continu ance, we shall observe, on the eighteenth of May, our Fiftieth Anniversary. We believe that Mar.y Allen has a definite place in the social, educational and religious devel opment of the Negroes of Tex as, and that everything should jtures centered around Wednesda^i morning's ses sion was opened with devo tions by the Rev. Chas. W. Francis, of Anderson, S. C., Evangelist of the Synods of Atlantic and Catawba, The Rev. Hargrave feave the fsecond of his series of lectures on Evan gelism, Prof. John L. Tilley, Dean of the School of Religion of Shaw University, delivered a lecture On “New Testament Intei-preta- tion.” Dean Tilley has made a special study in this field and his voice was resonant with au thority. Dr John M. Gaston delivered the first of a series of two lec tures On “Interpreting Life Through the Bible.” These lec certain er'^s distributed at that time this statement is found: “Born out of wedlock to a rich and renegade father and a gei sha girl, July 10, 1888, Kagawa’s early life was indeed a sad one.” The point is that if Kagawa was born out of wedlock it does no harm to his splendid record to say so. Indeed that very^fact adds to the luster of his achieve ments. Let’ us keep the record straight. Sincerely yours, JOHN EDGAR SMITH, Washington, D. C. be done to increase her oppor- lunity for service. There are definite improve ments necessary in the physical plant of the school if the chal lenge for a larger service is to be met by th® institution. The most immed'ate of these needs are: a boys’ dormitory, an annex to the library, and a community church near the cam pus. In an effort to secure mon ey to make the above men- Biblical passages and showed in a most striking way how the Bible could be geared into life. At 7:30 Wednesday evening. Dr. I. Harding Hughes, a mem ber of the State Inter-Racial Commission, and pastor of the Episcopal church in Concord, N_ C., delivered a most striking address on “An Approach to Inter-Racial Goodwill.” The speaker treated his topic enthu siastically, and it was received cently at the Mayflower in thiskers against intellect, sensibili- city and sat very neajUAiP speak- ty will. . platform. In the literature! Forty years ago Ethiopia ae- ' ■ feated Italy; but Italy was not conquered in her inner powers. She went back home and pre pared for this day foriv years ago. B*ut the end is not yet. Who knows but that some day, down the centuries, an II Dace may not walk over human principles and fight to the last man into France, or conquest. God has so constituted his earthly chil dren in mind, soul and body that they can get sufficient but not enough. Man gets sufficient money to carry out his plans, cut he is always reaching oul for more money. Yes, the day will come, al though it may be many genera tions away, when the partial re ferets (En.gland and France — you may include America) will be among things that used to be. Sane heads are asking, What next? They sense the “League of Nat.ons” meeting to reorgan ize, to formulate and agree on pacts or tompadts or laws to suit the case at hand, which are termed in bad, or incorrect Lat in, by accepted Latin scholars, cx pest facto laws-. The “League cf Haiions.’’ knew at the very beginning that a mad man rec ognizes no prescribed rules in a fight_ II Duce disregarded all pacts and compacts of the League of Nations” and struck below the belt, which nullified his right fo continue on the firing line. The great powers (England and France) looked On and agreed to disagree, while c thnologists of America at tempted to pv.)V3 what per cent of Ethiopian blood is Negro and what DSr cent is Sertiitic. Al JOHNSON C. SMITH UNI VERSITY COMMENCEMENT PROGRAMME Nineteen Hundred and Thirty- Six Wednesday, May 20th Meeting of the Board of Trustees. Library -10:00 A. M. Friday, M.ay 22 ' Senior Colle.ge Class Exercis es, Biddle Memorial Hall—2:00 P. M. Sunday, May 24th Baccalaureate Sermon, Uni versity Church—11,:00 A. M. Rev. Walter L. Moser, Ph.I).. Pastor Edgewood Presbyterian Church, Edgewood, Penn. Monday, May 25th Annual Meeting of the Gen eral Alumni Association, Libra ry—10:00 A. M. President and Mrs. McCro- rey’s Reception for the Alumni and Graduating Classes, Univer sity Refectory—6:00 P M. Address by Mr. Eugene A. Armstrong, ’26, Principal Cum berland County Training School, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Junior Prize Contest, Bidd> Memorial Hall—8:00 P. M. Tuesday, May 26th Annual Commencement Exer cises, University Church—10:00 A. M. Commencement Address by Honorable Armond W. Scott, Municipal Judge of the District of Columbia. Ihc uiiper and ne'Jici’ .-flours of c'.nquest; Be it re;-iolved that Christian ity and civilization—if. these forces be not dormant—be giv en an opportunity to keep these stones from grinaing them selves. SMITH UNIVERSITY FORUM The Forum, the Faculty social organization of Johnson C Smith University, held its last meeting for the present school year on the evening of Apn 29. There were no formal dis cussions as is customary. Th evening was given altogethar to relaxation and amuse ment. The program committee had provided for a moving pic ture by Prof. N. C. Crosby showing members of the facul ty, groups of students and va rious scenes in connection witl commencement and Founders Day observances. This was fol lowed by a mirth-provoking, story-telling contest, participat ed in by many of the men pres ent. More than a dozen prize? had been provided for the con test. A committee of three la dies acted as judges. Mrs. Me Crorey, President of the Club presented the awards. Prof. T. L. Gunn was given the tir.s prize, and Mr. W. E. Hil! thi second. prof’. R. L. Dcugiass, an ii.im- itale reconteur, presided during +he evening a;; l led off witr a couple of good ; cries. Dr. A. B^ McCoy, of Atlanta Ga., was the guest of the Fo rum at this meeting and told two stories that were among lEe best of the evening. As usual a dainty repast wa.» served. Thus finis was written to th proceedings of the University Forum for the year 1935-1936 NEGROES TO LOSE ON project swing from U. S. TO STATES BANQUET GIVEN BY RELI GIOUS COMMITTEE OF SMITH UN! VERS IT Y More than a hundred students teachers and visitors at the Ministers’ Institute, attend ed a banquet given by the Com mittee on Religion at Johnson C. Smith University Thursday evening, May 7th. The banquet, an annual affair, was one of the most delightful in the history of the institu- titon_ Dr. L. B. West, Feld Re presentative of the Board of National Missions, offered the opening prayer The musical renditions, under the direction of Prof. D. E. Carroll, were es pecially good. They consisted of a solo by Mr. Cortez Richard son, and several numbers by the Girls’ Sextette, which i? composed of the Misses Ruth Hillsman, Claudia Hargrave, Ethelyn Wilson, Norene Bay less, Geneva Flair and Mary g!enton_ The speaker for the occasior. was Dr. P. H. Gwynn, Professoi of Education at Davidson Col lege. He spoke on the subject ‘The Church and Social Prob lems.” Dr Gwynn based his ad dress on the idea of integrating the church more thoroughly in to the lives of the people. Dr, Gwynn, a man with much ex perience and well prepared in his field, handled, his subject in a masterly fashion. IDr. 'McCrorey, 'PreeSdent of the institution, gave woi'ds of commendation of the work dom done by the religious organiza tions during the' year. Prof A. O. Steele, who has sponsored this function for sev eral years, served as master of ceremonies A. IN MEMORIAM Washington, May—(ANP) Results ot a nation-wide poll on relief and present tenaencies of the administration to dect-n a-aiize recovery projects and act oiuy CO supplement State and local governments lollowing reversals of New Deal policies oy the Supreme Court are tak en by acute observers to indi cate tne gNegro win, m those Htates where he exists in large iiumbers. again fare oaUly. a he nationwide poll was con ducted along nonpartisan lines qy 'the American iinstitute )of Public Opinion with headquar ters In New Yoric. Returns showed 66 per cent of those vot ing consihered politics played an important part in the hand ling of relief m tne voter’s own locality. Eifty-hve per cent thougnt the responsibility of caring for all persons on reliet should De returned now to State ■and local governments. It was considered significant chat of those on relief, only 41 per cent favored a return to lo cal relief administration. It Is believed quite likely that the administration will heed the voices of the majority of all chose who took part in the poll as it is of deep pol.tical signifi cance, and failure to do so will provide Republican fodder in next fall’s elections. Centraliza tion of recovery processes, such as the NRA, AAA, etc., have Deen declared unconstitutional. The federal housing adminis tration is also undergoing a change. Court action brought against the government on the ground it was illegal to seize private property for the tearing down of slums and erection of low cost housing units, although the property owners were paid, caused the introduction of a bill in Congress which calls only for U. S. cooperation with State and city agencies in building such projects. Under direct federal relief, Negroes in the South and in chose sections of the country where they ex.st in large num bers, have, for the most part, fared better than ever before. Government aid has been of tremendous importance because of the large number made job less through hard times. Al though prejudice did creep ino. relief administration m many Dixie areas, the government attempted conscientiously to erase the color line and \\'el- comed protests with facts and figures on d.scrimination. Under a local setup, the Negro family of Atlanta, for example, could turn to no higher authority than the Georgia officials. Through the federal housing projects, colored citizens of At lanta, Birmingham, Memphis and other cities North and South have either received or will get modern apartment dwellings to replace unsanitary and outmod ed slums. In a section which re fuses educational parity, it is inconceivable that local white officials would erect housing i projects for Negroes rivaling those for whites, and in many cases, surpassing them. This steady withdrawal of federal domination and the re version to State’s rights, in line with Supreme Court decisions and the recently conducted poll, indicate that, following a brief period in which the Negro was in the main treated by the fed eral government as any other citizen, the race will return to its old status of eating only the crumbs from the administration table. In loving memory of our wife and mother, Mrs. Mahala G. Harper, who was called to her heavenly home May 6, 1935. Though the Father of men _ To his home called you in, this, they well knew, would give j pause at this time air craft and deadly gss ample i^o honor^your na,me sublime, time to wipe Ethiopia off lYour patient, enduring smile map as the “last black king- ^^ed us_ for many a mile, dom,”—the objective. 'There is no earthly friend 'Who so sought our woes to mend As mother who stood to the I end. ^May your smile from above , Lead us on to the God of love. “Gallia est omnis in partes, tres” is now modern France. And some 'day Italy may call! for France to come under m.an- date or to be divided between her and Germany. Now that Ethiopia is no more PROF. J. W. HARPER, Hus- as a “black kingdom:” that thejband; last vestige of Ethiopia as a' WALTER, ALLERN, .lOS self-governing peopH has been.EPH, REND ALL, WILLIAM, [Synod, is expecting to leave for crushed and ground between JOHN, JAMES, CARRIE. 'Auburn some time next werit GOING TO TEXAS AND TO NEW YORK Dr. L. B. West will leave Charlcitte Friday morrs’ng for Crockett, Texas, to deliver the baccalaureate sermon at Mary Allen Junior College next Sab bath. He will also participate in the celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the founding of that institution which is to taxe place on May 18th. Dr. John M. Gaston is to make the anni versary address. From Crockett Dr. West will go to the anrual meeting of the Staff of the Board of National Missions to be held at Auburn, New Y'U'k. Dr. Frank C. S'm'riey. the other member of ti.e Natioral Missions Staff from Catawba
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