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4 ST. AUGUSTINE’S RECORD RErOKT OF THE PRESIDENT (Continued from Page 1) stantially the current income of tlie College. Surely the Clnirch at large should be made to realize the critical financial situation of its oldest Institution for Training !N^egro Youth, now fast approaching its seventieth birthday. ST. AGN^ES HOSriTAL St. Agnes Hospital with its Training School for D^urses, established 40 years ago, is continuing to merit the encouragement and approval of such agencies as the American College for Surgeons, The American Medical Society, the State Associa tion of Schools for JSTurse Training, the Duke En dowment and the liosenwald Fund. The fine spirit of the Medical and Nursing Staff con tributes to the eifectiveness of a work which is recognized as one of the best of its kind for the relief of suffering among our l^egro people. Dur ing the past year there have been about 23,000 hospital days, about 1,100 bed patients and about 1,200 out patients. Almost 1,100 operations have been performed. Among those responsible for the spleiulid record of the hospital are the Superin tendent, Mrs. Frances Worrall, Dr. Hubert Roys ter, who has been Chief Surgeon for almost 40 years, and the Assistant Surgeon, Dr. Lemuel Delany. The Duke Endowment and its Director, Dr. Rankin merit special thanks for their con tinued helpfulness. A separate report from the Superintendent is appended. THE BISHOP TUTTLE SCHOOL This school was founded and is supported by the National Woman’s Auxiliary for the purpose of training young women, mainly college grad uates, who are planning to enter the field of Social Service or Religious Work. About 50 have grad uated from it since the inauguration of its work. Practically all of these are now employed, two- thirds in the South and one-third in the North. At present the friends of the school are hoping that the time is not far off when it will qualify for membership in the American Association of Schools of Social Work. The numerous activities connected with the Tuttle Community Center, located in the neighborhood, and other projects which offer practical training for the students are described in an appended report submitted by the Administrative Dean of the School, Miss Bertha Richards, who is giving herself without stint in her efforts for the development of the work. Respectfully submitted, EDGAR H. (JOOLD, President. Dr. Robert M. Patton, director of the Ameri can Church Institute for Negroes, was present at the commencement exercises. Noted among the members of the Roard of Trustees attending the ]>rogram were: Rev. Milton A. Rarber, S. 1. D., Justice George W. Connor, Rev. Samuel W. Grice, ’01-, Mr. Henry T. Stetson, Col. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Rev. Henry (J. Lane, and Rev. J. McDowell Dick. CONFERENCE HAS FINE SESSION The St. Augustine’s Conference for Church Workers opened its 27th annual session on the campus Monday, June 1. Classes began Jime 2d and continued through June 5th. The Confer ence, sponsored by St. Augustine’s and the Ameri can Church Institute for Negroes, aims to “train and stimulate worthy and capable leaders for the work of the Church, with emphasis upon religious education, missions, social service, and a flexible program for the young people.” A special feature of this year’s program was an address by Rev. T. 0. Wedel, Ph.D., national secretary for college work of the Episcopal Church. The conference faculty included : Bishop Edwin A. Penick, Rev. Arthur M. Sherman, member of the Forward Movement staff; Rev. Alfred S. Lawrence, rector of the Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill; Rev. John E. Culmer, vicar of St. Agnes’ Church, Miami, Fla.; Rev. David T. Eaton, rector of the Church of the Holy Com forter, Burlington; Rev. Edgar R. Neff, rector of Calvary Church, Fletcher; Miss Esther V. Brown, national field secretary. Woman’s Auxiliary; Miss Louise Starr, Episcopal student secretary. Uni versity of Georgia; Prof. L. Thaddeus Caldwell, director of music, St. Augustine’s; Miss Louise McKinney, instructor religious education, Bishop Tuttle School; Mrs. William J. Gordon, president of the Woman’s Auxiliary in the Diocese of North Carolina; Mrs. Julia B. Delany, director of Dramatics, St. Augustine’s. Guest speakers included Capt. George Graham, of the Church Army; Lieutenant Lawrence A. Oxley, Chief of the Division of Negro Labor, U. S. Department of Labor, and Dr. Wallace A. Battle, field secretary of the American Church Institute for Negroes. Dr. Battle showed motion ])ictures of the Institute schools and other sub jects, most of them taken by himself. R. A. Tracy, M.D., of Hawkinsville, Ga., told an inter esting story of the founding and growth of a mission in his home town. A distinguished visitor was Rev. Robert M. Patton, D.D., director of the American Church Institute. The attendance aggregated 100, and the conference was one of the most generally suc cessful and satisfactory ever held. Rev. Edgar H. (Joold, president of St. Augustine’s College, is chairman of the conference. Other officers are, Ven. E. L. Baskervill, archdeacon of South Caro lina, chaplain; Miss Bertha Richards, dean of the Bishop Tuttle School, treasurer, and Prof. Arthur P. Chippey, of St. Augustine’s, executive secretary. Miss Hilda Allen of the Bishop Tuttle class of 1935, was present to receive the diploma of the Tuttie School, which is awarded on the comple tion of a year’s successful work in the field of religious or social work. Miss Allen has made a fine record as superintendent of the Training School for Negro Girls, at Efland, N. C., during her first year there.
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