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^11 i. W Ili-Jiii '_i 2RATION JOURNAL May, 19,')2 Co-Laborers in y. ■.■ ■ V-feiS MRS. MINNIE G. PEARSON Thi'ough the most trying years of the State Federation work, Mrs. Minnie Sum- I ner Pearson by popular election was I called upon to serve as our State Presi- Ident. Mrs. Pearson’s first great problem I was how to face the task of succeeding the distinguished club founder, Dr. Brown. I whose heavy financial and administrative I responsibilities at Palmer demanded her I undivided attention. Mrs. Pearson’s second problem was the I solution of the difficult situation at the I Efland Home—the debt, the need for I larger facilities for water, the fai-m and I its development, the secui'ing of a suitable I matron at the Home and teaching person- Inel as well and other needs, the details I of which are too well known to necessi- |tate a reviewal at this time. Problem number three was that of larousing the lethargic club women I throughout the state to a continuation of I the fine work which through united en- lergetic effort had been accomplished dul ling the eai-lier years of Doctor Brown’s ■ administration.-Secui'ing an adequate ap- Jpropriation through appeals to consecu- Itive State Legislatures was both difficult land disappointing. Patience and persistence brought suc- Icess to Mrs. Pearson who with Doctor JBrown, Mi's. Julia Warren and others ■struggled on day by day, month after ■ month. These women .fraveled back and ■ forth from theii* homes tirelessly super- Ivising the humble work at Efland. Thus ■we pause to honor Mrs. Pearson, the third ■president of the State Federation and. her ■ faithful companion and loyal co-laborer IMj's. Julia Warren wbo was one of the ■ most unselfish club women North Caro- |lina has ever seen. Ml'S. Marie Clay Clinton of Charlotte ■ North Carolina, rendered outstanding ■ service first as State President and later [as matron of the Efland Home. Mrs. Griffin of Hiph Point, Mrs. Nelson MRS. JULIA WARREN of Grensboro. Miss Mary Lynch of Salis bury. all belong to that immortal coterie of pioneers whose noble services we honor at this convention. ‘‘What about Mrs. Maggie Jones of Asheville?” you ask. She is indeed the matchless, indefativable, energetic, heart wai-ming. beloved “Mass Woman.” There is no one like her. When she was created the angels must have hidden the mould. We have not found it yet. It will take a special edition for this marvelous pioneer. Others there are most certainly deserving of honor, sketches of whom will appear in the Editor’s fortlicoming History. A New Usefor The fe%'iii lat have icinal valu? rurhy'ar^ilgeS'plant. Always an^^ii tal shrub, bearing large olusters^^^S^^^(^ flowers that change in hue from a ish white to lavender, brown, and ro^, it is, in its season, a thing of striking beauty and remarkable attractiveness in any yard. Now apart from its beauty, the hydran gea becomes more interesting because a valuable medicine is being produced from its root, according to announcements made by scientists of the Lederle Laboratories at Pearl River, New York. The medicine obtained from the hydran gea is in the form of a di-ug which prom ises to become even more effective than quinine in the treatment of malaria; espe- (CONTINUro ON PAGE 8) PIONEER EDUCATOR (CONTINUED FHOM PAGE 3) will enable graduates to enter college North or South. In addition the school offers cultural training in drama, art, and music, and in the latter department the Sedalia singers have can'ied their alma mater's name to many places. The students are divided into small circle groups over which some teacher is counselor and adviser, each individual student thus receiving personal training in chai-acter development, attention to personal appearance, and other cultural necessities. All students are required to give one hour of work per day to the school. No general work program can be offered here except to a limited number of working students, but to be able to work is one of God’s greatest blessings in the curriculum of the school, and so the president seeks to dignify toil with hands, to place high valuation on work well done whether in the office or in the kitchen. Two modeiTi doi-mitories house seventy- five girls and fifty boys, and are both well-equipped and modern, while Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial houses the administration building, dassrx)ms. home economics laboratories, music studios, the library, and Wellesley auditorium. The faiTn has been an especially valu able asset. Corn, potatoes, and other vege tables are raised and canned for the use of the school, and sui-pluses often sold, while thousands of quarts of vegetables and fruits are shelved each year. At the head of the school is Dr. Char lotte Hawkins Brown, who has served as president of the North Carolina Federation of Negro Women’s Clubs, and vice-presi dent of the National Association of Col ored Women. She is a very forceful speak er, and has appeared at Columbia Uni versity, Mt. Holyoke. Smith, and Welles ley. She has traveled extensively in Eu rope and her own country, and has au thored many stories. Dr. Brown is tiuly a woman of whom her race should be vei-y proud. On special committees and acting as tmstees for Palmer Memorial we find such names as Stanley High, former Gov ernor Ehi'inghaus, Mary E. Wooley. of Mount Holyoke. Frank Graham of the University of North Carolina, Mrs. James Roosevelt, Sr., WUliam Neilson, president of Smith College, and others. Three yeai's ago. after thirty-five years of existence, Gordan Hancock, in an edi torial in the Norfolk Journal end Guide, said: ‘What is perhaps one of the most significant experiments in Negro education in this counti-j' is to be found at Sedalia, North Carolina. In Palmer Memorial In stitute we find a tjT>e of culture adapted to rui'al life after a fashion unapproached any^vhere in this counti-y. Hitherto the emphasis on Negro education has been decidedly ui'ban in its outlook and possi bilities; but at Palmer we have something new, an attempt to adapt not only educa tion to definite i"ural needs but there is ! the inception of an almost unique rural ' culture.’ ”
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