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——, l kCSSair -ATION Is © The First Step to ng Somebody Doing Something Helping Someone Getting Somewhere Mr. Ernest M. H Norris of Norman I gee, Texas, was the “SalutHtorian" o f | the class of 1923 at Tuskegee Institute. This class numbered 218 young men and women, representing 31 states, the British West Indies, Cuba and Central America. Mr. Norris showed unusual oratorical talent and is des tined to become one o£ the leaders of our .race. He is a brilliant young tnan. •SHATTERED DREAMS Walter Raleigh Lovell. A few days ago my te’ephone rang, ;and answering the call I was told <$)y a very interested member of our •church that a sick friend at the •County hospital wanted me to visit ber and have a prayer with her. Thug I hurried through my very busy day until 3 o’clock, the hour for visitors. As I sped over the beautiful high way leading to San Leandro, Hay ward and on to Southern California, *1 had a splendid view of the surround ing hi.ls, which are not greatly differ . , <£roti£'“xker' fooufri-Hv the moun tains of Western North Carolina, •from whence I had so recently come. "Then I thought how wonderful y God bad endowed this lovely coujitry. Here, I thought, the people ought to-he very good, and I find that they are not nearly so “godless” as I had sometimes been told they were. Hut soon l was at tho large hospital maintained by Allameda County for all the siclr and infirm, who are not financially able to care for themselves. The lady whom I came to see was just having her sup per, and the very courteous nurse told me to wait, that though it was now past four o’clock, since I was a minister, I nvght see the patient whose name I gave. Accordingly,, I. sat down by the drjpeway and incidentally fell to talking to one of the patients. “How many patients are here?” I asked of him. ,fOh, I’d judge there are several thousand,” he replied, cheerfully. ■When, just at this* time I saw a *mal army of them going to the din tog room for supper, I asked again, *H©w is the food they give you?" ^iThe old man smiled, not ironically, trt.t rather diappointedly, and said, *‘Wellf it aint, nothing extra, though I guess it is as good as they can afford to give us." I rather liked him for putting it like that, but at the same time I wondered why it wasn’t possib’e, with * all wealth which C^iQomia fcoasfis, that these old people could bave all the food, and as many kinds as they ' wanted. But after all it might not be best for them, and at any rate there are millions outside I 'thought, who don’t have all they natof. So they were blessed. / Then as I stood and watched them >pass, some crippled, some blind, •others maimed otherwise and many bent and worn from years of strug tgle and unknown disappointment, I ^wondered what dreams these people bad had when they were young. There was one old. man who passed, wa king briskly on one -wooden leg, a veteran of some war. No doubt he bad read of the heroes of war, and as he went away to join the army \be had thought of fame, honor, pro motion and perhaps rising to the (presidency. And now as he hustled along he was whistling some army tune, which perhaps had led him into batt.e, as it sounded from the fife and drum. | I Later, when I had gone into the • wai*d where my old lady was, I heard anoUier old lady crooning some melody of bygone days, and then I wondered if she had in the long ago dreamed of the time when she would j be a great singer, and by her extra ordinary singing bring a charmed world to her feet. Then I saw a younger man. a vet eran, perhaps of the world war, and his face looked sad, dejected and dis appointment was in his countenance. And I wondered if he had not dreamed of love, romance and achievement. But alas, he was now friendless, and lonely, even among all these folk. For I know that one Q£v be lonely where there are so many pecp,e of similar circumstanc oS. / ( Thus and on I tried to fi: dreams to the difi*'rmc ones an thej passed before me, and I wished that they might live over again, and that all their dreams might come true. But then I was fac^ to face with the stubborn fact that, for a 1 my wishing it could not be. "'For time can never wait for thee, Far less turn back its course to see A life* renewed however bright. Thus time moves on from morn to night." Then I thought of the little folks and the young people of my church and community, and I said: “I can not help to repair ‘Tl*e Shattered Dreams’ of these dear old peop e, but I can help these young people dream aright.. Yes, and more, I can belp them to so think and live that they will ... • .‘dream, , And not make dreams your master.’" But rather work, like Jesus, that their dreams may be realized. Jesus dreamed of a word redeemed and Re stored to the Father, but every act that He could do toward the realiza tion., though it were only the billionth part of the dream, He did it, and , thus He left for others to accomplish, in His name, what “He began both / w ao and to teach.” So then I learned this lesson from the Hall of Shattered Dreams: that if one would always dream and then work, work, work, and then work some more, there would be no Shattered Dreams, for Drtams would bring a fruition in finished tasks, and then there would be no" county hos pitals. Then there would be homes, l>omes of love, where always a way faring mother or father worn and decrepit with year's woufd find a welcome. There they would be tak en care of, loved, and life would be •cheerful for them. Young man, young woman, you . may dream if you choose, when the breath of spring time is in your heart, and all “the world is before you,” but remember you too shal! be bent with years; bye and bye your strong, youthful body will give way to the ravages of time. So prepare. Live. Work. Don-t mere’.y dream, but rather write your dream in a book, and the wotld will pay you for it. Build your casjtle on the ground and you may live in it. Paint your picture® on canvas and Rock efeller's gold will hang it in the Art Galery. Live your life, and the world will give you of its necessities in this life, and when done with this world, the Master will say: "Well done, thou good and faith ful servant.” Handy information about produc I ing clean cream of good quality is i contained in John Arey’a new folder i which has justxbeen received from the printer. ^Ask It'ne Agricultural Extension Service at Raleigh tor a copy of F. 13. Legumes and live stock go hand | in hand to build up better soils and more lasting farm prosperity in North Carolina. Have you planned for summer legumes on that,stubble 'and? . EVELYN JOSEPHINE CALDWELL Miss Evelyn J. Caldwell, of Char lotte, N. C., is a daughter of the A. M. E. Zion Church. Miss Caldwell was the “Salutatorian” of the class of 1923, Livingstone College. She is e bright and cultured young lady and possesses many fine qualit.es. I - ZION’S TRAINING CAMPAIGN. By Jacob W. Powell. Leadership Training Classes have been organized in various Church Schools of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Connection, in ac cordance with the plans approved by the Sunday School board * of which Bishop P. A. Wa lace, of Brooklyn, N. Y., is president; James W. E.ch elberger, Jr., of 438 East 46th Street, Chicago, 111., General Superintendent of Sunuay Schools1; and Dr. J. Fran cis Lee of 508 North Myers Street, Chanotte, N. C., Editor of Sunday School Literature. The Superimen-! dent of Teacher Training is Rev. Jacob W. Powell, 218 Broadway, Malden, Mass. Next to the great spiritual needs of the Sunday Schools of our Zion, our most urgent need is to increase the quantity and raise the efficiency of Z.cn’s oificial and teaching forces, so that every superintendent will be come a better super.ntendent, every officer a better officer, and eveiy of ficer and teacher trained in accord ance with the approved standards of the present day! Everywhere the cry of pastors and superintendents is for more and better teachers. This call is especially urgent now, when many teachers are absent from their classes because of weariness, i lness or vacation. The seven-fold training program: Training in Christian Experience, Bi ble Knowledge, Denominational Loy alty; Interdenominational Fellowship, Local Church Interest, Recreational Leadership Community Betterment. The Courses recommended under the sanction of the Sunday School Board cover all of the above and • ther phases of the Church Schoo Campaign. Every Z'on Church School should have a Lead ership Training Class. Every pastor, officer, teacher* and Sunday School worker should be ab’e to ex hibit a certificate or diploma from some recognized schoo cf Christian Education,—-Ilf cal, county, state or international. State conventions and summer schools of religious education are now making it a feature to offer leadership train ing courses continually. Every Zion conference, (general, annual, district or special) should of fer similar opportunity. As soon as any Leadership Train ing Class has been organized notice to that effect should be mailed to the General Superintendent of Sunday Schoo s. James W. Eichelberger, Jr., at 438 East 46th Street, Chicago. II. who will forward a blank to be filled out. Clasres which have been en •ored in the state, county or inter national associations, are also re quested to enroll at the Zion head quarters in Chicago, so that full in formation regarding every Teacher framing Class in the A. M. E. Zior Connection may be on file there. The registration fee for a teacher train ing class is one dol ar. As scon as any enrolled Leadership Train ing C'ass has finished the prescribed course, or any book or books men tioned in the enrollment blank, a letter should be written to Rev. Jacob W. Powell. 218 Broadway. Malden, Mass., (Superintendent of Teacher Training) stating the number of members in the class who are ready to take the Leadership Train (Continued to page 8) REVERENCE Planted in Childhood will Bear Fruit in Manhood in BETTER LIVES HAPPIER HOMES NOBLER CITIZENS HOME .EDUCATION.—IS CHILD WELL-BRED. By Helen Gregg Green YOUR I remarked to a friend the o(her day, “Do you think it we 1-bred for Jimsy to sit in the house with his hat on?” “Oh( my dear, you are perfectly ab surd! Jimsy's only five and a half.” Which was the prologue to a rather lengthy, and a bit hectic dis cussion of when, where, and how a child should acquire good breeding. My friend contended that a parent need not bother with “such little things” until the chi d is old enough to become interested himself. “When he is interested enough, he’il pick it up,” she declared. Good breeding is not picked up. It is either learned in childhood, or not at all. Of course a cejtain superficial type of good breeding may be acquir ed, but not the way-down-deep, a - ways-have-had-it kind that is really FAMILY ALTAIC charming and worth while. A young banker in our town, a chap about twenty-one, has passed me repeatedly on the street, and spoken without so much as. touching his hat. It seems unbelievable. It should be as natural for a small boy to *ift his hat at the proper time, to stand when a woman enters the room, and to do the hundred and one other little things that are so charming, as it is for him to eat three meals a day, and go to Dreamland at night. If these habits are inculcated in youngsters at an ear y age, they will never be forgot ten. Then thye are the many little tilings that chi dren should be taught I rot to do, except in privacy. I was calling at a friepd’s home the other day, when the son and heir of the household joined us on the porch. He was a handsome young ster, just ready for high school. He had no sooner sat down, than it was apparent he had tarried only long enough for a first class manicure. I could see his mother was very much embarrassed. Personally, I think she deserved to be. She asked, “John, isn’t your bed room the p ace for that?" John was unimpresesd. His moth er had spoken eight years too late. The manicure was completed with flying colors. You can tell a well-bred child, one taught the many little niceties of ife when quite young, by his lack of self-consciousness. This is the beau ty of it all. This and his thoughtful ness . And, after all, courtesy, charming manners and good breeding are syn-* orymous of forgetfulness of self. PROF. J. E. WOODYARD. Prof. W. E. Wcodyard, mathematician and administrator. Mr. Wood yard as president of Dinwiddie Institute, one of the schools of the A. M. E. Zion Church, has raised the record and it is accepted in northern schools, an an A-grade high school. t PETER SALEM LEAFLET FREE. History of Black Heroes of 1st Battle of the American Revo'ution to be Distributed fo Further June 17th Observance.— Colored Speakers to Follow Southern Congressman at Monument in Boston. Boston^ Mass., June 4, 1923: Final arrangements for Boston’s official celebration of the 148th anniversary of the Battle of Bunkejr Hill, June 17th, and those in honor of the col ored men Who fought va iantly that June 17, 1,775, will enable the colored orators, including Hon. Wm. H. Lewis, to follow Congressman Gar rett of Tennessee, who will be the city’s orator. The National Equa' Rights League will honor Peter Sa lem . /'■ , At this first regular battle for American Independence, Peter Sa lem killed the British commander, Salem fought so well he was commended by, the legislature, and Lew> the fifer, was colored. His de scendants will be guests of honor. Representative Garrett is the demo, cratic floor leader and opposed the anti-Ku Klux bill. The League urges co’ored civic bodies and especially citizens of Equal Rights Committees organized for Race Day Observances, in every place to call for equal rights in view of the soldier heroes of the race in every war, to be held Sunday, June 17t!h “Salem Sunday,” or Monday night* June 18. It will send a historical, leaflet free from National headquar ters^ 103 Court St., Rm. 9, Boston, upon request. Timber is the one beat bet to make poor land pay a profit. It is but sure and should receive more attention, suggests H. M. Curran, farm forestry specialist for the Agri cuitural Extension Service.
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