A
THE QUESTION OF
RACE PURITY.
Professor Franz Boaz, the distin
guished anthropologist of Columbia.
University, in a discussion of racial
parity in tke American Mercury for
October, declares the main question
ie: “Do races * possess hereditary
mental characteristics that influence.
their cultural achievements?” He
believes that "only' If iU-ig, proven
that the family lines constituting
two races are throughout distinct,
can we speak of racial characteris
tics.” And in Europe types vary so
greatly that no siuch prqpf is possi
ble. Individuals ate able to adjust
themselves to a wide variety of con
ditions in spite of anatomical differ
ences. While they will not all func
tion alike yet they will all meet the
requirements of the. situation. Mental
activities vary in the same* way.
Environment and use may also
change anatomical jtorma,. ...y.A
determination of the adjustability of
the individual of different demands,
and of the adaptability of different
individual to the same demands is
a necessary part of the study. The
psychological tests now in vogue do
not meet this requirement.
Anthropologists are inclined to be
lieve that '"extreme forms represent
pure races. ”, In the case of the three
European types, Northwest Euro
pean, Central European and Medit
erranean, there ig no proof that the
individuals showing the extreme
types represent Cure race® 'or that
*110 regions^ where these extreme
types are moat common are /-‘the
l» mes of our onl/ pure races.”
Moreover “a. general review of cul
tural forms the world over does not.
indicate that there Is any correlation
between - the-' achievement of ' races
and their supposed racial purity.”
In conclusion;' Professor Boaz says.
"Our knowledge of the reactions- ot
men living in diverse cultural forms
and the stiidy of the cultural forms
themselves lead us to infer that, he
reditary characteristics are irrele
vant as compared to social condi
tions and that anatomical form does
not determine the cultural history of
a people.. The scientific ap
proach to a solution must be tniougn
an investigation of three problems;
hist, the degree of variability fou-iu
in the hereditary strains that com
pose races; second, the fextent to
which varying anatomical forms can
perform tne same function; and
third, the adaptability of the organ
ism to varying demands.” From in
formation Service Federal Councn
of Churchesi. <
PRACTICING THE
PRESENCE OF GOO.
Rev. E. George B'ddle, D. D.
‘‘In thy presence is fullness of
’ey, at thy right hand are pleasures
fer evermore.” Psalm 16.11,
Prom our youth up we are taught
that God is omnipresent: almott the
hrst question in our Catechism i3.
‘Where is God?” and the little child
is instructed to answer, “God i® ev
nywbere.” We believe in the Om
nipresence of <Jfod; the trouble is we
no n»t put our belief into practice;
are so accustomed to looking at
the material gide of thing® that our
eveg are c’osed to the spiritual; we
see the difficulties of life and- the
multitude of our enemies, but we
H to gee in our defense, ‘‘the moun
tain® full of horses add’, chariots of
fire.” Because we do not. put, In prao
t<ce what we reaflybelteve in refer
ence to the presence of God, we look
f»uly at things which are seen, which l
*>re often simply- &n illusion, and
‘ometlmeg a delusion; w^Me t$n«r<*
^hich are seen With thegplfitual
♦'ye are TeyBiand titemakr ^etftts Is
nearer to us than Hb %s« to His dfc
♦••"les. for often was in one place
wkfle they were in nuaother:
the above Scripture the Psalm
!,t sneaks of ^e' .PrMMM ot
<k>d.” The Hebrew w$rd is tfee sanir
word
promised Moses that' His “PRE§
ENCE (He Himself) shornd go with,
him/ Exo. 33’; 1 • t See also Psa 21.6.
31.19, 20. 139.7. whefc the same
Hebrew word is used, li he Will only
be cleansed from adn, live a life of
obedience, faith- and love; patting
into practice our faith in the. Divine
Imminence, what a beautiful “PATH.
OP LIFE,” what ' “FULNESS OF
JOY,” and >f. what “PLEASURES
FOREVERMORE” Shull be oura;
then we will understand^the joy of.
Tennysoh’ia %ft ' quoted
“Speak to Him thou; for He hears;
Sp.rit With spir^'can speak;- Closer
is He than breathing, and nearer than
hands and feet. ” What can be neas -
or than INDWELLINGS? God’s plan
>8 that He shall DWELL IN us, and
we IN Him. “Blessed are the pure
in heart, for they shall see God,”
but many of is are like the majority
of those sent, to view the promised
land, we only see “walled cities and
giants,4’ rather Jet us like Caleb and
Joshua, see Godi
He ys with- us, if we will only rec
ognise Him by PRACTICING our
faith. He i® so near that He SEES
ell we do, He hears aU we sav; He
KNOWS all we think. Who would
willfully sin in the very presence of
The Holy vOne ? He is ever in per
son PRESENT, if We will only enter
by faith into the experience. “My
God shall SUPPLY ALL YOUR
NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS RICH
ES IN GLORY IN CHRIST JESUS.”
Phil.- 4:19. What more can we need
than that? The prophets of Baa!
screamed and howled for an absent
god; E’ijah invoked an ever present
God, and he was immediately an
^wered by fire and victory.
Let Us walk in personal unison
with God; take Him as our great
Companion; our battles will be1 His.
and His victorieswill be oh vs if
we PRACTICE THE PRESENCE OF
GOD, we will partake of the meek
ness and gentleness of Christ; our
manners and conversation, evetf f.he
tone of our Voice will be changed,
and cleansed from harshness and
coarseness), and we will be now, in
-his life “In the heavenlies with
Christ.” (See Eph. 1, 3; 20.2; 6-3:
’ Hif6 :12-) Then His love wil1 tie our
iife; His will our law. The life and
habit of living thus in abiding UNION
WITH, and IN CHRIST is more than
doing, it is BEING.
North Cambridge, Mass.
CHRISTIAN ASPECTS
CF RACE RELATIONS.
At the recent meeting of the Inter
national Committee of the Y. M. C.
A • in Atlantic City, a session was
held on the application of Christian
ity to the race problem at which time
Dr. Will W. Alexander, Director of
the Commission on. Interracial Coop
c-ration and a Secretary of the Fed
oral Council’s Commiscion on the
Church and Race Relations, said:
•‘At the heart of Christianity is a
God who }S not a tribal God. born
from the forests of our 3>avage fath
ers'; nor a national God. We cannot
think of God rightly in terms of a
100, per cent American God, guarding
iealously the interests of any re
stricted gfoup. He is the God; and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ/the
God of all men. Any Christian organ
ation needs to test its religious
work by its success in leading men
into an experience of this 'greet
Father-God • Race prejudice and rac
discrimination can find no form in th'
lives of men conscientiously and re
ally related to such a God." Som»
people ‘feel that the race question
cannot be discussed; it seems to m
that the one thing which it need
sane, aggressive discussion by
Christian men.”
‘In 'the same meeting Saichi. Salto
General Secretary of the Y. M. C.
A. of Japan, In speaking of the ex
clusion of the Japanese by, our Im
migration Law, recently enacted,
said r “We had confidence that a wav
satisfactory to. all concerned coaid
be evolved; then, suddenly without
warning* came a statement from
ADDRESS BEFORE THf
STATE CONFERENCE
OF EDUCAT0R&
By President D. C. Liv
ingstone College.
Mr; Chairman, Members Of the
State Department of Education,,, dis
tinguished .fellow-teachers, ladies
and gentlemen:, * ,
' flit yv ds«i^ament: ♦alia Wr a ‘‘resume
of the progress and work of the Ne
gro Methodist schools in North Car
olina.” These schools represent the
work of three branches of Method
ism in this state; namely,. Bennett
College at Greensboro/ fostered by
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
Kittrell College, at KittreU, defected
by the African Methodist Episcopal
Church, and Livingstone College,
Salisbury,, supervised and , largely
supported by the African Methodist
Episcopal Zion Church- In their or
ganization they arc denominational,
but ln operation non-sectarian. They
represent their respective connec
tional contribution to ths state’s
laudable endeavor to educate all the
people. , ,
They are no isolated groups, sur
rounded by a; wall of Chinese exclu
ftivenessi—obsessed with pharap.aical
sense of their superiority, bat rather
realizing their inter-dependence they
are striving to do their part for the
peace and, progress of the whole.
Like Ezekiel’s prophetic picture,
they may be a wheel in a wheel, but
unlike it, their motlong are all in
harmony with those of .the general
mass. Their fields of operation may
be bounded by the borders of the
state, but their influence is felt far
beyond those limite<J gpiiflnes. Ac
cepting the great . eddeationat pro
gram: Of the ptate .and co-ordinating
emr work with \ that of the state’s
great progressive plan, we desire to
be regarded as a part of the great
forward looking progressive move
rnent designed to make North Caro
lina the garden spot of the world,
where to every member of its varied
r.nd diverse population- the poetic
“Paradise Lo6t,” shall in truth and
in deed become the J<Paradise Re
gained.” •
erected
Their
Bennett Co’lege was established in
1873, and during the fifty-one year3
jf its existence, has helped to a
greater or less® degree more than
ten thousand souls. Among its grad.
uates are some of the ablest and
most useful men of the race, notably,
Bishop R. E Jones, the first Negro
Bishop of the M. E- Church, and
Rev. A. C. Tinley, of Philadelphia,
the most popular Negro minister of
that denomination in America.. Its
r,resent plant embraces eight build
ngs,—six brick and two frame, with
a value of $155,000. Three of these
brick buildings have been
within-the last three ^ears
dormitory capacity ts two hundred*
Their present enrollment is 257 in
the High School, 20 in &e ~ College
Department. Summer 'School, 95.
otal, 372. These embrace day, pu
rils and boarders. They have twenty
teachers. Their annual,appropriation'
from ther M. E. Church is $11,500
\ reasonable estimate of their fahnu
! demands would be around $33
000. \ . ' I ^
K-ttrell College was established in
’886. The value of its plant is
*270,000. Its dormitory capacity is
*00. Its present enrollment by de
oartments is, College, 27; Theologi
cal 12; High School 191; total 299
Tts teachers number 13. Itsi annual
ppropriatlon from the A, M. E.
Ihurch is 810,090. Fonda from other
ources amount to $1600. Estimate
f amount needed to proper’y func
’on is about $40,000. paring the
hirty-elghT years of its .history, It
■>« touched the lives /wore than
8000 souls, and impressing them with
4he hnpor^ijbe of Christian drarsc
fer pud sterling worth, .sent them
forth for lives of helpful service
among their fellowmen.
L,i vines tone College wa«* charter
ed in 1882. Under the guidance and
spell of that noble character
k spiring as his eloquence and undyin
1 ?y his fame- Taking charge, as h
said; “when it was on paper,” it tc
day has a jplant modestly valued .a
$425,000; With a campus of 46 acre!
Utudded with ancient elms and oturdj
oaks and dotted with commbdioUi
and well appointed buildings of brici
and stone! the campus of Livingstone
College gladdens the eye Of every
passerby. Added to this is a farm
of 270 acres where the knowledge pf
practical agriculture is encouraged
r.nd its products pped principally to,
supply wholesome food •’br the din
ing hall. The last General Confer
ence voted an endowment of $500,
000, the interest on which is to be
used for the support of the school.
It enjoys the distinction of* being
the oldest institution in the country
established for Negroes by Negroes,
manned and almost, entirely sup
ported by Negroes- It 3tands forth
as a concrete and striking illustra
j tion of the possibilities of Negroes
under the "stimulus of proper encour
agement; Its merit to continued ex
istence and increased- Opportunity
fdr usefulness, however, rests not
primarily upon its hroad acres and
massive mounds of brick and mor
tar, but rather upon the useful lives
of nobler men and good women who
have gone foriii as polished products
to gladden the hearts of mankind
and malm the world better by their
leaving lived in it. With twelve. Sec
ondary schools as feeders, located
a* strategic points throughout the
Connection, representing a member
ship of moire than 500,000. Living
stone is the chief educational insti
tution and the. only one of (*ollege
pretensions. Within her walls ' are
gathered men and women from all
[ parts of the country, besides Africa
South America and the isle® of the
^<sa. .With” all grade work eliminated,
her present enrollment is TheolOgl
I cal, 26; College 102; High School,
j 167; Summer School 135; total 430.
During her forty-two years of service,
more than 16,000 Soulg have drunk
from her intellectual fountains.
More than 1500 hold her diplomas
from the various departments, the
ological, arts, teacher-training, home
economics, ^business and industrial.
Six Bishops, several of the general
officers, many of the leading minis
ters, and useful laymen of the Church
have come from her alumni. A large
emota of teachers, professional and
vocational men and women are also
r.mdng her graduates.
The annual demands of the school
are about $60,000, and with a support
of only about $30,000 a year the ef
fort to maintain an institution am
bitious to satisfy all the demands
of a standardized college of an A rat
ing presents a problem vexed and
perplexing. And yet, it must bv
done, or our College students, will g.)
elsewhere to complete their college
work or stand the risk of being pe
nalized by having their achieve
ment® discredited by the rules gov
erning the rating boards. , '
Making a slight resume of the
conti'ibution of- Negro Methodism t
the education of the state, we find
(Continued to Page 5)
SUIT AGAINST COHEN
DISMISSED.
New'^Qrleans. Not. 13.—The suit
of B. Edward Bolte, Washington
D. C., attorney, seeking to -ous
Walter( L. Cohen, Negro comptroller
of customs here, from office and at
tacking the legality of the. adoption
of the 14th amendment to the consti
tution of the United States, was dis
missed today in federal district
court by Judge .Rufus E. Foster.
Bolte in his suit asserted that Cohen
was not a citizen of the United
States since he was ‘‘of African de
scent” and could not claim citizen
ship because the amendment confer
ring it was illegal.
"Statesmen, jurists and historians
have termed that amendment the
American Magma Charta,” said
Judge Foster. ‘And some hare even
termed it the Maxima Charta. For
It .is the
battle front,
against a certain
ological seminar!
the guns of Dact
In tlxia age of: ,
finding, to chancy
is not surprising .tifii
should not entirely.
Church,
blamed for the
for an apathetic
spired pulpit. ;
ands the semi
Vt some of
failed, as they dH
mg failed, to,
trained and
leaders neeesaaryvj
itant, how can
all the blame tb
The -Sf
Realizing the.
barrage^ referred
our September issue to *
forces engaged and *0/
sue involved. We ther
over One hundred Wf
ious denominatlena in ; different
part® of the country a quest' * * *
which asked abdt^Uiev|ufr"
their preparation to'preach
voung people, and chi
work in and Wifjj^^ili
agencies; how well, Qualified theyr
were to perform various chorea*
functions and advance ldciw^|’
nominational interests; hew. pre
pared for moral .
ivenesis; how funi^^ti^yr'i^^ai
in the Bible; and what
ered the salient benefits nn'd^n^yfn
rf seminary trai'nihgl
to tins questiomnai^ ww-sepawn
of grave import. 'From sb1ttfe~*tlip
pears that some went but Of WniA.
iiaries good theologian*. pnnr
pastors; men who could prepay s
fine horary for adults but tore, only
husks for children and youth; mas
who were strong sectarian* h*,rt fee
ble disciples; men Who never receiv
ed any instruction for Wrorh'I&inoiigr
children . We read that some of the
seminaries fail to instruct nnisfetera
bow to administer the ca<nita*ei**<k
how to perfhrm the marriage rite,
how to conduct funerals, how to re
ceive members; We are toM <bt viw
inters who were not made. fkmiFar
with the every-day problems of the
pastorate, as though^
depended on a weekly sehmOfi^ahir a
raid-week service r*
Is Seminary Tra'nfngi N^flre*<faryr
One of the amazing things;, that
appears in the many letter* ■ iA that
•so many leading nrn’stera have re
ceived lit^e or no ‘<theoIpgf^:i<7^h
ucation. For example, DP.. Frederick:
R. Shannon ofthe
Ohichgo. mentions the
ther. he nor Dpctor *rhfe
long to 'the
ets. Poictor Gants Ql«wn^ptkitw
informs us thaf*he had his ^maiil*
professional training in Jaw a^f: cMjr
one year..... -MV the
School.” The
of the Board oj^’l^orei^B
the M- E. Chprhh graduatedH^t’w**
theological insi^^foni. PpiW.-'
Betts, of Syracuse,. ■ New, ^,-Yorfc.
l8ft a carpenter >3-bench ftJOT^ynjprs
go had one yea* gitv$wst|%'Theot
■ogical, School, then plunged.>•
JL began my pastorate here in thiw
church , on
Another
Rev. Asa Mayo. Bradley, Rec?eta«r
cf the Hampshire Uhiveps^ligtjStote
convention > We cite ■
because be quotes an the
ciogical seminaries which'% not im
common. He says.
"I was in commerce and too* .up
the ministry when nea^r.^r^y.'ywiW^;
old. I have had' to hne
by ministers generally aftAtoagfr cam*
isiderable of my sert^pe Vhs^'-Bmeae
field work-.1 presume r jraM
have done the work of g pmiift<dw
better If- J had
seminary. I contemh^fr
such a course, but an able minuter
elder, than myself dfssuadedtoe, tt*