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Anniston, Alabama. This college, established to offer full ;■ college courses for young women of the Negro race and a preparation for higher studies, opened September 15th, 1924. It is the only Presbyterian Woman’s ' J College for colored women in the world. Like the colleges exclusively for women, it encourages the ideals of true women and offers courses of study for young women such as the best women demand, and such as prepare them for their spe cial work. Through the noble generosi ty of its founders with Presbyterian ideals, Barber College makes it easier for a girl with energy and ability to be come a College Graduate, and reach her highest usefulness. Graduates, obtaining the College Di ploma, will be able to meet the increased requirements of the State Boards of Ed ucation, and be fitted for all conditions set for teaching and higher studies. With an enlarged Faculty and increased facilities, Barber College offers to capa ble Negro women a great opportunity for higher development, usefulness, and privilege. With it is associated Barber Memorial Seminary which will continue to offer its secondary courses of study and also act as a Preparatory School for the College. All the advantages of the Seminary, with its able Faculty, increased facilities, and attractive surroundings, will be open to students of the College. Located in the foot-hills of the Blue Mountains in Northeastern Alabama, the situation is unsurpassed. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to find a bet ter school building. Large rooms. Two in a room. Steam heated. Electric lighted. Newly furnished throughout. Modern in every way. Plain, but plenty of food. Ab solutely pure mountain spring water, none better. Large Faculty. Small class es. Personal supervision. For further information, address the President, Rev. John F. Scherer. SCOTIA WOMEN’S COLLEGE CONCORD, Ni C. A well-equipped School under the care of the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Division for Colored People, for the Higher Education and Industrial Training of young women. A Seminary Course or High School Academic Course for those desiring to prepare for College, and a, High School Normal Course for those desiring special prepara tion for teaching. There can no longer be any, question among the friends of Scotia as to her being on the accredited list, inasmuch as the graduates of this year were each grant ed by the State Board of Public Instruction an Elemen tary B Certificate for three years. An Industrial Course, including Domestic Arts and Sciences, with special instruction in Sewing and Cook ing. for those desiring special preparation in these lines. Also a course in Music, including Piano, Public School Music, and Chorus Work. There are two large Dormitories with pleasant rooms, steam heated, electrically lighted, and pleasantly situat ed in a large and beautiful campus near the center of the city , on Concord and convenient to the Railroad sta tion. •' Contract has been let for the erection of a new Bath House, and an extra Recitation Room for the Science Classes has been let. It is hoped this building will be completed by the opening of the Fall Semester, October 2nd, 1924. For catalogue, application blanks, and any desired in formation, address the President, 0 REV. T.R. LEWIS, D.D. NOTICE. The Presbytery of Fairfield stands adjourned to convene on Malrch 26, 1926, at 7:30 P. M., w it h Trinity Presbyterian church, Mayesville, S. C., Rev. I. P. Pogue, pastor. It is desired and; urged that brethren bring to Presbytery all blanks filled in, as you remember the Church year begins now with April. The Stated Clerk of the General As sembly asks that special care be given in making out Sunday School report blanks. Presbyterial. J. P. CRAWFORD. , S. C. Manning, S. C. Don’t forget to pay your sub scription to this paper. C. L A. A. MEMBERS STAND fCGBTRtat : Febll3<—The members of the C. I. A. A., in cluding Union, Petersburg, Shaw, Virginia Seminary ami College, St. Paul, A. and T. Col lege of Greensboro, N. C., and Hampton, me^ at the Virginia Union University to consider what action the Colored Inter collegiate Athletic Association Should take in the light of the decision of Lincoln University to play Howard University the annual football, game on nekt Thanksgiving Day. After a thorough canvass of the entire situation, the Asso ciation adopted unanimously the following motion: “That the authorities of Lin coln University be informed that athletic relations between Lincoln University and mentis bers of the C. I. A. A. will be discontinued so long as Lincoln Continues to play Howard Unjr versity and Howard remains out of the Association, Further, that this motion becomes ef fective from its adoption.” * The C. I. A. A. does not feel that this action is in any sense a coercive measure, but it does feel that to continue to main tain relations with Lincoln Uni versity, while Lincoln University continues relations with Howard University and Howard Univer sity has repudiated the Associa tion and all that it stands for, would be entirely inconsistent. The C. I. A. - A. regrets the severance of relations with Howard and Lincoln, for, in the opinion of the G* I. A. A., the memberships of Howard and Lincoln in the Association have done much to raise the standard of competition in the Associa tion and to develop a greater ap preciation for athletics on the part of the- Negro public. The President of the C. I. A. A., Dr. W. G. Alexander, Grad uate Manager of Athletics at Lincoln University, was present during the deliberations of the Association. The C. I. A. A. feels that the public should have much of the information in its possession in regard to the controversy. This will be released to the public in the very, near future. ZION CHURCH, CHARLES TON, S. C. , ■ ,'h By R. A. James. Sunday, February 8th, was a day that will be long remem bered by all who were present at the 11 o’clock services. The attendance was good and the service was inspiring. Our min ister, Rev. G. E. Henderson, preached a soul-stirring ser mon on “Ingratitude.” With the regular congregation were many visiting friends, who, after hear ing this beautiful sermon, had a broader view of Christianity. The coming of Rev. Hender son has brought many new faces to Zion, as well as new plans, some of which have worked ef fectively in the Sunday SchooL plan to materialize in the Sunday School was the bicycle contest which came to a close Sunr day, February 8th. As a result of this contest two prizes in gold were given to leaders of their respective departments. Little Miss Lucile Toomer was given $5.00 in gold, and Miss Ethel Fleming was given $2.50 in gold. Miss Toomer, representing the Beginners’ Department, turned in $10.50, and gets credit for the $26.00 turned in by the Begin ners. Her main supporters were Master Clarence Branch and Miss Emily Robinson, who turned in $6.50 and $4.50 re spectively. Miss Fleming turned m $6.20 and is credited with $8.50. Sup porting here were Miss Thelma Fillmore and Master Hastings Boulware. . The financial result of this contest will pass the $40.00 mark. This money will go to the aid of the trustees in helping them to carry out their plans, and will also create a greater desire to cooperate on the part of the Sunday School. We were favored in having with us our Sabbath Schoql Missionary, Mr. H. O. Walker. After making very timely re marks touching the importance and necessity of our Young Men’s Bible Glass, Mr. Walker reminded us of the Sunday School Convention, which is to be held at Orangeburg in July. Mr. Walker also reminded us that we had been in possession of the Banner since it was inau gurated at the convention which ner,” as it is known, was won in 1921 and 1922 by Mrs. Emmie Lucken and in 1923 and 1924 by Miss Georgie Phoenix. We are making preparations to put up a hard figbt for it at the coming convention. SCHOOL TEEM. School term is the length of time the. schools are kept open during the school year. In a sys tem of schools where there is more thah one school the aver age length of term is used to designate the average length of time all the schools in the sys tem are operated. It will be not ed, therefore, that in case of the rural schools the length of term is ‘expressed in the average number of day a all schools are kept open, while in the cities the average length of term cor responds to the actual number of days the schools! were in ses sion. City and Rural, The children in the largest city systems have the advantage of the longest school term in North Carolina, an average of nearly nine months for both races. The fifteen smallest city systems have an average length of term of more than eight months. The rural schools, on the other hand, have an aver age term of not quite seven months for the white and a fraction more than the consti tutional minimum of six months for the colored. A total of 219, 588, or 53,5 per cent, of the rural white children, and 180, 885, Or 92.8 per cent, of the ru ral colored children* are enrolled in schools having a term of less than eight months. A total of 404*665, or 51 per cent of all the school children in North Caro lina, did not have the opportu nity to attend school as much as eight months.-r-North Carolina Agriculture and Industry. EBENEZER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, NEW BERN. On Sunday, February 15, our pastor, Rev. 0. E. Sanders, preached an uplifting sermon. His text was from Ephesians 4:13, and the subject of his dis course was, “Growing Like Christ.” From this, wonderful subject, he held his audience 'ell bound. Following this ser mon 31 persons joined the church and 12 of this number were baptized. The Sunday school is getting along nicely under its new su perintendent, Mr. Samuel Black ledge, Jr. 1 The members of the Glean ers’ Class will be entertained at a banquet, Friday, February 20, at the church by their teacher, Lawyer R. W. William son. The Stitch and Chatter Club gave a Washington’s Birthday Tea, February 23, for the bene fit Of our church. The Ladies’ Missionary Soci ety met Friday, February 6, at the home of their president, Mrs. G. P. Richardson, 92.Bern St. Our church is doing well un der its efficient chorister, Mr. H. F. Sutton, together with his assistant, Miss Mariah Martin. Much credit must also be given Miss C., E. Henderson. Mr. K. C. Scott, one of our faithful Sunday School teach ers, is reported sick. Mrs. L. Stanley was reported better at this writing. We are very glad to have Mrs. Vivian Hale and children, of Easton, Pa., with us again. Also Mrs. Hester Butler, of Harbison College, Irmo, S. C., and Mrs. Ethel Pettie Ross, of New Ha ven, Conn. Among the visiting friends at our service Sunday morning were Messrs J. W. Stanley, H. F. Howard, John Martin, Mr. Hampton^ Mr. Taylor, Misses Rollins, Collins, Gray and Mrs. Ludlow. A GRAY SUTTON, CLAUDIE WILLIAMSON. NOTICE. The Presbytery of Catawba will convene in Brandon church on the first Wednesday in April, 1925, at 7:30 P. M. Calls will be made for the statistical re ports, for-sessional records, for the General Assembly Fund, 13 cents per capita, and one cent per capita for the Presbyterial fund, and .one cent per capita for the Synodical fund. Total, 15 cents per capita. ROBERT P. WYCHE, Stated Clerk. By DUFORD JENNE ((» UX. WMton Newspaper Union.) OF,WARD stared at the figures on "rTthe paper before him, and a dark ness deeper than the dusk of the night-swept city outside settled upon him—the black darkness of despair. “That means goud-by to my busi ness—good-by to my dreams of a home with Avery," he muttered- end trembled with the sheer shock of the truth. Martin! The name stung! If he only knew what Martin would bid on that special contract—the only man In a position to take the contract from him! Then—Avery! She was Martin's special stenographer. She could get the figures of Martin's bid; and he, Seward, could bid Just a point under— and he and his dreams would be safe—safe! Just to get those precious figures— that was all, a little thing, to do. Mar* tin was unscrupulous; why not play his game against him ! The perspiration broke out on Seward's forehead; the office air seemed close. Then he thought of Avery, blue-eyed, pretty, waiting five long years for him to get his business going—and now! Seward jumped to his feet and slammed his desk cover down. The end of the road, pitching -down before him into a dark pit of despair, of lost hope, and ashes of dreams. No! any thing but that!—anything but that!— his mind repeated. He hurried to Avery’s house. She listened with widening » his hot reasoning as be explained the situation. As he finished, she came to him and spoke gently. “Dear, you are half crazed. You don’t want me to 'do that I know he does dishonest things In our way of looking—” “Avery, it’s that or nothing! If you won’t help, why—I—I simply give up! If you love me, you’ll help me just now!" he urged with cold grimness, moved by one Impelling desire. * He left her white-faced and trem bling, but she assented. Her good-night kiss was as warm and tender as of old, but her small hand lingered long In his, and even through his stormy mind for an In stant flashed a feeling that it was the hand-clasp of farewell, but the feeling passed. He slept that night the deep sleep of exhaustion that follows hours of anxiety—the peace of a crisis passed, a decision made right or wrong. In the morning a messenger brought her note—and the precious figures were his. Swiftly he made out his papers and mailed them; then back to his office he went—his future and his business secure, the travail of the tough years at end. He took Avery’s picture from the little folder in his desk and looked long at the serene, gentle face that meant so much to him. He dreamt a bit of the days to be with her. “If I can only be worthy of her!” he thought-—and with the word “worthy” something broke within him. . The distorted vision of his over-wrought mind cleared, cold winds seemed to blow upon him, chilling the fever with in him, and he saw no longer djjrkly. He sat dumb, stricken. “And I, using her love for me, drove her into this! I must have been insane— mad!” There was just one thing to do. He grabbed his hat, paused at the door of the office and looked back. “The end of the road for me and my hopes, but it isn’t going to end in dishonor!*’ Fifteen minutes later he was ush ered into Martin’s private office. The harsh face of the older man turned to him questioningly. Quietly, frankly, Seward told him the whole story, not sparing himself in any way—how he had driven Avery into her act; and he said In closing: “Of course, I shall not undertake the contract even If I get it.” Martin toyed with a pencil. "A shady move that seemed to win. Toung man, I show no mercy in this game—I got none In my youth.” Seward’s heart sank as he watched the impassive face. If Martin did as he could do, it meant disgrace for Avery and himself—public shame for Avery! His lips went dry. “However,” Martin went on, “Miss Hudson came to me and told me what you wanted. I gave her the figures.” Stunned as if by a blow, Seward stared at him, then leaped to his feet with a strangled cry. Avery had told him! Martin rose himself. “I hate to lose her, but this waiting game is ridicu lous. Marry her—she will play the game with you, and you’ll both find it all worth while! And besides, it may interest you that I am not going to bid for that contract—so It is yours! Tou have hung on gamely, and I ad mire true-blue, lad. TO send her in.” A few moments, and the door opened. Avery came in, her clear eyes finding his, the lovellght tender and glad within them. As he .gathered her Blight form Into his hungry arms. It dawned upon him with sweet and com forting meaning that what seems like the end of the road Is really the be ginning—that any road traveled with faith,.hope, cheer, and with love as comrade knows no ending except la happiness. a very become inactive. •reciative audience from « .4:10, “But i th away.” eferred to the! nan. He spoke c nan as being fuHc >ition, and pride, prows old be begins to erest; and bow the >f the body tlso spoke of man >recious time in i ares. Rev. Plair me filled with the ind we felt as Jacob le said: “Surely the :his place.” We are getting mnual spring rally which will be ;he fourth Sunday in March, rhe church is divided into tw< dubs, the ladies in one and th men in the other. Mr. Harvey Glrier is leader for the ladies md Mrs. Mary Erwin is leader for the men. The dub that rais es the most money tertained by the other Monday night following the dose rf the rally. We are hoping to raise $500. There was quite a number of visiting friends present at our services last Sunday. Among them was Mr. W. H. Oglesby, of New Hope church. He made a short talk in our Sunday school which was very interesting and enjoyed by all. Mr* H. C. Van Landingham, who underwent an operation at the Good Samaritan Hospital last Saturday for appendicitis, is reported to be getting along nicely. Mrs. Annie Clinton is still im proving at her home on W. Gold Street. m NOTICE. To the members of Yadkin Presbyterial. Dear Co-Workers: We are ap proaching the close of the fiscal year and the first question that comes to uor mind is, “Will our Presbyterial make its budget?” Now, in order that our rec ords shall be completed, it is necessary that each member of the local societies get busy and secure funds and send them in at once, for the days are grow ing few. We are lpeased to say that we have a few societies who paid their quotas in full the first of the year. We hope to hear from others within the next few days. MRS. W. P. DONNELL, Presbyterial Treasurer. CONTHBUnONS TO THE BOARDS Beginning with April 1, 1924, contributions should be sent to the Treasurer of the four new Boards, or the Central Receiving Agency, as follows: Board of National Missions— Mr. Varian Banks, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York; Board of Foreign Missions—Mr. Dwight H. Day, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York; Board of Christian Edu cation, Mr. E. R. Sterrett, With erspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa.; Board of Ministerial Re lief and Sustentation—-Rev. W. W. Heberton, D. D., Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa.; Central Receiving Agency—Dr. W. R. Patterson, Tretajurer, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 1NGLES1DE SEMINARY BURKEVILLE, YA. . Was founded by the Freed men’s Board of the Presbyte rian Church, U. S. A., for edu cating and training young wo men of the Negro race. The new catalogue provides a cur riculum of Academic and Col legiate studies; special stress in Normal Course, Music and In dustrial Training, Domestic Arts and Sciences.. Capable and moral loving young women who desire op portunity of self-improvement and the attainment of a Higher Education are requested to cor respond with the President. Tuition is free. Good Board, with furnished room, electric light and steam heat, is pro vided. • j The school year begins the first Wednesday in October. Full information and catalogue sent on application. Rev. R. L. ALTER, D. D. President.
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