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VOL. XLVIII.
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OF THE WORKERS’
Divisionof Missions for Colored People, the Board
i r ^f National Missions of the I^isl^^#ra3rl. ;
f »i; u ’»■ Church in the U* S* A- ; * rr
Brainerd Institute, Chester, S. C., Veibruary 2-5,, '1926
Tuesday Afternoon, February
2, 1926.
J. M. Gaston; D. £>., LL. D.,
' r:-; :;Pi?esdin^ ■ f
2“i30 P. Ml Devotional. ,
M. Greetings:— .
Agnesvfi. Snivel W
' 3:16 P;!M. Benevolent Offer
' nigs’... *' . ‘r1
, (a) Is aPeneVolerice Treasur
5&*"T;;
‘ (b). Securing and Collecting
1 Ben^Volence Pledges. •
Remitting Benevolences.
•'Rev.',C.: J. Baker, D. D., At
'larttiai Ga. '
: 3 :45 P. lM. Discussion.
' /*' ; P.' M. What Standards
; Shall fee' Required of‘ a Church
m/Grder t6 be Qualified to Re
ceiV^Aid?
‘ Her. John A. Savage, V. u.,
North \t)aroliha. u 1 '
; i,’,»4^0 p; M: Discussion,
; V;5:00 P. M.' Adjournment.
; ’v 1 T*S<??. M. ‘Evangelistic Ser*
■ Vfcb.J •'"*.71:1 jM
Conducted by Rev. I. H. Rus
sell; Evangelist, Synod of Ca
Sfcrbion—Rev. W. Scott Mil
!*; Norfolk, Va; ;
Wednesday, . February 3, 1926.
Mr. J, M, Somerndike, Presiding
i ^.jOO A.: ML* Devotional. JP
.9:16 A* M. Where Does t$e
Sunday jj|chool Missionary Find
Sunday School .Exte
rnme South ? > J,
li B. McCoy, D. DV.
_M. Discussion;
9346 i AM. How Can Leaders
Be Secured and Trained to
.. ;jLw Rj^Paylorl .
.10i061 A.. M. Discussion.
. ’ 10-15 A. M. i What Are the
Best Methods of Strengthening
and Developing Mission Sunday
Schools?
i :A.’ *A. Adair.
10:35 .A. M; Discussion. ,
10 :45 A.M. How Can Our
Churehes and Pastors Cooper
ated Suiiday School Extension
Work?,, i .. . .
H. M. Scott.
.11:05 A. M. Discussion.
Ilil5 A. Mk.What is the Sun
day: School:; Missionary’s Week
Day Work ? ;
; R.W.Kornegay.
11:35 A. M. Discussion,
!■.: .11:46. A. M. What is the Re
lation of : the Sunday School Mis
sionary to the Presbytery and
What Should They Expect of
Him? • . .....
... JhM. Somerndike.
12:05 P. M* Discussion,
12 :15: ?- M. Recess.
Wednesday Afternoon, Feb. 3.
Rey, ;j’ M. Gaston,4 D. D., LL. D.,
r:;; ‘ Presiding.
2:00 P. M. Devotional.
2:15 P. M. Training Men for
Life Work.
Rev. C. M. Young, D. D„ Har
bisori Agricultural College, Ir
mo, S. C.
’ 2:35 P. M. Discussion. !
,' i:45 P.M. The Training of
Women for Life Work.
Mrs. E. F. Johnston; Mary
Holmep Seminary, West Point,
MississibbC :
* $;05 P). M. Discussion.
5 §:i5' P. M. Training Boys and
$irls‘for Their; Life Work.
■ tin Coeducational Schools).
Rev. G. C. ShaW, D. D., Mary
Potter School, Oxford, N. C.
3:35. P.’M. Discussion:
3:45. The Place of the Ele
mentary Church School.
. Mrs' £ G. Porter. Irmo, S. C.
1 4:65 T. M. ’Discussion. -v.j
1U 4:X5‘ P. M. Thfe Place of the
4:35 Pi M. Discussion.
‘ 5:00 IP: M.^ Adjournment. '
. Thursday, February 4, 1926,
Mr. J. M. Somerndike, Presiding
9.00 A. M. Devotional,
9:15-A; M. Can the Modern
Methods of Sunday School Work
tnoie m uaucanon
Be Adapted to Our .Negro
Schools?
J. J. Sheppersoto. i
9 :35 A. M. Discussion,
hi- 9;46 A. M. Can Qjar. Sunday
Schools’Be Graded, iandsHow?- ‘
A. A.. Adair.; <
10:05.; A. M.. Discussion, -j
• 10:15 A. M* How Gfin/Tpacher
Training Classes Be Maintained
in .Our Schools.?U u: !
Vanhorn Murray,«■ . -
10:35 A. M:. Discussion. '>
10:45 A. M. What li the Val
ue of the WorkersV Conference
and How Can It Be Maintained ?
. I. M. Martin, ^ . .•
.11:05 A. M. Discussion. ....
. 11:15 ; A. M. How Can .Par
ents. Be Brought Into the Sun
day School and Be Given an -Ac
tive , Part in the. Work of:-the
„ U.N.T. Sullivan.?- ,ii -w
. 11:35 A. M-Discussioni -
11:45 A. M. What Is the Pas
tor’s Place and !. Worfc, ad . the
Sunday School? -1
William <.D*,; Wood;! ■.. .. .
. . 12 ‘05; P. 'M» Discussion. : u
.12 :16 P. M. Recess, u
■ Thursday Afternoon,; Feb, ‘4.
Rev. J. M. Ghstdh, J>. D., LL. D.,
presiding., , ^ '
2:00 P, jM, ^eyotionsd.; '
'I ‘2:15 P. M! Some of the Out
standing: Workers of the - Past
Among the Colored People..
.. R$y. w: %. Metz, p. D, E/iis
tp„ Island,. So. Carolina.
3:05 P. M. Discussionv
3:15 P. M. Some of the Grad
uates of Gillespie Normal
School.
Rev. A. S. Clarke, Cordele,
Ga.- ‘ ...
3 :35 P. M
3:45 P
Discussion; ( r
M. The Minister and
His Influence.
Rev. I. D. Davis, :D. ?D., Co
lumbia, S. ,C. . , ...
4:05 P. M. Discussion. .
4:l5 P. M. Quickening the
Spiritual Life' of Our Churches.
Rev. S. D. Thom, D. D.; At
lanta, Ga.‘ ' 1
4:35 P. M. Discussion.1 '
4:45 P. M. Industrial Educa
tion.' ; •••*’‘ r
1 Rev.; Ftanklin Gregg, D. D.,
Newnan, Ga.
5 :05 P. M. Discussion.
5:15 P. M. Adjournment.
7:30 P. M. Evangelistic Ser
vice. ‘ * ’ 1
Conducted by Rev. James E.
Jackson, Evangelist, ' Atlantic
Synod. . 1
1 Sermon—ReV. H.. C. Miller,
Greensboro, North Carolina.
... Friday., February 5, 1026
Mr: J.-.M. Somemdike, Presiding
9:00 A. M. Devotional. -
9:15 A. M. Is thetVacation-Bi
ble School Practicable for Every
School?- - • -
S. L. Young.
!: 9 :35 A. M. Discussion;
9:45 A. M. How Can Leaders
Be Secured diid Trained for Ef
fective Bible ‘ Schools? •' :
A. -A. Adair. ; • > -
1 10;05 A. M.-Discussion.; 1
1 10 :15 A. M- How Should the
Vacation Bible School Be Con
ducted? 1 i ;:' - : -
' (a)' The Daily Schedule.:• '
* (b) Bible Teaching or Hand
'6t,aft! • ;■ '*•' •' ‘
;(c) Interesting the Pupils.
* Jesse B. Barber. • ' ; ; ' “
10:35 A:; M. iJisbussibh. ''
10 :45 A. M. What Are1 the In
fects pf' the1 Vacation. Bible
School Upon the Sundayi School
and,Church 1 ^ ,
h. ivr. Scott*. \ :. v ;• v 'v
11:05 A. M*. Discussion. 1'
* 11:1S. A.“ M.; What: Special
Days Should Be Observed and
Hbw? '■ •'•' * ’ ,;1 - v •;
0. G. Hutchings, *'
11:35 A. M. Discussion. *
,11:45 A. M. How Can Pastors
12:05 P. M. Discussion..*
v Mrs.' Agnes > B; • Snively* and
Dri' J. M.* Gaston will grant pew
aonal interviews ’■ to the npfl
feers bf the Conference - JMdAi
afternoon^and evening, Februag
ry-hth. '••*4 .< - »*\ V*
- It is expected that member*
Of the Conference will attend a|
Sessions.y
■ 6. _ MarquiJ
Brainerd Institute, Chester^ 8
C., advising him as to the thh
Of -your arrival1 and your plae
of entertainment wilt be las
signed-to you.. •*» •
I ItJ is earnestly hoped- that'fb
local' churches Will pay;the ,trav
^ling expenses of their minis •
tiers to the Conference. The in
formation and inspiration * de
rived from the Conferend
Should :a good deal more thai
justify1 the local church in pay
trig: ; the ’ expenses of their pas
fof. • tifSr® be ’impossible f6]
the 'Division Of Missions for Col
bred Pbople: to pay the traveling
4?cpen^hs of those attending th#
Conference: Entertainment will
he furtrishhd free.1 . -
HOW MR EOS
" CAME» J?
NEGRO
Atix
jTED v,
S«PI5'>
; Soon aflif I had read *'
American Oitizeiir a biograi
of yfilliam- H., ! fialdwin, the
friend of Tuskegets, written by
Jphn Graham Brooks, l
Booker T. Waphingtoo. ' VpB
asked me to b^cpme^orifedf
Tiiskegee Institute trostccs.Jn
that way I be<^e. interested to
iducation: for' pTe^bes^^h ^
„„>n he pictured to meW
able condition of Negro second
ary schools in the South and
asked me to finance an experi
ment in extension , work that
would cost about $25,000. I
did it. The experiment was a
success. There was $2,000' left
over. Dr. Washington asked
me if I would let him use it to
help build a number of experi
mental country schdojhoUses.
His idea waS to interest both
the white and colored people in
the building of mpdest but sub
stantial and. comfortable schbols
in given rural communities, do
nating one fourth of the cost
when one fourth Had. . .been
raised by the Negroes them
selves and the balance by the
white people. The plan worked
so well and aroused so much in
terest that before the first' of
these schools was built there
were applications for funds for
more. The idea, spread and
kept spreading with the' result
that we have oyer 2,800 school
houses for Negroes in the four
teen southern states. They re
present an investment of dearly
twelve million dollars.' About
fifty-five per cent has bieeri con
tributed by southern white peo
ple and out of the publife funds;
and about tweiity-tWo per cent
has been raised by colored peo
ple.' The Julius Rosenwald
Fund, as it is now Called," has
contributed eighteen1 per , cent
and supervised the construc
tion. \ :lty': ' ':
Tlie results have been so
gratifying that there is a feel
ing of satisfaction apd* a desire
to increase rather than limit
the work. Whenever ‘' these
schools' are built there is a no
ticeable improvement in the
life and though t',bftKe Cdlbred
people served. We find the Ne
gro taking more pride in his
home and premises and more
pride in his" children; That'lit
tle schoolhouse- with [ its trim
windows, -its spotless ■ - coat of
paint and its tidy furnishings
sets a mark for - him« mid ; he
tries to live -up to it. ^ - • •-:»*
The Ne^rd has city problems
too. He heeds a center iior' ed
ucation, fecreatibn afid service,
such as the Y. M. C. A. furnish
es in its buildings, and this need
has been emphasized since the
nt migration .to /Northern
The Negro lacked the
eans to provide such facili
.This .led: me to'make an
er which stimulated < white
colored. people: to . work to
er 'for:thte same catlie^
raised the.;, needed funds,
ructed''the .buildings . and
tod in* the management
the. completed- property. <• 5*
The' Y. mV-g.uA. appealed to
(hie; for this ’ Work' ; because <' it
cptfld' organize ’ and protect the
‘Nejrrbes-i-be* a big brother to a
neglected grodp. 'v ‘ ' ; n
\ This movement had resulted
eighteen bu^dhigir ii^ fifteen
;itios. Two of the buildings Ore
ffl NeW York ahd Philadelphia,
phe ‘ total; vj^Ue of the property
ai more thaiti Ijhree n|ill^oh dol
mka> ‘ Of* that' amount, colored
people gave nearly fohr hundred
thousand' dollars, White ftiends
M various cities gaite ftiorO than
,i/hiillion ahd a half. 'J
^jyThe acquisition of, money is
largely a. matoer of luck; a man
Inherits mpneyor bp stuiphles
lUponsome money-inaking op
oprtunityj i fii my. own, .case, /1,
upkily, at the .right moment,
ell into a business,/that, ha^
>/igreatJ money makingppsSibil
ies. [ The, fact' that X havp.bpen
ommercially / successful is not
ue so much to my ability as to
reat good luck, there are, no
pubt, men right here in tjiis
usipess (Sears, J^oebuck, &
today/wprking for modest
iges who* would haye [made a
;e»tpr success of /it thaji I
aye,, tiad, they‘had rny oppor
upity v, , Having made money,
tty problem.now is |iow to use
it .so as to give and .get, happi
ness OUt Of it. ; ; ’ , \ ; v
r j UP1; glad of. the privilege, of
trying to help the Negro/climb
put of the ditch.
Urban League To Hold Confer
ence in New York February
3rd-5tth, 1926.
At -the time of' the fifteenth
Aftmial Meeting* of the Nation
al Urban League, February 3rd
5th, an important • Conference
will be held which Will mean
much in the future programs
of industrial- and . community
welfare for the Negro. Repre
sentatives from at. least fifty
Urban communities -will attend
this Conference and confer; on
such subjects as Health and
Housing, Recreation and Train
ing • * of Workers < in Industry.
White and colored students of
the problem of race contacts will
confer on methods by which fric
tion may be avoided and better
and more lasting fellowship be
tween the various * racial ele
ments in America may be pro
moted. s : • '
f'1 The opening session on Feb
ruary ‘ 3rd Will be addressed by
Walter W. Pettit, Assistant Di
rector Of the New, York School
of' Social Work, on Present Day
Problems of Social Life and E.
Franklin' Frasier, • Director of
the Atlanta1 School of Social
Work; will describe how these
problems arS manifesting them
selves among Negroes.' Follow
ing this session, ‘Forrester B.
'Washington, Executive Secreta
ry Of the Philadelphia 1 Arm
strong ; Association, . affiliated
with the League,’ will present a
'program- to met these -needs in
'Northern communities, •incident
ally bringing1 in a summary , of
an investigation of i more than
• 901 communities ih Pennsylvania
having more than- a hundred
Negro population which he has
> studied under the auspices of
the Public- Welfare Department
of the Keystone State. For the
South, J. Marshall Ragland,
Executive Secretary -of. ; 'the
LOuisvilje i Urban: League, will
present a program. ‘'1 • • > ■ ;
' . Dii^ng the- ■ day ; sessions,
Charles S.‘ Johnson, Director1 Of
the* Department Of Research1 and
Investigations of ■ the ■ League
and Editor ‘.V of ‘ “Opportunity”
| magazine,, trill ’ present the find
ings of a study of the experi
ences of Negroes with' trtde un
i
ions £0
years, amd T.
torofithe; Ni
Department of the League,
lead- the discussion in
sium ion the training wl
afforded. Negroes^; to
dustrial opportunities' n<
fered them* t At this sym;
um some of. the leading
nents of - trade training
?roes will participate in th
ussidn. This grbup ih<3
James Gregg, .. Principal*'
Himpton Institute j" ^ D. *1
ford, President oi the A.
College ; of. Greensboro;
and representatives fromiTus^
icegee Institute. President Ar
thur Morgan of Antioch Col
lege in Qhio will prepe$& the
Antioch plan of work (ahi|' stu
dy for consideration by educa
tors among the Negroes, Em
ployers, of labor win be', -A
to discuss this subject
of ,the tjrpSs o|, work?
they are seeking. GSorge Stil
livan, Superintendent' Of the
Sayre and Fisher Brick iManu
factiiring Co., of Sayreville, N.
J., will also address this meet
ing. • ' ' ‘.
. In the, Health session, F red
erick L. Hoffman, Consulting
Statistician of ttye Pilidential
Life Insurance Company, au
thor of Race Traits and'Tenden
9ies of the American; Negro,
which produced such ’ excite
ment . in; socibl6|rii?^ circies
nearly 30 years ago, Wul present
sonie. of hisnew theorres ,in the
light of the , experiences of the
Negro following, the'appearance
of the startling hook.' Pi*. M.
0. Bousefield, Presideiht of the
Liberty Life-Insurance Co., Dr.
Clyde H. Donnell, Medical Di
rector of the ,N. C.. Mutual Life
Insurance Go,> and C. C. Spauld
ing, President of-the same Com
pany, will engage •in.t&e«jflg™P
sion, as will repfesentzU^P^
many—tother . Inifo^ifliraTanfla.
Companies and health organiza
tions vitally interested in Negro
health.
Speakers at the evening pro
grams will include Ferdinand Q.
Morton, Civil Service Commis
sioner of New York City ; Mrs.
Blanche Armwood Beatty, Exec
utive Secretary of the Tampa,
Florida, Urban League; Eugene
Kinekle Jones, Executive Secre
tary of the National Urban
League and: L. Hollingsworth
Wood, President of the Na
tional Urban League. It is ex
pected also that James A. Walk
er, Mayor of New York City,
Dr. Louis I.1 Harris, the City’s
Health Commissioner and other
prominent leaders in public
thought will speak.
The League is extending a
cordial invitation to all persohs
interested in any phase of Ne
gro welfare to ‘attend the ses
sions and to participate in the
meetings at which opportunity
will fcfe given for general discus
sion. Welfare organizations and
movements interested in health
matters, church ; social; service
departments, ; insurance • com
panies and fraternal bodies are
being requested to send dele
gates to the Conference and to
communicate with James H. Hu
bert, Executive Secretary Of the
New' York Urban League, 202
West 136th Street,1 New York
City, for particulars as to ac
commodations and places of
meetings. : ’ !v '• ' ’ ‘
ON THE CAMPUS OF FEE
MEMORIAL INSTITUTE,
By Lena- Mae Guess, 27.
The Christmas season jUst
passed will long be remembered
for the joy, and gladness' it
brought to every stiideht.1 All
of the girls remained on the
campus. Vacation began on. the
24th and ended on the 2ttK.
• . A splendid program in (con
nection with the: Christmas tree
wn? giyep by th1^ grades Under
the supervision of Mrs./McNair
and, Misses Kinchlow and Cali
i man. The tree was beautifully
decorated with .Christinas, col
ors and laden with . many gifts.
The majority of the gifts xaipe
(Continued on page 4)
* One of God’s noblemen has
given up His active' service as
Christian Endeavor leader. Dr.
Francis tL,’ Clark; s^rv^d for
thirty-eight years * as President
of the United Society of Chris
tian Endeavor, and mhch’of
that time as President of the
World’s C.:, E. Union. 6n July
6, 1925, this “apostle to youth
of the nineteenth c«itury” in
sisted that his resignation, sev
eral times presented, must be
accepted. Dr. Daniel A. Poling,
Associate President* was elected
to lead the movement, but;'as he
himself said, “Francis E. Clark
can have no successor.”
*• jji. warn nas leix.r-ine active
leadership of the cause «tf < his
heart at the time of its prime,
when it has- more members«in;
more societies, in more chufrch
es, in more> denominations, -in
more nations than eVer: before
in its history.” With:*: desire* to
express in a -definite > way their
love for Dr. Clark'and his good
wife, Mrs. Harriet Abbott
Clark, ahd . their Appreciation
for the. deyofpd and >self-sftc;ri
ficing service of these servants
o£ God who* ushered- in a: 'iiew
d^y, for. the church^ ^9ung .peo
ple, the Endeavorers of Ameri
ca haye made; plans. fp£ the /set
ting up; the “Francis. E,. Clark
Repogpitipp,Fpndi” n-u h
A committee ! hap. . been ap
pointed,, pon^sMhS ar. iepse
septative pf csach.Sha^^Mi^PtQ
yjnpial C. E. Union -in th,® Unit
ed States and Canada, for the
raising of a one-hundred-thops
andrdpiiar trust, fund.,; ■ rfhel in
terest or the investment of this
sum is to go tp Dr. and vMrs.
Clark as long;, as thpy: Jive, #id
after thpij: do^th i&e inyesfanp^
istte, bemused ip& f ff tj
hpme missionary program of
Christian Endeavor,, under, the
direction of the trustees of *the
United Society. . > , .... , .
, The general chairman of, the
committee is Mr Fred C. Ball,
treasurer., of ;the ,; Park, (Drop
Forge Company, Cleveland,
Ohio. : The address of the copi
mittee is;; Cleveland Headquar
ters, the. Dr.; Francis E. Clark
Recognition Fund, 1927 C* Con
vention Rpom, Chamber , of Com
merce Building, Cleveland,
Ohio. , i
The actual raising of the fund
-is to be carried; out : duping
Christian Endeavor Week,- Jan
uary 31-February 4 7, ,1926,1 ..This
week will mark the forty-fifth
anniversary, of the organisation
of Christian Endeavor and the
golden wedding anniversary
year of Dr. and Mrs. Clark.
Every Society in the United
; States t and-Canada Fill' he.-in
vited,-to gather;, gifts ;S for. the
Fund. A unique plan ha,s been
worked out, whereby, pnjfprm
sigiiature ,;$heets will be fur
bished - all societies, • and, .each
contributor from the spiallest/to
the largest will be asked, Jo
sign the sheei,: the amounts, jnpt
to be shown,: The subscrjptipn
sheets. from each statej.pr pro
vince willvbe hoiundiih.,a;(Sepa
rate volume,) i all binding, fro {be
done by, the, committee, ipCHcve
land and binding to be uniform*
Each volume will contaig^pho
tograph of ;Dr..ancl iMrs.$$}ark,
list of i state and : district ^fl
eers, a history of the
that, state* and the signedpub
scription. sheets* ;* All wjJumes
will be.brought / or sent* , to ,the
International .,, Convention :, j^at
Cleveland in 1927andwijlmake
up what , will be known, as. .‘fib*.
Clark’s library'.”, :
For ’ thirty-eight years < Dr.
Clark has served as President'
of the- United Society without
a penriy of salary.' Through Ids
pen and by abstemious diving,
he’arid MrO. ■ Clark havedlkd
enough,' but have gathered lit
'tle of this worlds goods. There
will •'be doubtless-• many •'-who
Wish to do them: honor-and wish
-to help perpetuate their splenr
did work for: the young people,
by coritributink to the Recogni
tion Fund.—Presby terian$t«nd
ard. *'•