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NORTH CAROLINA NEGRO STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION GOLDSBORO, NOVEMBER 23-25, 1927. The largest attendance in the history of the organization marked the forty-seventh annu al session of the North Carolina Teachers’ Association which met in Goldsboro, Thanksgiving week. Outstanding ./features, were the ;harmony ^nd professional spirit maintained throughout; the definite steps taken to im prove the status of both the students and the teachers in the State through such con crete means as the establishing of circulating libraries, and the creating of a resolutions and legislative committee to peti tion the State Legislature for the things most desired by the colored teachers. The character of the address es at the general sessions was notable. The speakers on the opening night, Wednesday, No vember 23rd, were the Rev. Dr. Clarence Dillard, Rev. J. S. N. Tross, President W. J. Trent, Livingstone/College, Dr. Benja min W. FriE.'fir of the United States Bureau of Education, and Dr. S. G. Atkins, President both of Winstoh-Salem Teachers’ College and of the State Teach ers' Association. The opening fi/ght pitched the Association upon a high plane, from which it never de scended, but continued until it reached the climax in the last address of the 47th session, the eloquent and forceful speech of President Mordecai W. Johnson, of Howard University. In his annual address, Presi dent AtkrtfS rWiew^d -the hfs* tory of the Association from its modest beginnings nearly a half century ago up to its present status as the largest gathering of colored teachers in the coun try. His presentation, rich in fascinating reminiscences, and superb in its delivery, held the breathless attention of his audi ence throughout. Dr. Benjamin W. Frazier, the recently appointed specialist in Teacher-Training of the United States Bureau of Education, demonstrated his ability to reach both the trained educator and the man in the street in his burning appeal for stressing the essentials of education, the things that would change the life and ennoble the spirit. On Thanksgiving Day, after a reception by the Goldsboro and Wayne County citizens, in cluding a trip to the State Hos pital for the Insane, the Associ ation convened to hear Presi dent David D. Jones, of Bennett College, and Dr. James H. Dil lard, Director of the Jeanes and the Slater Foundations. The former spoke on “Tests of a Progressive School.” “Respon siveness to the needs of the community is one of the most important of all tests,” Presi dent Jones declared. Dr. Dillard gave a straight from-the-shoulder talk on “Characteristics of an Educated Person.” Some of these charac teristics are: he tries to be ac curate and thorough, he realiz es there is no short cuts to any great accomplishment, he is free from prejudices, is not fooled by mere words, can size up people and situations readily, can think steadily without yield ing to mob psychology, and can distinguish between the true and the false. Mr. N. C. Newbold, State Di rector of the Division of Negro Education, took far his subject: “Concrete Gains in Negro Edu cation in North Carolina in the Past Decade—and a Look Ahead.” Among the interesting and significant facts stated by him are: there are 56 standard high schools in North. Carolina for colored students and 75 in the process of being standard ized; there are 15,000 students in the high schools, and 2,000 in the normal schools and col leges, In spite of the remarks.-, ble progress made thus far, j there still remain inequalities which need to be leveled up, and Mr. Newbold recommended the appointment of a committee to study the condition of educa tion in the State, and to make recommendations concerning them to the officials and the law-makers. Thanksgiving evening was brought to a fitting close by the stimulating speech of Dean Edmund D. Soper, of Duke University, on “Ambition,” de livered in his inimitable style. Facts about higher education consttuted the major portion of the address of Mr. Jackson Da vis, of the General Education Board, on Friday afternoon. His revelation that one large denomination is paying sixteen times as much per capita as an other large denomination^ for support of the fchurch colleges, was little short of amazing. Bishop George C. Clement, of Louisville, Ky., a native of North Carolina, was given a hearty ovation as he arose to address the Association. The good Bishop was at his best. The closing night brought a sensible talk on home-making and the rearing of children by She was followed by Dr. Mor decai W. Johnson, of Howard University, referred to a'bove, whose plea for lives that com tribute to the spiritual values in the world, and for the realization of human brotherhood, brought to a fitting end an extremely helpful meeting of the Associa tion. The mornings were given over to sectional meetings. The largest of these are the elemen tary sction, Mrs. A. W. Hol land, Director, and the High School Section, Mr. W. A. Rob inson, Director. The Association voted to change the time of the annual meeting. The next meeting will be held at Charlotte, Thursday before Easter, 1929. The following officers were re-elected: Dr. S. G. Atkins, Winston-Salem Teachers’ Col lege, President; Dean W. S. Turner, Shaw University, Ral eigh, Vice-President; Dr. H. L. McCrorey, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, Treasur er; F. J. Rogers, Peabody School, Wilmington, Recording Secretary; J. W. Seabrook, State Normal School, Fayette ville, Corresponding Secretary. F. J. ROGERS, Recording Secretary. J. W. SEABROOK, Corresponding Secretary. CEDAR GROVE COMMUNITY NOTES. By Mrs. Hattie A. Russell Sunday, November 27th, our pastor, Dr. L. J. Melton, came to us with a powerful sermon. The day was fine and we had a well filled house. Dr. Melton preached from Matthevjfc>12:15. The theme of his discourse was “Jesus Christ, the World’s Chief.” This was indeed a powerful sermon and the minis ter seemed to be at his best; and the Spirit of God could not help but run from heart to heart. At the close of the ser (Continued on page 3) THE GUIDING POWEP OF PRAYER By Rev. S. D. Thom, D. D„ Atlantic Synodical Evangelist, Those that traverse unknown regions ^before they set out seek a guide. This guide may be a compass, a map or sign post along the way. They must also acquaint themselves with the guide. They mast knew-the number of the highway and ob serve well the point of the ar row .that warns against cross roads. Those who carry guides depend solely upon them. The promise is, “When the Spirit of Truth is come, He will guide you into all truth.” The emptying of self. . The Spirit does not take the helm of life that is manned by some other pilot; nor does He share the command with any. The craft must be put into his hands and everything that will inter fere with his Lordship must be thrown overboard. No room for pride. Pride is the seed-pot of all sin; it is at tempting to take God from His throne and sit thereon. It was "the sin of the devil., which caused him to be cast down from heaven. Pride causes one to feel that he is all-sufficient to go through life without a guide; and attribute everything that brings gain, honor or dishonor to him as good or bad luck. See how fallacious.is this position! If man cannot fly around this ball without a guide, how can he find his way through the moral and spiritual world’ without a guide? Man without a guide is utterly lost—lost/in sin, lo# in regard to fate God, teat to the home. It was, Jesus who came to seek and to have that which was lost. ,.a Will not seek H& own glory. The way of the world is to seek glory. Ope is seeking to outdo the other, to get praise of m en and say, like Pharaoh, “Who is the Lord that I should obey his voice?” It is listening for the whisper of the Spirit before un dertaking anything in life. To the true child of God there is nothing secular. Whether he is called to wash dishes, to prepare meals for the family, to follow the plow early and late or to serve in the office, holding places of trust, all will be done as to the Lord and not to take advan tage of the trust imposed. To listen for the whisper of the Spirit is to practice the pres ence of God. It is to live always in His sight and when tempted to do wrong, to say, “Thou God seest me.” As Paul went on his second missionary tour he was minded to preach the gospel in Asia but he was “forbidden by the Holy Spirit.” “After they had come to Mysia they assayed to go into Bithinia but the Spirit suffered them not.” There are voices in the world calling after men and women—voices of pleasure, of materialism, of worldly minded ness, but those whose hearts are attuned to the radiophone of heaven can distinguish between the‘Voices arid "will listen only to and follow the leading of the Spirit. Men of old have told of their experiences to encourage us to listen for the whisper of the Spirit, assuring us that He does guide. • In choosing a wife. We are living in an age when marriage relation is the sport of every passing breeze, when men are guided by lust instead of love and are making their choice from the color of the skin, the kind of hair on the head and the paint on the face. No wonder such marry in the morning and separate in the afternoon. To make marriage lastii ing God jigtugt be When Eloper, the i Abraham;!; went on rand to choose a young master, this ded not only upon of the home, but also the perpetuation of the church and he asked God to take the spatter into His own hands. Q^s he, *0 Lord God! of AhrahJp, I pray thee, send me good ifcoed this day, and show lrimyns unto my master AbrahamTyBehold, I stand here by the wen of water; and as the daughters «f the men of the city come out no draw water, let it come to bass, that the damsel to whom 1 shall say, Let down the pitched I pray thee, that I may drinkf and she shall say, Drink and|J,will give thy cam els drink mso; let the same be she that tH|u hast appointed for thy servant Isaac. And it came to pass before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out. 4 .. and the servant ran to me| her and said, Let me I pray I thee drink a little water of ly pitcher, and she 3aid, Drinkp my lord. And she hasted and. let down her pitcher upon her hand and gave him drink. Anf/when she had done giving him*! drink, she said, I will draw titter for thy camels also. Andjjjhe hasted and emp tied her pitiher into the trough and ran again unto the well to draw watelpnd drew for all the camels. Arid the man wonder ing, at her,, held his peace to wit whether th£ Lord had made his journey prosperous or hot.” Re bekah was pod’s choice not only for Isaac, h|ft Isaac also for Re becca as wall* and they both lived ^happily together to the days of their death and became a pattern Who-world seek the conjugal relation./ A guide in the uneven journey of life. As Jacob fled from the roof of his father to travel through an unknown country, here again we see encourage ment for all who travel the road of distress, loneliness, privation and darkness, who may not have a pollow to rest their weary head, nor a friendly hand to minister to their needs, nor any to speak a cheerful word to bind up their broken hearts, yet God will whisper, “Behold, I am with thee and will help thee in all places whither thou goest and will bring thee again into this land; for 1 will not leave thee until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.” To undertake work in His name. In the vision of the night Paul saw a man beckoning to him, saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.” Paul perceived that God was calling him to preach the gospel in Macedonia. The call of God to duty in a certain locality does not insure against sorrow, want and opposition, for Paul was arrested here, beaten and jailed. It is a challenge to our conse cration—a calling to the heroic, to undertake for God with the assurance that He who calls will be with you to sustain you on through the arduous task, to make you a channel through which will flow blessings to the world. Livingstone blazed the way in Africa. His was not an easy road, but duty pointed that way, and being obedient to the heavenly vision he followed and planted the seed of life in dark est Africa which is destined to fill and claim it for his Lord and Master. In our field of labor, if we are sure of the guidance of the Spirit, no matter how hard the task, no matter who oppos es, we should rise above fear, follow our Captain and charge against the stronghold of sin and capture it for our King. A distrust of the senses. The senses deal with physical things and they make one master oi the physical world; they put earthly weapons Into one’s hand to use against physical laws and cause one to control lightning and make it an obedient servant, though very useful in the phy sical world yet they are Utterly in the realm of the Spir FaHh becomes the great instrument to wield, there is a boundary some where in hot crass? here iarth begim and soars upwaidMNl lS the throne of God. Faith sees God, hears His voice **& propels ope to go forward doing the tsslf with the nnntii«nr>/»a , that. . victory WiUi crown b$g qnorts. .^ . . ,/ ■ Must use Spiritual Anuauni* lien. Physical battles are fought with Physical weapwq—things that come in the proylpha of the senses, hut it is impossible to depend upon these to wfn spirit ual battles. The apostles dis covered this ; and one of them says, “Put on the whole amor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil; for we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this world* agftint spiritual wickedness in big# places" Not only must spiritual ammunition be used but the kind suited for every occasion* In war there are guns, swords poison gas, etc„ and there are times apd places to use them; in like man ner one- must be guided to take and apply the weapons , best suited to every individual case. In waiting upon God. In this restless age one does not wish to wait. He 4s anxious for re sults overnight. This may do for one -guiding himsejf khd marking out lfla-nsra course, but he who is to jfiven him. It will bring patience. Though He seems to tarry long, it is standing upon one’s watch tow er and waiting to hear what Sod would speak, believing He will speak peace to one’s soul. BARBER COLLEGE NOTES By Joetta Stinson When Dean Foresman made the announcement about Christ mas vacation there was a great uproar in the dining hall for a few minutes. The student-body cheered and applauded strenu ously. Miss Foresman said that the holidays would extend oyer a period of ten days beginning with the 24th of December and ending the 2nd of January. A number of both teachers and students plan to go home. The Quartet sang in an af ternoon program Sunday at Mt. Zion Baptist church. Misses Fox and Smith filled the Presi dent’s place, who was away, by making short talks on Barber at the pastor’s request. The Dramatic Club presented “Anne, of Old Salem,” a story of the early New Englanders, on Thanksgiving night. Teachers who attended the “Science Conference” recently at Talladega, reported a very in teresting visit. Each visitor on returning to Barber was given an opportunty to tell about it in chapel. These teachers from their talks were greatly im pressed with Talladega—its buildings, campus, faculty, stu dents, equipment, especially the new Science building and Sci ence Department, and the other visitors who were from the schools and departments of edu cation. The pageant, “Sixty Yester Years,” was beautifully de scribed by the Misses Ternent, Hammond and Burritt. The ex pressive, heartfelt enthusiasm -==========”* tkat must have been felt by all who saw it; the spirituals that were sung so well, and the vivid primitive Negro scenes which constituted a large part of the pageant were made {very real as these teachers told about it. One of the students, Louise Mo ses, also told of the lovely day spent in Talladega at this time. Barber has celebrated Negro Achievement Week by listening to diffrent talks about the Ne gro, in chapel. On Tuesday and Wednesday accounts were given of the Conference at Talladega. The talks on Wednesday illus trated the Negro in drama. On Thursday a representative from the Senior College class spoke of the “Negro in Business.” Friday morning the Quartett sang Negro Spirituals. The speaker from Talladega faded to come. Saturday morning Rev. Holloway, of Anniston, a Negro poet and minister, spoke on “The Negro in Literature.” All of the students at Barber ap preciated this recognition of the Negro by the school during the week. The Quartette last Sunday again went out on a missionary journey, having been requested by Rev. Martin, of Hobson City, to sing in the Bapti^d, church, of which he is pastorP A large mixed audience filled the church. The young Men’s Quartette, of Anniston, also sang at this time, and Rev. Holloway read some of his selections from his book of poems. Two of the white visitors from Oxford spoke on the education of young people, stressing the religious element in schools an£ colleges. An offering of something over a dundred dollars was taken. This offering is to be used to Thanksgiving Bay was glori ously sunshiny and cheerful. At breakfast greetings of all sorts were laid at every place. Services at eleven o’clock were attended by a body of thankful students and faculty. At one o’clock, dinner! “Turkey, turkey every where, plenty of it to eat!’’ Everything that heart could wish was piled upon the tables. With strong effort and great will power each girl set herself to the task of obliterating much food. It was hard but pleasura able work. For a while there was no sound except that which usually attends eating. Then cheering began. Pep songs grew and swelled forth. The foot ball games of Johnson C. Smith vs. Livingstone and Tal ladega vs. Tuskegee were introduced and cheered. The interest of J. C. S. U. was unan imous, but the dining room was divided between Talladega and Tuskegee. The faculty were requested to sing. The request was complied with graciously to the delight of all. The meal ended as everybody stood to sing “Barber College” and “We Got the Best Faculty That Can Be Found.” In the afternoon those who wished to, went to the Noble Theater, to see “The Harvester” by Gene Stratton Porter. But the big event was the volley ball contest between the First Senior and Third Junior High classes. In the first game the Juniors were successul with a score of 21-7, but the Seniors outdid them in the second and third games, the scores being 21-19, and 22-20 in their favor. At 7:30 in the evening the auditorium was filled with stu dent 'body, faculty and visitors to see “Anne, of Old Salem,” a play given by the dramatic club of Barber. After the play many expressions of appreciation were given the cast by those who at tended. The club was glad that “practices” were over for the (Continued on page 4)
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