‘AND YE
NO. 26.
VOL. L.
COMMENCEMENT AT
SELDEN INSTITUTE
BRUNSWICK, GA.
By Rev. J. H. Toatley
In the beautiful city of Bruns
wick, Gft., by the sea, stands
Selden Institute, with her do
main of sixty-nine acres in the
midst of a lovely grove of mas
sive oaks and weeping willows,
Beautiful and unique are the
surroundings of this institution.
The very atmosphere is inviting.
The campus is well kept. Ir
fact, Selden says to the colored
boys and girls, “Come, rough
hewn though you be.” Selden
holds one of the keys to Chris
tian Education.
This school was founded in
1903 by Miss Carrie E. Bemiis
who later relinquished the work,
and the Rev. H. A. Bleach suc
ceeded her with his efficient
- wife, Mrs. H. A. Bleach. The
Rev. Bleach, some years ago,
crossed the Great Divide, leav
ing behind Mrs. H. A. Bleach,
who is now one of the leading
spirits of Selden Institute.
The Division for Colored Peo
ple of the Board of National
Missions, more than a decade
ago, appointed the Rev. S. Q.
Mitchell, A. M., S. T. B., Princi
pal of Selden Institute. The
Board made a wise choice in the
selection of Prof. Mitchell. This
good man took unto himself
Miss Ella McCleod, the adopted
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A. S.
Clark, of Cordele, Ga. These
two hearts, beating as one, and
with the co-operation of a splen-,
did faculty and the support of
the community at large, Selden
is moving on with pride and
progress. Through the efforts
erf Rev. Mitchell the curriculum
has been raised fifteen high
school units. Selden is affiliated
with Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity, Charlotte, N. C. She is on
Georgia's accredited list of high
schools, class A. Students grad
uating from this institution are
granted General Elementary
Teachers' Certificates, class A
for three years.
Sunday afternoon, May 13,
marked the beginning of the
closing exercises of Selden. A
sermon was preached to the Lit
erary and Religious Societies by
the Rev. D. L. Clark, of Bruns
wick, Ga. The writer had not
put in his presence at the time
of this exercise, but, from re
ports, the exercise and sermon
were up to the standard and set
the cue for the remaining exer
cises.
Friday evening, May loth, at
8:00 o’clock, the Annual Musical
and Fashion Show Exhibition
from the Home Economics De
partment took place in the
school auditorium, with Misses
L. V. Carter, J. L. Gantly and
M. J. Cassell, directresses. From
the lips of those who witnessed
the exhibition, the entertain
ment was a splendid display by
members from various depart
ments. Little Miss Mildred
Mitchell, with grace and ease
and chili-like simplicity, played
“Climbing Blossoms.” Her ar
tistic touch and skill in music
are but the traits of her father.
Sunday afternoon, May 20th,
at 3:00, at Shiloh Baptist
church, a crowd which taxed
the capacity of. this beautiful
and spacious edifice, graced the
occasion—the hour for the an
nual sermon. Twenty-three
Seniors marched up the aisle to
the beautiful strains of music
from the National Hymn, “God
of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty
Hand,” and took the front seats,
The annual sermon was deliv
ered by Rev. J. H. Toatley, pas
tor of Mt Zion Presbyterian
church and Principal of Lincoln
High School, Due West, S. C.
The writer spoke from the text,
Matt. 5: 16, “Let your lights so
shine before men that they may
see your good works and glorify
your Father which isin heaven.”
Theme: “Shine, Out Some
where.” As to the merits of
this sermon, let others speak.
Suffice it to say that the writer,
under God, attempted to put the
message across in the spirit and
light of the text.
On Monday evening, May 21st,
at 8:30, the Junior oratorical
contest was witnessed by a large
and appreciative audience in the
school auditorium. Mrs. H. A.
Bleach presided. Six members
of the Junior class vied with
each other in a spirited battle
for the two prizes given by the
Alumni Association—a gold
medal and five dollars in gold.
From the decision of the judges
the race was not one-sided. All
ran well. Messrs. L. A. and E.
N. Ellis were declared the suc
cessul contestants and were
awarded first and second prizes,
respectively.
On Tuesday evening, May 22,
at 8:00 o’clock the Senior Play,
“The End of the Lane,” was por
trayed in dramatic and roman
tic style.
Following the play a speed
test in type writing was had
under the direction of Miss R.
M. Nelson, subject, “Be Your
self.” Miss Attles wasYhe easy
winner of the contest.
Wednesday May 23, marked
the closing exercises of the In
stitute. This day crowned the
task. The end of a perfect day
came—one long to be remem
bered. The people came. They
saw and heard and went away
with food for thought and
hearts filled with inspiration.
The Commencement music, un
der the direction of Miss L. V.
Carter, was most excellent and
op a high order from beginning
to eind.
The annual address was deliv
ered by Rev. A. S. Clark, D. D.,
Principal of Gillespie Institute,
Cordeje, Ga. Dr. Clark used for
his subject, “Contented, but not
Satisfied.” This address was a
rare gem. It was full of food
for thought from start to fin
ish. Dr. Clark always handles
his subjects with ease and grace.
He is a man who goes beneath
the surface of things and looks
at his subject from every angle.
He is an orator of no mean abil
ity. All who chanced to hear
this address can not soon forget
the masterly address and elo
quence.
Six. members irom tne senior
Class were the Commencement
speakers: They were Johnnie
Combs, salutatory; 'Addle M.
Atkinson, Daisy L. Mitchell, Bir
die C. Palmer, Lugenia C. Ellis,
and Eddie Hall, valedictory.
Mrs. A. S. Clark, in well chos
en and appropriate words, pre
sented the diplomas.
The class roll follows: Mary
Atkinson, Zelline Baldwin, Mel
ba Cambric, Vernia Combs,
Priscijla Dennison, Mildred Dil
worth, Cleo Ellis, Lugenia El
lis, Eddie Hall, Jessie Hall, Ma
mie Hall, Carrie Isaac, Mattie
Johnson, Mozella Knight, Addie
McAdams, Daisy Mitchell, Bir
die Palmer, Minniola Robinson,
Lucile Simmons, Ella Smith and
Elizabeth Sullivan.
Members of the faculty are:
Rev. and Mrs. S. Q. Mitchell,
Mrs. H. A. Bleach, Misses Cece
lia McCoy, L. V. Carter, Janie
Mae Hall, J. Gantley, Ellena
Atkinson, R. M. Nelson, M. J.
Cassell and Prof. R. W. Thomp
son.
The Rev. W. D. Woods, Prin
cipal of Hodge Academy, and
Prof. C. A. Johnson, Supervisor
of the City Schools, Columbia,
S. C., graced the occasion with
their presence.
Farmers of Chatham County
have purchased 1,300 bushels of
soybeans for planting this
year. This amount is an addi
tion to seed saved in the county
last fall.
NATIONAL CONGRESS COL
ORED PARENTS AND
f TEACHERS
Will Hold Second Annual Ses
sion at Charleston, W. Va.,
July 23-24.
Atlanta, Ga., June —:The sec
ond annual convention of the
National Congress of Colored
Parents and Teachers will be
held in Charleston, West Virgin
ia, July 23-24, according to an
announcement by the National
President, Mrs. H. R. Butler, of
this city.
The convention program will
center around the topic, “The
Child—His Home and His Com
munity,” and will feature a
number of prominent education
al leaders among whom will be
W. J. Hale, President of Ten
nessee A. & I. State College,
Franklin 0. Nichols, of the Na
tional Hygiene Association; Miss
Julia D. Conner, of the Better
Homes Movement; Mrs. Charles
E. Roe, Field Secretary of the
White National Congress of
Parents Slid Teachers; and Mrs.
T. G. Nutter, of Charleston, W.
Va. Representatives will be
present from twelve States
which hold membership in the
National Congress.
For convenience the Conven
tion will meet at the same place
and just prior to the National
Association of Teachers in Col
ored Schools, which convenes in
Charleston on July 25,
RESULTS OF CAMPAIGN FOR
NEW MEMBERS IN SUNDAY
SCHOOLS OF CATAWBA
SYNOD.
By Frank C. Shirley
Our membership campaign
formally closed on|U*ftiay,JttB*
10th. The following is the re
port by , Presbyteries of the
schools that participated in the
campaign;
Cape Fear Presbytery
Calvary and out posts- 55
Chestnut Street — -- 10
Hare’s Memorial- 7
White Rodk _ 20
Total _ 92
Catawba Presbytery
Ben Salem - 6
Biddleville - 27
Black’s Memorial --— / 21
Brandon - 8
Brooklyn |- 22
Church Street - 5
Dulatown - 21
Huntersville - 33
Lowry’s Memorial- 3
Matthew’s Chapel- 4
Murkland - 4
Seventh Street - 20
Westminster - 15
Wilson Street - 4
Total _ 193
Sou. Va. Presbytery
Bethany - 11
Richmond First- 29
Fifth Avenue- 39
Carver Memorial - 28
Wheeler - 8
Total _ 115
Yadkin Presbytery
Blandonia -±- 30
Faith__ 9
Grace- 31
Groveland- 12
Mt. Tabor - 1
Mebane - 14
Pine Street--- 15
St. James —- 13
Tradd Street _ 23
Total _ 148
Grand Total for Synod- 548
The results ;tabulated above
speak for themselves. Our goal
was 1,000 new members. We
have in the Synod 178 churches;
32 of these 178 churches added
548 new pupils. "What did the
other 146 do? Well* we can’t
say as we have no record. We
feel that the effort "was worth
while, and it will serve as a basis
for further expansion of our
work.
We take this opportunity to
-v .h
; V’-j'.
thank the lead
operating chu
would ask tslH
other 146 chtw
had additions
to us that w
during 1928 to
our total. Jus
F. C. Shirley,
St., Charlotte, ,
tea if they have
or their schools
i might include
end the number
. send report to
506 N. Myers
The Annual
National Mec
will meet at J
land, August :
NATIONAL
CIATION
BALTIM
The President, Dr. C. V. Free
man, is doing everything possi
ble to make this the greatest
year in the history of the or
ganization. Hopias traveled ex
tensively and wide many con
tacts that will mean much to the
National Medical Association.
The President states that al
though only $000 of the 6,000
professional men eligible for
membership in the Association,
were members of the Associa
tion at the beginning of the
year, a large increase is expect
ed in membership when the re
ports are received at the Balti
more meeting.#?
Splendid arrangements are
being made in Baltimore for
qlinical and scientific worik nt
prominent hospitals. We are ex
pecting to make this a post
graduate week in mgdicine and
its allied branches. Our one
aim is that the mpn will gain
valuable information by attend
ing these meetings so that they
will be better able to serve hu
manity. ■ ?
The, National Medical Associ
and pharmacists at Baltimore.
With this we feel that this will
be the most powerful organiza
tion of our group to help human
ity in their various communities.
Begin now to make preparations
for Baltimore.
A. OLIVER CHRESFIELD
PASSES AWAY IN
CHICAGO.
Alter a prolonged illness from
heart trouble, A. Oliver Chres
field passed away Saturday at
the Omega Psi Phi fraternity
house, 4969 South Parkway,
where he conducted a cafeteria.
Mr. Chresfield was born in Bar
bados, B. W. I., and came to this
country at the age of 10 years
with his father who entered the
coal business in Philadelphia. He
was a graduate of a Philadelphia
high school and attended Lin
coln Univerity. Entering the
navy, where he served for nine
years, he saw service in the
Spanish-American War. He had
traveled extensively in Europe,
Asia, Africa, Australia and the
Americas, and was well versed
in the customs and languages of
these countries.
Three years ago he married
Miss Letitia Breckenridge Coles,
a city school teacher, of Lexing
ton, Ky. The deceased was a
33rd degree Mason and a mem
ber of Metropolitan Community
church. His uncle was an attor
ney general in the British West
Indies and his eldest' brother
was a Presbyterian minister at
Raleigh, N. C. He is survived
by his wife, two nieces, Misses
Pauline and Annie Chresfield,
teachers in Monroe, N. C.; a
nephew and a niece in Georgia,
Dr. and Mrs. Chas. Cooper, and
three nephews, Percy, Fayette
ville, N. C.; James, New York
and Kenzie, Philadelphia. The
funeral was held Wednesday
from the Booker T. Washingtor
Funeral Home and was attended
by a number of friends. The
.Omega £si Phi fraternity ir
(Chicago sent a wreath of flow
ers along with other flowers
sent by friends from out of the
city.
(An address delivered by Mrs.1
Sarah Paige Brown at the cele
bration of Children's Day on
June 17).
JJear Folk:—
Will it interest you to know
that in celebrating Children’s
Day today you are holding the
46th anniversary of the cele
bration in this Sunday school?
Will it interest you to know that
this Sunday school was started
away back in the eighties in
Norfleet’s old farm house, some
two miles West of this place, by
the late Mrs. S. J. Neil? As
suming that you are interested
let us take the Sabbath school
at its origin in 1885, kith Mrs.
Neil as Superintendent and
teacher, and the school made up
of men, women and children,
ages from 5 to 60 and even 75.
A few were able to read; none
able to express themselves in
telligently about the Bible save
possibly one or two who came
as helpers to Mrs. Neil. Most
of the scholars had never been
inside of a Sunday school. Our
scholarly Dr. Floyd J. Anderson
tells of his not having attended
a Sunday school until Alien Me
morial was started. To this in
fant Sunday school my father
took me, then a little girl, with
a little red Testament in my
hands, and gave me in charge
of one of the teachers sent by
the grand old Presbyterian
Church of the U. S. A., to help
Mrs. Neil, thus placing me un
der the care of said Church and
here I am today after 40 years
still: in the sa|n%t3unday school.
a omaj
DtglllUlilS ill lOOU 1
scale the Sunday school soon
outgrew the farm house room,
both in usefulness and numbers,
hence a building was construct
ed and our Sunday school was
moved to its present quarters in
1888; and in June of the same
year we celebrated our first
Children’s Day—just 40 years
and 5 days ago. I am glad I
was here then and exceedingly
glad to be here today.
Let us note the growth of the
Allen Memorial Sunday school
in numbers, influence and use
fulness. In numbers it has
grown from a few ignorant old
people and unlearned children to
an enrollment of more than 100
men, women and children; yes,
men, women and youth who are
well versed in the Bible, who
can and do study for themselves
and explain to others and live
by God’s holy word. “A little
leaven leaveneth the whole
lump.” A church 'has grown
out of the Sunday school.
What can be said of influ
ence? After sending out such
men as Dr. B. M. Ward, of Ro
chester ,~"N. Y.; Rev. R. P. John
son, of Kimball, W. Va.; Prof.
F. J. Anderson, of Johnson C.
Smith University, Charlotte, N.
C., and women such as Mrs.
Rachel Booker Miller and Mrs.
Sallie Johnson Clarke, of
Burkeville, and Mrs. Mary Scott
Booker, of Washington, D. C.
All of the aforementioned are
loyal workers in the Master’s
vineyard. Can the influence of
such lives be measured?
Who is the manager and
printer of our much loved and
esteemed weekly visitor, the
Africo? Rev. C. P. Pitchford,
who was reared in Allen Memo
rial Sunday school. What a
power, yes, far-reaching power
for good the Africo is. We can
not mention all of the dear ones
who have gone out from this
Sabbath school bearing the ban
i ner of Jesus Christ, with faith
and determination to let it trail
in the dust never.
, Members of the Allen Memo
i rial Sunday school, may the seec
'of truth, sown by you bu4 anc
S&i u'J ■
blossom here, hastening the
coining of Christ’s kingdom on
earth, and bear fruit through
out eternity.
PRESIDENTS ANNUAL
ADDRESS
AT INGLESIDE SEMINARY
> ALUMNAE REUNION
By Mrs. M. B. Marks
The Alumnae Association of
Ingleside Seminary, Burkeville,
Va., hails with joy this the third
Alumnae Reunion, which, by the
band of kind Providence, is
made possible for us through
the great heart of dear Mrs. Al
ter, Dr. Alter, this dear faculty,
with the combined efforts of
this good student body, for
which words can not express,
nor pen describe our deep feeling
of overflowing gratitude, thanks
and appreciation.
With pleasure we note the ex
cellent work you are doing and
bid you God’s speed onward and
upward, and, eventually heaven
grant you an exceeding great
and high reward.
The object of this Alumnae is
to help you to do more effective
work in the uplifting, moulding
and shaping of character.
Though few and but little ac
complished as yet, great things
often result from small begin
nings. There was a time when
the walls of our beloved Alma
Mater lay in ashes* but prayers
were wafted on the wings of
faith and love, that God would
raise up men and means that
they might be rebuilt stronger
than before; God brought it' to
pass, and verify His truth is
marching en>--— ..
Dr. and Mrs. G. G. Campbell
manifested their love for the Ne
gro race. They went to our
mother continent, and, when
fever threatened death to them
they came back to America and
continued in the work of up
lifting the Negro. Dr. Camp
bell made the supreme sacrifice.
“Greater love hath no man than
this that a man lay down his
life for his friends.’ ’When God
takes his Moses he places Josh
ua in charge. We desire to sup
port the causes which he repre
sented and to hold up the arms
of his successors, that causes so
noble shall not suffer loss. Should
this place or these walls no long
er cry out, may the slab that
marks the spot bid those of the
future to remember. The Camp
bell Memorial Fund may in time
become the Campbell-Alter Me
morial Fund, and so on as each
President and his shall perform
their part, a link shall be added
till it has become quite a chain.
Dear Sisters Alumnae, after an
interval of years we assemble
in dear Ingleside. During these
years many have scattered.
Quite a number has passed over
to Jordan’s other shore. Just
last year Mother Wright was
with us, for the first and last
time ere she united with the
great throng above. She left
us the rich heritage of her
beautiful qualities and fine vir
tues which we gladly treasure.
Soon we, too, must to the mar
gin come. 0 may we all prepare
to meet our God. We pass along
life’s way but once. Let us as
individuals and Alumnae ever
treasure the many golden les
sons of our Alma Mater. Those
dear teachers, God bless them.
Fond memory feign would fling
the kiss of affection to them
now.
Class of 1928, you are not too
late; how gladly we hail your
coming in to join us. We thrice
welcome you to all the pleasures,
privileges and responsibilities of
this organization, which calls
for that same perseverance,
faithfulness and loyalty, which
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