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1 CHARLOTTE, N. O, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1930. -i-i-r1-~ 11 > t <?:* * f VOL. LIL CONFERENCE OF BIBLE TEACHERS By Rev. Chas H. Shute, D. D. The Conference held at Wes tern College for Women (white) June 19-21, Oxford, 0., was the first of its kind in the history of the Board of Christian Edu cation, Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. The Call The call for that gathering was issued by Rev. Williejn C. Covert, D. D., LL. D., General Secretary. Response to the call on the part of Bible teachers and leaders in Departments of Religious Education in colleges and universities, together with university pastors was prompt, representatives came from as far West as California. The only colored school represented was Johnson C. Smith University. The three representatives of the Board were Drs. Covert, Robinson and Stockwell. Drs. Boyd and Upham, Presidents of Western College and Miami Uni versity, respectively; Dr. Mc Cracken, Dr. Richards, Presi dent of the Theological Semina ry, Reformed Church, Lancas ter, Pa., and Miss Genevieve Chace, college pastor for wom en, Iowa University, were among the outstanding persons of the conference. ine oacKgrounu The whole-hearted welcome address by President Boyd, the informal method of acquain tance at the first meeting in the dining hall, the most delightful lodging quarters in the dormi tories, the genuine spirit of fel lowship and religious services formed a splendid background .for the worlLof th&JCcmfwenfifc. Tfie Purpose 1. To meet more effectively the opportunity offered in our Presbyterian colleges and State Universities for training Chris tian leadership for the Church of tomorrow. 2. To evaluate the present work of our Bible Chairs, De partments of Religious Educa tion and University Pastors in preparing for practical leader ship in the Church the present generation of students. 3. To arouse a deeper inter est in the part of the present generation of teachers and stu dents in the promotion through well prepared leadership of the life and program of the Church in local communities and throughout the world. 4. To make clearly evident to the entire Presbyterian Church that the colleges and university centers are supreme ly concerned in the task of safe guarding the spiritual life and developing efficient Christian character of our present-day students on their way to larger service through the Church to ■•■he world. Tn carrying out this purpose the Conference was divided in to three commissions. The fol lowing general inquiries were made by the three commissions: 1. An inquiry as to situa tions in the intellectual, moral and spiritual life of present-day students that teachers of Chris tianity must be prepared to meet. 2. An inquiry into the pres ent objectives and procedures in the courses at present offered k in departments of Bible and De partments of Religious Educa tion in our Presbyterian colleg es, and an evaluation of their outcomes in the lives of stu dents. 3. An inquiry into the pres ent objectives and procedures in tax-supported institutions of university pastors and teach ers in departments of Religion and an evaluation of N their out come in the lives of students. General sessions of the Con ference held in the college chap el each day at 9:00 o’clock A. ’ M., and at 2:00 P. M. were be gun with brief but fervent*. heart-searching services. The popular meeting held at 7:00 P. M., Thursday, first day of the Conference, was of a recrea tional nature. The Lord’s Sup per was celebrated at 9:00 the same evening. Two women, according to the custom. of the college, assisted in passing the elements. The entire service was marked with deep solemni ty and a holy spirit of rever ence. The three commissions or groups worked in class rooms from 9 to 12 A. M., add from 2:15 to 5:00 P. M. The findings of the commissions were report ed to the general conference each day. A summary of the work done by each group was presented for final adoption by the Conference as a whole, on 1 he final day. “Bewildered” was the term used to express the condition in present day student life. “Definite objectives” was em phasized as absolutely necessa ry in the solution 6f problems in present-day student life. In the future definite steps will be taken in an effort to standardize the curricula in the departments of Bible and Re ligious Education. The end sought is the proper evaluation of work done irt these depart ments. Just how great and glori ous will be the results of the Oxford, Ohio, Conference time alone can tell. / COUNCIL Munich, Germany, June.— (Special Correspondence to The Associated Negro Press.) The International Council of Women composed of women of every na tionality closed its annual con ference here last week after a most successful meeting. Mrs. Sallie W. Stewart was a delegate from the National Council of Women of the U. S. A., and she was accompanied hy a group of members of the National Asso ciation of Colored Women, among whom were Mrs. Cora Allen, Louisana; Miss Jane Hunter, Ohio; Mrs. S. Joe Brown, Iowa; Mrs. Lucy Jeffer son, Mississippi ; Mrs. L. T. Mil ler, Mississippi; Mrs. Nellie Weaver Greene, Oklahoma; Miss Meta Pelham,- Michigan; Miss Hallie Q. Brown, Ohio. The main issues raised during the conference were World Peace, the nationality of wom en, child welfare, race better ment, the political status of women, co-operative committees to be appointed for League of Nations on Peace and Child Welfare. In financing the council, the United States Clubs have been paying four hundred pounds ($2,000) per year. The United States Council wished to reduce its pledge to $1,000 per year for the next five years. To prevent embarrassment, the ten JJnited States delegates, nine'white women, and Mrs. Stewart, per sonally assumed the additional > $1,000. Mrs. Stewart pledged $300 for a life membership for herself in the name of interna tional peace. The general depression in Eu rope is so great that many small countries must give all curplus to rebuiding their coun tries. Some small countries con tribute as small an amount as fourteen pounds ($70). This action was given special mention to the convention. Mrs. Stewart was brought forth and introduced as a great contribu tion to the International Coun (Continued on page 4) BITS OF HAITIAN LIFE VIEWED BY AN AT* TACHE OF THE MOTON COMMISSION ' i* ao By pli^Prattis Staff Correspondent ©f The Associated Negro Press Port a/6 Pri$c^ June,25^r The only w^#y>;vcan .wiM: how far this is .om the Unit ed States of America ns to come here and realize that you ail cut off from most of the thing#! which mean the most to you* That is not to say jthat we do not get news from home. We do every day. But it is white news. The radio dispatches don’t touch upon les affaires de coul eur. But we know how the stock market is acting, the base ball scores, what congress is doing, what movie stars are getting married, what the gangsters in Chicago are doing, and how Al bert is trying to have the chief of police and Stege suspended, if only for sixty days, of the newspaper man who was slain, of the prison break at Joilet. All those things we know, but we have no other means of learning that Townsend is ar rested, or that Hunt has won a Spingarn medal, for what no body knows but the service of the Associated Negro Press. We are busy here and time ? does not divide itself as it does * at home. It has been my dispo sition to go to bed whgn 1 felt like it and to get up when £ wake up, whether I have slept long or not. For example, I re tired last night at about elev en. It is now six o’clock in the morning, and I am up writing this letter, waiting for others to come out of the bathroom. •£ had- as-much sleep 1 would have at' home, but I am not tired. Maybe I shall be lat er. Our personal program is us ually to arise about six o’clock and have our bath, either a tub or shower, but always in cold water. There is no such thing as hot water. There are no such things as window panes. They have shutters, but not windows. Doors are of the French kind, wide and high. We keep ours open all the time and get the benefit of the cooling breezes that blow throughout the night. Sleeping is a real pleasure. Af ter we have cleaned up in the morning we have breakfast which may consist of fruit, mango, melon, (cantaloupe), papaille, one of the fruits of which Haiti is most proud, or ange juice, oranges, bananas, etc. Then we have bacon and eggs, ro ham and eggs, potatoes, bread, coffee, etc. We have lunch at one o’clock. It seems to be the chief meal of the day. It is a long-drawn out ceremony. Only one dish at a time is usu ally brought in. Thus the wait ress will enter the dining room with a large bowl or crock-of soup and will visit_each diner who will take what he or she pleases. The girl then goes back and when you have fin ished, she will bring an entre, maybe fried bananas, then a vegetable, then another vegeta ble, and another vegetable, and a salad, then dessert, then cof fee. We did not know what on earth we were doing our first meal. The dinner meal is some what like the lunch, only there does not seem to be so many dishes. The meat consist of beef, turkey, chicken, tongue, veal. The vegetables are potatoes, rice, kidney beans, which they raise in large quantities in Hai ti. lima beans, small succulent ones, avoque, an insipid Haitian melon rind, etc. There is so much to do that the ^commission has not been able to get its work well organ ized yet. The members must di vide their time between hear ings here, and visits to other places. This week hearings have been made by appointment, and some places have been visited, the schools here and the one at Damien, about five miles dis tant. A great many wonderful things are being learned, many of which I am not writing, You cannot help but fed proud of these people and this New York in your mind when country. If you keep Chicago or ybu look at Port au Prince, the comparison is odious. But if you just think of this city itself and realize that it belongs to black jnhen; you get an idea of the di rection yuor race would take if It were left alone: One of the' thoughts that ,Would oqgjj» to you would be that wherever it brakes sufficient economic pro gress, the race reaches out for beauty and the grand thing. The White House of the Presi t of the United States is ther as large or as beautiful the palace of the President . Haiti, a truly regal building, Which is but one of several nificent buildings here, as the cathedral, the pal Mojst of these buildings are in ace, of justice, and such others. a> blazing white, and are daz zingly conspicuous in the face of fhe tropical sun. But the pri vates residences are n the grand style now. Many of the best vil with all modern appoint are now occupied by icans, but one has to re r that they were built by jyfejfcAa thomgdydl, and that they are now just rented to the Americans. These villas are large and imposing, with their pillars, piazzas, great doors, cupolas and every thing. They are in many colors and designs. me peupie uiess wen ttiiu their manners are the finest I have ever seen. French courtesy here finds exemplary flowering. And the manners are not in any sense put on. You see poise, kindliness, thoughtfulness, un derstanding, restraint, modesty, the most delicate shading of emotions, and minute changes of disposition. Almost everybo dy wears white duck, clean, clean, white duck. They look very smart in such suits. They are well educated, from the schools of France and from America. M.ost of those of the better class speak English. They, those of the mulatto class, are a beautiful people. The women are beautiful, and the men are almost as beautiful as the women. I have not no ticed that the women dress as well as our women, but'they are of that New Orleans type, with soft, fine manners, liqudi voic es, and way sthat confound time, I have not been able to I you. Of course,. i» so shprt a • see many of the best of them. They stay secluded in their vil the Haitians or foreigners las and have nothing to do with either unless you are of the very best class. Down here they make much out of who your an cestors were. I understand from a white man, that the daugh ter of the President is the most beautiful woman h^ has ever seen anywhere, and he has been everywhere. For a nature which responds as aptly as yours does tonice and courteous treatment this would just one wonderful place. It seems just like the place to live—and to die—if you’ve got money enough. There are servants cheap, there is food to be obtained, there is always congenial company, and cosmopolitan, there is music in the air, always, from phono graphs and from radios, there a sweet and gentle evening breeze, there are shady parks where lovers chat in musical FrenCfe, there are the boulevard cafes, where they sit out in the open *»d fHhk and talk and wat* But most of what I have been writing has referred to the mu latto class. There are distin guished black persons, but most of the^blach* are the hewers of wood and drawers of water. Moat gf the people, mulatto and black, are poor,,and in the city and outside, they live in huts and hovela. Whether they are worse off, essentially, than the people of our alums, I do not know* I do not think they are, even though they are poorer. I do not know just how they make ends .meet. They seem to have nothings Are yen interested to know that itia mere difficult here to keep from being run over by an automobile than it is in Chica go. or that they have one street car line, upon which dinky lit tle ears operate, or that they have> a bus.* fine; that there are many narrow, paved streets; that these is telegraph and that Port au Prince has practical’y 1,500 telephones and that the American public utility compa nies here refuse to employ Hai tiansy just as they refuse to em ploy juS? They .use either Amer icans or Dominicans. I should not > omit that the Haitians are sore like every thing with the Americans, and, as you've heard,they look down on them; But they have all said that they like us, and they show the greatest respect for Dr. Moton. 7 Another successful year has ^een added to the history of Salem High School. The bacca laureate sermon was preached by Rev. C. W. Francis, Princi pal. The subject of the inspiring and prophetic sermon was: “Foretelling the Future,” based on the text, “Be not deceived, God is not mocked, for whatso ever a man soweth that shall he also reap.” The speaker im pressed upon his audience the fact that as they sow intellect ually, morally and spiritually, so would they reap. He seemed at his best, driving home the truth with telling effect. Monday, May 26th, the small folk gave a beautiful playlette, entitled “Shepherd.” The dainty costumes and .woodland scenery formed a very attractive com bination. The entertainment by these little folks under the di rection of their efficient teach ers, Misses E. Y. Gunn and E. Reynolds, is always a high spot of the commencement. Wednesday, May 28th, the High School Department pre sented an Indian play, entitled, “Lelewala.” Real dramatic abil ity was displayed* The scenery was very picturesque with te pees and majectic pines. This was truly a high class play well rendered and gpaeiously re ceived. * Friday, May 30th, the gradu ating exercise was held in the school auditorium, which was artistically decorated with th« class colors, Garnet qpd Gold The graduates marched upor the stage by the strain of ar overture. The girls were lovely in their white dresses with bou quets of American lilies anc fern. The speakers were pre sented by Rev. C. W. Francis Essay with salutatory, “ T< Thine Own Self Be True,” Hat tie E. Pressley; Essay with val tedictoryr “The Goal of a Usefu ,Life Must. Be Won,” Marjori< , Tucker; i The graduating address wai igiven by Rev. R. F. Kirkpatrick D. D., of the First Presbyteriai church (white), from the sub ject, “A Beautiful Life ” It wa thought-provoking and full o good advice. Dr. Kirkpatrick is a very pleasing speaker. The certificates were present ed by a former graduate, Mr. Claude McAdams, now of John son C. Smith University. Miss Marjorie Tucker was the winner of Lyons Bros. Prize, the G. H. Gailes and Co.’s Prize and also the prize given from the sewing room to the one do ing all required there. The ex hibits given from this depart ment were up to the standard. Each girl of the Senior Class made her graduating dress as usual, and received each a ster ling silver thimble. An added feature to the industrial exhib its was the hand work of the boys under the direction of Miss S. E. Cooper, and was creditable indeed. During the school term just ended, there were twelve young folks who recited the Shorter Catechism and received Bibles on Commencement Day. Miss Reynolds seemed to have excelled herself with the good music on all the occasions of the entire commencement. Rev. and Mrs. Francis, with the un tiring efforts of their co work ers, brought to a close another successful school year. There were four girls in the graduat ing class. With continued effort by such a capable force, we can truly see that the day for “a lugger and better Salem” is not far off. As a graduate of the school I do hope that the au thorities will soon find their way clear to make Salem an A class High School. She is.wor thy of any and all consideration along that line. i TjhfL wonder is that the school does ao much and does it *o well .with, it* -limit*.? .m*o»a otw? must come,' Rev. Francis, up your courage and toil on. Merit will win. JOHNSIE SUE DAVIS. TO DISCUSS WOMAN S PART IN NEGRO BUSINESS New York, June 23.—Wom en will play a very conspicuous part in the discussions of sup port of Negro business when the National Negro Business League assemblies in Detroit, Michigan, August 20th, 21st and 22nd for the Thirty-first Annu al Convention. The entire session Friday morning, August 22nd, will be devoted to a discussion of the subject, “Woman’s Part in the Negro’s Economic Program.” The arrangements for this dis cussion and the selection of speakers are being handled by Miss Eva D. Bowles and Mrs. Roscoe C. Bruce, both of whom are officers of the League. “Women spend eighty-five per cent of the family purse,” said Mrs. Bruce, in commenting upon the program, “and surely the women can do much to help and encourage this effort to im prove Negro business.” Miss Bowles has been very active with the League in helping to promote the Coffee Contest for the C. M. A. Stores. Among the other women who have been active in the League’s work this year are Mrs. T. J. Nevins, who heads the Business j Promotion Work gf the Nation a1 Association of Colored Wom ens’ Clubs; Mrs. Sallie W. Stew 1 art, President of the Associa tion; Mrs. A. E. Malone of Pa re College, and Mrs. C. S. Smith, ' of Detroit, who is Vice-Chair 1 man of the Committee on Ar ' rangements for the Entertain ment of the National Negrp > Business League. The general subject for the ’ entire League meeting will be, ‘ “After the College, What?” and 5 all the topics and papers will deal with possible opportunities i in business for the trained Ne , gro youth. i One of the most powerful s ,ways to preach the gospel of f Christ is to sing.
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