The Afro-American. [volume], March 26, 1898, Image 2

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THE AFRO-AMERICAN.
EDITORIAL,
We fail to understand just why
so many white teachers are being!
continunally transfered from color
ed schools to white schools, andl
new appointees putin their place,i
We counld understand it, if the law
governing transfers from colored
schools was being carried out But
it is not. Practically it is a dead
letter. The law provides that
when vacancies are made in eol
ored schools, either by death or
transfer, a temporary feacher shall
be appointed. When the number
of temporary teachers shall equal
the number of of teachers in any
one school, such temporary teach
ers must give place to the regular
teachersin that school, and a com
plete faculty of colored -teachers
appcinted in that school. Since
this law became operative, but one
single school has been turned over
to colored teachers. The law has
had ro partin the minds of a re
publican school board, and the
sooner the present board is legis
latea out of existence, the sooner
the city will get rid of a batch of
law breakers, and law defiers.
Certainly this continunal change
of teachers cannot but be hurtful
to the classes in these several
schools from which the transfers
are made, and we can see no good
reason as we have said before, why
these changes should be made.
Not less than fifty teachers
have been transferred from colored
schools within the last eighteen
months, and it 18 still going on.
it is time a protest was made by
somebody.
T LY
Rev. E. F. Eggleston, pastor of the
Grace Presbyterian Church, was in
New York eity last week attending a
special series of sermons,
Prof. B. W. Love, addressed the
Perkins Sgnare Bapt. Sunday Sehool
Sundav afteruncon.
Rev, Fathers Yates and Butech ave
holding special lenten services at St.
Franciz Catholie Cburch., Father
Unzles, preached Sunday eveninty.
Rev. M. Davis, of Washington, D.
G., preached a stirring sermon at the
First Baptist Charch, Sunday night.
ST. JOHN A. M. E. CHURCH.
Rev. N. M. Carroll, P. E., prcached
an edifying sermon on “The Life
soat,” at John Wesley M. E. Church
Sunday night.
Rev. Mr. Savoy preached an inspir
ing sermon at the Ebenezer A. M: E,
Church Sunday evening,
Miss Ashton, chief nurse at the
Providence Hospital, lead the Chris
tian Endeavor at Madison street
Presbyterian Chureh, Sunday after
noon. Her address on the topie,
The evil of intemperance’ was en
teriaiving and impressive.
'The Christian Endeavor Society at
St. John A. M E. Chuareh, held a
very impressive service Sunday from
6to7p. m. The topic was handled
in a most delighttul manner,