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XXV111_THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1923 No. 32
HAMPTON STUDENTS SHOW RELA
TION OF EDUCATION TO LIFE.
THEY SPEAK ON NEGRO PRESS,
NEGRO WOMAN OF TODAY, USE
, OF PRACTICE-HOUSES, GOOD
POSTURE, AND OTHER INTER
ESTING SUBJECTS.
Hampton, Va.—That Hampton In
stitute students recognize the relation
of education to life and especially to
community service was shown at the
recent fifty-fifth anniversary celebra
tion, when members of the class of
1923 gave addresses and demonstra
tions before large audiences of white
and colored citizens.
Negro Press in Evolution
That the Negro press is fast grow
ing into a powerful organ, despite the
handicap of inadequate financial sup
port, and that it represents the voice
of a race that has valuable contribu
tions to make were statements made
by S. Miller" Johnson of Thornton,
Ark., who spoke on “The Negro
Press in Evolution.”
This senior at Hampton Institute
declared that the Negro press, while
it has criticized the so-called enemies
of the race, has not resorted to ex
tremes of sensationalism in discussing
the race problem. Negro editors have
recorded important events and have
written informing editorials on prob
lems of current interest. He stated
that Negro periodicals, like all other
publications, have been handicapped
for the want of trained workers. The
Negro press, by keeping readers in
formed on every-day Negro life, has
encouraged race pride. S. Miller
Johnson said:
“The Negro press is trying to let
the world know definitely how the
thinking Negro regards life; what he
thinks of American policies; what he
thinks are the needs of his people and
just how far Americans, white and
black, should go in providing for the
needs of the Negro race. The Negro
press is helping to demonstrate to the
world that the colored man Is essen
tially and by force a thinking being.”
training nomemascrs
Better homemakers and home
economics teachers have been trained
in recent years through the use of
practice-houses, according to Estelle
M. Jones of Danville, Ky., who de
scribed the methods which have been
successfully used at Hampton Insti
tute to link up the work in the school
dormitories with the needs of colored
homemakers. She also described the
plans of the new Institute practice
house, which is now being erected by
student tradesmen, near the main dor
mitory for girls, through the gener
osity of Mrs. Henry A. Strong of
Rochester, N. Y.
This practice-house will contain a
living-room with an open fireplace, a
dining-room, a kitchen, a laundry, four
bedrooms, a bathroom, and two halls.
There will be a porch across the
front of the house and another across
the rear. This cottage will be used at
one time by five or six girls and a
teacher. The furnishings will be use
ful and simple. Problems of house
hold management, meal preparation,,
and nutrition will be emphasized. The
hotllejl planned for an average family
with a moderate income.
Negro Woman of Today
That the Negro woman of today,
like her mother and grandmother, has
bigness of heart, faithfulness to duty,
and loye of justice toward her fellow
people were opinions expressed by
Madeleine R. Smith, member of the
Hampton Institute class of 1923, who
spoke at the closing session of the
fifty-fifth anniversary. She outlined
the industrial service of Negro women
during the World War. She gave
these facts: The champion mail sorter
of the United States is a colored
woman, -Who beat the record of 20,610
letters distributed in an eight-hour
test. The president of the St. Luke’s
Bank, Richmond, is a colored woman.
Washington, D. C, has two colored
policewomen. Negro women restored
the Frederick Douglass Memorial
Home at Cedar Hill, Washington,
D. C. Negro women have engaged in
social-welfare work and in a campaign
against lynching. They teach children
thrift
Good Posture, Good Health
Methods of teaching children how
to maintain good posture, so that they
will grow up to be erect, fine-looking
men and women, rather than stoop
shouldered, narrow-chested, sluggish
persons, were demonstrated by Lillie
D. Jones of Williamsburg, Va., who
emphasized the importance of having
children cultivate the good-posture
habit as the best guaranty of good
health in later life. She also showed i
the serious damage that comes to
school children by compelling them to
use improperly adjusted desks or by
allowing them to become careless of
posture during their school hours.
She described the exercises which in
dividuals may use to strengthen ab
dominal, upper-back and feet muscles
and thereby improve their posture.
Trade Demonstrations
The all-rolok brick houses, which
were built extensively in foreign coun
tries in the eighteenth century, are
now being built throughout the United
States. Lytle Fields of Lexington,
Ky., gave a demonstration in laying
an ideal all-rolok lead for a wall. This
Hampton-trained bricklayer described
the American, English, and Flemish
bonds. He emphasized the good
points of the all-rolok construction,
including economy of materials and
time.
The construction of a modern stor
age battery,—made up of three two
volt ^lls, each one of which was
equivalent to one-half horsepower,—
was described by William E. Lee of
Louisville, Ky., who also demonstrated
how this type of battery was assem
bled. He explained in detail the
reasons for its unique construction.
Music and Food
A member of the Hampton Institute
brass band, James E. Newby of Berk
ley, Va., described the stages by which
he, as a busy tradesman, learned how
to master the cornet—an “extra
curricular activity,” for this was the
title of his anniversary address. He
emphasized the value of music in
bringing together people in rural dis
tricts. He expressed gratitude foi the
opportunity of receiving musical train
ing.
A foamy, ham omelet, prepared and
served according to the best home
economics instruction, was the dem
onstration presented by Evelyn M.
Collins of Bridgetown, Va. This
Hampton-trained girl also demonstrat
ed how much of the drudgery could
be taken out of cooking by having
housekeepers pay more attention to
the careful planning of their work. As
she worked she explained the chemical
make-up of ordinary hen eggs.
Agricultural Projects
That agriculture in a general way
may be profitably used as a medium
of self-education and that agricultural
projects in particular, such as caring
for hens, pigs, and dairy cows, as well
as growing farm crops, may be suc
cessfully used as the means of relat
ing men and women to the problems
of every-day life were opinions ex
pressed by Harrison D. Jacobs of
Pittsfield, Mass., who is a candidate
for the Hampton Institute degree of
bachelor of science in agricultural ed
ucation.
The student explqjned in detail the
methods which are used at Hampton
Institute to teach men how to prepare
themselves for service as farm-demon
stration agents, teachers of agricul
ture, and rural-school principals. “It
is just as educative,” he said, “to read
about the culture of the Irish potato,
to handle farm machinery, or to detect
the various plant diseases, as it is to
read history or geography, study
spelling, or solve an example in arith
metic. Projects are the true and most
effective ways of educating, because
not* only are the eyes trained to see
and the mind to think, but also the
hands are trained to do.”
COLOR WAR IN LONDON
A troop of American Negro musical
comedy artists, has been employed as
a4 feature at the re-opening of Lon
don’s famous old Music Hall, The
Empire. Another manager has just
engaged a band of Negro entertainers
for a Revue^oon to open here. These
two items have started a theatrical
war which has become so acute that
i cabaret in which Negroes were to
appear has indefinitely postponed its
opening.
The objection comes from the critics
and from the English theatrical pro
fession. It has been based, in part,
on a dislike of alien invasion of all
lands, but the color issue has been
injected in several issues. Some of the
critics go so far as to request the i
Minister of Labor to prevent any fur- i
her encouragement of colored theat
rical men by prohibiting their entry '
nto the country. ]
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LHON. WILLIAM H. WEBER
Member and Secretary of the Board of Assessors of Cook
County, whose able and Icing experience in that direction
places him in a position to arrive at the correct value of
every foot of real estate in this city and county.
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MASSACHUSETTS TURNED
DOWN MARRIAGE BAR
Boston, Mass.—The Speaker of the
Massachusetts House of Representa
tives has sent word to the Boston
Branch of the National Equal Rights
League that the Rules Committee, of
which he is the Chairman, had decided
to report adversely on suspending the
rules to admit the bill forbidding mar
riage between “persons of different
color.” The regular time for intro
ducing bills is passed and the Com
mittee did npt even deign to grant the
proponent of the color line bill a
hearing.
The Race “Concordat”
Text of Document which means far
reaching benefit by race unity.
Boston, Mass.—The National Equal
Rights League gave out the following
text of the agreement for United
Front among race-rights bodies:
We, the undersigned representatives
of the following organizations: The
African Blood Brotherhood, The
Friends of Negro Freedom, The In
ternational Uplift League, The Na
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, The National
Equal Rights League, The National
Race Congress, assembled in confer
ence in New York City recently.
Knowing the strength of the forces
opposed to justice and fair play for
Americans of African descent, realize
that those forces must be met by the
closest co-operation and the most har
monious relationship possible among
all agencies working for the civil and
citizenship rights of Negro Americans.
In order to secure the most effective
action and the greatest .esults, we
must guard against the slightest loss
of energy from friction and antag
onism. While each organization should
reserve to itself its full autonomy and
the use of its own best judgment as to
the manner of carrying forward its
aims and work, we should not allow
any differences, either of opinions or
methods, to bljfjd us to the fact that
we are all striving for one great com
mon goal.
We deplore as harmful and injuri
aus to the best common interests any
ittitude which implies that loyalty to
any one of these organizations neces
sitates antagonism toward any of the
ithers, or that membership in one in
any way precludes membership and
active interest in the others.
IT IS THEREFORE, The sense of
his Conference that we, the represen
:atives of the above named organiza
ions take active steps to bring about
i closer relationship, both in action
and in feeling, and
That in the undertakings of these
rarious organizations the cordial sup
tort of all shall be given; and
That upon the great fundamental
principles for which we all stand there
shall be the greatest possible correla
tion and concentration of all our
forces, that we may present to the
common enemy a united front and in
spire in the whole race united action.
For the Conference: .
(Signed) W. A. Domingo, African
Blood Brotherhood: George S. Schuy
ler, Friends of Negro Freedom; D. N.
E. Campbell, International Uplift
League; James Weldon Johnson, The
National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People; Wm. Mon
roe Trotter, National Equal Rights
League; KeUv Miller, National Race
Congress.
DEATH OF MRS. REBECCA
BASS
Last Friday morning, Mrs. Rebecca
Bass passed away at the home of her
daughter, Miss Alpha Maxwell, 4207
Prairie Avenue, after a long and seri
ous spell of sickness.
Mrs. Bass, at the time of her death,
was well on to 73 years of age. At
1 o’clock Monday, impressive funeral
services were held over her remains
at the Greater Bethel A.M.E. church,
42nd Street and Grand Boulevard. Its
pastor, Rev. C. M. Tanner, Rev. Fen
wick, assistant pastor of Institutional
church and Rev. J. M. Henderson, for
merly pastor of Institutional church,
now presiding elder, conducted the
funeral services, Rev. Henderson de
livering the main sermon.
Among other things, he stated that
Mrs. Bass had been a member of Old
Bethel church for many years; that
for fifteen years she had served as a
member of the Deaconess Board; that
for a number of years she was a mem
ber and served on the Stewardess
Board of the Institutional church; that
within the past two months she had
her membership transferred to Greater
Bethel church, which was nearer her
late home; that her Christian life was a
shining example for all women to
imitate; that she was the Republican
captain of the precinct in which she
resided in the 3rd Ward; that owing
to her upright life or character, she
exerted a wonderful and lasting influ
ence in the community in which she
lived and was so well and favorably
known.
The altar of the church was com
pletely covered with many rare and
beautiful floral offerings from her
hosts of friends and members of the
various secret orders or societies
she was affiliated vdth.
The choir, under the direction of
Prof. J. A. Mundy, rendered some ap
propriate selections. Madam Tryce,
Miss M. Williams, Mrs. Irene Malone
and Miss M. Lewis, sang solos.
The services toward the end wet*
conducted by Mrs. Ella Berry, Daugh
ter Ruler Warden Temple No. 16, Or
der of Elks, and that part of the serv
ices were beautifully conducted. She
also read the resolutions. Resolutions
were also read by the Order of East
ern Star, Temple No. 62, Sisters of
the Mysterious Ten. Resolutions by
the Grand United Order of Odd Fel
lows, Household of Ruth No. 3406.
Resolutions by the Giles Charity
Club, read by Mrs. Annie Clark, reso
lutions read by Miss M. Lewis, of In
stitutional church choir club.
Among the floral contributors were
the La-Legra Club, The Institutional
Church, Club, the William Hale
Thompson Club of the Third Ward,
Hon. Fred Sterlling, Lieut. Governor
of Illinois and by many others.
Mrs. Bass was born in Fairview,
Ohio and her remains were laid to
rest in the family cemetery lot at
Springfield, Ohio. Her only daughter,
Miss Maxwell, resides in this city and
her only sister, Mrs. Mary Clifford,
resides in Janesvile, Ohio. Aside from
these, numerous nieces and nephews
survive her.
Charles S. Jackson, Funeral director,
was in charge. The sympathies of a
large circle of friends are extended to
Miss Maxwell over the death of her
dearly beloved mother.
NEGRO FARMERS QUIT SOUTH
FOR WAGES OF NORTH
Washington, D. C.—A general
movement of southern Negro farmers
to northern industrial centers where
high wages are obtainable is indicated
in a special survey of farming districts
in the south made by the department
of agriculture.
Unprofitable cotton growing, due to
boll weevil conditions, unrest among
returned Negro troops who experi
enced more attractive living conditions
away from farms during and after the
war, and breakdown of the contract
labor system are cited in the report
as causes of the migration.
Approximately 13 per cent or 32,000
of the total number of Negro farm
hands in Georgia is estimated to have
moved north during the last twelve
months and the movement continues.
From South Carolina about 22,750
Negro farmers, or 3 per cent of the
total Negro farm population, have de
parted; Alabama reports 3% per cent
has moved north, and Arkansas shows
* movement of about 15,000 Negro
'aimers.
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ECONOMY PLAYS IMPORTANT PART
IN PHENOMENAL PROGRESS OF
TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE. PRINCI
PAL’S ANNUAL REPORT TO
TRUSTEES SHOWS CONTINUED
PROGRESS.
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Tuskegee Institute, Ala.—Economy
in expending funds and continued
progress in every department were
the outstanding features of Dr. Robert
R. Moton’s Annual Report for the
year 1921-1922, to the Board of
Trustees of the Tuskegee Normal and
Industrial Institute. This report has
been printed in pamphlet form for dis
tribution.
One of the most significant features
of the report is the growing interest
on the part of colored people them
selves in supporting the work of Tus
kegee Institute, as is indicated by the
contributions received from them.
During the past year more than $75,
000 in cash and pledges were received
from Negroes towards the Loyalty
Fund Campaign, which was launched
in 1921. Further evidence of this
growing interest is shown in the num
ber of bequests from Negroes.
High Lights of Report
Few things indicate more clearly
the continued need and influence of
the Tuskegee Institute than the in
creasing number of people who re
ceive instruction at the Institute. Dur
ing the past year, according to Princi
pal Moton’s report, 3,261 persons re
ceived instruction at Tuskegee. Twice
as many applied but had to be turned
away on account of the lack of neces
sary facilities and accommodations.
This number includes more than 2,000
students, and 660 teachers who at
tended the Summer School for Teach
ers as well as many others whd at
tened for special courses.
Another interesting feature is em
bodied in the 95 per cent increase in
the enrollment of the Department of
Agriculture, thus demonstrating a re
alization on the part of the youth of
the" race oi the practicability of the
doctrine expounded by the Founder
of the Institute, Dr. Booker T. Wash
ington, when he proclaimed: “We
shall prosper in proportion as we learn
to dignify and glorify labor and put
brains and skill into the common oc
cupations of life.”
Concerning this philosophy, which
was the basis of Dr. Washington's
solution of the problem confronting
the race, President Hardipg com
mented as follows in his telegraphic
greetings on Founder’s Day, 1922:
“I have long felt that Booker T.
Washington has visioned the right
way to deal with our national prob
lems of races in a manner most likely
to produce the best effects from the
standpoint of the entire nation and of
all elements of its people.”
Ideals Yet Prevail
“The educational ideals and methods
of Tuskegee Institute," stated Dr.
Moton in his Annual Report, “are as
real in the .life of the place today as
ever and the spirit of the Founder, it
seems, grows in effectiveness and
power with the years.
“We continue to give much time and
thought to the outside activities of the
Institute. In every way possible we
are endeavoring still to develop more
friendly relations between the races
here in the South. Nothing that Tus
kegee Institute, or any other institu
tion does is more important than the
broadcasting of the message of ‘good
will among men.’ The use of every
proper means to make conditions bet
ter in every community in the South
gives to Tuskegee graduates and to
the graduates of other schools, the
opportunity to be of the largest serv
ice in these communities through the
understanding and co-operation which
have been made possible in this way.
Tuskegee has had, and still has, a
large opportunity to render this serv
ice which is not only necessary but is
more and more widely appreciated
and welcomed.”
COLORED WOMAN TURNED
DOWN AS STUDENT BE
CAUSE OF HER RACE
New York.—A committee of eight
American architects, painters, and
sculptors with full authority to pass
on applications of American students
for entrance to the Fontainebleau
School of the Fine Arts in France,
has turned down one applicant because
she is of the Negro race. They be
lieve her trip to France and her pres
ence in the school would be disagree
able to some white students and em
barrassing to her.
The name of the colored art student
is Miss Augusta Savage and she ar
rived in New York Gty several years
ago from a small town in Florida.
She has the great distinction of be
ing the first person of the colored race
to apply for admission. The necessary
money for her trip was raised by
friends. She has returned it to them.
The above incident amply proves
that the vast majority of the American
people—those who claim to be highly
educated are still under that dead or
dreaded spell of short-sighted race
prejudice—that they are very appre
hensive that the colored students if
admitted into the higher educational
institutions will outstrip or outshine
the white students attending those
same educational colleges.—Editor.
SUDDEN DEATH OF MRS. JOHN
T. CONNERY
The last part of the past week, Mrs.
Mary E. Connery; for many years
the constant and devoted wife of Hon.
John T. Connery, 5228 Sheridan road,
very peacefully closed her eyes in
death, double pneumonia was the di
rect cause of her passing away.
Funeral services were held over her
earthly* remains the first of the present
week, which were attended by many
of the most prominent personages in
this city including a large number of
its society leaders, for Mrs. Connery,
was regarded as one of the foremost
social leaders in this city.
Mrs. Connery is survived by her
husband, Hon. John T. Connery; her
son, John T. Jr., and three daughters,
Mrs. Joseph Bidwell Jr., Mrs. Mar
guerite Rose and Miss Lillian Con
nery, who were present when the end
came. ,
The deepest sympathy of all the
citizens of Chicago flows out to Mr.
Connery over the great loss of the
wife of his youth.
N.A.A.C.P. BRANCHES PAYING
DYER’S EXPENSES ON
SPEAKING TOUR
Representative Leonidas C. Dyer,
of Missouri, who is touring the mid
dle and far west to rouse public senti
ment for the Dyer Anti-Lynching
Bill, which he intends to reintroduce
in the coming Congress, is having his
traveling expenses paid by branches
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People. The
N.A.A.P.C. arranged for the tour with
( Mr. Dyer.
The dates and places at which Rep
resentative Dyer is scheduled to speak
against “The Shame of America” are
as follows:
Kansas City, Kansas, April 27.
Kansas City, Mo., April 29.
Omaha, Neb., April 30.
Denver, Colo., May 2.
Los Angeles, Cal., May 6.
Oakland, Cal., May 10.
San Francisco, Cal., May 11.
Portland, Ore., May 13.
Seattle, Wash., May 17.
Spokane, Wash., May 20.
Duluth, Minn., May 23.
Minneapolis, Minn., May 24.
St. Paul., Minn., May 25.
Milwaukee, Wis., May 26.
Chicago, 111., May 27.
Indianapolis, Ind., May 29.
Detroit, Mich., May 30.
In connection with Representative
Dyer’s tour, Robert W. Bagnall, Di
rector of Branches of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People said:
“The trip of Representative Dyer is
a part of the renewed fight to pass the
Anti-Lynching Bill, which the N.A.
A.C.P. had in mind when it put forth
its slogan after the filibuster on the
Bill: ‘We Have Just Begun to Fight!!’
“Colored voters and liberal minded
whites all over the country will be
reached in the determined campaign
to make the Anti-Lynching Bill a
law.”
Dr. H. R. Smith, 3801 South State
street, after a pleasure trip to Tus
Kegee Institute, Alabama and other
points in the south, can again be se^n
each day making a bee line to the
Binga State Bank, 36th Place and
State street.
Mrs. Nora E. Lee, 5259 S. Dearborn
street, left Thursday evening for Earl
ington, Ky., to attend the funeral of
her brother-in-law, Mr. Porter, who
was for some years married to her
only sister, Mrs. Porter.