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VOL. I.?NO. 6. - ?
[ Because of Harsh Orders
i A Large Portion of
{7 tens to Quit the Sc
^ dents Have^AIready
Si ble Still Brewing.
Uz~: \
rCtSOdu^shville' Tenn*? Feb.?(By
ed^to ^rit^-Associated Negro Press)?
?Hwh?eationf President F. A. McKcnzic
ties, askirfeven senior students assumsupport
tfhe leading roles in the dramoutburst
which has featured
on thJrivft*es atFisk university durAg
the past week, the public and
An friends of the institution now a,
? wait new developmenta whlcE
/ Have been presaged by the threat
I ? of a large portion of the student
1 body to quit the school if the or,
der suspending certain of the
senior students is not rescinded.
"^Trouble first broke ouropenly
- - Wednesday night when ly
one hundred students banded in
a demonstration against the
, president of the school because
of an ordpr hp Vrad ifrrnnH ngmim.it
conversation - between the mate
??-? and fenYafe-stnd^nfe ^ oo
? .VV.V.WAtUWJk/11 tllV C4 1 1 1 ""
delegations of senior students
? who approached him with_a^vieW
<v of getting hfm to'modify the order.
The demonstration was in the
nature-of a paradp ?nH r>r>t near
so serious as indicated by dis
-?patches to the daily-papers^-?It
is explained-that if was-na*
tural for McKenzie to Have called
the police because of hisTem^
i perament which is nervous asd
- fearful. Mr. and Mrs. McKenzie
are hoth described as persons
lacking in couragethat gives one
poise and the commancTof extra~^"ordinary
situations111
^ ? Five students were at first arrested,
then two more. They
? lotto, N. C.; VicLui Peny, Louisville.
Ky.; Edward Goodwin, Tul?gee,
Ala.; Charles Lewis, Chattanooga,
Tenn. ; J. B. ?rawford,
Tararkana, Ark
' Streator, of this city.
After having, .annonnrpd, jnsl
" following the disorder, that "We
have no desire to injure or hurt
rifint.^ gave out. the .statement
that "a considerable number1' of
the students voted to leave the
: university in a body as a result
of the suspension of four stu
dents which was ordered-as a S0.
quel to the demonstration.
' Trouble lias been-brewtng at
Fisk university for ten years, ever
since McRenzie became presi
ident, according to W. E. B. Du\
* gradnittft of Fi?lf Rnf
f "an ODDOrtunitv to snpnlf of
school last June'that the fire
broke out. In that speech Du
Bois called attention to the sup*
pression of student initiative-and
spirit and the foisting upon them
Of practices Which were dictated
by white~peAons who were giv
I - ing moneythe school.
II DuBois flfeclares that McKenzie
dld^of Jfcise The million-dollar
14 ^endp^rcht fund for Fisk, that
got .up by Mr. .Baldwin,
^ ^^pefhber or the board of irusproduces
evidence to
' ow that on sveral occasions
itlVPflfiffofirvno Vintm
_ ? . ?^v?5Mi/avuo 11 CI V c uccu nmuc
# there only t6 haV? the resTHts
supprssed or ignored. McKenzie
J^has run the university atid tfye
kustoe#, who have known that
* Bv President MeK>P7-if
the Student Body Threa
:hool?Some Senior Stu
Been Suspended. Trou
I ~~ te : ^ J
~?? a ? a
?- ? *7;
tent-to-kflep hands off. i
Tiro Credit for starting th
present trouble is placed upp:
! the shouldres of Mr. DuBois-an
he seems willing.to'take it. H
has announced that-he does no
^desire to be president of th<
school or to have any officii
Iconection with itf but ha.iafiri
in his belief that McKenzi
should be forced out. He i
frank to admit th^the-is \vorl<
ing to that end for the good o
the institution. , ^ In
connection with the out
break , Wednesday night, thra
ator, Ernest T. Crossley, and B
_JL-Anderroru-Jr., made the fa
xwinj? statement:
j 'Jurst?There has been _ji
r'ot. There, had been a deffior
stratum- against, at -we hf
! . - ~ ** -
po^the ^*e^6'!rr^dmin!strat/io
at FfsU.. ..
"Second?There were n
threats of personal . violenc
madejagainst tha safety of -eith
er the matron, Miss Boyntoi
the_pxQsident, Dr, McKenziu,,Bj
JeffersoRor*an-y-in4U44ual-eor
nected with the administratior
??"Third?The demonstrauo
had ouieteU lunu befure~thE~ai
rival of the police.
"Fourth?Dr. McKenzie ha
no proof as to. the leaders, sc
called, of the alleged riot, but i
Tsfully known that he-gave-feh
c.\ji^oant vi4 puuce ci 11st oi naniG
which included seven men stuc
to the board of?trustees las
November against the policies c
' ''Fifth?-There have been n
secret mass meetings? The las
h faculty. The men under ai
rest were elected- by th studnt
rest were-elected byThe student
faculty and trustees.
: ?Tile demands of th
jj.udcr.ts were partiaTy grante
r ^y?,-ba-l ru tee,, and ignored b;
he president. This action pre
oked the demonstration. "The
men arrested on Dr. Mc
Kcnfcie's~""orders have retains
LA'-Gov. Roberts to represen
J r?
Jewish Pre gram-Calls
??For Action
i?. ? Against T inching
j (By The Associated Nopro Press.)
New York, Feb.?Accordinj
to the information service of th
Federal Council of Churches, th
iUmion of Hebrew Congregations
jin its recent convention7acToptei
a sociaT justice program whicl
l included among a number o
i- - -
other things, a call for federa
legislation against lynching. ^
Ex-President Mance
Here Tuegdgy
Enroute to. the., annual meeting o
- the .Bishops' ConOcil of the A. M. F
Church-now in session at Wilmingtor
j N. C.,' I*r." T?obert W. Mance, wel
j known ednefttrrr?and rhurehman,"^
(former Pr<? ident of Allen Unive^sit
i and now ^pastor of a large churdFTv
Nashville. Tenn., yas .ifl "the. ..cit
Tuesday for several hours.
4? - ^ ; ^
. ' . . ' - ^4 *?^
hreaten'
- GLEE CLUBS UNITE-1RACES.
*
- " * t
Colored and White Glee Clubs
- H QVO Pooi 4 o 1c* Tor?A4l?A?i./
*%vvi mu AU^CtUCt I
L SING TO MIXED AUDIENCE I
^ Second Recital Given to accontodate
Overflow ..
n ?
^ (Ely The Associated Negro Press.)
? Richmond, Va., Feb.?More
than- any other one unit, the a
e Sabbath Glee Club, a vocal musi- g
= cal organization of this city, is c
^ doing a great service in bringing s
e the two races closer together in a
a mutual understanding. The
~ Apollo Club, white, came to the c
Sabbath G)ae Club's rehearsal r
7 rooms a &w nights ago, and be- f
" tore a mixed audience they held v
e a reciprocal concert. On Sun- J
day, February 1, the?Sabbath- u
Glee Club and a -group..o? picked o
-' trained singers numbering a
hundred mixed voices gave a 1
^ Folk-song recital at~~thoT BijoiT~
Theatre ancL the throng ?both
7 "whiter and colored^ was so greal Z
-?they hadLio jjive two perform?
.ances tor tfie"fcenefit of the over- a
? flow crowd who refused to go-p
- away after learning that they n
could not gain admittance. At t
? the second ^performance more 0
' than two hundred people were ?
^ turned away thus showing "that
- hoth?theeolored and white peo?
pie arc learning to bow with re- -g
_^g^ence. to the old Negro spirituals.
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"t A SETS^ACE..!!
G 7 77
.. (By The Associated Negro Pressr) g
[. Chicago, - 111., Feb.?;The cur- s
^ rent issue of The Ci?otype_,Nf>ws in
^ carries an illuminating story of fo
,r Lhe Afro-American, published in t
i. Baltimore, paying high tribute ]j
0 cO the late Mr. John H. Murphy.lt
ry--atid-to frissonsAvhn now direct j ri
^ .ho ^pjivi'igg of the journal. Aj-a
.. special word or praise is given-h
s because of-the Afro's advanced 7i
IT mechanical equipment II ~Ts~~
one of the few colored plants to . j
c havQr iirstalled ar monotype maThine"arid
the only colofed plant
Y vv-th tne latest model Alergen^p
thaler linotype, Model number
14. In addition to the large1
number of display faces which *'
. _ I
cj run in the magazines of that ma-,N
I jhine, a number of the larger ^
_ iai^S.?in?thirtv- and thirtv.siv
- . -*?' " ""f o
point., -have been added.
I ?.?_u
v Let The Wtimen 4?
Do The Work. "
_ ? G
? (By The Associated Negro Press.) ]\
e Philadelphia, Pa., Feb.?Both ' ti
e women's rights and prohibition c
are unknown among the natives
i of Africa, according to Dr.. Alto
fred Collins, explorer, wlm gave J
f art Illustrated lecture Wednesday
il nighty before the Philadelphia
Geographical-Society.
Drf Collins, who recently returned
from a trin tVirrmcrW
? 1- " v?e *> WISI
T'lSelgian Congo, said" the nat{vo
f males were probably the laziesti p
. hufrinas on earth". He said the1
,, women did all the heavy work.joi
11 besides the cooking qnd other jc
n household duties and otten car-: ^
y lied water several miles whik
v the men lay around all day doin^ 13
nothing. ~~ _ - - |t<
t-fe* ; ! - ll_ _.2.i
%
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:kki;ahv u im,
o Leave
rn ??
it a r nr\*nm/\t*t a *.t t-i
CLASS
SECOND OF HE1TRACE TO
WIN THIS HONOR
lelen Jackson Valedictorian- of
Her Class at John Marshall
_____ High School ~ I
(By" The Associated Negro Press.)
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb.?Hean
N. Jackson, daughter of Mr.!,
,nd Mrs. Madison Jackson.was
raduated as valedictorian of hes,
lass at the John^Marsh&lkhighchool
here- . Miss Jackson .was
flso associate editor Of The ,
Judge; the school paper, and j
me of the editors" of The Cardilal,
the school-annual. "She is ,
vfn_valedictory honors ip the^
Iwin City high schools^-and- is ;
>:?-Minnesota, ?
PBEACHEKS-CHECKS
TABOOED:
Charlotte;^. CM"FefrF=*lt is j
?sad commentary upon?thtH
haracter and integrity of otfr ]
linistry," remarks the editor ofi
he" Star of Zion, official organ:
J~~the A71LJE. Zion church. .
Arh^rr^ho bishops of the church-;
ecause of repeated and flagrant
pf5? H If O ; oro - 'i
t U11VCI1 LU Lilt; UlS-j
racetui necessity of issuing" a"
an against the accept&nee -af--]
Conferences- j in.^,.payment.? _of f1
laims. We shudder at the dam-:
atiop^of it all." ~ |
?"How?can we - redeem -our-|!
elves?" "Certainly not by pas-.;
ing the offender from one prof-!'
bablo charge to another or by-*
;eeping Tnrn aiiiuug us to conaminate
the rest. Rigid discip- ;
ine- is needed here and separaL..'
on irom our councils .is the,"1
nest, effective discipline.. \Ve ;
re not' all thieves; ihei^e arc
ernest men?amon g. -uLait we ;
re all under The ban" :
-?tion v
? :?t
(~By Tho Associated Negro l're.isT) i
"New Orleans, La7, Feb.?-Su- c
reme Chancellor ,?>. Wr Green ^
nnounced todayrthat Sir T. G. >
Sutler o"f West Virginia had
een appointed Supreme Master ,
f Exchequer of the Knights of
'ythias of N. A., S. A., E., A., tf
trj etc. Charles E. -Mitchell of ?y
Charleston of_ the~ samp state t
las made q nf tllP Fi- ,
ance Committee. Chancellor t~
Ireene pointed out. that Mr.
litchell's qualifications as a cer- j
ified accountant fitted; him peuliarly
for the position. !
rIK Carr, Ashcvillo
> Editor A Colum
ftlar^VMtor. 1
. r0
Prominentjifhong the visitors to the .
ipital _city durnig the week was a ?
arty of Asheville citizens headed j
V ?J. I>. Carr, editor and publisher : p
r The Ashcvitle Enterprise <vf North 1 ^
arolina. Mr. Carr was her0 eircu-}
sting, among Columbia business men.'
""Tie-: :n hi* pnr'y \vern'. T
n Tney. A T* J l' '.an \Y ,.u:n \W,.
afher, and I. E. Parks^of th< Cn j
jrprise editorial staff. , U
^?Tvi_5iS
? * .
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~ .?*
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waits Mare
The Sentence or Five Y<
? tiary^xf Marcus Gai
Court of Appeals I
lem TfaursdaylNighl
gent of the Departm
New York, N. y., Feb.?Thosentence
of five years in the fed- j
gral penitentiary of Marcus Gar- '
vey upheld by the court of , appeals,
the head of the Universal
Ntgfo-improvetVtFrTr A ssbciaUuii;
was arrested in Harlem Thursday
night) by James Amos, an a- j
gent of the department of justice.
A Yench" warrant was issued
for him following hjs fail- .
ure to appear in federaPcourt
rugbday. ?? ~ "W
Carney was ' sentenced two~[
gear's "ago after having been:
found guilty of^using the mails!
I'unct HIack Star Steamship' Co. j
He appealed the case which has.-y
iustibeen heard. The only other j
recourse now open to him is "to;
?o to the'Unfted Slates"Supreme1
Beauty Makes Uow "T
In New York.
(By The "Associated Negro Pre3s,_).
New York, N. Y.f Feb.?While
[ have b-eeir a visiCDf. at (he big'
. entral business - struct u'i*e of the
Ppro Beauty Culture Institute-in ,
St. Louis* Mo., one of the most
aodern business establishments ,
in the^copnT3'. T~have never
Dcen so impressed with the
ireatness of tho inafifr,~_
? , iii>uituu\/n ar>
:;n January 27, when we participated
in the graduation exerises
at the Xew York'branch
>1' tho organisation operated by
Mines. 'Evans Forbes and?-Acta"\IcKie~when
fifteen students rccived
their d'plomas at the
Igpd of- C5}UnreU2L b)avid Ontear."
?* ?-???s'
?A. number ci artisis contriut-e
t to the evening's prbgnairf"
vhlch was arrangeu oy tne great
lilt;of'-donr.-showman Prof- Alh"r.zo
whose in'ee-' in his. an
ndu;r a a air, \yas purely-volun- !
TtTy: Mnic._ Rlchnmnd, Mrs.
d. Cart Wright, D. M. Hicks, Yin-"'
ent Gulliver, Tlie Gatlin Sisters 1
Mrs. Gertrude De vosney. Lil- .
ian Stone?and the Perkinses-,
ers participated in the pro-? !
raiatn._ i \1
Among the guests iat. the af- '
Air- which-was held in the school- (
oonl7~tnTP*^tichacl Claflet, of
he. PfXeet M 'ompaivy ?ami?0*?ar
d^enson, cits editor of the J
Xew York Xnvve AT>?o l> r?
? . .. ?J, ilil o. XV. 1). f
s orris was Mistress-of-Cei'.emon-1_
iVTT. B. Williams' * ,
;<
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Tuesday aftcrooon, Dr.' W. T. B. ; (
riTTiamsT noted Tuskcgee Institute ?Jueator.
one of the field secretaries |'
f the Jeans School Building Fund 1
^L. Williams was oonnocted with;
lampton Institute, fie is Dr. Robert^
t. Moton's. riirht hand man at Tus- .
egee. .* j
tr ^ 1 "1 k ^ou'^a 5? It'
> ' ,q; jv liter w.ii a lti/al 41rra.fr;;
UT In the A. M. E. Zion church- h
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iversity.
L '
" - -fc.- ,
jars in Federal Penitenrvej^is
Upheld " by the
Ie was Arrested in Har;
by James Aftios, -an A
lent of Justice.
-court. I
In the meantime; the business '
of the Association is to be car
ried on by William H. Sherrill,
assistant president general; G.
T^aijer,'sectary general and . '
Clifford S- Bourne, chancellor.
The New York World refers
to Garvey as a dream-child~~aTTd*^-??
asks the question as to whether
Garvey i&guilty-of frailer. "Under
.our Jaw, . yes, comments the
World, editorially, "but not in j '
vev lived. Tn that glamorous
abode there are no laws, only the
Now Garvey is in the clutches
of oui; cqld, hard system^ ritdari
a pity._ He is really not amen-abte
t<r*our laws, ne is a citi- : _
zen of Afro-Utopia."
Governo r McLeod
Speaks at Sidney Patfk
CHURCH WAS CROWDED
v ?? ; . -*-i it
^iVinnV^rk C. M,-Ev--Ghurch
was fillcd_Gu,iid.ay.-afLttrndon to
greet Governor T. G, MeLeod
who was previously announced
as the speaker to address the Epwcrth
League-of which T. J. Morris
is the president- The Gov- -?-ernor
in a very pleasing and ? - --.
bquent manner was presented to
the audience by tjve pastor, the'
Rev.TV. E. Farmer. For about
tOT-tv-tive rhin utes (^vernnrJflg
I.e.od, heid-lhe rapt attention 1 of
his audience as he "discoursed upon
the training of" young people
for upright and useful' citizen^Ivn.
Throuirhiiui the whnle-ad
dross the and'onee was impress?'
ud^witJi. lho-.fact -that - the-GuyL'rhrjr
\va* a mun who believed?:
in the work of the church in its
attempt to interpret the Christ'
ian religion and--which religion
ho professed, believed in?and ?
tides in his everyday duties to :
practise. Another enjoyable
iart of the occasion was thelmuscal
program which wn rpndoiio 1
eaft.ly. betore and after the Governoi's
address. The choir un-* '
Ter the direction of Henry Allen
Tndered many of " the 'old time ~
spirituals as only a well trained
hoir of colored people can. Inorsporsod
among tho efforts of ' ._ >
the choir t wore solos and quartets.
'While all acquitted themselves
well, the solos of Mrs. J.
C, White and Mrs. Vanilla Clark
were especially good. . The Rev.
Farmer needs to be commended
for giving the colored citizens
[Wopportunity to hear the Governor
on such an occasion. Rut
even in doing that the Doctor is "
>nly exhibitintr sr inhavtiA+avtaH*
p w vriui ?\ L-^I ?1:>f
his-n?the offering of the best
at all 3'mes for the improve- labors.
Sunday's occasion was
leresting programs which were
but the opening of a series of in- .
each night,, the real object of =x
:r-hi v a the success" Qf a fi- *
" T... lal?drive put?on by the ??
church- - ' ' ^