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rf ___ p B fc^^^J^piBt AgBI^F
JOHN n R(]
TO TUSK
I- T--, '." ~~~r*\. - '. ;.; ,
" $
By Dr. Anson Ph
^?i * g
LtiairmaiPor
_f_ ??Gifts-Co:
: OF ENDOWMENT!
I The Gift Put the $5,
i - - at the ~$3,500,00(
A gift of'*$1,000,000 to _thei*
cause of Negro education at Tus-!.
kegee""Instituteiand Hampton In-!.
^ stitute by John D. RockefelterrJ
' Jr.. was anTmi|nr>?d lrvt Sntnr ^
day by Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes' 1
1 ^.Chairman?of- the Special Gifts 1 c
Committee of the Institute's '
? j - !Eiidowmuiil vFurid campaign.
' The gift put the $5,000,000 cam-.!
?mn-/P7^A AA/v - '
- j/oikii <11 vme $>o,ouu,uuu mark
arnicas made with^'t rrmrii.|
?tions. '
In announcing the gift Dr.
Stokes pointed ?put that ?it
\ kruught the?institute .within
| striking distance of the $2,000,- (
000 donation promised by Geo. i j
I Eastman, the kodak manufac- ?
I turer, last fall, whpn hp-allnf. ^
ted $15,000,000 of his stock to j
I __vuri<>us? benefactions. The East- j
J man gift was contingent upon'|The
Endowment Fund Commit-i^
I ted achieving its goal.
"Inasmuch as Lhave been pro^i
1 foundly?interestffri " Iri theso: j
J?schools- ?said Mi-. Rodkfeller', in 'i
~~1 forW^rdThg biV gift, "pupi viiu'J.
9 m V Q i Vl n ?? - - ? 11
_ AWKtivi vxj\jiv me as a small j
a boy to visit Hampton, when Gen- U
. * eral - - tread;; t
-Because they provide^aiv^e4uea-ls
' M-tion and girftTR
| to be useful citizens,?whether t i
?WtKey go forward to higher and
!$ professional education or go di- i
-nr-TMrectlv into agriculture indusLi v 1
-xMor -business Vdbecause they stress ;
"the development of character a- i
jjlong with the development of^"
____Mi?ind ^ndHbodyT'arKpbeca.use of j
imy lifelong interest tn the col- j
? WiTed race*>X-shall count it
privilege to participate in the i
ampaign to the extent of $1,-1
- 00,000. (
"As I understand it, this.J
VKeaves you still $1,500,000 short *
" if your goal."
? Other^recent large- cohfribu-- 1
i - - = J
?wiis oy Mr. Kockefeller have
^eluded one of $1,600,000 to re- J
, iiild the Tokio Library, destroy*^,
mi by the earthquake. He gaye 1
*500,000 to the campaign to *
B>mplete the building of the Ca-:'
. Biedral of St. John the Divine '
B/o months ago and a few days f
Jter gave $100,000 to th? drive11
IlBlIpreserve-the- home of Presi- .
Bent Cleveland. In the same-Jonth
he gave $675,ooo to the
Bssionary work of the Baptist ]
Big items in his philanthropic *
ork have been: Rheims Ga- \
liedral, $1,000,000; NewJ^jarkLAovtMiieilt,
$2,00(^000; Metropol ^
Ian Museum of Artf $l,t?00.0U(LL lorThern
Baptist Church, $2,- -
T SATURDAY
_JL- ' "
muiiltee ---f
^UNDCAMPAir.N
.000,000 Campaign
) Mark and was
)00,000; Fine AitsSchool of Harlj
rard University, Sp00,000; In- ,
:ernational House; Columbia Un-1
Seminar y^-Hart^n-dy Con ri.. S250)00i~Y.~W.
C. A., 9200,000;
^ark A ventre "Baptist Church, ,
>100,000; Inc^ffial Relations r
Lrrbrary, Princeton University,^
>60,000 and S1.06fr000 to-aid ?
.he starving' children of Europe. }
MHLLIPS?COCMA, ARK.,
1019 RIOT SCENE APPEALS i
TO, Nr A. A. C. P. POP
SCHOOL, AH>. gj
Airs. Bertha Cook Sanders. ^
Superintendent of Schools, in c
Phillips * County, Arkansas^
scene ol' the 1919 neonagfr riots^.
a-hose eases thtr-N. A. ~Ar~C . I'. c
investigated and successfully J
fought through the hinhest.^
iouHs^r'The country, has appealed
to the--National Assoc ia- r
tion tor the AcLuuicemont 01for
-lir 1 in h|iilr!
:ng a Conn* v Tr-nvnlT|V~ rVltiTTt-jfor
Negroes at Ela i n e^-Arkm*^?18.
1- 1? ?~^f'"
Mrs. Sanders states, that the!
chool wilt,accommodate. ^hnnf
$00" boys :and girljs and will bef
situated"in the best--alluviaI lnhd'(>?
tire State. Mrs. Sanders ^
ivrites in part : / !
"I need financial assistance,1 f
*nd if?f could geFlwme lieln^
from your organizjUion the t)eo=l
of oliT'County would appre-1
date-it. .
fIThe?whiter peuple "and .\e?roes
are-- iidihg;. all in their '
wwer to have this the best op- t
Dortunity for the Negro people
n our : ^ - "Tr
-Commenting upon Mrs. San-!
lers' letter, James- Weldon Jo~hn-<
1011, Secretary of the N. A. A.
3. P., said :
_ * c
"Coming pfter the tar rible p
^eVetafToiTs of peonage brought
;o light ..through the riots of'
1919,. the appeal for a training!,
ichool for Negroes is ' significant
of a more hopeful situation-^
n that part of Arkansas. If, as ^
VT.-a ? 4 4- ?. ...U :i.
<.? .j. uaiiua.9. OLiUCS, VVIIHeS (tIlClrj
Negroes are now working together
to obtain educational op-.1
.iort unity for Negro girls" and
toys, that is a highly encourag-j
ng development and ahqujg-r
mve^fte support of colored
people throughout* the United \
States, ..^QiLiii--eclucaU(>n: U^ )ne
of the Chief safeguards
igainst peonage and oppression
of the colored farmer. _
"Those colored^- Americans N
vho ftre-willing and able to do_ ^
Continued on Page 8. V
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t'01,U M_BIA, ft- ^^SATTTE
HAMPTON I
50LORE&-CHILDREN "l
EQUAL THE WHITES
rind Colored Children Intelli- I
fr<>nt ns White' in Loa-rrrrAr.geles
Schools.
:iy^ mWN CHYE&R1922-_2fr 1
he TestsWpre GUvenf<>?5M ^
Negio Elementary School
Children, ^rho Represent 4
The Elementary School
Popnhitinn it T na Angeles.
.... ..
_ . T . <
( X. A.. A. C. P. Press Spryiro ) .1
A Tepoyt received from Los v
Vngeles, Cah, by the NationaLi
noiTrof Colored People, 69 Fifth *
YTtnue, New York, states that c
xjsts made" upon public school\x
hildren of Los Angeles show, *
olored children to he as intel- v
brent as the whites; ^
The tests ueie gfYen "to 500 ^
Xegi'Q..elementary school childuring
the year 1922-23 c
ind'the lepuit Tays "the group)
s f pro!>abiy representative of j *
hb?Negro ^erheptary school f4"
^jpulalion ol' Los ,AngeIes." I
"The liiuiing^-ai u .auiiinai izud 1
is follows .. ' 3
' [ Jntojjjgcae^ level.?The
nod inn ?jhtefltgTnTce' quotients^ c
t nit" the"...distribution of intelli- 1
fence over the various classifi
alory _gi^j^s__Jndicleti- that^
here is no -significant difference J
jElinil-in TTio^intehigerrce level _
>f. the Negro children and that;^
>f children in the fifteen schools ^
"2. Educational accomfdishnent.?The
average ? accom-;c
jlishment and range of accpnvj^
mshm^nr fr^ I \ iL *
)racticaily_jthe_^ame as for the c
1 I 1-. I - -- T7 A 1 A* ? <
umi |jui;uuuiuii 01 tao. nnocn,"
ichools." jl'
-"3. K g a (1 i. n g^iimnprehension,^
?'The average ability for all 1
NVgt'o ?children?tested^ was : ^
1.203 Of a grade below the norm ^
vhile-That of pupils in iorty^ele-iT
nentarj' Schools was (bOPG of a r*
trade below norm: Thiols not *
t sginillcani variation.' L. fi
~' AnThfrretic ability.?The (c
iveragc ability for"" all Negro ;c
hildron examined was OTdHT of i]
i grade above the norm, while.1
hat fur-pupiliTlh forty elemen- r
ary schools was 0.38 of a grade 1
hove norm. ' The difference 1
epresents a little less than three >
nonths_school work.
"5. Spelling ability.?The a- J
K; 14 .. ?n \u ?i_:i it
ti auuiL^' iui ixu U CI111- i "
iycrn tested was 0.973 of a grade j
)clow theTnorm, while that fort1
pupils in forty elementary.*
chools Was 0.79 of a grade be- c
low norm. Although the Ne- g
fro children are. nearly a whole
frade retarded in spelling abiliy,
the situation is not material-*-1
y different for the total school *
>opulation." [a
The report fu made hy WiTITs \
V. Clark of Eos Angeles for the 2
ity school sy"sfqm7 - ?1
VH1TES ADMIT COLORED,
-ftre company: " i
Tliu
vilj Fire Company -of this ,.yil- ?
eje.ra Negro "orgattlfcatFon of 1
'.olunteer?firefighters, wfcs ad- c
???J *
H-T . - -_
J
fie ?
ID AY, MARCH 14, 1925. ...
$1.000,000 ;
NST1TUTES
niTTTlXm n ~^2
f^XVO. I .aULli^Ci \jt, 1
atvvellTatIiest
runeral Held at Family Home.
4X145- Aspen Street, A*hila- "p
delphia, Pa. - 1
rQKMERLY -AT TESK+XxEf^
. . * ' i Jn
4rs. Atwell was"VTVfii?^an ofL
Much Talent and Skill.?r j?.
Wife of Ernest T. Atwell 1
Well-known throughout
....... The Country."" -f"
(By The Associated Negro Press.)
__J^ilado^Har^=Furierat_=l^- ~
'ices over the remain's oE the
ate Mrs. Paulino-^?At
>f Ernest T. At well,. Avell-knowir-r
hroug'hout the country because j|
?f his activities m connection j
i-1- - t * -
vim ine playground and recrea- j_.
ion association of ' Amereia, (_
vere held" ,at the family home, [
L045 Aspen street. -Monday n~f n
ernoon, March 2nd.
Mrs. Atwell has been a re si- n
lent of this citv for nhnut ; i;'f [
years,I'TTaving?eome originally'
rom Tuskegce Institute, where j
he-was-,yonner1efl with .the de-^
)artment of music, her husband
icing^ tin; business administra- {
or there. ^111^?
S he "tra (TI men -net ivr? -Trr-mif <oT~ ~
al circles here^ami-had- become q
iromjnontly identified with seviral
of the leading clubs. She
iad been president of the celeirated
Fiak^chib, but lately had-,
not?bee11 active~ Mrs. Atwell
vas a musician of much talent
ms kill. jiosses.<hvg-a-corr1-rnttrr^:
^Tce" oT rare charm.
n
She was known liecause of her'
haritableness, being ever ready
n
o contribute to the variniw ^
arcr~etntcei hs I hrollgTfqut the :ity.
; - v -JEaLhor
Durantr prom i nont E- H
>iscopal clergyman, a lifelong L
rieiLd^^?tbo-family, tronduclecT^
he services, coming from New j
rorlrxity lor the purpose^_Xhe
ervires butr^trh1
n'Gssive, and the floral tributes 11
vcre gorgeous-coming from the ^
aide Club and from pbm-?
ground,and?recreational survlOb "e
?f America. Prominent?vttzeiT3 a
if both races attended the funer- 11
iT, .Mr. itoy~Smkh Wallace, rep- ^
esenting the 'playground?and-1
ecreation service. __L_ - i
Surviving Mrs. Atwell, aside ?
rom her husband, are "two ^
-otmg children? Ernestine and
3aul, and two sisters, Mrs. Ben- a
am in E.-Ammons anil Mrs. Es- c
erline Patterson.
TTiUed to the Delaware County t"
firemen's Association by a vote:0
>f 51 to 19 after a long discus- ^
lion. This
action was, taken at the d
no'nthly meeting of the assoeia- s
ion in Oakmoht Tuesday night,,*
ind followed some sharp debate. >x
Vh It or Ithoads. j(
tied i a* objected to admittim^
Te Goodwill Company, plead- a
ng that the charter of Media n
nc tyin^ainca rygli H-LUU 1-?*
icrshi'p to white males over 21 p
ears of. age. . i ??~zzpA
Kiwriunj 11 |iii iilllliiji w
Darby township, recommended"
tdmisskm of the'Goodwill Com-'d
>any, which, he said, had fre
'j?. ? ~1 I
juently rendered signal service, p
s lj x-- ....
? ?~~~ ^
MATA. C. PA
PRESIDE
Georgia B
Negro at Sta
By a Lav
SOME OF THE LY
Secretary James W?
. Public -The-Tes
... to. The F
XX. A. A. Cr P. Press SoW'icc.).
The National
he Advan^enKuitJ^fcJ. Colored
*eople, 69 Fifth Avenue, thru
ts Secretary., , Jkmqs-'f Weldon
ohnfjon, today made pubhe-the
e>:t of a letter to 1 president
molidge,, calling his attention
o the burning at stake on Mar.
irr Aiijorgia or a Negro "by a
nob. whose members made no
ttemnt to conceal *!Hr idQntiThe
letter offers this lynching
as evidence. of.the conjiiiued'
Fmbitrty^rjf" the. States to sup>nniuli
murder find n : tm
aining President's __CooIidge's
ftyaZEoX'ongre.'.', that ieaeral acion
be taken_- to amTrthe crime
f lynching. "
The letter is as follows:
My dear Mr. President:
"As evidence-of the continued
ivabthty of the States .to appre,lend
r(antl punish lynchers, I
erfci-Aiou?onclot'ed ?a* ebppbrg'
...."j.j nir?w ' - ?- -
rum inn .?iacon (Ua.) Tele;raph
of March 3. I wish,to
alPvour attention .to fhe^stateiH'nl
made thei'eim both in the
deadline umb in'THe^account of
he lynching of a Xe.pp-o jn r.pnraa
on March 2; that'the lynches
arc well known in the ,cprn-N
and- that there was ' no
t ternpt at concealment of fea-HFeS.
"
- "We have LOtlUj^ wired Goveror
Clifford M. Walker of Georia
as follows: ___ .
"f<Tn Mirr'h fin-.t, n Vn^m ue.'
H^ethof rrini o was captured by
jneb. and burned at the stake
ear the town of Rocky Ford,
ereven County. Georgia. ?o
pliable a pappy- as The Macon
'olegraph- in-printing an account
f this lynching,, states in the
eadline 'Lynchers All WelL
Cnown.' and in the body of thfcj
Flicle, 'Men well known in the.
ommunity were in the mob.
here was no attempt at conceal
lent of JuMUi^jg/ We-?notts
hat you have offered a reward
f five hundred dollars for the
pprehension of guilty persons.
Ve earnestly urge that in order
hat the -State of Georgia vinieate
the law and uphold its
overeignty you alsofcall"apfWF
he police authorities of ScreenCountv.
particularly the oher
T, and use all the~axailable poT?e
poweits of- the State- at your
onimand" to secure; the prompt
rrest, probation and punishient..-ot'
t he ^murderers .whos?
lentity-afirf conn ecu on with the
rime ar? known. We urge this
irrespective of the guilt or irrocence
oi the victim, which
arinot now/be determined by
ue process g? 1
Mantes Weklon JohnsSnT,
secretary, National Association
. , ^ ^ _z. ? * i++*-j-.*9rr
- "*nL?? v ? . J ? -
THIS PAPER IS ?
!& | DEVOTED TO THE f
-j???IXTEHESTS^t^ K
r " fllHE PEOPLE. ?? --i
X===^== ~ ?fir-A -COPY. ~
[IDMHir
UKWlPHi VRTTES
NT mm inr.F
i ?'? " "
urnincr AKua A
D ,? ^ s. m
ike March 2, j ~
/less Mob rr=r?
"NtHERS KNOWN ;
^^ r: ^7y- 1
sldon Johnson, Made
:t of The "Letter
'resident. ? ?=-ed
People, ^ .
"We Submit this matter as
'4 __ _ *.
'sustaining the correctness of the
istatEinent^made' by you ni your
first message, to Congress, that?
'the Congress ought to exercise * ' >"
its pmvoro of prevention and pun'
ishment against the hideous
crime of lynching.' . "T. - ??
i%fa^~VV157ln~ofFe?TmrtVnc nmf
example of mob bestiality which
disgraces and humiliates Amer- u
-ica?before t)ie~~cfvflized World, J4"respectfully
and 'eaim^^y rp- ?:? ?
-ques-t-yotrro urge upon the incoming
Congress _the nocoonitv
forL enactment of an adequatel^w
making lynching a federal
.crime." - ' ' _ ' ,
' " ' *
VETRANS' BUREAU PLACES
NEGRO SOLDIER IN HOS- 1
TAL AFTER N, A. A. C. P.
DEMAND
ThankrN. A. A. C. P. For Interest
Shown in Case.
; veteran of the TJ. S.~ArrifiyT gass
:ud in France, who was denied
hospital accommodation because
' of his color, has Ijeen placed in
AhcJ^alionabSanitorium at Day- ; i - jTuiVi
Ohio.-uci'ui dthg To^^letter ..
-from- 1^7^07'XJro?s5^aTrr^^cticar_"
Director of the Veterans' Bureau,
sent to the National As
snciatirm?for-+hp Adynnccnrrnt ~
joTTColoredTpeeple, 69 Fifth Avenue,
New York.
The N. A. A. C. P earlv in
February wrote the^Veterans*
B u rea u(i^a^mg7 w hy._ this- vete?
ran was refused accommodation
in the government hospitals at t '
Dawson-Springs, Ky.> and Bea-eon,'
N. Y. - The Veterans' Bit- ~
Jrl[au promised an immediate in- 7
" ' '*Ltt " ?
"Vestigation of the case and un- :
der date of March 2, writes the
N. A. A- C. P. as_ follows:
"Further reference- is made
to your telegram of February 11,
1925, concerning the hospitalization
of the above named benI
j
eficiary of the U. S. V. Bureau.
^'Supplementing previous Bureau?communication
regarding r
trhTS case, you aro informed that
faccordlhg to a report^fUFt re- .
rceived from the Pittsburg Rei
. ? \ ' . _
igional Manager, transportation
land card* of admission to the
'National Sanatorium, - Dayton,
| ri i * - ? *
Ohio, were issued to this patient ..
juii FybPU&ry U4,' 1^25." Tt is be- ??J??
lieved that his hospitalization,
has bflftft^c^nipliflhBt).^^"
*~It is desired to thahk yov^ for
your interest in this cas6." - T