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" rmrr ? .'? ? JIunT l benedict news "BY GII.ROYE GRIFFIN Every one who has attended college r*7 must appreciate the pleasure derived :?by the - etudentsfcoaa?the monthly _ socials. When routine grows Krone- 1 tonous and continuous drudgery at books produces a dull attitude, then these moments of happy companions c* = ship come like rain after a protfact~i ed drought, ft has been said thfte cine who. has been educated at Befte - never forget her chapel services; it is believed also, that t^iey ver forget.and it is knowp that they " never lose the poise and pollsh-which ; her socials impart. j Two days of last week. Friday and . Saturday, the thirtieth and thirty?firat ' J will be rememborod for quite n while ??-the occasions of the occurrence of J] r two highly ^enjoyed festivals. Friday's! event was promoted by one of the ( ^ j classes in - an-etidrttvtrr to- accumulate money for Benedict 's annual drive. After a merry?half hour of social intercourse a movie was shown. The entertainment of the evening^ has received considerable complimentary re-: ? mrfrks from many who attended it. Tfae-monthly pmaaure feasTT&ifrw- ~ ed on Saturday. It instilled the usual pleasure in the" hearts of the stildents.-? On?Saturday?night the?Douglass ..i Debating Club again assembled.'~The programme consisted of addresses' by Messrs Daniels, Griffin and -Poe. 1 Mr.Daniels' speech, which was .eon- cemed with student problems was, 1 : truly well prepared and full. The Greek letter fraternity., the Phi Sigma Fraternity, has elected offi cers. Their.names and offices foil aw.: Mr. L. J. Hicks, President;. Mr. w. A. 1 Ford, V.-President; Mr. J. A. Pawriey, Secretary; Mr. O. W. Riuer, " Treasurer;* Mr. R. C. Cunningham, Mr. Baxter, Chaplain; Mr. C.-C. Wood~ soh, Editor. ~ .. ~ ~~ ' ?- - ?ajie omrprs ot the Y. W; C. At are.: Miss CathWtne Jenkins, President; Miss Blanche Thompson, V.-President; Miss Geneva Moseley, Secretary; Miss Ethel Evans, Treasurer. 7 ? ?Qn^WednesHay at chapel service, the students and faculty were address... ciate Editor of Missons?-oi-Ne w Yurk.~ ~ Mr. Lippart'sTaddress which was very instructive and . inspiring had as .its Chriatlik?4-Giv? Thyself." Questions and Answers ^ In Npgrn History BY GEORGE WELLS PARKER Aiithflg At "Tha Mfea uf TIim Sim." . y Questions pertaining to Negro His tory anywhere tf of general interest. and not too long, will be answered by[ "*' ? Mr? Parker lh ihii column. when I space will not permit or the subject is.] not suitable,, letters will be personally} answered, shbjept to proper limitations, and when a stamped-envelope : is enclosed. Address all communica-1 tions to George "Wells Parker",' 3"423' Indiana Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Copyright, .1924 by ^ThG Associated - Negro Press. How many Negroes fought in \ the Revolutionary War??-B. B.; I M.r Chattanooga, Tenn. ? Three' ithousand. Alexander Hamilton was the'first to proposeTit. t Please give some" information l" ghout Negroe writers^?E. S7~Sj Phoenix, Ariz. The moifT _ Browning, Dunbar poets, Dumas,1 Hearn was a famous story tel-j 1 ler and writer-of legends. InA-! merica we" have DuBots. Chest-| nut, Benjamin Brawley, William 1 Braithwaite -(critiCj) etc. _ Please give three or four reabotktfor Stirling Negro history.: J. H. H., Selma, Ala. Kace pride; ro on L ? ^ *mvv/ oopiiQnuiiy nupcf race confidence, "race love, and most ?-of-all tp get rid of the slavcrpsy chology which is the greatest curse of the Negro today. When was Judge Straker elected Judge in Detroit, Mich?? Si-E^L. W., Seattle, Wash. X canndf give you this infro?, mation.?Perhaps some readers can and, if so, if he or she will; send rrietho information, f ^shaH write yuu. -n- ? -Who was the greatest.Negro . . author??F. H. L., Lamar, Miss. - Alexander Dumas. Not only was he the greatest Negro writ-1 r- j _ i ? er, but perhaps the srreatest and most prolific of all romantic writers. ~ ? ^ - ?For when ce .-did the Cartheyenians come ??D: con, Ga. 1 ; - jgf. wig fofliyted hjlBno, m -r.? v^SSPF ymv\ / -/ r I '* -1 ^ * ' THE WHATNOT II ^ ' COLUMN. By ROBERT P. EDWARDS = 1 (For The Associated Negro Press.) ( 158. Who is Matthew Jenkins j of Mont des Singes? j fey, perfromed one of the-niost daring exploits ofT the4- World j War. At Mont des Singes, he ( went ahead--o?' his comrades^ and captured a fortified tunnel j from a company of Germans^ then by the aid of his comrades ^ held it for hours without-^ food of ammunitions, , making ^ use of the enemy machine gun! ammunition until relieved: Fur } this extraordinary hravery hp' was given the Crotk de Guerre | \ wiBi Palms, and the Distinguish- i j ed Service Cross. ?, ^ 159. What became of Caraby-- ^ ses' Expedition against Ethio- j pta? ?: When Cambyses, king of Per- t C. he proeoedod?to arrange.^ for 4he reduction of Ethiopia. "t and sent spies with gifts to Nat q Nastesen. king-of Ethlopia. Up- ^ on their return the spies gave N such a wonderful description joF" their various experiences, with were fettered in gold that Cambyses set out at once to make war in order to get gold; A Greek historiamreeordsihat-the X Ethiopians met the Persian Ar- \ my at J;he oasis?of Aminon?in 4 the Xibyan desert, and literally s obliterated them, losS to the t Persian army of 50,000, killed, i wounded and captured?of?rtrr-i flower practically ending?the^ Persian Empire. t ?150. What was the~Parrish i % - ?v L . ? bequest ? ~ : -f A peculiar request 'was that f Ta]in Pqc? V* nf T>Vi{1o^rvlv\V*J o * ?-* f uuim x ui 14011 vn?xr Iiuauoi^iiiaHi I * 1808. Under the provisions of It his will there was established a ? fund, one third to be used for t dren, one third foj the aicbof In- i dians and one thil&L for the aidK were tp-be used in the State of i Pensylvania, the annual income, ? of eariTThIrd~~usually amounts ( ~to $200:00.. ? r 44,706 Gallons Seized \ In January. < Greenville. S. C? Jan.. 31.? j The monthly-report of T.loyd H J Grandy, South Carolina prohibi- < tion director,"announced today, 1 showed that 44,706 gallons of ; "spirits" had been confiscated in ] ihe__atate during. January. Sev- ji enty one stills and distilleries 3 \yprp rnirlprf nrtri HpgfrnypH, 37 i worth of- property was seized and destroyed, three automcrbiles w e r e confiscated?and $1,190.50 worth of property was seized and destroyed. a princess of Phoenicia. Later Africans from the northem-part," of the continent mixed with the inhabitants. The?Phoenicians-were also a people of African de uy. u | I have read somewhere that our numerals came from dark races, P4ease explain.?R. T/V. Cleveland, Ohio. Our numerals are Arabic and "came from the Arabians. They were an African race. The northeim^Arabs were mulattoes^. and akin to the Ethiopians. Sometime ago you mentioned the temple of El Karnac as the greatest temple ever reared and Tacotfta, T^ash. Thebes in Upper Egypt. ' It TfTin the "Same neighbprheo^where the tomb of King T\rt was I recently. uncovered. Him firi1iir^"- 1 Elephant Noted for Keen Sense of Smell What the - elephant lacks in /ision is more tliaiLCcnnpensatejdL 'nr hyZthfe anlmai*s~keeir-sense)f smell. His trunk is probably the best smelling apparatus n the world, and he* depends irst of all on TuiTsen so of smellr When die-i^ aF alt suspicious le moves his trunk round in ev;ry direction, so that the slight ?st.; taint in the air will reach lim. In many pther ways ^thfr elephant's trunk is the most ex-i :raordirraTy pan ot that7, Tirostr" sxtraorqing&y Hhlwal, the Prpv-' dence ggyc _ ~H It is entirely flexible at every boint and it can turn in any,di-! -ection and lias. imnsiidmL^ strength. There is no bone in t, but it is constructed of intervoven muscles and sinew, so ?. * rough thaFyou can scarcely cut t with a knife. From it an elephant can shoots i stream of water that will put! >ut a fire*, and with it he -can I ~ . j ift a tree trunk-weighing, u tun. >r pullia delicate blade of ^grass | le drinks with it, feeds himself vitH-itT smells with it? Avor^sT vith it and fights with it. " " ' I Darge and Small Sums Swell Conscience Fund ? ??' , r~ - I At the United States Treasury! lepartmcnt in'Washington there s a conscience fund and it is; froWtirg rapidly."" ConscTence;tung:lrTdivtdQals from all ~see-* l? 1 t iuiio ux me cuiuiuy, uiiu tJVt^rij n foreign lands, frequently send n "puma of mone% to make' gopd rauda-that the^ have perpe-: rated on Uncle Sam. Since thej irst chnlnbutipn of rive dollars und has grown to nearly $600,-! >00. Those who contribute to j his fund hardly ever give their i luthentic names, and few go tpj he trouble to explain how they tame to unjustly get-inta pos-| ie?^n-of-government-property >r money. ? ^?" These rantHfrutions have var-^ pd from n nnp-nprif nnofo o-n i .tamp to $30,000. At the pres^j int time the annual receipts are! said to amount to over $5,000r rhe largest contribution, that Of i.30,000, .was accompanied by a orief_note_ stating that it was thefilial installment on an~$80;=D00< payment, which was four times the amount the sender had =tolen._^ The most frequent contributors to this fund-ar^ little :hildren who send in a few scents to make good cancelled postage stamps which they have used illegally. These .small remittancpaBiedj bjv. Ihe^^hilst^^aUieu'c notes jfhowinff the mpnfnl twViit. . mmm^ MIV?|VIH Vfr V* ?Pathfinder Magazine. ? NEGRO AND DAIRYING Uordele (GaT7 Dispatch. It should be. noted by dairy farmers that one of the recent top producers among the Jersey herds;of this county was tended by_a Negro boy.?We "have no idea that the average Negro farmer in the South is equipped to Take care of a fine dairy herd. But that is also true-of the average^ white farmer. It will not be easy for the Negro farmer to understand dairying, but it is possible for him to understand and maka a success of it. Sldthful, lazy, run down at the heel methods will not jio on the dairy form." Tho Negro who is thrifty and energetic can be a good dairy farmer. He can succeed, a^ihat as well as any other farming. His standard of work, of sanitation about the ing feed may be made to meet the requirement by training. ^The~Negro farmer Who is willing to work is usually a gotxl farmer. Where he is depend** - * i i i rrij^Jr ~ VT' \ "T m 1 ?-? ATVPB^ able~~and reliable and his whtt< friends jvill not he-slow aboil giving hm a chance to do some thing with farming as it can b< dbne with dairy cattle. ?TheiNati.onal Republican Con vention held at Philadelphia ii for t Ire; first time in the hislurj of presidentiaLeonventions, th< Negfo's voice was heard and ap -plauded,*' 1 1 Charles- t. Redmond was th< first Negro to take the platiorrr Li-slavery cause, and wao? n< douht. tfcg ablest representative that the race had until, the ap parance of ^Frederick Douglas* in 1842. T Tleopeit Tut's Tomb. ?London, EnglanCT'^h.?Ante patch to the Exchange Tele 4g^plL^amL_LM.xui:1_Egypt<, say; the t.otnh of Tnt-Ankh-Amen wat reopened Sunday in the presence c f Government officials and mem bcrs of the Antiquities Departments. The?contents of the tomb taken out last year were handed over to Howard Carter the .Egyptologist, Mr.T "Cartel iohnd-ovorything that hartheer sealed when the tomb was closec L remained in tact. The priceless pall of the sarcophagus. which has been -left outride the tomb in a thin^wgocl 'en shed, howeverr had detori' A HERO. EellG?Maud says?that?tht man- she marries must be a here of the gridiron:""" any eooking done he'll-have-tc JBess?Ife will be; if thfere't do it?Boston Transcript. : __ jjj geeaaieoBDbObao^gjc^ W Q ^ ~| "T B. 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