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DR. SIR GREAT C c vol. n?no: 2^. The Stat GLAFLIN RAISES GREAT SCHOOL STANDARD Former Grads and Members Ol 0 Alumni Rally to The Call Of Claflin University IMPROVEMENT IS GREAT ~ People All Over This And Othei States Send Checks To Cl&flin - For Final Drive Ofangeburg, June 6.?In one day . ?.at the close-of Claflin's fifty-seventh Commencement, five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) in cash was raised to aid in the "Greater Claflin Campaign.' ' Dr. I. Garland Penn, sprrptnr?y nf Endowment and Field Activities foi the Negro Department-of^the Board qi Education of the Methodist Episeopal-i -"Church, asserted that "This cash jsum in one day is the record for the eighi teen schools under my supervision." He further emphasized that "I am convinced that the support of our leading " = Negro Colleges and Universities must The report of Dr. E. B. Burroughs President of? the Alumni Association, carried recommendations of pregnant interest. He urged ajnong other things that "every alumni Ipledge himsell to do his uttermost in the raising oi funds for the support of the schools; lhat there be full cooperation betweer .'the administration and alulhni; that criticism be allotved~the administratis -ion, who knew the problems of tin :?school, to carry out his policies withIMit'lntHrfflrnnnn fivitvi tliniin ti.L . ' not acquainted with the. probTerfls." ai tne..Aiumni Banquet, which clos ed the siicrpasfiil hggining nf tth* "Drive," President Randolphand the Trustees gave much interesting ex?-*?ylauatiaii mul lnfornratlgn. concertr irig thp nPPfU nf, thf- sphnnl ^Tho clrt. gan, that Claflin be the best College Negro youth, seemed uppermost if each discussion by the various leaders. It was reported that on the 3rc ~>ihday in September the Churches ol the South Caroling Conference, which have a total membership of fifty thousand, are to increase the present cash amount by a large sum, each ~ Church being expected to report one dollar per member. The largest Gollegfe graduating Class , of the school received their Bachelor 4 uegrees on Wednesday. There were twelve.'College graduates, eleven College Preparatory students to receive High School crtificates, thirty-six Nor^ mal graduates from the Commercial Department, and twelve graduates from the Domestic Arts Department - REV. J. W. HURSE, D. D. Who delivered the response to th? Welcome Addressee to the Congress. llMiiaiiiattiMa IS RE-E RO WDS A """ J l" 1 \ s c Federati UNIVERSITY i STATE mi ll ij , , GREATEST MEET ~ TN HISTORY1' Delegate? From All Parts Of ' . The Country Attend The Meeting Here This Week CONGRESS IS BIG SUCCESS Members, Visitors and Friends r Throng the Campus of Allen 1 Univ. aijd Bendict Col. i Congress Headquarters?Benedict--College and Allen University Campus,! ~ June 9.?''More and Better Sunday ' Schools" was the theme in the opening - session of the Sunday Schoul Cun-.J ' ?ress which convened in this city at 1 high noon to-day. Columbia -the r State's capital, South ,= Carolina, the Palmetto State, are giving a welcome ' that would challenge the admiration ' of-tlrc heraldls of victory and the re' presentatives of the righteous pause hat represented South Carolina in l3a ' stormy days preceding and after 'construction. . ... | This city, one of the playgrounds 11 of the late Woodrow Wilson, this city t that has witnessed excitement as well as pomp and ceremony during the days of Robert H. Small), Robert 1 Brown Elliott, benjamin Pitchfork ' Tillman and others has seen a new day n construction and program building 1 in this present meeting known as the * I Sunday School Congress.' r- Messengers began to arrive here r-Tuesday evening when the North, the h tied their cargo- here, and. from that 1 time on until the official Sunday School Congress train arrived this morning, " there was a constant stream or influx - of workers.?Thirty States were re1 presented when the official announceI ment was made at the closing-of the >] nigh tsession. Five days will birspent II in what they term here as a "Sum 1 mair. JLJ ?? **! C^U^rvl TUr^iU 1? ? [ IllCl T1UIIUU) OLIIUU1 U1 iUCtllUUd. Welcomes were given by his Excellency, the Governor, His Honor, the tfayor, the Secretary of the Chamber : >f Commerce, th^Board of Trade, and i leaders in several denominations. Dr. . J. C. White; the pastor pf the largest ongregation in Columbia, is the general chairman who is responsible for 1 bringing to Columbia the Jfirst national meeting among the colored peo! 'e in the history of the city. . _ ""he" Congress is presided over by , Rev. J. P. Robinson, D. D., of Little a Rock," Arkansas. The Secretary of .the organization, who has put it on L the, map as an international gathering. i is Rev. Henry Allen Boyd of Nash. ville, Tenn. The other officiaj&^ttre , Rev. G. B. Taylor, Vice-chairman, Nashville, Tenm^JtevTlX J. Hull, Ar( biter, Nas^j?tte7Tenn. - Thergare twelve subjects support ing the theme of this religious gathering. These subjects will be handled by the outstanding religious men and women who are molders of thought and sentiment in their respective denominations. Every day the same hours are observed. The key. which ODens the Concress rfailv is the Rihle _ Conference. This is followed by the _ Home Department Section withr general lectures demonstration; then comes the session proper where the principal papers are read that have been prepared by the workers who _ represent their Sunday Schools and Young People's Societies. Then comes the Teacher Training Section, which concludes the morning session, after the superintendent has shown what a Teacher Training Course is. The Congress then divides itself up .. into fourteen departments of sections from 2:30 to 5:30. Then the Cadet Boys run riot with their stunts under their trained government officers who saw service over seas. Following these ! (day exefcises comes the night and evening religious song service, and a ; ' - - - " LECTED iTCEND ? COLUMBIA, S. C., SAr Ion Of VV F RAISES * ... ? '*.;? * EGE GRADUA RAISES $3501.50 Greenville, JunelO.?The Rally a Allen Temple was indeed a phenominal success. In fact it. break* al previous records in its history. Yes 'tis true. On "Sunday, May 23, the big thing came off. Total amount Ij-aised $3, 501. 50. Three thousand i-ftve--htindfed une-dollaTS fifty cents 90 days was the time allotted for the rally. Despite adverse circumstances and the peculiar conditions under which -we?had?to- labor - success was ours, | We give" *11 Honor arid praise and I thanksgiving toXiud. ? The Church membetship was divide ert intp two clubs only: _t Misses .Ul. L, Lykes'and Phillis Calhoun were ap-, pointed captains. Matchless, true and Xried, they worked like Trojans. The people had a mind to work. The reports shows Miss F. L. Lykes $2,000.00, Miss Phillis Calhoun, $1,501-50 ' "The rally was continued for thirty days. It will" be hard to tell who will lead when the finaltroll is called. We are now getting our plans under way to build a new Allen Temple in this progressive City. Our Appoint ment to this Station six months age was an unprecedented thing. A repetition of the pastorate within six pr-fiara,?It?is?true and very "natural . that we - met peculiar conditions arte had. to surnldunt many emergencies that verv mini^tPrQ hnvo w chance to experience. All kinds ol predictions were made by spnie \vhi didn't wish ua well. :Phriphetn?pro phecised against iis, but God has res pect for service rendered, and that il wills cannot down. Let others talk write, bark, dust, meddle,- slang or d< as they will or may nothing count: but the scores. The good members o1 Allen Temple (and there is no better] and their pastor understand eafch oth er fully and are marching on. We haVe secured Prof. J. A. Lang ford, Architect, who has completec our plans and specifications for th< new church, and we see no reason whj we should not move on. You shaL hear from us again. : -r-W. P. Rice, Pastor great big chorus that has been rehearsine and trainine for spvpr'nl tuooVo rent the air in making music, singing practically frffnvtheir owh hoo"ks/" Throughout the week thiscortfniue: with a special feature,jeaCTvnight. To fiigHf^wa^Colutribia^s Welcome, Thurs day nigjit^wfll be Literary night; Fri ^ay>-rfight is Organized Class Night Saturday .afternoon and evening wil be Boy Cadet; Sunday is the bigges day of the Congress; there will b< Modern Sunday Schools, with a flyinj squadron. Visiting ministers will oc cupy all pulpits of 'every denomina tion. There will be a street parade an* demonstration, followed by -Mas; Meeting. Then the closing will corn Monday, and by Tuesday the twenty first session of the Sunday Schoo Congress will be history. RELIGIOUS LITERATURE AND TRACTS Advancement has been noticeable ii the editorial as' well as the mechani cal construction of the Sunday Schoo literature produced by he Nationa Baptist Publishing Board's Plant a Nashville, Tenn., for July, August ant September, specimen copies of whicl have reached this office. The plant was organized by the lat< R. H. Boyd, nearly- thirty years ago They have specialized in religiou! publications. The present secretary Henry A. Boyd, who was ^Tevated t< the position of Secretary and Mana ger after the death of his father, has announced many innovations and im provements in keeping what he calls modem literature for Front line Sun' PRESII >UNDAY S , ^ ' - - ? ' - - - - TURDAY, JUNE 12a 1926 omen Mai $5000 IN TES GET GO< IN NINETY DAYS b SIMS REELECTED BY ALLEN'S BOARD L t Clsong Exercises Held Thursday 5 ^ ; <, The Board of Trusted^ of Allen Uni, versify reelected Dr. David H. Sims president for the next school year. by a unanimous vote in the afternoon session Wednesday after receiving his - report of the work of the college. The Board also reelected the faci ~ ... ? H ? T DR. D. H, SIMS " ? J" Kflelfredfrl I'r6sld6ht ^ ol Allen fcim-1 versify by unanimous , vote of the Board i..P? w?/i?0L-A.y-? j ulty of teachers and professors; with Two exceptions'; added two additional J- -tmtfrroH*-' ami endorsed -4ht^- election. of - a professor of science in addition to f :wo a-so'ciate professors of science, . uid an official bookkeeper. The reports received from the presiding elddrs. showed that the sum of GDbtfO'QJiud been received. This mon. I oy was collected in the May Day offer-, , in-rs in tjie churches-throughorrt the , State. r - The final exercises of the College were held aV 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning when diplopias and degrees were given to 125 persops graduating from the variousjiepartments. The address to tM graduating classes ' ^vas^^livtfred by Bishop B. A. Carter The sessions of the board were pre^ ?J 1... T3ioV\^vr\ TnVin T T11 r. t a? > IUGU W V Ci uy JL-?lOlI\?J / WUii.1 iiu.ov vr* i Baltimore. Bishop Hurst is presiding Bishop of the diocese of Florida and - South Carolina and besides is a mcm| her of the board of trustees of Howard University, Washington, D. C. - r>V. E. H. Colt of New York City, secretary of missions .of the A. >f. E. r Church, attended all of the meetings Wednesday and made two addresses, j Dr. M. H. Davis of Baltimore is here attending the commencement. Dr. Sims made some very helpful recomtnendations that Were given j close study and finally aproved by Board members. _ .day Schools for his denominat ion up to the standard, i A full line of periodicals for every - division of the School, from the Cradle 1 Roll through to the Home Depart1^ ment, is noticeable in the pufrlicat tions just received, that measure up 1 from the -editorial feature back to the i mechanical feature. The plant is located at Nashville, ? fenn., where they have operated since . it was launched by the venerable fathi er of the present Secretary. It is "true that, you can fool all the ? people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time; but you ? can't fool all of the people all of the time. ?Abraham Lincoln iHNHMMaMaMiiiMliiLui )ENT Of CHOQL C 1 -L 1 1 1 1 kes Their ONE DAY DD POSITIONS LG1YEN POSITIONS IN I NORTH CAROLINA Elected Principals of 2 County Training-Schools In StaTtTOf --North Carolina DETERMINED TO SUCCEED (. Many Young Men of South Ca- r rolina Could do What Profs. ^ Prince and_Ford Have Done * 9 1 Hrppnslinm, M C Innn 10 HflV- ~mg just completed the college de pnrtment of Stale College, Orange- " burg, South Carolina, two energetic ambitious young men accepted posir-ns as principals of two of the Couniy Training Schools in the State of" North Carolina.' Because of the exceedingly prominent position held by North Carolina in the?educational 4-world, together with the strict reouirements exacted of aspirants for positions as teachers, these young pedagogues were confronted with appargnuy msuperable obstacles. Fired wi?h the spirit of fight which had . been engendered in them during their under-graduate days "in the agriculj tural department of State College, they?tackled^their jobs with full determination to succeed?and they did succeed. Professor Julian A. Prince, principal, Green County Training School, j Snow Hill, N. C. and Profes^Sr CHas. | JclTei soil Ford; principal FpnrgniT" "County Training School, Roxboro, N. C., in_wining high praise from the j State officials of the department of -publie instruction uf reurttr Carolina " ' have brought to State College tcT whom "as under-graduates they also ' brought honor. Professor'Ford was a ' member the varsity debating team ; and President of the Y. "M. C. A. for : several years. ' l Below is. an extract from a letter < written Dy xvir. W. A.- Kobiilson, Su- [' pervisor of'high schools'of. North Carolina to Mr. F. Marcellus Staley, di- 5 rector of agriculture, A- & *1. College: 1 Iwant to say for the two young j men who came from State College ^ this year, I am sure that there is not ; a a man in the State, in County Train- 11 i ing schools with finer spirTt or who ^ i have given more loyal cooperation in HENRY id, Sunday School Cofcgr? ' ALLEN ONGRESS ~% , r *'">V '> ' '" 5c A COPY Final Call ON TO GREENVILLE C J U N E 16-17-18 "On To Greenville." Is Slogan Of the Colored Women's Federated Clubs of South Carolina . ~r . j ' _ SPEAKERS OF PROMINENCE Attractive Progr amis Ai ranged ? Fui Th'.is, Their Annual Meeting * . , . > . . I J.'.. \ Orangeburg. June?7.?Mrs. Etta 3utler Rowe, State,. Secretary of the Colored Federated Women's Club stated that the final call is being made .. . a all the local clubs to have their delegates present and ,on time for the Irst meeting of the Annual Conferpro in r.riTTii-illn, Turn 18 ?Man.v important matters are to be ~ presented tu the Executive Coahmittee among them being the plan for the raising of addditional* funds to erect he Fairwold Home, for working girls, the appropriations for scholarship 'unds, and plans for the betterment of , 'i i ri a -?? 1 " *^ ... kuc rxJ4ici jueiii nome. Many interesting nHHrosgos will -be ? -? delivered. Mayor Watson off Greenville, has- accepted the invitation to deliver the address welcoming the Colored women to Greenville. Prof. Mills of Clemson College will also speak. ' ' P The rpsults and success of the Anlyal Health Campaign will be discussed a't^the Conference. ?lans for more intensive work in rural ,as well as city districts are to be considered!. * ? "Health-'* above all things must be'ome a% byword for the Negro savs Mrs. Rowe. J A record attendance is expected, and maoy ^uilLal_^.'il!ul^'^&P^ b<!?1hgF'Pl&nned 'o entel*tain_thei visitors. What Professors Prince end =have done, many young men and women of South Carolina can do. Hats his difficulties are and I with that the same spirit which I find in these young men coulcPW^enjgendered in ' the young men coming1 6ut from A. . ?: T. College." >flF to Ford and Prince! - ? his division in making his work a .man iiiese iwo men, f ord and ^rince. ,-I~A--i^-i4e4- Prwce a few daytTagO and "*" ~ have never seen a neater, more orlerly school building in my life. I im very much impressed with many hingsabout him. I have tried t.n b?? . rank with him and show him where EN BOYD, Secretary ii, Naihville, TW - ' ' \