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=7~ " i-VI . ' ~ , liewsBriefs I'I-ATK Fl.ACKI) ON WHITE - t ' ' !\ew~ York?(C. N. K.)?I'oweTT Tounley. 30. a' window t lcanyr fVll three ijoors to his death here Tuesday. Tasquale KapfrruSo, BO, white, who had iteen ill lor sometime and was passing when the man fell, stag. . gered a few paces and. died of heart failure. The accident-kappenerf "at 3,094 Villa avenue, the Kronx, "FOR I1KNT" ""(" ON HI NO A HANK Chicago, III.?(C. N. S.)?The "for rent" or "for sale" sign has been hung on the Hinga State Hank building. It is said that Attorney Edward - H.-Morris, receiver for the defunt in stitution,?seeing?ttrat aTI hopes For the reopening of the bank have failed, now offers the place for' rent or for sale. *95,000 APPROPRIATED FOR THE S. C. STATE COLLEGE Columbia, S. C.?(C. N. S.)?Appropriations totaling nearly ?125,000 passed by the -South Carolina House for Negro Institutions is among the items now being, debated in the State 'Senate. The House bill carried $95,502 for the Colored State College: 524,500?fctr the Reformatory School gro State Fair: ? ? ? ? fcA STATE TROOPERS_J?1LEED-OF?A4t r LKtiED Hl'KNlNG OF JiiUSON : EH 5VTTH M ATCHES .. . Port Jervis, Nr- Y.?(C. N. S.)? The Orange County grand jurg Friday refused to take aft ion against Sin*" TV""pn" lolni I n wuiin .I'll,, ant accused by Alvin Dumas, colored, ol having burned his hands with matches to extort a confession.... Henry Hirs* 'chberg, attorney for Dumas, complained to Governor Roosevelt. The ?-'? Governor hat turf ~ yet replied to the complaint. MRS. SPING ARM'S PORTRAIT OF J. W. JOHNSON SHOWN IN V v PAINTING EXHIBIT by Mrs. Amy K. Spingarn, one of them a portrait of James. Weldon Johnson, Vice-President of the N'a tional Association lor the Advance-' ment of Colored People."hang in the current exhibition of the Independents at Grand Central Palace. ThCIndependent Show, prohaly the largest held each year in New S'ork. Is made up of paintings accepted and hung without being passed on by an academic jury . Mrs. Spingarn4+*the donor, through ^ THE CRISIS, of the Amy E. Spingarn prizes in literature and art. SENATOR ROBERTS CASTS 1>K CID1NG VOTE IN ILLINOIS DRY LAW REPEAL ~ SpringTield, 111.?(C. N. S.)?Sena tor ^Adelbert?Robertsr^of?the-Second State Senatorial district is being giv en much credit for the passage ol the bill for the repal of the-lilinob prohibition law here last week. ft" was his vote in the upper house nf . fer a fighter of six years that brought victory Oor the wets bv a vote of 2(? to 24. >berts is said to have arose?t k,a C.not? il... J wvuoic ai mi* ui am?u ic nuinu'ii when it flinil'iiri"'1 migntbelost and with a brief burst of eloquence declared:' "Much as it pains me tordo-so, I vote 'aye' on thi; measure to carry /out 1he mandate of the people of my -district." '''he measure must be signed b> Governor Emmerson before it becomes effective. PLAQUE 'PLACED ON WHITE CHURCH IN MEMORY OF NE(JRO FIRE HERO Richmond, Va.?(C. N. S.)?Gilbert Hunt, Negro blacksmith and one of the outstanding heroes of the tragic theatre tire of 1811 has been honf,' ored by a bronze tablet recently placed ton the outer wall of Monumental Church which now stands on the *iU, of the old Richmond Theatre which* burned on Decernber 26, of the above y^ar. The tablet, which is one of simple . design' but eloquent in its story, re rites that It is "hv memory of Gilbert t?.. Hunt, the colored man wHo, at the risk of his own life, heroicaly saved many lives at the burning of- th? Richmond theatre. December 16. 1811 on the site of which this church stands." The memorial ha* been made pos sible by the generosity of a i'embe' of the congregation, and is nlaced on *?? front wall just to ?lTe loft of thmain entrance of tho church. NATIONAL IN TE R I) E NOM1N AT I ?.? ()NAL MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE MEETING AT NEWPORT NEWS Washington?(C. N. S.)?The fifth annual session o fthe National Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Newport News, Virginiot the-Rev.Hgr L. Russell, president of the alliance announced. The meeting will be held in the Zion Baptist. Church. On the opening night (ipvernor J. (I. Pollard, of Virginia, and l)r. Howe, president of Hampton Institute, will extend welcome. The Hampton SinKern, under the direction of l>r. Nathaniel R. Dett. will furnish the music. ^During the fbur days' sesions. "Alliance will discuss the following subjects: "The Unemployment Sit-, nation"; "Will Birth Control Prove a Blessing or a-Curse?"; "Should the Negro adhere to the Republican Par ty irrcspfcfliYe as to bow- -the -Party,, treats him?"; "How may the Church assist in checking Crime?"; "Interracial Gobd-WTH"; "People should not live beyond their income." ?? i . *? . *v I VOL. VII?NO. XV AFRICAN CULTURE EXHIBIT New York, April 3.?Han Coray, a German correspondent of the National Association tor" the Ayancenent of Colored I'eopl?, reports l>> letter that hi* exhibition of African native art is to be exhibited front it id-J une through August at the Munich Ethnographic Mtispnm. ? t9 ^ COLLEGE WOMEN MEETING IN ST. LOUIS St. Louis, Mo.?(C. N. S.)?The eighth annual convention of the National As?ociation of CV>Hege Women :s being held it this city this week The theme of the convention is "The College Woman and the Community.' * The national officers of the association are Miss Jaunita Howard <o( Washington, president; Mrs. Benton Chauncev of Cleveland, Ohio, vice prC. sident; Or. Georginia Simpson, Wa?h ington, secretary-treasurer. \ A. A. C. P. WIRES N. Y. LEGIS?l.ATOHB ON NEGRO EMPLOYMENT, BILL New York, April 3.?Telegrams to +wp New York Assemblymen, Spedk>r Joseph A; McGinnies, and Irwin -_Sf ingut,?were?sinn fo Albany on Tuesday,, by the National Associa.ion for the Advancement of Colored People, asking support of the measure introduced by Assembly man J. E. Stephens, which would prohibit color discrimination in employment by public utility companies. The telegram was signed by Wal > cr White, N. A. A. C. P. Secretary 'NEGRO ACTOR TO EXPLAIN DRA MA PERFORMED BY 1"?-F004 I > I ' n 1 *.11 u i d ; : = r New York, April 3.?A Negro ac, or, Way land Hud, formerly associa^ | ed with the Hedgerow?Th?atre?at "Moylan-Rose\'alley, near Philadelphia. will have an important part in the coming production of a music Irama, "Oedipus Rex", by the modern Robert Kdmand Jones, wfto design>d the scenery for "Green Pastures" made the scenery and figures for cdipus Rex," and Mr. Rud will ex plain in English the progress of the plot, while the chorus sings the opera in Latin. IARLEM ATTORNEY KINDS SOVIKT J 1ST TO NEGRO WORKING - MAN, ?- - y: - New York, (CNS)?The Soviet gov rnment hold.*} open wide the door of lpporOm+fy?to?skilled Negro workers -4? the Cnitod States, who will be admitted on the same hasiaaaiiliiPi racial groups, says William L. Patterson, prominent attorney of the city, who recently returned from a three and a half years' visit to Russia. ... P- . ' ~ "?Patterson. alio lias bt?t'OHTtrarr tincompromising Communist, says that 'he American Communist party has a lefinite program which it will jparry ..ait with regard to the Negro masses in America; that in those sections where the race is an oppressed na nun^i mmorn> a aemana ?m iir Ulltde fiirfiill !> n7T iLmtu.ii I i find lomic, political and social equality, and in the sections where the race _ s in the maiority & demand will he nad'e for self-determination. NECRO POPULATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA DECREASES 71,0.18 IN DECADE. ?-?_ .1 ' Washington, (CNS)?The Director I ^>f the Census ha*-announced the popilation of South Carolina classified >y color and sex, as returned in the 1930 census, together with the number of persons 21 years of age and over. The total population?of the State on April 1, 1930, was 1,738,765, om prising 853,158 males, and 885,607 'emales.^ There were in the State 941,040 white persons, 793,681 N?gropared with the number in 1920 (818, >38), the white population shows an increase of 15.3 per cent, while the Negro population (which numbered 864,719 in 1920) shows a decrease of 8.2 per cent. The population 21 years of age and over numbered 819,348 or 47.1 per cent. Of this total 343,788 are Neirroes? 159.190 males and 184,598 fe malt's, WIN ST< >N-SALEM NEW HIGH DEDICATED AND NAME Win?ton-Kalem, N. C.?tCr*N7"S7)= The new colored high school waft Hp. dicated here Thursday and was named Atkins High School in honor of Dr. S. G. Atkins, pipneer Negro edueator and president of the WinstonSalem Teachers College. He became principal of the Depot Street schpol, the first Negro school in the city school system, in 1890, nd remained there until he was elec* _?cd _ principal?-of--Slater -- Normal School in 1895., He was elected principal of the Columbian Heights high school 1917 and served in that capacity until-,1923. .? The principal address ^t_the dedicatory pxeroines was delivered by Pre' '"nt Frank P. Graham of North Carolina, The building is Valued at '*00 of which $50,000 was donated by the Kosenwald Fund. y? t Id' ... COLUMBIA, S. C.. SA Wm >! H m a 1 t x : II EVER KNIT President of Seneca Junior Colleg i of the old Historic Baptist Church < | a,s a surprise to him. thoutrh he has two months. Reverend Bryan is a j; ?speaker and we wish for him much sue TEACHERS NOTE AC] AS CONVE MANY EDUCATORS A Full attendance Friday To heti J ? * TEACHERS NOTE ACHIEVEMENT) Three important items stand out mong the accomplishments at "the thirty-first annual meeting of the Palmetto Teachers' Association ' which close their three days sessions at Columbia ;Saturday~ morning, April 4th Recommendations 'to publish a year book and to empower the Executive Committee to look into -the matter of have a full time secretary, -j and-organizatron o p a~StuTe~~pa ren t ! teachers associations were the fea| ture__ti?hievanwrtsr-^? ~~~ Gov. Blackwood surprised . the Teu|ohers of the Association with his presence at the openinir o.xoreiser- of ^ welcome arranged by the Local Committee Thursday morning. His address of welcome to -the Palmetto Teachers Was considered by State Agent J. -B. Felton and many mf o fPi->. of tha arufHMftt-fnn. nimi ini[n'<" ''^ ive and encouraging, than his address to the white teachers the preceeding Week. ?? President Johnson read his annual address Thursday night. Eight recommendation including -the publishing of a year book and the employ _ ment-?f- a?full- time secretary were ?-mmkenn 'htS""9ddr6sTfh i c h was given 10 the committee on presidents address. Other officers, Executive Secretary J-. P. Burgess, Treas. Cetia D. Saxon and chairman of the Executive Committee R. S .Wiklinsoi made encouraging reports. The financial report of the Executive Secretary showed a balance)in bank after all bills had been paid to March 31, 1031, of $2068.22. Friday, Teachers who had been ? unable to r r.;.WTTT^Pgypr-. afternoon or Thursday on account of threatening storms and rain, poured into the city with the clearing of the weather to witness the big = -al feature tfi the afternoon whe.i Benedict and Allen cross-bats and' to hear Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune,-the principal speaker for the convention at the new Township Auditorium. A crowd estimated at 1,000 r.nw the hall game which ended in defeat for Allen 12-4. More than three thousand Teachers and visitors from all parts-?f "thestate heard Mrs. Bethune. In her address she pointed out some of the responsibilities and duties of the Teacher and told the story of her own achievements as an example of the possibilities in the Negro children. She received an extended ovation of the audience when she spoke and told of her love for South Carolina, her native state. A reception in her honor was given at the home of Bishop Ransom by the Scotia Alumnae of Columbia after?her address nigKE - State fiupgliiiU'iil J. H. Hope City superintendent A. C. Flora and StaAe agent for Negro Schools J. H. Felton address the convention Friday morning. Much interest was shown in (he group meetings that were held Thursday and Friday. Important discussions were led by exper'.s in primary, elementary Grammar, High School and vocatjpnftl education. These - meetings were 'made especially Tn^ teresting and important this year according to the reports of the leaders. Reports of the several committees, \dop*ions of important legislation and. election o t dele gates-to-the National t}olpred~Teaoher's Association wCre heard on Saturday morning at the closing business session. Partial disapproval by the committee on president address upon two recojnptenda ? ' ' " "" mctti ? f ' ___!z TURD AY, APRIL 11. 1931 -ffWH-T ^ p i ^Br L pr. :':k J. I). BRYAN ;e was unanimously elected as pasto :>f Westimster, S. C. His call cam beeil officiating for them for the pas o.spel preacher and a very convincin, cess in the pastoral held of endeavor: fflEVEMENTS NTION CLOSES HERB I)DRESS CONVENTION ir Mrs. Marv McLeod Bethune |lion caused a lively and long, discus sion bv floor members before -the; were finally approved as recom ,mended by the president. The tw recommendation questured but___fina ly approved were the publfshing o a year book and the employment o ft full time secretary. President I). H. Sims of Allen Uni versity and Prof. tl. H. Butler o Hartsville were elected delegates t I the_ National Convention. - Two stand ing committees were appointed b; [ President Johnson;?Committee oi I Education, R. S. Wilkinson, I). H Sims, S. I.. Finle\v7T. P. Burgess am Mrs. I). K. Jenkins; committee 01 Revision of Constitution J". L. Cain, E P. Riley and Mrs. Alice E. Webb Mrs. S. R. Green, Cola., was chosei the first president of the State Paren Teachers Association organized a the sessions Friday morning. Ni 'ele liuil WUk held this year after i resolution repealing a Cons^.itutioi amendment was adopted Thursdaj night. ' I.ady Windermeres Fan" a plaj given Wednesday night bv the Cul tui*e 'Club of Columbia and directed bj Mrs. Anna Weston, was well attan rlcd (lespift- T b) i - inclement ""frithiu"SI any favorable ^comments weix heard in the audience upon the act ing and story of. the play. WOMEN DEANS MEET AT TAI.LADEC A Na hvi'le, Tennessee, April 4, 1931 Tin- fact that "the increased demand for persons qualified to serve as an adviser to women calls for " dpartfi description of the job and of the person tilling such a position" wa> the basis-for discussion at the third annual meeting of Di-hih and Advisor. (ii Vioimri?i-t ('ului'dhl Schools, held at Talladega in March.Miss Juliette DerVicotte, the dean of wo. .a at 1'isk University, "presided o\\ this meeting of representatives of fourteen schools. in the ab s'ence o. the chairman, Miss Lucy Slowej of Howard University^ Misc Devricotte addressed one of he session on the "Business of Being a Dean." Asa student -secretary of the Natona! Board of the Y. W. C. A. lor .. my years. Miss Derricotte gained a thorough knowledge of student problems and programs, which three years at Fisk have served to focus on the specific problem of being a dean of women. Her discussion included the consideration of the responsibility, the staff, tthe. qualifica ttons of a dean of .women, as well as her relitlions-hip to i.tudonta" ami admiit'tdiat.1 in. Mtsr Derrlcbtte tfr" lined the hp?iin**-i?of?being?a dean as being brctadly to "il interpret tht administration to the students." I)eanCater, the academic dean of Talladega, spoke on the "Relation ship of the Dean of Women to the Academic Dean," outlining the principles upon which such a relationship can be based as being those of mutual respect and agreement on fundaaWKtSl educational ptlflosftnhyT " There were also discussions on "The Dormitory as a Home" led by Dean Whiting, of -Virginia University and Industrial Institute at Petersburg^ on "The Social ?SfuTlents led by Miss Ferguson of Tnlla dega, an! on "What Sort of a Health Program Have Cou on You* Cam pus?" led by Dean Landers of Tuskegee, 7 V/. ... . v ' . " PR -i 1 I IMPORTANCE OK VEGETABLE GARDENS CEDED BY THSHOC FIN LAY. VICE CHAIRMAN OK THE GOVERNOR'S COMMITTEE . ON RELIEF- AND I'NKMI'I.OVM i:.\r. "In. tlie spring .i \ lAltig (hum's laiu-y I lightly ' w 7 Lightly "tuins to thoughts i>l' love." With apologies to the poet .may we , venture_a parody? In the -spring a ; poor man's fancy suro1y~\urns to | thoughts of?a vegetable garden. If, I it does not, it should. ; Now that the probability of a kill i ,,'b * wm is. aooui past every effort should he made to encourage the farmers?owners and tenarrtd alike?to , plant vegetable gardens. Also those in t towns and villages who can get a ? Itttle plot of l.inil should be urged and helped to use it for that purpose. During the past winter many of oui people, white and colored) have been pretty close to the starvation point. I Many families have been kept from actual destitution by the work of re| iief agencies or charitable individuals. ?1 Probable lhe-stttialiun_lUjXC" vyiuTTT" will not be so acute, but it is foolish II obelieve that there wilP^ not be I considerable poverty and distress. Anvone who realizes that there will ; be a carry-over of some 8,000,000 bales of cotton and that the cotton growing areas of the world are steadily ; increasing must know thi^t cotton i will Jbring a low price unless some absolute!" unl'orscen and improbable factor enters in. Neither is there any good reason to expect a high price for tobacco. * The cutti"- out or reduction ol r night work in our cotton mills, which j in the Ion" run will unquestionably | improve conditions in the textile in* ' dustry, will have and is having this 5, i gumher out of work. I These conditions and others that : ! might be mentioned make it certain 1 H ? :o i- " - invie win oe want ana distress - iri-rnrr-grTrir.i^nii imvt ?-. 11 -jiu) u'tn" ^ ter. Every agency that can alleviate !i j these conditions should be used to the | full. Among these the Vegetable garden holds a prominent place. In a recent editorial in one of our i papers it was stated that on the bas"; in one of our counties estimated thai y | is of a cajeful survey the bankers " i nearly two-thirds of the money they ? advanced to farmers had been used to ^ buy things that" could perfectly well j have been raised upon the farm. That I means, surely that many of our farnvFters have got into a rut'?the cotton * rut, or the tobacco rut. Someone has I 0 said that a rut is simply a grave \sdtli y farmers have found that true-already. P) and'others will unless they crawl out [. or_someohe helps them out. j Hut to. get to the practical aspects 1 of our subject. We should have a !.'statewide campaign to encourage veg i. etable gardens. 1 It has been brought to my attention t that in some cases the landowner t will not allow the tenants to plant a garden-?Hiich stupidity and seltish* ness seem almost unbelievable. The 1 only explanation is that the owner f stipulates that rent shall be paid in cotton or tobaccb and so long as "he , gets his," does not care whether tin ' tenant and his family starve or not. I hone and helicvo thatsueh?owners ('f ''e ip tlf " " T11' Tf > C*r has a spark of human kindness in _ him he should help and encourage his tenants to plant "something: to In this, however, he should have tin "help of vi-vic and welfare organizations Is nearby communities. Also 'our newsnrmers mi^ht help greatly, . by advocating the planting of gard1 ens, suggesting what should be plantI i ed and giving a calendar of planting , dates and some practicial suggestions las to methods.?For this sonic 1 (Tcifl i j authority would gladiv give assis J tance or efrherts from our agriculture I : al colleges, -i Some one or niol'e of thr- local or , r I ganizations might arrange , to give seeds, cabbage plants, etc., to those i who want them. A community^"can-"' nery might be established at smrM cost where people conld bring their - supplies to be canned f or later ii sc. Cents spent in this way now will save dollars that will otherwise have to be used next winer in "carrying" these families. Among the organizations that could get back of this movement may I mention Rotarians, Kiwanians, I.ions, Civitans, Chambers of Commerce to be used next winter in "carrying" Might I dare to include two organi , I zaiions that have proved their intol ligence and efficiency magnifieientl.V during the past winter?the Salvation Army and the Red Cross. Also might 1 make bold to suggest to our women's -clubs thai ihey could make a linexonL' tiiEiuTibn here. In some communities iiluie ai'e "I'lty beautiful clubs" that are doing fine and highly commendable work. Would it be rank heresy | to suggest to them that perhans to ! some folks at least a collard patch I will look more beautiful than a rose I garden? I Approved? > 4?R, Wilkinson, ' j CKr. Negro Committee. Tfitre was lenthy discussion th** question of the necessity for, contin 'Him* the AsstK'lation "of Advi-ors. of Women in Colored Schools.. It was decided not orfy to maintain the present organization but to make u special effort this next year to extend its representation. - 1 ICE: FIVE CENTS PER COPY ' V(K A'HONAL Ol'RUK t i n rr v cam i ? a i t. nTT Columl^a To Rarticinntc April 19-2<>. ' . tif According to all . anil" ".Hu e, l:' made by 11. \V. H auin^ariliHi lie 1 a.' ik'uii i tf??uo-u*i by - r.TiVinoiij riiir,- n; ray Lor of tin- 1 )ap.iiXiin.i>t .. t trial Relations .ol' tin- National I ruin League to undertake the .lead y nipol the Vocational - Opportunity Trm '|M?ign conducted under 'the League's' Auspices, A fa il 19-2b. ~Jj Among other things., M'r. Ili.ll aid in a plicate conimunic alion to ,M i. Haumjfardner: "Your, city i- i?>n i npprtanL in-Uw- realm ol' tIn', r-e i. .<> , i,:? Irl'e of the Negro to be ununr I , ,ri ? yetrrr In cities where thv.i i. ii<> - branch, of- our - organization; we at asking certain Individuals or or-ani /.at lions to head up the camp.dr. m". Mr. Raumyardner has acrcTriT t .tfrv Hill's invitation to Jaunrli" if7c 7- dT paign in Columbia, and exun ie- lie i.rrtt . v' ill! KOCtcH llgelteH' H-l ?r-rr commuiCty may eouperu|e ir ! - Mdenilid uppuimuiiy tn-Urnw A . i - aj recognition to Columbia . n.I render ail eireetive social s< ia'uv. The purpose of the Vocational topportunity Campaign is to' hri'ty aliout proper intoHMtrtartirrrrtyeTnpToy- ?~? .'I's. , interracial committee , .Serial Workers, Negroes, and all- who rrconcerned with the progress ? ! jd.'-. race*, of the occuuat ional pc.l.l. ^ ' "Negroes, . ' lCmphasis will he placed upon i a Negro, to encourage hint to think or <>f.. the economoc prohlems iilVra in race adjustment. There i t. > ' jucstiou hut that une.ritployon-tu ha occasioned more thinking on \>National problems than ever beToleT \. . -O-Etoailt initiative aniunp Ji'i-Qj_ : led them to look for, anil in nf-n:v , -li - .riZJ to find places ol employment hm!i o . lostd to them. As a feature of the Vocational r.p-?oi luiiity. C'UIhpaign the Crhan I ue otfers suggestions for n w. ek'? program in guidance to high s.'V. .!ind colleges and hopes to demotl"^ : in active Counseling program in >r two important edncatiohal rr . For Columbia, Mr. Batfrngardrn'r hopes to be in a post ion to place amany of the facts pertaining to Campaign as possible before tin- pohiie within the next few days, lie >.?li. i the whole-hearted cdoperatjoii ,oX_.ill in helping the National I'rban l.- agmput over this important progenia.. MIX- , .. ..I-.M.I.I V wi.M'.lih !() ( I l l *"'h \NVivrifMfv-? Atlanta, CI a., AprTT 1. 1 i tSp.-. ReJ?ivse111at ives of culleirca. auJ?u>+t- ? ?versifies throughout Uu- nnmli v. . well as delegates of learned so. ,, ; i. . churches. and ^lin-atini.il . found;n-m will gather here late tliis week i join, with alumnae and friend. Spelman "College in celebrating the ' (.'Fiftieth Anniversary of that i.?tutjion '[')" .i'i-I--' 1 11 ill ' ? "with an athletic meet on Friday a'to; noon. April 10, and continue' with a series of special assemblieVanTl d--\o tional exercises thru ' Sundae. Am i! 12. " : .Chief events of the three d..\ ;m'" xran) will be an academic .as.?-odd ?H--CT'rhtck~^"atn"rdav aftornoi... ??? wWrtT UP. J 111 lan lawi's. a-sistam |-;e f essoin of pathology at the l'ni\et-;Ct of Chicago and only Wkph on ? faculty, ,will deliver the mldro-s Tr-yt? greetings from sister inst i'tut will be presented; an historical p..-. geant Saturday evening at S o-Ymyk" . when the story of Spelman .will be. told ?by a series of dramatic epi ode>. horcpraphiaction, and ^he singing < ;' spirituals bv a* student choir,..and <fecotional exercises Sunday attp'-.i,. ~Tt" .'5 at wh-ich Dr.-Rush Rhee?. or lent of the University of Roches*;i" wiU preach the anniversary serrrn- . ' All friends of Snelimm ( ollop. - r- ; invited hv President ai p I to attend any or ail of these t\v:..ses, which are open to the public \\jjh-. Trot-cards of admission, * . Spelman College, founded April 11. 1881, by' two New England women. Soph ill* B. Packard and . Harriet' Fit Giles, was first known as 'Atlanta. Baptist Female Scmffrratry. In )Vcy nitiou* of the interest and' support of tlie .Spelm.ui-Rockefellcr family, i;.-' name was '.changed in 1884 to Sp, 1 man Seminary in honor <d" Mrs* K ck efeller's mother and father. At "fit: t an elementary school, it early addy d . trade courses, such as sewing, cook* ing, and printing, and developed hieh school and colleges courses. In l..'l it became Spelman College, and hut sines" devoted itself increasingly providing facilities for college wo: k\ for Negro women. v _ Xhe full program for the setnio n tenni.il celehrat ifp> f.,ti..Q^ ? + rrulay. April 10, 3:00 p.m. A;i> ietio Meet, Mc4 chouse gymnasium. ~:30 p. 'm.?A'hletiv P-r? cvani. F< \e Memorial I.iau. I'rc-M'lie. i p. 'ion to A! -ninae :.tui . ther guci t.; * . Saturday, April 11, .10:30 a-, -m. ( oilege program Htrtw Menun i.tlA! til I 00 p. m.^Formqtipu ' the l'tt> cession. 2.30-11: "mr- KotiPdm , li.n' ? Exercises Sisters Chapel Ih'oTpsy >r Julian I.e\vi$7 Addresses and Presentation of Delegates. 8*00 p.? in. Page ant,. Sisters -.Chapel.- ?. - - Sunday, April 12, 9;00 a. m.? Devotional Servfce, Howe Memorial Hall 3:00 p. in.?Annversary Sermon..Sisters Chapel, J>r. Rush Rhees. 7 30 p. 'Vesper Service, Sisters Chapel. ' "fj-T" "1 A 11 itlihi i