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* v VHj POMB R^ %,T^Bph*i M:" E?b:. J- Stark s CB@ First Negro President Kf? AfOenedict College. is a graduate of Bene EuujgLand .'Tor -? College Jf, tyByxier of Seneca Institute d^R^fhere foi 13 years: he Was called t < Br .jfcge in 1912 where ~Tr 'Mat- with 'I' tratned "bull LaaA acres. During hi^ 11 B?TsVce at Morris College h QtJLbuildings and raised th ^SB college to a standard fou P5S**jfe. When he left Morri the. presidency of Benedic ^f9 their first Negro ^Bresi were teft six buildingf deh modernly equipped brie] acres practically free o > ready Benedict ha? felt th in ti great Builder and Ad wh"V. In one year Presulen given South Carolina it Bowl. The field prn lh? test ftthleetie ground 111^^ * in "South Carol in? 11 the girls dormitory a is now being remodeled ur Special supevvisio - of Pre? tol***rks. When College girl ?B&* September they will b in a beautiful new brie all completed and refut fifcf^thin the first year of Bfc ^administration. 'l^SES TO TIIK QI XDRKN Hrf convention from pOffTir CAROLINA Ki wallowing. iMjfcs together witl STlhrene- Branch President wil ME'mea to the Quadrennial Con jtarVom the South Carolina Con tlifrs. Mabel Green, Mrs. Mat -per Mrs. M. L. Wither spoon Horry, Mrs. C. Frasov Vdibiria Wilborn, Mrs.. L. R. .Ten roipd Mrs. S. G. Simmons. Mrs Sjj|p:<pee, President. iCrand BKp~ ' m< L.? L ' -?' T^^KT' -^- ... R*r -} _ . . : . **' .? * 7 ^ Columbia City V?? Public Schools { The colored people of Columbia, S. C., enjoy the benefits of one of the most efficient -and progressive school - systems in the country. Continuing 1 the forward prog rani begun by the la- 1 - merited I>r. Vy. H. Hand-several years 1 ago, Supt. A. C. Flora, by his broad efficient leadership, is proving him- ' self, month by mouth, to be the ideal ' school administrator that every com- * munity should, have Through per- } ?sonal-eenferences with him. from his J public utterances, and by his activi- ! ties, any discerning person can read- 1 ily see that he is keenly interested in the welfare of every child ni the com- * rt munity of whatever class or cwitdi...-4 tion. As far and as fast as circum- < stances will permit^ he is endeavoring.to provide thati aH the children f will have the full { bfcnpfrts of the j education due theinj through the la- 1 test, approved, school methods and c equipment. Teachers are employed. > and re-elected purely on merit. Tho- c rougn training and continuous prep^- I aration for classroom work are in- I svsted upon. The superintendent'-s F . motto is that the children's interests*-d , . come first. - - . n g Assisting Mr. Flora in administer- b ?inr the public schools in the posi- v tion as. Supervisor of the Negro L Schools-of thp City, C A Johnson p 8 , tipsprves a very large share of the p " credit for the success of the ftdvanc- "c ' ed school program for the colored 1 e "people. EleVated to his present po- a e sitioir because, in "the language of Mr. a r Flora, he was "top big for the job" } s as pTineipaFof the high school which n b he developed to become one of the s ib -three ace red i t ed A-class secpndary_.u br schools- of the State, he upholds "the p k dignity of?his new office with such t f credit and carries out its responsi- e e bilities with such satisfaction to all - concerned that he has become endear- c t ed to the public if such a thing is t s possible for one who was previously so ^ i? very highly respected -as a capable , v school num. : ' There are nirr^colored schools in the f t j city system as follows in the order j i-1 oi the number of pupils respectively { enrolled: Booker i. Washington High s and -Elementary School, W J. Ooche rah. Principal, succeeding C. A. John- ( k son. September.. 1930: JSfayerley* Ele- t mentary School. W. A. Perry Priri- , a cipal; Howard, C. W. gladden. Prin- , cipal; Saxon, "Mi'ss Blanch G. Wrb- ( liams, Head Teachgr; Benedict Pri- j mary School, Miss Catherine E. Mack ( - Head Teacher; Booker Washington f Heights ' Elementary, Mrs. Mamie * Dunmore. Principal; Ridgewood, Mrs. t Sallie Howard. Principal: Leevv, Miss ( a Charlotte A. Jackson. Head Teacher | f 1 | and-St. Mark of which Mrs. Ilattie A. jj -J-Sims is the teacher. Prof. .Cochran : { I is the supervising principal of the I c Covon fin/t Prftf Porrv nf tHc V , I Benedict, Leeyy. and St. Mark schools | ! as well as heinp: the. hniljlhiT prin?i- | - 1 pals respectively of Booker Washing- j i I ton and Wav*>rley as above mentioned, r I With the exception of St. Mark, I t United Oi . -* ? Dist * S ' -i , ?? eetings to The leaders of the Orde: arolina have been preachi atters-among our people fo embers of the R^VCE that ?11 founded, but that it is on< >ns of the Negro RACE in tl ien carried in these sta tople to verify. We know any orders established arr gani^edour first Odd Fell tve "been swept aside on ac >n. The Order of Odd Fell e tide, ford the streams of ( hy? Not because the other cause most of the people rest is world-wide, and the *t the acid test. IVTovo fin Q"n OAT7/1V* x. 1/11U1I OCV'Ul liUIlUlC en organized in South Gaix . y t L J. McCpttrie, D? . _ j; - Georgetown, F Dr. N. Aj Jenkins, ?^?: Columbia,; which.-is.meztescher school, about P; four miles from the center?<*1 "The ? city, and^ acjjuired-last^year as a jiart' c< of?the city system, all the school z< buildings are /nodern in structure and jquipment. They throw around the children an environment compatible with the excellent training which they receive. Though Mrs. Sims is doing ,a tine grade of classroom and ^ community work at St. Mark, plans Si are being considered to provide for be the children of That district with the s< same physical environment enjoyed m by the pupils of the other schools, hi The citizens of Columbia will long a remember with gratitude the late Dr. ti Hand and the school board during his w superintendency for their interest"aricT "P* wjsdom in replacing the Old Howard School with The Booker T. Washing- di ;on, Waverley, and New Howard tl ichools. Turning over to the color- Sc >d children, this "pftst Term, the Bios- th rom?Street School and changing iU- Ty tame to Saxon in honor of Mrs. Cel- mi a D. Saxon, together with the tak- wi ng over into the system of the Bene- in lict College Practice Schooh-the Lee- Si y and St. Mark Schools, inspired the er; itizens with greater confidence in the an rresent "Superintendent and School na loard as To their determination to W1 irovide ample and proper accommo- trc ^tion for all the children. The first thi amed schools are all beautiful brick:^??. wildings to which anyone can poinf de irif h inc f ' rwicln ' rnL ??*,.? J v*o w ? ? J . :~J jrji There was aTTotftl Pi~t,?84 pupils ha moiled in all thr> schools -during the by >ast term with 108 teachers, not in- pel luding Supervisor and principals, pr rhis is a long step-in-advance from till ibout. 1,800 pupils and 40 teachers in Pr ill the colored schools during the Old su -Toward School days-. There _are in ?r iddition, today the school nurse, the chool dentist, and the horticulturist w< riheard of in thoso-days. Most of the su irogVess in bringing the schools , up 0 their present standard of effici rm ncy has been made during the last-- va Tve year period. This is RTT index be >f what may be expetted in the fu ah ure. f?r fn addition to the high grade of ue i idemic work done at th'fe, Booker Tr A'ashington ' High School . there, are""^ ive practical vocational departments -ciJ provided for the students as follows: ye lomestic science under Miss Pauline as raggert; domestic art with Mrs. Eth- th >1 Shaw, as instructor; carpentry and ~qp abinet making, taught by Macro En- irn izminger; brick-laying of which'Hen- of y J. Champion is.the instructor, and an 1 well* equipped laundry under?the -si: "apable direction of Miss Lilly Cofield. These departments, develop- W id under the leadership of Prrif, John- fp ion while he was the principal of this ch chool, furnish not only valuable ed- w< icational equipment for all the-stu- fp lonts taking Uie. course?,, but are of in uiiTicient scope to furnish means of no ivlihood for those who are unable to ap CV.CIM- i.uiMttri . smljuw* 11 <iiiini? 11? ill school after they graduate from the Th iiph school. is Another feature in vocational train- ^ np will he added to the hiph school lext year, that of interior decorating eu ;hus keeping, up the-st'eady march of te ** rderotOt ;rict Gre : itst f? the Brot r of Odd Fellows in Soutt ng* optimism in fraterna r years. We have told tht Odd Fellowism is -not nnh e of the permanent institulis country. How truth ha: tements .i s- for th ( for a fad? that among- th< long--our people since w( ow lodges, many of then tcount of business depres ows has been able to sten iifficulties and keep going orders were not good, bu1 are Odd Fellows, the inbusiness management has y AJJ XT' ~~1T I.J ~ T u v/uu rcnuw luuges navt )lina. There are Odd FelD. O. M. * " r.~cr G. M. D. . : 1. . THE PALMETTO LEADER. nogBeseirrTfie Columbia School Sys >m?in preparing the youth of the >mmunity- for practical useful .eitirnship. There was added to the teaching >rce last-ytjar a horticulturist in ie person of"Peter H. Lane, a H&mpn Graduate. During the past term > had rlasses of boys in Booker T. 'ashington, Waverley, and Howard chools. While having the care of tautifying the grounds of all the hoolar the boye in this new depart? ent, under the care of Mr. Lane, jve the opportunity of learning, in practical way, much about a Vocaon and a means of employment hich are becoming more and more jpular. Another outstanding forward step iring the past year which gives furler eveidence that ,the Columbia" hool' authorities are determined ' at all the children ef-the-communi odern methods of child deyelopment : is employment of a school dentist .the person "of Dr. H. P. Pride. 1 nee V began his work in March, ev- ' y pupil has been given a dental ex- < unation. the result of his exami- i tion in each case <&illy recorded, ami < rere necessary, tire pupil has been | ated without cost to- the parent if j e parent did not prefei* treatment ; .. another?dentist or. where other j ptal treatment was recommended, ^ lis means that over 4,000 children ( ve been taken care of in this way ! this competent dentist. A -stu- j ndous %task, well done and ap- ^ pjfred by the city school system and ? % State Department of Health. Dr. | ide is now busy tabulating the reIts of his work for the school rec- j ds and State department reports. < ?" is also xonthming his personal >rk with school children through-the mmer. ^ . j Still another progressive move- ( ent is the abolishment of the adnced first grade. This means that ginning next fall, pupils will be , le to complete the seven elementary ades in seven years instead of in fht as heretofore. The recent taking of the school TTsn's, including-overy child in the; ty fmm one dqy old to twenty ars inclusive should be mentioned a part of the forward program of e Columbia Schools because it not ily prepares the Hoard-fog making ['mediate plans for all the children school age but enables the school ithoTities to look ahead as far as t years.,.^^ . ??? At the Booker T. Washington and averley Schools, well-equipped catenas are operated to care for the jldren at the lunch hour. They are en patronized. .An abundance of esh milk is supplied daily and kept fripidnires and an efTbrt is made it-only to furnish the children with petizinp: lunches but also to train em to eat, food most proper for x eir bodies .as growing pupils. It the plan of the school authorities provide cafeterias at each of the her schools. At "all of the schools, extra-curri- , lar activities are promoted and enred into heartily by the teachers to IdFellov r? ? , i . . mrfl I ^ her hood 1 lo 1 Vhc 1 " ' f ' tr : M 5. ~ - ? h ? - .Lal V & ? W 5 T1 1 sc sc * . '. ; ol t ai w ? 5 """ & lo r " r ^ ~ci ' Si Yours in F. L. & T., H. H. Butler Hartsvil J. I. Washing Beaufor \ ; ' " r encourage individual talent and general-culture and to provide experi-. ences in-group activities in the- interest of social efficiency. Special mention might here be made of assembly programs, the observance of health and other "weeks" in all the schools; the student council, traffic student officers, and "The Comet" a high school paper published by the students, at Booker T. Washington; the patrol system and "The Magnet" at the Waver lev School, - Tie schools winnig honors in extra-curricular aetitvitigs during the past year were Howard School, 1st and 2nd prizes and Booker T.-Washington 3rd prize offered by the City Fire Department for the best-work-during Fire Prevention Week; Waverley School, 1st and 2nd prizes, and Howard 3rd prize in a city*-wide eg^ay content; Howard, Booker T. Washington, and Waverlejr, Jst, 2nd and 3rd prizes respectively in a citv-wide elementary school declamation contest. The classroom work done by the teachers is far from being mediocre, rhe percent of promotions in the col>red schools compare favorably with ;hosPi of all.the othpr .arhnnls of. the . jystem. The results of the New Stanford Achievement tests given in ill the schools are far from discoursing. A recent show' comparative few failures which is a tribute to the tvork of the teachers in the elemenlary^schools. Pupils from Waverley School showed the highest percent n scholarship 6f all the city and out af town elementary schools represented in the freshman class. The graduates of the Booker T. Washington High School who are attending colleges are all doingf high grade work without exception. A product Joseph Bailev-from 4his schooL. was the first "andr-only student- to receive' a Master of Arts degree from the Graduate Department of Atlanta TJni" versity this year. ^? This account of the Columbia City Schools would not be. complete without making passing mention of the Parent-Teacher Associations connected with the schools which bear testimony, by their-ftne?spirit^fcooperation, that the citizens of the- coW-~ mnnitv have a high degree of appreciation not only of the efforts of' the Superintendent and the School Board to make the schools meet the the creditable work done by the schooh U -I _ *y**r' .; EBAUGH'S FRESH FISH - Watch our Specials Wednesday and Friday We Dress and Deliver Free COURTESY ? SERVICE PHONE 5619 H24 Washington St. Cola., S. C. . . ! . -? reof Arm dge No > A R ?? ? in the Ps ws all around you who v >w and render any assist Thousands of dollars 1 ves of nVen who kept up 1 F.NT_j^PARTMF,NT, iv^ been^paid to men on-e iout their 'daily work. 1 re put emphasis on FRAT ie secret orders of our 1 hool whereby we could ? ience and economy. It r ' thrift and cooperation^ We welcome to South id Foreign Missionary < reat A. M. E. Church, So ws and members of the I hrurch Workers a hearty ;ate. tl ' . D. G. S. . le, S. C. S* on, Grand Atty. t^To 7 . i .r4' |Dr. J. C. Anderson, Ph. B.,D, B., For Superintendence In South Africa. " mm' Hin mm ' DR. J. C. ANDERSON, Ph. B. Rev. J, C. Anderson, Ph.- B., D. D , :| Pastor St. Paul A. M. E. Church, Columbus, Ohio, tvas born and brought \ up in the "Sunny "Southland;" but, j as a youth he heard the call "YoUhg { man, go West." He went, and "Je- \ sus met him there,,r and saved and | put him to work in his Cause, as a H htlilfW nf-rtni?Vi??* .... v.?^. miikuuni, in o news- J J paper, or souvenir tjfrogram article \ could give full account of iiis labors j in the Church of Allen in Iowa, Min- i nesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, ] Pennsylvania and Ohio. Ory? s&m- ] pie . of his heroic labor is the saving ' of the historic?-Wylie Avenue Church Pittsburgh."?Called .there from St. Pa4jlT-Minnesota, when h^pe was lost. 1 He threw his own savings on the scales and called others to follow him and in four months timei laid $10,607 on the table, and stayed) the sheriff's hands. . ; . * . ' . . ' " ' 1 As the crowning work of -his life, he desifes the General Conference to 1 gtva him the Bupcrintendence of our i work in South Africa. The third cpiooopal?district, *whieh has?been chosen host of the General Conference _i_n, May- 1932, has indorsed Dr. J. C.?(Joseph Clinton) ^Anderson for " the Bishopric and will count it a gratifying expression pf appreciation and kindness if the General Conference wiTT Select its favorite son for superintendency in the land where Ethiopia shall again stretch-forth I her hands to God. SAVANNAH-TYBEE EXCURSION ^Friday, July 3rd, 1931 | Savannah r $3.50 Tybee . 4.00 Good returning July 7th. Good in . Pullman Cars. Southern Rl'way System Phoaes 5631?6356 ~ I LTA 4^4 ATA 4% ATA 4T4 JJa ATA A ATA ATA aTa aTa y 4? % irica In G . 13 ?-*m ' . . . ilmetto Sb ?I ' -^-'i^Vi-ygYnft'i'lt ! r , /ant you to join, will tell ; ance you may need. iave been paid to needy r< their dues with our ENDC and thousands in add it teeourit of being disable to But MONEY IS NOT race have served as our c ret some training in polit neets the approval of the Carolina the Woman's He Quadrennial meeting of uth. Thousands of Odd J louse Hold of .Ruth-bid. th r welcome to our Palm( - ^ : 1-25 . 1 * 1 (J" Saturday, June 20, 1931. i:V- * DANTZLER BROS. SHOE REBUILDER & REPAIRING ,, 2379 Gervais Street We Call for Work and Deliver PHONE 9132 DANTZLER BROS. SHOE FACTORY ?Col n m hi a. South Carolina |Poro Beauty Shoppe| 1 1109!/2 Washington St. \ 2 Scalp and Hair Treatment, & ? '' 5 and Beauty Culture. * :0; 5 Poro Preparation* For Eve;- ? jf Beauty Need. ? r Sperilia/e in Setting Up- - x Agents iq |Mrs. ELISKER L. STARRS,| * | Supply Agent rr,, jSj j ' ' ' ' ?' ' Seashore Excursion.. TO CHARLESTON, S. C. FOR ISLE OF PALMS, SULUVANS / "ISLAND & FOLL/Y BEACH ? FRIDAY, JULY 3,_1931 ' . Round Trip Excursion " es from: Batesburg $3.75 Orangeburg 3.50 . Blackstock 4.50 Newberry 4.00 COLUMBIA 3.50 Prosperity 4.00 Donalds . 4.7.5 Ridgeway 4.00 ? t_'_ Greenwood 4.50 Springfield 3.50 Lancaster 4.50 Winrfsboro 4.25 Excursion tickets sold for all trains , (except Crescent Limited) Fri., July 3rd, also for train 16 jrom Columbia - . ^ 3:55 A. M. July 4th. Good returning to July 7th, 1931. : Spend the Fourth of July at the seachore, fishing, boating, bathing. Consult Ticket Agents, SOUTHERN RAILV/A^ SYSTEM , ' ; ~f? ? ' $ eneral 1 ~?n~ . .?. .,- . |:'.,;v . ; fe.fr ' ite . _f .: y you I ela- . . ? & >w " if" - . fvrr. ugo-? ??? -? LI, \ "X 1 TH. inly . \ >V ical . iY age _ . a < >me !f: - the - , X ^ . - - &rr:zr:: tese ' ' : & 5tto- " : | ? -Jp