The Atlanta University Bulletin, s. 11. no. 52: Commencement Number, July 1923

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2 XTbe Atlanta dniverstti? bulletin Published Quarterly by Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga. Series II JULY, 1923 No. 52 Commencement Number CHARTERED 1867 OPENED 1869 The Inauguration of President Adams Entered as second class matter. October 25, 1910, at the post-office at Atlanta. Ga., under the Act of July 16, Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3rd, 1918 Price, 25c. a Year Single Copies, 10c.

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5 Myron Winslow Adams, Ph.D., D.D. President of Atlanta University

6 TTbe Htlanta University Bulletin Series II JULY, 1923 No. 52 Commencement Week With the exception of the rain which interfered with the Game Festival Monday afternoon, Commencement week was very satisfactory from the point of view of the weather. There was no extreme heat, and the skies were cloudy so much of the time that all were very comfortable. There was a large number present at the various exercises. More guests than usual were entertained on the campus, a part of them being graduates returning to visit the institution, and others the friends of the members of the graduating class. The chapel services on Thursday, May the 24th, were on the campus, near the bowlder which serves as a monument to the first President Ware. Placing an ivy wreath on that bowlder, as last year, was a part of the exercises of the Ogle thorpe Practice School, the work of which was concluded that day. The joining of this part of their exercises with the chapel service was very impressive. On Friday night Shakespeare s comedy, The Taming of the Shrew, was presented in Ware Memorial Chapel. The parts were well rendered and there was a good audience present in spite of the threatening weather. The Baccalaureate sermon on Sunday was preached by Pres ident Adams from the text, John 10:10; I came that they might have life, and have it abundantly. The speaker em phasized the delight and joy which are a part of the life of the real student, and the responsibility which he has of pass ing on to others the knowledge and inspiration which he has received in his student days. And turning to the religious life, he emphasized similarly its joys, and the responsibility de volving upon the graduate of a Christian institution to make true religion an intelligent power in the life of the world.

7 2 THE BULLETIN On account of the inauguration the order of exercises for Monday and Tuesday was considerably changed from what it usually has been during recent years. The Game Festival in the grove north of the girls dormitory was held on Monday afternoon. It was made up of songs and folk-dances, being participated in by the junior normal students and a number of the pupils of the Oglethorpe Practice School. It was un der the general direction of Mrs. Mabel Hurt Bullard. It was almost completed in spite of the rain, which began very soon after the exercises had started, and which before the end be came too severe for them to continue. What would have been under other circumstances a most marked success was thus unfortunately interrupted. cloudless skies. But we must not always expect Monday night was given to the senior classes, which had interesting class exercises in the chapel. Tuesday morn ing came the customary inspection of the buildings and of various interesting exhibits. Tuesday night the President s reception was held in the library, followed by the Alumni banquet in the dining room. This was presided over by Aus tin T. Walden, Esq., the president of the Alumni Association, and among the speakers were Mr. Edward E. Curtright, of High Point, N. C., 1902; Mrs. Elizabeth Holmes Griffin, of Albany, Ga., 1894; Miss Emma J. Henry, of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1913; Miss Rebecca L. Bloodworth and Miss Nell C. Hall of 1923, President Adams and others. Special mention is made elsewhere in this number of the inauguration exercises on Tuesday afternoon, and of the Com mencement exercises and the address by Dr. Weatherford on Wednesday. President Ware and his Retiring Allowance The gratifying announcment was made on Commencement day that the Carnegie Foundation had made to President Ware a retiring allowance. This is welcome news to all of his friends, in view of his serious disability.

8 THE BULLETIN 3 The recovery of President Ware at the sanitarium has not been as rapid as was hoped. But our most recent news is considerably more favorable. He is at the Trudeau Sanitar ium, Trudeau, N. Y. The Trustee Meetings A special meeting of the Board of Trustees was held at the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City, April the 20th. Various items of business were transacted,' among others the authorizing of the addition to our college curriculum of one or two new courses in Finance or Business Administration. The steadily growing numbers in the college obviously warrant some form of extension of the work offered, and this form seemed under present conditions to be espe cially desirable. At the meeting in the summer of 1922 the executive com mittee was charged with the task of nominating a new pres ident for the institution, which nomination was to be ratified through a correspondence vote of the board. After careful consideration of many names the committee unanimously pre sented the name of Reverend Laurence Fenninger, for the past nine years chaplain of Hampton Institute. This nomin ation wras ratified by the membership of the board. But at the trustee meeting a letter was read from Mr. Fenninger ex pressing his deep interest in the work, but announcing his de cision to remain in the work at Hampton Institute and not accept the presidency of Atlanta University. The trustees then unanimously made choice of Dr. M. W. Adams, who had been connected with the institution for many years and who had served as acting president since the disability of Presi dent Ware in At the regular annual meeting of the board, held on Tues day of Commencement week, only routine business was trans acted. The meeting was followed by the inaugural exercises, presided over by Dr. C. Breckinridge Wilmer, the vice presi dent of the board.

9 4 THE BULLETIN The Inaugural Exercises Tuesday, May 29 Advantage was taken of Commencement week, and of the presence of an unusually large number of graduates and friends, to have the inaugural exercises on Tuesday of that week. It had been the plan to have them on the campus in front of the library, but the very uncertain weather made it seem best to meet in the chapel instead. A goodly company gathered there and the exercises were very appropriate. The inaugural address is printed elsewhere in this issue. Dr. C. Breckinridge Wilmer, rector of St. Paul s Episcopal church in the city and vice president of the board of trustees, was a most felicitous presiding officer. In entrusting the charter to the new president he referred most suggestively to the fact that the institution was a Georgia corporation, whose life went back to the first giving of the charter in And so in an important sense it had the sanction and blessing of the State of Georgia. We sometimes fail to appreciate the true relation between climate and weather, forgetting that the one comfortably abides, the other comes and goes, can be disagreeable; so we boast of our climate and yet often complain about our weather. In like manner we should re member that while there are certain things in Georgia which do not seem favorable, yet after all, like the climate, the abiding good will of the State is confirmed in our charter. Dr. Frank R. Shipman, president of the Atlanta Theological Seminary, represented the board of trustees. He referred to the fact that the trustees were really the legal power, and yet did not appear to be such in the eyes of the student body, who thought especially of the faculty as the governing body. But on certain occasions, like the present, the trustees came into prominence in their real character, and it was his privilege in representing them to speak of the sincere interest of the trustees in the welfare of the institution, and to commend to all the new president whom they had just selected to be the executive head of Atlanta University.

10 THE BULLETIN 5 President John Hope, of Morehouse College, represented most happily the sister institutions in Atlanta. It had been his privilege in his younger days to see and hear the first President Ware, and to know of the affectionate reverence and esteem which were felt for him. He had known well President Bumstead and the second President Ware, and had been officially present at the inauguration of the latter in He now took pleasure in representing the other institutions, and in welcoming Dr. Adams as an executive head, not un known as such in real fact in the past, but as now entering into full fellowship among the other presidents of Atlanta schools. He also paid a beautiful tribute to the spirit of democracy and friendliness which had been characteristic of Atlanta Uni versity, from its inception down to the present time. Mr. Austin T. Walden, of the class of 1907, a member of the Atlanta bar and president of the alumni association, rep resented effectively the graduates and former students of the institution. He pledged their continued support to the work and paid a worthy tribute to the splendid record of the insti tution and to some of the present workers in its service. Professor Edgar H. Webster represented the faculty and spoke of their long association with the new president, and of the certainty of a continuation of the harmony which had so long existed in their joint work. Professor George A. Towns read telegrams, extracts from letters, and a communication from President Ware, all appro priate to the occasion and conveying heartiest good will to wards the work of the new president of the institution. The Inaugural Address by President Adams The ideals of Atlanta University, the foundations upon which we build, may perhaps be stated as being more especially three in number. They are the Religious, the Democratic, and the Scholastic. Of these the re ligious is the first. The goal of Christian character was in the minds of our founders. It is a goal than which there can be none higher. It is a goal that is permanent. Our charter enjoins upon the trustees to estab lish and maintain a Christian institution. Let this be to us a continuing and an inspiring ideal.

11 6 THE BULLETIN A second principle upon which we build I have termed the democratic. One of the questions belonging to any work is, what is the spirit in which it is being carried on. And from our very beginning and throughout whole our history, we have endeavored to show the spirit of friendly broth erhood; the spirit of what I may call a natural association one with another, without the raising up of artificial barriers of distinction and separation. The Apostle Paul says of Christ, in regard to the work of unifying different elements, that he made both into one, breaking down the middle wall of partition; in like manner we are endeavoring to exem plify the fact that it is not necessary to have middle walls of partition. The second President Ware wrote to the trustees in his letter of accept ance sixteen years ago, and so we still affirm: I believe in the democracy which means equality of opportunity for all people. * * * I believe in the Christian brotherhood which, in genuine sympathy, reaches across the barriers which divide race from race and class from class. The third ideal to which I referred was that of careful and thorough scholarship. Upon this it has been our duty to insist, and it will be our duty hereafter. Honesty calls for this. We ought not to put upon those who do not deserve it the stamp of scholastic approval. I presume it is true that our efforts to maintain this ideal have meant to us a loss in nu merical growth. But we ought, in accordance with the wishes of our founders and the laws of honesty, to make a reasonable insistence upon a true scholarship in the work of this institution. So much, briefly, for the foundations upon which we build. What is our structure? How near is it to what ought to be our ideal? Are our deficiencies, the distances between ourselves and perfection, the result of imperfect administration, or of the conditions of our environment, or of lack of money? How far is it within our power to make good these de fects and to reach a reasonable goal? This is the question which I pro pose especially to ask today. In most of its aspects it is common to all these Southern institutions of similar character. But naturally I shall speak of it this afternoon in concrete form as applying to Atlanta Uni versity. We are in a somewhat singular environment. Most assuredly we are Southern. But we are not expected to be a part of that group which is termed the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Southern States. If we would seek a college fellowship there must be put some where into the title an explanatory term, the word Negro. And so we are banded together with a number of similar institutions as an Associa tion of Colleges for Negro Youth. Just what does this mean with refer ence to the question before us, as to what we lack, and whether we can bridge the gap which lies between us and what may be considered a proper ideal for a real college.

12 THE BULLETIN t One way of meeting this question is, to say that the conditions of our environment are such that our ideal must be lowered. For such an atti tude there may be given a plausible excuse. Historically, going back fifty odd years, there were neither high schools nor grammar schools. What could such an institution as Atlanta University do? Coming even to the present time, for I do not need to dwell upon this feature of the discussion, where are the thorough preparatory schools? Those like the two Phillips Academies in New England, or the Worcester Academy, or the Boston Latin School, or the Hill School, or Lawrenceville? Where is a thorough high school system, open to every child in this group of states? We know that, in spite of heroic effort and honest occasional approaches, such a system after all does not really exist. I say that the historical fact and the now existing situation do present what may seem to some a plausible excuse for falling below the accepted standard. But after all, is such a reason sufficiently good and can we approve it? Some years ago this question of standards for colleges of our type was up for prominent consideration because of the report prepared under the direction of Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones and published by the United States Bureau of Education. In one of the letters which I had from him at that time, now over five years ago, appears this paragraph: While I have the greatest sympathy with the desire of the colored people and their friends to develop colleges, I am strongly of the opinion that we must, so far as possible, insist upon at least the lowest standards allowed by rec ognized representatives of the white people. As I have thought the situation over I have come more and more to the conclusion that he was correct in his view of the case. If we claim to be institutions of the higher learning we ought to compare ourselves with what may be consid ered the reasonable standards of such institutions, in spite of our past history and our present environment. In that way we shall be able to present to competent judges an educational work which shall seem to them to be intrinsically worthy; not worthy as far as circumstances permit, but really and in itself worthy. It is not my purpose today, for time will not permit, to go into a detailed analysis of every point in respect to which we are, or are not, up to a reasonable standard. But in outline I think it is possible to bring to you the principal facts. If my discussion centers itself about the college course, it is not because of any lack of apprecia tion of the tremendous value of our normal work. For as a matter of fact, as an institution of higher learning, we are judged principally by the standards of admission, the quality of work, and other facts pertain ing to the college department. I shall touch upon five of these points. First: What about our college admission requirements? I think those most familiar with this subject will agree with me that we fully measure up to, and probably go beyond, those called for by the Association of Col-

13 THE BULLETIN leges and Secondary Schools of the Southern States. We are so strict, in deed, that our strictness has often lost us students and has sometimes trou bled our friends. I feel that we are right in standing where we do in this matter. But I also recognize that it is an entirely proper question to be asked of us, Can you not maintain your standards and yet help in a more effective way the new students who enter your college from preparatory institutions? We are arranging to do this very thing next fall, and you will find a statement to that effect in the catalogue just issued. The statement comprises only three lines of small type, but in my judgment it is much more significant than one would suppose from the space which it occupies. We are proposing next fall to give such new students two weeks for pre liminary adjustment. In that time one of two things ought to happen: either they can convince us more fully as to the thoroughness of their preparation; or they will themselves be convinced at the very outset that it is not wise for them to undertake studies in which they would be very sure to fail. It is my belief that in this way we can still maintain a high standard, and at the same time meet the wishes of some of our friends in behalf of the students whom they are interested to send here. In con nection with this, I will add, we are hoping to carry more effectively into our college work some of the general intelligence and psychological tests which are proving useful in modern education. They are not to be made a fad and are not to be exaggerated. But we have already found them of considerable value, and we believe we can make them of still more value, perhaps more especially in showing the weaknesses of students in simple mathematics and in helping us to devise satisfactory ways of meet ing these weaknesses. The question we have just discussed, of standards of admission, is natu rally followed, second, by the question of standards for graduation. In this respect we are putting into practice next year two new features which will bring us definitely to what is expected of institutions of our grade. We are for one thing lengthening the school year so that it may include thirty-six weeks, and may have, exclusive of holidays and registration and entrance examination days, at least 170 days of actual classroom work. We are also lengthening the recitation period to a full fifty-five minutes, the recitations being one hour apart. By the adoption of these two changes, provided we maintain thoroughness of work on the part of our students, we shall have standards for graduation that will be fully satis factory. A third question of importance that is asked by those who are deemed wise in such matters is, What about the number of courses which you offer and the number of teachers giving full time to the work of in struction in such courses? At this point we are to come at least very near the goal another year. An addition which the trustees have author-

14 THE BULLETIN 9 ized in our program of studies is work in business administration or fi nance. It will be convenient to group this with our already established work in economics, which is now included in another department, and thus form a new department in our college curriculum entitled, Economics and Business Administration. Perhaps we shall still fail to meet in exact phraseology the general requirement which I am now discussing. But we shall at least have a fair equivalent. May I be permitted to pause a moment just here and speak concerning this new work in business or finance. We do not propose to establish what is sometimes termed a business college, with stenography and typewriting and similar forms of preparation. To render that form of service, valuable as it is, is not our work, at least for the present. Our thought is this: business in its varied aspects has so tremendous a part to play in modern civilization that it seems only proper that its fundamental principles, and some of its important divisions, as for instance accounting and banking and insurance, should be open to the consideration of the college student. And more especially I feel that the college student should be grounded in the truth that true business must be founded upon righteousness. We teach social service that we may through it better the condition of our fellow men. Does not business have exactly the same goal? It is a great misfortune that the view so largely prevails that business is a method of helping myself up and putting the other man down. That is not the kind of business we propose to teach. Whatever form our instruction may take, and the details have not yet been completely worked out, I sincerely hope that we shall ever insist, as a Christian institution, that business is to be conducted in accordance with the Golden Rule; that it is to mean the ad vantage of both parties and not of one only; and that, as truly as the highest forms of social service, it shall be for the welfare of all. The fourth in our list of five is the requirement for adequate income and equipment. As to this point we must admit, on the one hand, that our endowment is far, very far, below our needs. On the other hand we can say, thanks to the kindness of our many friends, that we are meeting our most pressing needs in a modest way. So much for income. As to equipment, we are fortunate in having a library building and a small fund for the upkeep and growth of the library itself. In respect to science equipment our next inventory will show a small increase. But there ought to be a larger increase in both of these respects. We were gratified that the American Medical Association felt that our scientific equipment, along with the character of our work, was sufficient to place us in Group I, comprising what are termed in that respect the five best among the Negro colleges. But I am frank to say that we need further strengthening at this point. A number of our sister institutions have been so fortunate as to add to their resources in recent years special science buildings, and to

15 10 THE BULLETIN still others such buildings have been promised. For us no such good fortune is in sight, although we have sought it. But I most earnestly hope that some way can be found for the improvement of our position as to scientific equipment. If this can be done, and our library fund somewhat enlarged, we can feel that we are equal not to what we would like to be, but at least to what acceptable standards say must be required. Of the points which I proposed to discuss there is one left, a fifth, which is in some respects the most difficult to attain of all of them. I have already spoken of our history and environment, which have seemed to make it necessary that this institution, and others of our type, should do considerable work of a grade below the college. But the standards which are adopted by educational authorities are very clear and explicit, that a col lege shall not maintain as a part of its organization any work below the col lege grade; or if it does maintain such work, it must be at least entirely separate in its buildings and its discipline. A t this point there is not a single institution in our fellowship in this Southern group of states which lives up to the requirement. Now I suppose quite an argument could be pre sented, and some very good reasons could be given, to show that this re quirement is more of an artificial than of an essential nature. And yet I would not argue the matter. Educational authorities have taken this position and we should seriously and frankly meet the question. Here is a deficiency, common to all of us, except the two institutions of an east ern environment, Howard and Lincoln. What shall we do about it? To be specific today, what shall Atlanta University do about it? I am aware that I am taking up a delicate question. And yet, can we honestly evade the issue? Let us not fear to look the situation squarely in the face, and at least discuss some of the possibilities. This is one: Shall we go on as we are, being as efficient as possible in all other essential features and frankly not attempting to meet this special standard? For the immediate present, undoubtedly Yes. And there are some good arguments for the continuance of such a course. And yet, are we really satisfied with this answer? If the highest educational au thorities say that such a policy makes us distinctly less than a standard college, we at least hesitate in acknowledging that we are content. Or shall we cut off our high school work? That would be a deed of daring. And do we dare? Or ought we to dare? Such a course would seem to be a disaster to hundreds of young people in the city of Atlanta who crave a high school education. True, they could go to our sister in stitutions in the city, themselves already crowded. But supposing they also should meet the same question in the same way and they too should dare to discontinue their high school work. Then where would these young people be? And I do not speak of the Atlanta young people only. The boarding departments of these institutions are full to overflowing

16 THE BULLETIN 11 with students from other places, by far the greater number of whom do not have at home the needed high school facilities. And yet there is this to be said in favor of such an answer. It would put the question squarely before the city and state authorities, whether they would provide such facilities for our young people. Or shall we follow the alternative admitted by these educational au thorities and have a distinct high school, whose students shall not be enrolled in our catalogue and whose discipline and work shall be entirely distinct? If by that we mean a permanent high school, a sort of rival of what the city is to have, and simply doing a part of its work, I should answer in the negative. We not only do not have the money, but we ought not to ask the money, for such a purpose. But if we mean that in our work of training teachers such a school can be of real service as a Demonstration School where we may put into practice some of the ex periments which we believe to have a genuine educational value, and where our students can observe standard and satisfactory high school work, and where they can at times test their own powers as teachers, then I believe it would be a proper feature of our work and a most desir able enlargement of our facilities. No one could claim that our present Oglethorpe Practice School is in any sense a rival to the city system. It is our laboratory, for the use of our normal students. And such an ar rangement as I have suggested would make another laboratory, the two together being a fairly complete equipment, fashioned out of human ma terial, from the kindergarten through the high school, which would be of immense value to our students in the science and art of Education. This is the program which I would prefer. It would mean the discon tinuance of the connection now existing between our high school and our more advanced work; and a tremendous call upon the city and state to take up speedily its own duty and provide high school facilities for the colored children as well as for the white. And yet we would like to re tain, if we could, the opportunity to test our educational ideas in actual and concrete high school work: such an opportunity as we already have for demonstration in kindergarten and grade work at the Oglethorpe Practice Building. I do not know whether money can be found for such an addition to our facilities. I am not overparticular as to the size and grandeur of a new building, as far as bricks and mortar are concerned. But I do feel that the human element, the pupils gathered in such a building, would furnish a human laboratory of immense value to us in our work of training men and women to become teachers, supervisors and principals in both grammar and high schools. Whether the funds can be obtained for such a program or not; whether or not we can do some other things that we would very much like to do; this at least is certain. In the past, under God s blessing, we have been

17 12 THE BULLETIN able to do a worthy work. Money may be limited and equipment far be low what we would like. But the human mind and the human soul are real and permanent. It is ours to take these and to train, to instruct, to inspire. With added facilities if we can, without them if we must, let us go on in our work steadily, courageously, reverently. So shall we continue to bless man, and be ourselves blessed by God. The Commencement Exercises Fifteen college and thirty normal diplomas were given out on Commencement Day, May the thirtieth. Those graduates in the former group who had done major work in Education, and all of the latter, received from the State Department of Education the professional certificates, either college or nor mal, which entitle them to appointment as teachers in the public schools of Georgia. The graduating classes were splendidly represented on the program by five of their number. We regret that our limits do not permit us to give in this issue extracts from these ora tions and essays. The Commencement address was by Dr. Willis D. Weather ford, President of Southern College of Young Men s Christian Associations, Nashville, Tenn., and a member of our board of trustees. We give a brief sketch of this excellent and per tinent address. Outline of Dr. Weatherford s Address The subject chosen by him was, What is the real purpose of an edu cation? He said that there was a tremendous amount of money, time and energy being put into this thing called education. The census showed that 20,000,000 boys and girls were in the schools of the United States, a half million of these being in higher educational institutions. There were at least a million teachers, and so 21,000,000 in all were engaged in the business of education, or one out of every five giving themselves to this work. We are spending our money without stint, one billion each year for the program of education. tial to American life. We believe education an absolute essen What is the purpose of education? To acquire a certain number of detailed facts to be used in life? Not at all. We are going to forget many of these facts; but we must acquire discrimination, evaluation, and

18 THE BULLETIN 13 the power of concentration of mind, to put the mind on one thing and keep it there till that subject is mastered. Those are the best educated people who have this power of concentrated thought and attention. It has been said that business men do not need a college education. But business is certainly a most concentrated study. Business calls for power and perception, it calls for training in concentration. One must be able to move quickly from one occupation to another without loss of time, and have the ability to use all the energy he has in some task. The test of education is, Can you really think on the task before you? The heart of education is the capacity to concentrate on that thing which is in hand. What is the purpose of an education? Some think it is to make money, to gain position, to outstrip someone else in the race. But the true pur pose of education is that you and I maybe better prepared to serve those who have not had a chance. Business which has as its one purpose to filch a few more dollars, to charge all the trade will stand, to get all you can and keep all you get if you can, is on a false basis. There is a phi losophy of life that is higher; it is one of unselfishness. We have chris tianized the ministry and teaching, but in only a few instances have we christianized the other professions. The whole world must be adjusted on the basis of service and not on the basis of the pocketbook. The con ception of service must displace the conception of aggrandizement. We have not yet begun to think adequately in terms of service. We must be actuated by the principles of Jesus Christ in forgetting ourselves. How are we really to win the world? It will be by trying to give to those who need. Fifty Years Since the First Graduation Attention was naturally called more than once to the fact that the first graduation fr0m this institution was fifty years ago. At that time four normal students received their diplomas. An invitation was given to Miss Lucy C. Laney, for so many years the efficient and respected principal of Haines Institute in Augusta, to have a part on the Commencement program. Her other duties prevented her accepting, but she sent the following telegram, which was read as a message from the graduating class of fifty years ago. Congratulations most sincere. Whatever of service I have been able to render humanity, for the spirit or power to do so, the credit is due my alma mater, for whom we daily give thanks and for whose welfare we daily pray. (Signed) L. C. Laney.

19 14 THE BULLETIN Senior Honors The honors of the year for students below the senior classes were given in the catalogue issue of the Bulletin. The final honors for the seniors were as follows, in the order named: Senior College: With High Honor Rebecca Louise Bloodworth, Helen Mae Chandler. With Honor Edna Mona Thompson, Leah Elizabeth Griffin, Ruth Estella Lee. From the Normal Class: With Honor Phoebe Himes Whittaker, Eliz abeth Lemon, Louisly Mae Oslin, Nell Cornelia Hall, Gladys Alethia Barnes, Katherine Marvin Ragland, Nettie Eleanor Johnson, Hildred Hyacinth Russell. Entertainment and Instruction Opportunities of the above nature have come to us with reasonable frequency during the past year. In many in stances the messages have had a power and beauty that have meant much to our students. We note particularly the fol lowing: Speakers: Dr. Will W. Alexander of Atlanta, the opening address, October 4. Dr. Dudley R. Cowles of Atlanta, The Value of an Education. Tom Skeyhill of Australia, lecture on The New Elizabethans, i.e., on the Soldier Poets of the Great War. Dr. William E. Gilroy, editor of the Congregationalist. Miss Margaret Wrong of the World s Student Movement. Miss Caroline L. Hunt of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Home Economics. Major George H. Schoof of the Canadian Mounted Police, with exhibi tion of curiosities. Mrs. Lydia D. Thornton, agent of the State Department of Education, on extension work in the rural sections of Georgia. Mrs. Addie W. Hunton of the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People, chapel talk. Hon. Hamilton Holt, Accomplishments of the League of Nations. Dr. William E. Barton of Oak Park, Ill., Education of Lincoln. Miss Hallie Q. Brown of Wilberforce, 0., chapel talk. Rev. Charles F. H. Crathern of Hollis, N. H., chapel talk on the situ ation in the Near East. Rev. J. R. Fell of the Primitive Methodist Mission at Kafue, Northern Rhodesia, on conditions in that part of Africa.

20 THE BULLETIN 15 Charles Stewart of the Associated Press, chapel talk. Peter Shih, Chinese student of George Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn., chapel talk. Entertainments: Scouting for Washington, motion picture. Deliverance; or, Life of Helen Keller, motion picture. Sidney Woodward, tenor, vocal recital. Clarence Cameron White, violinist, recital. Dr. Thomas Travis of Montclair, N. J., Indian Trails. and views. Moving pictures Last of the Mohicans, motion picture. Glee Club and Orchestra, two concerts. The Far-Away Princess, Chitra, and King Argimenes and the Unknown Warrior, a group of plays presented by the senior class. The Pillars of Society, sophomore class play. Taming of the Shrew, Commencement play. Vesper Service: Cantata, The Life Triumphant. The Visit of the Foreign Students We were privileged to entertain a group of students, April 2 5, coming under the auspices of the National Student Forum. They were Mr. Jorgen Hoeck of Denmark, Mr. Piet Roust of Holland, and Mr. Jasper King of Union Theological Seminary, New York. Another who was expected, Mr. HansTiesler of Germany, was unable to be present. These students spoke to our whole group on two occasions, also spoke during the prayer meeting hour, held a forum after school, and met a number of classes. It is doubtless true that in some particulars their point of view differed from that with which we are familiar. But this fact was not at all conspic uous, and what they said was informing and interesting and stimulating. Perhaps the highest inspiration during their whole visit came at the prayer meeting, when Mr. Roust led his audience beautifully up to the splendid thought, 0 God, our souls are restless till they find their rest in Thee. Their visit was much enjoyed, and the spirit shown by them while our guests at the institution was very frank and whole some.

21 16 THE BULLETIN The Board of Preachers Rev. Hersey H. Strong of the faculty has served as chaplain during the year, filling the pulpit once a month. We have also had from our own force Messrs. Adams, Davidson, Post and Webster. Speakers from outside at our regular church services have included Presidents F. R. Shipman of Atlanta Theological Seminary, P. M. Watters of Gammon Theological Seminary, J. H. Lewis of Morris Brown University and J. W. Simmons of Clark University. Professors George H. Trever and J. B. Van Pelt of Gammon Theological Seminary, W. G. Alexander of Morris Brown University, L. 0. Lewis of More house College and A. F. Sherrill of Atlanta Theological Sem inary have been other speakers from our sister institutions. Others have been Rev. Laurence Fenninger, chaplain of Hampton Institute, Mr. W. J. Trent, secretary of the colored Y. M. C. A. in Atlanta, Mr. Arthur A. Ward of the Ceylon Mission of the American Board, Dr. Will W. Alexander of the Inter-Racial Committee, Rev. Lewis H. Keller, superintendent of the Congregational Extension Board of the Southeast, and Rev. R. T. Weatherby, field worker of the Northern Method ist Episcopal Church. Keep Green, O Turf Read at the Chapel Service by President Ware s monument, May 25. By Thomas J. Flanagan, a college student. Keep green, 0 turf, above the mound Of Edmund Asa Ware. With bowed heads we near thee tread; A savior s sleeping there. He, from his noble race removed, In that soul-trying day, Did fire an infant race to rise And Find or make a way.' The new buildings in the city system of public schools are in various stages of erection, and a number of the old buildings which they will dis place have been sold. The Edmund Asa Ware School, being erected on land purchased from us, is practically certain to be ready for occupancy in the fall. The new high school building for colored students may not be ready quite as early, but probably will be at least by January, 1924.

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25 THE the ideal AMERICAN of equal educational IDEAL is opportunity, not merely for the purpose of enabling one to know how to earn a living, and to fit in to an economic status more or less fixed, but of giving play to talent and aspiration and to development of mental and spiritual powers. Charles E. Hughes.