Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-08-07
Another Meeting I'm Favor OF Mixed
schools

schools.
The fourth of the series of meetings of cOlored
people IN favor of mixed schools was held AT
Island Hall last night. The first to arrive were
me Janitor and the newspaper reporters, next
PrOf. Storum, ID. Augustus Strayker and others
from the neighborhoOd of Howard University
The citizens OF the three districts-the nth 17th
and lSth-were very slow in gathering, and IL
was ~ O'Clock before a sufficient number APP
peared TO proceed to business. At that hour
there we're by actual count 40 persons present,
excluding Ieporters)-44 colored men, 2colored
women and white men. DIR. j. l.. N Bowen
called the meeting to order, and stated this
was the fourth meeting of the series on the sub
Ject OF popular education. He urged that it
was the privilege OF the colored people to
demand equal rights as to education. They
were
NOT PARTICULARLY ANXIOUS FOR SOCIAL
EQUALITY,
but they demanded that the barriers to schools
should be thrown down, as they had been as to
Mir. VIM. A. Taliafero was ION motion of Col
Perry CARSON called to the chair and brieAv
returned his thanks for the honor. He stated
onat tne eoloIed people had been misrepresented
az 10 their wishes on the normal school bill i'm
me Council He urged that there should be no
barriers to the education of eolOred children
hey 1.-THE eolored PeOple) held the balance of
,c,-ar and they should demand equal priyi-
iSCes Win On. whites in every particular.
IL T,Sr s,T rs e. sfted secretary.
ID Dr. A Se%sh s A. s"r was called on and COM
inenced his speech By charging NAT hitherto he
had not been correctly reported. He knew
which subject to discuss-the course of the
trustees of colored schools; the course of Mr..
Brooks on the normal school bill; or their (the
co!ored peoples)right to enter the public schools
He claimed that there should be no distinction
made; that the schools should be open to all and
that the time would come when those who OPP
pose this view will be sorry for IL. Social
equality will not be brought about by mixed
schools. He received his education in such a
school, and knew that social equality did not
spring from it. By clamOring for separate
ENCOURAGING KU-RLUxIsM.
He agreed with the remark some one had made
that the newspaper opposing them would en-
dOrse their course as soon as it found that
they were unit. He held that education, in-
dustry, and economy were all necessary to bring
about social equality If there is such thing
and there was nothing more powerful against
prejudice than the almi ghty dollar.
Prof. StOrum was next called on and after
stating that many of them who pretend TO be
opposed to these meetings were months ago in
favor of one common school system, he said
the ten thousand colored voters of the District
were prescribed and urged that the experiment
OF mixed schools had been tried in Detroit,
Chicago, and other places, and was a success.
DIR. j. l.. y. Bowen made one of his charac-
teristic speeches
MRS. LOUISE BUTLER
made the following statement: al reside at No
5Oi 18th street, between Il and + streets, and
have been tax payer for the last ten years. I
have child seven years and six months of age,
who has never attended q public school, Two
schools are within two squares, and the Frank
I'm building being the nearest, / am deprived
from sending my child to this school because IL
Is colored. Therefore I am compelled to keep
my child at home and prevent her from receiv-
Ing an education"
ELECTION OF OFFICERS BIZ THE OLDEST In
HABITANTs AssoCIATIoN.-Att the meeting of
the Oldest Inhabitants Association, Yesterday,
the fol- wing officers were elected: Dr. j. B,
Blake, president; Jenkiu Thomas, William
Henry Williams, Dr.. William Waters, Jonn
Purdy, .Chauncey Bestor, John ID. Clark, DR.
William Gunton, James Adams, Samuel Stet.
tinus, T.. j. Middleton, p. M. Pearson j, w
Martin, s. Mast, Francis Hanna, vice presi-
dents; Nicholas Callan, ST., treasurer; j. Car
roll Brent, esq, secretary; 8. Mast, marsh al
Resolutions of respect to the memories of w. A.
Gordon. ST., Michael Larner, and Richard Pet
| tit. recently deceased, were adopted. Mr.
| Brent presented from A. w. johnson, United
States navy, muster rolls OF Captain Davidson'i
company Light Infantry, serving In detach
ment OF Washington volunteers from the 1stf
70 the 18th Of July, 1914; also, for January u
\ September, 1893. Also, a letter written BY
/ Major General John p. Van Ness, dated Wash
1 ington, July 10, 1874, and directed to Capt. Da
/ wilson, of the LIST regiment LIST brigade Of thu
| militia of the District of Columbia, orderins
| him, on account of being the senior Captain q
i command OF the said detachment and proceed
| without delay TO Nottingham, Nd. and report
/ to General Winder, under whose order hs
| should act. Also, q letter written in prose and
1 poetry, nv T. Law, an old WASH n gtouiau In
isi4, TO Mrs, Washington, Of Thomas Wash
| ington.