National Republican., 1883-05-25
THE WAYLAND ALUMNI.
They Celebrate the Anniversary Of Their Alma
= Mater in Two Sections.
Tho Causs Being Dissatisfaction with
the Principal

were elected: fresluenb w NJ roitoi 'iVo
president, E. Duncan treasurer, Miss Marga-
ret Washington; recording secretary, j. W.
Garris and corresponding secretary, p. W.
Pulley. The following resolution was also
adopted:
Whenever an individual race, or nations has
been insulted unjustly treated, and their natural
rights interfered with (beyond endurancel py
be Just grounds for the separation Of kindred ties.
II Is on this principle that some OF the greatest
plished We, the alumni OF wayland seminary,
hold that the principal has insnlt!ed' , nn.
Justly most sss.d 9nS sh h'S THERE s%'q sFs
in which the principal Of Wayland
has maltreated, beyond endurance, students,
The assault upon Miss Mary e. Williams, which
resulted in the arrest OF the principal was but the
which too frequently msrred the peace and hap.
piness Of our alma mater. We, therefore, resolve
not meet at wSysSSd 20 9nS a. that FdT ~ .s
there would simply be sustaining the principal In
his attitude toward the colored people In this
claims 10 moral courage aud independence of
thought and action.
The cause of this resolution, in the Ian
guage Of Prof. Storum, Of the seminary fac
ruary, 1882 one of the young ladies, Miss
Mary Z. Williams, failed to attend one Of the
exercises of the school on Sabbath evening,
giving as her excuse exhaustion, caused by
her labors in the Sabbath school and church.
She was accused Of showing disrespect to her
teacher This she claimed she had no inten-
tion of doing. Upon the following day the
principal requested the young lady to go and
settle the matter with her teacher She said
"you had been to her and could get
no satisfaction" She attempted to tell
him the trouble, and he ordered her
room. The manner of the principal was
very rude, and the lady said she would go to
her own room. She left the room, and he
followed her and prevented her from going.
He again told her to go up stairs. and she
said she would not, and he seized her by
both arms, forced her backward through the
hall and into his room, and forced her down
into a chair and put his knee in the lower
part of her stomach. This was her testi-
mony in the court. The students feel that
an injustice had been done to them as well
as an insult TO one of their. number, so
large number refuse to 90 to the seminary,
and large number of the graduates refuse
to hold their meeting at the seminary this
year. Hence the meeting at Nineteenth
Street church. The young lady was ad-
mitted to Howard university by unanimous
vote of the faculty"
The following members OF the Alumni as
sociation met at tho Nineteenth Street Bap-
tist church last night;
Miss Victoria stewalter, Miss Margaret Wash.
ington; Miss Anna NJ Mason, Mrs NJ Eva Gordon
James Warren, Miss Laura James, Messrs. +. Dun
can, J. NJ. Garris, Willis NJ; Carter, z. b. Brown,
GaSiapS PSSs%S Scott T%S'Rhy S pss samuel IL
Watson, W. D. Thompson, and Nelson L. Ellis.
The other members who were in sympathy
with the movement which led to the city cele-
bration, but who were not present at the
church, were:
Price, Samuel Jackson, Miss Belle b. Curtis, H. +.
McNauRhton, Rev. H. G. Jones, Miss Josie s. Bal,
Mrs Bessie |ShnspR sa y w. IL Hs Josie
and the Rev. r. II. Porter.
The exercises at the church were Of highly
interesting character, and the large attendance
denoted the popularity Of the institution,
from which the essayists had graduated. The
following programme was rendered, the
music being given by an excellent make
chorus of the members of the alumni: Invo-
cation, Rev. Walter II. Brooks instrumental
voluntary, Miss Estela Wood, Of Washington,
d. c.; presidents address, Il. B. Brown, of
Hampton, Va. alumni history, A. Clarence
"Induence of Women" Miss Maggie A. Wash
ington, of Christiansburg,. Va; oraton--
''Keep it Before the People," II. A. Wayland,
of Christiansburg, Va; music, Farewell to
the old School House," Miss Anna Mason,
of Washington, d. c.; music, benediction,
Rev. William Waring.
After the exercises at the church were con-
Cludcd, the members of the association ad-
journed to Wayland hall, where the alumni
supper was served, In addition to the men,
bers named as being present at the church,
the following invited guests enjoyed the en-
tertainment
Rev. Robert johnson, Rev Walter H. Brooks
Prof J. L. Dart, Mr.. G. A. Stewart, Prof. James
storum, MIR. James H. Smith, Rev. William War
Ing, and Mr.. Cromwell.
There was also an alumni association meet
ing at the seminary ON Fifteenth street
above Boundary last night. At the business
meeting, the Rev. T.. II. Bolden, of Ports
mouth, Va, was reelected president; w. Il.
Graham was elected vice president
Samuel Jackson, corresponding secretary
Charles b. Williams, recording secretary
Rev. w. b. johnson, treasurer, and Hon. T.
A. Randolph, Rev. Harvey johnson, and Rev
VIM. NJ. Alexander, executive committee
After the business meeting adjourned there
were literary exercises in the seminary hall
The programme was as follows: Requisites
America" Rev. VIM. M. Alexander; poem
"Thoughts at Reunion" Miss Bertha A. Piper
" History of the Alumni" by the Rev. w. b.
johnson.
Short addresses were also made by several
of the alumni, and the president, Mr.. Bolden,
deli yered an address upon the duties of the
educated colored men to their race. After
the exercises were concluded collation. was
served in the refectory. DR.. King professor
Of Greek at the seminary, and son of the
Rev. q. M. p. King the president, told
THE REPUBLICAN reporter that the
seminary faculty did not desire to
say anything about the other alumni asso'
citation.
"The whole thing" said DIR. King, "lies in
nutshell. Last winter in 1872, my father
reprimanded a female student who was un.
ruly. There was little fuss made at the
time by the girl, but nothing was done. Last
summer the trustees of the seminary
failed to reappoint Mr.. Storum as
professor, and he has stirred up this trouble
All the alumni who met at tho Nineteenth
Street Baptist church tonight are young men,
most Of them being students who attended
the seminary last year. We know we are in
the right and desire TO let the matter rest
There is no controversy whatever"
The reporter talked with several Of the
students at the seminary, and they EXPRESSED
themselves as being heartily in favor Of the
seminary alumni as against the Nineteenth
street alumni
The Wayland seminary was established in
1866 by the American Baptist Home Mission
society, of New York, and is supported by
contributions. The classes are open to stu
dents of both sexes, and the pay students pay
$50 a year for their board. 1t has been
largely patronized by the young colored
people, and during the scholastic year just
ending there were 145 pupils in the institu
tion.
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