Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-02-14
SOCIAL D0lNGS
Society EetrOspect,veiy aud PrOspeg
tiyely -Leciur. :. Dances and
other Doings.

The lecture at the University
chapel on Wednesday evehinr, by
Thos. Brown the cOlored minister,
Of Portland, was we'll attended,
ard he gave an interesting ad.i~c->.
The JOURNAL gives a shDrl 4ynoy-is
Of this talk. Education, wealth.
aud religion are the only gruad au
sublime means by which the urgp
problem can be solved, and t.ii-
must be done by the colored man
himself, and not by his frirrl-
Let every cOlOred youth have cag Dl .
education and "a moral char,c,"r,
and he will solve his own problem
They are fast coming to the front liz
educational Interests. When thri
war ended the colOrcd race as "A mass
had no conception Of the grand
principles Of education; only few
had taste Of 1t; but 10y th,
aid OF the Christian philauth -upis,
Of this and 0. her lands, he las uc
come learned and able in the pro
! ie.sIOns o: the day and in grpa
degree he il becoming able g..
cope with his white neighbors.. We
have over l6,COO colorrd schu,l
teachers in the United States; and
We have over % colleges and semi.
narles founded, d,supported ana tauglI
by the race. Tn, Sc aud other noble
characters are fast solving the much
talked Of race problem. The negro'-
proficiency to occupy the various
positions of trust should remove all
doubt from the prejudiced mind as
to his capabilities. The moral and
religious progress is seen all alOn"
the line since his emancipation. The
large number of churches and heavy
membership saOw their eminent |
progress in this liuc. We have $50 !
weekly newspapers and not less than |
400 authors pi no mean reputation, |
and our professional aud scientific |
men keep abreast Of the times. The !
colored man has made reputation |
for himself AZ a mechanic. He has !
shown himself active in all the great |
movements in reformation. He is
active in all the orders of benevolent |
societies and many of them have ac-
cumu'ated great wealth and know
how to handle IT,. Curly locks ard
black comp eXiOn cannot forfeit
natures claims. Snins may differ,
but affection and abilities dwell in
white and black the same.
BIRTHDAY RECEPTION.
The children of Mr.. and Mrs. G..
w. Hunt met at the home of their
parents on last Monday, l2j High
street, and celebrated the Goth birth
day of Mr.. Hunt with fine dinner.
lt was "A pleasant occasion for all
the children to meet again around
the family hearthstone. There
were present besides Mr.. and Mrs.
Hunt and their daughters who live
at home, Mr.. and Mr.. II. J. Ashby.
of Albany; Mr., and Mrs. J. Il. Hunt,
of Whiteaker and Mr.. and Mrs. i
w. Hunt, of Salem. The JOURNAL
acknowledges with thanks AN ex-
c"llent cake and wishes thi- pioneer
family to Oregon many more such
pleasant gatherings around the fun-
lily altar Of the parrntu, home.
FROM WISCONSIN.
Twin city y vs., N,cuuh- Men
asha, Wis: "Ihe special cur, Cali
fornll' which brought the Kimhcr.
y party home from Salem, Oregon, ,
has been nearly all over tho Unit, d
states since the accident al salem.
There were over one hundred per I
SONS hurt in the railroad disaster I
aud this car, with the attendants, has ;
been used To transport the mturtu-
nate people TO their homes. Tie
- ;" AVN H''' - ltS last ull~Slbh
lt this kind. The attendants ia,
Mr.. Kimberly high compiinlru
1y saying that out of al, the scores
hey have accompanied hc WAS the
me they liked best and upon whom /
I was n pleasure To attend. In fact \
hey spoke in the highest praise oi
III the party ANA said that nearly all Il
he Inhabitants of Salem turned out y
O bid them good bye and God
peed AS they lett the station at that ID
ltN,' DIR, w. II. Byrd, Of this city, A
Who accompanied these unfortunate
'eople To their Eastern home, saws m
hey have beautiful home in Of
>evnah, Wis, and seemed to be
I1ed oy everyone who knew them. in
he trip there aud back was very ga
.ieasant one aud his patients stood
he J"amey well. DR., Byrd stayed
{ their home day or two before he Ia
rtunel West. On
PRoGRESslVE OPERAS.
The coming week Salem will have a.
u olortuulty 10 hvuraud see some.
hing progr, ssiye in the line Of dra.
laIic opera plays, Salem not being :"
great commercial cvntcr, but a ~
uiet city given more tc intellectual
allure, has not beeu considered a
ery good tsWu for a travelling opera ge
'mmuy, heuce many OF the best AL
oupss do not come here. When the IN
oslon opera company came 10
ortiaud to play two weeks en-. uil
'gement an effort was begun To vi
ave this compunV g,p,a a., Ssl.,,, en-