The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-01
NEGRO IN The PROFESSIONS.
WOMEN AS WELL AS MEN RECEIy-
ING GOOD OBLIGATIONS.
rayHcians and Lawyers Graduate
from Some of the Leading Coll
leses in the North.

NsW YORK, January 31.--The field SEQ
tiary Of the South American Missionary
NAF.s, Rev. George W. Moore of Nash
''''s' mas made protracted investigation
NAVeiing the negro in professional life.
Nc reports in 1896 there were 1919
'auenls In professional ..ourse5 in coIored
nu'0S ana of these 215 were women.
'4''e were IO3 students and seventy six
''squa'es Of theology, l2i students and
'su'y'ionr graduates in law, ESQ students
~ .nir'y graduates in medicine and six
plarmacy and l26 students and forty
sea'es IN nurse training. There were
,,u''hSe schools of theology, Ave schools
Il, =" ana six schools of medicine. In ad-
s, .va 70 these schools, which have been
Nf NJ for the negro in professional
mil. sne doors OF the leading colleges and
an s.siies OF tile North, East and West
rVpen 70 him. Since 1885 there have
nm ieo Students who received diplomas
H., epu,anle medical colleges. making
~ Yss % No. This list docs not include
rradns,s's number of negro men who have
fhs,s from Northern institutions.
o.cd ca ~ Twelve schools for training col
Ihxp tr smrn MS nurses; 200 nurses have
Iisnt hosn nea ana are in training. Provi-
tshcol i IL OF Cnlaago is the pioneer
| ial ~ ms nus work. The Trecman's hos
Itosnit,, washington, d. c.. is the largest
,. sss,l 10 the country omen 70 colored
IA ' M Inc medical department of How
h. snsersity Is located at this hospital.
n ihir, sauated e53 coloree doctors. There
N urty colored p,articiuu nbvsiclans
N,h, District of Columbia.
y Medical collero of Nashville
N densiss.sseo $40 IN medicine, thirty-iive
M enrc,,y and forty throei IN pharmacy.
N In liz ra Tor the present session Is
~ In apartment OF medicine, twenty
"a university Mt R,leigh. y. C., also
mn "sn equipped medical school. Able
bid VII, ~, coloyed physicians are ASSOC
A. .mn white physicianl as professors
Md in IN ,ne SIX medical colleges estab-
| ih,,s me South for colorSed men.
lsyral ar az colored medical IN ssociatio.s in
sfional sssna, in States. T1erc is also
Atfe are Isolation OF coloryed physicians.
trr. number OF coiolreJ physicans
ktk Itsaseons in the t-ni,n & GATES army
~ ~ rank Of major w
nw Department =, howard uni
III x . me largest sphnaI in the South
I'M m oolored men 6TtJ & number OF
~ a Of yi have graduated from the law
j ma ~ aye. Harvard Hoston uuiver-
lawyers University Of hiichiean. Col
gn and Wuraetsce in MANY Northern,
ars citia. "esterr Stat<ss and IN the
~ 800 coloro .. the Sout n. There are
prsctice Z. lawyers N this country.
MAR f,a,rr. AZ the eou Ifs. About 1000
~ as ed,s. man Ind 1000 more
najorltv are tie rs;fisiry.
and pyasys' ths Cong Feeational Epis-
men busS,,srian mi hIsters are eGu..
Of The ufv forr b only small
are also 'uy Of col ored ministers;
;odist ana 4, nany int lI.gsnt colored
~ bishops ~ \, minis kers. /
opal, stke ~ the AfriX IAN Methodist
and nlr'can Meth, ldist Episcopal
sAes, tosssh ea Method1 u Episcopal
wide sra With " ministers. |
lnuence hir church
& kpiseopaI ISL ISL Of u; IAN Meth
II SnAseh ~. bop Alex