The colored American., 1901-08-10

ire and go upon the rolls SIS honorary
memb r M. I. The III citing then 8d
j 'uFned subject to le call Of the pcesi-
dent.
o. Saturday The c I)rAd American
c2nt8ined a column, T. llTog nf the
hormOni0us sld sue ossiul meeting,
il is'rsted by handsome cu.s o. PIesi-
dent HeTsnaw and Editor Fortune,
non 'rary had of the executive COM
mIttee
S sturday evening. March y, in the
presence nf distingushe1 company,
Mr. FO,tlne wa. ned Dy the Pen aad
Pencil Club,
How lorg the club then ,nguisbed
n the vest pocket of its cOns EitutiOpa al
com nittee, that committee is best abe
TO r, tie. Largely thrOug1 the enter
DT'ss OF NJ sssFs II -rsh sw. Msnard and
Paynter, supplemented by he moral
support of a who had s nee j in I'd. the
lub va. snatche SIS brand from tn
burning and went to GO iOus a 3hieve
ments.
The throes of permanent 0rganiZ2
lion wers nerve irving, ard the ad p
tlon Of the constitution vas attended
By III IRE ''pints OF OTdeT' than Ouz fore
'sth. Il al Pnila 1elphiain II. 6 ever had
had any idea coud be dawn The
question of admission fees for charter
| and suOseq uent member Of the House
ways and means committee when
/ general tariff bill hsd TO be dis posed Of
The result. however, was as satisfactory
as human ingenuity could make it,
and the club grew in strength
! OF the meteOric success Of Pen and
| Club Day at the Second Baptist Ly-
ceum the best eitiz IDS OF the town csn
testify The public Endorsement was
| pronounced and unmistsEsbls- The
| sfRaniz uiOn discovered that it had not
only n literary bat q social standing"
/ tnat uld be capital d at a. s prem
| ium Then cama the picnic-the ban
ner outing OF W sshi nGtou home s=s
sOn. Nothing bad ever been seen at
| Lake Vie TO eQIsl the crowd tina.
| cam ample in lumber. gorge Is as
to costume, creamy as 70 q1siity, and
as cong anisl a Ge'-rki cOlored hoy
and q ripe wsteTmel III The & .ub
realiZ that
There's a tide in the affairs Of men,
/ Which taken al the food
Leads on to fortune
! aud the future of the organic 4IiOu has
heen made secure " ale the sun s0ines.
Tne annual dinner in January will be
q stellar event, and the "dignitari e"
of the country are expected 10 take part.
The Pen and Pencil Club now NUM-
oers forty. An examination of the ros-
ter VIII give an ides of who they are
and what they stand for, The officers
are:
L NJ Hershaw, president; r. w.
Fhomps Or, Is vice president; ". T
denaTd. 2ad vice president: Roscoe c
VI Simmons, secrstarv; Robert PeIasm
jr.. cor. secTetsry; Il. 2 slaughter,
treasurer. Governing Bosrd: Paul
Laurence Dunbar, chairman: W. l.
n ouston. Samuel Z Lacy, Alex. L.
Manly, Arthur 5 Gray.
The Ia members who may one dsy
rlse to Ctfi5ial distinction include:
HY Arnett, T. W. Allen. Paul Fl
Bray, Fl E Baker, W. l.. Board, ] G
Burrls I. h. r Clarke. &. Camp.
L james a Cob, " Bruce Evans.
WI lam 7 Ferguson John y GoIrs
L O. GREGORY, E 4. . G,iGher. CnslIes
T. II slI Tn 2LuaS i 7 snosOr NJ Grant
Lucas, frank q H4pIy. Tbouas Fl
Malone, Daniel Murray, JohuH Pawn
ter William L Poll srd a O S5efford
J w. + Smlth. +. VI Sims. Joseph
n stewart. r E Toomay, Jonn ii.
Wills. Lucien Il White.
The history Of the Pen and Pencil
CIno, IS told here. illustrates very hsp-
ply that mighty Osks may from little
ac0rns grow"
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