The colored American., 1901-09-07

and Ircpums with which the National |
Canit9I pr0fusely abOUnds. The com |
nd wear is one Of great promise, as |
tho air is full of vital questions, and |
,5o orators who have the cOuntTy's |
welfare mt heart show many evidences |
that they have been burning the mid |
niohf oil i'm their endeayOrS to find q |
rempdv for the ills that beset us, and |
rbpy Will be ON hand early in the |
game" to give the result Of their lUcu- |
hrationS TO the anxious and palpitat- |
ing public. The franchise, our pOliti- |
c9l future. the duty of the race, the
higher and other educatiOnS, the indus
trial outlook. the NegrO's contribution
10 civilizatiOn replies to one Ben Till
man the Negro in business, the use
and abuse Of national conventions, the
ethics of marriage, WOman'S influence,
the Philippine problem, what is United
States territory, is the church keep
ing pace with the times, and divers
and SUudTy other topics will be dis
cusSed by the scholars and thinkers
who Will gather at the several meet
ingS ON the Whole. these Organiza-
tjOnS are doing a mint of good. for
lines that they might not touch. were
It not for a convenient forum to place
before them the current issues and
SifD the facts for general information.
The first in the field will be the
Second Baptist LyceUm. now in the
sixteenth year of its establishment. dur
ing which time it has gained a na-
tOnaI rcputatiOn The opening date
will be- October % and the speaker
Of the occasion will be Prof. Robert
II. Terrell, principal Of the Washing
ton High School and Grand Master
OF the MasOnS OF the District of Co
IumoIa. The musical program will he
furnished by The Monumental Orches-
tra under the leadership Of Prof.
Charles Hamilton. Other attractions to
follow will be Prof. Kelly Miller the
Amphjon Glce Club. w. G.. NJ. Will
lam L. Taylor. of the True Reform
tTS' irof. W. H. II. Hart. Rev. G. w
Lee. Oh "MdrriaEe;' Hon. JudSon w
L"|n> Register of the Treasury; Law
yer H. ). Smith, District Attorney
ashley NJ. Gould, Emmett !. Scott. of
IU$kegoe; Hon. Robert w. Wilcox.
JeIesalr from Hawaii; Prof. L. +.
Moore Major Charles II. Douglass.
non, samuel GOmpers, DR. W. y.
IToHUL Ilr. Alexander Kent Prof.
lanes Sterum, Hon. G. II. White.
nfoL. +. L. CardOzU. jr., Commissioner
IL. B. +, Macfarland Prof. Jesse Law
known
@ PRESIDENT r. W. Thompson. of the
Ntc0hd Baptist Lyceum. announces
u'e following executive committee for
Ae ensuing year. The officers. given
=" recent issue are members of the
,o o.LlliL,itee eX OtficiO. The fifteen not
VrILtu W,, heretofore are: Hon. George H.
t"uUe Henry Y. Arnett. Robert Pei
nam Jr- }. H. Harmon, w. NJ. Wilson.
~ q, :. Moore, ]. 7. c. NewsOm, NJ. \.
(T.e (g.oe,I, K. +. TOOmey, T. W. Allen,
Ms Mss Natle West, Mrs. J. w. Pope,
il l.S. Mary Garrison, Miss Laura Rob
I', ou ana Miss Hattie Drew. The
HIlen OF the subcommittee are
sar. 'iIo"S; On program, r. W. Thomp-
Oh hnance. Prof. Jesse Lawson:
e4ecutIYe departments and public
nrao. oiS, lteV. ". Bishop Johnson: on
tafrS' hobert Pelham. jr.: on enter
~ ueuj- Miss Mary Brown.
f.,I, NE regular opening of the TWEEN
Tf.l T.1 season of Bethel Literary and
T,S'o5lcaI Association will take place
n~gsoay evening, October %. The
r,oSfam will take the form of 2 SYM
postum ON the work and fnturn Of
ha u'-dItHation. The speakers will
noI,,1 presidents of Bethel. and will
Prae trof. William II. Richards,
t5o,,. Nelly Miller, Prof L. NJ. Her
An an" and Mrs. Mary Church Terrell.
NM are speakers of undoubted elo-
fn'.e f5Dc-ce ana their addresses are always