The colored American., 1901-06-08

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oee1 IN operation only eignC years bu
IN that time iG has done much to rails
the standard OF the cOIOred ministry
the present class ike those OfpreviOu
years, Is mot ashamed OF the gOspe
OF Christi nor the gospel of labor eICf
/ aE. = Eo.va one is able to earn an homes
living without ntdepending entirely upol
The ministry. Mr. W. &. Clelsnd, New
berry, 5 O., one Of Lhe graduates, i
also full hedged agricUltur Sew
enCy-one s,adeLts are enrol ed in GhIl
department representing Six denOm
natl Jns out the MetnOdIsts AMI Bar
lists are In great majority. The al
DuaI address 10 the Blule students wa
deltVert by Rev. E. P. Johnson o
Atlanta Ga, and all who neard hin
concede Unat 1t was one OF the strOngesI
the school has been favored with. His
-uoJec6 was "MOses The Gceat and SAT,
Lea fer -
tuesday night there was q carnival
OF orsI Ory, the occasion eing the Sixth
annual contest for the Trinity church.
Boston, prizes eeIabl shed by Rev. e..
W1ncnes Ter Donald, rector of PrinitV
church, Boston, Mass, tt e first priZ.
Is S25 ald the second prize is SIS fl
the best OTatlOu on either OF the otto ".
Ing subjects: (D Industry a. RsI4'eC
to Chsrac Ier, AMI ~ Education AS RI
lated to Civic Prosperity. Tnere We're
SIX c00te 'tants but the hOuOrs Wer4
carrisd d of by T. B. Nicely of South
Carolina (1st prize) and r II Fleming
Of Iennos ee (2n p 'ize.) The S eaKine
was OF a nigh order aud each OnteetanI
reelected much credit on Prot. G. w.
Wood, the he'd If the department of
EiOcutIOn and OrGtOry. High enthusi-
a-m prevailed throughout the evening
ana this enthusiasm was accentuRCed
by the appearance of Blind rOm" at
the Conclusion o the speaking. BIind
f"nI Is now tOnIiug the Suuth anu the
SchO arranged 10 lava him appear be-
tore the students af er bis reg ular COZ =
:ert IN the town of 1nskegee His abiI-
lty tn initiate nn the piano every musi-
cal instrument from the bass drum Cu
the pipe organ as we'll IS his exquisite
rendItion OF selections from the mas
ters Is truly marve Iops.
"wednesday afternoon the Trustees
held their ANNUAL meeting, at which
time Prl0Cipat Washington and Yreas =
ureT Logan submitted their annual re-
ports. T0e PrInriEai's report was Of
bered printed fJr geieral distribu ion
The following IS taken from the report
IT ha Fr- q nrer: Total cash receiu+s
S29S 4I5 90 o. Ihis amount 800 900
~ no for current expenses. neany
SlOO 600 has been added 10 the EudOW-
menF Fuud which now amounts to
$3.50 600, the balance to buildings, equip
menL and the balance to past inOeht
edness. The studenCs have paid in la
Dor, towards their expenses S66 898 43.
they have paid in cash $l4 ,605 IS.
Thursday, May 30, WAS Lne closing
day OF the comm6Lcement exercises
and 1t would seem that every mule In
MatOu county was Oh the grounds to
catch the inr piratiOn Of the occasion.
Fully 900 farmers with their wives
ana children were present, many ar
riving ss early as four O'cIork in the
morning after drive of from 25 to 40
miles. A specisI Irain came up from
Ala , in the early morn
ng bringing several hundred VISITORS
nSny Of whom were the most promi-
lenG citizens of both races OF that city.
All OF the forenoon was devoted to ex.
'rctses in the class rooms, and ex htbiCE
q the workshops AID agricultural |
and bs might be expected the |
after place was the mecca for the farm |
RS. There they were shown ell the |
atest agrjcul Oralim plements and were
old of their advantages over the old |
bull tOngued" pillow and other imple-
nents of ante 0eilum days, There
ney saw and admired the schools
ne breed of chickens. ducks, geese,
urkeys, hogs, sheep, bloOded horses
nd were amsZed at the grace, eaEe
I'D rspidity with which the COWS were
liIked, the cream separated from the
l1lk anO the cream made into tempt