Evening star., 1902-01-18
.tovEJoYS DEEDS PRAISED
NEW SCHOOL BEARING HIS NAME
DEDICATED YESTERDAY.
Event Fittingly Celebrated by ApprO-
pirate Exercises-Dr. George
Richardson's Address.

The opening of the new Lovejoy school,
18th and D streets northeast, was fitting
iy celebrated yesterday afternoon by ap-
propriate and Interesting exercises at the
school building.
The program, which was arranged by
Miss NJ. A. Wheeler, the principal Of the
institution, included recitations. music, and
short addresses by prominent citizens.
Among those who spoke were Mrs. B. g.
Francis, member of the board Of education;
DR.. w. S. Montgomery, assistant superin-
tendent of schools. Rev. Mr.. Burke and
DR.. George Richardson. The latter said. In
part, as follows:
There are many subjects which might be
very appropriately discussed here, but
will not speak of them here today. except
as they are exempliied In the life OF one
for whom this beautiful edihce Is named
and to whose character and life-work there
can be no more fitting monument.
"Lovejoy, Love JOY! What an exquisite
combination of divine impulses to be pos
sessed by human being as family name!
Love and joy are the basic relations which
urderlie and insure moral and intellectual
development. No wonder Loyetoy Is do
ing so nicely. We have love and joy among
the pupils love and joy among the teach
ers, and even the building is Lovejoy.
Lovejoy's History sketched.
But who Is this Lovejoy? What has he
done that a building devoted to the educa-
tior Of colored youth should be named for
him?
Elijah B. Lovejoy was born in Albion,
Maine, in 1902 After graduating from col
.ege at Waterville, like many young men
who want to be something, he went west,
full of ambition, self-confdence, good
character, liberal education, few dol
lars and wealth of Christian faith, and
settled for while in St. Louis. Mo-. where
he became first school teacher, then a
minister and finally the editor and propri-
etor of a religious newspaper. In his
capacity as teacher and minister Lovejoy
won the respect and admiration Of the en-
| tire community on account OF his scholar
ship. gentlemanly bearing and amiability.
although as a minister he was known to
have pronounced views and was a fearless
and ardent antt-slavery advocate. He was
not at first an abolitiOnfst editor, although
slaves as the abolitionists were. only he
could not agree with their methods Of
bringing 1t about.
Hero and Patriot.
"Lovejoy was Christian, a hero. pa
triot. a statesman and a martyr. He was a
Christian because he followed the divine
injunction as ye would that men should
do to you, do We even so to them He
hated slavery because 1t was wrong. be-
cause he could not be consistent Chris
tian and at the same time aid and abet a
wrong act
Let us love the name of Lovejoy: let
us be brave and true as he was; let us
fight the wrong and defend the right; let
us never compromise our honest convic-
tions; let us prepare ourselves for employ
ments of usefulness and honor, and let
us pray that God may raise UP friends like
Lovejoy to help us initiate those noble and
/ gifted Christians, patriots and statesmen,
who contended that all men, white ana
black, are born free and equal and are en-
dowed by their Creator with the inaliena-
BILE right of life, liberty and the fruits OF
their toll"