The colored American., 1903-06-27
WINTER WOOD A B. A.
A Good Showing for Colored Students
DIR. Lyons Sails for the Dark Con-
tinent-Literary, Religious and So
cial News from Gotham.

New York City, N. Y, Special.-Tht
sending forth their yearly quota o.
graduates. Following close upon the
commencement exercises of Columbis
University, when Prof. Charles Win
ter Wood, of Tuskegee, received the
degree of B. A. from the Teachers
College, came the closing exercises o1
the Normal College of the City of New
York, held at Carnegie Hall, on the
18th instant. This college is exclu
s1Vely for women, from whom the
teachers of the various schools of New
York are principally selected. There
were about six hundred graduates, but
only two of them were coIored. This
was indeed a small showing for the
race, out of such a large number o1
whites.
Miss Wiliana Jones, one of the sue
cessful ones, formerly completed q
course at Public School No 48, from
which she graduated as vaIedictorian
Of the Senior Glass in 1898. She then
took the Normal College entrance ex
animation and passed with the high
est average of any girl either white OF
colored. Miss Mabel Scott shares the
honors with Miss Jones. Miss Scott
is very studious by disposition, and is
musician of no mean ability. 1t is
to be hoped that the cOlored girls OF
this city and elsewhere will take ad
vantage of the rare opportunity Nor
NAL College affords as a free institu
ton, and that the race will soon be
better represented as to numbers than
it has been.
The Rev. Ernest Lyon, D. D., OF
Baltimore, the recently appointed
United States Minister to Liberia
sailed for his post on the Cunard line
steamship Etruria, on Saturday, the
goth inst. DR.. Lyon was accompanied
by his son and two daughters.
Next Thursday evening the closing
exercises of St. Marks Lyceum will be
held. A special program has been
prepared under the direction of Pres
ident Arthur w. Handy. Lyceum will
reopen about the 18th of September
At St. James Presbyterian Church
the pastor, Rev. G. LIE Roy Butler, has
been delivering series of sermons OF
the Psalms, which he followed up or
Sunday at IL a. m. by delivering an
instructive discourse from the 2nd
Psalms. At 8 p. M. his subject was
"a Call to Immediate Preparation
He showed in a particular manner
why we should be on the alert tC
grasp each opportunity as it is pre-
sented.
The Christian Endeavor met at 4
p. m. and was led by James Drake and
Miss Carrie L. Dent. The subject was
How we may learn to use the sword
Next Sabbath, which will be the las
meeting until September, will be Mis-
sionary Day, as well as conservation
DR.. Booker T. Washington, princi
pal of Tuskegee Normal and Industri
al institute, is booked at the Manhat
tan Hotel. Mrs. Elizabeth Dent, ot
Washington, d. c., is visiting hel
daughters, Mrs. John r. Hillery anC
Miss Carrie L. Dent.
For the first time in the history o.
New York, there was filed in the Office
of the county clerk a certificate show
ing the organization of a company O
cOlOred men as co-partners, with am
pie capital, engaged in the business
of leasing tenement houses and flats
under the name and style of the Afro
American Realty Company. The Pres
ident of the company, Mr. James c
Thomas, is well worth 100000. Th
secretary and treasurer, Mr.. James E
Garner, represents more than $50. .OOC
and the business manager, Mr. Phi
lip q. Payton, jr., is said to be Operat
ing on $4,000.
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