The colored American., 1903-02-14

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faculty and studeuts of the Academy
we're most highly and pleasantly en-
+ar+ained Saturday evening, the 9TH
INST. by President ]. o. Spencer, OF
Morgan College, who gave one Of his
most interesting lectures. along with
the stereopticaI views OF the Island OF
CevIon, India, and Japan. While the
scenes were most pleasing and inter
estfng, he also gave a most beauuIul
and Glowing description of the customs
and habits and living of the japanese.
Among the many things he spoke OIL
them as being the greatest aSrlcuICuI
ISIS and fiOriculturists in the WoTlu'
The writer was much Interested Win
TN, description he gave of the naVaI
,asseI all rugged with her men at thelI
staten and everything ready ICf ac
ticn the entire thing being mace vi
flowers which shows the artlSJlc Shlll
of the gardner of Japan. He says TINS
is not a recent skill given those people'
but if has been handed down from gen
o..,,tCn tn generation, IN fact. it is
hereditary. He cited an inc1dent'Where
he became an invited guest OF one OF
tho JaOaneSe families, how, before en-
taripg the door. he had toleaVe MS
shoes on the outside and enter IN MS
hare feet. and then was most courteous
Iy invited to rest on the sores u hlo
feet which is their custom OF Slttlhg'
hut as he said, is very tlresome 10 an
American should he be aDle 10 Sel
himself in such position at all. NeAI
came the dinner, which laSIeu Solile
four or five hours with MN sun III
mis- positIon; he says he became very
l. 10 h1l- CONGRATULATE
+he doctor uDOn being able to walk az
all after being in such shape ABOUT
twelve courses were served during
dinner. one being a live raw HSn
being brought in and sliced ana SerHt"'
which is a very favored dish with the
Tananese. but the DR.. says he VIII al
yavs take his brOiled hereafter. we
ST for about thirty minutes ana Drank
down the rich food as it flowed from
the doctors lips like sweet money lIONl
9 COL AMERICAN
io,rs wa couId have listened with
ease and wished for the time to have
icon elonger. 1t is a grand treat as
we'll as an education to have such men,
who have spent SC many years IN the
foreign mission lands as Dr. Spencer.
The Academy was the recipient OF
visit from three distinguished genCle-
men who were lecturers at the Farmers
Tnsti-uT near this place Ihey gave
stirring and instructive speeches Whlch
the students and all the faculty ENJOY
ed. They told how their fathers were
interested in the deliverat1on or the
slaves and of their delight at seeing
the old slaves offspring striving TO
f. themse Ives for usefulness IN the
deyelcpmcnt Of their race. The Acad
emv is frequented by distinguished
,fc;torc cN cry week
TIL bocy of Mr.. James Morris was
brought home from Wilmington, DEL
the 3rd inst, for interment- Rev. M. II.
HCrsey Officiated.
Next week is quarterly conference
az the A. NJ. E Zion Church.
Mrs. Cyrus Sinclair was the guest
of her mother and sister, Mrs. Mary
F. Gale and Mrs. Addie Jones, TINS
week. Mrs Sinclair is resident OF
Cambridge, Md, where her HUSBAND
faes a big butchering business MISS
Hulette E. Norris, second assistant IN
the public school is a lover OF children
and a master of her situation. Inc
wincipaI is much pleased with her