The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-12-10

were the students and graduates of
Shaw University. During six years of
County Superintendency for Hartford
county the same thing was true. These
students were not only as good teach
ers as any others. but generally they
were the best. They are patriotic cit-
zens. striving as they see II, to build
up the State. | have always found
them on the side of the best white
people of the State in efforts to put
down the liquor traffic and establish
the principle of prohibition of the
traffic so harmful to all cur pe''o'"
and so specially harmful TO the ne
groes as a race | want this con-
vention heartily to pass this resolution
as a pledge of our friendship to and
for the negroes of our State and The
South and pledge from us to o',r
Northern white brethren and friends
that we desire the highest aud best
good of our brethren in black.
Missionary to Africa.
DR.. r. J. Willingham said that Fri
day night after the services a woman
approached him and sa'J She wanted
70 support A missiouS.rV IN Africa. She
could not go abroad herself and
preach. so she wanted to pay for
someone to preach for her in Africa
or some other foreign land.
Another person. a young merchant,
also told DR.. Willingham FridIv night
that he could not preach. but wanted
to support the young minister, Rev.
c. NJ. Rock. of Magnolia. who had
volunteered to go to Japan, and the
merchant offered $50 a month for the
salary and the work of Mr.. Rock in
Japan.
Baptist University.
The report of the Baptist University
for Women was submitted, and in
part was as follows;
by the blessing of God we are
permitted to report the promise of
highly successful session. The col
lege roll shows the names of 324 stu
dents, eleven more than were enrolled
during the last fall term. 1t is pleas
ant to state that each session reveals
gratifying improvement in the prep
aration of our girls, a fact which
speaks well for the efficiency and wild
ening influence of our secondary
schools.
Miss Mary S. Abbott has been Sc
cured as lady principal in place of Mrs.
Anderson. resigned. and has addressed
herself to her task with energy, TACT.
and gentleness.
Miss Caroline B. Phelps. A. M, of
Adrian College. and 0. M. of Emer-
| ceeded Miss Bowman as teacher of
Expression and PHYSICAL Culture The
work of physical training and exercise
| for the students has been so extended
and systematized that we have been
compelled to employ an assistant to
Miss Phelps. We seem to have been
| fortunate in securing for this posi-
ton Miss Gertrude Register. an adept
| in her calling.
Misses Hopkins and Decker having
retired as principal of the voice de-
partment and assistant in piano re-
spectively their places have been filled
by the election of Mrs Florence s..
Appy and Miss Grace l.. CrOnkhite.
The former was trained in the Mich
| igan Normal Conservatory. the Must
| cal Conservatory of Detroit, and UNI
der the direction of Ida Fletcher Nor
ton, of Boston, and Madame Ohrstrom-
| Renard. of New York. Mrs Apply was
already we'll known in Raleigh. hav-
! ing taught in the university through
| it's first session. Miss Cronkhite comes
| from the New England Conservatory,
] the Metropolitan College of Music,
| New York, and the school of Moritz
| Moszkowski. of Paris.
1.-THE unusual number of music
pupils has made necessary the en-
| ployment of another assistant in piano,
and Miss Florence Stone. of the New
! England Conservatory, is doing that
extra work to our entire salts faction.
1.-THE number of officers and teach
ers in the school is now 30.
"rhe discipline is mainly in the
hands of the students themselves as u
self governed body, and the results
| so far are very gratifying. There has
been during the present term no
case calling for punishment of any
| kind more than keeping one off the
| honor roll.
"The constant growth of the school.
| in the number of teachers and pupils
and in it's grade of instruction, de-
| mands a pretty steady increase in
| facilities and equipment, and also q
gradual extension of its plant We are
already in pressing need of a gymna-
SUM. a music hall and auditorium. a
| field for outdoor gymnastics, and Il
| larger endowment fund
1--WE have noted with grateful JOY
| the marks of spiritual life among our
students. A series of special revival
services, and sometimes two, are held
| each session. Last spring a revival
1 broke out in the students prayer
meetings and their Y. w. c. A, which
reSulted in several professions and
| reclamations. A girls prayer-meeting.
largely attended. is held for twenty
minutes every evening just after sup
per. Three classes meet weekly for
special study of the Bible. in addi-
ton to the regular class work in this
department. A live and vigorous Y.
w. C. A conducts it's services every
Sunday night in the chapel; and six
classes meet weekly for mission study.
Last session eight students and one
teacher consecrated themselves to the
foreign field, and the teacher is now
taking a mission course in our semi
nary. With the blessing of God, we
are looking for the Christian train
ing that our students receive in the
institution r tell largely on their
home churches in future years"
There were stirring addresses by