Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-12
PLANS EXPERIMENTATION
coLoRED YOUNG PEOPLE IN EDU-
cATIoNAL WORK.
Mass Meeting Held Last Night in In
terest Of Observation-Disclosures
to COMMITTEES.

A large audience of negroes heard three
addresses at mass meeting last night at
Metropolitan A. NJ. E. Church. in the inter-
est OF the forthcoming negro young peoples
Christian and educational congress- which
will be held In this city July 3 to 8. inciu-
siye. The injecting was held under the aus
pices of the local committee oa arrange
ments. of which DR. O. J. W. Scott is presi-
dent. and was presided over by Bishop ".
]. Gaines of the A. II. E. Church. DR. c. c.
Jacobs. Sumter. s. c.. of the Methodist
Episcopal Church: Rev. E. w Williams,
1Abbeville S. c., OF the Presbyterian Church,
and DIR. s. N. yass. Raleigh ~ c., of the
Baptist Church. were the principal speak
ers. They dealt with the congress with ref
erence to the means 1t sought TO use in an
endeavor to bring about a solution of some
OF the problems confronting the race, such
as home training. the religious development
OF the young people. some method of plac-
ing the higher activities of the negro before
the public, etc
DIR. c. c. Jacobs spoke of the main pur-
poses of the congress. He said, in part
The Religious Side.
THE congress seeks to emphasize the
spiritual and religious side of our life as
fundamental to the entire program of race
progress and seeks to make a strong senti-
ment for character building, for integrity
and the suppression of vice on the inside
and for creating a favorable sentiment
without
Rev. Williams spoke particularly of the
bearing of the congress upon the home
life of the people I'VE must take I'D our
little boys and girls from the cradle" he
said. land teach them to be upright honest
and useful citizens. If we win we must
come back to the old standards and exert
a better and more wholesome influence
| over our boys and girls. We are entirely
| too slack in the training of the boys. The
| same code of morals require for the
| girls must be required for them
Scope of the Movement
DR.. yass impressed upon the audience
| the Importance and scope of the movement.
! In that it embraced practically the whole
| race, being the first and only organiZa ton
| able to bring together all the religious de-
nominations, educational agencies and race
| organizations into one body. He spoke Of
| the members of the board of directors and
! executive committee the real leaders of
| the people and said: These men are the
leaders of the people, sent up here by their
various denominations boards and organi-
| cations, and are not self-created or created
J by any one man. We do not believe that
! any one man in this congress can get up
| and deliver the sentiment of this great or
| ganizat ton unless he is able to find the
| consensus of opinion of each and all of US
| That this is the most representative body,
the most far-reaching in Its import and
character of any ever yet attempted among
| our people goes without saying"
| The program committee which is IN ses-
| sion at the financial bureau Of the A. M b.
| Church, 1541 14th street. continues its WORK
! today Many prominent churchmen and
! leading educators OF the race are attending
/ the meetings among whom are Bishop W.
| J. Gaines, DR.. E. w. hampton, Dr. l. Gar
| land Penn. Dr. J. E. Moreland. DR.. 8. n.
| Yass DIR. w. M. Alexander. DR.. j. Shep-
| ard, John c. Dancy, DR.. 8. L. Corrothers
| DIR C. c. Jacobs and others.