The Washington bee., 1907-06-15
ROCKER WASHINGTON ELECTED
TRUSTEE OF HOWARD UNI
VERSI1Y.
Leading Industrial Educationalist Put
on Governing Board of Higher Ed
ucation School.

Boston Post, June Z, 1907.
The Suffrage League of Boston and
Vicinity held an enthusiastic meeting at
the New Twelfth Baptist Church at
Shawmut avenue and Madison street
Yesterday. A vote of welcome to the
Niagara Movement which comes to
Boston August 27-29 was passed. lhe
main business was action against the
recent election of Booker T. Washing
TO mas a trustee Of Howard University.
Secretary Taft was severely condemned.
The following resolution was passed
unanimously:
Whereas, Booker T. Washington was
recently elected a trustee of Howard
University, his name being proposed by
a white trustee who, on March 8, 1904
appeared before a Congressional COM
mittee in behalf of trebling the appro-
priation for an industrial department at
said university, saying: Il can see moth
ing more important than the industrial
system for our colored race Therefore,
be it
Resolved, That we, the Suffrage
League of Boston and Vicinity, believing
in the American system of education for
all Americans, regardless of race or
color, unalterably opposed to any color
line in education, do protest against
Booker T Washington, or any man
who is committed to industrial training
as best for colored people or whose
chief interest and work is for that brand,
being made a trustee of Howard Uni
versity. Higher education men for
higher education schools"
DR.. CURTIS IN THE LIAIELIGHT.
From the Indianapolis Freeman.
DR.. A. Nj. Curtis, Washington's pop
ular physician, IS underoing some rough
hibit at the jamestown Exposition. His
letters to one or two physicians, ask
ing their cooperation in making a cred
liable display Of the progress of the Ne
gro in medicine, surgery and hospital
management, have been given to the
press with much ado, and under mis-
leading headlines, in a desperate effort
TO make the public believe that he Is
engaged in some shady transaction, and
IS anxious to bribe them into giving
their sanction that a Semblance OF re
spectability' may be thrown about It.
A minute inspection OF the contents OF
the published letters diScloses nothing
to warrant the sensational headlines
used by the yellow journals OF Boston
and Chicago, and the learned doctors
themselves, who have thus gone out OF
their way to strike one OF their own
cult. have only violated the ethics OF
most honorable profession, but have
transcribed the bounds OF common de-
cency. That IS the opinion OF the IN
biased, and the general feeling IS that
the men responsible fOr the outrage are
inspired by an Unsuitable desire tor pub
lie notOrIety. rather than a wish to
save the race from humlllauon,' and
similar hypocrItiCal rot. The PROPOSE
ton submitted by DR.. Curtis, IN his ca
paclty as chairman of the special COM
mittee designated to prepare the medical
exhibit, was as open as the day, and car
ried the statement, usual IN cases where
the time OF busy men is asked, that ali
legitimate expenses III connection with
service would be paid. 1t was simply
up to- the persons mentioned to ac-
cept or decline-and let It go at that.
Such would have been the natural
course OF gentlemen OF hne taste and
disposition to deal squarely.
In view Of the TACT that the individ-
uals invited by DR.. Curtis to assist
him are operating separate hospital
for colored people in a community IN
which access can be had to the general
hospitals by colored citizens, the eX-
traordlnary amount of numbering III
the index" pereptrated ythem, because
of a request to take part in the James
town enterprise, Is notorIously absurd
The country Is laughing at them, while
it sympathizes thoroughly with DR.. Cur
us honorable effort TO do something for
the good OF his people. The blow in
tended for Dr.. Curtis has fallen upon
their own heads.
The Philadelphia hospital may not
make an exhibition at Jamestown, but
the managers have certainly made an
exhibition of themselves nearer home.
THE l. L. L. IS A RAY OF HOPE
FOR COLORE DLABOR.
From The Pilot, Philadelphia, Pa.
Some weeks ago we called the atten-
/ ton Of our readers to the work being