The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01
WASHINGTON
THE CITY OF MAGNIFICENT DIS
TANCES.

THE CITY OF MAGNIFICENT DIS
TANcEs.
Collection of Events Occurring
Among the People OF the Capital Of
This Great Nation and CondensSi
for the PerusaI of our Readers.
special correspondence THE APPEAL
Washington, May 30--The Baptists
OF Washington are arranging to en-
terrain the National Baptist Conven-
ton, representing two and half mil
lion Afro-American Baptists, which
meets in this city in September.
The educational board of the nation
al Baptist convention held a meeting
recently. at the Second Baptist church.
Sd street between H and northwest.
to elect an educational secretary. to
promote the plan for the establishment
OF national Baptist theological semi
nary. provided for by the last session
OF the national Baptist convention.
which met in Memphis, Tenn. last
September and to discuss other i'm
portant educational matters Rev. D.
S. Klugh, D. D., of Princeton. n. T..
was chosen educational secretary 10
succeed DR.. D. Abner of Guadalupe,
Texas. Among those present were:
DR.. R. S. Boyd, manager of the Nation
al Baptist publishing house of Nash
vile, Tenn; DR.. w. E. Homes of Ma
con, Ga; DR.. w. M. Winfrey of Con
nersville, Ind; DR.. J. Franklin Walker
of Cincinnati, Ohio; DR.. J. c. Jackson
of Lynchburg, Va; Rev. James Reid,
president Of the Maryland state con-
vention, and DR.. M. w. Gilbert of New
York city, chairman Of the educational
board.
Booker T. Washington, president OF
Tuskegee Institute, was elected trus-
tee of Howard University at the meet
ing of the board of trustees yesterday
afternoon in the office of the president
of the university
Justice Job Barnard of the District
Supreme Court, was elected president
of the board of trustees, to take the
place of the late DR.. Teunis S. Ham
lin, pastor of the Church of the Coven-
ant
In addition to DR.. Washington, three
other new members were elected to-
the board of trustees. They were Prof
Warning, of the Baltimore High
School,; Dr.. ]. E. Mooreland, interna-
tional secretary of the Y: M. C. A., and
John H. Converse, of Burnham, VIII
liams & Co, proprietors of the Bald
win Locomotive Works, Philadelphia
Supt. Chancellor will submit to the
board of education at it's meeting to-
day the resignation of Winfield Scott
Montgomery, assistant superintendent
of colored schools. and will recommend
Roscoe Conkling Bruce, A. B., supervis-
ing principal:of the tenth division, for
the vacancy caused by the retirement
Of DR.. Montgomery
Supt. Chancellor will recommend
that DR.. Montgomery be appointed SUI
pervising principal of the tenth divi-
sion and will also submit the name
of w. V. Tunnel, professor of history
in Howard University, for supervising
principal Of the thirteenth division,
the position formerly held by Francis
L. Cardozo.
Considerable surprise among those
directly affected will result from a.
sweeping change suggested by the SUI
nerintendent-the removal of DR.. Lucy
E.. Moten as principal of Normal School,
No. 2, and the appointment as her sue
cessor of Miss NJ. e. Gibbs, now pFtf1-
cipal Of Stevens, School Miss Moten
will be offered the assistont director
ship of primary instruction in colored
CPhnnIC hn
holder Of this position, will go to Stew
ems school.
Hon. Ralph w. Tyler, the newly ap-
pointed Auditor for the Navy Depart
ment, is in the city and will assume
the duties of his Office June /.
1t is rumored that Winfield Scott
Montgomery, assistant superintendent
of the Afro-American schools, will re-
sign before the end of the scholastic
year, and that either w. e. B. Du Bots
of Atlanta, or Roscoe Conkling Bruce,
of this city, will be appointed to sue
coed him. From the beginning Of the
present term, when, DIR. Montgomery
was first appointed acting assistant
superintendent, and it was decided
that he could not draw the salary Of
the position as acting assistant super
intendent, his resignation has been
frequently rumored and as frequently
denied.
DR.. A. NJ Curtis delivered the an
nnal address to the graduating class
Of trained nurses at the Richmond
hospital, Richmond. Va. Monday, May
~. and presented the medals of merit
won blythe students
Justice Robert H. Terrell viii de-
liver the commencement at Avery Col
lege, Pittsburg, Pa, June %.
Hon. William 7. Vernon. Register
ii the Treasury has gone to Kansas
10 attend the commencement exercises
IF Western University, Quindaro. of
which he is still President. having been
given leave of absence to accept the
office of Register of the Treasury. DR..
Vernon is silver-tongued orator and
will make several notable speeches
during his trip.
The commencement exercises of
Howard University took place Wednes-
day evening. The address to the grad
yates was delivered by Rev. Dr.. S.
Parkes Cadman of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. A. NJ. Curtis, fiscal agent of the
jamestown Exposition will address the
7. M. g. A. of Norfolk, Sunday, June 2.
Hon. Charles w. Anderson. collector