Evening star., 1907-11-16

not only by them but by all their people
| Important though it is that there should
| be high standard of morality. a high
standard of good citizenship among per-
| sons of every profession. it is most of all
| important that such should be the case
| among those who are to teach their fel-
| lows in the things of the soul.
! Il have also taken peculiar interest,
because of having seen the effects Of their
work close at hand, in the graduates in
| medicine of this university ! believe you
| have, all told, graduated something like
a thousand in medicine, and / happen to
know that peculiar need of achievement
has come to these men. l think that the
average of accomplishment has been
peculiarly high among the graduates in
medicine of this institution. | earnestly
| hope that the average graduate OF your
| medical department will not stay around
Washington: that he won't try to get
| into some government position; that he
| won't go 20 some other large city. l hope
] he will go out and dwell among his fellow
| citizens of color in their own homes, ana
be to them not only healer OF their
| bodies, but a center OF raising them III
every part of their lives.
Work of the Physician.
Il have been struck in travelling through
the south to find how many colored doc
tors have gone into other business, as
well. Very naturally. frequently you will
| find that they own drug stores, and L
was struck by what very nice drug stores,
and how prosperous many of them nave
been. ! was struck by the esteem In
which they were held. as a rule. by all OF
their neighbors, and by the evident fact
that each colored doctor who did his
work well exercised a very perceptlbie
influence in raising the standard OF citl-
zanship of all the colored citizens of the
locality in which he resided. l do not
think that a more effective bit OF home
missionary work can be done than is
being done in this way.
II have spoken a word of only two OF
the professions into which the graduates
of this university 60. What l have TO
say, however. applies TO all. 1t is from
this institution that are graduated those
who will lead and teach their less fortu-
nate fellows Upon their leading and
teaching much depends for their race and
for their country. l earnestly hope, as
every good citizen does. that strength will
be abundantly given to the men and Wom-
en- who undertake this work of leadership
and teaching; that their labors may be
indeed fruitful, and that when they come
to the end of their lives they shall have
that feeling of satisfaction, than which
none can be greater, that to them 1t has
been vouchsafed to lead life of service
that was worth rendering.
Concluding Address.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie was the next
speaker He silenced the continued ap-
plause that greeted him by a wave of his
| hand, and then began by stating that
this republic of ours never yet failed
| in solving any problem that came before
| her. and she is not going to fail in solving
| the negro problem. The negro race that
ground. now owns d territory here larger
than Belgium and Holland combined. He
concluded with the remark:
| Don't worry about the negro"
Mr.. Bryce the British ambassador, and
Commissioner of Education Z. E. Brown
were the next speakers. Their addresses
were given in The Star yesterday.
Rev. DR.. John w. E. Bowen spoke of the
necessity of the higher education for the
negro to give him the ability to
| learn to think accurately, to appreciate
the value of character, and the true mean
| ing of culture.
| The inaugural address of President
| Thirkield is published in another column
of this issue.
List of Guests.
| The guests of Howard University al
| the celebration were:
| Rev. William j. Thompson. Rust Uni
| versity. mississippi; President Albert
Smith, Ohio Northern University, Idaho,
Ohio; Rev. Albert Osborn, American Uni
versity. Washington. D. C; Mr.. John
Morland, Glastonbury; Rev. Paul Grif-
| fifth, Washington, D. c.; Mr.. Ormond
| Stone. University of Virginia: Rev. Ar
| thur Chiffon Powell Amherst University;
| Dr. William Francis Brynn, Washington,
d. c.; President Nathan B. Young. Tai
iahassee State Normal Schol. Tallahassee.
| Fla; Rev. Oliver Huckel University of
Pennsylvania; Rev. William F. Anderson,
secretary board of education, Methodist
| Episcopal Church; Mr. Thomas Bronson
| Jewell, Oberlin College; Mr.. Edward
| Thomas. Haverford College, Haverford,
Pa; Mr.. John B. Wan Meper. dean Of
| Women's College, Baltimore, Md: H. c.
| Minnich, Miami University, Oxford Ohio:
Mr.. w. F. Whitlock, Ohio Wesleny Uni
| versity, Delaware, Ohio: Mr. Edward w
| Hearne, general secretary Young Mems
Christian Association, Washington. d. c..
Mr.. Thomas \. Chasa, Atlanta Univer-
Nd; Mr l.. y. u. North, Hamilton Col
Iage, New York; Mr. John 3. Kendall
Lincoln University, Lincoln. Pa. Mr. w.
T: s. Jackson. NJ street High School,
| Washington, i. c; Rev. Joseph Dawson.
Boston Univ vsrsity, Boston, Mass; Rev.
Charles Gallagher National w School,
| Washington, d. C.; Rev Charles Ed
| mund Young. Morgan College, Baltimore.
! Nd: Rev. J. II. Welch, Paul Quinn Col
| lege, Waco. Tex; Rev. L. W. Williams.
! Ferguson and Williams College South
Carolina JudG. William H. DeI.acy,
| Catholic University OF Amarira: Mr..
Horny f. Mcdonald. Storer Colleg@; R.v.
John Hope, Atlanta Baptist CollegA; Rev.
David II. Buel president Georgetown
| University; Rev. Raul Griffith, St. Angus
| tines Church; Mr.. Robert w. Woodward,
| University OF Michigan Rev. j. c. Fer
maid.
Chief of Police Charles w. Maxwell,
who was twice mayor of Atlantic City,