The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-02-21
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And now the Virus of racial separa,
ion that has been attacking the
.cnurhes heretofore happily mixed, has
struck the great schools OF the land,
which from time immemorial. have
, welcomed coiored students We are
not surprised at what President w. G,
Frost, Of Berea College, of Kentucky,
mas to say. as we are thoroughly ia
miltart with the conditions under
which he must labor among the poor
whites In the mountain regions of "the
dark and, bloody ground" but In Presi.
dent Charles w. Elliott, In an environ
ment. like. Boston, where culture stalks
abroad at MONDAY, we are disappoint.
ed. 10 be sure, he didn't so all the
way to the color line, at present, but
he said enough to indicate that he felt
the line must be drawn some time,
and that we must look forward to a
contingency which would make separ-
alton at Harvard, OF racial lines, ad.
V1sable and necessary. An Associated
Press dispatch from. Boston. dated
February 14th conveys the informa-
ton that President Elliott, of Harvard
University, President Lawrence, Epis-
topal Bishop of Washington, before
the Twentieth Century Club, express
go themselves being more or less in
faVo: Of separate schools for whites
and blacks. President Elliott paid
high compliment to the separate scnool
system -of~the South, and said that the
thirty colored students now at Har.
ward are not enough to make an in
fuence for evil on the student mass
do not for the nonce, constitute q
problem" He said, however, that If
the number increased to any extent,
he should favor separation. President
F:ost, OF course, corroborated the
views of President Elliott, in explain
Ing conditions and having a test of
of the law now reaching the Unita3
States Supreme Court, with likelihood
of being sustained to the extent of
keeping the whites and blacks apart
by some technically, If not on the
also agreed with President Elliott
holding that separate institutions
might be best when the populations
were nearly equal. Fairly interpreted
all this hairspliting aud juggling of
words means that the days of, the Ne
go at Harvard are numbered, and the
remarks of the distinguished head
may be taken as polite hint that tNe
students there may remain but
that he and his white patrons
would prefer that Negroes in the fu-
ture should seek education elsewhere;
that Is at a college devoted exclusi-
vely to the instruction of Negroes. The
separation fever may &c said to be
an epidemic. 49,
1t has been definitely announced
that Pre-, ident w: H. Goler, Of Living
stone College, has written letter de-
claring that he is not a candidate for
hn ich hot
he will not seek the honor at the
hands of the General Conference next
year. 1t is understood that his prefer
ence is for educational work, aud that
he is content to- remain where he is
There will be no OPPOSITION to his re-
election to the \headship of Living :
stone, which poSisiqn he has filled so
satisfactorily forsa }eng term of years
A rumor also reaGhes us by way of
Chicago, that Rev. A. j. Carey, pastor
of Bethel A. M. e. church, Is out of the
race for secretary of the A. M. E.
Sunday School Union. These annunce-
ments are of great Importance If true.
, House Document, No. .l2, treating
Of the contingent expenses of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor car
ries an item Of $4,000 paid to Robert
A. Pelham for rental Of two paste-sup-
ply devices, which the latter invented
and installed in the Census Office by
request of Director S. n. D. North.
Mr.. Pelham, though a young man, Is
pioneer journalist, having been edi-
tor of the Detroit Plaindealer' away
back In the eighties. He mas served
efficiently as a special agent OF the
General Land Office, and Is now re-
garded as one Of the most capable
clerks in the Census U~ce. His witty
products are in evidence each year at
the banquet of the Pen and Pencil
Club at Washington.
r. w. THOMPSON.