New-York tribune., 1907-11-16

nave been struck in travelling through the
south TO find how many colored doctors have
Soie ii iliLo other businesses as we'll Very natu-
La!ly' frequently you will md that they own
rug stores, and l was struck by what very
nee drug stores and how prosperous many of
rIeii ,i nave been l was struck by the esteem in
"I!lcn lhey were held, as a rule by all of their
nelghoors and by the evident fact that each
@ such colored doctor who did his work well ex-
the standard of citizenship of all the coIored
CIllzehS OF the locality in which he resided
i ~ noI hmoW I a more effective bit Of home mis-
S'oI'11Ie "ork tilan Is being done in this way.
nave spoken a word of only two Of the pro-
t tesSi4ms III INTO wtich the graduates of this uni
plies TO all. 1t is from this institution that are
graduated those who will lead and teach their
less fortunate fellows Ipon their leading and
teaching much depends for their race and FOR
thelr country. l earnestly hone as every good
otClZsn must , nope II he is good citizen, that
strength Will be abundantly given to the men
ana women who undertake this work of leader
snip ara teaching; that their labors may be
Indeed fruitful and that when they come to
the end Of their lives they shall have that feeI
ing OF satisfaction, than which none can be
% s%reater' that 70 them it has been vouchsafed to
ing. WI - '0A''
The many millions of negro people who dwell
within the British Empire made it fitting. said
Ambassador Bryce in his address. for him to
JOIN IN the celebration Britain and the British
colonies had work to do. he indicated. similar
10 that which was the function of Howard Uni
Ners1ty. The twelve million Kaff1rs living under
brltlsh rule IN South Africa, well as the larger
nunloer OF the same race in other locations or,
that continent were further back in civilization.
he said, than the members of that race in tba
Southern States in the West Indies but tha
development in Africa was notable Wars had
stopped steamers navigated the rivers, railroads
were building, education was advancing and the
arts and customs of civilization were making
headway
MIR BRYCE PREDICTS PROGRESS
Regarding the negro race as a whole in the
OId World and the New. the ambassador said
There is no doubt vast deal to be done. ana
one hears many voices complaining that here
ana IN the West Indies progress is altogether
tpo SLOW An encouraging answer to these COM
I p5,SIiic9 oouH pe found in the statistics of prog
ieSs compiled by Andrew Carnegie and outlined
III an interesting address delivered recently at
Eulhourgh But any one who is despondent
ABOUT the future of the race may be advised to
refiec' again and again upon the history of rho
races Of mankind.
Two thousand years ago the ancestors of the
fCnsNshnen and Dutchmen the Irishmen. the
Germans who now dwell here were wild tribes
men, living in the woods without cities, and
seemingly so low in the scale OF creation that
the Greeks. who had advanced much faster
talked OF the barbarians as being slaves by
nature and only fit TO serve a civilized race like
~ lI.eHlselNeS- And 1t had taken these ancestors
OF ours thousands Of wears TO rise from the
savage state OF primeval man to that barbarous
state which the Greeks despised and thought
would be perpetual
The ambassador predicted that the progress
OF the negro race would be greatly accelerated
Dy the influence OF a rapid development Of
cVllzauon, especially contemplating the ten
Gency OF that race TO rise. as borne out by It's
record since the emancipation proclamation.
Mr. Carnegie awakened unrestrained en-
thusiasm by his declaration that It was not
now the question What shall we do with the
negro but How can we get more of them?"
He showed that the race in America had ac-
quired title TO estates during the last forty
years larger than Belgium and Holland COM
oined.
Secretary Garfield depicted the governments
attitude as most encOuragingly liberal toward
the higher education Of the negro, and dwelt
with emphasis on the elevation of character
which such education should develop.
Just before President Roosevelt arrived at
the Andrew Rankin chapel where he delivered
his address. the cement hooring Of the vestibule
entrance to the chapel gave way and precipi-
tated about fifty persons to the ground ten feet
below, Several persons were taken to Freed
mans Hospital, close by, but of them
was seriously hurt.