The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-04-23

WHY = ~. >OiiASi SliCSS Will pc lnI
session about three weeks, and manly
reforms In church administration
will be Undertaken. &'2r -
1T Is more than likely. that the
Norfolk SGeneral Conference of the
A. M. e. church will create the Of
flee, of Supervising Architect. The
necessity for such an officer is gen
eraly|"agreed upon throughout the
connectfonpby bishops, general Off
GERS, y pastors and laymen almost
wlthout'sexception, and especially BY
those who have studied the Christian
art. ti6roigf ancient, medieval and
modern hfstory. They realize that
9 eulidingfpf worship should not only
be substantial in construction and
well-aFra nged for the convenience of
large assemblies, but 1t should be OF
churehly designin and out, SO that
when one approaches. or enters it,
| they will<khow at a glance that it is
temple htted and ordained. for the
worship ofGod. Thousands of dol
lars are unnecessarily spent yearly
in our. rural districts and smaller
, towns, and many OF -Four cities and
thriving communities have. insight
ly and :2poorlyz arranged churches.
ThousaudB%are also spent yearly with
white architects and builders which
are lost to our race. When a white
architect or builder designs or erects
a church edifice for Negro congre-
cation, tits very seldom that Negro
workrnen' receive anything from this
work: The Negroes Of this country:
, and especially the A. M. e. Church
have reached a point where they
must and will support, uphold and
= appreciate talent and ability among
themselves. A good example, Of this
was when, Dr.. C. w. Mossell, pastor
: Of ST., Johns A. M. E. Church, Nor
folk, Va.,&employed J. A Lankford
& Brother, .one Of Methodism's most
progressive forces, to design and SUI
: pervise the building Of the new par
| sonage and the overhauIing and dec
Grating ofhthe church where the gen,
eral conference is to be held I'm May
1t has" been said by Bishop Gaines
and many Of his ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
who have visited the new parson,
age'and noticed other work, that this
parsonage as of purely classical de-
sign and the best and most beauti-
full structure Of it's kind, owned by
the connection. Mr. Landlord de-
signed. and. Supervised the work and
worked all Negro mechanics and
Workmen .and labor on this job, and
, it is said tfiat his firm has built more
I halls andfpublic buildings than any
similar coneern in the country
| or the"m more than 1855, 844 people
in the employ Of Uncle Sam, exclu
siVe OF postmasters and their clerks
and MECHANICS, 1852 are Negroes.
The EXECUTIVE committee of the
National Medical Association is get
ting thin gs--in- shape to make the
next meeting, the best that has ye
been held. q One of the most promi
nent .Teaturesy oft$the;; New York ses
SION In August Will be the report Of
the <Seemmittee5t ON education and the
! adoption Of plans looking to the i'm,
proyement of"Negro medical schools
The committee appointed to report
on this workais composed Of DR.. II
| F.-4Gamble, off =Ghafleston,, NV. Va
who is chairman Of. the executive
board; DR.. John F. Hunter, Of Lex
ington, Ky; and DR.. J. O. McDou-
, gall, Of Philadelphia. The success
and magnitude of the Medical Asso-
ciat4on is due in large measure to
( D.r John A. Kenney, Of Tuskegee In
stltute, the energetic secretary, as
M. Curtis, George G. HalltSu YGv
sisted by Drs. w. II. Wright, the
president; Drs. II. f. Gamble, Char
| les Roberts. A. Wilberforce Williams,
A.. M Curtis, George G.. Hall, H. S.
| McCard, Amanda v. Gray and 9TH
ers. DR.. p. A Johnson, Of New
York, chairman of the local COM
mittee on next meeting, is very prom
linen inently mentioned in connection
with the next presidency.
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