The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-10-21
AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL

a Rev. w. Bishop johnson, pastor
Of the Second Baptist Church, is ar
ranging to, reopen the formerly I'M
fiuential and prosperous Second Bap-
list Lyceum, which once had q ma
tional vogue as free Sunday To-
rum, DR.. johnson believes that un-
der competent and aggressive
president, who possesses personal
magnetism, wisdom and up-to-date
ideas, the Lyceum can be restored
to it's old-time prestige.
A rumor that will not down con-
meets the name of Lawyer Thomas
l.. Jones with an assignment under
the Department OF Justice. There
are several very desirable berths in
this elastic department that would
fit Lawyer Jones like glove, and
wherein h ecould be Of tremendous
service to the government, because
Of his thorough knowledge. of the
people and conditions existing in the
District of Columbia. Lawyer Jones
is one Of the ablest attorneys at the
local bar, popular alike with the
masses and the classes, and the rec
far to convince the rank and file Of
the race that President Taft has
their welfare deeply at heart. It, is
expected that a definite announce
ment will be made in this matter at
tn early date.
Attorney l.. M. King has pur-
chased a handsome automobile, be-
ing the first colored lawyer in the
ity to exhibit this particular sign
Of prosperity. He has been pro-
noted to Judge" King now.
The medical fraternity has gone
to work on the foundation Of the hos
qualify the ct! plans to offer the Ma
yional Medical Association next All
gust. A committee on entertain
5. Loftin, chairman; DR.. J. w.
Mitchell, vice-chairman; DR.. G.. w.
Iabiniss, treasurer; and DR. Amar-
la V. Gray, secretary The commit
tee on ways and means is made up Of
Or. A. M. Curtis, chairman, and
Ors. Marshall, Cabaniss and Mitch
III. Regular meetings will be held
md the work will be pnsh2G fey
yard with vigor and system. Wash"
ngton will do her best to measure
IL to the other cities that have en-
ertained the Association.
An ambitious educational program
is soon to be launched by the Negro
leaders Of educational work in this
community. DR.. w. Bruce Evans, in
discussing the matter, says a Negro
Business High School is among the
possibilities Of the near future, and
that the sight Of the old Mott School
would be an admirable place to 10
cate it. In this structure the business
classes are now being housed. 49, With
the magnificent $750,000 Freedmen
Hospital and broad park facing 1t, as
central figure, DR.. Evans points tc
Howard University on the Hill back
Of it, the new and elegant Mott School
thanking it on the left, and the future
great business school balancing VI
the picture on the right. To the
south will eventually come a new
building for the Howard Medical
School-and all this, thinks Dr.
Evans, will make Howard Hill one
of the finest educational centers to be
found anywhere in this country
Ample room could be found adjoining
the business school for the proposed
Normal School No. 2. The Howard
Park Citizens Associations, which is
deyoting it's energies to the develop
ment of this section, will not overlook
the practical suggestion thrown out
by the resourceful principal OF
Armstrong Technical High School,
The United States Government has
provided fairly comfortable school ia
cilities for the children in the Pana-
ma Canal Zone. The teachers are ap
pointed from the civil service regis
ter, and it is likely that an opening
. will be made for Negro teachers, al
though there has been no definite agi-
tation of the subject. There is much
difficulty experienced in grading the
pupils, as they hail from forty-five
different states in the Union, each
having system Of it's own, and there
are twenty-one nationalities other
than Americans to be taught. There
are $50 pupils from the States in the
white schools, and 1879 aliens, a to-
tai attendance Of less than 700. The
colored children who are taught sep,
arately from the whites, number
1,215. They come from the United
States chiefly, but in the roster eleven
Of the British West Indian possess
ions are represented and others hail
from Brazil, Central America, China,
Colombia, Italy, Panama, French
West Indies, Cuba, Costa RIGA, Spain
and Venezuela, besides fifty-nine Ne
groes whose nationality is unknown.