The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-01-20

Washington, d. c., January 20
The "Mu-So-Lit Club" the crack
musical, literary and social organiza-
ton of the national capital, made up
OF seventy of the leading professional
and business men or the race, held
its annual meeting Friday night and
elected the following officers:
President, DR.. A.. M. Curtis; vice
president, William II. Clifford; re-
cording secretary, Oliver Randolph;
corresponding secretary, John Wes-
ley Cromwell, il; financial secre-
tary w III --Haynes;; -treasurer,-Dr-
G. Sum mer Wormley. The new mem
bers elected and added to the clubs
roster were: Hon. John c.. Dancy,
recorder of deeds; DR.. w. G.. McNein,
secretary Of Howard Medical School;
Prof. II. G. Scurlock, Of Howard Uni
Yersity's faculty; Ocea Taylor,-one of
the editors of the Washington Amer
lean; George II. Cox and D. D. Mon
roe, Of the Census Office; w. r. Fer
guson, of the Navy Department; DR..
w. l.. T1gnor; practicing physician
J.-C. @Buflls,- Of the Int erfor- Depart
rnent; Lawrence G. H."Bradley, of
the, public schools, and w. Sidney
Pittman, the achitect.''
Following the business session,
DR.. %. e. Underwood, prominent
physician of Frankfort, KY, and edi-
tor Of the blue Grass Bug1e," and
Editor w. D. Johnson, of the Lex
ington (Ky.) Standard, visiting
guests of the organization, delivered
felicitous addresses, Indicating their
pleasure at meeting SO many Of the
representative educational, CONNER
cial, political and other lights" of
the national capital and appreciative
Of the lavish hospitality that had
been extended upon all Sides Judg sc
Robert II. Terrell spoke fee1ingly OF
the strong support his friends had
given him in his fight for reappoint-
ment to the municipal bench; Reg
lister w. T. Vernon paid an eloquent
| tribute, to the virile forces of Wash
| fngton who had made his stay in the
capital -so-pleasant and profitable;
r. K. HOrner, Of the Board Of Edu-
cation, told the kentuckians how de-
| lighted the club was to have then
present, and Mr.. Gilchr1st Stewart
| Of New York, put over" a few OF
the witty ost4ries for which he is
fam Gus. pr. w. Bruce Evans, prin
| cipal of the. Armstrong Technical
| High School, who has just finished
| his third term as president, occupied
| the chair and said many happy things
which made the evening a most en-
oyable one.
DR.. A. NJ. Curtis, the new presi.
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| the races most distinguished sur
geons, being as Lieut.. T. H. R. Clark
said, in presenting his name for the
position, to the Negro medical pro
fession in this country what DR.
Mayo is to the whites, He is a grad
! uate Of Lincoln University and of the
Northwestern University Medical
School Of Chicago, finishing at the
IIatter institution in 1891. He was
the first colored physician to be ap-
pointed on the staff Of the Cook
county hospital, and was one of the
founders Of the Provident hospital
for colored people. He served four
years most satisfactorily as surgeon
| in-chief Of Freedmens hospital at
Washington, and is now a member
| of the consulting staff of this $780,
900 institution, and associate profess
! soGrs Of surgery in the medical school
of Howard University. He Is chair
| man of the surgical section Of the
National Medical Association, and Is
conceded to be the reigning favorite
| In the race for the presidency Of that
body. AS president Of the "Mu-So-
Lit" and chairman Of the committee
on entertainment Of the local COM
mittee Of physicians, Or. Curtis will
have much to do with making the
visit Of the Medical Association here
in August a gala occasion. DR.. Cur
it's popularity in his own home was
July attested by the fact that he was
chosen to this desirable presidency
by unanimous vote and amid the
widest acclaim.