The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-11-24

their faces to- see if they looked
starved or overworked. They did
not, they we're bright and singing, as
usual. You can't keep our people
from singing, thank the Lord for
that. They were fairly we'll dressed.
1t was altogether an encouraging
view that l had of that simple be-
ginning of manufacturing interests
owned and managed by Negroes. ]
bought one box of their socks; or |
tried to buy them, but they said my
money was no good; 1 am going to
see them again. 1 was interested in
another thing. I said, What wages
do you pay these girls?' Five cents
q dozen for knitting these socks
'HoW much can they make?' Well,
four to eight dollars a week. How
does that compare with the wages
paid in other knitting mills?' Then
he told me this: The wages through
out the United States, and ] have
taken pains to inquire and find out,
are four and One-half cents a dozen
and We pay five I said, That way
lies progress.' Let that be the note
up institutions of that kind; let us
pay little better wages than are
paid elsewhere. Let us hold our
standards little higher than our
neighbours, never contenting our
selves tagging along behind. SO long
as it is a fact that wherever our peo-
pie shall start enterprises Of that
kind, that they hold up the stand
ards Of good hours, fairly good pay,
a little better pay tha1 anybody else
gives to their employees, that is SUI
Drame encouragement. That was the
best thing I struck in the town Of
Durham, the difference between four
and one-half cents and five cents
Just here this morning We are
thinking Of other standards. We
call this Senior morning. This morn
ing We recognize that these young
men and women Of our Senior col
lege class have taken one step up
ward so faT'as position and recogni-
ton Of place is concerned; this little
ceremony says nothing whatever
about whether their ideals are high
,er than they have been before or
whether they intend to maintain
them higher; we hope that, we be-
| llcVo that. 1t stands for step up
ward. Sometim IS we think it means
Senior privileges. Yes, that is true.
| what IS the greatest Senior privi-
lege? Not to have liberty to do this
and that that the other students
can't DO; that is a small and worth
less matter. I wouldn't give much
Tor student that is fretting and
chatting all through his college
course because he is denied this lib
erty or that or the other and is look
ing toward his Senior year with the
nope 81 getting out from under some
terrible restrictions. There are SEN
Tor privileges. What is the chief Of
them? This, the privilege Of laying
h1ghcr emphasis upon all regulations
atOut the institutions; that whoever
else fails to stand up 70 the ideals Of
Inc institution we SaniorS will not
DC found falling. SO that in regard
TO the little details Of regulations
when W" have about here, the little
don'ts which we all hate G wish W.
n"vor bad to say don't. many DO,
ms boon sent TO the Devil by tho
N"rd), we shall measure up to The
I%t9n'ard. Tho main thing is DO
IS 10 FIJI our lives with 50 much to d
that We have no time to bother will
the dont's. Senior privilege is to SCI
TO it that in regard to these simDlt
= regulations about our campus
senior will not be found breakinj
them or cracking them or rubbing