The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-12-08
MUCH INTERESTED In DIR. SHEP.
ARU'S MONUMENTAL WORK
AT DURHAM.
Heart. Of Washington
Being Absorbed by Negro Tenants
Who Gradually Displace Whites ON
Some of Best Streets. Dental AS
ISOLATION Meets. Brief Notes.

VdSulH6VOu, DoCeuDSN S-Iue
nations capital always has a warm
welcome awaiting DR.. James e.
shepard, frequently honored this city
with his presence. This remarkable
president of the National Religious
Training School at Durham, N. c.,
one of the most promising educa-
tional institutions of which, the
country, can boast. 1t sprang up al
most In a single night apparently,
and at a bound has reached propor-
tions that cause the conservative
leaders Of thought and morals to
gasp with establishment. While it's
physical construction has been push
ed With unprecedented rapidity, the
basis idea of a mammoth National
Religious Training School has long
ablded In the fertile brain Of DR..
Shepard, and he is able to now make
sometime dream a living reality
because Of his eloquent and convinc-
-1ng-p presentation to su bstantiaf forces
Of the crying need Of such an agency
OF light and leading in the heart Of
the Southland. 1t has grown be-
cause it was born with divine mis-
sion, and is living up to the oppor-
tunities that have been placed with
IN its grasp. Somebody has said
An institution is but the lengthen-
ed shadow of some great man.. The
truth of the epigram is verified by
the fact that in establishing this
broad-gauged institution, DIR. Shep-
ard has built for himself a. monu-
ment that will endure, and typify for
the inspiration Of the thousands who
follow the! lofty ideals, practical
teachings and concrete achievements Is
embodied in his owns successful
career. 1t Is a genuine pleasure to
all WaShingtonians to meet DR..
Shepard as he travels northward
and southward in the interest Of his
magnificent work for the spiritual
and industrial development Of the
race. DR.. Shepard was once a prom
1nent oftice-holder here and was a
capable one, but such a routine field
was too narrow for the satisfaction
or his expansive mind, and he took
up a congenial service as special
agent for the International Sunday
School Association, making an ex-
tended tour of Europe and Africa to
Study problems OF human elevation
ana enlightenment He conceived
the. idea that the true solution of
the race problem, lay, after all ir
religious education, plus the academ-
&c and Industrial branches. Out of
thls conviction sprang the imposing
'and lmpres 'ive National Religious
training School at Durham, dedicat-
ed to the task OF producing religious
leaders who will carry the torch of
thrl1t, industry and morality into the
darkest recesses of DiMeland.
Or, shepard, with rare organizin o
capacity, has brought to his aid
some or the strongest men and wo-
men of the South. Judge Jeter G.
Prltchard Is chairman of the Roard
or trustees; Gen. Julian s. Carr is
treasurer; John Merrick is Vice.
chairman. Bishop Robert Strange,
or the Eastern North Carolina
"locese of the Episcopal church =;
Archdeacon w. George Avant, of the
same theological district: N u
broughton,, of Raleigh; Rev. DR.. J.
~ Massee, Of Chattanooga; Former
Governor Robert B. Glenn. of North
carolina, are, among the high grade
SouUnerhers who are actively iden-
'lned with the forward movements
or this institution, giving of their
tlme and means to its advancement
IN January, Judge Pritchard and Ex-
Governor Glenn will make a tour OF
the North to present the aims of the
school and to secure much-needed
financial resources. DR.. Sbepa rd
recently addressed an immense and.
fence at Paterson, N. J., speaking
under the patronage Of the Y. M. c.
A. A comprehensive campaigo
covering the entire school year, i,
oe1ng. inaugurated, and an effort will
be made to erect additional building
Tor the enlargement of the facilities
Of the institution.
Inc National Religious Trainine
school embraces thirty-two acres OF
, line land, part of the estate of the
famous Duke family, and on 1t arr