The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-03-10

LECTURES ]
on "AMERICAN. " CIVILIZATION
AND IT'S, ,RELATIoN TO .,-'-'.-.-> ." Z
THE NEGRO"
Fisk Dunbar Club
Hears That Trnc Civilization is Indi-
Vidualistic and SociaIistic and End
of Every Country Is to Become
Civilized .-.-.=


of Every Country is to Beconl.,
l. Civilized -----=
Nashville, Tenn, March 9.-..Dr
e. ". Roman. the noted eye, ear,
nose and throat specialist Of .his
CITY, was elected by tile Council OF
! Blshcps OF -the-AfrIean- Methodist
Episcopal Church during it's recent
session at Vicksburg, Miss, a, dele
= gate to the Ecum mepicai Conference,
which will IN mest-in Toronto Ontario
In October, 1911. DR.. Roman is one
of five delegates
| Thursday evening, March 3, the
Dunbar Club Of Fisk University, had
for it's speaker Prof f., T. Healing,
who delivered an address on Am
erlcan Civilization and its Relations
| 10 the Negro" in which he showed
a: depth of Thought and felicity of
expression that held the intense in
| ,terest OF the club members He said
that civilization, the true civiliza-
tion, was. indiVidualistic and social
| u
progressive country ITO become civil
lied and spritualized.
| I'm the last analysis, spiritualiza-
tion and. civilization mean the same.
! Civilization does not mean that the
mass has within 1t tho elements OF
| civilization, The Roman Empire
stands on ut-as-the greatest pl E
| 0f jat 4
! cheney. Julius Caesar is taken as
| the highest type of Roman develop,
ment, but he was given oyer to glut-
| tony and immoralities Of the gross
est Kind, The Jews were continual
! iy defeated In battle, but as individ-
| uals the Jews are unparalleled and
almost unequalled in character
There are few grander characters in
! History than Abraham. Today the
4 JeW stands lAs sshs &c apa his
I siisastu1.SS 4alt. Sew has maintafned his
Individuality. - >.|" x: ~, -. =.
Passing CT. to American develop
ment, Prof. Kealing said in part:
| with all of its inventions, Amer
ican civilization is incomplete, a
rather poor affair--it has social eff
ticiency; the Negro plays his part
! Fle possesses the true racial affinity,
the true brotherhood, which is caus-
| ed by a Fellowship Of suffering. 1t
| Is Gods method of pressing us to-
gether SO as to give social efficiency.
American prejudice in itself is bad,
| but God overcOmes it for good.
| When | press with my finger upon
| the. wall, I transmit tendency to
| the wall to fall; it is not percepti-
bic, but it is there. If enough fin
gers could press the wall, the wall
would fall. A great physicist de-
| clared to- his classes thet he would
| cause to swing with a Wad Of cotton
a hundred pound cannon bail, which
hung suspended from the ceiling
| The students scoffed, but allowed
him all the time necessary. Calling
in some assistants, the experiment
was begun with no. cessation in the
throwing of the cotton against the
| cannon ball. Hours passed; days
| passed, and no change was observ-
ed; at the end of the third day, it
|
but no one was certain. Time wore
Ion and at the:'close Of the fifth day
the ball was swinging in the fullness
t'of tts~ amplitude. IF he-~sum Of these
Tendencies to swing had produced
| actual motion. The Negro race has
| tendency ITO progress and achieve
ment; it has been created by the
| oh, ~
music, and It will at last give him
his place in the American body po~
| litic Social efficiency will come ut
last, for noble men will father the
action.
| Last week the opening session Of
the presidents and officials Of the
colleges Of the Freedmen's Aid So
ciety began in the Meharry auditor
ium at Walden University. Several
subjects of importance were discus
SGD by the representatives Of the
schools, Of which there were fifteen
| in attendance. One Of the aims OF
the conference Is to bring about q
uniformity in the curricula Of the
schools under the control Of the
| Freedmen's Aid Society. Sunday
morning, Dr. J. w. y. Bowen, Of the
tGammon Theological Seminary, At
lH7,ta, preached . mastery sermon.
In the evening, Gaul's cantata, The
| Holy City" was rendered by the
Walden Choral Society, under the
direction Of Miss Mamie +. Braden,
Of the music department Of Walden
| University. The music and singing