The national forum., 1910-09-17

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/ Eventually the building is to be
arranged for stores and a branch
Of the st. Luke Bank at Richmond,
Va, is to be installed in one of the
business rooms. Space for enlarge
ment is to be secured in the rear by
the HltiEaate purchase of;-an addi..
tional building Friday there will
be held an old-time house warming
4 at this st. Luke Home from IL nj.
to l1,30 P- M, and d lafge attend
ance is looked for. The officers of
] this wonderfully. progressive de. de.
partment Of. the Independent Or
der Of st. Luke in Washington
are; Mrs. Bessie B. Anderson
deputy; Rev. A, 9. Garner, pastor
of Plymouth Congregational
4 Church, associate deputy; Miss
Matte r. Bowen, vice-president;
Mrs. Sarah A. Barton, secretary;
M. M. Peace, treasurer.
Howard University will open for
it's fortysthird year on the 10th.
From present indications the en-
rollment will break all previous
records, and President Thirkield
and his associates are being CON
fronted with the knotty problem of
what to do with the mass of eager
students who wish to come. Ac-i
commodiaions will probably be ar
ranged for 1900, an excess of 800
over the capacity enrolment of.
last year. Everything will be in
readiness for the opening day. The
main building and Miner Hall have
been painted white, and present a
L
spick-and-span appearance. The
new 100000 Science Hall is COM
pleted, and will add materially to
the schools facilities for instruc-
tion in scientific branches. 1t is
expected that the industrial build
|
ing will be ready for occupancy be.
fore the end of the school year. The
gymnasium project is being pushed
with vigor by the Alumni, under
the leadership of President Kelly
Miller of the Alumni Association.
President Thirkield's offices are
now located in the new $4,000
Carnegie Library, and this struc,
ture is the pride Of everyone con-,
nected with the rejuvenated How
ard University. a
DR.. ID. Webster Davis of Rich
mond, Va, preached a powerful
sermon on "a Cheap Religion" last
Sunday evening at the Vermont
Avenue Baptist Church, as the
opening feature of a weeks finan-
cial rally under the auspices of the
"Organized Women of the Vermont
Avenue Baptist Church." The edi-
fee was packed to the doors, and
standing room was at a premium.
1t was pretty generally reported
that DIR. Davis would preach his
Strial Sermon" and everybody
was anxious to hear the maiden ef-
fort of the divine, who is very gen
orally regarded as the successor of
the late Rev. George w. Lee as pas
tor of this church. Whether it was
"trial sermon" or not, DIR. Davis
made good" and his probability
as pastor took on the color of GER
tainty. DIR. Davis is of truly ma
tional proportions, and a more fit
ting selection could not be made.
The Independent Order of Good
Samaritans will hold it's grand
lodge in Alexandria, Va, begin
ming on the Goth. Delegates from
every section of the country will be
in attendance.
Thirty delegates from the Odd
Fellow lodges of the District of Co
lumbia went to Baltimore Monday
morning to attend the fifteenth
session of the Biennial Movable
Committee, the legislative body of
the Grand United Order of Odd
Fellows. The delegation was in
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