The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-14

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District; that the character of the
thoroughfare leading to the school is
rot desirable for the use OF the girls
who must attend the institution. The
committee presenting the objections
was made up of Revs. j. Milton
Waldron, l. N. Ross, NJ. w. Clair, J.
c. Van Loo, d. e. Wiseman, A. G..
Garner, r. K. Harris, and C. C.
Alleyne.
The alley problem is again being
agitated with vigor by the public-
Ispirited citizens of the District. No
problem concerns the coIored people
more acutely than this, yet, for the
most part, our well-to-do people are
apathetic on the subject. DR.. w. G.
woodward, the District health officer.
prescribes education as the panacea
Of poverty and filth, for, says he,
with education OF the right sort, no
man or woman will endure the un-
sanitary conditions that exist in the
Washington alleys. Wake up, some
body! 4
| The sixth floor of the Union Bull
ding on G. Street, between 9Th and
9Th Streets, Northwest, is undergoing
la thorough rcmodcling, and when
the repairs are completed, the entire
office force Of Ralph w. Tyler, Audi
tor for the Navy Department, will be
moved from the second floor of the
building to this handsomely-furnish
ed portion. Every modern conven-
ience is being installed, and. Auditor
Tylor is greatly pleased with the
change that is to be made.
I Prof. George w. Cook, secretary
Of Howard University, came down
from Worchester, Mass, especially
to accompany DR.. Booker II. Wash
ington on the tour of Delaware. He
is now at Atlantic City for few
days.
| Henry w. Freeman, the Oldest
messenger in the State Department,
is dead. He left some very valuable
property. Mr.. Freeman was one Of
the messengers with the American
delegation at the Paris Peace Com
| mission in 1898, and has been idenit-
1 Of
| ternational events to which the U.
S., was a party.
Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, honorary
president Of the National Association
of Colored Women, is in Louisville,
attending the biennial convention of
that organization.
Prof. Charles NJ. Thomas, head Of
the department Of science in Normal
School,, No. 2, a specialist in normal
methods and author Of a number Of
lably-Written treatises on the subject,
has received a commendatOry letter
from Former President Roosevelt,
testifying in positive terms to the
effectiveness Of Prof. Thomas labOrs,
both in theory and practice. Prof.
Ihomas is the prime mover in the
organization of the National Associa-
ton of Negro Scientists, which is
making considerable Roadway among
| the leading educators of the country.
| Il had a cOrking time in Texas, "
writes Emmett J. Scott, who deliver
ed the emancipation day address in
mis- native town Of Houston last
month and was given the freedom Of
the city. Mr.. SCOTS home people
turnedout in force, and 1t was demon
stratcd that he was at least one
prophet who was not without honor
in his own baiiwick
The American, Wagner, Okla
homa, the Colored Churchman, Shen-
andoah, Va, the Courier, Pittsburg,
| Pa, the Standard, Lexington, Ky..
and the Industrial Enterprise, Wash
lngton, d. c., arc among the recent
additions to the list Of subscribers
to "Thompson's National News
Bureau. "The moro the rerricr."
Former Recorder of Deeds John
re. Dancy lcCtured in Richmond, Va,
this week on The Past, Present and
| Feature Of the Negro Race" to a
big audience. Mr.. Dancy is to make
a tour Of the country soon, his in
itinerary carrying him to the Pacific
| Coast. Mr.. Dancy is now being
grOOmod by his-fricnds for the edi-