Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-11-16
PINE BLUFF NEGRO HONORED Isaac Fisher of This City to Speak in Famous Doug
 las Center.
GETS A BIG WRITE-UP
Is Only Negro on Program at Parker Celebration in Chicago
 This Week.

The Chicago Record-Herald has the following story of Isaac Fisher, prin- cipal of Branch Normal College in this city:
 Among negroes whose achievements have spoken an elon' prd1it lngredle onic Stro- --+t- ~4ae.ftiy alilinia- tive answer to the question whether the colored race has kept faith with those who struggled for it's freedom, Professor Isaac Fisher of Arkansas has attained place of prominence that has proven of greatest inspira- ton to hundreds of his people .n their struggle for greater things.
 Journeying to Chicago to pay t'ib- ute to one of the great champions of his race, Theodore Parker, Professor Fisher will give forceful reply to the question that is to be the theme of his address here: Has the Negro Kept Faith With Theodore Parker and the Other Brave Souls Who Suffered For Freedoms s Sake?'
 Professor Fisher. graduate of the Tuskegee Institute and principal of the Branch Normal College, of Pine Balff, Ark, has added materially to the rapidly growing prestige of his race by his literary work having won prizes in the past few years ill half dozen contests in which he matched his abilities against those of white men and emerged triumphant. His victories in theset contests s have yielded more than $1,000.
 Specializes in Economies. In several of these he was the only aspirant who did not hold a college or university diploma, as Tuskegee In' stitute confers no academic degree. But in pte of this fact Professor Fisher is taking a high rank among university trained men, particularly on economic subjects
 Professor Fisher reaped his first laurel in the literary field when "The Craftsman a prominent New York magazine offered prizes for the best essays on the subject ''The Relation Between Manual Training in the Schools and Industrial Education and Efficiency" In this contest Profes- sor Fisher, who had only theoret cal knowledge of the subject, was compet- ing with experts trained in the big technological schools of the country, and he regarded his chances of cap turing a prize as very slight. Great therefore, was his surprise when he received a letter from the editor secretary informil g him his essay haG been awarded third place.
 In 1909 Professor Fisher won sec ond prize in a contest conducted by the Manufacturers Record of Balti more, the subject being, "A Plan tc Give the South System of Highways Suited to its Needs.''
 These preliminary achievements were but stepping stones to higher tn 'ngs, however, and when Professor Fisher learned, in 1909, that prizes aggregating s1.600 had been offered by a Chicago firm of clothiers fo, essays on economic subjects, he quick ly seized another opportunity to vii literary distinction. He prepared al essay on German and American Methods of Regulating Trusts ant entered it in class A, intended primar fly for those holding academic de 1 grees, but open to anyone Fisher did not win the first prize, which was captured by Frank Streightoff, graduate of the Wesleyan Universit! and instructor of mathematics in Pennsylvania college, but the judges without hesitation awarded him sec ond prize. $400.
 Wins Another Prize.
 Another prize recently won by Pro lessor Fisher was one of $100 offer ed by an Ohio manufacturing con cern. In addition, a Colorado maga zine publisher recently invited him , ''as one of the leading American ex perts whose views on many subjects are worth 'Sh'le." to submit an article on any subject in which he is inter ested.
 With the exception of the essay or } industrial education. none of Profes' sor Fishers prize-winning production were the result of previous prepara ton. In each case he had to set him self to master the principles Of tn, subject under consideration, before h, could begin writing, and his difficult ties were emphasized by the fact thf there is, no large public library M P.ne Bluff.
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