The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-03-16

Education
THE FISK IDEA, WAS THEME OF
'~ THE FAREWELL ADDRESS
OF PROCTOR,
10 Visit Holy Land
Atlanta pastor addresses students at
alma mater before beginning
study at first hand of the modern
church life of Europe.
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Nashville, Tenn, March l4.-Fisk
University and Nashville colored peo-
pie were favored last week with a
visit from DR.. II. II. Proctor on his
=, way to Europe where he goes on a
| visit to the Holy Land and to study
the Church Life of Modern Eurcpe
for the benefit OF his Atlanta wcrE.
DR.. Proctor addressed the congrc-
cation OF Clark Memorial Chanel en-
1'uesday night and spoke twiAe 20
| tne FISK students on Wednesday,
he spoke on the Christ Life at Clark
! chapel and on Christian Education
, wednesday night at Fisk Univcr-
slty. Civilization was his theme m
Chapel talk to the Fisk students.
In each instance he made a very rcgy
spiritual impression upon his hear
ers and left ideas that will no donbt
| deepen the spiritual growth CT the
| FISK students and urge the Clark
chapel congregation onward in It.,
| resolve to begin a new era Of prog
ress and Christian growth during the
passionate of the Rev.-Mr.- -R.-fs--
Weatherby the very able minister
now in charge Of the Church. Nash
Vile Is sadly in need of a spiritual
awakening among the colored people.
DR.. Proctor gave some sound ad-
vice to Fisk students in hisChapal
| taIk He spoke about latter day
|
emphasized higher education and It's
| place in the scheme Of Negro nduc1-
| tion. He said in so many words that
1t IS vastly more important for the
Younger generation to seek intallec-
lual training and make that their
main choice in life rather than 10
choose always the paths Of pleasure
and luxury as manifested in gratify-
ing the physical $desires.
| There are two different civiliza-
tions,' he said, and illustrated his
viewpoint by showing the desire of
some Of the younger generation Of
Icolored women to use their most
valuable hours preparing to look
pretty and to satisfy their appetite
for eating sleeping and other world
ly pleasures, while the girls Of the
white race have the elements Of CIV
| lllZation at their finger because they
read and study constantly wnat IS
going on in the world about them
In the same manner, Dr.. ProctC:'
| illustrated how the boys Of the An
| glO- Saxon race are preparing them
G q
can civilization while the pick Of the
young Negro manhood devotes time
to the follies Of today. "The wh;,c
boy is reading the newspapers and
keeping in touch with the work Of
the law-making bodies of tho nation
and the world. The boy Of African
descent is sleeping over his oppo:-
tunities. The white boy is training
the brain, the heart ond The henJ
while the black boy is danc,ng-.~
| training his heels" "These tn ngs +"
said DR.. Proctor, "mark the diifrr-
ence between the civilization Of the
I white man and that of the black
man"
The First congregational Church
| Of Atlanta, Ca, is probably the mos:
| interesting work Of its kind in Amer.
| lea. 1t is the most unique and pro-
gressive and the most useful clurcn
in the entire Congregational connec-
ton. 1t comes nearer solving the
religious problems among NaGtocs in
the South than any church Of what
ever denomination.
The First Congregational lnstJtu-
tional Church was compl steI two
years ago and is lasting m on1ment
to the unselfshnes the nncrSy anI
foresight as well as the ,constru tive
genius Of Dr.. Proctor.
The Church is the main end
strongest source Of spiritual 1owcr
and source Of uplift in Atlanta all is
perhaps the most influential church
in the entire State Of Georgia.
| DR.. Proctor has made the First
Congregational Church kind Of
church to solve the religions prob
lens Of Atlanta by recon3tcucting g
tho membership and cons: .1ot .ur a
building, beautiful and attractive. rs
well as useful. The mem 0ership is
Idrawn from al grades Of Ds1ple and
thcv are all At work all th., tjmo.
| The Influence Of the COugrega-
ItiOnal Church Of Atlanta on" IN 3aA-
sos the entire city. black and white
it has model Sunday School ana d
Sur erintcndcnt OF intelligence onI
religious culture. There IS 2 gym
nasium, model Kitchen for tcarhino
domestic scicnce; ladies DarlOr: cn.
lDloymcnt bureau: library; music dc.
lrartmcnt; lycenm: civic dcrartr>"nt
land mission department. ii fa"t al