The Washington bee., 1911-06-03
TRAINING SCHOOL
A Jubilee Week at Durham
SCHOOL DOING GREAT WORK
Durham, n. c., MAY z

Durham, N. G., May 27.
The first notice of the proposed Ma
tional Religious Training School ap-
peared in the Bee. AT the time DR..
Shepard stated that he intended to erect
buildings for such a school, / have been
informed by the people here that they
| laughed at him and said that he was
| building air castles. Well, | wish YOU
could see the air castles. This school is
fact, and the buildings have mate
rialized in deed and in fact. This school
| IS situated in the southern section of
Durham. 1t is beautifully located and
has in its grounds spring which sup
plies water that cannot be found any
where in the State. | want to give you
an idea of the buildings: The Avery
Auditorium is centrally located upon the
grounds and fronts the main street.
Fayette is the principal street in which
coiored Americans live, and this street
takes you to the school
The auditorium will held fully 700 or
800 people Many distinguished citizens
have spoken from its platform. The
dining hall and the mems and women's
dormltories are two large buildings,
which will be seen elsewhere in The
Bee, which / have sent on to appear
in this weeks issue of The Bee There
are several other buildings being erected
and will no doubt be completed in a few
weeks. President Shepard will erect a
home for himself and family opposite
the school grounds this summer The
teachers are all high-class instructors.
Prof. H. A. Clark, of Philadelphia, is
director of music. He writes all the
music that is sung at the school He is
la high-clasS composer. | have sent on
his cut and a piece of music which he
composed and dedicated to Dr.. James
L. Shepard. There is a students band
at the institution under the direction of
Prof. Clark and Prof. G. G. O. Kelly,
leader of the band. | must stop now
and tell you of the commencement ex-
ercises This school is new to the peo
pie of Durham and the entire school
DR.. Shepard has given something that
no other man in the South has ever
given. The exercises at the school be-
gan Sunday afternoon at 8 go o'clock
The baccalaureate sermon was preached
by Rev. DR.. A P Riccard, of Spring
field. Mass This gentleman is one OF
the leading ministers in the South. For
one hour he electrified his audience
The auditorium was filled with the lead
ing people in the city. The entire pro-
gram was interesting. The band of the
school rendered many musical selec-
tins under the direction Of the leader
Monday evening was an oratorical
contest in which the following partici-
pated:
Grafton. Mind the Master Force.
Mr.. George McCorkle
Orchestra selection, Our Lieuten-
ant" Ouigo) N. R. 7. S. Orchestra
Grafton, "The Kind of Young Men
Wanted" MIR. Harmon Taylor
Overture, Princes Dream" (Evans)
N. R. T. S. Orchestra
Oration, "Some Advantages of a Col
lege Education" Mr. Elmer Turner
The judges of this contest were Mr..
W. T. Bost, of the Daily Herald, this
city; James Ganson, Y. NJ. c. A, Fall
River, Mass, and w. Calvin Chase, of
The Bee.
The speeches were good and much
interest was manifested in them by the
contestants. The report of the judges
was received with enthusiasm.
There was much interest manifested
in the address on Tuesday evening by
DR.. w. P Few. of Durham, ~ c., and
president of Trinity College. He didn't
think so much of DR.. Du Bois, but he
did pay DR.. Booker T. Washington a
high compliment. DR.. Few entertained
Judge Stafford at the select club of