Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-08-09

general lettering along instead OF go
Ing directly to the point The victim
OF this ailment surcharges his ex-
pressions with "er"--er"-"er's" until
the hearer becomes nauseated: he
tries to give you the name OF some
one. and the name eludes him; he re-
fers to place but cant think OF Its
name: In other words. he Is conduct
ing you down to a point on the
stream of conversation and instead OF
going directly to the object he turns
aside and explores every little rivulet
running into II. Wearied. you forget
what he intended to say. or where
he intended 20 go. The talk is at once
diffusive and confusing, showing that
the speaker is a victim Of mental
-scatteration- rather than master
of concentration. This common time
wasting fault 10 general among both
the Eterate and the illiterate among
our people. II becomes hideously dis
gusting among the educated t?), who,
in addition to the foregoing, inject
troop OF fll-chosen pronouns which
make confusion worse COMPOUNDED.
Some days ago young colored man
boarded a train to 80 to q certain
place He had failed to buy ticket.
After the train had gotten under way,
the conductor came In and shouted:
Tickets, tickets" Our young man
handed him a piece OF money. The
conductor asked, Where do you
want to go?" There was considerable
hesitation, scratching Of the head.
fioundering over the "Ah""ah" err
"er." and finally the fellow had to
turn to one Of his companions and
ask. What's the name 'er de place
I want to go to-" This had con-
sumed about four minutes Of the con-
ductor's time, and the latter passed
on a sadder and madden man!
Through the efforts Of DR.. James H.
billiard, field agent OF tie combined
Jeanes Rural school and John F. Sla-
ter funds. commission Of southern
state university professors has been
formed to study the race question
from an economic, educational and so
Geological viewpoint. THE chief aim
Of the organization" says DR.. billiard,
is to study the negro in his relation
to southern life. ! know that stu
dent groups in many southern uni
versities have been studying this
question. They have done this sys-
tematically and with high promise. So
was led to conclude that we should
look to our state universities for the
prosecution Of the work. and 1t appear
ed that the work could best be prose-
cuted through coordination and CO.
operation by all the Institutions. The
commission has heen formed by the
selection Of q member from eat:h OF
the II state universities of the south.
as follows: Alabama, Arkansas. Flor
Ida, Georgia. Louisiana, Mississippi.
North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and
Virginia. Prof. c. H. Braugh Of the
University Of Arkansas Is president.
and Prof. HURLEY Of the University
Of Virginia Is secretary.
The negro lodge and the negro
church should not forget from whence
cometh their strength. They control
thousands of dollars yearly, nearly all
of which IL placed In the banks owned
and operated by white men, notwith-
standing the colored banks are quite
numerous. There are Ave colored
banks in Texas. and out Of something
like $25O,OOO OF colored money belong
ing to colored lodges and churches(
not s per cent of 1t can be found on
deposit In colored banks. This condt-
ton must change. The negro must
| not be separated from his money