The Washington bee., 1912-03-23
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ALEXANDRIA NEWS.
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(By R. H. Brooks, 723 So. Fairfax St.

(By R. H. Brooks, 723 So. Fairfax ST.
A keen interest is being mani
tested preparatory to the organiza-
ton meeting of the Colored school
Improvement League.
1t IS understood that Rev. Alexan-
der Truat, pastor of Alfred St. Bap-
tist Church, Rev Henry II. Waring,
pastor OF Shiloh Baptist Church, Rev.
IS. NJ. Johnson, pastor of Zion Baptist
Church, Rev Mitchell, rector of
Meade Chapel, p. Z. Church, Rev. C..
s. Briggs, pastor Roberts Chapel NJ.
E. Church, and Rev. d. J. Henderson,
pastor Third Baptist Church, are in
sympathy with the movement, and 1t
IS believed that they will urge their
respective congregations and regular
attendants to cooperate with the or
ganizers.
Capt. VIM. H Sweeney, superin-
tendent of public schools of Alexan-
dria, Va, will preside at the organi-
zation meeting, which will be held at
Hallowel School, 3 2. NJ, Sunday,
March 81 During Capt Sweeney 5
administration many notable improve
ments have been made in the city
schools. and it can be said in all can
dor and without fear OF successful
contradiction, that he has given the
COlured schools comparatively equal
opportunities with the whites.
In view of this fact, it will be. in
deed, encouraging to Capt. Sweeney
when he appears on the scene Sun
dav March RI and becomes aCquaint-
ed with the fact that we are trying to
help ourselves some, too.
Owing to business intricacies, the
popular choirmaster OF Roberts
Chapel choir, Mr. P II. LumpkinS
finds that it will be imDraCticable
for the choir to sing at the "ordina
ton OF elders" ; P. NJ. Sunday. at
Ebenezer NJ. L. Church, Washing
ton. \ female chorus, IN charge oi
Miss BuCkner, will sub for Mr.
Lumpkins and his choir, and it Is
expected that the girls will do much
credit to themselves, the church anC
their able tutor. Mr. LumpkinS, who
should congratulate himself as we'll a.
/ be congratulated, on being able tC
have a young female choral banC
| that. under his instruction has at
| tanned to a degreesof proficiency tha
is sufficient to enable them to go tC
! sing at the annual conference under
/ the direction OF one in their ranks
J This only goes to show that his de
| termined efforts as a Choirmaster
| during the past quarter century, have
not been in vain. The girls did no
| succeed in securing the services o
our talented organist, Mr.. Edgar J
! Johnson, as was expected.
Mr.. Edw. P Dixon, Jr., presiden
Of the Young Mems Bible Class o
Alfred Street Baptist Church, an
nounces a very interesting program
for Easter
The Junior Epworth League, o
Roberts Chapel NJ E Church, unde
! the able supervision of Mrs Maggi,
! Evans. Is making ready for an Easte
program that will eclipse all thei
previous Easter services.
| Raymond II. Murray, the success
! full manager of the Hiawatha Theater
| was in town for a short while thi
! week. and it had been so long since
| Raymond was over to see 'all US
! friends in Squash Centre" that, OF
] Ch tlN AGilu lltC lCllOHS NNNNA mn
with a cordial delighted" while tn,
girls all made him the happy recip
lent of copious showers of kisses anC
pardonably modest country Caresses
It was a real corroboration of TIT
statement so often made by hi
friends and acquaintance to the ef
| feet that he IS "everybody's friend
! The Lenten services at Meade P Z
Chapel are being largely attended
! Rev. DR., Mitchell. the rector, an'
! Nine J. Milton Hopkins, his arden
, co-worker, organist and musical di
lrectress, are a potent factor in tn
| work OF Christianizing the commu
nifty.
/ 1t is expected that the work OF
the erection Of their proposed ney
edifCe will be started in the near fu
; ture. The site at the corner of Prin
cess and Alfred streets has airead
been selected and bought, and is con
sideTed a far more favorable and ron