The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

ton in high schools and colleges. COM
| lnunity recreation, penal institutions.
! schools Of civics and phila nthropy, and
other institutions that are vital to either
| half of the central theme. Religious Ed
ucaticn and Civic Progress" On the
! other nand. one is equally impressed that
! II has taken until this tenth convention
before it has seemed feasible to summon
! a joint conference of denominational
| commissions on religious education
This new feature will introduce plans of
cooperation, the exchange of data, and
| so on.
In the light of the agitation of the i'm
migration bill which has passed both
Houses and is up to the President here
| is a pertinent advertisement by Frederic
J. Haskin on THE Immigrant" The
| immigrant contributes IS per cent of all
| the labor in the slaughtering and meat
packing industries: seven-tenths of the
bituminous coal mining: IS per cent of all
| the work In the woolen mills, and nine
tents in the cotton mills. He makes nine
| teen-twentieths of all the clothing OF
| America: more than half the shoes: four
| fifths of all the furniture; half the col
| lars, cuffs, and shirts; half the gloves:
| four-fifths of all the leather. And he re-
| lines nearly nlneteen-twentieths of the
| sugar. And yet as the advertisement
| says, he is the great American problem:
1 when L pour out my blood on Your
| altar of labor. and lay down my life as
| a sacrifce to your god of toll. men make
| no more comment than at the fall OF a
| sparrow. But my Drawn is woven into
| the warp and woof OF the fabric OF your
| national being. My children snail be
| your children, and YOU shall be my land,
| because my sweat ana my blood VIII
| cement the foundations OF the America
of tomorrow
| Selzach, the Oberammergau of Switz-
| erland, Is again preparing for regular
| series of representations OF the Passion
and Resurrection of Christ to be given
| during the months of June, July, August
| and September of next year. Selzach is
| a picturesque village nesting at the foot
| of the graceful Jura Mountains. within
| ten minutes railroad travel from ancient
| Soleure and in excellent communication
| with all parts OF Switzerland. The in
| habitants mostly farmers and watch
makers. are a simple and pious people
whose greatest desire is to lead a true
Christian life. A strict rule is enforced
| that no one may take part in the play
who is not of irreproachable character.
institutions for furtherIng the educa-
ton of the negro are receiving a great
stlIluius lfis year. whey University mas
just finished a building costing $4,000
besides a presidents home and 5000
dormitory. '.Tingley Memorial Hail. has
been built by the students and has cost
more than $4,000. while a medical col
lege costing Sls.uJ has had two-thirds OF
its cost contributed by the students. One
colored conference. besides giving 5000
to the Freedmen's Aid, has given 5000
to other benevolence. A church at LyncnI
burg, Va, with a membership of 500. ali
moderate wage-earners, the maNIm miAn
salary of whom is 500. has given 5000
for Christian education. The jubilee sing
ing troupe of Clafiin University are said
to have sung up four large brick build
ings for their college during their fifteen
vacations. 1t is also said that the collec-
tions last year from the negro contingent
were $1,000 more than on any previous
year. Negro orators make much of the
panels IN Lincoln Hall, Springfield, ILL.,,
recently erected by the State University,
representing the Down River Trip TO the
Slave Auction" Lincoln and douglas
Debate" '"rhc Inaugural Address, Lin
coin, the Saviour of the Slave and the
Gettysburg Address, together with