The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-06-20
ACTIVITIES OF DR..
/. CREED ". CHILDS
Member Of District Of COIunn-
\ bias Board Of Education.
RESPECTED BY ALL GLASSES

Successor Of r. r. Horner Has Served
4 capabIy In Many Positions of Public
3 Trust - Eloquent and Convincing
! orator-,Ardent Friend Of the Public
a School System.
Washington. - The appointment Of
DR.. Greed w. Childs as member Of
the board Of education for the District
Of Columbia gives general satisfaction
to the race. He succeeds Lawyer II.
R. Horner, and the term is for three
years, beginning July !.
s DR.. Childs Is q native Of Alabama.
but has long been resident Of Wash
ington and has been actively identified
educational, religious. commercial, So
cial and civic uplift of the people Of
this community. He has served capa-
bly, in many positions Of public trust.
|. Perhaps no man in the nations cap
ital Is more widely known, and GER
tainly none is more highly respected
or better loved by all classes. He has
been physician to the poor of the Dis
trict, sanitary and food inspector of
the health department and medical in
spector Of the contagious disease de-
partment.
DR.. Childs Is graduate Of the med
lcal department Of Howard university
and is a member Of the surgical staff
Of that institution. He is prominent
In the direction Of the Medico-C Chirur-
gical society and has been one Of its
slee presidents. He has been chair
man Of the medical section Of the Ma
tional Medical association and in 1911
was named for the presidency in
field embracing the foremost physi-
clans Of the country.
He Is an active member of the Y. M.
@. A., and was Of great assistance in
raising the funds necessary to insure
the erection Of the 100000 home of
that splendid institution. He is vice
president Of the Young Peoples So
ciety Of Christian Endeavor and has
always taken deep interest in the
work Of the churches, fraternities and
social settlement movements.
DR.. Childs Is an eloquent and con-
vincing orator and is able to champion
cause before any body Of any race
with a force and 6uency that invari-
ably wins all that Is contended for
He was particularly effective In sup
port of the Jones' Works bill in con-
gress, q measure designed to reduce
the number Of saloons in the District,
and by It's passage many barrooms and
dens Of iniquity will be removed from
the sections in which our people live
In large numbers.
In DR.. Childs the public school sys-
tenn Of the District has an ardent
friend. He fully. understands the
needs Of the system and knows Just
how to 60 about the work Of remedy
Ing whatever evils may have crept
into It and to extend it's benefits and
enlarge its power for the good Of the
community.
policies Of the existing administration,
the efficacy Of which has been thor
oughly demonstrated by the results
shown, and will act in harmony with
the admirable board to which he has
been assigned by the supreme court Of
the District. He Is lover Of man.
kind; his sympathies go out in prac-
deal fashion to teachers and pupils.
Having practiced medicine in the
District for over twenty years, he Is
familiar with all Of the conditions
which surround his people and will be
In position to handle the problems Of
the masses as well as those Of the
classes and to stand for the highest
ideals Of school management for the
good of white and black alike.
DR.. Childs Is substantial citizen.
having acquired generous space in
the tax ledger Of the District, owning.
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