The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-11-06
High Compliment Paid Miss
luCretia 7. kenndrd.
DENTON FOLKS ARE HAPPY.
Dedication Of New Building For High
and Industrial School Purposes In
Thrifty Little Maryland Town At
tended by State and County Officials.
Work of a Hampton Graduate.
By w. ANTHONY AIRY.

By w. ANTHONY AIRY.
A proud day recently dawned for the
coIored people Of Caroline county. Md
The day was fine. and large number
Of parents and children. patrons. min
listers and teachers met in the new
building at Denton. Md. for the pur
pose Of dedicating an up to date train
ing school. A number Of white friends
state and county superintendent. the
supervisor who has charge Of the girls
canning clubs of Maryland. the indus
trial supervisor Of Baltimore county
and others.
Interesting and appropriate exercises
for such an occasion were held Aft
er the opening. which waS in charge
Of Miss Lucretia Il. Kennard. grad
uate Of Hampton in the class of 1892
and the supervisor Of the industrial
work in the rural schools of Caroline
county. E. NJ. Noble. the county SUI
perintendent. introduced the state su
perintendent. DR.. NJ. Bates Stephens.
who spoke apprecatively Of what the
cOlored people have been doing to i'm
prove their schools and their communi
ties.
Near the close of his address DR..
Stephens made the suggestion. on &C.
cOunt Of tho 6na Soryico rop6nrod Inv
Miss Kennard to the cOlOred children
of the county, that the name Of the
new school building should I've the
Kennard High and Industrial Train
ing school. A motion was made to
that effect and was unanimously car.
ried.
Miss Kennard then made a graceful
speech and said that this school ought
to have Il motto and that she hoped it
might be the one that she had learned
at HamptOn-"Not to be ministered
unto. but to minister" She said that
she sincerely hoped that the school
might stand for service. the new
watchword in modern education. The
patrons of Denton and Caroline coun-
ty are to be congratulated upon this
additional opportunity to carry on in
more advanced way the academic
and Industrial work.
Miss Kennard says of her co-work-
ers: I'VE are very proud of our teach
ers. because they have the race at
heart. They feel that the boys and
girls sent to them daily are not sent
simply to get book learning as the
patrons say. but to assist God in de-
velOping his image in each child and
to awaken in them u desire to become
useful men and women"
That this devoted worker is truly ell.
ergetic is shown by her work for 1000
children. Miss Kennard herself teaches
sewing and cooking She has taught
girls how to prepare good three cent
lunches. including lone hot dish. with
rolls or crackers. and one made dessert
or fruit" and thereby raise money to
buy library books She has encour
aged them to make carpets and rugs
out W "ooi. DIN itllu COllOu
She has introduced for boys such in,
teresting occupations as shoe repairing.
basket making and knife work Then.
too. she has helped to organize patrons
assOca tons. mothers clubs and has
brought together the rural teachers
for the study and discussion of live
school problems. Through Miss Ken.
nard and her co workers race relations
In Maryland have been strengthened.
and both races are taught to SEE and
understand their common interests
more fully than ever before