Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-05
ADVANCE OF THE NEGRO
By Frederic ]. Haskin
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Dy Frederic J. HGSRIn
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graduate of Dartmouth College two
years ago and his discoveries are re-
garded as of such Importance to
science that he has been granted a
six months leave from duty to in
augurate a similar line of research in
the University of Chicago.
Many Receive Degrees
Nearly a thousand young colored
men and women received baccalaure-
ate degrees in this country during the
past year. Some of them were from
tho leading educational institutions of
the country, including Yale, Harvard,
Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell and
Western Reserve. Many other grad
yates were from the institutions de-
voted exclusively to colored people.
| One of the honor graduates of the Co
lumbia Medical School this year was
DIR. Isabelle Vandevall, the only stu
dent of her race in the class. 1mme-
diately after graduation she was APP
pointed inferno to the Hospital for
Women and Children of Syracuse. The
public high schools of the country
graduated over 5000 colored students
last year. a number of whom won
. signal honors. A graduate of the
NJ street COlOTeu IllEn SCnOOi Ol w dSn-
, ington, ID. c., has been an honor stu
dent at Radcliffe this year and COM
posed it's freshman class song.
The natural musical ability of the
colored race has received the rec
ognition of the English government,
which has recently provided pension
OF 81 900 per year for the widow of
Cooleridge Taylor, the composer, and
an additional provision for his chill
drpn during their minority.
The colored composers OF this coun-
try are also doing much to add to the
musical credit of the nation. Many
people familiar with the melodies of
Harry T. Burleigh. the beautiful cradle
songs by Clarence c. White, or the
sprightly dance music of Will Marion
Cooke are not aware that their pleas
ure is due to the musical talent of
the colored race.
Many Singers of Ability
Colored singers of exceptional ability
are numerous. A few months ago
Rachael Walker, of Cleveland, was
enthusiastically received by the King
and Queen of Spain, who delighted
in her voice. During her stay in Paris
she received the hearty plaudits of
Massenet and Saint-Saens, the great
modern French composers.
Thousands of American theater-
goers are familiar with the artistic
performance of Bert Williams, a col
ored comedian with ability of the
higneat order. His appearance in any
production is a promise of entertain
ment that is always fulfilled. His droll
re presentation of dealing himself a
losing hand in a poker game is
classic in mimicry that audiences de-
light in seeing over and over again.
Notwithstanding the limited facili-
ties open to colored art students, a
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rare talent have developed within the
present generation. James Herring, a
landscape painter, was awarded the
highest prize among twenty-five ar
lists exhibiting in an exhibition held
in Syracuse last Spring. Harry l..
Tanner, also an artist of note and the
son of Bishop T; lner of the African
Methodist Church, has recently had
the distinction of selling one of his
pictures for the Lauvre Gallery in
Paris. Tanners Three Marys" is well
known. yet few of its admirers know
it is the work of a colored artist.
Noted Sculptors
A number of colored sculptors have
attracted attention. Mary Howard
Jackson. of Washington, is remark.
ably clever in her representation of
children. her compositions having been
extensively reproduced. Meta War
rick. a young Philadelphia girl. is
considered to have exceptional talent.
She has studied under Rodin in Paris
and several of her pieces suggest her
master in their strength and virility
Her subjects are sad, as If she felt the
handicap of her race. THE Man Eat
ing His Heart Out" is her best-known
work.
Chicago boasts both a colored ply
sician and a dentist who have pro-
NOTED their profession. DIR. Daniel
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having performed the first successful
operation upon the human heart He
was made a fellow in the American
College of Surgeons in recognition of
this feat.
DR.. C. E. Bentley. of Chicago, was
the first president of the Illinois Den
tai Society and was the chief organizer
of the great dental congress held in
Chicago in 1908. DR.. Bentley first sug-
gested dental examination for school
children at a meeting of the Illinois
Dental Society some years since. His
recommendation is now in active op-
Grafton in most of the large cities
throughout the country.
During the half-century of his free
dom the progress of the negro has not
been confined entirely to art and
science. His education and advance
ment have been along all lines. He is
succeeding in business, he is learning
the trades, and even in the poorest
districts of the South he is rapidly
becoming a freeholder.
ENTERTAINS DORCAS SOCIETY
Marysville. Pa, Nov. "wednesday
evening Mrs. j. S. Bolze entertained
the Dorcas Society of Zion Latheran
Church. After the business meeting
refreshments were served to Mrs. S.
L. Rice. Mrs. Charles Linn. Mrs. Ches-
ter Sheaffer. Mrs. Jacob Bitner, Mrs.
]. w. Burns, Mrs. Stauffer, Mrs. Ar
thur Benfer, Mrs. Simon Hess, Mrs.
Daniel Fishel. Mrs. G. Biting, Mrs.
Pearl Nipple. Mrs John Myers, Mrs.