Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-01-15
IOWA GIRL IN THE SOUTHWEST.

IOWA GIRL IN THE SOUTHWEST.
ECHOES from Bishop College" BY
Letta E. Cary, B. A., head Of the de-
partment of German.
It may be of interest to the readers
of the Bystander to know just how
the students and faculty Of Bishop
college celebrated New Years day. It
was commemorated very appropriate
~ by having as invited guests the
older people in and about Marshall.
At about IL o'clock our venerable
guests began to arrive on foot, in
wagons, buggies and on mules. After
viewing the grounds, inspecting the
dormitories and amusing themselves
generally, the old folks were conduct
ed to the dining hall, where, much to
their enjoyment, they were bountifui-
ly fed at two long tables which ex-
tended the width of the room. ,...s'
The dining hall and tables were
appropriately decorated in holly, mis-
tleaoe and Xmas bells, while the walls
were adorned with the Stars and
Stripes, quite in keeping with the
significance of the day. At the sight
of this emblem Ct freedoms one of the
older ladies was so deeply moved that
her feelings gave expression to the
utterance Of shouts Of praise. So Tor
a time. the students had feeling that
they were entering q real "Holy Ghost
meeting" instead Of a dining hall.
After dinner our guests, along with
the student body and other friends,
repaired to the chapel, where the re-
mainder Of the day was fittingly eel
ebrated with the singing Of jubilee
songs by the choir, and the deliver
ance of various talks. The main adj
dress was delivered by Prof. Paul
Bledsoe of the Prairie View State
Normal, who spoke very forcefully
and ,intelligently upon the financial,
intellectual and economical progress
made by the Negro since his deliver
ance from bondage. 49, E4.....
At the conclusion of Prof. Bledsoe's
address a number Of the ex-slaves
were allowed to express themselves
in their own way. Indeed some Of
their experiences as they related them
were mirthful as we'll az pathetic.
Every thoughtful person who heard
these old people express in their
crude way their experiences and their
longings will agree that every senti
ment carried with it an inspil alton for
those who listened. It made all ap-
preciate more keenly the sacrifcial
spirit which is being exhibited at this
critical time by some Of these old
undetermined people who are keeping
their children in school.
10 the average boy and girl living
in the north the present, war means
nothing other than the reading Of the
thrilling accounts in the newspapers.
But to the boys and girls Of our race
in the southland, who depend upon
such schools as Bishop college for
their education, then it means that the
commercial difficulties existing in Eu-
rope at the present time are SO criti-
cal that the parents Of these poor
Negro boys and girls have no sale Tor
their cotton, thus depriving them Of
the opportunity Of attending schools
this year. And as was said, the ma
! jority who are here in school are at
tending only at great sacrifice Of
their old fathers and mothers.
So then to listen to the experiences
Of some Of these old people, many Of
/ whom, though bent with, age, are
striving zealously each day Of their
lives to keep their boys and girls
here, one could not refrain from
branding them as heroes and bene-
factors Of the present generation.
And the lessons. which they gave to
Us BY their precepts on that day will
y. long be remembered. a MI ~.
ii ,,5 Our most worthy guests departed
at the conclusion of the program with
an invitation extended them to return
next New. Years day. s 5tS,$
/ Excellent For Stomach Trouble.
"Chamberlain's Tablets are Just fol-
| stomach trouble writes Mrs. . g
Dunn, Arnold, "a. 81 was bothered