The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-04-07
MILITARY TRAINING CAMP.
Movement Promoted by Dr.. J. z. SPIN.
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Movement Promoted by Dr.. J. z. Spin.
garn Receives Genuine Support.
New York.--The success of the mill
tary training camp for the purpose of
fitting colored men to hold official posi-
lions in the United States army, which
Is being promoted by DR.. ]. q. Spin
garn Of this city, is practically as
sured. Up to March 81 more than
217 applicants for attendance at the
camp had been received. In order to
meet General Leonard Woods PROPOSE
ton, 250 applicants for instruction are
necessary. That the necessary number
to have the camp established will soon
be received is without question.
The response to Dr.. Spingarn's ini
tiative in the matter Of establishing
the camp has been genuine. Since his
address at Howard university the
latter part Of March, in which he
fully explained the matter, seventy-five
students Of that institution have sent
in their applications to join the camp.
DR.. Spingarn is receiving almost daily
letters indorsing the movement.
DR.. Spingarn's interest In our race
is not spasmodic; it is permanent, true
and tried. As the branch bulletin Of the
National Association For the Advance
ment Of Colored People for March
says, DR.. Spingarn's interest In the
colored people antedates the founding
Of that organization.
Ten years ago he founded the Heart
Of Hope club for the colored people
who live In Armenia, N. Y, but it
goes back farther than that. Almost
since it's founding he has belonged to
the N. A. A.. @. p. In 1910 he was
elected to the executive committee
which directed the association before
its Incorporation; during 1911 he head
ed the New York vigilance committee.
which was able to carry on legal work
against discrimination chiefly through
his generosity, and since 1914 DR.. Spin.
garn has been chairman of the board
Of directors. Two nation wide speak.
ing tours have made him personally
known to most of the members from
Boston to Oklahoma.
DR.. Spingarn was born In New York
on May II, 1875. He took his doc
torate at Columbia university after
four years of graduate work at Har-
ward, Columbia and abroad. For
twelve years he was on the teaching
staff Of Columbia, retiring as professor
~ ooxrvo IAN tive n&oro t,,ro u 1O1r n
period during which he published
many works which won him an inter
national reputation. His History Of
Literary Criticism In the Renaissance"
was translated into Italian by Antonio
Fusco, with preface by the distin-
guished philosopher, Benedetto Croce.
LES Bellies Lettres ct LErudition en-
Amerique au Point du Vue Acade
mique," Critical Essays Of the Sew
enteenth Century" "The New Crit
cism," "Jacobean and Caroline Crit
icism" and other works established
his reputation as a scholar.
Since the European war began he has
been devoting considerable time and
enthusiasm to military tactics and
drill, attending the training camps at
Plattsburg in 1915 and at Fort Ogle-
thorpe in 1915. In July Of last year he
was appointed by General Wood as
instructor, with the rank Of lieuten-
ant, at the Plum Island military train
ing camp at Fort Terry.
All men desiring to join the camp
should send their name and address,
stating age and occupation, to DR.. J.
e. Spingarn, 8 West Seventy-third
street, New York.