The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-05-31
ST. PAUL s THRIFT
ETH ANNIVERSARY
DR.. TAYLOR, AN ALUMNUS PAYS
TRIBUTE-IGN0RANCE is THE
CURSE OF OUR LAND-WORK
BEGUN WITH FIVE DOLLARS.
Rx VIM. Anthony Aerv.

Lawrenceville, Va, May.-The st.
Paul Normal and Industrial School,
at the close of its thirty years of
service to the community, the Church
and the Nation, merits the praise OF
those who are experts in the field of
vocational education, and commands
the support of many thoughtful
Christian men and women who put
education above ignorance and who
see in Americas army, of twelve mil
lion Negroes a National asset of un
told value.
To the recent st. Paul Commence
ment there came the Right Reverend
Beverley D. Tucker, Bishop of South
ern Virginia. the Right Reverend
Arthur c. Thomson, Bishop Suffra
gan of Southern Virginia; the Righ
Reverend Arthur S. Lloyd, president
of the Board of Missions of the Pro
testant Episcopal Church and BishoT
of Liberia; the Rev. DR.. David w
Howard, rector of st Luke's Church
Norfolk; the Rev, Dr. c. BraXtor
Bryan, principal Of the Bishop Payne
Divinity School, Petersburg; the
bev Edmund p Danlridge rector O.
st. PauHs Church, Petersburg; the
Rev. Herbert N. Tucker, rector of st
James Church, Boydton, Va; thu
Rev. Herbert H. Young, Kendridge
Va; the Rev. Junius l.. Taylor, rec
tor of st. Stephens Church, Savan
nah, Ga; the Rev. NJ. B. Birchett
rector of st. James Church, Ports
mouth, and many others who wer,
vitally interested in the development
! of sound ideas of education.
Black Men Make Good.
Bishop Lloyd, comparing the tasl
of the Liberians with that of tn
American Negroes, said to the larg
Commencement audience:
81 have seen strange thing-th
only spot on Gods earth where Afr
cans are working out their own des
tiny without let or hindrance-wher
pure FLOODED Africans are workin
out the problems of citizenship.
have seen how these Africans max
good, with no white mans hand gui(
ing, helping, or supporting them.
have been, the courage, enthusiasm
and force o. Africans who have bull
for themselves republic in the fac
of untold obstacles.
Statements unworthy of Liberi
are generally untrue. The Liber an
arc not degenerate, neither are the
dishonest. Liberia has never d
faulted dollar.
Liberia is not immoral. Liberia
morality is identical with your mo
! ality. Liberals dream of the futur
is identical with yours"
Bishop Lloyd preached the sermo
at the unveiling of the tablet place
in the school chapel in memory {
Katherine Van Rensselaer, Delafiel,
1S49-1901."
A Graduates Tribute.
DR.. Taylor, who was graduate
from st. Paul School in 1901, afte
a hard struggle for an education
told graphically the story of the CO
ored mans desire to obtain bette
schools, homes and churches. H
said
THE curse upon our land today
ignorance It is the fruitful motht
of superstition and fanaticism. 1t
the cause of persecution, diseas
crime and death 1t builds the aim
houses, asylums and penit tentiaries.
''To combat this monster, ign0
ance the Rev. James S. Russo
founder and principal Of St. Ia
School, came among the good peop
of Brunswick County over thir
years ago He taught the colort
people that emancipation means sc
ting people free from ignorance, po
erty and degradation. He taught tn
freedom brings trials and respon'
bilities. He showed men how
make homes and how to strengthe
a race.
with the small sum of five dC
lars, Dr.. Russell began his gre
work Thirty years ago he had thr,
teachers and a few boarding student
Today he has more than fifty officer
instructors and employees. st. Pa
has five hundred students. 1t hi
sent out 600 academic and trade era
: uates, who are useful men and wol
, en-, as we'll as over 1000 former ST
/, dents. Today the school has ov
thirty buildings and 600 acres of G
cellent land.
+ "Thirty years ago the colored pc
pie of this country owned $4,000 wor
[ of property. Today the proper
: owned by them is worth almost
3 million dollars.
To-day you will find through t.
: neighboring counties neatly bu
5 homes and good churches and schoc
3 for the colored people. You wi
( also find obedience from well-train
+ boys and girls.
"The school is recognized by t
Virginia Department of Education
one of the important centers of \
gro training. Many of the st. Pa
p students serve as teachers.
: "Of the 1870 ministers of t
D Church, twenty-five have gone frc
!, st. Paul School, These ministe
:, are in great demand"
? Funds Needed.
: Archdeacon Russell in bis excelle
. report to the Trustees states tn
q the School is facing a deficit of pI
9 badly 100000. He believes, howev
: that the public, when it fully reali2
9 the Importance of the Schools inf
: ence for good, will furnish the n
essary funds to continue the Schoo