The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-03-14
JUBILEE SINGERS
DELIGHT BIG CROWD
At Y, N. C.. BUILDING
Old Time Melod!es Bring Back
Early Memories Program Of
Unusual Gripping Properties
Fisk University Great Work.

the jubilee singer. FRONT Fisk unit
Nyrsity, Nashville. Tom simply de-
lighted an audience of u' people al
the Y VI. G. A. Auditorium last night
They were appropril'.,. introduced
by Secretary Bonninp j A. Myers
tenor Miss u. VI. lowe soprano,
Mrs. j A. Myers CONT .to aud l. L.
Foster hasso.
] \. Myers was manager aud be-
fore each negro sons Was .cndcred
lac I'VE something ul it- origin or
history. These Tomue- were intor-
esting aud a%pprorriHi. aud showed
that Myers had famitari1cd himself
with "JnCle Remus' COO Joel thond-
Ter Harris. who has written eNhaus-
lively OH the southern negro tradi-
,ions and superstition and their Tar
away origin.
The program composed the range
of a musical scale extending from the
class 81 Wont You Tell Me Robin,
to Cardinal Newman Lead Kindly
Light As q matter uf fact 1t did
compass the gamut from ola Black
Joe" To MY Rosary Perhaps the
songs that thrilled and delighted he
large audience most were "Old Black
Joe who'll Witnes. for the Lord
and swing Low. Sweet Chariot
who'll Witness For the LORE was
explained 10y Meyers a, ranking with
thc heroes OF Heroditus. the father of
history. IN some Of his stories. Great
and almost Godlike deeds were attrih-
Uted To- them. There we're IS verses.
he said. hut they would not all he
sung. The character take ion ola
Testament heroes From Moses to the
last of the kings of Israel. The
chorus was so fun of yervr u pep.
SO run OF the negro African hurharic
charm. yet eildcd witiHl 10y the white
nSnn's culture. that IL set the audit
! ence T." swayinE. aud keeping time
with the weird caden,cs. Who's origin
l. lost IN the dim distant past
During thu intermissiou between
the parts of the musical program,
Myers spoke IN u strain 90 true clo-
/ Quence uf Fisk university ~ origin.
I history and present work tie said
Il had turned out ZOO graduates.
more than 90 per cent ~ whom had
adopted teaching ts n profession. II
has nov 90 white teachers he said.
Ninety Young men hud left is halls
TO rally around the flag and offer
their lives Iva the present world con-
fliot. Tor the ideals ~ Amsricu-of the
university.
After an this country has only one
flag aud must he only one people
when II comes to protecting that flag
and the ideals fur which II statues. The
dominant Auglo-SuNun ace would
win Tho culorod man was trying to
follow his more intellectual whit,
brother aud he appealed tu AN good
| people t. AID Fisk university in IL
upward climb towards the white
mans goal
II harmony consists IN "a meliiflu-
uus concordance of sweet sounds ~
has bee praCtically explained, then
last nights audience was treated 90 q
feast OF really harmony, yes more. uf
enhancing melody Myers rccited
Paul Lawrence uuubar's when Ale.
| linda sings ano 'The Banjo song
and acted a negro piece called "Maw-
min"
The position Of the audience who
had been born and reared In the
south were overcome with the scnti-
ment which b. expressed iu the line
~ the old song, Make Me q child
Again just for Tonight"
Myers himself l~ really q versatile
aud well developed man, and is a
living example OF what education is
DOING FOR "our brother in black as
Bishop CRANBERRY has put a.