The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13
THE lNTER.cITY LITERARY ASso.
CATION OF KANSAS AND THE
WEST.

THE lNTER.cITY LITERARY ASSO-
CATION OF KANSAS AND THE
WEST.
Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting, Wichi-
ia, Kansas, December 90, 30 and
81, 1919.
Mrs. villa Dwiggins, President,
Kansas City, Kansas.
Mrs. W. w. Caldwell, Corresponding
Secretary, 2432 Vine street, Kansas
City, Mo.
Prof. Jos. l.. Bowler, Chairman Exc
cutive Committee. 2413 Goode avenue
st. Louis, Mo.
Three immense centuries-three hun
bred terrible but expressive years
pregnant with the striving of a re-
pressed p~eople-have spent them
selves. Therefore, 1t is particularly
important that at this point we should
pause, reflect, and survey by detailed
inquiry the long drear past. For is not
an idealized past a refuge and a so
lace of the spirit? Our group, above
all, must not lose a consciousness Of
those sacred values which are born
with tradition. Some notion, more or
less clear and explicit, of our contribu.
ton to society, crossed and blurred
most assuredly by an ignorant depre
citation Of our people, is needed as an
anchorage of our faith. We live, we
struggle, and we fight, but men revile
us, because they are blinded by the
passion of hate. Baseless charges of
every description, founded on an i'm
perfect knowledge of us and an inabil,
ity to perceive our deeper qualities
must give place to the unyielding per.
s%istence of the type of men and wom-
on who make up the Interstate Lit
erary Association.
Our Association convenes at the st.
Paul A. NJ. f. Church, Wichita, Kansas,
December 90, 80, 81. We hope to
make this session the grandest and
largest meeting of Il existence, for
this is our Tercentenary celebration.
Is this not worthy of your support
Share with us the joys and the respon.
sibilities of this venerable institution,
The Executive Committee has plan.
ned many innovations. A special es'
say contest will be held, and a prize
of $500 is offered for the best paper
limit $1,000 words) on effects of Slav
cry on the American Colored Man
Manuscripts must be in the hands OF
| the Secretary not later than December
Is.
Prizes will be offered, as usual, for
original music, Defamation, Poetry
and Oratory.
The presidents of the Race Colleges
in the Missouri Valley will be present
and address the meeting.
RULES: Literary Societies. Art
Clubs. Church Choirs and other uplift
organizations are eligible for represen.
tation.
Representation consists of three
members and three alternates from
each society, which may have n mum
Der on program. Papers will be limit
ed to ten minutes.
Program numbers should be in the
hands of the Corresponding Secretary
by December LIST.
FEES: Societies representing in
1917 will pay the usual fee of $1.00;
new societies, $3.50. Board and lodg
ing may be had at minimum prices.
If you have no literary society. or
ganize one.
Mr.. E. ]. Hawkins of Fort Scott
Kans.. has been elected State Lecturer
The following subjects will be dis
cussed:
/. The advent of Pro-Americans.
2. Slavery and it's sorrows-lesson :
good or bad.
3. War: It's revelations.
4. First Reconstruction-its Advan
tages; was Franchise a Mistake?
5. The End Reconstruction: New
Vision of race
C. Future; Challenge.
For further information, address
Mrs. W. w. Caldwell, 1882 Vine street
Kansas City, Missouri.