The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-12-20
WHO THEY ARE
A N D WHERE
SOME GRADUATES OF THE Dali
LAS COLORED HIGH SCHOOL.
The world Little Note What You
Know, But Know What You Can
DO.
Night Has Eyes and Keeps Them on
the List of Fourteen Doctors, One
Lawyer and a Tailor. Two OIL
GERS and Two Ministers.
By N. w. Harllee.

By N. w. Harllee.
| Upon the shoulders of the young
men of any people rests the destiny
of that people. 1t is not upon the
bases of the great institutions of
their country, nor the army and the
navy, but the bulwark finds its rest
| ing place in the caliber of the young.
The hope and inspiration of the Ma
ton Z this American Nation, with all
its wealth and prefermept, can have
for its basic principle the intelligence
of all her people as the one essen
tial requirement for the safety and
perpetuity of her government.
We are coming more and more as
the light Of experience illumes our
pathway of duty to see what is need
ed and to apply the remedy. We have
tried force, and force is a powerful
weapon in the hands of those who
are not civilized and now we are
left to resort to more gentle means,
namely the education of the masses.
Much was said about preparedness
prior to America entering the war
of the world, and strides she made
when she entered that she might be
prepared to meet the foe. Billions
Of dollars were appropriated, fac
tories smoked with burning blasts,
the President called on all to act
as one man, to act together in one
common cause, and the whole nation
obeyed.
Today another summon comes, 1t
calls all to act together as one man
in the education and the training OF
the young, not of one race alone,
but Of the masses. The war is
about ended, and that of peace is
to be inauguarated, the peace of bet
ter feelings among all the people,
that peace of better and more hui
name understanding, that peace OF
Justice, that peace that requires when
a matter is settled it must be settled
right. Our honest hope as people
must have it's foundation in the home:
in the school and in the church.
when the home is wrong, its govern
ment uncertain, we find from his
tory, from tradition and experience,
return to the old fashion way of the
home training to instill and to in
stall the doctrine of applying the
rod not to the back alone but Il
measure the youth to see that he
comes up to the requirement OF
moral and to the high standard OF
courtesy and decorum.
!, But we were thinking of some
Texas young people who they are
and where they are, when we gave
out the above platitude, running
through the entire nation to fine
, the never ending chain of true man
/ hood, and the mirror that reflects
the virtues Of the good and the de-
serving.
J In our great cities, there are mel
and women, whose duty it is to fol
low up young people and to fine
J out about their associates, and theil
habits of life and when these youna
people apply for positions, the EN-
ployers usually know their full his.
: tory, not by the recommendation
| that the applicant bears in his hand
but from source that the applicant
/ least expects. Some> years ago, We
) asked certain man what was his
! business in the great city of Chicago
and he informed us that he was
! paid three to four thousand dollars
= annually to look after the persons
2 who wished employment and tina
he had often recommended rather
seedy young man over well dressed
) and up to date looking fellow on ac
! count of the superior habits of thu
= one over the other. This is related
!, to give warning to the direlec
youngsters who think that night hal
no eyes.
= We wish to mention one youn'
: man who when the treasure depart
5 ment wished competent and worth.
( clerk, the department came to Dial
t las, under Civil Service rules, ant
/, employed the Hon. ]. Horatius Polk
' known in our city as John Polk
' and placed him in the Treasure de
? partment, where he has made a re
- cord that is an honor to the de
a partment He has compiled work
) on Census tabulation of his race,
> tabulation that can be used in tn
5 school to advantage alike to boil
e teacher and pupils of the uppe
grades. Mr.. Polk is a graduate o
l the Dallas Colored high school, Hi
forte lies along the line of literatur,
Y and history. He was a careful stu
dent and made English his majo
and in this branch, he excelled ant
we assigned him to thte English de
/. partment when we had some humble
part as the principal of the higl
} school, and the assignment was al
that could be desired.
II Mr.. Polk has been promoted from
5 time to time in his new position, /
is claimed. Merit has but one Sc
: cret, that is success. and in thi
secret our subject has been foun'
to be worthy young man in ever!
respect among the leaders of so
ciety in the city of Washington il
, the leading circles both social ant
: literary. He is congenial and affable
/ Mr.. Polk has been licensed to prac
| tice law in the District of Columbia
When we were in college, pro
) fessor of the white race saidi TO III
, one day that the position for leader
ship among the Colored educated
class was greater than that of an!
} other race in the entire country
and this trite saying is repeated her,
/ for the sake of emphasis that tn,
young men and women may see thi
subject as the New England Prof
saw 1t, and that they may take thu
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