The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-29
DENVER, COLORADO. SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1919

colored men from the faculty of How
ard University. He makes it quite
plain that some white men should be
on the roster of assistants, to foster a
proper spirit of racial cooperation
and friendly acquaintance 1t Is
to be his fixed policy that wherever
equipment is anything like equal, the
colored man will be given preference
over white applicants, for, as he very
correctly says: Howard University1s
primarily a colored institution-a
nursery for race leaders-and colored
men of superior ability to reap what
ever benefits it may have to bestow'
as a stimulus to the best endeavors
of the worthy members of the race"
DR.. Durkee, therefore, will secure MS
workers for the Greater Howard Uni
versity'' from the very best talent
available among the Negro people, re-
tanning those who make good" and
adding others, as they are needed,
from a list of picked men" from the
outside.
Howard Alumni To Be Stirred to
Greater Activity.
Under DIR. Durkee's plan, sturdy
effort is to be made to arouse great
er degree of interest in the univer-
sity among its graduates and former
students. Next month, Rev. Emory B.
Smith, president of the National AL
umni Association of Howard Univer-
sity. is to make a tour of thirty to
fifty days throughout the country In
tbe interest of a more active and eX-
tensive cooperation of the Alumni AS
sociations of the University, and to
generate a more enthusiastic How
ard Spirit" The selection of this very
live Christian leader and comrade-like
alumnus is regarded as an excellent
one, and all are confident that his
message will be most inspiringly de-
livered.
Many Notable improvements in Con-
temptation.
The physical aspect of Howard Uni
versity is to be materially improved.
BY recommendation of President Dur
kee, the trustees have voted to erect
several new buildings and to remodel
the old structures, with view to ad-
ding to both the beauty and utility
of the school, A new administration
building is to go up in the near fu-
ture, and the untidy Georgia Avenue
approach to the grounds is to be al
tered beyond recognition. The cam
pus is to undergo radical changes ana
improvements. A government land
scape expert will supervise the work
of laying out "Victory Avenue" to sur
round the picturesque Howard Hill,
and which is to commemorate the part
played by Howard men in the world
war. All of this building and land
scape development is to be along lines
suggested by the Fine Arts Commits
sion. In this entire program of schol-
astic and physical improvement OF the
"Greater Howard University" it is
gratifying to state that DR.. Durkee has
the warmest approval and backing of
the Secretary of the Interior and the
most influential members of Congress,
which will insure the granting of the
funds necessary to carry these am
bilious projects to completion in due
season.
That DIR. J. Stanley Durkee is
sincere and substantial friend of Ne
gro progress is not in question. He
is the friend of humanity, regardless
of color, creed or condition, and there
is not an atom of race prejudice in
his great big heart or in any part of
his red-blooded anatomy. This is am
ply demonstrated by the whole-souled
enthusiasm which has characterized
his labors for the betterment of this
splendid institution, to which he has
come at a tremendous personal sacri-
flee, and by the far-visioned outlook
he is giving the race in his unflinch-