Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-13

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MADE BY NEGROES
DR.. Emmett Scott Addresses
SocioIogists on Race
Attachments.
"rhe competition Of the intellect
knows no color line" declared DR.. EN-
NETT ]. Scott Of Howard University,
IN an appeal for a larger opportunity
Tor the colored race in arts, sciences
and literature. at the twelfth session
OF the Southern Sociological Congress
at the National Museum TODAY.
LII. Scott confined his remarks main.
~ 10 the remarkable progress the negro
has made in the last fifty years in the
n ne .se OF science: and gave a long list
recognition from the scientific world.
He announced that DR.. E. E. Just
Of the department of zoology and
physiology Of Howard University had
just received the first grant to be
nas Dy the National Research Coun-
native Of Charleston, S. c., and was
CIRCULATED from Dartmouth College.
The session opened with prayer by
Kew. Forest J. Prettyman, chaplain
o. the United States Senate. and
audience. Bishop Theodore D. Brat
tan. president Of the congress. intro
duced Prof. Monroe N. Work Of Tus-
kegee Institute, who spoke on the
progress Of the American negro in
property ownership. and the signifi-
cameo OF this for the future Of the
race.
Cites Economic Progress.
TO indicate tho economic progress
OF the negro. Prof: Work dwelt at
emancipation Of the negro in 1865.
when the total amount Of property
owned by the race in the United
S sta na amounted to- approximately
$2o.ooo,0oo. held chiefly by the free
acres. or $1,000 square miles mil St Of i.nd'
valued at 31.1oo. 00o. 900, owned out
right by the colored people OF the
United States.
no other race Of people in the
history Of the world has made bet
he said. Starting nifty years ago
with practically nothing. today the
!; negroes of the United states have
accumulated over 100000 established
homes. One out OF every four owns
his home. which makes for a
high degree Of citizenship and is a
for the future Of the race"
In his address on THE Progress Of
the American Negro in Education"
Prof John N. Candy. president OF
the Virginia state Normal School,
! accomplished by tho negro along edu.
| cational lines, and brought out the
fact that at present there are $4,000
negro teachers in the United States.
by patience. wisdom, sacrifice and
plished this remarkable record in the
past nifty years" he said.
The speakers this afternoon are
DR.: George E. Haynes of this city,
tThe Progress Of the American Negro
G n INDUSTRY r'd,,s Bl:a TSps g. w. clnt9n.
American Negro in Church Work.;
DR.. William E. Boggs. Jacksonville.
Fla. THE Golden Rule Applied to
Race Relations: DR.. W. d. weather
ford; Nashville. Tenn. The Negro and
the New Democracy"
Relation to the World War;" by Prof.
Robert T. Kerlin. Lexington, Va:
What the Negro Farmer Wants." BY
w. 8. Moore. carrollton. Miss: Tho
Supreme Need Of the Negro Farmer"
'"The Cost Of III Health Of Negroes"
by DR.. Willis e. sterrs. Decatur. Ala. j;
what Most Disheartens the Negro
Today" by Prof. 2: T. Hubert, Jack
son: !, Miss: rs There z Criminal
son, n-Salem. N. c.: How to
Get Rid Of the Vicious Criminal" BY
President James E. Dudley, Green's
boro. N. c.; "Newspapers and Law En-
forcement." by Mrs: L II: Hammond,
Agency for Purchasing Good viii"
by Oscar W. Adams. editor Birminr-
ham Reporter: How the White and
Colored People Of the South Cooper
ate." by DR.. F. 9. DuBose. Selma, Ala. ;
The Work Of the Negro Normal
Walter 8. Buchanan. Normal, Ala, and
| Tho Growth Of Chivalry Among Me-
groes." by Miss Caroline Berry Phelps,
Palmyra. N. c.
Senator Spencer Speaks.
! At last nights 4ession Senator Sell
den p. Spencer OF Missouri said that
the United States coveted nothing
from any nation on earth. and at pres
ent was the establishing factor Of the
world.
America must keep from blindly
entangling itself with obligations for
tho future, or from minglinE national
ly in the labyrinth Of European mat.
ters." he declared.
A national religious revival to re-
spiritualize the nation was strongly
the Federal Council of Churches.
Speaks On AneRfcoDf8otfOn.
Thomas F. Baker Of the Carnegie
institute Of Technology spoke on the
Kenyon bill now before Congress. say
ing Co.,. x..,,.. ..,., 49,,
does not offer anything like q COM
plete solution Of one Of the most seri-
Gus problems Of American life, but II
ts an honest effort to create at least
| the framework for erecting q larger
and better structure for taking care
Of tlliterate Americans and foreigners
who can not speak English
The South's Part in Americaniza.
ton was discussed by Rabbi Stephen
Wise of New York.
The convention will adjourn tonight
after session devoted entirely to
the negro question. when DR.. r. r.
Motion. president of Tuskegee Insti-
Community and National Service" and
Gov. Thomas w. Beckett Of North Car.
olina will discuss 1.-THE Obligation. OF
the White Man to See That the Nerro
Gets q Square Deal"
Tonight's session will be held NJ
the Mount Vernon Place Methodist
lChurch.
Declares War on Armenia.
LONDON. May PA Constantine