The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1920-12-11

were called upon TO stand up straight
when it came their turn to be pre-
scented to the audience by Prof. Ma
lone.
On Friday morning the visiting ed
tors and the other especially invited
guests of the IIaIone's tisited the Sum
ner High School at IL o'clock where
they witnessed lively little play rem
dered Fy the Red Domino Dramatic
Club after the play had come to an end
the platform was cleared and all the
editors were invited to it including
Miss Halle Q. Brown and short talks,
were delivered by Hon. Harry C. Smith,
Cleveland, Ohio, and by Miss Brown,
Wherefore, Ohio, Prof. Frank L. Will
Eams, Principal of the Sumner High
School, who is one of the best and
most progressive educators in this
country, had charge of the highly en-
joyable affair and Prof. Gerald Tyler,
Supervisor of the Music Public Schools
of St. Louis, ably and interestingly
conducted the musical end Of the pro-
gram.
Friday evening the following was
the set program:
At s:l5 p. m, Prof. Jas. L. Usher,
Presiding; Mrs. Ruth Minor Madens,
st. Louis, Mo-, soloist; Miss Sybl Ham
mond, Oberlin, Ohio, pianist; Simm's
Orchestra.
Program: Invocation, Rev. J. K.
Parker; Remarks, Prof. Jas. L. Usher;
"The Swallows" Frederick Cowes,
Mrs. Ruth Minor Aadena; Address,
Miss Halle Quinn Brown, wilberforce,
Ohio; Instrumental, Solo, Miss Sybl
Hammond; Presentation Of Visiting
Agents, Mrs. A. NJ. Malone; Presenta-
ton of Visiting Y. NJ. C. A. Secretaries
Mr.. David Jones; Instrumental Solo,
Miss Hammond; Presentation of Visi-
tors, Mr.. Aaron E. Malone; "The Lit
tie Clouds" Frederick Knight Logan,
Mrs. Ruth Minor Madena.
Aside from Miss Halle Q. Brown.
Col Otis B. Duncan and Hon. Henry
W. Kiel, the best, most popular Mayor
that st. Louis has ever had, delivered
eloquent oratiOns.
The four days celebration wound up
Saturday evening with the following !
program and short talks by Col George
L. Knox, Editor of the Freeman, In
dianapolis, Ind; Julius F. Taylor and
many Others including Mrs. Annie NJ.
.Lalone
Sis p. m, Prof. J. Mercer Lang
ston, presiding; Quincy, Ill, Quartette;
simms' Orchestra; Mr.. Arthur Allen,
soloist.
Program: Invoeation; Remarks:
Prof. J. Mercer Langston, Marshall
School; Selection, Quincy Quartette;
Address, Leutenant-Governor (Eleet),
Hon. Hiram Lloyd; Wonderful Moth
err of Nine" Mr.. Arthur Allen; Ad-
dress, Mr.. W. C. Hueston, Attorney,
Gary, Ind; Selection, Quincy Quar-
tette; Presentation of Agents, Mrs.
Presentation of Visitors, Mr..
Malone; Goodbye" (TOstil, Mr.. Al
len; Benedietion.
1t was really amusing how Hon.
Henry W. Kiel, Mayor of st. Louis,
who is a high class broad or liberal
minded gentlemen who ranks with the
best and most practical friends Of the
colored race in this country and the
writer came in close contact with each
other, on that evening we occupied a
'eat on the platform on its west side
and while sitting quietly listening to
The wonderful address which was then ,
being delivered by Miss Halle Q.
Brown, the comment on it appearing
IN another column Of this paper, a tall
well built and handsome white gentle
nan dropped into q chair right by
bur side and q fly cop eased into a
'eat right behind US, the gentleman by
bur side asked US in a low voice if we
:ould give him the name Of the lady
'peaking, we informed him that that
vas Miss Halle Q. Brown Of WILDER
'orce, Ohio, President Of the National
Association Of Colored Women's Clubs,
lie replied in q soft low voice "that she
s a very brilliant woman, then he
requested rs to give him the name of
he lady aeeompsnist on the piano and
hat information was furnished us
~ asking Prof. Jas. L. Usher, Prinei-
'al of the DessaHnes School, who whis-
'ered in our ear that she was Mrs.
Evans, the highly accomplished daugh-
er Of Prof. R. II. Cole, whose husband
5 connected with the Sumner High
'ehool, then we secured two programs
or the gentlemen and requested the
me sitting BY our side for his card
Ie responded that ''he did not have a
ard with him." then we handed him
'ur program and politely requested him
o write his name on its back, which he
lid and passed it back to rs and in
Ilaneing at it it simply said, "Henry
Y. Kiel, Mayor Of st. Louis, No." at
hat point We came mighty near falling
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