Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-07-05

takes the same attitude. Their argu
ment must be, granted the urgent need
for business which is better, hands OF
on creating and building where others
fail. Regardless of the laity's attitude
regarding the theologian's financial
ability Mr.. Hunter and his forces have
adhered a greater amount OF organ
zati0n than surface examination would
indicate. The policy of the bank as ex
pressed by President Hunter includes
that every responsible employee who
has not previously done so must furth-
er strengthen himself by attending
some of the recognized business colleg
es in Pittsburgh. Although not one
whom we would style dramatic or col
orful figure, the race must learn to val
lie such type as the Banking Parson
OF the Steel City.
TWENTIETH PROMINENT
PERSONAGS
q ~ va
Fortune is often opportunity kind "
every man. l wanted metropolitan
character to crown my twentieth i'm
preston. Being drawn again to Detroit
to a regional conference OF the Kappa
Alpha Psi convention furnished the oc
casion and the man. 1t was DR.. w. E.
B. Dubois. Though that name had
made it's ring upon my ears perhaps d
thousand times, had never seen him
But I had read his trenchant grape
shot opinions. I, therefore, expected 70
find a six-footer with basso profundo
cadillac voice, a terror striking visaSe,
a mortal with horns as 1t were. On
the contrary the noted Doctor was ordi
nary in these things and differed from
the average from the inside Of his
head rather than from the outside fig
ure nature gave him. Although he HAD
Just recently returned from abroad
and had aimed cave-man smash al
the Sanhedrin and had dropped a
heavy bomb upon Sir Marcus Garvey,
he wore a kind face which believe is
normally so. He weighs about $50; is
roughly five feet, seven; and is light
brown of skin.
The writer was placed upon the
stage at his immediate right, evident
| " too close to make a careful study
without crudely gazing into the Dr's
face. When called upon to deliver my
address on the program l depressed
and took the pains to remind DR.. Du
3ois and the audience that under the
auspices of our American Federation
Of Negro Students he had been named
as one of the Ten Greatest Negroe'
America Has Produced. The speaker
who introduced him added to the trt
butte still more mellifluent and ear-tIcI
ling compliments.
When DR.. Dubois began his lecture
on Africa, instead of graciously dwell
ling upon the oral boquets hurled a
him, he somewhat similar to the late
Booker T. Washington when criticised
in Boston, made the briefest acknoWl
ledgement that he heard us and plunged
into the midst of his long and fruitful
address which he delivered without
moving an inch upon the platform.
1 would Judge that our Du
Bots though not formal and stiff
is not what we call good mix
err. He has the down East
Boston" accent. Though lackins
the bay-window, he with DR.. Quinlant
conforms to my preconceptiop of biz
men. He has raised a very fine SNUG
fitting goatee. Coates, like great mel
are scarce.
This rather superficial description
setting forth some facts and needs her
and there, while mentioning our ACHE
ing group merely suggests the score
we might have mentioned. The young
er group of us must awaken to tn
needs of the hour. Even as the. intreH
| i'd Roman senator closed his every ora
| ion with the phrase "And Carthag
Must Be Destroyed" the A. F. of N. S
says that indifference and ignoranc
and lack of preparation among gu
youth for our economic freedom mus
be destroyed. Not so much how twent
prominent Negroes impress us as hoy
we grasp the present to impress tb
| future.
! Next week some of our leading color
ed schools of the South will be crit,cl
cd and compared with the large mike