New Britain herald., 1928-08-22
NEGRO SP|RI7UALS
 AT kIWANIS LUNCH
Colored Singers Boom School
 Dr. Loud and Cannon Talk

A delightful and interesting pro- gram of Negro spirituals was rem dered by quintet of Negro singers from Mississippi at the regular weekly gathering of the Kiwanis club at the Durritt hotel today. The singers are touring the country in an effort to raise funds for the Prentiss Normal and Industrial in- stitute of Prentiss. Miss, the only private institution of it's type in that state, and they were invited to rend- CT their program of music by one of the members. J. E. Johnson. prin- eipal and founder of the institu- ton. who is conducting the tour. ad dressed the club giving interesting sidelights on the educational sys- tenn of the Negro in the south and particularly in Mississippi. where the colored population is greater than the white
 Institute 21 Years Old
 Among other things, Mir. Johnson stated that the state does not sup- port any institution for the Negro above the elementary school and that it was for the purpose of en- Tightening the Negro that he and his wife founded the Prentiss institute 2l years ago. The institution is To- cated in new and undeyeloped sectlon of the state where colored people outnumber the whites. It is a non- n-sectarian, but Christian school and the plant consists of 40o acres, a large farm, 16 buildings and has an enrollment of approximately foo, students, with 17 teachers. The pur- pose of the school, Mir. Johnson said. is to give the students a good English course. prepare them for higher learning, and give them agri- cultural. trade and Bible training, so that they Ilight become better and more useful citizens
 Dr. Loud Explains N-Ray
 Another interesting talk was given by Dr. Norman w. Loud, head of the N-ray laboratory of the New Britain General hospital in which he outlined the purpose of the dcpart- ment and what it means to the in coming patient. Among other things he said that the majority of patients coming to the hospital for opera tion cannot understand the purpose Of so many preliminary eXamina- tons tests. etc, before the actual operation takes place, thinking that as soon as they are admitted to the hospital, they will be taken to tn. operating room. These preliminary examinations, he said are necessary tc give the surgeon the necessary data in respect to the physical condi- tlon of the patient and in many cases after a thorough examination IS made an operation proves unncc- essary. People often mistake the purpose of taking their history and delying into their past ailments and also of their ancestors, he said, but ii they knew how important that history is to them, they would give it more readily and without hesi- tation.
 Cannon Speaks On Hospital
 William Cannon, in charge of the office force at the New Britain hos pital, gave some interesting facts about the functions of the different departments, mentioning among other things the fact that there are 20 doctors on the staff with a like of consulting physicians and about 70 nurses, orderles and assistants and many others in the different departments of the hos pital. He also stated that the local hospital has one of the best training schools for nurses in the state, en- dorsed by the New York state board of regents and by the Yale Nurses Training school.
 The New Britain kiwanis club will be the host to the Hartford and South Manchester kiwanians at a party which will be held in October at the Sequin Golf club. Henry Wes- sells was appointed a committee of ] one to make the necessary arrange ments for the affair.