The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-11-30
Professional Men
Hold Meeting to
Discuss Conditions

Note: HELD over from last week.
A large crowd attended the
First Annual Mass Meeting held
under auspices Of the Seattle As
ISOLATION Of Professional Men at
Mt. Zion Baptist Church Sunday
night. The near capacity crowd
was due to cooperation Of the
four larger colored churhes in
dispensing With their evening
services. Attorney Clarence r.
Anderson, president Of the As
ISOLATION, directed the evenings
program. He told Of the organ
ization of the ASSOCIATION saying
1T was not a group of men or
ganized for selfish purposes but
an organization to set a high
standard OF professional service
and to aid in improving the &C.
onomic and social conditions Of
the community" I'VE propose
the cultivation of higher ethical
and scientific standards among
ourselves and to performing a
more fundamental service to the
community"
In brief address, Joseph s.
Jackson, secretary of the Urban
League, discussed BLACK Money
in White City" He submitted
figures showing that Negroes in
Seattle spent more than two mil
lion dollars annually, very little
of which found its way back to
the race. He stressed the neces-
sity Of developing Negro business
in Seattle. The principal address
was made by the Rev. H. B.
CAN'T, pastor of the First A.M.E.
Church who spoke on THE Con-
tribution Of the Negro Profession
to the Nation" while the Ne
gro has not done all that he
could have done, he need not be
ashamed of his achievements in
20 years." DR.. Can't said. He
told of the contributions TO AM
erican civilization of DR.. Dan
Williams, Booker T. Washington,
Paul Lawrence Dunbar, William
Carver and Roland Hayes. I'm
their respective spheres they e.
qualed the best of the white
race" Or. CAN'T declared. He
urged better service by Negro
professional and business men
and said Negroes should sup
port and patronize their profess
sional and business men even at
some sacrifice" The address was
interspersed with anecdotes that
brought laughter but at no time
did the speaker lose his grip on
his audience. In many respects
the address was one of the most
notable ever given to a colored
audience In Seattle.
John Clayton Jr. delighted the
audience with a beautiful tenor
solo in which he was accompan-
led at the piano by Prof. l.. L.
McGruder. Ushers for the meet
ing were furnished by the Girl
Reserves. They were Dorothy
Alexander. Mildred Arts. Leona
Fletcher, Yvonne Chatters. Tllel-
ma Howard and Justitia Davis.
The Seattle Association of Pro-
fessional Men is composed Of the
following members:
C. j. Allen, Doctor of Dental
Surgery, Meharry College of Den
tsitry; c. R. Anderson, Bachelor
of Law, University of Washing
ton; w. s. Brown, Doctor of
Medicine, University of Illinois,
School of Medicine; w. E. Bur-
ton, Doctor of Dental Surgery,
Northwestern University Dental
College; w. H. Calhoun, Doctor
of Medicine. Meharry School of
Medicine; F. B. Cooper, Doctor
Of Dental Surgery, University of
Michigan College of Dentistry:
r. 9. Garrett, Mortician; Giles
D. Graves, Doctor of Surgical
Chiropody, Illinois College Of
Chiropody g. Surgery; j. S. jack
son, Social Worker, New York
School of Social Work: A. T..
King, D. c., Seattle College Of
Chiropractic: Arthur Williams,
DR.. Surgical Chiropody, Columbia
Institute of Chiropody; w. H.
Wilson, Editor. Bachelor Of Sci
ence, University of Oberlin.