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The Howard University Record Volume 13 Issue 2 Article 1 1919 HURecord, Vol. 13, No. 2 Follow this and additional works at: https://dh.howard.edu/hurecord Part of the Arts and Humanities Commons, and the Education Commons Recommended Citation (1919) "HURecord, Vol. 13, No. 2," The Howard University Record: Vol. 13 : Iss. 2 , Article 1. Available at: https://dh.howard.edu/hurecord/vol13/iss2/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Howard @ Howard University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Howard University Record by an authorized editor of Digital Howard @ Howard University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ,-....- ....... _......... _... _.......... -..._,.._..,...... _... ...,,., ____ ., ____ _ et al.: HURecord, Vol. 13, No. 2 -------1 l ' Jlt11H ..15Hf.D bY f-fO\\'-&Rl> UNl\'l-.1.SJTY , JJ1u111r, f..:- t,,.,4:y. \f.;.rda Aprll~ Ml~ ,Junt., l Sl.\¥rtnhH. ind lJ~"mbr,. • P.n"f'°r"d :u tt"('(JOd dot m21· m;inc,. at 1he Wu!'liat1on City Pv<JJ. Oftict"". I THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY RECORD ! II : l I BOARD OF EDITORS i FACULTY STUDENTS G.D. Houst<m. A. M. A. G. Lindsay. \q l I T. W. Turner, A. M. l N. L. McGhee, '20 I E. E. Just, Ph. D. t ' f. A. Cobb, U. M. \Y/. I. Bagnall, ',q i t E. A. Cook, Ph. D. J. E. Mustepha, ',q • President J. Stanley Durkee, A. M., Ph.D., Ca11su!ti11.e Hdil.r t R. E. Carey, A. 8., Busi,uss ,Wa11at11· • l Price p~r Copy, T Cl\ Cent, Sub,uiph~~ p;;:;., F1r1y ~ : i t t: CONTENTS t Editorials - • 53 + • Culture 58 t W. S. Montgomery Liberal Studies - 65 t+ Martha MecLear t <rhe lvf essiah • 72 Abbie L. Woodbury I Meeting of the Board of Trustees 75 i lone A. Howard Howard Alumni You Ought to Know f t Alumni Notes t University Notes 86 ttt Undergraduate Life q2 I i Counterweights q6 t L-------------- t t t I] • .......,_... ............................. _ .. ___ .... _ ..................................................~ .......... Published by Digital Howard @ Howard University, 1919 1 The Howard UniversityHOW ARD Record, UNIVERSITY Vol. 13 [1919], Iss. 2, Art. 1 BOARD OF TRUSTEES = f'J; Ohlcf .Juittlce ~TANTON J. PJ!:l!:LJ.JE, r~L. o .. Ptoidnil n.f lfofltdO/ h.,,. ,,. ~•· STANJ... ~Y DORT<EE. J\. 'M •• Pb. O.• Pr11idwt t,.f O,, ruirn•1if!1 ('4F..ORGE Wti- COOR'.. t,L. M.• S1crdnrv ata<llttuinu• JMttll(f1t ..;OlVA no L. PAlU{S, D. D .. 1.·r,aru,·,r (lfHl ftdqi$trat· Tenn expiree 1919 Juotloo JOB BARN ARD. LL. D .. Wuhln11too. D C. WI!,l.,IAM v. cox. A. M.. \Vashtn11ton. D. c. Re•. FRANCIS J, ORnllrn. D. D.. Wo~hlo1rton. PC m~h()\) ,JOUN HURS'l\ ll<i111ore. Md. Bon. OUNO B. RUDOLPH. Washlnirton. D. C. WILLJAM A. SINOLAIR, M, D .. Pblladelpl\la, Pa Term expire• I 920 Mr. JOHN T. EMLEN, Pbltadelpbta, Pa. THOMAS JESSE JONES, Pb. D.. Wooh!naton, D. c. n ... JE$SE E. MOORLAND, D. D.. WMhlngton. D. c, Hon. JAMES C. NAPIER, LL. D.. Nosb11lle, Tenn. ORARL!;S D. PURVIS. M, D.. Boston. Mn&S, Ju&ttce WJ<)NOJCf.,,L Pltlf-,,JPS S'l'A l•\f"OllO. WnshinR'tQn, D (.; JAMES H. N, WAIUNG, M. D.. mnasPork, L. I. MAROUS F, WHEATLAND. M. O., Newport, R. I. Term expires 192! Ju"loo GEORGE W. ATKINSON, LI. D .. Woal>lna«>n. D. C RoY, H. PAUL DOUGLASS. D, D .. New York Ol•y. AN'DREW F. HILYER, 1,L.M., 'IV..abln•ton. D, C. l:•·Ohlel Justice S'l'ANTON J . PE!i:r,t.E. LI,, o .. Washlnrton, 0 C Re>, ULY!,~S G. U. PlERCE. D. D., \Vosbin~ton, D. C. R.,, OHAR1,?$R.RlCllARDS,D.ll.. NewYorl,City. HONORARY MEMBERS Mr, 10HN A. OOLlt. Oh!oaro, ru. Blobop BENJAMIN F. LEE. D. n.. Wllbertoroe, Ohio Mr. HI\NRY JI:. l'ELU:W. W11b!n11ton. 0. c. Bon. JOSEPH D. SAYERS. Auat!Q, Texaa. Bon. WILLIAM H,TAFT, LL. D.. New Hann.Conn lllahop JIENJAMIN TUCKER TAN'Nl1:R, LL.D.. Philadelphia. Pa, Blahp WILBUR P. THIRKIEL'D. LL.D,. Nol'\' Orloans. l,1, PATRON EX-OFFICIO https://dh.howard.edu/hurecord/vol13/iss2/1 2 et al.: HURecord, Vol. 13, No. 2 Oh, Douglass. thou hast passed beyond the shore, But still thy voice is ringing o'er the gale! Thou'st taught thy race how high her hopes m11y soar, And bade her seek the heights, nor faint, nor fail. She will not fail, she needs thy stining cry, She knows thy guardian spirit will be nigh, And, 1 ising from beneath the chast' ning rod, She stretches out her bleeding hands to God! -Pt:wl Lcwre-nce D1i.nbar Published by Digital Howard @ Howard University, 1919 3 The Howard University Record, Vol. 13 [1919], Iss. 2, Art. 1 GEN. O. 0. ITOW ARD, Founrler of Howard University https://dh.howard.edu/hurecord/vol13/iss2/1 4 et al.: HURecord, Vol. 13, No. 2 lite iowarh Nniuersity mecorh VOL. XIII FEBRUARY 1919 NO.o EDITORIALS Ho~m DOIOCRt,C\". Tu.\T Lhc whole is greater than any of its parts is a truism that no sensible person has }'<'t disputed. It follows, then, that 1hc salvation o[ the world"s democracy wa~ in finitely more imperative than that o( any of its constirneut part,. B11t now that the world's <lcmocn1cy has been assured, is it not about time lo rescue the American Negro from American democracy? Is it inopporttmc lo ask ,\merica to define her attitude towards her loyal K egro sons? Surely, a country whose black troops fought so bravely to preserve the 'i.PIW/c will not be denied a share in the part. These darker sons of , \mcrica, who fottght abroad like heroes, should be allowed to live at home like men. Justice, fair-play-or what you will-demands that these returning heroes be treated as Americans. No less charitable policy will lie compatible with real democracy. Conscience-stricken ,\merica is already wondering how the Negro troops will clcpo.rt themselves on their return. • \lrea.dy the query has been raised, '·\\'ill they be a menace to the COL1ntry ?" 'l'he answer in loud, round tones is, .. ?\o, a thousand times ~o !" But words have their way o( hciug tricky, inasmuch as their mcauing depends wholly upon their accepted usage. Unless there is a clear agreement between the one using the word and the one receiving it, the idea becomes tUlintelligible . •If enacc, therefore, in ordinary phraseology may differ widely from its meaning in the laboriously studied nomenclature of the Negro's enemies. If menace means a ~•earning for A 111crirn11 111a11/iood. a year1,i11g for American opportunity, and a .w·ami11g for America» rights, then the returning heroes are likely to be menace/ 1t!, It is mere folly to <lress even meaner men in a uniionn conceived in liberty, despatch them on a manly mission of saying the world's democracy, expose them to the most cruel \Yarfare in history, and then expect thrm to return ,o cowa,-clly as lo be unmindful oi their country·s ,kbt to them. They have stood Published by Digital Howard @ Howard University, 1919 5 The Howard University Record, Vol. 13 [1919], Iss. 2, Art. 1 54 llo WA RO 1J N I\'ERSITYrn_ECOUD unflinchingly the supreme test of citizenship and of manhood. They should, therefore, epjoy, in common with all the other elements of the heterogeneous American populace, the fruits of the war which their valor helped to win. Tn-,;; GERM 0\1 A GREAT u~IVERSI'tY. Tur: germ of a great university does not lie in a large enrolment, or in a thick catalogue, or in a long list of candidates for degrees. 1\ll these arc desirable, but the chief factor in developing a real university is the faculty. Like faculty, like university. No matter how costly the build ings, how elaborate antl wisely arranged the course of study, and how plentiful the apparatus, universities can [)e only what their faculties make them. Some one has well said that the Socratic method is almost worth less without Socrates in the chair. :\[r. Garfield once said that Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a st udenl 011 the other, would be a good university. l\lr. Emerson, replying to his daughter's inquiries as to what studies she should elect, is quoted as saying, "I care little what studies you pursue; I am far more concerned lo know with whom you study.'· Just such utterances as these have made the wis~st educators eoncludc that among the agencies lo improve any university, the faculty stands paramount. The most efft•ctive way, therefore, to improve any university is to secure the highest order of teaching talent. Less money invested in brick and mortar ancl more in brains is to lhe everlasting credit of any university. Every cent paid to a thoroughly competent teacher repre se1,ts an increase in the endowment of that institution. TnE TRuru AT LAsr. Trrn American Negro 1.nay look upon the "·ar just endccl not only as a war for democracy. but also as a destroyer of many of the harmi ul opinions and insinnations concerning the ntce. Dr. Isaac \\'. l3rewf'r, of the Medical Reserve Corps. recently published some figures on the physical and mental condition of the men drafted [or the national army. The table which he published shows the rate of rejections per thousand, and for what disease-white and colored being given in separate columns.