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The Crisis, Vol. 13, No. 3. (January, 1917) RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, NUMBER The CRISIS Vol. 13 No. 3 JANUARY, 1917 Whole No. 75 ^-Photograph by George W. Brown ONE DOLLAR A YEAR i TEN. CENTS A COPY National Pre-ident Vice-Presidents OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD, New Y'ork MOORFIELD STOREY, Boston REV. JOHN* HAYNES HOLMES. New Y'ork Chairman of the Board of Directors JOHN E. MILHOLLAND. New Y'ork DR. J. E. SPINGARN, New York ARCHIBALD H. GRIMK6. Washington Director of Publications and Research MARY WHITE OVIXGTON. Brooklyn DR. \Y. E. B. DU BOIS, New Y'ork REV. G. R. WALLER, Springfield, Mass. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD DIRECTORS ROY NASH Treasurer Secretary Chicago Brooklyn New York JANE ADDAMS DR. V. MORTON JONES REV. HUTCHINS C. BISHOP DR. C. E. BENTLEY DR. O. M. WALLER MRS. FLORENCE KELLEY New Haven PAUL KEXNADAY Boston CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL JOSEPH PRINCE LOUD GEORGE W. CRAWFORD ARTHUR B. SPINGARN BUTLER R. WILSON Philadelphia CHARLES H. STUDIN DR. WILLIAM A. SINCLAIR Baltimore DR. JOHN G. UNDERHILL BISHOP JOHN HURST Washington LILLIAN D. WALD DR. F. N. CARDOZO PROF. GEO. WILLIAM COOK WILLIAM ENGLISH WALLING The present exodus of Negro labor from the South offers the chance of a generation for bettering the status of colored people throughout America. To take advantage of the situation requires two additional finan­ cial burdens for 1917: a national organizer to take charge of the field work; and a trained newspaper writer who will tackle the very difficult task of getting the facts of the Negro's problems into the daily press. We need $5000. Can we put you down for five? Date 1917. j MEMBERSHIP BLANK The Crisis is sent without further charge to members paving two dollars or more. OSWALD GARRISON YILLARD, Treasurer, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York. SIR: I desire to become a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and to receive The Crisis. In payment of my dues for one year, I enclose dollars. Name Street . City and State Mention THE Caisis THE CRISIS A RECORD OF THE DARKER RACES PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE. AT 70 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY. CONDUCTED BY W. E. BURGHARDT DU BOIS; AUGUSTUS GRANVILLE DILL, BUSINESS MANAGER Contents Copyrighted, 1916, by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Contents for January, 1917 PICTURES COVER. The Mechanics' Savings Bank of Richmond, Virginia. Photo­ graph by George E. Brown. MEN OF RICHMOND 128 COLORED RICHMOND 130-131 ARTICLES CENSORSHIP. By the late Inez Milholland 116 MAMMY. A Story. By Adeline F. Ries 117 EBON MAID AND GIRL OF MINE. A Poem. By Lucian B. Watkins. 118 THE LATE WILLIAM A. HUNTON 119 COLORED RICHMOND 124 MEN OF RICHMOND , 127 THE FINAL STRAIN. A Poem. By G. Douglas Johnson 132 DEPARTMENTS EDITORIAL Ill NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE 120 THE OUTER POCKET 122 THE LOOKING GLASS 133 THE HORIZON 140 HAPPY NEW YEAR to you—readers and subscribers and loyal friends of THE CRISIS magazine. The success of THE CRISIS during these six years of its existence is due in large part to the continued support and hearty co-operation which you have given us. Eor the year 1917? Well, we want to make it the best year yet. In spirit and tone of the magazine we shall keep to the usual high standard. In news notes, articles and pictures we shall endeavor to be instructive anrl helpful. In service wc shall be always on the alert to do our best. And on to the 50,000! TEN CENTS A COPY; ONE DOLLAR A YEAR FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTIONS TWENTY-FIVE CENTS EXTRA RENEWALS: The date of expiration of each subscription is printed on the wrapper. When the subscription is due, a blue renewal blank is enclosed. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: The address of a subscriber can be changed as often as desired. In ordering a change of address, both the old and the new address must be given. Two weeks* notice is required. MANUSCRIPTS and drawings relating to colored people are desired. They must be accom­ panied by return postage. If found unavailable they will be returned. Entered as Second-class Matter in the P*st Office at New York, N. Y. 108 THE CRISIS ADVERTISER jiiiiiuiiiuiiiuiiiimiuiiiiiiimiiiimimniimiiiinimiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii TL'TTBUlBnilSj The NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL "/ cordially commend the school's interest and needs to all who believe in the Negro race and in our obligation to help promote its intellectual, moral and religious uplift." REV. DR. CHARLES H. PAEKHURST, New York City. IT IS MORE THAN A MERE SCHOOL IT IS A COMMUNITY OF SERVICE AND UPLIFT Its influence is destined to be felt in all sections of the country in improved Negro community life wherever our trained workers locate. Settlement workers, missionaries for home and foreign mission fields, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. secretaries and district nurses receive a compre­ hensive grasp of their studies under a Wellesley graduate and experienced co­ workers and actual every-day practice through the school's SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT. A HIGH STANDARD COLLEGE DEPARTMENT has now been established. We aim also to create a better qualified ministry. Industrial training, advanced literary branches, business school. Thirty-two acres; ten modern buildings; healthful location. We can accommodate a few more earnest, ambitious students. Communities requiring social workers should write us. School Term Opened Oct. 4, 1916 For catalog and detailed information, address: PRESIDENT JAMES E. SHEPARD NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL DURHAM, N. C. fTiinnmninimiimimiimiiiminnimnimiiminNimiimiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiNijraiimiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiim THE The Cheyney Training School AGRICULTURAL AND for Teachers CHEYNEY, PENNSYLVANIA TECHNICAL COLLEGE Under the management of the So­ ciety of Friends. Beautifully lo­ (Formerly A. & M. College) cated, healthful, well appointed. Fall Term began September 1, 1916. This school offers to young colored Board, lodging and tuition $8.00 per men and women who have a rea­ month. sonable secondary school prepara­ Maintained by the Governments of the United States and of North Caro­ tion, and who earnestly desire to lina. become teachers, courses in aca­ Short courses. demic work, domestic science, do­ Courses leading to the degrees of mestic art, manual crafts and Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Bachelor of Science in Mechanics. agriculture. Tuition is free. Board, Write today for catalog. lodging, heat, light and laundry privileges are offered for nine Address: months for $100. The entrance PRESIDENT DUDLEY fee is $7. Fall term opened Sep­ tember 16, 1916. A. & T. College For full information, write to Greensboro, N. C. LESLIE PINCKNEY HILL, Principal. Mention THE CRISIS THE CRISIS ADVERTISER 109 Atlanta University MOREHOUSE COLLEGE (Formerly Atlanta Baptist College) Is beautifully located in the City of Atlanta, Ga. The courses of study include High ATLANTA, GA School, Normal School and College, with College, Academy, Divinity- School manual training and domestic science. Among An institution famous within recent years the teachers are graduates of Yale, Harvard, for its emphasis on all sides of manly develop­ Dartmouth and Wellesley. Forty-seven years ment—the only institution in the far South of successful work have been completed. devoted solely to the education of Negro Students come from all parts of the South. young men. Graduates are almost universally successful. For further information address Graduates given high ranking by greatest northern universities. Debating, Y. M. C. A., President EDWARD T. WARE athletics, ALL live features. ATLANTA, CA. For information address JOHN HOPE, President Knoxville College Beautiful Situation. Healthful Location. The Best Moral and Spiritual Environ­ WILEY UNIVERSITY ment. A Splendid Intellectual Atmo­ sphere. Noted for Honest and Thorough MARSHALL, TEXAS Work. Recognized as a college of the First Qass Offers full courses in the following de­ partments: College, Normal, High School, by Texas and Louisiana State Boards of Grammar School and Industrial. Education. Harvard, Yale and Columbia Good water, steam heat, electric lights, good drainage. Expenses very reasonable. represented on its faculty; students gath­ Fall Term Began September 21,1916 ered from ten different states. For information address STRONGEST MUSIC DEPARTMENT IN THE WEST President R. W. Mc GRANAHAN KNOXVILLE, TENN. M. W. DOG AN. President ST. MARY'S SCHOOL FISK UNIVERSITY An Episcopal boarding school for girls, NASHVILLE, TENN. under the direction of .the Sisters of St. Mary. Founded 1866 Address: THE SISTER-IN-CHARGE Thorough Literary, Scientific, Educational, 609 N. 43d St W. Philadelphia, Pa. Musical and Social Science Courses. Pioneer IN Negro music. Special study IN Negro life. Ideal and sanitary buildings and grounds. The Colored Teacher Well-equipped Science building. A Practical Educational Journal Christian home life. containing A Department of Methods and Practical Helps for *High standard of independent manhood and Teachers; a Department of Rural Education; and a womanhood. For literature, etc., write Department of Current Educational News, conducted by the best trained teachers; besides Editorials, etc. FAYETTE AVERY McKENZIE, President $1.00 per year, 10 cents per copy. Agents wanted. Address The Colored Teacher, Box 22, Wilberforce, Ohio. Morris Brown University vC a enc Atlanta, Ga. teachers ^ ^ £ y furnishes the • Hi/*V>M*J-*1*J connecting medium in a busi­ ness way between teachers and schools and relieves Co-Educational teachers of the embarrassment of job hunting. The largest institution of learning in the South We have had calls for teachers from Alabama, owned and controlled by Negroes. Faculty of special­ Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, ists, trained in some of the best universities in the Georgia. Illinois, Indiana, Kansas. Kentucky, Mary­ North and in the South. Noted for high standard of land, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Caro­ scholarship; industrial emphasis and positive Chris­ lina. Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania. Rhode Island, tian influence.
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