December 1913
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The Monthly : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : I 1 ' ,. ./ »:» J 1" Y ;;(/:./' I "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will towards , men.". /' }/I r. l.. r{ .•. 1, December 1913. Published at The W est Va. Colored wtitute ~----.--.----------------~.1 THE ! INSTITUTE ! MONTHLY =- Contents for December, 1913 ~ A~~~~:'~OL~~~~~Ut; PAGE 4 Editorials jJljjifl~"~ 4 The Conference Held it Washington, D. C. 4 ~ Begins June 15, 1914 ~ Pres. Prillerman visits Rev. Dr. A. C. Powell of New York City. 5 W and Lasts Six m The 'uplift moveme 1t in Rurul sections 6 ~ Weeks ~ Our exhibet at the Kanawha Industrial School Fair November 28-29 6 Pre ii "ent PriPerman's visit 7 I~lr .•I\ TWO MAJN COURSES. W• "Dan" Ferguson a natural bon athlete 7 ~ TeaCher~:;:'~;d~~~essiona1. W Nezro makes farming pal 8 Our Exchanges Thanksgiving appropri1.te1y.celebrated at the West Virginia C ilored Insti- 8 tute. Our students assist in a sacred concert of Women's Improvement League ~ m 9 of Charleston. FOR FURTHER 10 i m Department of Athletics m INFORMATION, ~~ 15 ~ WRITE Around the Institute HON. M. P. SHAWKEY, Charleston, W. Va. or N. B. Communications for publication should be given or sent to the Editor, or Managing Editor. All news will reach these columns through the Editors Institute, W. \; a.. EDITOR BYRD PRILLERMAN MANAGING EDITOR S. H. Guss ••~~:~~.w •• BUSINESS MANAGER _ - J. M. CANTY 5 4 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY EDIT R.AL. Church, this city. He leaves t THE UPLIFT MOVEMENT is attracting more students than day (Thursday) for West Virg·().. In In Rural Sections. ever, and many schools are doing THE MONTHLY joins its feeble voice ia, to assume his regular duti - a most praiseworthy work along ~T If es, wjth the grand chorus, that arises in solemn -Hew Iork New s. Washington, November 14- that line. Your schools must be- acclaim for the many blessings that the lans Ior the uplift of the millions come the center of the best train- state and nation has received. ing, and in that way they can bet- IN SPITE of wars, and rumors. of wars; REPRESENTATIVES MEET f the race who live in rural see- in spite of local disturbances in the great ter do the work of rural community In Washington, D. C. ions were discussed at the annual labor field of the state, involving a vast out ssion of the Association of uplft." lay of money, inspite of the high cost of William D. Hurd, who has Representatives of the Land eachers in Negro Land Grant living, and the incertitude of the business. charge of the extension work of Grant Agricultural Colleges for lleges, held at the Y. M. C. A.• outlook over projected legislation, God the Massachusetts Agricultural reigns, education and christianity race negroes of fourteen Southern and ednesday and Thursday. There College gave an illuminating ac- thru the land, and gratitude finds expres- Southwestern States began a two e 15 of these schools for the count of the work that is being sion in Psalms and Thanksgivings. days, conference at the colored Y. ce which derive part of their done in this State in spreading THE WINTER term has brought some M. C. A. building yesterday. pport from the fund given knowledge, about proper method changes in the line up of some of the Speakers at the first meeting were der the Morrill Act. classes. The fittest have survived. in agriculture and in the general S. R. Wilkerson, president South Not only did the teachers in uplift of the rural population. BEFORE THE MONTHLYappears again , Carolina Agricultual College for ese schools take part in the vari- Christmas will have come and gone, a Dr. J. O. Spencer, president of Negroes; N. D. Young, president of s discussion , but white men New Year with its new resolutons and pos- Morgan College, Baltimore, spoke the Florida College; P .P. Claxton, ho have achieved success in sibilities, will have ushered itself in. The of the Page and others bills pend- Monthly, thus early, sends to its readers, Ilnited States commissioner of ining students along agricul- ing in Congress to aid agricult- a hearty Merry Christmas, and a Happy education; Bradford Knapp, direc- rallines offered advice from the ural training in the various States. New Year. tor of farm demonstration work bundance of their experience. He advised that the race exert it- WE HOPE that all that the graduates in the Department of Agriculture, A. C. Monahan, of the United self so that colored schools would and tho se who have ever attended this and W. O. Thompson, president of tes Bureau of Education, urged school, have ever done for mora! and social be liberally provided for. the Ohio State University. Prof. at every effort be made to raise uplift, may be greatly increased during the Dr. P. P. Claxton, United States Byrd Prillerman, of the West Vir- e standard of work in colored coming year. Commissioner of Education; Rev . ginia Agricultural Institute, is .cultural colleges. He said that W. C. Jason, president of the Del- chairman of the .conference, and e colored school of the kind aware State College; Miss Nannie PRES. PRILLERMAN VISITS Prof. Benjamin F. Hubert, of uld play an immense part in the Burroughs, Dr. S. M. Newman, Rev. Dr. A. Clayton Powell South Carolina, is secretary. evelopment of the race as well as president of' Howard University; of New York City. culcating the right idea about . ity of farming. W. O. Thompson, Dr. C. W. Childs, Byrd Prillennan, Presid~nt of "I know that this day will never "Agricultural training is grow- this city; Dr. James H. Dillard, of the West Virginia Colored Insti- come again. Therefore I will more and more in importance," New Orleans; T. C. McLurkin, tute, Institute, West Va., is the make it the best Day in which I e said, "and we must see that all Pine Bluff, Ark.; A. W. Curtis, guest of Rev. A. C. Powell, 1). D., have ever lived." ho desire it may get the best fa- Institute, W. Va.; and Thomas pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist . ities. This branch of knowledge Jesse Jones were among the other • II , 7 6 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY speakers. able to put into practice at the hay, late sown crimson clover; men. Gradually he was able to Byrd Prillerman, head of the West Virginia Colored Institute corn, both yellow and white, that buy the land he had been renting. West Virginia Colored Institute, some uf the ideas that he gained at yielded 70 bushels, and a bunch of He also found it worth while to was re-elected president. the re- these two institutions. peanuts of fine variety grown here open a commissary. maining officers are: While on this tour he spoke at for the first time this season. This Now Thomas lives in a twelve- N. B. Young, Florida, Secretary; Storer College, the State Normal exhibit also contained samples of room house and employs on his W. C. Jason, treasurer, and James School at Bowie, Md., Howard Uni- canned corn on the cob, sweet po- $40,000 plantation 39 families.con- B. Dudley, Greensboro, N. C., chair- versity and in Wilmington, Del., tatoes, lima beans, tomatoes, cu- sisting of 189 men, women and man of the executive committee. and New York city. cumber pickles, pickled beets, and children. He grows a variety of ---~--- He says that the Negro Land grape jelly. A cleverly designed crops, including cotton, corn, and Grant Colleges are attracting new motto of this exhibit reads: "laugh some garden truck, and raises his PRESIDENT PRILLERMAN'S interest among many of the leading if it kills you and you will die With own horses, mules, cows and hogs. ViS1T. educators of the country. He is a smile." He has received as much a~ $31,- especially pleased with the favor- In this same section are a num- 000 for his cotton crop alone-400 President Byrd Prillerman, of able attitude taken toward these ber of showings from the products bales of long staple. On an aver- the West Virginia Colored Insti- schools by Hon. P. P. Claxton, the from Union district. Besides those age he has saved $3,000 a year for tute' returned from the East Fri- United States Commissioner of of apples, pumpkins, tobacco, and 22 years. All that he now has on day morning, November 21, where Education. corn, some fine white onions, 36 his farm is his own, "directlyand he went to attend the Association • of which will make a half-bushel, indirectly," he affirms with justifi- of American Agricultural Colleges are displayed. able pride. In a single year he and Experiment Stations in Wash- OUR EXHIBIT • had borrowed of one local bank and ington, D. C. At the Kanawha Industrial School Fair. repaid $23,000. "Good Credit," as While on this trip he visited November 28. and 29. NEGRO MAKES FARMING Thomas says, "explains a fair share Storer College, at Harper's Ferry, PAY. of my success." West Virginia; the State Normal Occupying a part of the prize - ;-. School, at Bowie Md., Howard Uni- booth, though not entered in the Twenty-two years ago Jonas W. versity, Washington, D. C.; the competition for prizes. is the exhi- Thomas, a negro, of Marlboruugh "DAN" FERGUSON, Philadelphia Trade School, the Uni- bition from Institute, one of the county, S. C. began his career as a A Natural born Athlete. Makes a record versity of Pennsylvania; Public finest in the show. Besides the farmer by buying an old horse for at Ohio State University.