Cfhe INSTITUTE MO THLY OCTO ER 1920 Published By The West Virginia Collegiate Institute Institute, West v« THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 3 The present enrollment of the the medium to let us know, what The Institute Monthly llege and Normal Department, you are doing for human uplift, what you think of us, and what Entered as second-class ma~e .•,. January 29, 1914, at the post-office at Institute, West Vir- e 46 and 26 respectively. gtma, under the act of March 3, 1879. the school is doing to supply our We will be pleased for the alum- great needs . Vol. 13 OCTOBER 1920 No.1 . and patrons to make our paper - EDITORIALS II Merit Wins" The following is the main part of an address that Mr. Frank R. Jackson, a state visory committeeman for the Colored Schools of West Virginia, was scheduled to de- er as a Chapel feature in May of last scholastic year, but on account of a train accident, HE MONTHLYwith the All courses of study have been was unable to be present. beginning of another modified and modernized to meet We think it possesses elements of merit, hence present it to our readers.-ED. scholastic year, renews the requirements of reputable its efforts-to pre s e n t schools. By RON. FRANK H. JACKSON. moves on; and when I say we, I the West Virginia Collegiate Insti- Auto Mechanics, and the Smith- E ARE now entering mean the great army of boys and tute to its alumni, friends and oth- Hughes course in Home Econom- a Crucial period in the girls who are now laying the foun- ers who may be interested in edu- ics have been added. The eager- history of our race, new dation for future citizenship in the tion. We have every reason to ness with which entrance into these conditions have been public schools and colleges of our believe that we stand upon the courses have been sought, shows country. For it is upon you that placed upon us; larger fields of threshold of the School's most not- their popularity. the future destiny of our race de- opportunity are being thrown open able era-an era in which real pur- As given out in an executive pends. We that are upon have but for us to enter, and he or she, who pose has been manifested to supply order in a previous issue, no course blazed the way, and it is for you to is not qualified to enter these those things most necessary to below the first year high school is clear the pathway, remove the bar- spheres of needed activities must of make a wide awake modern edu- offered in the Secondary Depart- riers and discrimination and till the necessity be pushed aside or tram- cational plant. ment. The Short Normal Course soil of citizenship and manhood, so pled unde rfoot by the on-rushing Elsewhere in those columns you is also discontinued in the regular that you and generations to come crowd. There may have been a may read in detail sketches, briefly session of the School, and is only may reap the harvest. You must time when you might have perhaps, informing you of the scholastic in the Summer School to graduates so equip yourselves that you will been carried along with the crowd, qualification of the new addition to of High Schools. be recognized as potent factors in but conditions have changed and it the faculty. ~ model school is regularly con- this great struggle for supremacy, is not so now. You must produce To the casual reader, it will be ducted under competent teachers prepare yourselves so that you the goods. Individuality must evident, that the best that the in which each member of the senior shall not always be seeking the play a conspicuous part, each one great Universities have turned out , Normal class must do the required o the r fellow, but that the must play his or her part and fit have been secured to teach here. amount of practice teaching. other fellow may be seeking you. into the proper place, as the mighty They bring to us the best and We feel that all alumni and I sometimes think we fear our- wheels of civilization and progress latest in thought and culture, and friends will rejoice with us, when selves more than we fear the other move on, failing in this we must will infuse new life, and new pur- we an~:lOuncethat the enrollment fellow of whom we make so much drop out and be an idle onlooker pose into each department with for this fiscal year will run four complaint, we complain about not which they came in contact. and fifty students. as the mighty, busy, procession 6 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 7 taint is now connected with the motor parties that rivaled the Jew, the Irishman, so to will the society events of a thriving city. One Hundred Cf}ollarScholarships name Negro mean all that the She regretted that important From the Clarksburg term American citizen stands for, duties at home compelled her to and we will be known and recog- shorten her visit. w. V.. C..L Club nized as full fledge American citizens, clothed and endowed with the full habiliments of citizenship THE COOK-PRILLERMAN Clarksburg, W. Va., October 14, 1920. and manhood. NUPTIALS esident John W. Davis, On September 18, from 5 to 8 p. MR5. H. ~ RUCKER GUEST West Virginia Collegiate Institute, m. a very pleasing reception was Institute, West Virginia. OF PRESIDENT AND MR5. given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. D. DAVIS M. Prillerman, at the residence of r Sir: Professor and Mrs. Byrd Priller- Enclosed you will find check for One Hundred ($100) Dollars in Mrs. H. A. Rucker of Atlanta, man in Institute City. yment of two Fifty ($50) Dollar Scholarships one each for Miss Ethel Georgia, mother of Mrs. John W. The reception was the local hom- unnally and Miss Blanche Howard of Clarksburg, as per agreement of Davis, and wife of the famous H. age paid to the union of the young e Clarksburg W. V. C. I. Club. A. Rucker, so intimately connected people, which took place in Cleve- Thanking you for your kindness, I am with the things worth while in land Ohio, June 24, 1920, when Very truly yours, the life of his race in Georgia and Miss Amelia B. Cook became the L. Amelia Lowry, Secretary W. V. C. I. Club. the South, was the guest of Presi- bride of Professor D. M. Priller- dent and Mrs. John W. Davis man. during late August and early Sep- The affair was largely attended tember. Mrs. Rucker's father was by local and out of town guests, The spirit that vitalizes the the officers of the Clarksburg the late Jefferson H. Long, the and the number and quality of the hove letter is that, that makes W. Va. C. I. Club, and its roll of only Colored Congressman from presents displayed, attested to the eroes, martyrs, philanthropists loyal members deserve the highest Georgia. He took his seat in Con- popularity of the young people. d altruists. It is that spirit that praise for the leadership shown in gress February 24, 1871 and Professor D. M. Prillerman is as made Harvard, Columbia, this line. served during the forty-first Con- instructor in Chemistry at the In- rinceton and Chicago Universities Alumni, wherever you are may gress. Mr. H. A. Rucker, was for stitute, and is well qualified in his he centers from which spring the we hope that you will accept and 13 years the United States In- line. His wife, by her genial and iding impulses of a great people. respond to the challenge of the ternal Revenue Collector of affable manner, has won many Professor E. Bismark' Saunders, Clarksburg Club? Georgia. friends in her new home. The pleasure afforded by Mrs. The Monthly joins in well wishes Rucker's presence was manifested for the bride, and congratulations by a series of social functions and for the groom. 4 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 5 receiving this, or not being permit- of the M. V. T. Co. and yet I hear reside. A good many years The world is not made up of ted to do that, until we make it no censure or criticism because of o there was bitterness and millionaires, of Senators, of Bish- it appear to those not thoroughly the fact that the contractor and batred, and persecution against ops, Lawyers and Bankers. The acquainted with the situation, that his force of men are all men of my he Jews. Is there a Jew problem mighty factors in Civilization and weare bound, mentally, and phys- race. ;now? Why? A quarter of a cen- progress are the fellows who can ically,with shackles of iron, as it Again over there I see an impos- tury ago perhaps there was anoth- produce something the world were: every vocation is open and ing brick structure covering almost er race whose sole occupation was needs, and in consequence the waiting for he or she who can best half a square, with a spur of rail- track walking, and pick and shovel; world needs them and will take qualify or deliver the goods, and road running up to the very doors; oday you never hear the terms care of them and protect them. race or color, are no barriers now upon inquiry I find it is a large pplied to that race as you did And yes you may be ready to say for the persons who can best per- wholesale produce company whose en.