Howard University Digital Howard @ Howard University Volume 09 Howard University Journal 12-1-1911 HU Journal, Volume 9 Issue 7 Follow this and additional works at: http://dh.howard.edu/huj_v9 Recommended Citation "HU Journal, Volume 9 Issue 7" (1911). Volume 09. 7. http://dh.howard.edu/huj_v9/7 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Howard University Journal at Digital Howard @ Howard University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Volume 09 by an authorized administrator of Digital Howard @ Howard University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SPECIAL ATHLETIC NUMBER A WEEKLY PAPER PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D. C. Volume IX FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1911 Number 7 75 CENTS PER YEAR, PAYABLE [X ADVANCE 5 CENTS PER COPY !SS® 3 HOWARD UNIVERSITY FOOT BALL SQUAD 1 F. Carter, 2 Foster, 3 Hodge, Trainer, 4 Johnson. 5 Lee. (i F. Gordon, 7 W. Davis. 8 Marshall. Coach. II Davis, 10 Sykes, n Luvalle. 12 < ’handler. 13 Gordon. 14 Richardson. 13 Leverette. I(i Franklin. 17 Beamon. 18 Forbes, 111 Bryce. 20 Oliver. 21 Coppagc. Manager, 22 Gray. Captain. 23 Clellan. 24 Bell. 2.7 Schlaughter. 2<> P. -T. Carter. 27 Dowdell, 28 Westmoreland, 2tl Brannon. 30 Grinnage. 31 Stratton, 32 Hunt, 33 Brown. 34 White. 35 Gillmore. The Revival of Learning at ledge have more than kept pace ALUMNI UP I : Howard University with the visible signs of growth. Special Notice After all has been said and clone, [THIN the past few years the love of knowledge and truth LL Alumni are urgently w Howard University has indicates the highest measure of A requested to rally to the mm m a d e notable progress the influence and power of any mm G YMNASIUM FUNI). along the lines of material growth iinstitution of learning. Your subscription is due now and and expansion. The faculty and This spirit has taken hold of the longer you withhold your student-body have been greatly the faculty, alumni and student- subscription the longer you hand­ enlarged, and the appliances and body alike, as the following cita­ icap your “kid brothers and sis­ facilities of instruction have been tions will clearly demonstrate. ters.” And will you please, dear doubled. Faculty Alumni, consider with the stu­ The standard of scholarship Professor B. G. Brawley, who dents the natural effect of this and zeal and enthusiasm forknow- (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) great handicap. 9 H O W A R D U N I V E H 8 I TY JOUR N A L Physical Effect who are striving for existence cepted—but this is not the work Proper emphasis has not been and supremacy, but a strong of a single individual. There are laid upon the rounded develop- body and sufficient vitality are no multi-millionaires among our iment of the Negro youth who necessary to the development alumni and'rightfully' not; conse­ form the next generation. Phys­ and maintenance of a. noble intel­ quently we can’texpeeta bequest ical stamina is absolutely neces­ lect. Athletics is not a mere in­ from some rich alumnus. Such sary to the onward march of this cident to school life but is one of a project calls for concerted Icivilization. The Negro’s position its component parts. It affords actions, alertness, enthusiasm becomes more conspicuous and many opportunities for a display and greatest of all, MONEY. more difficult to maintain as years of superior power and at the The alumni association has a go by. Manhood must be devel­ same time builds into one’s life great leader in the person of Mr. oped among our people and it is confidence, ambition, determina­ Dwight Holmes but you cannot so broad a held that physical tion, tenacity and the spirit of tie his hands and expect him to strength is an absolute essential fair play. It makes one alert and guide you. If you would rally to to its furtherance. Now physi­ enbrgetic, quick to take advantage his support and constantly re­ cal development finds its greatest of the slightest opportunity that member the sacred obligation asset in strong muscles, healthy makes for success. you have taken upon yourself, tissues, endurance and vitality. The Alumni Pledge this great undertaking would be Mr. Henry Churchill King, in The development of such man­ accomplished to the glory and his Rational Living says concern­ hood in the Negro is the peculiar admiration of the alumni associa­ ing “ Wise Living” - “The myste­ aim of Howard University and tion and for the increasing need rious unity of man is a reminder one of the immediate and essen­ of Howard University.—N a p s that no conditions are really tri­ tial assets to the accomplishment vial, that no member of this unity of this aim is a GYMNASIUM. First Public Function of the can suffer alone, and that charac­ Now, no students think any Council of Upper Classmen ter has bodily conditions as well alumnus is unaware of anything iis physical that may not be we have attempted to impress The first public function of the ignored.” upon you in our feeble way, but year of the youncil of Upperclass­ Intellectual Effect -we do feel that you do not have men wi ll occur on Thursday even­ At the same time a properly our in terest at heart to the extent ing, December 7th, in Rankin trained individual develops a that you would make a sacrifice Memorial Chapel. Dean Miller of strong will; develops his motor for us. The erection of a GYM­ the college department will de­ brain tissues, thereby giving a NASIUM is a responsibility you liver to the public, for the first smooth regulated muscular action have taken upon yourself; it is a time, his lecture upon "Higher and healthy stamina for intellec­ unique and praiseworthy one Education in the Light of Changed tual effort. The Negro youth however, but it takes energy and Conditions.” The next meeting must grow intellectually to be effort to render a good account of of the C. U. G. will be held on able to cope with other people your stewardship. In this pro­ December 5th. Ail upperclass­ ject you are the “talented tenth,” men will be present. Orders by telephone receive prompt attention. N. 3065 committed to a task that it is in­ Groceries, Fruits and Confectionery cumbent upon you to perform or COLLEGE TEXT BOOKS Cigars ami 'Tobacco answer to the reason why, and Second Hand and New. Books Bought i f l i CREAM, T in t VELVET KIND, is a t there is one student at least who SHAPIRO BROTHERS will call you to task as long as you Lowdermilk and Company Cor. Georgia Avenue and Howard Place fail to make good. 1426 F Street. Northwest F. R. H IL L Y A R D President Tliirkield accom­ plishes things—why can’t you? D o n 't L-'okckt Jeweler and Scientific Optician In an interview with a student on DINNY’S HANDY PLACE A Full Line of Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry - The Students' Friend Work Called for and Delivered Promptly. Send Postal the gridiron during the Shaw- Repairing in all its Blanches Confectioneries, Tobaccos and every­ Howard game, President Thir- thing Good to Eat 1827 7til St. N. W . Tel. North 1522 kield spoke of the need of a gym­ 2201 Georgia Avenue Northwest U n i v e r s i t y W o k k S p e c i a l l y So l i c i t e d nasium opening on the athletic field, for the physical develop­ Repairing Neatly Done Branch 503 Vlh St., N. \V. Ii. A. LIN GER Our $2 Derbies and Soft Hats have ment of the students and said the No Equals Board of Trustees stands ready M A T TRESS F A C T O R Y B ROOT’S HATS to meet the alumni whenever they Curled hair, husk, felt, and cotton mattresses woven Are of the Highest Standard show their colors. wires, brass, and iron beds and cots, etc. Factory and Sales Room 410 lltli St., Northwest 811 Seventh Street. N. W. Phone Mairt 4474-Y Such a challenge should be ac­ HOWARD UNIVERSITY JOURNAL The Quest of the Silver Fleece be Northern philanthropists who Scissors and Razors Sharpened Tel. Main 1085 make a hasty tour of the South A Review McKee Surgical Instrument Co. in Pullman cars and then arrive Hospital and Invalid supplies, Orthopedic Appli­ 'TheQuest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel at the conclusion that after all ances, Trusses, Elastic Hosiery, Etc. by W. E. Burghardt DuBois. A. C. SPECIAL RATES TO STUDENTS McClure’ & Co., Chicago, 1911. the Negro’s destiny as a hewer of $1.35 net. wood is fixed, and that it but re­ 1004 F St. N. W . mains for him to pursue that sort For months we have waited of training which seems best to GREGORY. THE TAILOR with impatience, and at last “ The his Soutliren white neighbors. Quest of the Silver Fleece” is be­ The third theme for satirical Tfte Students’ Friend fore us. Aside from any inher­ treatment is Negro life in Wash­ 2217 Georgia Avenue Washington, D. C. ent merit that the book may pos. ington. In the capital Bles makes sess, the mere fact that it is the a speech at the Bethel Literary Correct Apparel for Men first novel written by the author Association, is tutored by a pro- pf ., “The Souls of Black Folk” fessor at Howard University, and and Youths m^keS its appearance an event of visits the Fifteenth Street Pres­ more than ordinary importance.