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Last week was an exceptional busy
week at No. 1 building. Every night attend

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except Saturday evening there was some

thing going on. There were mortes. tainme

Pledge Support and Infiuence to
Assist in Any Way They Can to
Bring Victory Over Imperisl

Sunday, Monday and Friday nights. Tues

are b.

show and a double headline proved

ing

day marked an anusual fine vandeville capac
Great attraction on Wednesday night.

"

Following several boxing bouts by th

specialists company, the K. of C. and

the S. W. B. held one of the finest en

German Government.

tertainments that has ever been pre

sented by two erganirations at the camp.

(By Silas K. Floyd)

The following resolutions, unant-

II was the Arst time that the Jewish
Weifare Board and the Knights of Columbus joined hands in promoting enter-

tainments for the boys and its suecess
convention of colored teachers in an was so gratifying that General Secretary
mously passed by the recent national

nual session at Harpers Ferry, Va., may

be of general interest, espectally

showing the attitude of the colored

teachers of the United States in these

stirring war-times. Secretary of the

Donahoe and Secretary Shipario plan to

repeat the work
District Supervisor Warren V. Hall, of
the southern division for the Knights of

Columbus War activities, spent several
days at the camp. He was much pleased

Treasury, Hon. Wm. 6. MeAdoo, has said at the progress of the work and he had
that the teachers in these days and
an opportunity to witness the vaudeville
times are the outposts of civilization;

and, therefore, a pronouncement from
the teachers on national questions

show Tuesday night.
Secretary Thomas Dewan, of No. 2

building, is spending a sew days at Ma

should be of general interest. The res- con, Ga.

olutions follow;
4 Call

to Teachers and Parents.

We heartily enderse the annual ad

dress of the president of our associa-

tion. and we especially commend is

high spirit of patrictism and iis ples

for increased facilities for universal ed

ication. We join him in urging teachers to remain at their posts and not
to be allured away from their patrictic
service in educating youths by attrae

The K. of C. secretaries will have their
picturetaken ina Troup this week.

General Secreiary Bonahoe has been
ordered by headquarters to have the

hotograph taken.

educational Program, and we arge the

teachers and school boards in every was

to make possible the Kindergarten in

tive salaries in other fields of labor.
That it is the sense of this body that elementary schools. And we also place
we urge upon parents everywhere

keep their children in school, and that

they should not allow the discouraging

effects of the draft nor the temporary

attraction of high wages. to lessen their
efforts in any way to educate their chil

dren. And that, while this education
must include college training. it must

be largely industrial and highly prac

tical.

ourseives on record as approving and
desiring the development of the re

markable musical instincts of the negro
children, and we plead, therefore, for

well-trained teacersof mustc in our
ublic and private schools.

The Officers Training Camp

Whereas the negro colieges and othcer private institutions, through the
Preparation of their

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students and

through direct initiative, did so much
Education and the State
Whereas between 42,000 and 50,000 to make possible and successful train.
illiterate men were brought into the ing camps for negro officers at De

oines, lowe; be it resoived that we

army by the first call under the draft

commend the mespecially for the great

ing the same appalling conditions of

racial and patriotic service which the
have rendered, and we express the hope

and whereas the later calls are reveal-

illiteracy, and since the great majority
of these unfortunate men are negroe

from the south; be it resolved that w
memorialize the several states to mak

adequate provision for the education

of negre youths and thus more effec

tively destroy ignorance, which is the

that they may equally well continue
to

keep themsives alive t the eneeds of the

negro and the nation in the fature.
Lessons Fro mthe War.
We arse our institations of learn
ing to keep a sharp lookent for the vai

arch enemy of democratic institutions. aable practical lessons that the war 1s

In this connection we urge all the states
to follow the good example of West

foreing upon the attention of educators

everywhere -especially the lessons in

Virginia in paying equal salaries to all

raining men and wemen speedily for
practical industrial efficiency as well

to train them carefully and thorought

Chropy.
in addition to the above the resola

teachers for the same grade of work
We uree the teachers of negre youth

in their eivic duties and responsibili
ties, and to encourage them in the fal

and proper exercise of their eivic rights

and privileges

is along lines of patritism and philan

ion carried the sunal thanks of the

association to Storer college, the West

Virginia State Teachers' assoclation and

the citizens of Harper's Ferry for hospi
Winning the War
Resolved that this association pledge tality extended the convention; and to

tself to give it support and infinence on. P. P. Claxton, United States comto the government and to assist in anx missioner of education, to Mr. Lewis A
arriss and Mr. J. A. Sargent, both of
way it can in winning the war for de

mocracy. We commend most heartily he federal vocational education bureau.
the president of the United States for Dr. George E. Haynes, from the labor
urecau. Captain Arthar Spingarn from
the outspoken position
has taken
regarding lynching, and

him of our profound int

prayers in his efforts

scourge from the natic

we assure

and sincer

more theis

Playgrounds for
0es
This association endewes the great
value of playgrounds for negro children.

he public health and to

C. AFEBO

lepartment, for their pre=
helpful contribations t
the meeting. Prof. R. N.

nd their

U. Craig from the food

istration
ecess of

1el Dett.

he accomplished young afflician and

composer, of Hampton Institute, was

and feels that an appeal should be made

formally thanked for his able direction

the National Playground association for

convention

through the proper representatives to of the musie during the sessions of the
direction as to the means of establish.
ment and operating playgrounds for
colored children. We also endorse the

great value of the Kindergarten in any
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ernment did not extend to the vart

The chief officers of the association

are Smith D. Atkins, president of the

North Carolina State Normal school,
Wiuston-Salem, N. C., president; Dr.
Byrd Prillerman, president of the State

colored college of West Virginis, Instive. W. Va, first vice president; excecu

ive secretary Silas K. Fleyd, Augusta.
Ga.: assistant secretary, Magrie
est sort of little organizations subject
Nance, Baton Rouge, La; Registrar.
ous local soviets. These were the loos

to every kind of local influenge which

might be brought to bear on them. Vers

often these influences were pro-Gegman
German, Austrian or Magyar prisoners

who had perfect freedom throughout 81

Principal G. C. Wilkinson, of the Hun
ar High schoel, Washington City: Ida

C. Plummer, Washington, D. C., assistant registrar; and Prof. W. H. A. How.

beris and of course were concentrated

ard. commandant of the State colored

actively at work in the sevicts or were

treasurer.

along the main rail line either were college of Florida, Tallahassee, Fia.
able to agitate effectively against our

troops who refssed absolutely to listen

0 any of their overtures
The consevence was that everywhere

our units ran into difficulties.

They

The next session of the association

will be held at Orangeburg, 8. C.

he state colored college of South Caroina, July 30 to August 3, 1819.

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