Dubois Lectures
at the Auditorium
An Immense Audience Welcomes Dis
tinguished Author and Editor of
The Crisis on His First Appearance
in Omaha—Speaks on Pan-African
Congress.
LIEUTENANT PINKETT PRESIDES
Splendid Chorus of 200 Voices, Miss
Middleton, Director; Mrs. McCoy at
Piano, Pleases Audience—Lecture
Under Auspices of St. John’s A. M.
E. Church, Which Clears Several
Hundred Dollars.
AN audience numbering more than 1
2,000 heard Dr. William Edward
Burghardt DuBois, editor of The Cris
is and one of the executive officers
of the National Association for the
Advancement of the Colored People,
speak at the city auditorium last
Thursday night, May 22, on the Pan
African Congress and the Negro Sol
diers in France. Although Dr. Du
Bois is an executive officer of the
National Association and there is a
local branch here with a membership
of nearly seven hundred, he came in
a private capacity and lectured under
the auspices of St. John’s A. M. E.
church.
A chorus of two hundred voices and
several citizens occupied seats on the
platform. The chorus which was di
rected by Miss Ray Middleton, with
Mrs. Stella McCoy at the piano, sang
several folk songs exceptionally well. ‘
which was a pleasant feature of the |
evening's program. The Rev. W. C.
Williams, pastor of St. John’s, intro
duced Lieut. H. J. Pinkett. who pre
sided. After the singing of “Ameri
ca,” an invocation by the Rev. W. F.
Botts, pastor of Zion Baptist church,
the chairman introduced the Hon. Ed
P. Smith, mayor of Omaha, who de- i
livered a most earnest, sincere and i
effective address of welcome in which
he stressed the fact that Omaha has
been made what it is by no one class
or race or creed, but by all of our
splendid citizenry and that in the
problems of reconstruction all must do
their part.
Chairman Pinkett then introduced
Mrs. Jesse Hale Moss, secretary of
the local branch of the N. A. A. C.1
P„ who in a most capable and effec
tive speech explained the objects and
ideals of the organization and made
an appeal for members.
The chairman in a brief well-chosen
speech introduced the lecturer Dr.
DuBois, who told of the origin of the
world war, and the relation of Africa
thereto. The planting of German
colonies in Africa during the session
of the congress of Berlin in 1876
sowed the seed which really brought
on the harvest of bloodshed in 1914
18. The Negro,s part in the world
war and the rising race consciousness
of African peoples are stages in the
evolution of world democracy. It was
this idea which lead to the Pan-Af
rican congress in Paris. The speaker
told of the difficulties thrown in the
way of this race congress, but finally
of successful sessions under the pres
idency of M. Diagne and himself as
secretary. He told of what he had
learned of the treatment of our sol
diers in France at the hands of some
American officers and how the docu
ment recently published in The Crisis,
which has been sent by Americans to
officials of France to prejudice them
against the Colored soldiers fell into
his hands, and stated that the French
officials refused to issue such procla
mations and promptly burned them.
In closing he said that the returning
soldiers re-entering civilian life will
not be satisfied until real democracy
for which they shed their blood on
foreign fields and saw exemplified in
France should be established in this
land.
At the conclusion of Dr. DuBois
lecture, which consumed one hour, the
chorus sang a closing number and
the Rev. M. H. Wilkinson, pastor of
Mt. Moriah Baptist church, pro
nounced the benediction.
Several hundred dollars were cleared j
by the lecture.
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TENTH ANNUAL INSTITUTE
Tuskegee, Ala., May 28.—The tenth
annual session of the Tuskegee Insti
tue summer school for teachers will
be held June 9 to July 18. Already
applicants are coming in rapidly and
the indications are that the attend
ance of last year will be exceeded.
This is the largest Negro summer
school in the country.
Courses will be offered in English,
mathematics, science, history, geo
graphy, business practice, education,
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Lest We Forget
Memorial day this year takes on a new significance. To the list of
those who gave their lives for Liberty a half century ago have been added
the names of the boys who have made the supreme sacrifice for Liberty
today. This photo shows the funeral of one of these martyrs, the first
of an American division to fall in action. His comrades and French
brothers in arms attended the funeral.
□EVER in the half century of |
loyal and proud celebration
of the day set apart as
sacred to the memory of the
dead heroes of the nation who fought
for the life of the republic nnd saved
Its unity and its liberties has there
been another day so solemnly impres
sive, so filled with inspiring visions,
so glorified by high and vast national
undertakings, as this holiday dedi
cated to patriotic self-sacrifice and ex
alted service to mankind. It is the
greatest of Memorial days, the most
Impressive celebration of devotion to
country which is faithful unto death.
In 1S9S the coming of Memorial day
found the nation at war. indeed, nnd
with a fine, unselfish purpose, but the
task was small and easy, for so great
a power, and the world as a whole
was quiet. The brief conflict with
Spain in no vital sense resembled the
tremendous world struggle into which
the American republic has been
forced. Now we realize there has been
an altogether different contact with
the most vital and fearfully difficult
problems of mankind, with opportuni
ties for service which entirely dwarf
the problems and possibilities of 19
years ago.
This year the people of the United
States know that mighty forces hos
tile to American Ideals, American prin
ciples of government, American hopes
and desires, took the field for the tri
umph of reactionary militarism, the
divine right of kings and the suprem
acy of armed power. Now it is clear
to ail who are neither blinded by
prejudice nor the victims of stupidity
and lying that the free nations of
the world had to fight for their free
dom, that the countries which love
peace had to battle for their security
igainst the upholders of greed and ag
gression.
Today America stands before the
physical training for women, first aid,
agriculture, handicrafts, domestic
science, sewing, canning and manual |
training,
A special feature again this yeai
will be the attendance of the teachers
in the schools aided by Mr. Rosen
wald. More than 400 of these teach
ers will be in attendance, taking a spe
cial course. The General Education
board is paying the carfare of the
Rosenwald teachers to and from Tus
kegee institute.
Several noted speakers will address
the teachers throughout the summei
school. Dr. R. R. Moton, principal,
will deliver a series of addresses. Dr.
L. B. Moore, dean of the teachers’ col
lege, Howard university, will be pres
ent the week of June 17. The week
of July 1 Prof. J. R. E. Lee, principal
of Lincoln High school, Kansas City
Mo., will be the speaker.
world ns the greatest and most un
selfish champion of the rights of na
tions, large and small, that usk noth
ing more than freedom to live the ir
own lives In their own way nnd enjoy
the security which good Intentions
toward other countries ought to in
sure. Now the position of tie- United
States is higher and more potent tor
right nnd justice In the councils of
the world and the ordering of human
life than it ever was before.
That is what makes this the finest
and highest of Memorial days, the
most thrilling In its promise of far
reaching service to the common g->
of mankind and its assurance that
the American republic Is to meet, in
Its mighty bulk arid wealth and power,
the expectations and hopes which
lovers of liberty have built upon its
heroic deeds in the weakness and pov
erty of Its youth and the relative
meagerness and ineapacity of its later
struggle to save Its own national soul
and hold its heritage for generations
to come. That is why this is a holi
day never to be forgotten by any
true American of sensibility and in
telligence, who was fortunate enough
to be a part of the vast drama en
acted. with the wide world for Its
stage.
On the day sacred to the dead who
laid down their lives that liberty might
live and grow strong and great, the
country they loved and served dedi
cates Itself anew to the finest and
highest tasks of which nutlons are
capable, at whatever cost In blood
and treasure. The spirit of the great
days of another generation is awak
ened und dominant again. The glo
rious Ideals and devotion of the times
which made Memorial day possible
are giving that holiday new signifi
cance and power for good. Titere is
a rebirth of the best and holiest spirit
ual life of the nation.
CUBAN LEAGUE OF
COLUMBUS MAKES REFORT
Columbus, O., May 23.—The first
year of the Urban League of Colum
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provide for the work during the next
fiscal year. The organization has done
effective work in providing for the
needs of the people who recently came
from the South.
OMAHANS PARTICIPATE
IN SOCIAL GIVEN TO
RETURNED CHICAGO BOYS
Chicago, May 31.—Thursday even
ing, May 20, a very beautiful social
function was given at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Hall, 619 East Forty-second
place, in honor of their two sons, Cor
poral Haywood Hall of machine gun
company No. 2, 370th infantry, and
Private Otto Hall of 116 sanitary
train, who have both just recently re
turned from France. Among the out
of-town guests were Mrs. William
Newman of Omaha and Miss Ameta
Butler of St. Paul, Minn.
CRESCENT CITY RESPONDS
TO MISSIONARY APPEAL
(Special to The Monitor.)
New Orleans, May 23.—The sum of
$91,378.31 in cash has been raised by
the New Orleans area of the Methodist
Episcopal church n sixty days, in the
Centenary missionary movement ef
fort, according to Dr. W. A. C.
Hughes, secretary. Subscriptions j
amounting to $430,189.60 were
pledged at the same time.
Daily Thought.
Thanks to the gods! Sly boy has
done his duty.—Addison.
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year it will have a new meaning for
many whose loved ones rest on the
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