Activities Among Negroes
The Congregational church has always been recognized as one in which the Negro had many sincere friends, especially during the years following the abolishing of slavery. The Congregational church founded the American Missionary society which has helped and encouraged Negro education for leadership among their own race.
In keeping with this they elected as assistant moderator of the national body the Rev. H. Practor, of New York, and a few years later bestowed the same honor upon Rev. Harold Kingsly, pastor of the Church of the Good Shepherd of Chicago. Negro women of education have also been recognized through the Congregational church, notably Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, president of Palmer Memorial Institute, Sedalia, Mo., who last fall was elected as one of three American delegates to attend the Congregational churches held this summer in Bournemouth, England. During the holding of the biennial convention of the National Association of Colored Women in this city, August 26, Miss Charlotte Hawkins Brown, was one of the outstanding delegates. During the past month, the National Council of Congregational churches was addressed by Congressman DePriest, a member of the Church of Good Shepherd, of Chicago.
During the past week, not only Negro citizens, but others have benefited through the attendance of the pastor of attendance of Rev. Harold M. Kingsley, Pastor of the Church of the Good Shepard in Chicago as a delegate to the Pacific Slope Congress of the Congregational churches, held in Berkeley. He not only spoke twice on the program during the congress, but at the morning service of the Plymouth Congregational church of Oakland, and over the radio on Monday evening. His addresses demonstrated that he is not only had a well trained but a well balanced mind. His arguments on behalf of his race carried compelling force of holding the audiences with undivided attention. His visit to the bay cities will mean much in creating a better inter-racial understanding
OPEN INSTITUTE
Rev. Kingsley tonight will open the World Friendship Institute will in the First Congregational church in Oakland. The young people of the Institute will convene at 6:30 p. m. at which time they will have a group of Girl Reserve from the Linden Y. W. C. A. who will be accompanied by their secretary, Miss Candace Black and the branch secretary, Miss Lulu Chapman, of Cooper A. M. E. Zion church, will sing two negro spirituals, “Wade in the Waters” and “Go Down to Moses.” A shore address will be delivered by Miss Delilah L. Beasley on “The Value of a Friendly Press in Creating World Friendships.” Rev. Waddell, an assistant pastor, extends a welcome to the readers of this column to attend this service which will be followed at 7:30 by an address delivered by Rev. Kingsley.
OTHER DELEGATES
Other delegates in attendance as representatives of the negro citizens and members of the Congregational church were Rev. E. E. Lightner, pastor of Lincoln Congregational church of Los Angeles. He was educated in the Congregational college at Talladega, Ala. Later he studied theology at the University of Southern California, graduating in 1918 with degree of B. D. He has been serving as pastor in Los Angeles since 1915, is prominent as a member of the board of the Los Angeles branch of the N. A. A. C. P. and the Y. M. C. A.
Mrs. Mary E. Watkins of Eureka, California, was a member of the delegation of fourteen from the First Congregational church in that city.
STUDENT HONORED
The reader will be interested in the following bit of news. During the past week the resident students in International House in Berkeley on the University of California campus decided to elect a cabinet which is the governing body of the house. The name of a Negro student, Miss Bobble Stearns, notwithstanding she was not present, was put into nomination by a student member not of her race. The nomination speech was so well taken that Miss Sterns was unanimously elected as one of the American Members of the cabinet. She is an active member of the Rho chapter A. K. A. and many other uplift movements of her race and very popular on the campus.
Another interesting also a resident of International House, is Miss Camilla Weems, from Atanta, Ga. A graduate from Spelman College, a United States home demonstration agent for Georgia. She is doing graduate work in the University of California on a Julius Rosenwald scholarship in agriculture and education. She has taught during the summer school in Spelman and Morehouse college, and also in Forrester Washington school for social work. She is also an active member of the commission for inter-racial cooperation headquarters in Atlanta.
WOMEN'S DAY
Women's Day was observed last Sunday in Cooper A. M. E. church. A program of music was rendered under the leadership of their president, Mrs. Ceola Brown, who is also the district president for women work in the A. M. E. Zion Church for Northern and Nevada. She has been attending the annual conference this week in Palo Alto.
WELFARE LEAGUE MEET
The committee of the “Welfare of the Colored Group” met Monday evening in the Thayer building. Report was made by Mrs. Theo Parnell concerning detention homes for a group of about 30 boys about the age of 4 to 15 years. About 12 were negroes. Probation officer at the home told of the need of more interest by the negro group of children.
The league has asked the National Urban League to aid them in making a survey of social and economic conditions among negroes in the bay region. It is urged that all persons interested in Negro welfare join the committee which meets on forth Monday evening in each month at the Thayer building. Mrs. Bertha Allen is chairman.
LINDEN BRANCH NOTES
The Linden branch, Young Women’s Christian Association out in circle launched their annual membership drive October 1. The drive this year is being conducted as a ship making transoceanic cruise with the following members pledges as captains; Mesdames Lulu Sargent, Mamie Lane, M. Stubblefield, Mable Craig, Cloria Sledge, Florence Jones, Havens Newman, Elizabeth Ricks, J. T. Allen, Iva Gray, and the Misses Althea Clark, Mary Morris and Candace Black.
The first stop of this ship on its drive for new members will at the annual candle light service which will be held Sunday, October 12, at Taylor Memorial church, Twelfth and Magnolia streets.
The following bit of news is quoted from a recent issue of the Christian Monitor, which states: "Washington D. C., Dr. Ambrose Caliver, first Negro of the United States to meet the requirements for a doctor of philosophy degree in college administration and instruction, has been selected to head a new service in the federal office of education.
“The position, described September 13 by the interior department as of considerable importance, carries responsibility for conducting a clearing house of information concerning Negro education, directing and encouraging research, stimulating interest and assisting in coordinating activities of schools and leaders of the race.
"Dr. Ambrose is a native of Virginia and received his high school training in Knoxville. He received his B. A. degree from the Knoxville College and his M. A. degree from the University of Wisconsin. He has also studied at Harvard University and Tuskegee Institute, Alabama."
ANOTHER APPOINTMENT
According to the Chicago Defender, Charles E. Mitchell of Institute, Va., has been appointed by President Hoover as United States minister to Liberia to fill the post made vacant by the death of William T. Frances from yellow fever in Monrovia, July 15, 1929. Mitchell is the business manager of West Virginia Collegiate Institute and has been active for many years in business and political circles. He has been connected with West Virginia Collegiate Institute for the past 26 years, and its business manager for the past 20 years. In the recent presidential campaign he served in the eastern headquarters of the Republican party. In 1924 he was the director of the eastern colored division in the New York headquarters, and was also connected with the division in the 1928 campaign. The salary of the United States minister to Liberia is only $5000 a year the lowest paid any diplomatic representative of the United States, but a bill to increase his salary hand the support of President Hoover and secretary Henry L. Stimson.
