The Washington Bee Newspaper, August 11, 1888, Page 3

He BEE av (THORIZED aGENTS. eAsT WASHINGTON, wier, 318 8rd Street, t —— ae - radvertismg farnisned on appli ‘ t jectionable advertisements will not edat any price. All remittances made by Graft, postal money order, veuistered letter, Money forwarded r rw ay, lsat the sender's risk. In oney the amountand what it is for stinctly stated. ges should be ad-dressed w, CALVIN CHASE, Washington D.C <HED EVERY SATURDAY AT »{5T.. N. W.. WHERE THE B y + J. W, Fowlers, 318 8rd street, 8. e. .'s,M. Street, between 12th and ; er, Druggist corner 16th and M ywest , Mouse, 348 Pennsylvania Ave, SATURDAY, August 11th, 188 fLocais. ee Jackson is at lia IL. Jefferson left evening for Atlantic y 3) phax and daugh- to Middleburgh, summer vacation. ) Brace and wife re- ) the city from Highland, last week, They are both r well. himore’s family pel Point, Port , and will remain Suitable for ladies or marred or single 4s rect nh. W. J2l2t : Kk. Cary and E. b, But- the city Friday morning seaside, where they will intil September, thence to Master Willie Diggs, celebrated Sih birthday, Tuesday Aug. ith, at the residence of his parents, |!) street; among his guest were, luster Joe and Sol. Merrison and s M. Buta Pollard, G. Vie- Burnette and E. Jane Nel- \l leave Washington Tues- morning 14th, for Virginia, they will spend a few ks, On Miss Pollard’s return willineet her mother in Rhode ocular annual meeting of Suuday school union be held at the Tih Baptist lat 3 o’clock Sunday p. m., er 20h and K streets n. w. lt is expected that a full delega~ Uou wil be present for election s for the ensuing year. A relative whx v pline 1 knowing iden pame Bolding. Any \ of such a lady wil dlewse forward her address to Ber Office. <2 DIED, Fell asleep in Jesus in | triumph of her faith, Mon- August 6, at Linéolnville, Va. a L. Ruffin, beloved daugh- KR. D.and S. A. Roffin, in year, | took place Thursday, %h, at tue First Baptist ch, Rev. Sandy Alexander, tor, conducted the services. eo ee TLE MISSION CONFERENCE. October a number of young earnest in the mission < Will assemble tesform an as- jor the purpose of per- bg plans towards the forma- ‘a national congress. It is seworthy step. They are wid effecient and have been tue time connected with such ‘ents, Should they estab- mission Herald it would ‘bute largely to the interests ‘ community. This step is jlated, otber measure are : contemplation ad time develope meny — profitable —— A SPIRITED DEBATE. ‘he High school professors will : ‘d ina very interesting sion before the public. They are both gentleman of incalculable benefit to the community. Both have very high moral ‘standing. Both are cultured. Both are learned. Both have the prestige of foreign schools, With such combatants, a model debate of ex- ceeding interest will -be expected. Premise, definition and logical Sequence, no subterfuge, cordes- cension nor equivacation will be evoked. Upon the whole we expect a manly robust and healthy debate. OTe eS oe CAMP MEETINGS. Camp meeting season is now at -|hand. The various churches are appointing times to hold their outdoor gospel festivals. Way- man Grove takes the lead thus far aud under the management of the A. M. E. church has been ap- pointed some of the ablest men of that connection. The preach- ing services right straight through have been carefully prepared aud indeed has been the special feat- ure of the meetings. Rev. Purdy closed his meeting on Corcoran Heights last Sunday evening. Rev. Purdy has kept up his daily work in the Penson Office and attended and preached during every service of the camp. It was predicted that a rough crowd would gather being so near the city and so easy of accsss. The prediction fell, however, as the very best mannered attendants mostly white allowed no time nor place for ill manners. Montello still spreads her white wing meetings daily. Good Hope will pitch her tent next week. EAST WASHINGTON NOTES. J. W. FOWLER, agent and cor- respondent, 313 3rd street, s. e. Mrs. Dr. Turner, left Saturday for Petersville, Md., where she will remain the rest of the sum- mer. Mrs. Prof. Fowler, left Tuesday morning for Fredericksburg, Via., where she will evjoy the hospitali- ty of her friends for three weeks. She will stop with her aunt, Mrs. Julia Keys. Richard Craig, an old resident of East Washingron, is lying quite ill at the Providence Hospital. The Palm Leaf Organ Club, of Ebenezer Chorch, will give a grand excursion to Collingwood Beach, Monday, August 13, ’88. B. J. Gant, president. Quite a deplorable cutting affiay oveurred Saturday night at 11 o’clock on C between 5th and6th sts, The participants were Wm. Clayton and Zachaiah Wio- field. The fcrmer cut the latter very severely about the legs, mak- ing several ugly wounds. Win+ field was taken to Provideuce Hospital in the police ambulauce. BANNEKER RELIEF ASSO- CIATION. At a regular meeting of the Banneker Relief association held on the Tth inst. the following resolutions were submitted by the undersigned committee in mem- ory of Wm. H. Black deceased. Reiolutson of condolence, in memory of of Wm. H. Black who departed this life July 12, 1888. Whereas, God in his infinite wisdom has taken from our midst and council, William H. Black, late a member, and the founder of this association, and whereas, it is proper that we should give expression to the great loss we bave thereby sustained; therefore be it resolved by the Banneker Relief Association that by his death, this association has lost a staunch friend; the community a valued citizen and his family 4 devoted husband and indulgent gather. Resolved, That while we greatly deplore the loss of our late asso- ciate, we also deeply sympathize with the family in their great bereavement. Resolved, That these resolu- tions be recorded in the minutes of this association, and a copy be transmitted to the widow of de- ceased. Aaron RussuLL R. H. Nueenz, Hamitcar TuRLEY, Committee. Prof. J. H. Lawson is the sole agent in the District of Columbia for “men of mark” during the summer vacation. Men of Mark is a popular and wide spread book written by an eminent author. Address Bz office 1109 Ist. n. w. rao CHARGES AGAINST PRGF. CARDOZA, PROF. BROWN CHARGES HIM WITH MISMANAGEMENT. 1416-I Street, n.w. Washington, D. C., Feb. 8, 1888. Hon. G. F. T. Cook, Sup’t of Col’d Sch’s. Sir:— I most respectfully invite your attention to the following state- ments, which are made wholly in the true interest of the High School of the 7th and 8th Divisions of the cg Schools of Washington, I well know that it is your earn- est desire to make this school in every way, possible, the equal of the Washington High School, and also that the people of this District expect it of you; hence, I feel as- sured that any honest statement as to its present condition will receive your immediate consideration. We have too much at stake in our preeent efforts to rise, to be less than ‘religiously anxious about the education of our race, a sound body, a fully .developed mind well stored with useful knowledge, and an honest heart will be inestimable. Were I indifferent to the peculiar struggle through which we are passing in this country ; ignorant of its possible results, or despon- dent as to our final success, I sup- pose I might continue in the dis- charge of my routine work without any compunction of conscience. Bat, to me, in all matters affecting the welfare of the Colored people, my personal interests come last. With all our getting, we need Now, to get understanding, the power at which all true education aims. I emphasize Power. Any course of instruction, which does not secure this cripples the mind asaregimen of indigestible food cripples the stomach. Here indeed is it true that ‘‘Unto him that hath shall be given; but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which be hath.” It is patent to any one, who is capable of judging, that our High School is dismissing its pupils *‘as merely mechanical artisans.” In- stead of really developing the in- tellectual and moral faculties of the child, and communicating to him that knowledge which will be most useful to him in life; it is making him an artificial flower, which, however much it rivals in appear- ance the natural, lacks its fragrance aud life. The peculiar organization of this school evidences a lack of execu- tive ability; an ignorance ot ad- vanced methods of instruction and a total disregard of tae ‘peculiar tempers, habits, capabilities, at- tainments and tastes’’ of its pupils. Its management is a sort of “go as yoo please”, and its consequent results defeat the aim of the Public School System, biast the hopes and aspirations of sacrificing parents, and destroy the efficacy of the principal means by which we are to attain strength to compete, as a peer, with our brothers in white. As now directed it does its best when it enables the child to rive from its knees and walk by the assistance of achair. It has not yet successfully answered the two great important educational ques- tion:— ‘*What shall I teach?” “How shall I teach?” tTx1s scHoot. TO BE MORE SPECIFIC :— (1)---The school does not incal. cate on the pupils habits of order- ly conduct and good manuers. It is without either written regula- tions or public opinion. What to- day isa violation of good order, to--morrow is something to be en- joyed. (2)---The system of marking, as now prosecuted, fails often to give the true standing of the pupil. It is possible for an indifferent pupil to stand quite as high as a diligent one; and a shrewd ore may im- prove his record by absences. As now employed the mark is the go of all effort-thus impelling the children to leave the substance and chase the shadow; saddest of all, it engenders deception. (3)---Methods of Instruction. The best educators claim: ‘*That the education of a youth depeuds not only on WHAT he learns, but on HOW he learns it, and that some power of the mind is being daily improved or injured by the meth- ods adopted in teaching him.” Nevertheless, little, if avy, impor- tance is attached to this subject.— The sculptor when he spoils one piece of marble, need only take another and bring out of it the ‘umprisoned ‘angel”-but the te.ch- er, when once he spoils his mater- ial, destroys the ouly possibilities and potentialities of a human soal. (4)-~The Course of Study :— The nature of the ch ildren, their at- tainments, their environments, and the leading interests of the field in which they are to earn a livelihood and influence public sentiment must most largely govern their course of instractson. “Studies are valuable for two things ;—for the CULTURE they afford, and for the USE that can be made of them. The arrangement of the present course of study in our High School, ignores these universally acknow- ledged facts. As now arranged the studies give neither culture nor useful knowledge but are bur- dens under which the children chafe. Their minds are crammed, not developed—like cisterns in which the water is simply caught, held and soon becomes stagnant if not bailed out.-instead of wells of water within them springing up in- to everlasting life. Our children fail to get from the course as ar- ranged the principles which give the mental life, courage and power, which they need most. In the Washington High School the first year course aims to in- struct pupil in the art of writing and speaking correct English, but eur first year course (although our peculiar circumstances make a thor- ough drill in English absolutely imperative) begins with Rhetoric— thus the poor children are required to run before they have sufficient strength to walk.--- The deficien- ey of our children in the two practicable studies:-- English and Common School Arithmetic, is lamentable. The following from Joseph Payne indicates strikingly the direction in which our school has erred:--- He (teacher) has very imperfectly accomplished the end of his being if he dismisses his pupils as merely mechanical arti- sans knowing the now, but ignor- ant of the WHY; expert in process but uninformed in principles ; in- structed, but not truly educated. It is the possession of principles which give mental life, courage, and power; the courage which is not daunted where routine fails, the power which not only firmly directs the established machinery, but corrects its apparent eccentri- cities, can repair it when it is de- ranged, and adjust its forces to new emergencies. Take the case of a routine pupil to whom you propose an arithmetical problem. His first inquiry is, not what are the conditions of the question, and the principles involved in its solu- tion, but what rale he is to work it by. This is the question of a slave, who can do nothing without orders from his master. Well, you give him the rule. The rale is, in fact, a resume of principles which si me scientific man has deduced from concrete facts, aud which repre- sents and embodies the net result of various processes of his mind upon them. But what is it to our routine pupil? Tohim it is m-rely an order given by aslave driver. Lam, sir, Your obedient servant, : H. M. Brown. The reply to these charges _ will be published next weck.—Kd. in charge. sor. NEW YORK NOTES. Joseph Abram Trower, president of the society of the Sons of New York, died suddenly on the morn- ing of July 11th, at his home in Williamsburg, full in years and of honor. He was prominent in the affairs of state and of societies for the brilliancy of the condition and improvement of his fellow men. On Tuesday he attended a meei- ing of the Garfield Club of which he was a prominent member and made a speech in which he pleaded ill héalth and returaed to his home and died the next morning. The tuneral was preached on Sunday at the Zion church, Williamsburg, and wag largely attended. Among those present were the officers and members of the Society of the Soas of New York, Grand Lodge, the Garfield Republican Club and the Ivanhoe Commandery. The casket and floral offerings, especially those from the Sons of New York and the firm of Robinson & Co., were rare specimens of the florist’s skill. The executive committee of the Sons of New York, met at their headquarters at the Gilbert House aud appointed a committee ana adopted a suitable memorial. Theanvual picuic and Summer nights festival of the Amaranth club, last Thursday, was a com- plete success, and was attended by over three hundred couples who spent a plesant evening at Lutizers Park, dancing to the strains of Prof. Craigs superior orchestra. St. Philips outing up the Hud- son lagi week was marked by the attendance of many distinguished strangers who came miles to spend a day with the elite of New York City. Among them I noticed Councellor F. A. Chew, of Troy, N. Y., Adam Blake Plato and Miss Carrie Days, of Albany, P. Bis- mark Pinchback, of Howard Col- lege and Hon. H. F. Miller, of Gal- veston, Texas. Very hittle notice istaken of the Trotter,lurner conference at In- dianapolis, Iud. If Trotter should undertake to carry out some of his pledges in regards to the interests of the democracy among colored men in this state it would be more to his credit. Heis too small to make much of a noise anywhere, and his health requires immediate release from office and a speedy re- tarn to the security and seclusion of his Hyde Park retreat from which he was taken by the bounty of a certain politician -about one year ago. zs 4 Justice O’Brien’s decision in the Luther-League case is at once a victory for Councellor McCants Stewart and makes a big boom for the 11th District ca - aign clubs of Cleveland democrats. THE UNION SUNDAY SUHOOLS AT COL- LING WOOD.: Monday was an excellent day fora river excursion and those who availed themselves of it had 4 pleasurable experience not soon to be forgotten, The programme for enjoyment was uot contined to the pavillion alone, Some speut the day fishing; some took row- boats and went over to River View and other landing points on the Maryland side; some brought swings, hammocks, croquet and cards and sought the cool retire- ment of the woods and indulged in their favorite game; while a distinguished divine brought his gun ito take down the nimble squirrel. Prof. Smith’s band fur- nished music so sweet that it was with great difficulty that the christ- ian siaters kept their feet still; in- deed there were times when their bodies did sway to the entrancing strains. The Baptist churches usually protest against dancing yet they always carry music to steal away the piety of their de- votees. There was one amusing inci- dent which it is worth while to relate. The lady whois president of the temperance union bad just been speaking elcquently about the “evils of strong drink” when the bar-room waiters came up with two glassee of beer and offer- ed them to her declaring at the sume time that she was the per- son who ordered those drinks, The company could not suppress smiles much to the chagrin of the temperance lady. It was the doing of some wag. The Baptist Sunday School Union deservescredit for their splend'd excursion. There was nota discontented woid nor a jer during the day and all arrived Safein harbor us the clock was striking eig't. “WE AREG@UING TO KICL MOND!” ~—THE~— BUILDING COMMITTEE ~— OF THE SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH, —WILL GIVE A GRAND — EXCURSION TO RICHMOND, VA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 1008- We cordially solicit our friends and the general public to assist us in this effort. Oar friends know that when we say we are going we mean to go. Train wiil leave B. & P. depot at 11:30 p. m., returning leave Richmond at 10 p. m. AN ABUNDANCE OF REFRESHMENTS WILL BE ON HAND For tbe accommodation of the public. Don’t forget that the train leaves Saturday night, Sept. 15, at 11:30 o’clock and stops at Alexandria and Fredricksburg. The committee guarantee every person seats, and ample comfort. Rev. Bishop Johnson, pastor of the church will be on hand to welcome our friends, and Rev, Dr. Troy, pastor of the 2nd. Bap- tist church, Richmond, Va., will preach a sermon to the excursion~ ists at 3 p. m,, at the said charch cor. 2nd aud Bird sts. Several of the pastors of Alexandria and Washington will be present. Rev. W. B. Johnson, pastor; H. B. Franey, cb, clerk, —Receprion CoMMITTEE:— J. P. Rawles, chairman; Sam- uel Hunter, fivancial secretary; 8. A. White, Recording secretary; Jas. Hester, treasurer. Round trip tickets, - $200. BeS~See that the seal of the 2nd Baptist church is on your ticket, \J. H. Henderson, | 918 F STREET, N. W. Fruits, - Confectionaries, Ice Cream, etc. HOT AND COLD LUNCHES. 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