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rj_ the Catholic denomination was about the only one whose clergy was notnumbered among the slave-owners.”Ross D. Brown, a young Negro of Muncie, Ind., has invented a machine that will mould and complete the manufacture of glass jars and bottles.Elmer A. Carter, a 16-year-old Negro, Junior in the High School, Glov-ersville, N. Y., won a $50 gold prize in an oratorical contest Monday night July 9th. His subject was “The Great Heritage, 01* the American Negro.”At Birmingham, N. Y., Miss Gilberta F. Wallace, graduated from the High School at the head of a class of 36 white students. She was valedictorian, the most honorable position among the graduation speakers.Louis F. Pollard, of Little ton, N. C., graduated a few days ago from Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, Conn., winning the honors of salu-tatorian and first Greek prize. Mr. Pollard was the only colored man in the class, which was a very large one.The Negro artist, Henry Ossawa Tanner, has achieved greatness on account of his talented work in the drawing art. The French government has purchased another Tanner picture for its National Galleries. Already this noted artist of the Negro race is represented in the Luxembourg Gallery by his “Raising of Lazarus,” which was purchased several years IT i ago by the French government. Mr.Tanner was born in Pittsburg, Pa., June 21, 1859, where his father. Bishop Benj. T. Tanner, lived with his devoted wife and children. In 1880 and 1881 he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, a pupil of Thomas Eakins and Thomas Hovenden. Mr. Tanner went next to Paris, where his artistic genius was further developed by Benj. Constant and John Paul Laurens. Early in his career the artist appreciated the necessity of hard work and patient study. He realized that he was not a genius, yet he felt that he possessed talent and determined that he would cultivate that talent to the utmost. That he has succeeded in a manner highly creditable to himself and his country is shown by the numerous medals and prizes that have been won by his brush. Besides being represented in the Luxembourg— an honor that all artists crave—the work of Mr. Tanner may be seen in this country at the Carnegie Institute, the Pennsylvania Acamedy of Fine Arts and in the Wilstach collection, Memorial Hall, Fiarmount Park, hPil-adelphia, and in several private galleries.—Galveston City Times.RETURN TO THE SOIL.A few weeks ago the Hon. John L. Wilson of Seattle in an address to the Sunday Forum, an organization among the Negroes of the city, spoke at length of the advisability of them “returning to the soil.’,’ His remarks did not meet unanimous favor and a preacher took issue with him then and
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Seattle Republican
Seattle, Washington, US
Fri, Jul 27, 1906
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