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V ■ evfeogilist W-Tv84^gaged, in a .fneeiiir§:ik-.^i o^^nd:-• ■•:•-•' K^e£i»^d:jap •'-i-lse--ustoa5 *htooette* y iieOi: about phrbead. . ;/A correspond*, ^ enfrorir lprmkn ' - to 0fi^;GuthrieL e ad erdh-MTi d issue £ay «.Ib'v^O ■ anonp'• • ..;■ i’ A • *f ,y-..j. ■;.«v‘ A-v jj* ,. •» 'lt;■ J # ... •. V . , J,.-^mq^ obrnrnu nioaitihn, received by llvtDgiEil^Ne^’iipffltrj who in arefcriee of, sermons here during the past week has charged that teacbersSaud students in the'state university are guilts1 of yibe and evil rjractices,' inform; the preaober that unless 'he discontinue his derogatory remarks abbot Ihq uniyersity he Wilbbe dealt with a? sbpskb.' negroes have, been dealt with in that town. . The com-munication also intimates that the evangelist’s reputation in the eastern part of the state Unsavory.The cdUimcriieation, signed *‘The ’Committe,” declares, that his “re*theq£#marks of the past week have been very much in error.” ' . - ^ m44 W© have good reason to believe, ” the conn ra unication co n tin ued, “that this university is far ahead of. any other school in. the .JJnited States, Though the university is not perfect, it is a public necessary to Norman. We have worked years to bring this school to its present standing and we can not afford to have anyone come herb find run it down from the pulpit.4‘Besides, Mr,Newsome,we' know something of your conduct in the eastern part of the state, which would .npWbe; devtvig !fet ^ydgr' ;.«haractBr^py-.;waiAltbillunirieldismetiogrtbfkThrielcotstaiopj , ime cou one as t wai bee faci don -• lt;creimarks about: the school you will be waited upon by a committee, which will deal with you as we have dealt with negroes in this town.”Replying today to the communication Evangelist Newsome said;*‘I believe this dastardly attack to have most probably originated from the university arid not from the towri of Norman., The citizens pi ' Norman are heartily in sympathy —with me in rqy light ggainst-vice at the University?- On the other hand professors-at the university, guilty of the practices which - I denounce, have endeavored to dissuade student^ N from attending the services.” v At a Meeting of the men of the htfrbh the Rey, Newsome’s remarksthe of t situ Oilgro:'MrtheRrodayiFere-endorsed'end a resolution was ' passed topstauqjby biuj in ease, •- q|trouble.ntuj? Stai Nor terei the i wen cent L; with men and actii Brytdoiri■ «lt;lt;be it Ity I they way,Mempl
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Muldrow Press
Muldrow, Oklahoma, US
Fri, Mar 27, 1908
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