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24 LINCOLN NEWS LINCOLN MEN WORK WITH THE ARMSTRONG ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA Monroe D. Dowling 1 01' I Ik past six yours through an endowment li n. I y sonic far-sighted citizen oT Philadelphia. lw sliidenls have liccn selected from I lie Senior Class oT l.iueoln I'niversily. by I Ik family. upon I lie rrrnmmemlul inn t f (Ik professor of social sciences, In do Held work wil.li Hie Armstrong Asso- ciation of Philadelphia, which is allil- ialed willi Hie National (Than League. 'I'liese sliidenls are reipiired lo have some knowledge of Hie social sciences, particularly (In clemenls of sociology. Ih fore going further. however, into the several ilnlies of lliese sliidenls. il is well lo know wlial I he Armstrong Association of Philadelphia is. and for wlial il stands. Ahonl Iwenly years ago some pnhlic- spiriled cili ens of Philadelphia, henevoleiil l.v inclined, conceiving Hie idea lo improve Ihe economic roinli- lions of (lie Negro in I heir rommun- ily. h.v acquainting employers with I In merits of Negro labor, founded Ihe Armslrong Association of Philadel- phia. This association has more Ilian surpassed Ihe cxpcclulions of Ihe rounders, mainly because of Ihe wide- spread popularity which il has ob- tained. Al Ihe end of Ihe Iasi fiscal year. Seplcmlicr lirsl. over three hun- dred placements have been made, menial and industrial, placing in Ihe hands of Ihe Negro, wage earnings ex- ceeding lifly million dollars annually. Laler. it was seen that in order lo have a standard labor supply il was necessary lo aid the assimilation of colored people in (In eotumiiuily; therefore a neighborhood secretary was organized. Knowing loo. Ihe ad- visability of obtaining more and hel- ler opportunities for Ihe Negro in in- dustry, a department of industrial work was organized; Ihe object of Ibis department is to impress upon em- ployers (lie availability of Negro labor and its suitability for industrial work: Lincoln sliidenls are ofleu employed in Ibis department. In view of the faci I hat Ihe organ- ization acts as a clearing house for social work among colored people, a department of research was innovated in conjunction with Ihe depart menl of industrial work. This depart menl is fortunate in occupying a very aullior- italive • silion in conneclion with all information dealing with Ihe Philadel- phia Negro; so milhnrilalivc has il be- come, llial aid only iirofessioe l social workers use il. but also business or- ganizations. churches, departments in Ihe Oily. Stale, ami National govern- ments. sliidenls in schools and uni- versities as widely separated as .Mass- achusetts. California. Wisconsin and Ccorgin. If is in (bis depart men! llial (lie students from Lincoln I'niversily are employed and trained. Every year vital questions as In the activity of the colored people in the Community arise, which can only lie answered by a study of conditions and facilities al hand for solving such con- dii ions. This year Ihe question which faced us. was, what provisions are made for Ihe leisure lime activity of (lie underprivileged Negro? In order lo answer, aulliorilnl ively, such a question, il was necessary lo make a I borough study of all Ihe recreational facilities of Philadelphia. This appar- ently stupendous task was given to Mr. Charles (S. Lee. one of the out- standing members of Lincoln's grad- uating body and the writer, who were lo lie directed and assisted by ihe in- dustrial research «morelary. The lirsl thing we did was to deter- mine the nature of recreational facili- ties; listed Ihnse lhat were characler- islic and proceeded lo make conlacl with them; by conlacl I mean visits, interviews and observations. Mr. Lee look Ihe playgrounds and I Ihe sellle- menl houses; Ihe community center,t we divided. II required about three months lo complete these contacts, making al least four a day. Then we made a study of I Ik vannus recrea- tional facilities provided' by the mu- nicipality. such as parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, organized recreation in the schools, etc., which was about Ihe most dillicull part of Ihe work, as many olllcials were encountered who had lo be convinced of Ihe ailvisahilily of such a study, l-'inallv. a study was made of II.....ommercial recreational facilities; bv commercial recreational facilities is meant, dance halls, pool rooms, cabarets, resteurauls. billiard parlors, howling alleys, gymnasiums, fraternal orders, etc. Such a survey, as you can easily perceive, is nol a dillicull (ask. although il is very com- prehensive. This survey now places in Ihe re- search department of Ihe Armslrong Association of Philadelohia a com- plete and detailed account of I Ik re- creational facilities of Ihe (lily of Philadelphia. We have concluded Ibis survey and naturally we have drawn certain con- clusions. Unfortunately., however. I am unable al this time to divulge anv in- formal ion itutil (lie work has been passed upon by those in authority: iml lei me say lltal until I'O Negro learns how to spend his leisure lime prolilahlv and intelligently, there is no hope of elevating his economic status. BUGHOUSE FABLES Holm Williams bought a package of cigarettes. Pablo boss is a woman-hater. Fox misses a meal. I 'red Williams in a quiet mood. Smillie is the wide-awake hoy in his math class. Tin long and short of il;—Lank Al- len and Perrigan. We would like (o know whom “Hue.” Nelson loses his ln ud about when he goes lo Phillv. The only thing that spoils Shelton's dav is the if:. {(! A. M. bell. Luke; “Whazzamaller. Lew? (Jot a cold ? .Moseley: “Yell, I slept in a stable, last nigh! and woke a I idle horse.” Lost:- An umbrella, by a man willi a wooden head. Kinder nleasr return lo K. .Mourning, Lincoln L'niversilv. “Hurny Seaborne is si ill working on bis theory of Ihe relativity of cards. Mike Mitchell, loud and wrong al- ways “knows belter” in an argument. You can'l kid a kidilcr,” says Kidd. Oris Palmer -The campus strong- man? HOW DO YOU WORK BEST? Newspapers and periodicals reveal the fad llial most successful men are conslanlly receiving letters asking almiil their personal habits. The cor- respondents waul lo know under wlial circumstances Ihe great do I heir work Jm sI. They even inquire as lo wlial Ihe eminent eat and wear. Mill Nye was «nice asked wlial dollies he wore and how he dressed. He answered: “In the morning I wear morning dollies, in Ihe evening I wear evening dollies and in Ihe uighl I wear uighl dollies. Ahonl Ihe best rule for doing your best work is In IIml those conditions IliaJ suit you best, wherein Ihe brain fund ions most elTed ively. Wlial Iliose .conditions are vary among itulivid- pals. I. personally, like moderatelv quiet surroundings, my desk some- what disarranged, some ashes and match slicks on Ihe Hour and fresh breeze fanning Ihe room. I do liud il dillimll lo work with a cinder in my shoe, as J have a I present. Eli MelchnikolT. the llussian Jew. who became one of Ihe famous mi- crobe haulers and who discovered dial in Ihe human body there are cells hostile lo disease microbes, said llial lie could always work best when pret- ty girls were close hv. In vour case, as in mine, litis kind of surrounding might have a disturbing effect. Paul Ehrlich, another experimenter, used lo have grind-organ musicians play music outside of the laboratory, lie said llial he could work heller by soft music. Just imagine wlial Ik could have done If lie had had a radio. Dickens always had lo have (Ik same kind of paper, blue ink and a quill pen. when In worked. Stephen rosier, an American song writer, com- posed his melodies in a quiet room with heavy draperies and carpets. Newspaper men. used lo Ihe noise of typewriters and Ihe ceaseless bustle of Ihe copy room, sometimes liud il dilli- cull In do their best where il is quiet. Here I might mention in passing that il pleases me very much and adds lo my comfort lo hear Hill Hill and someone in a duel sing “A Song I Love - lliev have passed on. Mark Twain used lo write his lies! stuff lying in bed wearing an old- fashioned night-gown. I wonder if lie would have been Ihe same Mark Twain in this (pajama) age? Ilazlill. (Ik essayist, recommends a brisk outdoor walk before work hours. Schuberl scratched off some of bis bi s( songs al odd limes. One of his famous pieces was jolted down on the back of the bill of fare of a beer gar- den as lie wailed for a companion. .Jlist suppose (here had been prohibi- tion in Ins day! The best thing lo do is nol to try to imitate somebody else, but to liud Ihe lime when your own Ihoughls How wilh greatest ease, and llieu work hard! You must have I Ik anihiliou to create and Hie will to work hard. I . S. T. JUDEE II disail les clioses dc moi II III aehelail Four Ireinle francs. El a-la-meme letups M' appelail le I'rere. JIVEIl JACKSON

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LINCOLN NEWS 23 Y. M. C. A. CABINET THE OLD E88AYI8T8 AND THEIR WORK8 One fold, gloomy winter's day I went into my study to finish the work or reading which I had begun some months before. A bright lire blazed in Hie fire-place, everything was cozy and conducive to study. I glanced at my desk while contemplating which author should entertain me. Lying where I had dropped them, as I finish- ed with them, wore various volumes of essays. Written by those immortal au- thors: Montaigne, Bacon, John Drown. Addison, Steele, Ooldsmith, Lamb. Dope. HazlilL. Coleridge and many oth- ers. As I looked from one to the other of these volumes a different picture arose against the flickering back- ground of the lire and the shadows cast upon the walls. The word, essay, filled my unsettled thoughts, adding its quieting, soothing, settling touch and conjuring a picture of the first; the father of the essay, Manlaiguc. Montaigne says that: his sole ob- ject is to leave for his friends and relatives a mental portrait of himself, defects and all; ' e cares neither for utility nor for fame. A story is told of how be began I his form of literary work, but why, his biographers alone seem to know. “Digressions are so constant in his essays that they have the appearance of being wilful. The lilies are of a diverse character whose real meaning often have no bearing upon the substance of the essay. Whatever the fault of his works all critics agree that Montaigne has giv- en to the world a powerful, limitless, and unrivalled Torm of literature. During these reflections I had drawn up my chair to the desk and begun to look over the books, intending to choose one for reading. On my right, near the edge of the desk, almost ready to fall ofT, was one of Macau- ley s brilliant essays on Milton. I saw. as in a dream, a wonderful man. said to be an English historian, a politician and an essayist. I fell again the grip of interest. I saw again the panorama of pictures drawn by his words. From his discoursive style one would say I hat he must have been a brilliant conversationalist, this, his biograph- ers say. is true. Hut I had read this, so I looked to another. There was one volume which seem- ed to possess something odd enough lo attract the roving eye. The oddness or individuality of I his book belied its author, Macon. Who can say that Ha- con did not possess a quaint original style, full of witticism and allusion? The matter ‘or Huron's essays’ was familiar and practical; the thoughts were weighty and just, hidden helicalh the outer covering of morality so fa- miliar in his essay. Bacon, I he mail, an English philosopher, a statesman, who failed, was left only literature in which lo express his thoughts, his natural turn was to the essay, thus leaving lo posterity Hie greatest there was in himself. Leaving Bacon, I picked up anulhcr book and opening the pages without looking to the title, I saw a topic. Hood Temper . This at once remind- ed me oT Steele and as one cannol think of Steele without Addison com- ing in for his share of thought, I na- turally linked the two together. In doing so I remembered that Steele claimed that Addison , his dear friend, was greater than he. This perhans is true in that Addison pos- sessed the great gift of genius, lad I'm inclined to agree with the biogra- phers that one is the complement of the other. Another book revealed lo me a mas- ter of expression, a genius, a great artist. I had read his Dream Cliild- ren. So real was the picture depicted that I heard the pattering of flic lit- tle feet; the musical echoes of the voices, and when he awoke. I believed Hint I too had been dreaming. Lamb was an English essayist and critic. His works are exquisitely refined, humorous. genuine and cordial. Throughout his essay runs a vein of pleasantry and heart touching pathos, with great delicacy and tenderness. Indeed, he is among the great, classed with Montaigne. Sir Thomas Hrowue, Steele, and Addison James the Doorkeeper” gave me a view of John Brown, the Scottish phy- sician and author who believed that an author should publish nothing un- less he hud something to say, and had done his best to say it right. This essay was tilled with humour and ten- derness, being in part a character sketch and part a preachment. I could not find upon my desk the author I wanted, so I went to my hook case just inside the door and searched for Holdsmilh, the English poet, play- wright. novelist and essayist. I found his volume of the Citizen of the World . Selecting the first topic to suit my fancy, The Man in Black . I drew up my deep arm chair before the open fire and proceeded to read. Al once I was gripped with the soul stir- ring pathos and the grim humour or flu black clothed gentleman, who preached selfishness, cruelly and hale lo hide the real unbounded, gentle, uu- selllslt love of a noble character; who prcuchcd and yet could not practice what he preached because lie was overflowing with a great, self-sacrillc- ing all-giving love for Immunity. Cold- smith is also ranked with llu greatest of the great. For who, but I be great, can picture so vividly their thoughls as to grip ami hold Lhe interest nT a tired, weary, wandering mind? MACON M. BEUHY.MAN The 1929 auto tags in the District of Columbia arc black and yellow, which means that if Marcus Harvey lived there, lie would be Provisional Commissioner of motor vehicles. The Price of This Com- mencement Number is 50 Cents

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