Activities Among Negroes
[This article repeats some content from the previous week, but then has newer content below it. I will omit the repeated content. - MF]
The writer is in receipt of an invitation to attend Founder's Day celebration at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. The Founder's Day address will be delivered by Dr. Talcott Williams, dean emeritus Pulitzer School of Journalism, Columbia University, New York City.
The Western Appeal, of San Francisco has the following sad news of the death of Mrs. T. Henry [Delia Henry, I think. - MF] which occurred recently at Hamilton, Bermuda. She was on a visit to relatives when she died. She leaves a husband, T. Henry, of Berkeley, the former president of West Indies Association of Northern California.
The Brotherhood society of the First A. M. E. church held their annual banquet Monday evening, during which time problems of the church and community were discussed. This church will be host to the annual California Conference of the A. M. E. church, which will convene in Oakland during the first week in September, at which time the delegates to the General or National Conference of this church will meet during the entire month of May in the city of Louisville, Kentucky, will make their reports.
Colored women have lost another national leader in the recent death of Mrs. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, widow of the late Judge Ruffin. of the Charleston court, Boston, Mass. She was one of the best known colored clubwomen in America. She served on the Board of Managers of the Massachusetts State Federation of Women's clubs (white) from 1887 to 1899 and became a national issue when refused admission to the biennial meeting of the General Federation of Women's Clubs at Milwaukee. Up to her death she was an active member in many clubs, being reelected to the board of trustees of the Sedalia club (white) in February, 1924. She was one of the founders of the Association for the Promotion of Child Training in the South and one of the earliest to join the Women's Industrial and Educational Union. She was a member of the N. A. A. C. P. and had served as president of the local branch in Boston.
The following out of town visitors attended the morning services of First A. M. E. church: Mr. and Mrs. Yell, Kansas City, Mo., Joe McDonald, Chicago; C. J. Martine, Los Angeles, and Mrs. E. M. Elkins of Chicago.
Mrs. Vivian Osborn-Marsh has just established a Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority in the University of Southern California. She was given a complimentary theater party at the New Morosco theater, that city, and was honor guest at numerous luncheons and receptions,
The Northern Section of the California State Federation of Colored Women Clubs held an all day meeting Wednesday with the Garden City club of San Jose. A large delegation from Oakland attended. Mrs Irene Ruggles, the state president, reported that the response to an appeal issued for the federated clubs of the state to assist in raising transportation for the return of Mrs. Austin from Africa had been successful. This lady, a former club state officer, would land in New York Saturday, April 5, and would come direct to San Francisco. Mrs. Ruggles personally raised over $200 of the fund. The Educational campaign, as outlined by Miss Hallie Brown, will be observed by the northern district the Sunday after Easter in all of the churches of the bay cities. The State Federation will meet in Oakland the last week in July. Immediately afterward many will leave for Chicago to attend the National Biennial meeting of colored Women's clubs. This meeting will be held in the Wendell Phillips school in that city, August 3 to 8.
Prof. R. E. Kern presented Miss Marguerite Johnson (mezzo-soprano) in song recital at the First A. M. E. church Wednesday evening. This young lady is a native daughter, and a product of the Oakland public schools, having graduated from the Technical High school recently. She is very anxious to perfect herself in music.
Miss Johnson sang a group of twelve songs, part classical and part negro spirituals. Her singing showed very careful training. There are few professional singers lately appearing in Oakland among the colored singers who have been greeted by a larger attendance. She is at present attending the University of California and her sorority sisters acted as ushers. They were kept busy delivering massive bouquets of flowers. The young lady has every reason to be encouraged to continue her studies.
