Wilberforce University Closes Greatest Commencement Dyer Speaks; Urges Race to Get Together (By Special Reporter) What was pronounced as the greatest Commencement Week in the history of Wilberforce University came to a close Thursday last week. In the graduating class there were 149 young men and women who will go out to compete with the best prepared men and women of America regardless of race. The speaker of the occasion was Congressman Dyer, who is the author of the bill in the United States Congress knows as the Dyer Anti-lynching Bill. There were twenty-five in the Louisville party who attended the closing exercises many of whom had never seen Wilberforce. When they looked at the many wonderful buildings, spacious and well kept campus and thousands of people from every section of this Nation who are ardent admirers of the work and worth of this great institution they all united in the statement of Editor I. Willis Cole who was among those who had never seen Wilberforce, he said that the half has never been told and that the Wilberforce authorities and alumni should talk more and write more about this institution. Dr. Noah W. Williams made the following remark touching Wilberforce: great industrial and educational work college for people of the colored race in the world. It has never had anything but a colored president and faculty since its beginning which was before slavery was abolished. A diploma from Wilberforce is a passport into the "Wilberforce University is the oldest of the large industrial cities of the North, East and West. And since our people are going to these centers by the thousands, they are employing teachers of our race in such cities as Chicago, Detroit, Gary, Cleveland, Toledi, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and New York. The salaries paid in these norther cities is much higher than what is paid in the South. If I weer going into the professional life of the mechanical field I would want to hold a certificate from Wilberforce since this institution is well known in the North and ranks with other northern schools. For certain reasons, chief among which is that Wilberforce will not submit to white controll and white presidents it has not had the sympathy of a certain element of bothe white and colored people but in spite of the support that white organizations give to white controlled institutions, Wilber- stands out in a class wholly its own." 
Dyer Urges Race and Leaders to Get Together In his great commencement address Thursday among the many good things said Congressman Dyer made particular references to his bill, the Anti-Lynching measures, giving out the information that the bill would be the first to be called out in the coming session and placing emphasis on the fact that a continuous fight to the finish would be made in the effort to put the measure through, he called upon the unqualifiedly united support of each and every member of the race in rendering necessary assistance in support of its passage. Just as the 18th Amendment to the Constitution needed the support of the Volstead Act that the States might carry out the wishes of the nation as to prohibition, so does the 14th Amendment, which decrees that states of the Union shall guarantee all of their citizens protection need such a measure as the Anti-Lynching bill that it might be enforced in the states," said Mr. Dyer. Expressing his hearty approval of the defeat of thirteen of the seventeen weak-kneed Republicans who refused to support the measure in the last Congress, Mr. Dyer told his hearers that the time had come that the Negro had to support men not because of their politics, but because of their regard for right and justice as applies to all American citizens; that the Negro had paid every debt, and should get out of slavery and think and act for himself. 
Tired of Stories About Ignorant Preachers Paying a tribute to the class and ability of the bishops, and ministers who sat upon the platform with him, and the large number that sat in the audience from all parts of the country, Mr. Dyer said, that he was tired of hearing white men telling silly stories about some preacher who failed to have the advantages of education. He said that these white men needed to get acquainted with the race, visit his churches, his homes, his educational institutions and his places of business, and added that race is no hindrance is a man's progress, when given an equal opportunity. "I am not working so much in interest of your race, but of my country and my people which includes every American citizen to square my conscience with my God in Heaven, not for political advancement, but to do service," said the great Congressman as he closed urging the graduates to go out into the world to render the same kind of service to their race, and to the nation. 
The Sixtieth Anniversary The Sixtieth Anniversary Celebration was observed Wednesday afternoon and evening. Bishop J. M. Connor was chairman of the celebration. Bishops W. H. Heard and L. J. Coppin presided at the afternoon and evening meetings. Addresses were delivered by Bishops B. F. Lee and W. T. Vernon, Dr. R. C. Ransom, Dr. H. Y. Tooks, Hon. Sully Jaymes and representatives of the various Episcopal Districts. There were fort-four graduates in the College Department along; the largest class in the history of the school. To add to the occasion, the Bishop's Council convened at Wilberforce during the Commencement period for the first time in three years. All of the active Bishops were present accepting Bishop Brooks, who is now in Africa. General officers and leading men of the A. M. E. Church were also visitors, making this Commencement one to be long remembered. Honorary degrees were conferred upon a number of men of prominence. The degree of LL. D. being conferred upon Mr. Dyer, Dr. Wright, Bishop Johnson, Dr. U. G. Mason and Congressman Madden. On every hand we heard congratulations for President Gregg and the ex excellent service he has been rendering to Wilberforce University. Bishop Jones was ill, but has succeeded so in arranging the building program, that the new Shorter Hall will be ready for occupancy in September. All who contemplate entering Wilberforce next year will do well to write the Registrar at once.
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MISS WILKERSON HOME Miss Artishia G. Wilkerson, who recently graduate from the Chicago University with a degree of B. S., is home for her vacation. Miss Wilkerson, who is the daughter of Mr. B. O. Wilkerson, treasurer of the Mammoth Insurance Company, was for some time connected with the Leader office. She is a young woman of excellent qualities, a product of the Central High School. Miss Wilkerson was the only colored young lady in the Chicago University class. STILL BEING QUOTED A Leader editorial found its way into the columns of The Lexington Herald, a big white daily, last week.
A Valedictorian [photo] Miss Eunice Singleton, B. S. Miss Eunice Singleton of this city, won first honors and was the valedictorian of the class of 44 of the college department of Wilberforce University last week. Miss Singleton is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. O. Singleton of the National Home Finding Society at 1716 W. Chestnut St., and sister of Miss Alzadia singleton, the brilliant young teacher at the Lincoln School. Miss Singleton's achievement is a credit to Louisville. She led a class of young men and women from many of the leading schools representing every section of the country.
Standard Bank Reports Over Quarter of Million From reports every indication points to the best report in its history at the forth-coming meeting of the Board of Directors of the First Standard Bank on July 2. It is reported that the deposits of this Bank are now more than a quarter of a Million Dollars which represents a gain of more than $66,000.00 for the past three month period. In the report to the Directors attention will be called to the fact that when examined by the State Banking Department on June 18, the First Standard Bank was placed on the Honor Roll of banks and given the highest rating issued by the State Banking Department. The Board of Directors of the First Standard Bank is composed of some of the strongest and most representative group of colored men and women in Kentucky. The members of the Board are as follows: Dr. Wilson Ballard, F. C. Dillion, Dr. A. B. Deany, Dr. P. R. Peters, A. L. Garvin, Mrs. H. W. Jordan, Dr. J. A. C. Lattimore, Wilson Lovett Bishop Geo. C. Clement, Roy Turner, Dr. J. M. Hammons, W. W. Spradling, William Warley, Dr. L. R. Johnson, J. E. Simpson, Albert Hathaway, Dr. W. H. Wilson, J. B. Cooper, Dr. C. W. Dorsey, C. H. Parrish, Dr. T. C. Brock, Morris Walton, Dr. P. M. Flack, Dr. A. S. Brock, J. H. Hathaway, Sr., A. E. Meyzeek, York Anderson, Rev. R. S. Stout, Miss Georgia Lattimore, N. M. Willis. 
Mr. H. P. Stewart, Grand Master of the Mosaic Templars of Kentucky, was in the city a few hours Thursday.
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Mr. H. P. Stewart, Grand Master of the Mosaic Templars of Kentucky, was in the city a few hours Thursday.
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Rev. Stewart in City Rev. Luther Stewart of Elkton, Ky., spent several days in the city last week the guest of his relatives, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wheatley of 1422 West Chestnut St. Rev. Stewart preached an able sermon at the Chestnut St., C. M. E. Church Sunday. He is one of the outstanding ministers of his church. Several hours were spent with the editor of The Leader, a friend of long standing.
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New Jackson St. M. E. Church to Lay Corner Stone Rev. J. M. Mundy, of Henderson, Grand Master of the Pythians and Mr. J. E. Kuykendall, of Bowling Green, Grand Master of the Masons will be masters of ceremonies at the laying of the cornerstone of the new Jackson St. M. E. Church at Sixth and Walnut Streets next Sunday afternoon. Dr. Noah W. Williams and others will speak. A parade by the Knights Templars and other fraternities, led by the Booker T. Washington Band will be had at 2 o'clock. A great service is expected by Rev. I. Garland Penn and congregation. The first regular service in the new church will be held that night. The dedication services will be held in August.
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Mrs. Kelly Painfully Bruised Mrs. Josephine Kelly, 1916 West Chestnut Street was accidentally knocked down by an automobile at 18th and Chestnut Streets last Sunday afternoon. She was picked up by a number of friends and carried to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Taylor, 602 N. 18th where she was attended by Dr. G. H. Reid who discovered that she had received a number of painful bruises to her head, face side, ankle and limbs. Most of the injuries are on the right side. Dr. John H. Frank who is her physician and pastor, has pronounced Mrs. Kelly's wounds rather serious, but feels that she will recover.
Negro Leaders Indignant TO MEET HERE AND SETTLE ON FUTURE POLITICAL PROGRAM IGNORED IN CONVENTION; TO DEFEAT WALLACE The Republican State Convention which came to a close Wednesday morning of this week after nominating a ticket to be pitted against one to be named by the Democrats in their August primary, and voted on by the people of Kentucky in November, determining whether the Commonwealth shall continue under Republicas rule or its destinies reverted back to Democratic supervision, did not make one move that had a tendency to make the Negro members of the Convention feel that as Republicans their present status was bettered one bit over that of the past four years, or were they made to feel that the election of Mr. Dawson as Governor would mean anything more to them in the next four years, than that of the past four coming from the same bunch of Republican leaders.
Dawson Rather Than Colvin
Out of the more than 2,000 delegates to the Lexington Convention there were just a few over 200 Negroes included in the large percent of colored voters which make up the constituency in Kentucky. From the fifth District which included Louisville only 25 Negroes were represented of the 341 delegates to the Convention and the percentage of the colored vote in this district is close to fifty per cent. With the exception of the colored delegates of this district, who were instructed and who followed Mr. Searcy to the letter in his fight for Mr. Colvin, and in all other things, practically every other colored delegate preferred the nomination of Mr. Dawson. And though it is claimed that much money was put out by the Dawson forces, which as usual attracted the attention of Negro leaders, it is very well known that there was an opposition to Mr. Colvin, the Superintendent of Public Instruction because of his failure to ring true in a speech before the K. N. E. A. same time back, and in recent speeches in Bowling Green and Lexington. Dawson was regarded as the better of the two notwithstanding his record as a Democrat in the election scandal of 1905, and as Attorney General of the Morrow Administration of the past four years, which has failed to keep a single promise made the Negro voters of the state previous to the election of the Governor and the successful Republican ticket.
Negro Leaders Indignant Over Convention Procedure; To Defeat Wallace So far as the Negro was concerned that was but a little difference to be seen in the presence of the 200 at this Republican Convention and the non-presence of a single Negro at a Democratic Convention. They were there and were voted by the leader, and in whatever way this leader wished to vote him, but as to the Negro himself, the evidence of his presence even in Lexington was not recognized to any appreciable degree only in meetings in which they called themselves to talk and to resolute as to what they would agree to and likewise oppose in the Convention, which got no further than the Negro's own meeting. The Convention, presided over by Senator Ernst did not recognize the fact that there was a single Negro in the Convention, and with all the things with which he was not pleased not a one of the many "big" representative Negroes present had the courage to raise his voice.
The only time the Negroe was favorably spoken of during the whole session, was when one Nr. Thurman Dixon, of Scottsville, who in nominating Miss Mary Long for Secretary of State told the story about the Negro who stole the chicken, (using the word nigger) hid in his coat, went to church, and, when the preacher cried, "Take the sin out of your bosom," he tossed, and said, "There, if you're going to make all that fuss about one little chicken, take it."
In the meeting of the Lincoln Civic and Political League on Monday night, previous to the meeting of the Convention, a non-partisan organization of colored leaders and voters of which the Rev. J. E. Wood is president, matters vital to the political life of the race were taken up. This meeting brought out the fact that there are at present many Negroes throughout the state who are far from being pleased with things, and are open in their opposition to the present Republicanism of Kentucky. Such leaders as Ed. Davis and W. R. Dudley of Georgetown let the members of the organization know during the Monday night's meeting that they would forever in the future assert their independenct in politics, that they would heed the advice of President Harding in the future, and support men and measures, and not be labeled as the property of the Republican party from the color of their skin.
The nomination of Treasurer James Wallace of Frankfort as Auditor on the ticket met with disfavor on the part of President Wood, Mr. Ed Chenault of the State Central Committee and every member of the organization present. After Governor Morrow had promised to appoint Mr. Robbs, of Frankfort, custodian of the Capitol, Wallace was called on by a committee of colored leaders to support the promise. When told their reason he replied that he was against the appointment and added that he knew of no "darky" good enough to be custodian. When told that he might need the Negro's vote again, he said he would not. All were loud in their denounciation of Wallace and the president was named to speak for the League and all the colored voters of Kentucky against his nomination when presented before the Convention. Of course Wallace was presented to the Convention and was nominated on the ticket for Auditor, and not a protect was raised by President Wood nor any one of the large number protesting his nomination in the League meeting. Accord, however, to such leaders as Saffel, George, Underwood, Bell, Mer- in November, and the League is to meet in Louisville August 6 to determine the best course for the Negro to take along other lines politically.
Resolution For Both Conventions
A committee was appointed from the Lincoln Civic and Political League to draw up resolutions to be presented to the resolution committees of both Republican and Democratic Conventions. These resolutions, of which a very small part were recognized and included in the Republican platform, follow:
1. We deplore and condemn the unequal facilities of travel provided the Negro citizens on the common carriers of the state and pledge ourselves to the strict and full enforcement of all laws providing for equal accomodations; and to the enactment of such additional measures as shall secure comforts and conveniences for all passengers.
2. We favor that facilities and equipments for education be equally provided for all citizens, and to that end we ask that such appropriations for the K. N. I. Institute be made, such as shall raise its cirriculum to that of a fully equipped Teachers College, and that such appropriations be made, and supervision assumed of the Western Normal School for colored persons, as shall esuip that institution to do the work for which it was established.
We further urge such an educational program for the Negro schools as well as for the white schools, as shall rank Kentucky among the foremost states of the Union in educational progress.
3. We believe that the unfortunate children of the colored race should have the benefit of being taught and trained as well as the care and protection of the state, therefore we favor that provisions be made for the establishment and maintenance of a Feeble Minded Institute for colored children as is now provided for white children.
4. We favor the selection of jurors without any discrimination as to race, creed or color.
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