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The Horizon 

MUSIC AND ART

Carl Diton, pianist and director of the Talladega College Conservatory of Music, Talladega, Ala., has been giving a number of piano recitals in the East. On June 6 he presented a program before an appreciative and enthusiastic audience, including: Prelude in G minor, Rachmaninoff; Scherzo in B minor, Berceuse and Polonaise in A flat major, Chopin; Harmonies du Soir and Die Wilde Jagd, Liszt, and Overture to Tannhauser, Wagner-Liszt. He also have an organ piece of his own composition, a transcription of "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child."
(? unknown special character) The annual concert of the Y. W. C. A. Gle Club, under the direction of Mrs. Daisy Tapley, was given at Memorial Hall in Brooklyn, N. Y., on the evening of June 21st, before an audience, unusual both in numbers and appreciation. The Glee Club consisted of eighteen voices and gave a pleasing rendition of Nevin's "Venezia" as part one of the program. In part two, the audience enjoyed what was possibly the most serious and the most artistic musical performance ever presented by a quartet of Negro vocalists. Liza Lehman's "In a Persian Garden," the words of which are taken from "The Rubaiyat" of Omar Khayyam, was sung by the following artists of note: Miss Minnie Brown, soprano; Mrs. Daisy Tapley, contralto; Mr. Roland W. Hayes, tenor; Mr. Henry T. Burleigh, bass. Mr. melville Charlton, the accompanist, gave sympathetic and artistic support to the singers and shared with them the hearty applause of the very appreciative audience. 
(? unknown special character) A piano recital was given by the pupils of R. Augustus Lawson, in Unity Hall, Hartford, Conn. The program was presented by Towena Poole, Vincent G. Scully, Jr., and Mattie Maislen.
(? unknown special character) The Asylum Hill Church Choid, Edward F. Laubin, director, gave a concert on May 8, at Unity Hall, Hartford, Conn. Colebridge-Taylor's "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast" was heard on the first part of the program.
(? unknown special character) Three pupils' recitals given in Boston, Mass., during the month of June, deserve particular mention. The pupils of Miss Georgine Glover presented a long program before a large audience at Court Hall on June 29. Mrs. Clarence C. White presented piano pupils at St. Mark's Church on June 20, while a violin recital was given June 28, by pupils studying with Mr. Clarence C. White.
(? unknown special character) "Six Little Pieces," written for piano and violin by Clarence C. White, violinist, are spoken of very highly in The Violinist, a Chicago publication. The group includes No. 1, Love song; 2, Barcarolle; 3, Melodie; 4, Slumber Song; 5, Gavotte; 6, Rustic Dance.
(? unknown special character) Oscar Seagle, the American tenor, who makes a specialty of singing Afro-American folk-songs, gave his annual program for the choir boys of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City, near the close of the season. His numbers included Will Marion Cooks's "A Negro Sermon," and a group of Negro spirituals arranged by H. T. Burleigh.
(? unknown special character) At the Church of the Epiphany, of Orange, N. J., on Sunday, July 15th, the choir of the church, composed of twnety boys and five men, had the assitance of Mr. Roland W. Hayes, tenor. The musical numbers included "Lovely Appear" from Gounod's "Redemption," "Whoso Dwelleth" by Martin and "How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place" by Brahms. Mr. Hayes also sang in solo. Augustus Granville Dill is the organist and choirmaster of this church.
(? unknown special character) Coleridge-Taylor's "A Tale of Old Japan" which was given by the Choral Union of West London at Queen's Hall on May 12 was repeated on June 9, for the benefit of the National Union of Teachers' War Aid Funds. 
(? unknown special character) Madame Ruth Perry-Shaw, soprano, gave a recital at Bethel A. M. E. Church in Detroit, Mich. She was assited by the choir of the church under Dr. Ernest Johnson. 
(? unknown special character) A head of a child, modeled by Mrs. May Howard Jackson of Washington, D. C., has been placed on exhibition in the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington.
(? unknown special character) Mr. Roland W. Hayes, tenor, Mr. H. ard Jeter, 'cellist, and the Martin-Mason Trio appeared in concert at Manhattan Casino in New York City, July 13. 

EDUCATION
DR. JAMES H. DILLARD has been elected president of the Slater Fund for the promotion of Negro education, to succeed William A. Slater, son of the founder, who has resigned because of ill health.
(? unknown special character) An investigation of fifty years of educational effor among Negroes in the South has been complete by the Federal Bureau of Education.
(? unknown special character) The Board of Education in Birmingham Ala., will erect three schools for white children. It is still "considering" congestion in colored schools.
(? unknown special character) The Baptists of the United States have purchased Bascobel College, Nashville, Tenn., to be used as a National Theological Seminary.
(? unknown special character) Wilberforce has established a new Board of Trustees of twenty-one members, which greatly reduces the present number. Mr. George F. David has been elected principal of the academic department. The University has been bequeathed $1,500 by the late John A. Green of New York City. Tawawa Hospital has had its dedication at which Dr. Daniel H. Williams of Chicago delivered the address. 
(? unknown special character) The Hon. W. P. Stafford of the District Supreme Court and Bishop John Hurst of Baltimore, Md., have been elected members of the Board of Trustees of Howard University.
(? unknown special character) Dr. J. H. garnett has been elected president of the State University of Kentucky, succeeding Dr. W. T. Amiger who has resigned. 
(? unknown special character) The National Training School for Women and Girls, in the District of Columbia, has bought the Chapman property and plans are being made to transform it for institutional work. This gives the school four city blocks withs even buildings. 
(? unknown special character) The Legislature of Jackson, Miss., has authorized Governor Bilbo to erect a new building at Alcorn A. and M. College to cost $15,000.
(? unknown special character) The 37th annual session of the North Carolina Teachers' Association, helf at the National Training School in Durham, in June, elected Dr. Calvin S. brown president for the ensuing year. 
(? unknown special character) Miss Adah Hyde has been appointed director of the children's playgroun at Ninth and Park Streets, Des Moines, Iowa. The appointment was made my the superintendent of public schools in Des Moines, Mr. Thornburg.
(? unknown special character) The Colman School Playground in Chicago, Ill., has been dedicated, and James Brumfield, a colored instructor, has been put in charge.
(? unknown special character) William Burghardt Piper, repreenting the fourth generation from Thomas Burghardt, the great grandfather of the editor of the CRISIS, graduated in June from Searles High School at Great Barrignton, Mass. 
(? unknown special character) Thirty-six colored applicants in Baltimore, Md., passed the examination and are eligible for appointment as teachers.
(? unknown special character) East Broad Street School in Savannah, Ga., was winner in the annual school races. Four thousand people attended. 
(? unknown special character) Pearl High School, Nashville, Tenn., graduated forty-two students. 
(? unknown special character) William E. Daily was the only Negro to graduate from the Trinidad, Colo., High School, in a class of seventy.
(? unknown special character) Morris A. Taylor has recieved the Bachelor of Arts degree from Depauq University, Greencastle, Ind. 
(? unknown special character) The Atchinson, Kan., High School graduated five Negroes. A. Pyles received "A" for excellence in track work.
(? unknown special character) B. A. Blanchi received first honors at Avery Normal Institute, Charleston, S. C. His average was over 90 per cent for his four years' work.
(? unknown special character) Miss C. M. Casey graduated from Lincoln High School, Gallipolis, Ohio, ranking first in her class.
(? unknown special character) Miss S. R. Moore graduated from Storer College, Harper's Ferry, W. Va., and won the prize scholarship to Bates College, Lewiston, Me. She is the daughter of Prof. L. B. Moore of Howard University.
(? unknown special character) Miss Garnett McGhee passed the State Board Nurse examination in Chicago, Ill., with an average of 90 per cent.
(? unknown special character) Eight of Meharry's graduates passed the State Board of Medical Examiners in Georgia and three passed the Arkansas Board. 
(? unknown special character) In Chicago, Ill., Miss Dorothy Hill and Eugene Sheppard were placed on the honor roll of the Hyde Park High School. Miss Nannie Huggins and Mr. Moulton also graduated.
(? unknown special character) At the annual junior oratorical contest of the Pennsylvania State College, Joseph L. Johnson, of Philadelphia, was awarded second prize. 

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