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Closing Exercises At Le Moyne.—Le Moyne Normal Institute, Memphis, Tennessee, closed on the 2nd of June. Not less than 2,500 people crowded the auditorium at the closing exercises. The large attendance betokens the influence of the school in the community and the esteem in which it is held.
Students Enlisting.—Many of the students of our colleges and Normal Schools have enlisted in the service of their country. From Talladega College, Alabama, we receive the following: "We send a score of our choice young men off to the army to-morrow." From Lincoln School, Meridian, Miss., the Principal writes: "One young man is away in the interests of his company, of which he is Captain. He wrote, 'This is the time to show of what clay we are made, and I trust each student of Lincoln School will prove himself loyal to his country.' Four of the officers of his company are graduates of Lincoln School."
A SKETCH OF THE CAREER OF A STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY GRADUATE.
BY REV. GEORGE W. HENDERSON, D.D.
Among the young colored men who heard the call of God for the uplifting of their race was Mr. H——, whose home was in Arkansas. From the first, with him Christian faith meant Christian service, and he at once became active in church and Sunday-school. Nature was generous to him in the saving gift of common sense, and he was not long in perceiving the incompetency of the ministers to whom the people at that time looked for religious instruction and leadership.
A fortunate providence brought him into contact with a teacher from Straight University. The information she gave him of this institution opened the way to execute the purpose which he had been cherishing for some time, to fit himself to become a missionary to his people in his own home. The loss of a leg at this time, through the carelessness of another, instead of discouraging, strengthened his resolution. Penniless, like Booker Washington, he set out for this missionary seat of learning, his only resource, prayer, his only support, hope and faith.
One bright morning, this brave Arkansas lad presented himself at Straight University. Hobbling up the walk to the main building, and assuming an air of confidence quite in contrast to his internal emotions, he hailed a passing student in the familiar vocabulary of the plantation—"Say, Sonny, is the Boss in?" The "Boss" was in, and on meeting this new candidate for academical honors, quite took away his breath by addressing him as "Mr." Such courtesy was a surprise and a revelation to him. That he was somebody in the eyes of heaven was the gracious revelation of his Christian faith; it now for the first time dawned upon him that the recognition of his manhood was possible on earth.