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AUG. 27, 1997 JJortbmb ’O b ra rtw r Page A4 ))ow G ifted Antf )><-(•>('8.tod Were Our Beautiful Sisters B y P rof . M c K inley B urt o not their pictures here re tie d the d ig n ity and strength D ju s tly proud ot her. N ot o n ly as teachers have colored w om en labored lo r the race, but they ot purpose that launched a new eraot can be found in most o f the profes A fric a n A m erican hope and a m b i sions also. The subject in question tion. Had it not been to r these c o m saw anil te ll the need ot lady ph ysi m itted black women where w ould we cians, and, acting upon her feelings be today ’ Where indeed? A nd these in the matter, she read medicine at the accomplishm ents were in the 1X90 s, wom en s M edical College in 1 hila- before the turn o f the century. delphia, and graduated w ith high We draw again from the proud honor. There being an opening at chronicles o f G.F. Richings labor ol Tuskegee Institute fo r a resident love, “ Evidence o f Progress A m ong physician. Dr. Johnson went to till C olored People". Last week we gave the place. But before she could prac his account o f tw o strong energetic tice medicine in the Slate ot Alabama, black men who b u ilt tw o major indus she had to stand an exam ination be tria l plants in the South during the fore a state Board o f Examiners. She same tim e period (Published by the has the d istin ctio n o f being the firs t Geo. F. Ferguson Co., Philadelphia, lady, w hite or colored, to receive a 1902). ce rtifica te to practice m edicine in the Here, we rely on this same d edi Slate o f Alabam a. It is w ith the great cated historian to r a superb and em est regret that I call my readers’ atten pathic account ol the m agnilicent tion to the fact that since the firs t accomplishments ol tw o e xtra o rd i e d itio n o l my book came out Dr. nary A frica n Am erican W om en; D r Johnson has passed away. She died H a il Tanner Johnson," Ihe firs t lady. at their home in N ashville, Tenn. M iss Hattie A. Gibbs is the young est o f five children o f Hon. M iltlin W. made considerable advancement in that study. A t eleven she entered the O b erlin C onservatory o f M usic, and also kept up her studies in school fo r three years, after w h ich she entered the high school and devoted all her able. in manners she is gentile; she has a steadfast and undeviating love o f truth, fearless and straightforw ard in action and in te g rity and an honor ever unsullied by an unw orthy w ord tim e to those studies. A fte r tw o years o f hard study ot Greek, L a tin and M athem atics, she graduated w ith or deed, and after a ll. these traits so prom inent in her m ake-up make her honors before her fifte e n th birthday. As a student she was an u n tirin g w orker, her hours fo r study encom passed alm ost the entire day. She accustomed herself to risin g at four her art, fo r in themselves they consti- o ’ clo ck to begin her practice. In the conservatory Departm ent o f O b e rlin C ollege the attendance is about 500, and out o f this number the average attendance o l colored stu dents is eight o r ten. Students are required to fin is h a course o f three- studies before a d ip lo m a is awarded. Besides fin is h in g the studies ot p i ano, pipe organ and harm ony, she had the advantage o f several terms in voice culture, and since her gradua tion she has made special study ot the v io lin in order to belter prepare hersell as d ire cto r o f Eckstein Norton Conservatory o f M u sic, o t w h ich she was a founder and ot w h ich she is now in charge. The wom en o f the race should be proud o f her. The people o l Kentucky should be proud that one so able has placed her services w ith in reach, and ought to show the colored peoples’ appreciation, by co n trib u tin g money tow ard erecting such suitable b u ild ings, as w ill stand long after the founder is numbered w ith the dead— a race monum ent in itself. white or colored to receive a c e rtifi In disposition M iss Gibbs is a m i greater than her w o rld ly success in tute greatness. She has a clever handicraft at all the arts co m m o n ly styled" w om en's w o rk ." N ot o n ly have her hands been trained to glide dexterously over the keyboard, but she has made every day o f her life tell, and the result o f her industry is that she is skille d in pa in t ing, crayon w ork, artistic em broidery, dress-m aking, co o kin g and all that goes to make up an accomplished woman. T his b rie f sketch has been given w ith the hope that young people, w ho wish toaccom plish any particu lar pursuit in life , may herein fin d and example o f what a women can do, and the truth may be brought to them that "there is no excellence w ith o u t great labor." Veterans health care proposed H ouse S p e a ke r N e w t G in g rich has proposed a veterans health care in i nection - no matter where the special ist is located. Such equipm ent is enhancing ru ral health tiative that w o u ld give veterans ac care throughout the coun try, and could do the same to r veter cess to genetic and biom edical break throughs but also emphasize preven tive care. G in g rich told 5,(XK) attending the ans, he said. The G eorgia Republican and self- Some 14,(XX)VFW delegates and 4,(XX) women's auxiliary members are a tte n d in g the c o n v e n tio n here through Thursday. W h ile in Salt Lake, G in g rich also met w ith organizers o f the 2002 W in ter Games, Republican G ov. M ike described "a rm y brat” said his 21st Leavitt and Salt Lake’ smayor, Demo Veterans o f Foreign Wars conven tion that he w ill w o rk w ith veterans' advocates to launch a com m ission to design new health care standards Century Veterans Health In itia tive crat DeedeeCorradini. G ingrich, who was involved in last year’ s O lym pics in Georgia, said Salt Lake appears better prepared five over the next tw o years. "Y o u ought to have the best care, the best technology, the best m edi cine because o f the risks you took for yo u r c o u n try ,” G in g ric h told the thing early.” On other topics. G in g rich urged g ro u p ’ s 9 8th annual co n ve n tio n ans in bidding on federal contracts. "Veterans preference is an earned preference, earned at the price o f life and lim b. It is m orally rig h t," he said. He also pledged to w o rk w ith W ednesday. G in g rich , fresh from a two-day sw ing through Southern C a lifo rn ia and an appearance on Jay L e n o ’ s "T o n ig h t S how ,” said he envisions teaming V A hospitals and outpatient clin ics w ith the w o rld ’ s top special ists. T h a t c o u ld m ean in s ta llin g telemedicine equipm ent in the hospi tals and c lin ics so doctors can con sult w ith specialists - via video con- w ould emphasize preventive care because, "Y o u get better q u a lity o f life fo r less costs i f you do the right the veterans to press their senators to pass legislation, as the House has, to reassert the preference fo r veter form er Sen. Bob Dole and President C lin to n to fin ish the jo b o f erecting a years before its O lym pics than A t lanta was. He prom ised to help Salt Lake get the federal money it needs fo r trans portation and security du rin g the Games. " Y o u ’ re going to be very high on the p rio rity list because these are A m e rica 's Games, too, he said at a news conference after the meeting. G in g rich , just weeks after a tailed coup attempt, said he expects to be Speaker o f the House in 2002 it voters continue returning a Republican ma m em orial to W orld W ar II veterans. G in g rich said he was disgusted that red tape and p o litics have held up the m em orial, which was approved jo rity to the House. But he’ ll be at the end o f his stint, in M ay 1993 - a delay o f longer dura the I Oth term congressman said. " I ’ ve tion than W o rld W ar II. term -lim ited m yself out." cate to practice m edicine in the state o f Alabam a” - and Prof. H attie A. Gibbs, "a gifted musician and linguist who, after tw o years ot hard study ot Greek. Chapter X X V I. P rom inentC olored Women. As a splendid type o f noble w o m anhood I know ot no better subject than D r H ail Tanner Johnson. She is a daughter o f Bishop B .T. Tanner, ftf the A .M .E . Church, who is G ibbs, o f L ittle Rock, A rk ., and his am iable w ile , Mrs. Anna A lexander THE JOYCE Gibbs. M iss G ibbs entered the O b erlin P ublic School at six, and began the study o f music at nine under the d irection o f her sister, w ho at that had OEA, US West Launch 2nd year Of Internet Training Program for Oregon Teachers Area teacher's in training. T population. The goal ot the program is to help teachers im prove teaching all over Oregon, ranging in size from Annex and Days Creek and to learning through use o f the eachers from school districts Portland and Lake Oswego, gath ered at the U niversity o f Oregon last week to begin a year long training session to learn to use the Internet and e-m ail to im prove teaching and learning. T h is is the second and fin a l year o f the O E A -U S West Teacher N e t w o rk Project, in v o lv in g a second round o f 150 Oregon p ublic K -12 Interent and e-m ail. O E A member Dr. Sam M ille r, sci ence and math teacher at M onroe M id d le School in Eugene, directs the Teacher N e tw o rk w h ic h is funded by a $975.000grant from the US West Foundation to the U n iv e r sity o f Oregon. Last year's 150 participants are school teachers The teachers w o rk now "graduates" o f the program and are prepared totrain otherteach- together as two-person teams from a school d istrict, com prising a total ers in the use ot the Internet and to share classroom projects they de o f 75 teams. Enthusiasm ran high among the 1997 teacher participants as they gathered at the U n ive rsity o f O r egon last week and received their ow n laptop computers and logged onto the Internet - some o f them to r the first time. The O E A -U S West Teacher N et w o rk is a jo in t project of the Oregon Education Association (O E A ), US West C om m unications and the U n i versity o f Oregon Because each ot the teacher participants are expected to tra in I O of their colleagues fo llo w ing their year o f training, the Project w ill reach at least one-tenth (3,000) o f O regon's public school teacher veloped during their year of tra in ing,T he 19 9 6 participants hail from v irtu a lly every county in Oregon. E d u c a to rs and o th e r in te r ested p a rtie s can d is c o v e r m o re a b o u t the w o rk o f the p a r t ic i pants by v is it in g the O re g o n T e a c h e r N e tw o rk W e b S ite at h ttp ://w w w .o tn .u o re g o n .e d u , o r by c o n ta c tin g in d iv id u a l p a r tic i p a n ts . Oregon Education Association (O E A ) is an a ffilia te o f the 2.2 m il lion-member National Education A s sociation, and is O regon’ s largest teacher organization, representing more than 40,(XX) public school em ployees throughout the state Werner s continuing thi ol seni&rs from to help theiwâc oving legacy b Sawa Yew can help b le n d in g your com ibution to the I ytfoyce Washingtqp Memorial Scholarship Fund in care of Bank of America Your support will be truly appreciated. Call your local Bank o f America for more information. gnu-
