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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
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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
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