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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1931)
The Fin est W r i t e r * I Send th e ir S to rie* |Fir*t to th e lllu * I Ir a t e d Feature Sectio n n it* c* mi 4d *•« ll*<M| l««..*.« «. il . I din«* C o m in g S to rie * by J. A . R o g e r s E d w a rd Lawaon D orothy W e i t Edw ard W orth y The A d voca te Tin 1LLU8TRÀTED FEATURE SECTION October 17, 1981 * m * aiaaos mi TM* r i m i* m i su s v i a r » u i I l S T IR I n ILTTIO N A Friendship That Has Lasted 50 Years Remnrkablf story of the friendship of three men which beR»n 50 year» n^o in Howard University when they started out to fill their pitchers with water. It) UK w. K A r t l.M IH The ranking. but ararrely tlir i *4 i 11 <it inrtnb r of u Buutli ( ’»tu llu » triumvirate. formed at Howard Uni* ?rr»il)f. Washington. D l \ nfty year» mco September 1J. liMH. 1» p lr w « ! to t«*it thr *tory of tilt*» unique frtrnd- utiip, ttip personality «»f which 1* not Wholly uiillkr fa»- ar. I*t»in|K*y and C*rav»u* of HoitiP The writer « wine to Howard In 1H7'J tl»r fall of the year. Kelly Miller in iHMo a e o n « i t » i Millet cwirit September 12. null On tlie nfterniKin of till* \ery day he met Kelly Miller und myself who wri already friend* The tiller of us were bearing pitcher* to that memorable spring to draw watei from the htIUlde. aiul lit re and then I m ' kuii that unbroken friendship, now beginning iln fifty -first year. be irrto» of HI Augustine* I* K Church, ilraoklyn. N Y coming more ami more acute The witter anti George Ki oiler Millei w< re Teaching. lc. lining and writing from Charleston und Kelly Miller H«un Wensboro, 8 0. We gloried in h a ir brrn Ihr occasional work of George Frarler who u now thr active tlie fact we wrre Houth Carolinian* rector of Ht Augustine s I* K Church. Joined t urrka Brooklyn, N Y Wlirrr llr 1' .still !»■(> We became in •inber* of the Kurrka ulat alter morr than twrnty years of thr moat acceptable service, and I.liei ai > Hoclety. w* re graduated from tlie ClltwICil PirpuraUiry llepait- Not r tlir Empress Eugenie hat. nirnt. Dr. Cyru* H Hlchard.*». prlncl- l»al Continuing our cou rv we lx* rite " y i l n ajar” collar, thr military came member* of the Alpha Phi coat and tlir bat wing necktie. Literal y Society of the College I>e- partment from which department we were graduated with the degree H A . IHHfl and IK8H respectively. dur ing the prealdency of Uie Hev Dr. WUIlam w Patton whom w « di irlj loved and whoec memorable prater* for liberal Conrgeiudonal appropria tion«. we live to nee answered In tilt* day Continued Study After Howard graduation we con tinued our courar. Oeorge Krar.ier Miller ill the General Theological Seminar) of the Episcopal Church. New York Kelly Miller In Johns Hopkins University llalllmorr. Md . and the writer In Drew Theological Seminary, now l>rew University. Madison, N J . of the tyelhodtst Epis copal Church, each upon completion of the course receiving the tiifttttu- tlon'a degree Honorary and other d e gree* have been conferred alnce then. Today each one still serves in Ills chosen way. Kelly Miller has combined teach ing. writing and lecturing in a mark cd degree at Howard since graduation. and In point of faithful, efficient, and conscientious service. Is the dean of j tirorgr Fra/.ler Miller at ago of 17 mi, ino« the trail latlon <>i the lata whrn hr rntrrrd Howard University. lamented Oeorge William Cook. Tills photograph I* 50 year* old. South Carolina Triumvirate Kelly Miller, the Rev. George Frazier Miller and Dr. W . R. A . Palmer First Met September 12, 1881, while en route to Get Pitchers of Water. All from South Carolina; All Joined Eureka Literary Society in Prep, and Alpha Phi in College. pastor DR W R A PALM ER, o f Asbury M E. Church, Easton. Md. 50th Anniversary We rejoice in this fiftieth anniver sary of a friendship which endures, and grows stronger and stronger, be cause Its foundation Is spiritual; d if fering In appearance, tastes, tem perament and disposition, agreeing to disagree, especially upon burning questions, representing the Method K ! u Y M il m i ist. Presbyterian and Episcopal professor of sociology at Howard churches, William R A Palmer Kelly University Miller, and Oeorge Frazier Miller also of the writer, who Is now pactor, to keep at It. that he might make a are three minds with but a single of the Asbury Methodist Eplscopul worthwhile contribution to symmetri- thought, three hearts that beat as Church Easton Md . having given cal redemption of his race and bring one. concerning the Unity of the Hu- forty-five years to the many and va about an era of peace and good will man Race, the Brotherhood of Man. ried calls of an Itinerant minister. among races and men | the Fatherhood of God. T lie man In the gospels bearing a pitcher of water was a necessary fac- K r a l I l e » il w i t li P i t c h f o r k , a n d E v a u s c i i » ! tor in cementing the friendship of J Jesus. Uie greatest of all friends, with | Hi* disciples, and also In the re demption of the world; so our triang ular friendship begun In some such way. has Inspired each of us to make the largest possible preparation and I Commencement scene at Howard University with ancient administration IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN HELL. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.— Mr. Lucifer himself, who came all the way bMtlding In the background, Just a* It appeared when thr Houth Carolina from Washington to Baltimore last week, to tell you that thrre Is one. and It Is hot Hr la shown on the Gospel •»to trod It* hallways. Othrr buildings on the campus in HUM were: Clark Train of Elder Mlcheaus with hi* pitchfork all ready fo r busin.-s. Ih r engineer is Elder Edwards, who 1* as Hall, Miner Hall, and the Industrial KuUding. now Spaulding Hall. sisting Eldrr Mlcheaus in hi* drive against sin in IM'.