Activities Among Negroes
The colored citizens of Oakland have been honored during the past week by men and women visitors who are nationally recognized. Among them was David E. Over, D. D. president of the National Baptist Theological and Missionary Training Seminary located at Nashville, Tenn., who with his wife is touring the West in the interest of the work. Dr. Over is considered one or the best pulpit orators in the Baptist church. He was born and educated in Kansas, receiving his higher education at Ottawa University. He was for fifteen years pastor of Zion Baptist church, Denver. This is the largest colored Baptist church west of Kansas City. His visit to California is of interest because he is the grandson of Rev. Downly, who came to San Francisco in 1849, and he is also a brother to Oscar Over, who has done much for the development of Allensworth, California. While in Oakland he was the guest of Dr. G. C. Coleman of North Oakland Baptist church.
DAVID OVER, D.D.
C. C. Brown, another visitor, is a traveller and lecturer who has given a series of lectures on Africa as an educator and missionary. He served in the Basutoland government during the Boer war as secretary of state.
Mme. Sadie C. Chadwick and Mme. Lula Robinson Jones, singers from New York City, were guests in Oakland during the past week, Mme. Jones sang at the morning services of First A. M. E. church, and on Sunday afternoon rendered a program of sacred music at Cooper A. M. E. Zion church.
At the seventeenth annual convention recently held in Columbus, Ohio by the Alpha Phi Alpha college fraternity of colored men the California delegates were honored. James M. McGregor of Los Angeles, who is president of Alpha Delta chapter of the University of Southern California was elected vice-president of the national body. This honor can be better appreciated when the reader considers the convention represented a gathering of 600 college men from all sections of the United States from sixty-six of America's best Institutions of learning. After the delegates made a pilgrimage to the tomb of Paul L. Dunbar, they returned to Memorial Hall in Dayton, where a banquet was served by the Theta Lambda chapter. McGregor made an address and Mme. Florence Cole-Talbert of Los Angeles sang. George Johnson of Oakland was in attendance as a delegate representing Alpha Epsilon chapter of the University of California.
The Delta Sigma Theta Sorority of college women held their fifth annual convention in St. Paul church, Columbus, Ohio, during the same week the fraternity was meeting in that city. Three hundred delegates attended the convention. California again won honors. The delegate from Berkeley, Mrs. Vivian Osborn-Marsh was elected vice-president of the national body. The convention has a permanent scholarship fund which was established to serve as a tuition loan fund for Delta Sigma Theta women. It is available for needy colored women attending accredited colleges and universities of the United States.
News has reached here of the death of Rev. E. W. Kinchen of the M. E. church. Many will remember Rev. Kinchen as the only colored speaker before the "Lord's Day" convention held in the Oakland Auditorium during the P. P. I. exposition. He served as a substitute for Booker T. Washington. He was pastor at Wesley chapel, Los Angeles for six years, and for fifteen months in Pasadena. At the time of his death he was pastor of
Asbury Church, Lexington. Ky.
Today is Woman's Day at North Oakland Baptist church. They will render an interesting program during the afternoon and evening.
The leap year party given by the Publicity club of First A. M. E. church at Sergeant and Mrs. Saddlers' residence was well attended.
