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Robert E. Jones, A.M., D.D.
NeW' Orleans. La.
:Mn. Jo E is editor of the outh1vestern Christian Advocate.
He was born in Greensboro, N. C.
Hi' paternal great-grandfather, a gro, wa a soldier at the
ball Ie of (; \IiI ford Court Hou e durinO' the Revolutionary War.
Hi paternal grandfather wa a uece..
ful farmer, while hi father wa
a fairly ucce sful hoemaker. His
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mother, who i living, wa one of the
fir t colored teacher in that ection of
t.he country. Robert took his college
course at Bennett College, Greensboro,
N. C., graduating with the degree of
A. B. in 1895. He earned hi upport
durinO' hi entire college career,
serying as a grocery clerk and a
purchasing agent of the institution and
later working at his trade as a paper
R. E. Jones han g e r and painter. In 1895, he
entered Gammon Theological Seminary,
Atlanta, Ga., graduating in 1897 with high rank in his
c1as. lIe won the tewart Mi sionar,\' Foundation prize for
the be t oration on Africa during hi enior year in the eminary.
He was appointed as i tant bu ine s manager of the oldhwestern
Christian Adrocate, New Orlean, La. After erving more
than four .n'ars. he was appoint d general unday- ehool field
work I' of th· ehun'h, having charge of all the work amonO' the
colored people of the denomination we t of the Mi i sippi
River.
Wit n Dr. Scolt wa. el ct d mis ionar~' bi. hop for Africa, in
]80<i, 1\11'. Jonc. wa leC'led ditor of the Adrocate. At the
General Conf rence held in Baltimore in 1008, he received
seven hundred and five vote out of a po. sible e\' n hundred
and thirteen, The Advocate, the ffieial organ of the lethodi t
Episcopal ·hun·1t f I' it· 300.000 0101' d member', i aid to
ha\'e the !argoest circulation of any religious paper published for
'egroes in this country. It occupies its own building on one
of the prineipal thoroughfares in Kew Orleans.
New Orleans Univcrsity gave him the degree of D.D. in WO],
and (;alllJl1on Theological 'eJl1inar~r g:l\'e him a imilar honor
in April, 1noo.
Prof A. E. Me7Zeek
Louisville. Ky.
PROFESSOR MEYZEEK i principal of the State 1 ormal and
Training School, an institution which is considered one of the
most thorough of its kind in the South. He was born in Toledo,
Ohio. His father was reared in the old French-Huguenot
communit\, of Charleston, S, C., which
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he left before the war, without per-mission,
and journeyed to Canada.
He angelicized his name and mO\'ed to
Toledo. The young man was educated
in the public schools of Toledo,
in the High S ·hool of Terre Haute,
Ind" and in the Indiana State Normal
Co)]ege, and the State University of
Burlington, taking special research
work in the last-named in titution.
He tudied law under the late Senator
Voorhis. Re-entering the educa-
A. E. Meyzeek tional field, he organized a new school
district at Terre Haute, and was made
principal of the school. In 1893 he became principal of the
Loui ville High School and established a reference library, reorganized
the chool and extended the eour e of study to the
regular four-year period. He \Va for even years special instructor
to the Jeffer on County teacher.
He i a public- pirited citizen. He has served for si~-teen
years as a member of the Board of Management of the Colored
Young Men' Christian As ociation of Louisville, and for the
la t ten years has been its president. The association building
is one of the best connected with the Young Men's Christian
Association work in this country. The land and building is
worth $50,000. Three fourth of the cost of the property ,,-as
given by white citizens of Louisville, the other fourth by the
colored people. This result was largely through the influence of
Profes or l\1eyzeek.
Professor l\Ieyzeek is vice-president of the Falls City Realty
Company, an organization holding $10,000 worth of property.
He has made commendable progress in material as well as
spiritual thing. He is happily married, lives modestly, and is
po ses. ed of about $10,000 worth of propert.\-. located in :&:entuck~'
and Indiana,
