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Prof. KeUy Miller
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Prof. Kelly Miller
Waahington. D. C.
PROFESSOR MILLER, who has been dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences of Howard University since 1906, is described by
Professor DuBois, of Atlanta University, as " a clean-hearted,
clear-witted man of forceful personality, an inspirer of youth, a
leader of his people, and one who is
comjng slowly to be recognized as a
notable American."
He was born in Fairfield County,
South Carolina, two years after the
Emancipation Proclamation. He went
to the public schools - then inaugurated
for the first time in the state, and
which ran for an average of three
months in the year. He early showed
a mathematical mind, and unusual
keenness, and he was also noted for his
ability to pick more cotton than any
boy of his age in the neighborhood.
At the age of thirteen he attended Fairfield Institute, and
walked two mile to and from chool each day. He was one
of the banner pupils to be sent to Howard University. He
graduated with the degree of B.A. in 1896, and spent two years
at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
In 1889 he was appointed teacher of mathematics in tIle
Washington High School, and in 1890 was called to the chair of
mathematics of Howard University, which position he still holds.
Beyond this record of tangible work, Professor Miller has projected
his influence into all sections of the country. He is a
tireless worker in the general field of racial activities. He is a
regular contributor to the leading magazines and periodjcals of
the country. A monograph which he wrote for the United
States Bureau of Education is of exceptional value.
As a speaker, his voice has been heard and his service are in
wide demand upon the platform, both orth and South. His
open letter to Thomas Dixon, Jr., in 1905, "As to' The
Leopard's Spots,' " is considered the greatest single contribution
that has yet been made to the literature of the race problem.
Professor Miller's book, "Race Adjustment," publi hed in 1908,
i referred to as "authority to all serious students of the
problems growing out of the contact and attrition of the races."
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John Mitchell, Jr.
Ric)unond. Va.
MR. MITCHELL i pre ident of the Mechanic' avinO'.· Bank
and proprietor of the Richmond Planet. He wa born July 11,
1863, in Henrico Count.'·, Virginia, of lave parents.
He attended public school at Richmond, and graduated from
the High and Normal School in 1881.
After teaching three years, he became
connected with the Planet, a weekly
journal of the colored people, and this
publication afterward passed into his
possession as owner. He was for
many years president of the National
Afro-American Pres. A sociation. He
was member of the Common Council
for two years and member of the Board
of Aldermen eight year~.
He was known throughout the South
for his fearlessness. At one time his
life was threatened - a piece of hemp John MitcheU. Jr.
being sent him from Charlotte County, Va., together with
a letter and a drawing of a skull and crossbone . He boarded
a train and visited the county where the lynching had occurred
and the condemning of which by him in the Planet had called
forth the letter. He lead a movement before Gov. Fitz-Hugh
Lee, which saved a fifteen-year-old colored boy from the gallows.
In November, 1901, Mr. Mitchell organized the Mechanic's
Savings Bank of Richmond, of which he is now president. The
bank owns property valued at $100,000. Mr. Mitchell attended
the American Banker' A sociation in ew York several vears •
ago, and made an address which was favorably commented upon
throughout the country. He is the only Negro who has ever
occupied a seat in that body. The Mechanic's avings Bank is
now erecting a four-story buildjng, which will be an ornament to
the city. The aggregate deposits have exceeded $2000,000.
Mr. Mitchell is a member of the Baptist Church, a large property
owner, connected with five extensive enterprises. and is a
man who ha won the esteem and good-will of hi business
associates, both white and colored. A writer ays hi success
has been due to hi close application to bu ine ,his trict integrity,
and his reputation for never breaking his word or djsappointing
in any of his engagements.
