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Vi fie yduru/CMens Christian Association o f Chicago CWineteen Soutft Ca Salle Street January 13th 19 2 3 Mr A B Xuma, Medical School, Marquette University Milwaukee, Wisconsin Dear A B: I am glad to know through our Mr Arthur that you have a good position. I think it is a direct result of my bringing the matter up in Cabinet meeting here one morning and appealing for the opportunity to secure means of self-help for you, as Mr Arthur took up the matter immediately and said he would fol- low through with his friend, Dr Allen, in Mil- waukee . I trust the position is not only to your liking but sufficiently remunera- tive for you. With sincere best wishes, I am Faithfully yours, LCH/TF Student Secretary.

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Page 1: Vi fie yduru/CMens Christian Association o fC hicago · /Kyiy^CMJ (UV2a^. /HiL 0~&cL (W-kjo (\ a^$ j u L^ Jktj Oi^A^A^HT' Cl/[/Xj^.#& A/i ^kASrVtC- Uh( ^ ^ jL £ U

Vi fie yduru/CMens Christian Association o f ChicagoCWineteen Soutft Ca Salle Street

January 13th1 9 2 3

Mr A B Xuma,Medical School, Marquette University Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Dear A B:

I am glad to know throughour Mr Arthur that you have a good position. I think it is a direct result of my bringing the matter up in Cabinet meeting here one morning and appealing for the opportunity to secure means of self-help for you, as Mr Arthur took up the matter immediately and said he would fol­low through with his friend, Dr Allen, in Mil­waukee .

I trust the position is not only to your liking but sufficiently remunera­tive for you.

With sincere best wishes,I am

Faithfully yours,

LCH/TF Student Secretary.

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M E T H O D IS T E P IS C O P A L C H U R C H B I S H O P ’ S R O O M S

58 E A S T W A S H IN G T O N STREET C H IC A G O . IL L .

F e b r u a r y 1 6 , 1923.

H r . B. Xuma,M a r q u e t t e U n i v e r s i t y , M i lw a u k e e , W i s c o n s i n . *

My d e a r Mr. Xuma:-

I e n c l o s e you a l e t t e r r e c e i v e d from D o c t o r • ' a r r i s ' a s s i s t a n t , w h ic h e x p l a i n s i t s e l f . D o u b t l e s s y o u h a v e t h e b l a n k s by t h i s t i m e , and I t h i n k y o u a r e i n a way t o g e t t h e one h u n d r e d d o l l a r s . i s h w e* co u ld do more f o r y o u , b u t I do n o t s e e a n y o t h e r p l a c e I c a n h e l p a t t h e p r e s e n t t i m e .

May I s a y t o you c o n f i d e n t i a l l y t h a t we have b e e n w o r k i n g on t h e M e h a r ry M e d ic a l C o l l e g e p r o p o s i t i o n a l l y e a r a n d h a v e s u c c e e d e d i n g e t t i n g M e h a r ry p l a c e d i n C l a s s A. T h i s i s n o t y e t p u b l i c and w i l l n o t be p u b l i c u n t i l Commencement t i m e , and you must r e g a r d what I am s a y i n g a s s t r i c t l y c o n f i d e n t i a l . Bu t I h a v e j u s t -

r e c e i v e d a l e t t e r f r o m t h e p r o p e r a u t h o r i t i e s s t a t i n g t h a t t h e G e n e r a l E d u c a t i o n Board i n New York h a s a g r e e d t o g i v e f i f t e e n t h o u s a n d d o l l a r s a y e a r f o r f i v e y e a r s and t h a t our own B o a rd h a s a g r e e d to g i v e t e n t h o u s a n d d o l l a r s a y e a r f o r f i v e y e a r s , m ak in g t w e n t y - f i v e t h o u s a n d a y e a r ad d e d incom e, w i t h t h e u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t i n t h e f i v e y e a r s t h e i n s t i t u t i o n i s to r a i s e s u f f i c i e n t endowment t o make t h i s income p e r p e t u a l . T h i s w i l l e n a b l e i t t o make t h e r e a d j u s t m e n t s w h ic h w i l l p u t i n i t C l a s s A and t h e A m er ic an M e d i c a l A s s o c i a t i o n h a s a g r e e d t h a t i t s h a l l be so l i s t e d i n t h e f o r t h c o m i n g c a t a l o g u e o f t h a t A s s o c i a t i o n .

I do n o t know w h e t h e r i t w o u ld be p o s s i b l e f o r me a g a i n t o g e t t h e o p p o r t u n i t y f o r y o u t h a t D o c to r M ullowney a g r e e d to op en a y e a r o r two ago b u t I c o u l d v / r i t e h im i f you d e s i r e , a n d I am e x p e c t i n g t o a t t e n d t h e a n n u a l t r u s t e e m e e t i n g and t o g i v e t h e Commencement a d d r e s s t h e r e i n May. I f you c a r e t o h a v e rne t a k e t h e m a t t e r up w i t h h im , I s h a l l be w i l l i n g to s e e w hat I c o u l d do for'"’ y o u l o o k i n g t o w a r d n e x t y e a r . I t i s a q u e s t i o n o f w h e t h e r you now w i s h t o c h a n g e an d c o n t i n u e y o u r work a t M e h a r ry p r o v i d e d a way c o u l d b e o p e n e d , '//hat do you say?

V ery c o r d i a l l y y o u r s ,

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G. BLOOAH, President A 2 50"^-I fe) b S. B. MFOAFO, Vice-PresidentDe P au w U niversity , Ind. Boston U niversity

REV. H. TANSI, Treasurer Elkhart, Ind.

African Student Union“ U n ity is S tren g th ”

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY’S OFFICETuskegee Institute, Alabama

SECRETARIESS. M. N K O M O , P rofessor of E u ro p ean H istory,

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M R S . F R A N C I S J . M C C O N N E L L 3 3 6 S O U T H G R A H A M S T R E E T . P IT T S B U R G H . P A .

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i l r . A lf red Zumfe.M arquet te Medical School, Milwaukee, i s .

My d ea r A l f r e d ,

I am d i s t r e s s e d over your s i t u a t i o n . I seem so h e l p l e s s i n the m a t t e r . The 'Bishop v/as away when your l e t t e r came c o n ta i n in g the a p p l i c a t i o n b la n k . I v/as o b l ig e d to l e a v e to be gone on a w eek 's campaign and l e f t i t where I th o u g h t he would s u r e l y f i n d i t ( h i s m a i l goes to h i s o f f i c e and i s c a red f o r by h i s s e c r e t a r y i n h i s a b ­s e n c e ) , he d id n o t . f i n d i t and though we have b o th sea rched anion r h i s miners th e r e i s no t r a c e of i t y e t . The Bishop i s go ing to Hew Zorn; Wednesday and a l t h o u g h ev e ry moment o f h i s time i s ta k e n he has prom­i s e d to to to see Dr. H a r r i s p e r s o n a l l y i n your b e h a l f . I ta l_:ad,

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MuTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION

OF T H E M ETH O D IST E P IS C O P A L CHURCH 150 FIFTH AVENUE

NEW YORKABRAM W . HARRIS April 5, 1923

C O R R ES PO N D IN Q S E C R E T A R Y

My d e a r Mr. Xuma:-

D r . H a r r i s h a s j u s t had a l e t t e r f rom B ish o p

N i c h o l s o n i n w h ic h he r e f e r s t o t h e e n d o r s e m e n t on

y o u r S t u d e n t ^oan n o t e . I am s u g g e s t i n g t h a t you

f o r w a r d t h e n o t e t o u s w i t h o u t t h e n e c e s s a r y e n d o r s e ­

m e n t , and we w i l l g r a n t t h e l o a n .

A copy o f t h e n o t e i s e n c l o s e d h e r e w i t h i n c a s e

t h e o r i g i n a l n o t e h a s b e e n m i s l a i d .

A s s i s t a n t T r e a s u r e r

Mr. A l f r e d B.Xuma, M a r q u e t t e M e d ic a l S c h o o l , M i lw a u k e e , W ise .

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6 0 5 S e c u r i t y B l o g .. 2 0 9 G r a n d A v e n u e

M IL W A U K E E . W IS C O N S IN

June 7th, 1933.

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Mr. A. B. Xuma,711 Galena Street,Milwaukee,Wis.

Dear Sir:

I would be glad to know what your situation is at the present time and what assistance you are in need of for next year.

I have written Dr. Matthews of Minneapolis and have a reply from him so that i know what can be counted on from him.Before taking up the matter with others here 1 would like to talk with you further.

You can call if you wish at your convenience to see me.

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MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY SCH00I OP MEDICINE Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Office of the Registrar Second Year Class Report

Fame of student Mr Alfred B Zuma

For the year ending June 13, 1923.

Subjects Total Grade InstructorRours

Topographical Anatomy......................................... G

Physiology IB........................................ ............

Physiology 2.........................................................

Pharmacology......................................................... G

Materia Medica.......................................................

Pathology...............................................................

Bacteriology.........................................................

Hygiene.................................................................... ....

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Physical Diagnosis............................................

Clinical Microscopy..........................................

Medicine...............................................................

Medicine................................................................... G ..............fc .S ttW *..

Surgery..............................................................................................................

Obstetrics............................................................... ® ..............%

n Dr Rueth Obstetrics............................................................... ..................................

.. . . G Dr Evans Pediatrics............................................................... .............................

.. *. . G Dr Hall Pediatrics............................................................... ............................

Elective................................................................... ^ ...............

Date July 25. 1923___________ Mary I KeizerRegistrar

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A student's proficiency is estimated on the percentage . basis of 100 as perfect.

E -r 90 to 100, excellent

Gr • t 80 . to 90, good . .

P t 75 to 80, poor j?ut passed

0 *r 6 5 .to 75 .and constitutes a condition requiring re-examination

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F - below 65 and constitutes a failurenecessitating the repetition of the course.

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T H E BOARD OF EDUCATION OF T H E M ETH OD IST EP ISC O P AL CH U RCH

150 F IF T H A V E N U E

N E W Y O R KA B R A M W . H A R R IS

C O R R E S P O N D IN G S E C R E T A R Y December 14, 1925

My dear Mr. Xuma:

This is in enswer to your letter of December 12th.

Your request for a loan has been approved, and the

check will be forwarded to Dr. Holgate. Due to the rush of work at

this time it is impossible for me to state definitely when the check

will reach you.

Very sincerely yours,

Mr. A. B. Xuma,Northwestern Medical School

2431 S. Dearborn Street,

Chicago, Illinois.

HP

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T u s k e g e e N o r m a l a n d In d u s t r i a l In s t i t u t eFOUNDED BY BOOK!:It T . WASHINGTON

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

W . W . C a m p b e l l , Vice-ChairnBkt W i l l i a m J . S c h i e f f e l i n C h a r l e s t . M a so n J u l i u s R o s e n w a ld W i l l i a m M . S c o t t V. H . T u l a n e C h a r l e s W . H a r e W a r r e n L o c a n A . J . WtLBORN E d g a r A . B a n c r o f t A l e x a n d e r M a n n , d. d.R o b e r t R . M o to n C h a r l e s A. W ic k e r s h a m C . E. T h o m a s I r v in g S . M f r r e l l P a u l M . W a r b u r g C h e l l i s A . A u s t in A n so n P h e l p s S t o k e s

Dear Friend:1 always look forward with a great deal of pleasure and interest to this annual letter to the Alumni, because 1 am anxious, always

that they should know of the progress the school is making from year to year. I his year I am especially interested to write because of the anxiety, which 1 know they have all felt over the outcome ol the controversy over the Government hospital located here.

First, 1 w ant to state w hat most of you already understand, that, the hospital has no official connection whatever with the Insti­tute and that the management of the hospital is entirely under the control of the Government. I he Institute did, however, donate three hundred acres of land to the Government to r the hospital site, which is about a mile from the school and located out beyond the Agricultural Building. 1 w ant to state, also, th a t in spite of the various reports tha t have gone out during the past summer, nothing has happened to stop the usual activities of the school and the Institu te has gone on with its regular program. 1 he difficulties seem now to be over w ithout any injury to the school, its property or anyone connected with it..

T he opening of school this year was most inspiring and promising. The enrollment on the opening day, September 13, numbered more than twelve hundred. These students, to r the most part, are very earnest and apparently, good material. Our enrollment to date is around fifteen hundred and with a corps of over two hundred workers, this promises to be one of the most successful years in the history of the school.

We are introducing this year, two years of additional study beyond our present course for graduation. I his provides a special teacher-training course which will be opened to all students who have completed the regular course at I uskegee or its equivalent. I nis new course is in reality, a two-year college course and is necessary to meet the requirements of the State D epartm ent of Education of Alabama and other southern states, and will place our graduates on equal terms with graduates of other schools. We have added an ad­vanced course in our Agricultural D epartm ent, which is actually a college course of four years, and have also added two additional years to our commercial course. In these three new courses, the students will devote five days per week to work in their subjects.

Since my last ietter to you, there has been erected at the Institute, a new girls’ dorm itory, James Hall, erected in the memory of the late Mrs. Ellen C urtiss'lam es, of New York City, and the gift of her son, Mr. A rthur Curtiss James. It is a three-story brick building, including basement and attic and has sixty-four rooms. Excavation for the erection of a new $83,000 dorm itory for boys has already begun. The erection of this building will serve to facilitate greafly the housing and handling of the increasing number of young men seeking training at the Institute.

You will be interested, I am sure, to know something of our athletics. We have succeeded this year in securing the services of Mr. Cleve L. Abbott, a graduate of South D akota State College and form er coach of the championship team of the Middlewest, at Topeka Educational Institute. Mr. A bbott was form erly a teacher a t Tuskegee, leaving to enter the A rm y in 1917, where he was also athletic officer of the 366th Infantry. Our victories, thus far, have placed the “Tuskegee Tigers" among the best teams of the South

I also want you to know of the work of the local Alumni Association at the Institute. The "Old Creamery,” as it was called, has been turned over to the Alumni, and this building has been remodeled and now presents a very attractive appearance, both inside and outside. The entire work was done by graduates of the fnstitu te and regular meetings of the local Alumni are held in this build­ing, as well as the annua! meetings which come during our commencement week. It is frequently loaned for other meetings for the teachers and the Alumni.

Tuskegee continues to send out young men and women of character, able to put intelligent and conscientions effort into what­ever job they may have to do. The results of these efforts are manifest in the gratifying reports which Mr. J. H. Palmer, former Regis­trar, brings back from his visits to the homes and business places of the graduates and former students. If he has not already visited you,’ he will, I hope, do so a t some time during the course of the year.

Last commencement we were able to have with us a large num ber of the Alumni and a very successful re-umon of the Class of '13. During the coming commencement, I hope we will have an even larger number of the graduates present and for the Class of '14, a still larger re-union.

I hope you will always remember tha t the school is anxious to hear from you, and I am asking it you will not take the time to write and give a full account of your work since leaving Tuskegee. We are also very anxious to have the addresses of all young men and women who have gone ou t from Tuskegee. Any assistance or suggestion you could give or offer in this direction will be highly appreciated.

W hatever changes o r improvements are taking place along the lines of development are in the spirit of our Founder, Dr. Booker T. Washington, and they represent such changes as he, himself, would make if he were with us.

Yours very sincerely,

FOR THE TRAINING OF

C o l o r e d Y o u n g M l n a n d W o m e n

R o b e r t R . M o t o n , Principal W a r r u n L o g a n , Treasurer

O FFICE OF TH E PRINCIPAL

T U S K E G E E I N S T I T U T E . A L A B A M A

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