They should all make "a long pull,
a strong pull, and a pull all together" for the educational, moral,
and spiritual uplift of the masses of the Negro people.

SECOND PAPER.

IS IT TIME FOR THE NEGRO COLLEGES IN THE SOUTH TO BE PUT INTO THE
HANDS OF NEGRO TEACHERS?

BY PROF. D. J. JORDAN, M. S., LL. B.

[Illustration: D. J. Jordan, LL. B.]

PROF. D. J. JORDAN, M. S., LL. B.

Nature has not been extravagant in her gift of geniuses.
What has come to most of our leading men has come by hard
work.

Although Prof. D. J. Jordan possesses talents about the
average, he owes his success largely to persistent work. He
was born near Cuthbert, Ga., October 18, 1866. His father
was Rev. Giles D. Jordan who was for twenty-five years a
highly respected minister in the A. M. E. Church in Georgia.
He inherits many of his excellent traits of character from
his mother, Julia Jordan.

In his early life he was unable to attend school more than
three months of the year, but by close application while in
school and faithful study during vacations, he was always
able to make the next higher class at the beginning of the
following school year.

After finishing the English branches he attended Payne High
School at Cuthbert. In 1892 he graduated at Allen
University, Columbia, S. C., with the degrees of B. S. and
LL. B.

His record at this institution was in many respects
remarkable. He was successful in passing the written
examination given by the Supreme Court of South Carolina,
and was admitted to practice in all the courts of that
state, May, 1892.

After his graduation, he returned to his native city, taught
a term and made preparations to enter upon the practice of
the legal profession, but he was prevailed upon to accept a
position on the faculty of Morris Brown College, in 1893.

He served here as Professor of Science and Dean of Law until
November, 1895, when he resigned to accept the Presidency of
Edward Waters College at Jacksonville, Fla.

He was married December 31, 1895, by Bishop A. Grant, to
Miss Carrie J. Thomas, principal of one of the public
schools of Atlanta. Four children have been born to them.

He was elected as a lay delegate to the General Conference
of the A. M. E. Church which was held at Wilmington, N.