NEGROES: Porter's Son

In Manhattan, "Red Cap" porters in the Pennsylvania station promised each to give a dollar a year to found a scholarship for that porter's son who has the highest mark in English, mathematics, history and chemistry. He must be "an obedient boy to his parents and teachers"; he must "desire to make his mark in the world"; he must be "sound in body and mind." The first winner of the scholarship, Marcus Carpenter, 19, is now a freshman at Howard University, Washington, D. C.

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