CLASS OF 1907

Before the annual meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in' Ethical Culture Hall, New York Governor Whitman, before an audience of two thousand people, colored and white, presented Dr. Ernest Everett Just with the first Spingarn medal. This medal, which is to be awarded annually to the man or woman of African descent and American citizenship who shall have made the highest achievement during the preceding year in any field of elevated or honorable human endeavor, was given to Dr. Just for his work in physiology and in improving the standard of negro medical schools. He is head of the department of physiology in the Howard University Medical School, Washington, D. C.

Secretary, Richard S. Southgate, 1118 People's Gas Building, Chicago