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'i Cvcrybod b"*)'--- - , r THIS PAPER IS\j f DEVQTED TO THE d INTERESTS OF U 7 THE PEOPLE. ~\7~ % -ygr. il?NUMBER 17 ' mm PLANS FOR ~ ^ _ BETTER METHODS Th> Mwting was Cempoied of ..' the Leading Educators of Negro Schools and Colleges L. I. DEGREE DISCONTINUED r . The ^Special Report for this Meeting wa? Prepared by Dean F. C. Redfern A Orangeburg, Jan- 10.;?In a meetincr in State rnlleore vesfor day leadirffc educators of tfegro colleges and high' shcools attempted lb work out plans by which the school may have a more uniform "method of college entrance and build their courses of study so that their graduates the accredited colleges for Negroes.,. For some years the five leading colleges for Negroes have granted the L. I. degree to normal graduates and upon this they have been permitted to teach in the public schools without examination. The heads of these schools desire this degree _ discontinued ?nd have all graduates cover two years work at t least above high schools before they are issued a diploma and will not issue the L. I-degree after 1926 ats before. ___ \ The conference agreed to Imake some suggestions as to what i\- pupil should have covered before he is given college entrance and in. that asked {he ^principals of Negro high schools to cooperate as far as practicable. So far as college entrance to Allen University, Benedict college, Claflin university, Morris college and State college,.,the ~ courses agreed upon in the con-ference are mandatory and will take effect next year. The spewKtnTl woe tVio onnl on^ cir-i J vi - - .?* uivM nuk) niv/ ovui anu opu lb of the meeting, was prepared by D'e&n Frederick C. Redfern, of Benedict college, Dean H. Pear son, Claflin; Dean Hale B. Thomp son, .of Allen, and 6- E. Blanton of Voorhees. The text of the report was presented by ; J)r. " Redfern. - all phases by the -members of the coliTerence, which was presided over by President Winkin? son, of State college. The following is the special report considered yesterday in the rrieet ing and adopted withu mandatory . request as it effects the five leading Negro colleges in the state:? The committee recommends: First: The (fprmulation of - the) following defintfe rules for graduation from high school and entrance to college courses in general on a-minimal academic requirement. , _r v ~ That 16 uriTTs heHreqiTired for graduation from high school with permission to enter college on 15 units or with only one condition. For a pupil of norto constitute one-fourth of a year's work and to require n riefinite amount and quality of work in each subject. In time it requires a minimum of 36 weeks with five recitations per /\-f AC A 11 WCCA ui iti iinnuicn eacii. /\li ^ vocational subjects and laboraContinued on Page 8 ? ly Wins In Our jSMJ EDUCAT PRIZE GIV ARTHUR H; L_ r SEGREGATION WAS HIS THEME T i ~?- f 1,500 HA|L ATTACK ON RACE ISOLATION Mixed Audience Hears Hays Call Segregation *a Street of Hate a Main Street Death.' ASSAILS DETROIT MOB CASE Praises Dr* Sweet for Defense of Home?Negro Physician -Speaks At Mass Meeting . - - ' " - I . . Now York, Jan. 4, An audience of mone than 1,500 whites and Negroes applauded yesterday an attack on radical segregation in 4he residential areas of J large American cities maae Dy Arthur Garfield Hays, who, addressing the annual mass'^meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Goloted People, at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, 120th and Lenox Ave., declared that "the logical outH come of separation into small groups by race or religion would be a street of" bigotry, a street of hate and a main street of death.'} Mr^:Hays is associated with Clarence Daiiuw, Ghicago Law-j - yeVr in Jth& defense of Dr. Os-! sian Sweet. Mrs. TSweet and 9 ! other Negro defendants charged I with first degree murder in connectiom-with-the death of~one_of l j a mob -which surrounded Dr. I Sweet's home in. Detroit last j September. The?jury recently | . disagreed in the Sweet case and it will be re-tried early this year. Dr. and Mrs. Sweet sat on the j platform while their defense counsel ^praised their courage in' i defending their, home and de-; jplored the 'Spirit of Intolerance ! which caused the incident. Dr. and Mrs. Sweet, who are at liberty on bail, received permission i to leave the State tb attend the j 'meeting by the Michigan Court tion. Their appearance on the platform brought prolonged applause. Discussing the Sweet caseTf jMr. Hays declared that it hinged about the issue ot residential se- _ gregation in America. It was a fight, he asserted, "to preserve, the fundamental spirit of the Constitution." - - Keterrrag 'to tne iriai, ivir. i Hey& said^he Negroes whoLwere j called to the witness stand weje "quiat, intelligent and direct." J "A" Tipple Uf applause greeted his* st&tement that the prosecution j in seeking to prove that no one! was in the neighborhood of the Sweet home when the riot occured, called seventy witnesses to the stand, all of whom testified that they were-pr esent^ Dr. Sweet, a young -Doctor, sal impassively as the attorney j who figured prominently in the Scones trial told of his efforts to defend his home and the suKse-. I quent arraignment of himself I his wife and nine friends on a charge of first degree murder. Continued on page 8. \ n Unparajled Of] ... ifa.,.1!,' * .1. Subscription fethtte * COLUMBIA, S. C., SATUR1 rEN FOR S, VYES SPEAK - ?-are -utuiaily ?i mere:- ? ed in the part the colored people themselves- have played in raising this money. Thirty thousand of the fifty, thousand dollars raised whi?h was given by the colored people, mostly from the Branches, of the N. A. A. C. P-^was a small amount; but it is; thp largnst fltrmnnt <? ". r raised hy the colored people for'a similar-cause.?It' will possibly mean more to us as a group than anything that has happened to us in a half century. It shows that we are beginning to think.-. We are beginning to realize -'-that--which'is worth having, is worth fighting for. It teaches one of the fundamental Taws of the universe, that we get by giving. Say what "we. will, but thpse who study the sign of the times, see and know that, there is, a concerted movement backed by the Ku Klux Klan to take from the Negro every right of a citizen" in this country. Huge sums of money are being spent to this end. It is foolish to sit idly by and say "it won't amount" to 'anything." The foe must be met; and dollars backed by a determTnatiort"t<y fight is the most powerful weapon. Locally we have had a taste'. of the results of the insidious prnpagaprtaof the Ktr>n as maiT ifested in residential segregation. We need the cooperation of?alh to figfrt-JL Just three cents each from a population of, 100,000 will enable the local branch to do the job in fine1 styleTI. (From The Infer-State Tattler, New York City. Dec. 18. 1925.) SUPPORT THE SWtfF.T DF,-. 4 FENSE^ftUND. Last week we wrote an edi-( torial the caption of which was r\f Mo\r Vnrlr '* TViia X 1UUU yj L iiv,n X VI IV. X iiiki week we have an opportunity to amplify our stand. We speak oftheNaiional Association for, the" AtTv&ncement of Colored People, with headquarters at Fifth Avenue, and its splendid, work in connection with the_ Sweet,case in Detroit. The mas-', terly handling of .that ease hasJ already been, heralded in the press of the country. That it ^ :er--Ev1llybady^ ' k *: ?... - .. . , RICHLANDCO DEFENSE FUND THE WEEK'S EDITORIAL: COLQRJ2D PRESS. " I. (From The St. Louis, Mo-, Ar\ gus,. Jan. 1, 1926.) ; A HOPEFUL SIGN. "Fifty thousand dollars have been raised by the National Association for the Advancement! of Colored People to be known as a "defense fund." This, to tror mind, is a mont hopeful oign thatjthe colored people and the right thinking white people of the nation art? determined 1 to make a fight, using all legal and legitimate means to secure for the-Negro the exercise -of the common rights of citizenship which other groups enjoy, as a matter of course. i*r_ ? i?1-- ? ' . Contest?Rea< tto it JAY JANUARY 10, 1926. vrcHOL :s TO MIXED UNTYTEACHi REACHES $65,000' N. A. A. C. P. GETS READY RESPONSE j " - ? - ----- - l The Garland Fund at its Regular Meeting, Jan. 6, Received Mr. Johnson's Report -t*] i w < ' ' * . ! GIVES ,$6,552.79' MORE' ???? The Af sociation will be Ahle_to^ ?see the Second Trial of the?T, Sweet Case go Though ?4 u..~. i! New York, Jan. 8?Annojincer. ment was made to-day by Ja?mes . WOIAmVI" ' el" .. V?.I..0U11, oeereiary oi | the N. A. A. C. P. thr.-t the goal ( of .$65,000 for a Defense Fund i to help secure legal rights of ( colored people' had been reached j and passed. To noon today there < had been received at the Nr-tion- v Office of ther N.A.A. C. P., a total of S37~475.73-to which is ] added, the original ^contribution j from th<T~American Fund for t Public Service (the" Garland "Fundi?nf?35000?rf KiWi?Hrfnm. -r -r-j - ? ? .? 4*iv?l wi V, the- cash actually received to 42, t 475.73. ' . - J- '\ The- GarkWicl Fund at its re- j gulw meeting-on January 6 re- 5 ccived Johnson's report and ] voted not' only to pay over to ^ the Nt'A. A.C.P. the $15.000 4t r hacT originally agreed to, pay if | the Association' should raise 30, ( 000 dollars but an additional . sum of $6,552.79. To the total { is to be added an additional ^ check for $1,000 from Julius j Ros'onwald which he agreed to y give-on the rasing of tho second a $2.-1,000. by the" A ss^c ia tion ?! c The full accounting^-t-h^rtrfbFF'j ^ . 'f Total contributions received j at National ofTieo nf tho N"- a a -r C. P. to noon. Jan. 8, IflSfi f 475,73.. ' ' -h Original contribution from the j. the raisinggu?* hrdl shrd shr ss vice S5.000.00. ' "* r Additional contribution from c the American Fund contingent ^ on the raising pf S3Q.QQ.Q SI5.- , 00000. " ~ -J ~ ! Further additional contribu- r tion from the American Fund t qo mo TO Contribution from Mr. Rosen- c wald contingent' upon raising , the second $24,000.00 $1,000.00. t Total S65.028.52. v o Amount?raised by Detroit t Branch of the N. A. A. C< P. for j the Sweet Case and disbursed , locally $6.137.64. Grind To?kl $7_Lifi6.i6 ( "For thedfirstJtime in the seventeen years that the N. A. A. C. P- has been Tn existence," Mr. f Johnson said in making these j figures public, "do we have any- 0 where nearly adequate funds ^ with which t6^render aid in the cases which constantly pour in ] upon us. With the funds so j generously contributted in response to our appeal We will be , -ablo-ta-see - the sprond trial of:_y . - ' 1 * the Sweet Case through, to pay'] the cost of the Segregation Case ( Continued on Page 8 " I Vins?Look ott^p d Our Offer 01 , ?.y- ... , dBNI flENNIAtr AUDIENCE" ERS TO MEET.. SESSIONS TO BE AT COURT HOUSE' ^ J. A" Richland County Negro Teachers Association to Meet- in Ed Columbia, January 23rd 1 ENROLLMENT FEE ONLY $1 - ] The Plan is to Enroll 100 per jeg cent of Richland Teachers ^ 'Y in the State and County [of T?? ?pff "vti lintnrrtnv iTnnmrj PA ' mi wery teacher iirthe Negro pub-' P., ic Schools of Richland-County int s invited to.attend the regular cia neeting of the Riehl&nd Associa--pri ion which Willi?be held in the tio bounty Court House. The pro- P. tram for the meeting \vi44-be a rac ieviation from the regular.pne bei 'ormerly outlined by the pro- Le; jram committee. This is. a day $2J :et apart for the demonstration the md will be red letter, day in -. ] Richland County. The annual slo oil ci -11 wil be conducted by Hon. for T. differ Eleazer er his office ye* representative and those ab- car ^entT~fro mthe meeting will be Inc o recorded in the office of the for Ccur.tv Superintendent unless rac hey aswenr by proxy. To an-j T1 ;wer by proX$r4s-4o^send_^our_jjnj jonar registration fee-fop Coup?9 ( y and State and a letter of ex-^n iliination. "/ -fef There' will be ^tjvo^rfieetings coli his "month-* with the Richland 0f \ssocir.'tion?one Saturday for Ph: he demonstration meeting and car the other the fifth Saturday, p^. ranuary 30th at which time the p0i crular program ot recitations ihd - instructions by teachers in yy harge of the snbiacts-wifrdbc-^ iacT January 30th, Miss Kit? ^y >f Eenedict College will teach (jCT Primary Arithmetic, and Mrs. 1 ^ D. Saxon will teach Geogra- are >hy, concluding the series she par uts-Hpen giving this term in the fou Association. !jn Thp lpQrlintr gnpnVgr n? fVio - - - x ; ~ ^ 1\K necting .in the Court House next Saturday will be Dr. R. S. Wil:inson of State College. The1 2 :GO o'clock with?the annual?^ oil call/ Richland County j . .1 :-hprq 'u/ill Viqvp an nppnrtim-j Saturday.-to show the . hiplNateident and school offi?ialsLjtf the publis schools of * he County -j-itst how loyal they af ire r.'iid the fidelity they have in he work b^r attending this ng 100 per cent strong- No pro- ^ri trcssive teacher will be absent sc^ ' nf iext Saturday. The plan is to . nrrdl-100 per cent of Richland; (^s ,1, iL. Pi-I- J e~s ?' SfV uitciitMa in tut; ciaie aim oouniy, Associations. The enrollment! J ee is only one dollar. There are !.y 60 terx'hers in the Negro schools s^a tf the County not including those P*1 and Allen '-University. These an< 160 teachers are asked to be ei ^resent when the roll is called. wo . Through the kindness of the ma ississtant secretary of. the Ch^m ra rer trf-Commerce, Prof.A. M. A. Br Myers was able to secure the adi ^ourt House for the speaking, in Continued on: Page 8 ou1 age .3 fq$ particu >; t , .. t 5 M ft i m i i i '' . lL. i iiti-ii n ,?, '* J \ ? rr < .-wy* 1 Page 3 ^SUBSCRIBE ANl^ ADVERTISE?Cur ? rent. Social and Gen - ??_ ' eral News. - ? A CUI'T a SLOGAN ICDT on I7P ium r IS A $25 PIECE Lee Attorneys of Both Cuafcta?' aire Doners of Gold Prizes For Slogans ? rLANTIC' TO PACIFIC itor of Afro-American Heads 3oard of Judges?Evei ycne t ' * 4 Can Send in Sloyi ns Boston, M&ss., Jan. 10^1928. relinquishment of the privie. of donating the 2nd prize the part of Hon. W, B. Lcwb, Boston, to E. Ceruti, of Los ngeles, eminent race lawyer il Pres. orrEocal JN. A. A. C- ? the natiop-wide scope and; ' erest is er'Hanred for the Deration of Independence slogan ze contest offered by the NanaL Equal Rights League. E. Pop 1 O ?YV in T> - A Ulllillf \J l UU?5 IU1I, tflll 1II C3T1 t * . ? e lawyer and executive mem of the local -Equal Rights' ague donates the 1st prize_cof 5.00 in gold antf Mr. Ceruti > 2nd-pr-izo of $10.00 in goldPrizes are. for most effective gans of less than 15 words contending for righfs.Jn this ir"1926 &3 the 150th,Apnivery year of the Declaration of. lependence,; which . declared _ equality, etc., and which the e helped make possible, he slogans must, reach the Na nal Fgnal Rightn Lerguc at ?? kmrhilb by Feb. 1st, the will- ? g slogans to be made known ore Feb; 12 for Douglass-Lin- ? a Day meetings. The judges slogans are Editor Carl MurV of Baltimore Afro-Ameri i. Editor E. W. Rhodes, of the^ iladelphia Tribune, Rev. J; G. \ tinson. Editor of the A- M. E. urch Quarterly Review. Dr A. Sinclair of phHMelphin ioral pre?idert and Rev, B. Swain, of Boston, vjce-presiit, at-large, of the'League. ^?r_ To make clear what slogans , the League publishes this nple?"Race which helped^ - ?r ind Independence for nation 1776 demands equal rights in 167" ATI our readers are - . re dio send in slogans at once. QE.-W. H HILYABD?QF REWER NORMAL VISITS THE CITY. Jrofessor W. IE Hilyard; ncipal of Brewer Normal school, Greenwood, spent t Friday night in the city h friends. He was enroute the-educational reference in, ^ mgeburg "wh^re proipinent 100I men from different parts the State met to Crcvvas and cuss some of the perplexing 100I problems. Professor Hilyard has the on* accredited high school in tHe ,te it is said. His science de"tments is as well equipped as Y of the five leading colleges^ 1 he has Employed lire teacti-s most of whom are men and r men with the hachellor and tster's degree from the best ted colleges in the country. Bwor Normal pupils have been " - . mitted to The freshman class the accredited colleges with t question. ~ ?'r M liars?Uet busy- -Jj ' i'ri r^.iiSl