The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, December 25, 1954, Image 1
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VOL. XXIX.?NO. 51. II
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Guaranty Life lnsi
Observes 5Cih Yea
i>v i^ouis r.. ivinriin
SAVANNAH. fin.? (ANP)-C.
L\ To\vnc?r, preslderu n' the Nrr^
tional- Insurance * 'a .ion. wps
the featured fffteFhTl _ul tin1Sflfh
anniversary celebration ot the
Guaranty Life Insurance company
which was held here Sunday, Doc.
19... National and local civic and
business leaders joined with President
Towncs in tributes to the
company, which was organized in
Savannah 50 years ajyo.
Guaranty Life, with assets tf
a million and a quarter dollars,
was organized and .received its
state~ctemeT' otT~Pec. T9r TAUT, ac
' cordi s to Walter S.'Seott, lnesi
dent of Guaranty nud oi.c ... ihc.
original charter members.
President Scott who was horn
in Savannah in 1877 joined w.tli
six associates, Lacldun M. Poland,
William It. Fields, Joseph 1.. Jaikson,
SoL~t\ Johnson, Lucius F..
Williams lyul Paul L. Perry in th ?
formation of a-t'orpoiation wh.c'i
was known then as the Gun-amy
Aid and Relief Society. 1 ...o,
ciety became The Guaranty Mufnul
l.if,, .,,1,1 IT Itl. In...
0tmTpnriy?nrT9T2?andfsevcrT^reiws
later became a stock company.
Scolt who-was originally secretary-treasurer
of the young enterprise
was elected president in 1013.
In 1924 the name of the company
was changed to the Guaranty Life
Insiirani-i' company and- -$190,000
paid in capital stock was deposited
with the state treasurer to qualify
the company to write ordinary
insurance. '\ .
State College Rep
YMGA-amHFWCA
O'hngehurg, S! C.?Hp die k.
Poole, Secretary of the Young
Men's Christian Association of
South Carolina State College will
- represent?the association at the
e:* it. \T?4! 1 "c? . i ? i * n.
in hi .n<i iluniii ^Luciciu Asscmmy
of the Y M C A and YNVCA to he
held at the University of Kansas
in - Lawrence, Dec >m her . 27. 1 i?54
to January 2, 1955.
Mr. Poole, along with 1500 students
from throughout the United
States will siir-oy tln> needs of
students in relation to the national
and world?sitnatton and. will ex
? ploie the resources of the Christian
faith during the week they
are in session. Four major study
sections of the Assembly will consi(U
r the indivhtaal student in
? . sea ch of himself, in the university.
in the struggle for freedom
and in the light of his role in the
nat'on and in the world.
Five study booklets written espec
ally for the student hiovement
by outstanding leaders' in the
fiel ! and widely acclaimed- as the
best study,and action guides availaid"
for*" college student use, will
he -sed as the basis for discussion.
Th se booklets are entitled "The
^ Inescapable Question: Where Are
Yo: ?" Your Freedom is in Trou
-hie. ' "You in the University."
"Y. u, the Nation and the World,"
and "Faith, Sex and Love."
Fr. J. Coert Rylaarsdam, associal-'
Professor of Old Testament
at the University of Chicago, will
v ke\ note the Assembly, speaking
- on the theme, Where Art Thou?"
Otl er AsseiWbly leaders include
Mr.*. Maxine Thornton of the I.ea
dor-ddp-Secviee Departmept of the
Ni ' ionaf Board of the YWCA; Wal
ter Anderson, Director of Music,
An'ioch College, Yellow Springs.
Ohio; Miss Muriel Jacohson, of
the UNESCO staff, New York
City; Warren Ashby, Associate
Professor of Philosophy, Woman's
College of the University of North
Carolina, Creensboro; Walter J,
Ilarrelson, Professor of Old Testa
ment, Andorver-Newton Theological
Seminary, Newton Centre,
Massachusetts; .John Hutchinson,
Profe >sor of Religion, Williams Col
lege, WilllamstoWn, Massachusetts
Hoy Fairehild, Associate Professor
of Psychology, Occidental College,
Los Angeles, California, and
Kirtley F. Mather, Professor Emeritus.
Harvard University.
ing"?or legislative "body of?ft"
tterty C
trance Ass'ifc
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Today Ciuaianty "frrfo.which op- j
pcrates throughout the state of |
(ieoigia is <^ic of the-stroiitiost t
"financial institutions owned anTT"
operated:hy Negroes in (lie South.
i~ sittpus give-iI ar.
; < i ' rally h;,;h rating-dry atl'
in.surni.ee >" < !c'it.'no; agencies.
Tjiis year -rhr V. ate .-charter of
(he company was amended. and]
I cnU mini f'r r HO years nhd the
I paid .i ro" *j>l .tn the state tree-'
i surer v.Ms. flicreasi d to $200.0 id
j G' fjruvand il president,j
.Scott. ex n'dse'im portant influence!
| in c'i y ami t'.n.'in.ia! circles of!
j Southeast. Georgia. Scott is also
.[ jifi sii!en; Lf?h'nyall?l.'ndertahiny Company
which was organized in
- Savannah?in '1 (>()(?:?A?product of "
the Savannah elementary schools.
Scott was graduated rom Tuskegee
in 1895.. .The
home office of the Gifarunty
_ JU fc.in Savannah- is located?in-the
former Wage Earners Bank Building,
the most imposing business
edifice in the colored community.
i It x sl'i'v ir.cs ini'l nri" it, ymi'i.l,y?u4-industrial
and ordinary insurance
contracts and Guaranty .was tire
first/Wmhnanv th- offer Vi'miuu of
Genrgoa hospital and surgical
.expense policy contracts.
Among the officers and diree? tors
of the company, in addition
I u> ?'uu, art*: i/r. .u. liryanc.
Howies C. Ford. Mrs. IV.]. I
lard, IJishop W. A. Fountain. John ]
""At Singleton, Mrs. Harold C allioun,
Mrs. Walter Scott and Louis
K. Martin.
Tim home' office is located at
Klo W. Hroad St I C'.'t ?
resented At "
Assembly
J Student . YMCA and YWCA and
'.determines policies and program,
i for the next four years for the
j more than DUO YMCAs and Y\V
j C As and Student Christian AssoI
cihtion in 700 colleges and universities.
,
J. D. McGKee, Kpt. *
j lilSHOI' JORDAN ( 'LOSES A.MF
I CONFERENCE IX SOUTH AFRICA
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J Hi.OEMFOXTL'lIX South Africa.'
j (AN'P)?Rishop Frederick D. Jor-I
(lan of the AMR church recently
I closed the 5-1 th session of the
Orangia annual conference in
Orange Free State, of the Union
of South Africa.
itn><ir..r ...... i?;.,iw...
Jordan paid tribute to Gen. Hupt.
Francis H. (?c\v for his leadership
in carrying forward the church
program in his absence.
The bishop is in South Africa
on a four-month visa granted by
the Union government. Previously,
the government had barred the
prelate from entering the country,
but- hiiS since yielded to requests
from the denomination.
Meanwhile, reports read at the
-conference showed a total of 175
-conversions?ami?1.0-17 baptisms."
Other reports showed completion
of three projects valued at $5,200 j
which were launched under Bis'hop
I. H. Bonner and the authorization
of 11 others for construction dur-ing
105!) at a cost of $11,500.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DONATE
$302 TO XA.UT JFREE*
= "DDM FIGHT
NEW YORK Dec. 1(5. -The XA
ACP Fight for Freedom filnd was
enlarged this week l>y $302, the
contribution of the students of the
Kljazbeth Irwin High School of
New York. Presentation of the
contribution, climaxing a threeweek
drive, was made this week
To Herbert Wright, NAAC'P youth
secretary, by David F.liscu, president
of the student body and Stephan
(Irotz, student chairman of
the drive.
Thanking t.hn <iiwl?.>iiw fm- tlw.ii' -contribution,
Mr. Wright expressed
the hope that the Irwin High
drive would stimulate other students
throughout the country to
.join the Fight for Freedom and
help finance the desegregation pro..
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Kfje i
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Mrs, Mattie Rufus
Oash Passes
Oianuvtiui^v, y, -Mrs. '.Matlic
Kul'us Dasl^, wi'il-lvi)i(\yn Chan^i'1'iHV
i'i: iiu-il at tho (Maturel>irttr
lNvintiHl ilnsiiiitu] Tnesvl.-i v
Mitril!ll{*7 FKH'TO liber H; following
-to ilbtes ; of spVciT.! mYmths.
Mi's. I lash was' lite .^widow of
I.aval hash, .foufideu'of the flash
Service. It was she who vat
:ui <'M the. liusiiu'ss from its iiv
to sw it a row. to its present
. . i .
h'a.ii vk'ir.ji' the defeased are five
sons:'. liufusl Warren ('.. Harvin
l'? M. aoliiison and Leon -Mr. Dash;
'1 daii- lite.i:~. Mrs.-Stuikr.diash
McMpir?and?.Mi-.--?liarhnru" pash
alhvf Orangeburg; anil .Mrs. Annie
Dash Sibil h oT Washington, D. (T;
a In-other. l.emnel Unfits; ten
Ki-andeiijldren, a great-grandchild,
a niche Mrs. Dannie K. Nix; three
grand nieces, a son in-law and five
drtUfhters-i'tr-liuv;-^?-?:
Funeral service .will he held
Friday at Hb'lU p.m. at Williams
( i a pel A.M.K. Church,, of .which
-she?was?a?roomher. hy the?RevO.appelle
Davis, pastor. The body
will lie in state a*, the rhnrrh D-poi
Interment will lie at Orangeburg
Cemetery.
Deported to; ?
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S( ottist kith m asons mkk'i
xktv vi. \r dwtln an ma i
skssion at okanokiu k<;
Orangeburg. Dec. 22. The Scottisii
Kite Free and Accepted Masons?<>f
. South aTTTi fTTi
Fast:*, n Star \viil meet in conjunction
with then-, annual sessior
n Orangeburg. Saturday, "JAn
"trrvry ist, hlytnewooii hall. Tin
Rev. S. I). IiicUenlvatkei-, principa
u? the hlgj: sdHotiT UrffiVberJ?* S:
thd grand master, the Rev. W
R. !?ovman. is the grand patror
and .Mrs. J-ennette Wiiite is tin
1 grand matron.
!)! IV .Mox.io, who has been tin
grand "secretary for ' twenty oi
acre years recently died and 'alst
Mrs. Kumpth, who also was. tin
grand secretary of the Fasten
star, also died.
Memorial services will he hole
tor both of these secretaries ir
the i polling senuceT~ot the grain
lodge. The session will last onlj
a day'. ;
Omicron Phi
News
Omicrbn Phi Chapter', Otncjfi
Psi Phi * Fraternity hold it.- las
"meetir.u- of tin- ycai' at Hop'
Diner. - > )!< Grrvuis Street, Mon
?lay evenitifr, December l'?,
Vice-Uiisfiletis .0. J. Johnson pre
sided as various committees mud*
their annual reports.
The hiuhliy.'ht of the evening
was the installation of officer;
for 1H55. Hro. K. K. Riley, a or
mer Ttasileus, in his installatiot
speech in ped tl\e new officers t'<
hold hijrh the banner of Omeya.
Officers elected and installc
were: ('. \V. Madden, Dasilens; (
J. Johnson. Vice-Basileus; \V. .J
Gilliam, Keeper of Finance; F). \\
Wall er, Keeper of Records an*
Seals; R. K. Moran, A.-sisycn
Keener of Records and Seals; Rev
C. H._.Pt'?j;sonT-^Ghju^g??iM-p- MfurHopkins,
Keeper* of Peace; am
I.. W. Dakers, Reporter.
Former Basileus, L. ('. .Jenkins
Jr. will represent the Chapter a
the Copclave in Atlanta, (Ja. Dec
27-,'JCL .
The Brothers hade each othei
farewell until Dec. 30, when tkej
will join Beta Beta Sijjma Chap
ter of Delta Sijrma Theta Sorority
in the presentation of then
Yuletide Formal. ,
No Paper Next Week
In order to ^'ive o ti r employees
a chance io enjoy one
week's rest we will not publish
a paper next week. The
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A"MliT\,; SOL TH CAKQ^^
TheBalfc
. By GVANGeSt
' It i.<an old. old story "OR it
. | A Babe was born ill B&JlJcd
i i he- Prophet, saw Him ofrmii
Hht the rulers became Worri
;!fhcw 'son'l ^tho \viso~ mrnTb t
Toey wanted to destroy lib
i -hit (' ;) j. Our Father had ;
s . . t U'c ? v>-> >/!/. f U ai %?y ?i f*%\ 4
. , k \) CIIC;% Mltiviv, IUV.11 Iil^fllt II
;j Fiji* thi. was already in the
Prophet said: "Out >
. I An ! Joseph did what the P
; ??ut the.king died from wh<
I A nd .HamiL's t son .has
,. Then .Mary and Joseph wen
. J hdnte, ;
! Ami there Jesus stayed mil
i. . i
i Hut when He was thirty, Hi
j To sate you.and ine that vt
. i 1 >ut now we're redeemed at
4-Froni the snares of Satan a
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,'i St; this Christmas season let
,: That Jesus was born, died
I I.-:, us be kind, loving, solnn
. i For 1 believe that- is what. 1
"Bickefson Serakw
l OtferJStudv Prog]
Dir. Henderson S. Davis. Dca
'l.of Pickerson Tkoblogieal Sertii
. ii:ov :iinifinnctvl?this weeV 1
I Study Program of special .'Mr
I terest. to Ministers and Laymei
.Friday evening and Saiprda
^ morning glasses nm tnje oif?ce;
i, These courses have been -arran'ge
! largely through the inspiration c
i i bishop Frank. Madison Reitl.
- | Br au.se of the very fine wn
j in wlieh the people bf.^fieftd
1 .Cortd^a pgvt 'Jep^^piR
s Univc'jkily, Bishop Reld / state
. j that the facilities of the Seminar
l should he made available to man
; who cannot enroll as full titn
i students! * . "
?' The New Program will be ol
f fared through "the extension clas
> scs of the University. Classes wi
? meet on Friday evening un
u Saturday mornings. Housing fr
one night, each week, might b
1 arranged with Allen Universit
i for a vefy reasonable fee, Th
1, tuition is'set at a minimum so a
! | to not work a' hardship on minis
; tors and missionaries?-who de^uc
j to enroll.
Courses will be offered i
i "Visiting the . 'Sick," "Financin
; Walter White Bac
.. Aid May Swing S
s CIHCACO ? (AN'l'l -The XA
('!' executive secretary who w;
stricken with" a heart atta<i
Oenbor resumed his column he
' week in t'ut* < l.ieago Daily N
rending out that the ye.
lP.M-.'lk. Mississippi received hioi
a hail ST million from the f ?d
j'ovei ninent to he useil i
1 i;i;<i schools, White says v. vs
' ertainty" that no ?- vv?rr.ent i
roney would turn ..or funds 'to
state which wt?i: 1 I refc.sn to co:
|dy with the nation's highest cou
'* * Ije asserted that "states ha\
enacted various types of legish
' station to authoiize 'private' ii
stead of public schools are ruju
big ino Millionfties already in fir
in<;- .money?for such schools.
White said that "Georgia rece
tl.v attempted to renew its 'sehoi
revenue certificates', and that tl'
hanking superintendent of Ohi
Thurman 15. Hazard, declared sue
t certificates to he 'ineligible itvve;
moats' for Ohio state banks."
"Certainly," raid White "th
Federal 'Reserve Bank, the Secur;
ties and change commission stftt
bankiiig^nuthoritics' and other r<
gulatorv bodies will not win! t
yvt inotn trouble by handling sc
curities which violate a unamiou
, decision of the II. *S:'?Sup ram
court."
Pointing out that the Souther)
>' states "are already handicappei
by the nation's poorest sehoc
system." the NAACP head sai>
the South could "autonpfionlb
! shut itself" off froni federal ai(
"?heih it needs ai dmost."
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i, SATURDAY, DKCEMHEir:
A?:V >
K B m I
>f Bethlehem ELSIE
J. HERRiNL
is very true,
lem to save both me and you.
ig as Ring and Saviqy too.
ed and didn't know what to do,
Savior was born.
he. place where the' Svaf Shown
i fireeious soui. <>
mother goal.
lto -Egypt land,
Divine plan,
of Egypt have I called my son."
rophet said was to be dene.
om they fieri,
in;? ..
t to I\'a.;aiyth and ma lie iiu;ijil
lie was grown.
e dicd?bn" the cross,
ere almost lost;
id free indeed,
ml sin we are freed:
us not forget,
tnd He paid our. debt.
r and-true?
le would have do.
iry To
ram n
the Church," "Practical Principi
lcs of Good Pastor! ng," "A. M. K
a- Ritual atv.l Worship," "Tlu? Minisi
ters Personal Life and Duties,'
1. "Homiletics,'" "Vacation Bihk
y School," "Recreation in the
if^ Church Procra-nl" "\TU<inn:<>-,
d Stud^ Progam," " IIow' to Teach
in the Church School," ant
"Organizing the A.C.E. League.
w -x._ i i. ii
y 1 /v scuuenc may enruu as t
lLLaPec'al student or as a candidate
Kf fcji | r\. ndmtioo. Mi n Inters?? \th<
? have graduated from the Seminar}
y will likewise find ? these courses
y helpful.
e The Missionary Study * Courses
j?.. being offered in cuopeiatiui
with the educational program oul
5-j lined by .Mrs. V. V. Iieid. Episco
1L"! pal District' Supervisor for tlu
d ! Seventh District or the A.M.E
iv I Church.
>e Though these courses are to Ik
y offered under the auspices of th<
e A.M.E. Church, anyone might fee
is free to take advantage of enr< li
5- ing for any of the courses.
:e For ^further information, con
tact ~ President S. It. Ili.rf'.ns " TT
n : Dean Henderson S. Davis. Allei
g University. Columbia, S. C.
k, Says Federal
outh Into Line
A S( 1JO! \ 1JSI' IPS. TRIP TO I'.l'
\\\ vi v* i X lUbH
" SCECOI. CONTESTANTS?"
XE" ' ( \ X 1' i--Severn
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' . r;.t- ?c ..i s ami u ips i
\ a;-. ! Mvkuo' arc anion]
i!
;li'iczs to be aw aided winners o
the 2'Jtii annual high" school con
t lest sponsored by the Amerieai
! Association for the J United Xa
I tions, set for March 15 here.
J These and other prizes,totalling
! $8,000 are hcing awarded wintim;
! contestants as inccntitives and i
j part of AAUN efforts to stimulat
interest in international brgani
\ zation.
id :
The Contest is open to hip:}
school students of the I'.S. and it
. territories. It was first inaugu
rated under the new defunct Lea
gue of Nations.
^ L^st year almost 3.O00 higl
^ school students registered for tin
contest. KegistmtioTT is being ac
n cepted by Miss Dana ('. backus
chairman, AAUN education com
mittec, 345 K. 4(>th St..*Nejv York
* 17, N. Y.'
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s I SARAII VAl'GH AN ON "I'l'llUV
?| roMo t.now"
n NKW YORK?(AND- finest
1 star on CBS radio's "Porrv Conio
1 'Show" Wcdpesday Dec. 15, was
I self comfortable is fast clinihinir
to the top of the hit parade.
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25, 1951
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Covering
Washington ?
IJj Alice A. Dtinningan
i KNOW YOUR CAPITAL
Citizens - throughout tihis .conn-"
! trv are no doubt interested in
; kn?>" injr more and more about the
capitol' of tiris nation-ru distHet
, which is distiin- ' wthin itself,, ararea
'hat i sot apart fr?OH 'any
slate in" these I'nittti States a
; _ ity that -is operated differently
tiuiia _anv. other in America. a
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- . .ui'i i tor v.- -i bat is- of "en referred
I to as this <-oiintry's. "siiow^'asi'"
to the -world.
In a recent round-table dbcus
. .Wo 11 Juild?ar_tiw- 1'iiyih: Whi ntfv^W't'A
hraht-.i. .Miss pita. I'..
I H'oiiclterCr director. . department
| of research and statistics; t nitvT
I ffooiriuuiity Services. District of.
<'oliupliia. gave a brief hut thorough
anclysiis of "Washington
its Past, Its Present, and Its Fu1
ture."
:.()I R FAMILY TPvKF
] /The research expert began her
'discussion hv outlining Wash
J tn-gton's- "ranTily tree." This ten i
i Lroy_was-<miy ?a?swampy- nmrshi
.and ai the headquarters. of the
Potomac back ir. 17*8 when it was
selected by President Washington
| as a mleral district in which
^Avduld he located the capitoT of
i the young nation. A plot of land
100 mlies square was envisaged,
70 gouare miles on the north side
of the I 'otomac was To Tie coTTeT
Lby Maryland and ."(J square miles
south of the liver to ceded
_ibution of the commonwealth?of
, Virginia. Major_ I'icu re l.'hntant
''.drew up the plans for ' the city,
'(into methods .used in selecting a
! Whrile this speaker did not, go
1 name for the city, it was heard
? somewhere that there sqoh ^
' tol would be called. Finally it was
? derided that it . would he caleld
("The City* of Washington in the
5 ( District of Columbus."
u? In 184ti. -fche *!0 square miie. por
^. tiini of the District of Columbia,
' .vliirh had been ' conrihtited by
'' Virginia was retraceded to the
"state; thus Arlington and Fairfax
counties- and the cities of ATex
undriu and Fallas Church were 110
? longer part of the district. In
' 1S71. congress provided a tcrri
! lorial form of government for thu
district under which it was allow
"led a delegate to the congress un
I 1 ; 1 thi. fiIV vv:is IkI rnni'liKi'i 1 Tn
i f1STS,
I'm u; \/im: slrvkys progress
or school UESEGUA-j
tion
| NEW YORK, Dec 10.?The
j progress ami problems in dese|
gregation the nation's public
- schools are summarized in an ar?I
ticle. "Desegregation at Work"
j by Henry Lee. .Moon in the Dej
cen;her -S issue v>f The Nation, lij'
iieral-. weekly journal of opinion.
,' Mr. "Moon, public relations direc
? tor of the National Association
f ' for the Advancement of Colored
. ; People, surveys the steps taken,
n ! the ' resistance encountered and
success attained fli school desegreI
nation since the Supreme Court'?
U I historic decisinrt-'of May IT bannc
j. inn the dual school system.
fisk sc holars compete
for rhode scholarships
...... NASHVILLE ? (AN Pi--Two sen
~ ion students filmi TTsk" university
j recently tool; competitive exantiI
nations for Hhodes scholarships,
_ | marking the first time in history
I that students from a Negro instij
tution competed for the award.
a They are John Townsend, Oklahoma
City.; and Frank Robinson,
Wilmington. X. C. Roth wore
sent by Fisk to their home states
to compete for the scholarship.
I They are honor students, active in
campus activities and hold memJ
hership in the university chapter
| of the American Chemical Society.
' )' If they are successful, they will
become the first of their' rate to
study as Rhodes scholars since the
late Dr. Alain Locke went from
i Harvard in 1007.
The $1,080 scholarship permits
selectee, to study at, Oxford University,
London, FThgJand. They
are also allowed to sit for a degree
in two years.
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Counselling Major
j Pastor, Minister S
NORFOLK? (AX'P)? Pastora
counseling vvas stressed, as an.important
task of the ministry a1
. i-lie HaptisJ Ministers conference
j-nwnrty-%" Rev." ft: ~W7~B. Walker
I pastor. S( ( on i Calvary Baptist
i cluiich. " .
I?iscus lint* the tcc)ink|ue. of
I eoi'uiselintr. Rev. Walker said mem
hers of the- church nms't he given
i information which they.need; they
i should repeat it or rehearse it so
'.that will heroine a par of their
|'store of - knowledge; .and they
, siioiihl I j?. no tjm
j va!n.e of the' information. so they
i. ran use ft intelligently in vary;
ing situations. - ":
| Kov. Walker laid great emphaI
sis on the-need for members or
I individuals helped by , the pastor
| to "become eonvienged of the
5 Variety Hits Rem;
i Birth Of A Nation
|~ NK.W YORK?The campaign ol
! the National Association for the
j Advancement of Coloreed People
I to forestall the ro-nuiking of the
notorious anti-Negro film' "The
] Birth of a Nation." lias" received
J the edUoral support of Variety a
j lea.liny* publication of the enter
. tninmont?industry.? "It
seems fairly evident," Var:
ety".asserts, "that no picture car
possibly dare, at this late date
to glorify?t.he thoroughly disorei
tied, Ku Klux Klan which was let
it not he forgotten? also a
gainst Jews and Catholics. Toe
| wide * segment of the populafioi
| would he offended. Sheer econo
self tntciWt tin-raVes. that thi
J new shooting script .must bca
' little or no resemblance to Grif
| fith's. Nor can it be overlooke;
I that America's li>,000.000 No
I groes today arc a respected aw
courted f ivehillion-dnllar market
Atid big filmgoers, On top of _al
i the economic factors, there is, o
.-course, the factor of morality an,
social responsibility,"
i In a lengthy story in its De
, cemlief S edition. Variety review:
| the NAACP's long fight tgains
| the film^aird?qiitites Roy WilktFTs
| wire protesting the proposal t.
NAACP Grieved
| Passing Of Arthui
NEW YORK. Dee. If.. Th
death of Arthur Garfield Hays
famed civil rights lawyer of Ne\
York City, "profoundly shoeke
and grieved" t.he NAACP, Watte
White, executive secretary, sai
in a tlegrani of. condolence to th
.jurists'* two .laughters, Mrs. I
1 II.... : o.11 M .... Iniwi t
| i nif > ^|<iMiii-n .
Butler,
Mrs. Mays was a member o
i | l.he A soriation's national leg a;
I j i- ?n?: :11 and participate.! wit
, I the late t ia'rence Marrow for til
I ' <!et\ n-e in ' he- Sweet case in M?
. troit in lt'tM. This vase leal'firn
;! i*ci ! w 1 i: i of a Xejrro to.dcfen
Nigeria, Gold Co<
Compete In N. Y.
XKW VOKK i AN 1 '??Two A
i frican students, one from Nigeri
and the other. 11 ?1< 1 Toast. :Vt
I scheduled to participate in tl
| ninth annual New York Hera
Tribune high school forum at tl
I'nited Nations. March 2(?th.
was announced here last week.
Thev are Minjiha F. Karibe, N
I J
MAYS NAMF.l) MOST VALUABLE
IN XL
NHW YORK- (A N I')- -Willi
Mays, the "Say Hey" kid, las
week was voted the Most Yalu
able l'layor m the National league
J The 23-year-old New Y o r 1
Giant outfielder yained 283 point
to 21? for runner up Ted Klus
zewski of the Cincinnati Reds
- Mru s received TM first TTtnrrvote!
^ A 24-man committee of th
Haseball Writers association mad
the selection.
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i
PRICE: TEN CENTS
-' ' mt
AH
? ' . '
' Duty Of ays
? -r'"1
I value of the information given hy
the pastor, especially if this in- > .
l, lvinittuun relates 10 cnaracier caii* ,
; ! caion." In order that advice_ in
7 pastoral counciling may result in .-t-.
maxiiyn l>enefits, the individual
will have to apply the information
tf> of advice given "to every re\
levant part of his daily behavior.
I j The problem'-'of pastoral coun!
seling, Rev. Walker said, "is al1
J ways one of educational psycho- >
'' logy or social -psychology or religious'
-psychology. It is partly of
; nature amT partly of nurture," he
. I 'in,.ffl - - . . . , '
To 13e a good counselor a pastor
must Jove his people, but he added,
"love Is not enough for the pas
. for must know the teaching approi
aches. "
akeOf "j
:Film r .r\
'{remake the picture, which in the - '* ^
s original production "slandered the - " t
i entire Negro American popular
' tion through its naked ..indieti.
niont -to racial hatred -and?vio- ?-rI
lence."
1 Announcement of the proposal
" to bring out a new version of
"Tho RTrTTi rvF n Vtitinn "Vnfiotr
! assetrs, was "greeted in N. Y. '
1 film circles with plenty of surv
prise considerable consternation."
ph :
Meanwhile in Hollywood, Phil
L. Ryan, a member of the syndicate
which purchased rights . to
j the story, indicated that an en- ? '
! tire new script would be written
^| and doelartta?that tho -WAACHt SjC*'*
I protest was "pctmature" in as
| much as the story had not " yet
j' been rewritten for the new pro- _
j duction; .'
l| At NAACP headquarters in N.
.j Y. the opinion was expressed that
1 j nothing would remain of the
f | film except its title if the anti1!
Negro theme and the glorification
j of the KKK were delected. In a
- j telegram to Mr. Wilkins, Tel
si Thai, head of the syndicate, prot1
posed a conference between Mrv
*; Ryan and a NAACP representative.
and Shocked' By
r Garfield Hays
I
eihis home against assault, by a
;, I hate-inspired mob. Also with Mr.
v Harrow, he entered the -Sr-nt d
boro case in 1931.
r I
di "The brilliant defense which
o he pat up in these and irhn-r
i cases." Mr. White said, "helped
1. to formulate the highly successj
ful campaign of the NAACT,
if j aided by other . organisations
il I as the American Civil Liberties
h Union, to reduce bigotry to the
o I extent to which. Jt has tietJi to
-j day. We mourn his . passing* and
i-| send you our most sincere sym- ~
d' pathy."
tst Students r
Herald Forum
i- getia; and Lebreeht H. Hesse,
a tlold Coast.
e
io The two will he among 34 foreId
ign students arriving in the U.S.
io shortly for a~ 12-weeV: stay. While
it here, they will be guest in the
homes of high school students or .
i- in private schools. ,
4.
Mays copped the coveted honor
, after playing his first full season
i in he majors.^ He captured the
e National league batting champion
t s'..ip with a rousing .345, led the
- circuit with 13 triples and also
won the slugging title with an
k | impressive .6(17 percentage. His
s extra base output included 33
i- doubles, 13 triples and 41 homers.
He also was up among the leaders
^ with 110 run batted 1rr. ?
e The youthful Mays recently
|e signed a 1955 contract for a re|
ported $25,000.