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' r r* i I ( la v'i t Vol.. XXX?NO. 20. , ' < 3- 7 ^ Benedict .*s Fe Stevens and Dr. S! IShLr 1 - JUDGE HAROLD A, STKVKXS "Judge Harold A. Stevens, Judge of the Court of General Sessions, New York City, will be the commencement speaker at Benedict College, Columbia, S. C. May li t, ? -1955.?dtulgc?Stevens?a RancTbct I College graduate, class of 1!)I?0 has been prominently active in New York political circles for a" number of years.. Dr. Marshall IV, Shepard, niinister of Mt.-Olivet Baptist Church and Commissioner, Department of Records) Philadelphia, Penna., will be the baccalaureate speaker in joint services with Allen University, Sunday May 22^ 1_ * Commencement" events begin Wednesday, May 18 with the un, nual worship service-'of the Stark Soiool of Theology. The Reverend J. |I. McKissick, Benedict Alumnus TTie Woman's Bap Dr. Mabel K. How Dear Sisters: Once again I am calling your attention to our Endowment drive Jtor Morris College; The time is * fast approaching when we must put O!) tl\e table the amount w'e have asked for ($25,000 or more). ? We have always finished our work. " Thank God, we have the faith And C stipport of aH the Baptists of South Carolina. We must maintain To maintain our faith reach the goal we set for Mor tw-t e tre -K t;d owm e rrt. ?? I am asking that those of us who pre working diligently to raise our ?oal try to reach others. Many morj would work for this very mucfi needed cause, if they were reaveil and asked to work. 'I*ere are goal and silver memoAil hooks valued -it $25.00 aifd $50.0'). These liooks are being filied J?y the Women Missionary AuxI; and hv other anvilhn-ina of ptist Church of South Carof you do not have a hook to nd for yours. You are expect join the great host of Chrisomen. They will conic from ountain of the Piedmont to ters of the Atlantic of South in. Kvory county in South la and every. Missionary auxwill be represented and will its report in the Educational issionary drama honoring ence of the men and women ioneered the founding and Cash Prizes To 'nation's Healtl e contest where everyone ind no one lftses'^. is the way aid a local mother recently be the current Second Ann?althy Haby Contest, sponsorthe Carnation Company of rngeteS?i "Only 20 cute, healoking babies can win a iy start in life with a Cama" slip pvnlnined Impeting for the $300.00 first are hundreds of our conimuj proud parents with babies i years of age or younger..each it certain that their baby is utest. healthiest of all. 'Whose will win? Which lucky baby be selected by the judges as rize "hometown" baby of the ? Only time tvill tell. Every in our community deserved is newspaper has always stood ommunity health, _ especially g our youngest generation, nite with local doctqrs, nurnd hospitals in campaigning , J Jy iature Judge hepard * ^ *v ' ^ jftt . ' ? .fllii . W . ^ '-'iiVh -' " ? <4* : / i!? V DR. MARSHALL L. SHEPARD and minister of the Second Baptist Church, Aiken, S. C. will be the speaker, Thursday evening, the annual concert of the Benedict College choir, under the direction o f Einmett I., Wloten will be presented. Featured on this program will be compositions by Dr. Walter Veil of the Department of Music. Saturday evening, the annual meeting of the General Alumni Associution will feature Naomi M. Garrett as speaker. Dr. Garrett is a Benedict graduate and a member of the Department of Romance Languages, West Virginia State - College. ?? More t.han one hundred candidates are expected to receive the baccalaureate degree. Several honorary degrees a n d meritorious awards-will be presented. tist State Conv. rard, Presiden' sustaining of Morris College. We must reach our goal of $25,000 to their dedication and to the endowJ ing of Morris College. Let our | prayer he: ? O SaviorMear bless-us now, And draw thou near as we l,0\Vi .Hold thou our hand all the way Help us to stand true each day Thou, host all power and knoweft. our weakness,, tlive us more fatth~Li6?a,* More love, more meakness And let us united be. I am making some suggestions that will help its in our drive report at the convention. Where it i is possible make your report to the | Chairman. Where it is possible de' posit your money in the bank and bring' cashiers checks to the Convention. Those who will bring cash money to be reported in the Convention, the money will be gladly accepted and will be correctly 'allotted. Please don't bring personal cheeks?cashiers checks?cost 10c. Date of meeting June 22-24, Florence, South Carolina. The Morris College Endowment Drive report will be made on the 23rd. Yours for the success of this effort, Mrs. Alice L. Butler 1900 Sixth Street Hartsville, South Carolina Be Won In ly Baby Contest for the best infant care nutritional science can provide. , ' . We believe the Carnation Company is doing a fine job in helping us promote infant welfare in | our city. The first few formative | years are the most important in I babies' lives. Our community future ; depends on these little tots..they've our generation %>f tomorrow. <?>? j MAYTAG CO. GIVES $1,000 TO liiiimi) rsnt.KO (OIXEGE FUND NEW YORK r-CANii) -?The Maytag Company Foundation, Inc last week made a grant of $1,000 to the United Negro College Fund.* It,was the third time that Maytag had given a $1,000 g. ~ ^t to the organization which ser\e.r> 31 Negro Colleges, responsible-f o r the hifeher education of 01 per percent of the [Negro youths who attend college. - ^ Bfje % C01 -* Dr. Reddick Says 1 He's! Leaving ( Atlanta U. ATLANTA, Ga.?(ANT)- Noted -eholar Dr. L. D. Reddiek said last week he is leaving Atlanta universityAbecausa President. Ruf- f us E. Clement Jias charged that h? "dm'nistration of the library is "inadequate." Dr. Reddick has been chief librarian and a history professor at Atlanta for the past seven years. He said that President Clement' had taken the position about a ^'ear .ago that the library- wa? being poorly administer^ and "despite all evidence to 'Mfe contrary will not lecede from it." "Unfortunately fof him'' Dr. Roddick s^id, "when the South-, -etti?Association of Colleges and secondary schools inspected Atlanta University March 27-30, it singled out the library for-its high . est nraise and commendation. This c is of course the top academic rat- j Jng agency of the region. Dr. Reddick said he had n o t g given the story to the press out ^ of consideration for the presi- j dent's family and the fact... that ^ "the president is One of the few Negroes presently < holding office j in the South.- ~~~ < (Dr. Clement was elected to the j Atanta Board of Education two j years ago.) He said, however, that "develop ment of the case has left the university president entrapped* in s< ma/.e of contradictions, "inaccura- -5 cies and hearsay." The librarian concluded: "The problems of Atlanta university, r us with most private Negro coll.?ges, are grave and increasingly 1 .o. Its chances for survival in an c integrated society depend upon attracting and holding a facuity so distinguished and maintaining ? ah atmosphere of academic freelom so stimulating that both white and Negro students w i 1 1 ? flock to it, as soon as the courts j make this possible. I tried to do what I could to help but fuiled to influence policy at the summit. "Accordingly, at the end of the ? summer, I will move, on to inter- * esting work elsewhere. Fortunt ^ ately some attractive offers have .j been received. . ?:? PHILLY HUMAN RELATIONS { COMMITTEE SAYS PROGRESS * SURE, BUT TOO SLOW FOR -j CITY NEEDS > j PHILADELPHIA?(ANP)? Ra j cial fears and prejudice are being J reduced in Philadelphia but pro- . gross is too slow to meet the city's needs, the city Commission o n Human Relations asserted last week in its third annual, report to the mayor. . '' r The commission said that the ' eradication of slums depends up- 1' on the vast majority of slum dwel- 11 lers becoming economically able to 1 ! buy and maintain decent . homes. ^ This means, the commission asserted, t.hat more jobs must be made 1' I available on the basis of qualifica- f tion to all without regard to race n color or creed. v The report revealed'^ha^ the com e mission had investigated and ad- K justed 179 complaints of employ-''' ment discrimination. It was announ ced that continued emphasis will f he placed this year upoij breaking C down discrimination in jobs and housing. * STATE DEPARTMENT TO GIVE DR. JACKSON PASSPORT TO PREACH IN RUSSIA CHICAGO?(ANP)?The U. R. * State Department last week said it would approve a passport allowing Dr. J. H. Jackson, president of r the National Baptist Convention, J U.S.A., Inc., to preach the Chris- e tian Gospel in Moscow "this sum- s mer. o The distinguished Baptist leader has accepted an invitation of Rus- v sian Baptists for a two-week visit. a The Russian legation has pro- v ntlun/1 Tjr Tonl/onn n irloci Tin 1 n f Vin in iuvv4 *v i . ? uv. r\ ,iv7u n * loa. 11^ O pator of Olivet Baptist here. d f CITE MASONS AS TOP MISS. r LEADERS DURING YEAfc a MOUND BAYOU, Miss.(ANP) L The Masons were hailed by(fche Mis c sissippi Regional Council of Negro leadership lost week as the "orga- t ization of the year." 1 c The Masons were honored for \ their financial help to widows and > orphans of dead members and for contributions to polio and for Ne- c gro scholarships, f V f ------ =? 1 A L.UMBIA, SOUTH CARCUfr tttEN UNtVEiiS MrMH^H gk^ > - .ffiSB DR. J. CURTIS Dixd^fl ommencement program eive degree*. ' ^ *1 a meeting of the *Xynstcto 1 lesday May 26 at 8:00 ie Alumni night. Dr. James ohnaon of Norfo^VjTJ^J# re as follows:'May 28 Heme *. M. Student Achievement Night dr. Clinton L You^g, Charleston. Sjesday, May 24, Km?? f 2 $0^0 / X+JM* day 24, Religious Societies* Dr. Rivers 85th Co Speaker At Claflin Orangeburg?Dr. Gerturde Buroughs Rivers, Professor of Engish at Howard University will deiver the eighty-fifth commencenent address at Claflin University, "uesday morning, May 24 at 11:00 i. M. Dr. Rivers, who is a former Clafin student received her doctor of 'hilosophy degree from Cornell Uiversity, Ithica, New York since /hich time she has published numrous articles on the English Lan;uage in professional journals. The Baccalaureate sermon will ie delivered on Sunday May 22 by lev. Charles Hutchinson, Norwich Connecticut. Reverend Hutchinson 3 superintendent of the Norwich bishop Jordan Gel Extension; Welcom JOHANNESBURG, Sout.h Afica?(ANP)?AME Bishop F. D. ordan has l?een given a passport xtcnsion which will allow him to tay in South Africa until the end f the year. The~ surprise government action rill enable the missionary to hold mother set of conferences and con mentions in the fall. Meanwhile, Bishop and Mrs. Jar Ian were welcomed by the congre? nation of the AME church in Ben^, n /v granu marcn proces* ion Jed by the AME school sccujB ushered the bishop's car into tne hvirc-hyard'* ' Bishop Jordan tolih the children hat there were two thine? no one ould take away from them-what vas in their minds and in their icnrts. "If you can see yourself as the vhild of God, there in you lies the brce of integrity.. God will not ctto I 1A, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 191 irr ?? i FINALS my, UK. JAM?3 K; JUHNSUN The Public is cordially invited pr'ii these activities.. |t>R. Jr Cth^TIS DIXON. ALLEN ljfcNllM|flT: COM M ENCESPEAKER & ' AlleX University announces its Tjjvill be held V fjfcw, iH^University fflinrtitmrium, at 10^0 A.. w*I., Dr/ Curtis Dixon, iVica-President' and Executive '-Qjjrector oi 4 ?.he Southern.-JEducatIon . Founda|ak>u fcas teenLcfcoseh to rajto cotyhtourOmW> address to aprafeyl irately one hundred?stud? Dixon is a noted speaker and (|? recognised as one of the most I outstanding educators of our day. -He received the Doctor* of Education degree from . Columbia U. and has been awarded many honorary degrees including one from i bis own Alma Mater, Mercer U. ;in Macon, Ga. Dr. Dixon has an outstanding career of service, both,irf America and foreign coutt ? -tries, jiaving served. in Mexico, /Honduras, and Novia Scol tia.' fie ha? held many outstanding nositiqns in schools, colleges, njMnk foundations of our country.' ,j fie is a member of several learn u societies ana. is iuily prepared to give the youth of our day the t?pe of inspirf?$6ft needed for Jthe perilous, tijne iti which we live. W * . The .|?uHu,'4ts cordially invited yjf* .hare viith us the privilege jot *Rvb h*esiiij^cr jlirt be,' btoUoht f by one of America's noblest sons. mmencement i University i district of the New England Southern Conference of the Methodist Church. He will speak on the subject. "Christians to Match This Age". Mark Reed's Broadway hit, "Ye? My Darling Daughter" which .had such ah unusual drawing when it was presented i n New York Playhouse, will he given by the Senior class, Friday evening, May 20. This year's alumni address will be delivered by Mr. Isaac Leevy Murray prominent mortician of ! Jersey City, N. J. Mr. Murray, a | graduate of the class of '30 will ' speak at the annual Alumni dinner 1 Monday evening, May 23. ts Passport led In S. A. Town desert his childreir and tomorrow ho shall spread .his cloth over t h e table for you," he asserted. i j 1). C. WOMA^r"OBSERVES 100TH BIRTtffoAY WASHINGTON?(ANP)? Mrs. Sinia Haraway, a District resi, dent,, last week celebrated her 100lli birthday anniversary.K'Mts. Haraway was born May 12, riSkc ?~? v ? ? ? - I iouu nt?r i unceyviue,^ IN. (J., but moved to Virginia as a young woman. She came to Washington 30 years ago to live with her daughter, Mrs. Elsie Brown. Her sight and hearing are fine and she spends much time sewing at home, since a bad foot has prohibited her getting around very well for the past five years. / leabfct ? )5t,% i Nixon Praises 1 Southern Dems L That flag, recalled to mind-Dick j ! Nixon,' in his banquet speech, was j c | high in his praise for such demo- j c Iterates as Sen. George of Georgia ' t | for supporting the President in , ! the field of foreign policy; and ^ Sen. Byrd of Virginia for support- ^ ~7ng some of The President's econo-" mic policies: But these men will v ?not control the Democrat Conven- * 3 tiotl in 1956, he added. f But to offset some' Of the, unpleasantness, there wen? some* wo- i, men well pleased because of.certain i fl ; advances;- Among them was Mis. s Frank J. Walker, who proudly an- nounced that her husband had re- j cently been appointed to un ofl'i- v cial jr.b in the post office in New ^ Orleans. He is now the Adnnnis- ( " cranve Assistant. oi ivr-sonnd ot . the Postal Transportation Service . 0 in_New_ Orleans, the first Negro to \ hold such a position in the South, i j Mrs. Walker is president of the j ( wdfaien'a' auxiliary of the People's J ^ Republican Clubs of New Orleans. { Then Mrs* Locker, widow of the j a late Ambassador to Liberia, who; , was high in her praise for this J ^ government. The U. S. govern- t ment. feally looked after * her dur: lag the death of her husband, she- j said. JSyerything needed for the ^ - burial arrangemehts wa3 put at ~t her dhiposal, "and the heads of the c 'gov^rathent sent wire? of condolences, and representatives to be ( with4' her. during the funeral ser- 1 vices".' i The Liberian people?were?extremely nice also, she said. There were 88 wreathes sent by Liberian5. She could have brought the ^ body to the States a day earlier because the V. S. government h-ad c. a plane available but the people 1 of Liberia wished to hold a special ^ service for him before they left. j She does not think she will g o back to Liberia loecaigHB she does not feel that that country would c be willing to accept a woman am- a baasador. The women of that coun a try have the vote but they a r e j just beginning to go to the front j( in political and public positions. They feel that American wotter"*1 arc bold and aggressive, and ar4 losing, to some exact, their forini- ,i ty by pushing to the forefront in J p%lic life. By Alice A. Dunnigan For ANP CONFERENCE LACKED OLD POLITICAL SPARK Many interesting sidelights were reVealed at the Republican Women's National Conference convening here Monday through Wednesday of last week. The enrollment was one of the largest ever. Delegates attended from'almost every-state in the Union, Mixed delegations of Negro j on/1 wKito nomn -fwAtvi ' tions, including, some of the Southem states. Delegations were housed in downtown hotels without re gard to race. No segregation\was evident from the outer surface, I but apparently there was some- I thing- missing in this conference. Some feeling of disunity, and in- | ternal dissatisfaction was present which an observer just couldn't put ( his finger on. A Negro delegate who is recording secretary of the county wide ] Federation of Republican Women's j Clubs in her own county was heard ' to remark: "This is the first national political conference which I ihave ever attended, but I em a regular confer ! ence goer. I have attended many other conferences of a different I kind such as national YWCA meet-! ings, but I have never seen one 1 quite as divided as this.!' She implied that there is defini- J tely a "states rights" feeling among the delegates, "every state for itself." And even some of the states are divided within their own delegations. There seems to be a difference between delegates from Southern and Nothern California, for instance; and a setting apart of the Dallas people from those who live in Houston, and so it1 goes. NO PUNCTUALITY, NO DINNER FOR TEXANS There was a whisper making the rounds about three Negro women from Texas being refused servico Continued on page 8 * ' i VIorris College Ani 14th Commencemei On Friday, the Senior h lass is presenting a Three Act; "omedy Drama, entitled "The Gate o Happiness." On Sunday, May '2'd, at four | eiock in the College Chapel, the , UVicmtui J eonac* 1 na rer of the National Baptist Conentiom Inc., and Pastor of the . "ine Memorial Baptist Church, I 'hiladelphia, will he the baccalau-t eate speaker. Mr. Oarr, who was orn in \ lrginia comes from a linei f preachers datine hack -through ' livery. He is a graduate of Tem-j le and Lincoln Universities. Since j lis graduation he has filled some U cry prominent positions as Presi-.| lent \>f the Baptist Ministers j 'nnft-'""? -if I>: '' 1 ') ' ' ?ttrr ctnnrf-1ho~Hpmo" Mission Hoard f Pa.; Vice President of the sational Baptist Convention and 'resident of the P-j. Baptist State t Convention. In his present capicity dr. Carr has proven himself as a' ine leader, a good shepherd and t friend indeed to. his neonle.??President and Mrs. 0. R. Reuben vill be at home to the Graduates ind Faculty on Moriday, May .23. Rev. I). J. Lunn, Pastor of the ilt. Hermon Baptist Church, Bis- i IQPVille, will he the friinrt rpnnlrny 1 it the Alumni Banquet on Tueslay. evening, May 24. School Ruling Tak< Soviet Anti-U. S. A : I Washington ? (AXP)- The; Jnited States Supreme Court de-j is.ion of last May took n "lot o f j ire" out of the Rus,sian propagndist. Mra 2 ? I ~ O. V.lcll^ Vashington correspondent for ifaine newspapers. Mrs. Craig, who has recently etufrned from a tour of Russia < nd other iron curtain countries nd the Middle East, last week ddressed the Women's National ress Club luncheon at the Stater hotel.. I'he 7th Episcopal 1 bleeds Bishop Fran During War Years dark When the Nation faced ' ? _ Elections seem. to-Follov. And the Same President V - ; 5 Our Parents in the days Developed a choice bit c T'was never change hors In the middle of the Strc ____ Cause getting another m We'er faced with a Crisi Our victories here have 1 " And their Major Strateg; W Q Q H i f Ku ahw I ? Uiivv/tvu WJ UUI UV> J But though many victori The massive tasks have We must not change oui But Must fight and figh Allen University has floi Her future seems so ver But many projects now May without him see de As A. M. E- 's we've take On the State's attitude t< Will we get another man Will see this problem th The best bit-of Strategy Is the spread for and w The 7th Episcopal Distri -Needs Bishop Reid's reti Let's tight .hard one am Let's on the General Co To send our leader back To send our leader here The Seventh-EpiseopaLI We hope these words ou For South Carolina's the Oil Mjit+or?4 rnncpmitur Our fight demands a lea< Who again and again \v We've got one here Who (We certainly don't wan \ The 7th Episcopal Distri The sower of bounteous To lift and direct in tui To go on to inspire oilr The 7th Episcopal Distr He's really the very bes Out of tangled grassed Into a pasture bright an By MR Cameron, South Carolin f V5 ' \v " PRICE: TEN CENTO 9 lounces Its it Season 7 DR. ALFONSO ELDER 9 At the 44th Commencement program, Dr. Alfonso Elder, President of the North Carolina College, Durham, will be the speaker. Preisdent Elder who Is a very brill- ~ iant scholar, was educated at Atlanta University, the University of Chicago and Cambridge Univer- * sity. (England). President Elder's rich experiences as a teacher an other fine qualities enable hlMft to be elected to the Presidency of N .C. College in 1948. ;s Tire'Out of . Talk Scribe Say* During the entire tour of newspaper writers and executives, she aid, no queetion were raised by,' the Russians regarding the racial problem in this country. silence was attributed to the effect which the Supreme Court decision had upon the people of that country. The only indication of Communist criticism of America's treatment of its minorities was seen In a anti-Christian exhibit. This dis Continued on page 8 District * kM.Reid and drear, with many a care, r one direction' is reelected. o of yore, >f lore; es ;am ay be only a dream. s in South Carolina, been Major and Minor, y we must concede i Bishop Reid. es we have won - , just begun, r leader here, t to keep our Seer. jrished overnight, y bright, in operation gradation. ?n a stand, award an educational plan; who. rough and through? we can use, ide the realistic news ct irn. d all nference Call, f again. again; Mslricl Need Bishop Reid! r Conference heeds; Sore Spot of the Nation, Racial integration. * . ler Strong ill refute the wrong. Suits the "Bill;" t the run of the will!) ct Needs Bishop iteid! of Spiritual times; j bulent times; wearing minds. ict Needs Bishop Reid! t?one to lead us, here d fair. ? ,S. CORA B. BLACK, La/ 71 ? ^ -/~h