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j' * v' rnirr ;_-i---; L"V":::::lv;.S?.~JL*3 L_ !! D^partm I; ; I: ?-bigjjne of < ;;. Men, Women & Cf 7 .- VA Specialty. Sho -. ;; making and Tailori . j? ment to seledt from :; at the Lowest Pric 14 o Connected wi First Class Barber A Beauty Fai : ) I ? > I. S. L iLOepartin I 1131 WASHINGTON I C0LUM1 OLDER BOYS^CONFERENCE IN COLUMBIA Br^E. MATS" OF"1STATE COLLEGE DELIVERS THE KEY ADDRESS AT THE. OLISER BOYS' CON, FERENUE SUB. "THE GOAL." x. . - ;<v.. . ~ Continued from page 1 \ * ''' *' ' ~ we - know when the goal is crossed. In life's game, the goal is never nnL-T r 4-U:^ uu&acu. J. KUUI wc set IUI tiua - generation, will not be the goal for the next generation. The goal of our father's is not ours. Already, my . ' " father and I live in two separate worlds. His creed is not my creed; his ideals are not my ideals; and his philosophy of life differs widely from my philosophy of_ life. And forty years from today, a youth reading my speech will call it old ti'mey and - . out-of-date. Thps the. (goal moves on. ^Ther goal-ot life, like the ideal in Lowell's poem "The Muse" is never overtaken. In that poem, Lowell pic, tures most beautifully' the pursuit of a lofty ideal. The chaser finds the rock where the ideal has lef J, its ' 'footprints un the mu?.K uf LllU I'UUk; bT the'Ideal" Is Tiot thore?Tt has fledT ^ "In dimples still the water slips where thou has dipt thy finger-tips;" but + V10 irlnol la nnf f Vtnro Vioc flnrl . Just, just beyond, forever burn Gleams of a grace without return; Upon thy shade I plant my foot, __L And^hru my frame strange raptures shoot: All of thee but thyself I grasp; I seem to fold thv luring'shane: And vague air to my bosom clasp, Thou lithe perpetual escape. The ideaUis not thye?it has ftedr vIt leads the chaser onwart}, and upward to higher and nobler planes; but he never attains. . ? ? " The goal of life may also be com^ pared with the j'ldeal" portrayed in ?Emerson's Porerunper. "The Forerunners," in that poem, "are those eternal mysteries that forever beckon but forever elude." Emerson, like Browning, emphasizes the unseizableness of the ideal: "Long I followed hnppy gnir^n, I could never reach their sides; ThPir~?fnn 1c fnrfli artrf nrn fkn /^otr Breaks up their leaguer, and away. Keen my sense, my sense, my heart was young, Right good-will my sinews strung, But no spee of mine avails To hunt upon their shining trails. On and away, their-hasting-feet Make "tl^e morning proud and sweet; Flowers they strew-I catch thes.cent; ?? Or tone of silver instrument * Leaves on the wind melodious trace; Yet I could never see their face." The ideal was not there. It .was -?"gone. To understand further What I mean, when I compare the goal of life with an ideal, read Emerson's Longfellow's, "Excelsior" Whittier's "The Vanishers," Tennyson's poem, ? v "The Voyage," and Lanier's "Son of the Chattahooche." In these poems the ideal of life is not static>? leads upward to truth, onward to virtue, thru perils to right, and thru bitter experiences to the plain of justice. . Thus lifp's goal is an ideal. It lure& us onward and upward and "* makes it possible for successive generations tfr stand on tho nhmildcrw the generations that precede; but the real goal is never reached. And tnis is as it should be. When the Ideal ?is reached, it to be an ideal. ? When the ideal ia reached, aatisfac^ Get into the Sufc -c... . ^ eeml i: ent Store |' ~~ 1 'jr. XOTHING FOR I * , 4 [ lildren. Boys Suits :;i es, Millinery, Dress- :;i ing. Large Assort-J ;j and the Best Onality : es."' ; ' ~ * ii! th our Store Is?? ; Shop for Men and ;l. lor for Women \ A7"V/- I LiyJLV v A |[; ent Store fj I * ST., PHONE 7567 | 3IA, S. C. *?7 r |j tion comes; when satisaction comes stagnation appears; and when stagnation appears, death is at hand. I Wq are . told that when Thorwaldsen, the great Danish Sculptor, un-() veiled his statue of Christ, he wept, i His friends congratulated him; but Thorwaldsen continued to weep. And as he wept, he was heard to exclaim: "iviy genius is decaying. yvnat ao > you* mean?" his friends asked." He re" plied, "This statue is the first of my1 works t-hat-I have ever felt complete-J ly- satisfied with?I can never create'] a great work of art again." You are;, also familiar with the tradition of: Alexander, tlie Great. -He wept ber cause there were no more worlds to , conquer. And if Alexander had tru-)j ly reached his goal, surely it was) time for him to weep? If there is , one individual in this room who is'j completely satisfied, who has reached ] his goal, wKS sees, nothing beyond? t;. - ?iL-i.:- tj^ 4-^1. nis IS U JJUlIltiLlU CaaE. HE IIEEUS tu J weep. *' ~ (i Young-m^n, I am trying to define . your goal. But Longfellow has de- L fined it far better than I could ever ] <1? It: ' ^ " ( ... ...fr i "Not enjoyment, and not?sorrowi, "Is our destined end or way;^-^ , I' Finds us farther- than to-day.", I T)o your bit in order that those who come after us may enjoy.a larger ; freedom and receive a greater heritage. Not only is this the t^nal of' Negro youth, it is the goal of America. It was the goal of the Pilgrim' Fathers. They suffered; they bled;1 they died. They did it in order that;' larger religiohS freedom. It was the! goal of those who fought in the Revolutionary War. They fought that we might enjoy a larger i political freedom. It was the goal l Amor!(>n in thp Hrpnt WnrM WVir. I We fought that the world might en- I, joy the freedom of democracy. It , was the goal of the Negro,' Christo- I Y>her Attucks, the first to shed his I; blood that America might be free.' It was the goal of the immortal Abra-i' ham Lincoln who freed four million' slaves'.' it was the goal of those black~T boys who fought and died in Flanders, Field. They did it, partly in the hope ( that discrimination, segregation and;, lynching would soon disappear. It! was the goal of our slaved parents,1 j for they prayed and endured the lash ( in _ordejL.thatJtheir children might some day be free. Your sitting here ( to-night-is an answer to their prayers j ( their tolls, and their sacrifices. Sure-1 ] ly young men, the goal of life is I, some thing like this, i Qj)$ a few years separate you from i, me. As you see, I am but a young ^ man. But, I will live in vain, if I ^ do not so live and act that you will be' freer than I am?freer intellectually, j freer politically and freer economical- . ly. I must make*it possible for you', to become a citizen of the world. I | owe it to you.to make fine, wholesome ?racial contact; sell my personality ^ to white men who do not believe in us, I in order that you may enjoy,what l'j mr.lt nntrnv Will IICYCl Clljwjf, May my right hand forget its cun- j ning, ajid my tongue cleave to the roof ( of my. mouth, if I do not make it 1 possible fui my?unbOTn S0T1 to livtf"c more completely, than I am now liv-1 f ing, I owe it to my silver-haired (t sainted mother who picked cotton in t [t.he rpjd in order th&t I might go to*r school. I was seventeen years old c ascription Contest \ ' . ^ . 1 *rf -jr f. ' ; - ':L J 7 ' ' J ' ' ' l-\ . Tlfg PAtabfgTTO )?fore-I was able to stay in school. .^3 nore than four months a year. The He ichool in my * section ran only three cc jr-four-months a- year.? And a tong^- itejr term would not have helped me, for Dr the farm was calling me. God grant to that my unborn son may enjoy a hi: larger freedom and a richer heritage CO than I enjoyed. This little poem,- bi "The Bridge," will illustrate just what A I have in mind: _lL .43b "An old man going a lone highway Came at the evening cold and gray ar To a chasm va?t and deep and wide, -cu The old man crossed in the twilight to dim; : ' ?_l_i-?-- | The sullen stream had no fear for him1 st But he turned when cafe on the other |a.i side? gr And built a bridge to span the tide. Wl 'Old man' said a fellow pilgrim near, a 'You are wasting your strength build- I ing here. - jt Your journey ends with theending? pg day; ho You never again will pass this way. gr You've crossed the chasm deep and wt wide, ' * ' .ii a) Why build you here at the evening aci t tide?--f ? - ?~-".zri--|fai The buildei^raised his old gray head,! rai 'Good friend in /the path I've come, *? he said, mi 'Here followeth hfter me today, A youth whose feet must pass this ^0 " way; . ? . *. r th< The chasm that held no fear for me,. ^ari To the fair haired youth may a pitfall :w? be, . . . . 1 ' . I^i He. too must cross in the twilight dim i Good friend, X am buildina^tnis-bridge; er for him." "~j,w Young men, this is the goal?build the bridge for those who come after ' jkn y?1*' . X bic I .must hasten on something more ^ definite. As I-have already indicated on Lincoln with one stroke of his pen,'S(1] broke the chains of physical slavery. But there ^is another chain that Lincoin could not break.1 This chain is not physical; it is mental. The Ne- ^ gro though freed bv Lincoln emerged I from .slavery with a psychological' slaved mind."* In tho main, he tho't j likfc a slave -^he-acted like a slave; crouched, .cringed, and cowered like i . a slave. To him the white man was j God. And sixty-thrCe years is a'ei. comparatively short- time in which to' destroy Trhis inferiority complex. ^ But how could it be Otherwise ? For i ^ two hundred years the Negro was in! ^ physical slavery. The white man did L:.. i uii - ?_ ?i-J I ins tiiiiiKiii^. i iiu wiiiic rirun uciea i for him. Jdie white man even gave him his form of religion. He did not ^ [leveldp any" .sense of responsibility ., for he had no need to. His duty was to obey and carry out the dictates of Qn his master. It was inevitable, then, j , of that along with the physical slavUl'V tfll'ro W.-Iii. noinp ld?vel?p*nffT ft [ f.J slaves psychology. Lincoln, could and Lincoln did not,, and Lincoln could' not break the?mental chains. x * ' During the. period of slavery the ni( Negro to a large extent learned to dis- f0] hespect the personality of the Negro. He had no confidence in his fellow . , . . - *__ab slaves, and? his?white?master?crwroq^'-j^; ragged this distrust. -There was no |opportunity for cooperation, and as j ' long?as. the slave-system was working I ( well, there-was no need of cooperation.je Thus the Negro emerged from slav-j^, o.... r..] ci jf wtvn iuuu ui iiu Luiuiut'{ii;c in ; himself and with little or no confi- wj dence in his brother in black.. g0 . Ajnd you "would be surprised to know u that there are .intelligent Negroes to- pe day who, do not believe in-the in-j 5 herent possibilities of the Negro race. >3 They have accepted the erroneous, un- g: scientific propaganda that the Negro is inherently inferior. They have c; accepted this philosophy in spite of c t+rn fact that the scientists .01 the.1 :l~ such thing as inferior races. They j C; have also agreed that there is an e- oi [jual amount of inherent potentiality and power in all races. Thus, it is clear that inferiority is not a racial :? trait, but an individual trait. v The in- <5; telligent test proved this to be a fact. ;J; For?the?most brilliant, white -ehiteh-i^ there can be found a Negro child equally as brilliant. s And for the.,^ most stupid colored child, there can';*' be found a white child equally as :g: stupid. *: Of course, we do not deny that, op';?; the whole, the white man and the |5 Negro stand on two different plains? !;X two different^ levels of civilization, jjij Neither do we deny that on the whole, |?: he white mnn hns nt.tnine/1 imnre nil-I ft! lira than thp Negro has nttninpd;.IS!_ but this, as we have already indica- ]x\ >ed, is due to""environmental factors Z ather than inherent qualities. As a result of this? psychology, and|:S: ,ack of training on the part of the! jx average Negro parent, the Negro ;* fouth has suffered. He has not re- * ;eived htat stimulus from his pa- j * ents and teachers that the whitest :hild has received. Too often the Ne- i fro child has been led to believe :g: hat he-just cannot do the.things that j * . he white child does. This clips his- ijL tmbtthm, crushes his genius, aqd too * iften a great mind goqs undeveloped. i' , HtfW rbis is a challenge to Negro youth, rip the Negro boy find himself. En urage ability wherever you find =be-it iTr art, ~setera?? ~OF"ihdTiMty.' ive home the fact that the PalmefT" State is expecting him to make s contribution to civilization?his ntribution in Agriculture, his contriition in Industry, his contribution in rts and Science?in fact in every ase of human ingenuity. Young men, you must strive to be 1 Agriculturist", not a Negro AgriIturist?just an Agriculturist. Strive be a Doctor, not a Negro Doctor just a"Doctor:: Seek" to serve your ate, not as a Negro but as a man, 3pire~to be great?not among Neoes, but among men. God knows I int to be a great teacher, but not Negro teacher?just a great teacher, want no racial adjective modifying I want to preach the gospel of ace, goodwill, justice, and brotherod?not to Negroes- -and?for Neoes, but to'men, and for men. I int to make my contribution not to race, but to a Nation. ~i want so to t that each tomorrow will find us rther than today?not the Neero ce, but the races of men. It seems J me that this is the goal to which we is? ~ i " Still another challenge comes to u?yes to all of us. We represent 5 suppressed group in America. We e constantly being reminded that s are Negroes. The temptation is it Ave will use our minds, our ener-, 3s, and our time fighting tins gypresent. race problem. Thus,i, we ly bernme .narrow, onesided, and iFped in our thinking?never think?? beyond the confines of race. I ow brilliant. Npgroes who nrp pnpn ! of making a greater contribution; t the race problem wears and tears men so Ijeavily that they find themves fighting for., that justice which [>uld be ours without the asking. As result, most of the time of our eat Necrroes is used un in things rial. I am necessarily conscious though \t we must contend for justice, and ist; never relinquish our claim until j mind and character become the indard of the man, not raqe{ not lor. Yet we must produce a largnumber of Negroes who can lose ;mselves in their work and think j thoughts of the world, undisturbed id after all the best thing that I ow to convince the world that we s not inferior is to do what the im of the \Vorld do, and do . it as II as they do it, or do' it better than ?y do it. No amount of argument II convince the world that we are t\ inferior*. The burden of proof is us, and we must prove our equally by producing great scientists, nt iirtiiti- great buuiutoui luui ih whatever man has done, we ick men must do if we are to take replace in this world of competition, id .1 thank.God tonight, that within :ty-three years, we have produced (U? U ? 1 --J - -~i -it mat, tue wunu wus lurceu anci is 4 \ reed to recognize. You young men are, -going?to- be te-^t<r-~fnrget the race prohlnm far", tter than I. A new day has alady begun to dawn. The white ted in race relations today than er before. It is difficult to estimate e great good that the Interracial inimission is doing to promote -good 11 between the races. All over the uth Interraciar Committees are at ork?bringing the two races to-" ther on a mutual basis. ? MME. 5LROSA MAYWEft Philadelphia's most popular Hair ( rlst and Founder of the Hair G: which grows the hair one inch a rr f PRICE LIST Rosa's Wonderful Pressing Oil Rosa's Special Ilair Grower for Mei Dnon'o u.i. r .... . 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This is my challenge ! jto you. ?t; 7 .7 ' Tr * Finally you must guard your" health j To be able to do these things I have outlined, you must lead clean, wholesome lives. You must,, during theses plastic years form correct habits. The habits you are now foiming will, no doubt follow you through life. They will be your enemy or your ally. -You "WiiiilLii^aa-l?fth64-rfle?tnoughts- : world unless you pass on to-the fuiur? generations sound.'mindj-in sound" bodies. i The spirit of my address is expressed in Longfellow's "Psalm of Life." In closing, let me quote it in full:- . \ Life is but an empty dream! * > For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what-they seem. ? / > . Life ia-real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not ifs gQal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken ojlthe soul. Not-enjoyment, and not sorrow, , Is our destined end or way; ROSA'S WONDER] ?1 RATIONS St7 H Heg. U. S. 1 L Beautiful H Mme. E. 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Last November, white and colored students from four Southern States?South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama, met in Atlanta and discussed in common the great problem of war. Just this year, the white students of the South sent telegrams to th6 Governor of Florida, urging him to bring to justice the guilty parties who lynched a Negro early in the New Year. Mississippi declares that lynching must, go. Surely these things mark the dawn of a new era. Thus, the NePTHPQ nf t Vi o nnvt m J ' ' * < 1 #v r- V7 1AAA aamnifty rcDInnrr i*rcAy M .Ml - 1 I 1 " g sautiful 1 e Specialist ::.. Massaging, ManicurBobbing - ? ----- ^| 2 * than the best 11 & Geneva Houston ?* ? uty Shop I t Columbia, S. C. | . io^t>*Q^Q*iyo*ti*o*ii*iy<i*Qf<yQ*Q*Q*Q*Qro'ini*QrorQ*pro*cy^ ^WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWVtWWWWAr But to act, that each tnmnfPnw . ? Find us farther than today. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and Still, like muffled drums are beating Funeral marches to the S1^6* Iri the world's broad fiel<f of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Vj Be not like dumb driven cattle! Be a -hero in the strife! Trust nJ future,* however pleasant. Let the dead past dead bury its dead Act,?act in the living Present! Heart within, and God o'erhead! , ???-r-r.- .,- f Lives of jgreat men all remind ps We can make our lives sublime, ^ fvnu, uv?ju.i uug, leave Denind us-_ . Footprints on hte sands of- time;? i"~ ^ . Footprints, that prehaps another,Sailing o'dr life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart ag^jii. Let us, then.be up. and doing, " With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, , Learn to labor and to wait, I SOUTHERN RAILWAY M * SYSTEM. ^ . 1 - - ^ " '1 ^ojumDia, s. *j., ettective Oct. 11,1925 Arrive Nq. Between '"-No. Depart. 9:50 a 31 _N. 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