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mi.ITMRIA S r SAT1-RT1AV AUGUST. 8. 1931
' DISTINGUISHED SOUTH CAROLINIAN
TT~""Our""aft'eIit1on'ha5' been called ttr ttn-address-ntade
recently' before the students of the. University of
North .Carolina Summer School- by ft. MeOants
Andrews a native of . South Carolina, and a practitioner
at the North Carolina bar. Mr. Andrews i?
the first Negro lawyer to be invited to make an
address at the progressive North Carolina education
center. His subject was ."The Negro Lawyer
and His Role ip Racial Re-adjustment."
The University of North Carolina has taken the
lead among Southern schools in the matter"of having
its~students gam first hand and intelligent information
about the Negro and his problems by having
competent Negroes to address them from time totime.
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That the University i> very careful about its
selection may be shown in its selection cf Mr. An
. un?;, nt a j.iuuui'1 or wnat is gem
ei ally ^ "conceded ?. ; being America's' foremost'
, legal school^-the Harvard Law School. During his
years at Harvard -Mr. Andrews' influence was felt
in the student- life of Cambridge ?nd Boston. He
was a dynamic factor in calling attention through
the papers published at HarvaTcPand through the""
llaiiit'i- _i>r , MlMUpollUlM BbSL/h t* Ally actions oh '
the pott of educational, civic^or political authorities
which he thought v.ere subversive of the rights' cf
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any- minority group. - As'd student ho earned there'pect
of the thinking. element of lris'~contenporaries.
We recall with a deal of dlight having accompanied
-Mr. Andrews?to ?the 1 Richland ?County?Court
House and heard hiin argue a civil crse against two
Caucasian lawyers sometime ago. When all the
arguments had ceased and the jury jiad retired to
consider the facts of the cause, one of the white
attorneys approached Mr. Andrews, with outstretched .
... _ hand; .apd upon Mr. Andrews' taking hi- hand said
that?during?hiu?long years of practice he nad "
Liiief. and in a more dignified and learned a manner
lvv v,;*, ?-J ?I-_.
.r? me <?iiu t.lifti 11 was nis opinion that Air.
Andrews had wen thc case.-*""*"-'
' < -? AVe eit?? this incident to prqvg that even here in
_le___tJiei_South_a-JYeej^mt^ewha^ver!^jj2^we2X|jnia^ ^
make >its capabilities felt and gain the acclaim of
kinilri'M <?p11lTs universally. Mr. Andrews affords a
splendid example of what our youth mav accomplish.
as lawyers. Though we inadvertently ' left Mr.
-An(trews'?name out of our previous. editorial* on
"South Carolinians Abroad" we hasten to include
him as being amorife the most dsitinguished of our
sons living abroad, even though it be ju-t across
. the 'ine in North Carolina.'.
SPEAKING OIK LANGUAGE
The???i?groes of- Harlem in New~~York City- are
indignant' and up in arms because of a series of
articles appearing in .the Daily (Mirror, a tabloid,
.presumably giving the inside dope on Harlem mores
and folk ways. Tht. author of the series is Edward
J. Doherty,, and .his articles called forth denunciatory
editorials in the Amsterdam News and the New
York Age of last week: and moreover cau>tic com
ment by columnists Theophilus Lewis and Cyril
Our interest having been arbused we made it "a'
p^i.iv ocv-uie me mirror ema read wnat Doherty
? has to say? In one chapter of the series, chapter :
12,-he yets off some stuff about Harlem Cabaret*
frmi Negro-actor*, ^st and present. It is surprise iny
to us that a feattere writer on a- New York
' daily should be permitted to yet away with so many
inaccuracies as Dohertiv yot away with___in_. ..this
chapter. For examp'e he speaks of Barron Wil"kiris
Carbaret as"haviny been lucaled at?Eenox
Avenue and 135 Street, wheras its location was
Seventh Avenue and 134 Street. Y
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H0 then tells his rehders that there were to be
found there Wollinms and Walker, Miller and Lyl? v
Jim Europe, Johnny Hudyins and Bill Robinson.
There are others whom hc mon'i ?? - thev, f' ere
contemporaries. He does state the truth, however,
by white patrons: "Some of the most fashionable
women in the City," hf. tells us, "and some of the
most important men of,Wall St. and Southampton
and Broadway, could be found in the place every
niyht." <
In his article "The Caucasian Storms Harlem
"(American Mercury, August 1927) Rudolph Fisher
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swrd~Bp73pb? of Barron's: "Yes, I know aboutBar^" 1
roiis.' I haveJbeen turned away from Barron's be- i
cause I- was too dark to be welcome. I have been a
member of a group that was told, 'No more room,' |
when we could see plenty of room. Negroes were 1
never actually wanted in Barron's save to work. ?
Dark skins were always discouraged or Paired. In <
wasn't a Negro Cabaret; it was a cabaret run by^ ;
Negroes for whites." - _ V ' j
The Daily Mirror, we-presume, is horror stricken
because of the good fellowship that exists among i
t^e diffeient race groups in Harlem and is endeavor- (
ir.g, thiough Mr. Doherty, to propagandize that 1
amity, out of existence. It has a hard job on its J
hands. Dr. Fisher showed in his article that the ^
Caucasian had almost taken complete possession of ]
thc Harlem'Night Clubs in 1927, and that they had 1
taken over all the mannerisms, and "Montis Vivendi"'
of thb Negro.?Says Ur, Eishpr-'"wo <;pc thpm acepidemic
Negroism, the Charleston. I look on and
envy them. ~ They~Camel and fish-tail ahd turkey. 3
they gecfie and blrck-bottcm and sconch, they j
slfate and buzzard and. mess-around?and they do
them all better than I! This interest in the Negro j
is an active ahd participating interest .... Maybe i
these Nordics at last have tuned in on our wave- 1
length. "'Maybe they >?re- ajt. last lesting'To speak
our language."
That Dr. Fisher's?words were?prophetic may be j
judged radi^ )i i ni"r in, I"? n^qdpiy- wh?n" ,
one hears the_ moening of sorrow songs, spirituals -\
and the like one seldom expects to b? informed that '
the singers are colored.. The whites are making a (
specialty of singing what are supposedly Negro i
' iji'ii' nnd.in mn?y instances they are doing it bet- '
ter th?.n Negroes. This can but be a portent of a 1
more sympathetic bond of interest among us, for
as they learn to speak Cur language they must learn ;
to teel our humanness. A thousand Daily MirroF ]
destructive articles would bc insufficient to disintegrate
the structure of worthwhile endeavor reared
by the greater portion of Harlem's Negroes.
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NEWSPAPERS AS HISTORY -j
Very often wonderment is > expressed as to why
Negroes are compelled to read the biased histories
that are part of their schcftdfKvoTk e,nd that do not
give?do Jerving Negroes their proper Dlace. thus
creating in the Negro student admiratioh for what |;
he is not and contempt for what he is. We main- 1
tain that an intelligent te?,cher pf history- may 5
cause his students to gain a proper historical per- 1
poctive. according to every people its nr-jper place, q
regardless what text is used. It is futile anyway i
to confine the history student to any single texv. <
We believe thrt teachers of history in Negro 1
schools should make?generous use cf the Negro
.newspapers in presenting their courses; for in them ^
is surely to be found the balance that lies between j
the fanat;cism_ of the history written by the white <
historian, and that of th"? defpnsfc history written^
by the Negro historian.
The Negro newspapers' value lies in the fa?t th?t s
it lepci'ts conditions appertaining to the Negro's i
olaco in the woild a- it is. that is-to say realisticeily. 1
Then too- the columnists and feature writers- are. {
terna'l.);-. uncovering some.?f?ct cf historical signific i
ar.ee that has probably been permitted to pass" un- (
ncTi.ed hitherto. Moreover most Negro news- t
papers. When we say newspapeis we mean maga- c
ficance if the newspaper be used as history. j
it the Ne^rc is to become apprecirtive of .the 1
nlaee. he bears in history his only hope lies in' Va t
'evelopment of an appreciation for Negro news- ?
i-aprs. When we say ncv.snanerv we m"pn _J
-ines too. It is not at f,ll encouraging to note the 1
n athy that exists among-Negroes regarding the- j
endeavor made by publishers to make it possible for (
them to learn about themselves, but a piocss of c
education conducted- by our newspapers should t
heighten the public interest in them. "It is easy to '
I pint i it tlii) iff ; "i- inr tn thr Nrgrn mfiltrr *
which he-might <.-a>ily fashion into a hctoryr -j
Earnest Dinmet. author of The Art of Thinking, (
wkiteiHip that book on "How to read the news- J
raper.'-' He ?ays: "Mome people treat'the news- J
paper with absurd respect, reading it through as j
if evety1 syllable mattered. Others speak of it with ^
"contempt:?'There never is. anything in the news-_;J
paper: You waste time reading it.' Others agoin "
?few in number?armed with a red pencil and big
sensors git beside a p.ile of newspapers which they u
n eat unceremoniously -indeed* Half the. sheets are ?*]
flung aside while. thtt rest are* eagerly but quickly
gone over, the red pencil every now and them zig
zf gging through a column. Tn less than an, hour
the seven or eight newspapers have been gone
inrougn and the red-marked pages alone strew the
table, sofa and piano. Then the big scissors come
into play. In a few minutes the clippings are
heaped up apart, a nat little sheaf, while the littler
of crumpled sheet- is kicked aside . . . "
Mr. Dimnet shows how by the judicious* study of
these clippings frcm day to day, and week to week s
the few?pedpie who?arm?themselves- with pencil c
and scissors acquire a fund of knowledge and the c
ability to think" rationally on momentous questions, ^
deruecL-the^ merely perfunctory reader of the newspaper.
When the intelligent newspaper reader f
nmsnes reacting- hts^clipptngs?fcrr the present he 3
does not destroy them or lay them carelessly aside t
but files them for reference. In this manner his "v
newspaper serves him as a reference work in history. ^
We wonder how many of our readers have adopt- t
cd such a course of procedure in their newspaper v
reading! If you haven't ' suppose you give the
method fi trial and <ee if your knowledge of past t
and passing events, and your ability to interpret r
them and peer more clearly into the future isr/t *
materially enhanced by, so doing.-. ^ should be n
pleased to furnish a .list of Negro newfvpapers to v
any of our readers who may be interested in com- s
BETWEEN THE LINES f o
BY GORDON B. HANCOCK J
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Our Annual ScratnbUl - *
The scramble for places is on in dead earnest and ^
THE PALMETTO LEADER ,
ind the school authorities they are beseiging daily.
Fhe average- school official's desk is like a beleaguered
city under an assault that is sustained and
teirifie. Every year there is the scramble; and
;very. ye^r the scramble is getting worse! The
only relief-partial though it becomes of Negro business
where Negroes have dared to spend some
Double Duty Dollars. Had more of such dollars
been spent, there would be more relief from thig
galling . scramble that becomes?more?maddening
with each passing season. The school-teaching industry
goes on apace and pecuilar indeed is that
community where the supply of teachers laborers
does not far exceed the demand. .There is no_set
of persons who have greater opportunity to mend
the situation than these selfsame teachers, actual'
and potential. The?doctrine of the? Double DutyDollar
in some form affords the only basis of hope
for relief. Negroes must learn to do business with
Negroes not to spite the white man but as a measure
of self defense! Our meagre beginnings in
business and moot particularly our insur&nce_structure
have -pointed nut thp only avenue of escape
from this maddening scramble. So dreadful Tn~
the near future^ i? "most improbable. Our business
thinking must be overhauled and our trade psychoogy
muSt be renovated*. The mother who has three
children coming out of college this year to engage
n this scramble has accasion.for serious reflection
and especially so in view of (her-; boast that she
never trades with Negroes save as a last resort?
ney?r reads -Negr-o papers, never consults Negro
ientists nor physicians, has no Negro insurance,
and goes to Negroes churches only out of sheer
necessity. Th? cure?for^such thinjvjng, must?tee:
idministerecTto the children; the elders are joined
to their idols. Several years ago when the National
League clubs waged a bitten was on the little boys
who peeped through knot holes and climbed tr'ee?
and fences to see the baseball games, the Chicagr
Cubs opened thc" gates to aU boys helow fourteen
The CuV ?making future fans! Today the
Cubs are breaking all records of attendance. These
little boys are grown ups now and pay a man's
fare to enter. The Chicago Cubs officials looked
eileacL We ne?d something like this in our racial
affairs. If we want bigger Negro business W"e must
secure it through the education of our children.
We are doomed to scramble until we wake up to
:he situatj<Mi that the greater part of the help for
l-Vio ci+iiofi/d. imi.: rz
k-uv cuumiuii 10 ill w n I uvrn iiailUd. lilt? It? IS 'SUIUC
help in the training of the thousands end thousands
of Negro children whose teaching service affords
the motivating incentive of our -annual, scramble!
The Double-Duty-Dollar offers a measure of relief.
Negroes of {he Norfolk Kind
When, ver a?Negro han^ fails it is usually rumored
that "it will reopen in a few" days." We can
Recall a dozen occasions when such rumors followed
clofee upon Negro bank failures. When the Meropolitan
Bank of Norfolk closed its doors, the. usual
rumor gained currency. But fortunately for* the
rause of Negro business Norfolk Negroes were stout
hearted and courageous and with f?.ces set like flint
they met the challange. Norfolk Negroes have reopened
their bank and the Negro business world in
particular and the world in general must look with
respectful aw*e at the manhood and .determination
:hat-are-embodied in the reopening of the Metro-politan
Bank of Norfolk. This community of Negroes
have set the Negroes of this country, an
example that the Negro must follow or die! NovfoBrNegroe^
tn reopening thefrjfrank have blazed a
rail of racial cooperation thruogh a ma?p ot ecor.dnic
confusion.- When races and nations would
survive," their policies must be governed not so
nuch by what they w&nt to do of would like to do,
out by what they must do to be saved I The N@rroes
of this country must do what the Norfolk
degrees have done?they must cooperate or perish.
The same' thing that reopened the Metropolitan
could have prevented its closing and will prevent
;he closing of other Negro business. That dollar?
consciousness embodied in the doctrine of DoubleDuty.
Dollar will save any and every critical situainri
in MflfrrA Kuclnnee T?nf TvT ^
444 *1 V^IV WMOJM VOO. f C, A^UI1U1J\ ilC"
rroe< had honest, men at the head of their bank and
hi? made the opening possible. Hfd there been
my evidence of felonious malfeassance. The Metroloiitan
could never have reopened.?But ^because
personnel was above reproach, the colors of the
Metropolitan are still afloat to the winds -of the
5usines jTWorltfr Those responsible for Ahe reopenipg){
the Metropolitan have dope pot only the Negroes
)f Norfolk and its environs' a very real service; but
.0 the cause of Negro progress and betterment
here has been given a tremendous impetus for
rood. Then too, the Norfolk Negroes have in their
nidst ohe'uf Oil! n.i'j'i uMo'tiautiYiForaas ip the lifa.
>rTF,r "AmfeTlwm 'A'?gly^^y-Norfqltr-JotrrnaJ' *ntt'
JuideT- Without its characteristic common senses
md poise the great thing ^e^ntli^ accomplished in
Norfolk would have-been impossible. Hats o(T to th:
Norfolk Jty'eg. oes, and to .Negroes of'the Norfolk
tilid! '?
POINTED POINTS
BY GEORGE A. SINGLETON
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rhe Weekly taxt: The truth' shall make you free.
?John 8:32.
?The -W-eekly tho|.u
? Two things cannot alter, . Since
Time was, n>r today;
The folwlng of water, * ' "
And Love's sth&ngo, sweet way. .
You are indebted to- Lafacadio ilearn for having j
\anslanted "The weekly tjrojt" from the Japanese. I
5prVinno tVi*> smthnr's nnint nf vif?W ivmulH Viauo to I
-? ru w,"w y rY,,,v a*M*^ r
evised in the light of modern scientific technique,
ind man's increasing control of natural forces. He
'amalfcres streams,-gfve- rivers newbeds,^constructs
lams, and connects oceans. The time may come
chen man will direct the currents of the Gulf
stream. .. ? t
" The Japanese was nrarer the truth when h? reerred
to the steadfastness of "Love's strartge, sweet
vay:" It has been inexplicable thru the years; To
his moment it remains the same.-vSome day there
vill appear a romantic ncvel of the attraction, and
ove of the spermatazoa and the ovum. Scientists
vlll tqli you of the union cf the germ cells and
he beginning of life, but will not say WHY the
inion4? ?
It may be traceable to the protoplasm, and to
he star-dust. Beck cf the star-dust, and th$ fire
rist there seems to bo an abiding intelligence. The
hot . is tco -stupendous, for .finite minds to grasp.
Tore is where nhilosoohv. and theology step -in.
There is no system of thot which speaks the last
cord about theso great mysteries. The greatest
peculation of the ages has to be revised in the
If one can read bcoks witjlf this in mind he wilf
iave made P advance toward freedom by the
rutK. "Now:' cnce more this writer desires to respectfully
call vour attention a previous remarks ofen
made in this snace reference to onenmindness.
)he cannot comfortable live in the twentieth cenurv
and have tenth eenturv ideas.
According to the Palmetto Leader Bishnn Reverdv
!. Ransom complimented the Reverend Mr. Fuller
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fur his stwmd befon.1 the Now England
Conference when the president of the
conference ask .him some Thirteenths
questions. The A. M. E. Church is
bj * -d< tnnal church, in this n ...
gard it is like her mother, the M. E.
Church. John Wesley said: "If thy
heart be as . my heart, give me thy
hand." Over-emphasis upon doctri-nalism
and creedal statments are out
of order.
-?<-Mamis not to be saved by obsuran"
tism. Qver against the questions a- brut
hCfll.1 and fire and brimstpne. put
the Golden Rule, the Thirteenth
| Chapter' of First Ccrinthians, the
Sermon in the Plain, and Jesus HimI
self. Not does a man believe in a
,.literal hell of burning1 fire. but. does I
, he treat his fellows right, does lie lie and
ste?,l, dpes hP treat his fellows'
ticrht. does h~ violate thrl sacredness
of woma"fi7 does he practice social-^
iustic? and practice brotherhood, ,
d<->p<; he exploit human personality;
| tion 'of the?Gretrt?-So-< ^ty^??What =
I doth tihe Lord. . roo'jiro of ; t)<fo but
to do justice' and tcTlove merev,
end walk humbly with thy God? The
brother who does this Or these is
close to the kingdom.
flrofessotr jRhmeardner > hewed to
the line in his editorial. The editor
respects nothing but gray matter.
Wis is easilv the most ine'?ive, raoier
like mind in South Carolina. He is
o"e of Americans greatest editors. _
^Carolinians may not properly arppreciate
him. Wheji somc gieat pe.per
or mogazine calls him you will wake
up,- but too. late. A great future
awaits Herbert Wyeliffe Baumgarff*3
nor, ' . .
iW-read what "The _'-01d Gray. "
'Said last week *-,bout a trained ministry.
Some of the criticism about
the ministry and the church is well
taken but most of it is as^inine. The
. race has hppn free?only?aixtv->.dd years,
yet some people exnpet to.Xind
all of our pulpits manned bvcolleep
and seminary eraduates. The trouble
is that so-called education spoils so
many men. in icnool .cne 9i;?i??lv.
learns HOW to and eets the
"woevis me" if I do nr.'. ?tndy. The.
church ought prv'tle this opportunity.
Then preachers ought pVeaih.
This has always been the luteal ?.f
this scribe. He now pursues it wiih
consuming passion, and is hnpr.iv. The
first sentence needs to 1 ;e moji
fielcL^it is proper for preacher to tenclT
in theoloeicol schools. "A divided interest
will suffer." ' "Thisj ONE" thjug
I do."
TALKS TO STUDENTS
?R.' McCANTS ANDREWS
Attorney R. McC&nts Andrews of
Durham, N. C., addressed a class in
the Summer School of the University
of North Carolina on the subject:
"The Negro-Lawyer and His Role in.
Racial Re-adjustment." -The address
^gave in -some dc-.arl the history and _
prugTt'^S d! the proicssion among Ne- "
groes, outlining the three 30 year poD
itical cycles around which, the profession
has developed. The work of the
National Bar Association was reviewed
and many leading cases prosecuted
and defended by Negro attorneys,
were ched to show the contribution ;
which has been made to the body of
American law. Mr. - Andrews is a
product of the Howard. University
College of liberal arts, and the Harvard
Law School. He is a native of
South aCrolina.
LOCAL CHAPTER OF VOL NO NE?(xROE9
COUpEKAIlV E Li.AOUl""
The League held a very interesting
and encouraging meeting at SaltePs-Memojial
Center on Wednesday evening,
July 2th The group, was called
to order by the acting chairman.
For the benefit of the new members '<
,A1 I'll ,?jLi \
general discussion of the principles i
st'. forth in Mr. Schuyler's catechism, i
"Ccmsumers' Cooperation." .Mr. <
Francis, a very enthusiastic .member i
made a very interesting comment
on that phase of catechism which deal 1
with the various benefus?.jo bonder- t
rived from consumers' cooperation, -i
..Prof. Baumgardner was-again-out,
contributing wondecfully to this grow-ing
movement. He impressed upon i
the group the unfortunate economic ,
pligtifoTthe Negro and the necessity
of the present generation to cease
to pass this?most pressing problem '
on to posterity and tajte on new vis- j
jop. ,_He referred the group to Mr. |
McCay's editorial in last week Sun- ,
I day American, titled, "Your Magic \
Bracelet" in which a man is .seeking |
ulong thc?ocean's edge a pebble that ,
possesses"phe1 power to transform iron ,
into gold." After examining pebble ,
alter pebble for a long ..time his |
worlf became so habitual and mechanically
that he ceased to pay atten- ]
tion and his concentration vanished. (
Professor Baumgardner told the group
that' all would do'well to read the
^bove mentioned editorial and bene- (
ftt by the lesson taught. At the ,
close of his talk he enrolled as inem: \
ber of the local cooperative league, j
utners wno enroled during this
session .were Messrs Tffzwett Cook, ^
lid ward Piesslcy, Henry Williams of <
the Victory Bank and Professor Jilliott
Richardson. ,
At the conclusion of business and ]
the opened forurn we were favored j
with a stirring and inspirational ad- .
dress, filled With information?^nd |
constructive criticism in respect to ]
the present economic status of the
Negro, by Mr. Phillip of. the Pilgrim j
Life-Insurance and -an allunmus of j
Fisk University. Mr. Gaulderi. also
of the Pilgrim, made a few encouraging
remarks and introduced the speakor,
MrL Phillip, who opened his ad- ,
dress by speaking of the necessity of .
a people organizinz and cooperal.ng '
thit they might survive ill this' com- J
petitive econmic .order.
Education shall mean little /to the (
Negro" until "Tie is educated to the i
point where he cat^ feed and clothes i
himself. Mr. Phillip said that it was |
up to Negro youth to stop cryjtng and t
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UlllMBMB ^11 I
Saturday, August ~8, 1931. ^
hi men! in# n x?r present condition and
face the pioblem feihdess.y and organise;
conv.ncing our people tha^
we are worthy of thflisTeonftdence and
jcoopt .ration; soon i there" will be estublished
racial solidarity and a demonstration
of the" productive ability
of the race which will soon solve the
economic problem itself. I The speaker
sighted numerous instances where
the Negro was- not only establishing
jjtce enterprises but. were so organ*
i/?'il IK ciiDSiiiiicrs that they wprp du.
manding and receiving (recognit on
from white enterprises, particularly in ^
respect to hiring race he^j. It is a
fact to be deplored that io many Negrofes
,co'r.'.ribute to tile perpetuation
m enteipi isc-s wliich they derivedabsolutely
no benefit and toocpften not
en the respect tnat s aue customers.
Perfect organization ahd coopera;on
.arc the "Magic Pebbles" which
! .11 turn our economic rut into ec freedom.""
Wc are in, the making
Oi a society that shall bring
.coat tliis rrans!'mm?Hiun.' ^ "Young?
rr.en and women' avaii yourself of the?
oppoyuuuty to bc-oihe muiiiebrs"gnd?-??
makers" oi an organization that oiTers
an immediate and lasting solut on
the Neg-o': .problem oi' problems.
.\feet:n>a are held every Wednesday
evening .A SaKer's Memorial Center
at eignt "o'clock. a
THE FAMILY AID BURIAL
ASSOCIATION
Another fraternal insurance has
entered die field of insurance in South
Carolina arid makes a great bid for ~%r
some ot The business of the-people of "
the state. .
The Family Aid Burial Association
furn shcs protection for the whole
family if the head of the family, is
insured in the Association. This Association
is conducted by race men
and the home off.ce is located in Sum^ _
.er, S. C?
The slogan adopted by the company
is "A Friend to Humanity." "Join
and Save Money."
DE PRIEST NON-PARTISANS
MOVE HEADQUARTERS
TO CHICAGO
Washington?(CNS)?August 3rd.
? Following a series of conferences
participated in by the members of '*
the executive committee of the Dc
Priest Nonpartisan conference, it was
announced definitely that - the convention
would take place durine the
first week in December and that headquarters
of the movement would be
Chicago offices fur. the time being.
H. C. TRENHOLM, ALABAMA COLLEGE
PBEXY ELECTED TO HEAD
TEACHERS' ASSO'N.
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Washington. August 3rd?'(CNS)?
H. C. Trcnholm, president, of Alabama
State Teachers' College of Montgom?7V.
A lit.. Yt'iiri wlfftrd nrp.i.idftnt, nf
the National Association of Teachers
in Colored Schools at the closing session
of the twenty-eighth annual convention
here Friday at Howard University.
Dr. Trcnholm, who is 31
yea/ s old and the youngest race colVtre
proxy in the country, succeeds
Miss Fannie C. Williams of New
Jeansr~Lar- ??
The other officers, elected" wer#.'^
A. M. K Strong, Arkansas; A. L.
Kidd. Florida; L. F. Paliper, Virginia;
W. H. Fouse, Kentucky; Leslie P.
ilill. Pennsylvania and W. E. Day, '
Oklahoma .regional vice president; W.
W. Sanders, Institute.. W. Va., executi\f
secietary and W. D. Miller~oI
West Virginia, treasurer.
JXbc_ association...voted to hold. its.'. _.....
next session in July of 1932 in the
Utty^oT" M ont go nrery r Altr. ?
Vocational Guidance Favored
Resolutions adopted at the closing
session of the convention favored increased
emphasis on vocational guid
national illiteracy, commended safety
education and the school patrol,urged
appointment of Negro supervisors for
county and district schools as rapidly
as competent persons are found availab)je,
and pledged support of the ~*
ighteenth amendment and laws enacted
thereunder. ?
'Cooper Speaks
The principal address to the convenlion
was delivered by the United States
Commissioner of Education, Dr.
John Cooper: *
"The Negro," Dr. Cooper asserted,
"cannot survive in this machine era
if he has nothing to sell' but his
brawn. He must be educated after
every fashion to suit developments of
the times. He must cease to put em- *
phasis on his handicaps, and place
that emphasis squarely in his potentialities,
He must emphasize his ed
ucatipnal assets rather than his liabilities.
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Others to speak were Dr. Luther
Reichelderfer,?president of the Hoard
3>f District Commissioners: Mrs. Mary ?A.
McNeil, member qf the District
of Columbia Board of Education;
Garnet C. Wilkinson, first' assistant
superintendent of schools in charge
i?f colored schools; Dr. Ambrqse Caliver.
Specialist in Negro Education,
. S. Office of Education; Major R
R. Wright, president of the Citizens
Having Bank, Philadelphia; and T.
Arnold Hill, industrial secretary" of
. I w.,:' I I ? 1 I
[nv ^auui?(ii uryan
ilellegerde, Haitian Minister, spoke
jriofly as did also John W. Davis,
president of West Virginia Collegiate
institute.
Hoover And Wilbur Sends Messages
Letters from President Hoover and ^
ft ay Lyman WtHnir. secretary of the ?.
interior, were read at the opening
lessioiu by, M. Grant Lucas, president
?f the Columbian Educational As$o-'~ ?
nation, host group. The President
isserted "comprises a group of men
md women whose services to their
ace. and to our country are valuable,"
hat it could promote the standards
>f education and life adopted by the
iVhite {House Conference on Child
iVelfare by developing programs of "
lealth, vocational guidance and chartcter
training. v
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