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VOL. VIM?NO. 51 ' J S. C. State Co'iJ?' r ' By Southern ONLY INSTITUTION IN STATE f WITH HIGH RATING BY ASSOCIATION _ (By J. N. Freeman, Jr.) Orangeburg, S. C., December 14? At the annual nictting of the As>so. ?iation of Alleges and Secondary * ...... Schoots in New Orleans La.f 011 "December 1st, the executive committee voted to grant South.- Carolina-? TState-College-the rating of "B". o The general work of the institution S - '? is such as to warrant the admilssion o of its graduates to any institution C requiring tme bachelor degree for 11 entrance. This very marked and ac- a Daytona Beach^Florida, Dec. 21? d " After atl absence of nearly six weeks _ .. ? spent in New York and surrounding tl territory, President Bethune, of Be- a thune-Cookman College, returned to t this city with the group of Publicity I* ' Singers last Wednesday evening. , Y~ Thursday noon, the ^teachers and student body staged' a quiet demon . sbration as a gesture of welcome to their returning loader and co-workers. The customary mid-week drill in military marching was held at B 11:30 A. M., .and was made to include a formal inspection of the stu- . dent personnel drawn up in rankg.-by companies1. . At the indoor assembly, Johnnie Q Mae Babb, "Miss Bethune-Cookman," . for 1932-33, 'spoke for the students, and Mrs. Winona Mason Brown, for the faculty in voicing the welcome of ^ the stay-at-homes to the returned travelers. Tn her 11 ipim i , Ml' PrlllllM" i"l"' "T! pressed her deep satisfaction at. the t evidences that, during her absence, h the regular program of- the. school e hads been carried on so efficiently. L Her chief thought'was a warning as ti to the need of strictest economy for . . weeks and months'yet to coipe. aVi- n vidly she portrayed some of the 'lis- u trdss among the unemployed in the b North, and: advised the students as ii to how much more fortunate they e are here by comparison. She urged h them, more and more to rejoice that n they are in Florida, to- develop a fin- t er appreciation for their home state, o V and to carry in the front of their / minds as one of their' definite goals r in education the preparation to make <j the b^st contribution possible in de- i velnpng the resource* of thic p monwealth. , b Friday noon, the student singers 0 had charge of the assembly, and gave h in fuller characteristic detaif a nar- $ c ration of their expedition with fine ' s touches of enthusiasm and humor. { \ . I^t/fring their sojourn in the North, f the group covered a vast amount of ?' territory in and around New York, ^ with sallies into Long Island, New c 'f Jersey and New England. One of j the finest ovations given, and a fit- t fine* /ilimny tn the wIioIa. trio, was t the welcome given to- the party at , ?Sumter," South 'Cat-ol^ns, Mns. Bethune's home town, on Tuesday night e( preceding their arrival on the -earn- jj pus. At "the opening hour, sitting 0 and standing space in the large church r was exhausted, and JaUs. comers were ^ turned away. < * Student Ministers of At- h iv ten Univ. Organized , _ I C i In^o A"MuiielurIar^^ _ . V Council ? 3 - S Knowing that this is a progressive 1 era, and that nations or groups ad- j t vance, noticeably by organizing only | the student ministers at Alien uni- j i versi'ty organized themselves into a [ \ 1 consolidated! body on December 13. I t This organization has a member- I t 'fthip of twenty-one energetic 'and i keenly interested m.tfnist<ji*iajly hi- I A clined youths. The aim of the coun- t cil Is to make better A. M. E. minis- c I (Continued on Page 8) ' | 1 ; to the college here by Governor i lcLeod% , Governor McLcod was 'the com- ( lecement speaker, and he commend- i( d the fli'bgressive educational pro- I, am at State College during his ad- ij r?33. lie?pledged that" as "G<5Ver-f or? and chairman of the Board of 'j rustees of the college he would do j 11 that he could to promote its ad- i uncement. ! IH.uiwur tllll'All ol Columbia, well nown "South "Carolina citizen was lvrtei by Gtfv. McL'eod to be His ? uest on the trip to Orangeburg, a'nd l? i commencement day, Gov. McLeod j1 [r. Carroll arid the governor's chauf-1? .?ur arrived earlv in the _ ? Hhey Trj-pected' the buildings and , rounds in the morning, and' after ,a le commencement address they re-1? irned to Columbia. . I Gov. Mc'Leod' was liked and dis- c ked by the colored people of the * tate" and country, some recall that 1 e as govfernor during the Aiken * niching,.-wlien he . passed the?buek-U 3 his successor Gflv. John G. Rich- ? ids, who shoj'tly afterwards sue- t aeding him us chief executive of the 1 tate. The National Association for t lie Advancement of-Colored People |t f New York tried to "smoke" him [ 1 ut to bring the lynrh?r>i tr> , jii^tW?Li allowing the trial at Aiken Co. court n ouse where the Lowman family wasii e?cude~-by- N,^ .1.- Frederick, distirr- ' ( guished -Columbia a'ttomov-nt-lnw < biee were lynched. He was buried i t Bvshopvitle his. native .home, on < uesday. 'i Greenville, S. C. to Have * 11 Noted Speaker -j _i ' \ USINESS MAN AND PROMINENT CHURCHMAN OF ASHEVILLE, N. C. ; ? ' \ 1 'olone] Victor Stanley McDowell Will 1 Speak in Greenville, S. (V " ( " - ' < pcakers in North Carolina. The Colonel has a wide circle of riendo in th<s city. It always pleases this writer to en" a few lines about the Colonel be- ; ause he is my intimate friend' and know him iso well I know his Worth 0 Ashcville. He is. without a doubt he best known colored man in Ashe- , dlle and' its surrounding '.territory :rriong both whit? people and eolori. He is a loyal friend, so sweetly lisposed; always ready to- help some ne directly or indirectly. He is well net at all times, the very essence of olitene.ss and courtesy. ! He has such ender regards for womanhood adicring always to the teachings that. | is good mother gave Turn when he vas growing up. A friend of the Colonel remarked nee about him that them was hardr a Hm 6f pdetiy by Hny a?thor~trf~ vhich -he has no knowledge. He is 1 deep reader, a keen observer, a J 1 ? ? t f th n rv/1 A f r>n a1 rv tlUUUIll Ul tinner* aim VA ^vuj/?v. 'He is a work# war veteran amiias filled many positions of honor and .rust. He* is an qctive member of Naza- ' eth Baptist Church of A*sheville and dee president of the B. Y. P. U. and eaches the adult group of men in he Bible class every Sunday evennfiT. . V ' We ^congratulate t(he jEmancipaion Commitfee on selecting the Col- ' >nef as theiiL,apeaker. We are sure le will <lo justice to the occasion. I ' ' s , . '? * , ?"- e r COLUMBIA, S. C., SATURDAY -j n The Rev. Dr. C. * New Pastor iy Prof. John It. Wilson, A. M., D. D. i In tliC^Uays that were, Virginia tad. produced a lumily'among our jroup, Known as ti'raine, who, lor . reasons not necessary here to relate,1^ finally were living in Louisville, hy.' W heir children to the number ol hve t L'lDuinir. snortinir-. MOivT*trw.""s>liriv". i - nuug_tuds had established^the recordj Jf how many places, at thy table,' should, each meal, be provided lor, ! he patents seriously toou cognizance . oi the. fact that, were ihey to cross ' the Ohio river and go far into the North, 'hey should be able to provide 1 a far be Her living |or those lusty i* kids and, moreover, secure, for them i real sure enough education. The L iecision that such things Could by f shem be done became a veiitable ob- j session that such things be, ut once, I jv them, made a reality, , I ^n cognizance, thV family mosi of- ^ actively "burned their bridges ' be- . lind them" and ceased not to go forvard until . wisdom dictated, and uiuiiiuii ibt'iisu" caUui'hJ, Unit tlit'j, ^ nake their home in Paw Paw; MichT, ,j it which home, it duly came to pass, , iperated one of the most out-stand- ^ ng and, successful1 stations on the. mure line of the justly famous "Un-' lerground Uailroad" system. - From ( his home, the father airanged for, j1 ind did receive, private instruction , io effective that, in the after years, ,J le was generally regarded as^ no or- ? linarily educated mgin; the mother ? jecame the first Negro student ever eceived at the' lone famous Oberlin College in Ohio, and there so wrought1. uid?accomplished -thsw?she received h i "L. Je Certificate" to^ teach in the 1 freat State of Ohio, at'a time- when ** S'egro teachers were unknown and 11 .h,e number of children' in* every v school was preponderantly white; and I1 'rom this home twelve child ren of11 shis family-, -in the order" of iges,,duly attended High School arid ? stopped not short of a College edu- a ation fronv an accredited mstitu- d ion. ?? ? . h -JJrr Chester Arthur Graine, Beth- k ;l's flew pastor, was the sixth child c ind the sixth to graduate from Paw a Paw, Mich. High .School and. immed?i' ately went to, and, in due course of f inie, ^graduated from, Western State reachers College, Kalamazoo, Mich, tj lis extensive post graduate sudies * vere carried on at Liola University, E i Catholic institution, at Chicago. 11 \nd later, having married, he took E he regular "Bachelor of Divinity" b rourse at Wilberforce University ( vhere?and he loves to boast of it? b le entered" without funds yet just t( f A til of VtO ArlP- f' luancu ny tuwi-n v>>v*v ..w juately met the. upkeep of ?-???forcible home and regul^rfy, as well as s promptly, met his -sehool "bills," a withoqt asking of, or receiving from, 1 jny soffrce one scintilla of assistance. ij He was converted when 15 years >' sf age and was inducted, by immier- '' sion, into the white Baptist church r ?f which his mo'her was a member a and his father a deacon. At that o fime, there was, in Paw Paw, no col- e ayed church of any kind. In conse- t luenee, when some racial matter a- d rose in the town, and the attitude of s the Methodist was four-squared with L the precept and example of Gh,e Christ s in regard t? the affair and the Bap- g tist was not, he, over protest of par- s ents and quite a number of friends, l promptly severed his connection with " the (Baptist church and of the Moth- t odist church, becam^ a??full fledged 1 member. -* (i Having finished his literary course c he taught school, for seven years, in t Alabama, three of which we re at Tus- ' kegee, in connection with which he f travelled, as r-rjvaie j Booker Washington, ih Chata.uqua 5 work, and, in sq doing, crossed the ' American Continent, from coast to 1 coast, fourteen; times. |( He gave service 'in Mission work in Canada in a territory extending, I from Ontario to Montreal. As a re-:j suit, and at the age of S0?*1TS^ was I married' to Miss Senith Ellis of Ca- i tham, -Ontario, who, when their son i ,was only five years old, died. The \ father "became at once mother also j to and for the child and .dutifully 1 continued so until, 6 years later,'he 1 was married to Miss Mary William^ i of Hillsboro, O., a school teacher who i is an accomplished artist and mu- ( sician outstanding, especially in the ] realms of sacred music. Dr. Graine has pastored in three 1 states?Michigan, Indiana ami how South Carolina. He has built two ] great churches and seven artistic. ] am! bnrmnorliniis narsonqgflf ] fiffshcia! achievements at "each church pastored has ever* been outstanding. < Nor. has hi^ zeal for tJhc salvation of i souls ever grown coia. as a rt-sun, m at no church pastored by him has he ever failed to increase the membership 100 per cent. The social shams that obtain greatly disgusts l\im. Nor can he understand why all denominations can not at any and all times, whole-heartedly come together, and together act, to put over a program for our blessed Lord. If great hurrah and the loved sonorotls blatancy of a gentleman mule | constitute oratory/ t^en Dr. Graine^, * Hal _ tf u- = f, DECEMBER It .1932 V A. Graine Bethel Church s 110 orator. But if, eloquence, in ho delivery of a discourse, consist if unmistakable earnestness, a well nodulated voice, capable of expressng, and expressing, vehemently, the mining zeal to get the message ade[uately acrqss, then Br. Graine is ranscendantly eloquentlie...believes rery -Httle iii' ahd i?-conceriied far ess about, the- "heard a voice and >a\v no man" brand of religion: But le does believe with all his soul that full salvation for any one and every me, is only through belief in, and ?...vi><.nvu tn-LciJiuucu 01 me ideals md ethics of J.ho Christ. And every lennon he preaches has for its aim he magnifying of some ideals and ithic-5 of the Master. As he sees it, te daily practices of such ideals ana thics is what Christ meant when lie aid: "Follow Me!'^ And, believe it,r nut, ~ there* can?be-- no--real Chrisianity only if, and where, such prac* ice obtains. It is possible to follow nother course. It can lead, howcm .ini\* i? < i, 11 i i ...I inn ii.,r ccording to knowledge." iirieJly, hese statements furnish the subtahce of, and leasotis lor, Dr. (ruble's pfeaching. in lormer pastorates he has h,au > collie through. witii". elephantine tiah-ial burdens. "Thi* records show hat he ever successfully came thru, lis method, in coming tliruwith it,' as been on the principle that? Diseases desperate grown,' !y desperate, appliances arc relieved, r hot" at all." Accordingly, since Bethel c.hurch i -u point, most- otrutcgetic ?among hie A. M. E. communicants in Smitn arolina and since that denominaion lias ever stood for "no step backward vin , Negrd eti'ot t and achievement," thp realization is fast dawnug that, at all cost of effort," Bethel iust be rescued and- given the point f vantage she' ought occupy. .'To cconiplis'h this "consummation se QVOtniy.to be wished for," Dr. Grainc as_U>- Columbia come. And be?rt~ nown of all men, his method of proedure will be "By desperate applir nces,. pr not at all." Nor does he rttend to spend any time "in resting ront labors unpetformed." Three things,, better than all other bat may be written, will make nown the man. Tht*y are (1) What >r. Graino said to a lady who is a teniber of Bethel; (2) What Dr. iraine said to a lady who is a m>'m er ot Z1011 Baptist church; ami 3) What Bishop If. B, I'aiks, senior jshop of the; A,.M. E. Church, said, o Dr. Craine. They are related as ollows: -1st?A .-..lady, a member of Bethel, aid to Dr. Graine: "Pastor, I have rranged to have you at supper 'hursday. 1 will never forgive you, f you allow anything to prevent our coming." To her Dr. Graine eplied: "My dear daughter: "Frankid'ss compels me to make it known lid, as soon as I can, have it thoruglriy understood, .and really believd, that I did not come to Columbia o felicitate my stomach but to liquilate the indebtedness of Bethel. I Jiall visit my members, of course, /ut wisdom dictates tha' my visit he trictly pastoral rather than lavishly Castronomical. When it is undertood that the pastor, in his call, ex>ects and desires nothing more than 'a feast of reason and a flow of soul" he poorer members will not dre.ad to lave him come, f shall not only vist all my members but,,, v hen I am my pastoral visi's, I shall want hat my members should sometime ake me to call on sorild of their 'riends who do not belong to Bethel." 2nd?A lady who is a member of ?ion Baptist church said to Dr. Graine I'C. you ougnt never nave leit tn(> Baptist church ami become a Metholist." To her, Dr. Graine replied: 'My dear sister: "It is unfortupa'e, out nevertheless true, that we colored oetfple, have put churchanity so far oeyond Christianity that Christ is not receiving rightful consideration imong his own. For the conversion >f son+w and the betterment of the jeople, generally, my?labors?in Coumbia shall be unstintedly given. tV'hat more could I do, were I pastor ng some other church, here? it s, I am ^determined ^t,o render pasoral service in churches other than Bethel." ?3rd.?What IBishop Parks said to lim in a letter is as fol 1 ows: CaklanH, Cal., "Nov. 28, 1932, Rev. C. A. Graine, * ... Ft. Wayn*>, birty-?" CFIHWI1? Your favor of the 23rd insti, reached me today and. I must confess I ivas greatly surprised to know that /ou had decided to go-to.'South Carolina. I do not know when in my ulministration I have been asked to ?ive a transfer that 1 regret to give oiore than I regret giving you. Your dea of the ministry and particularly :he pastorate is m.y ideal and I had Taped to he t'he recipient of the bea'eficient effects of the life you had let loose ufoon the people of the 4th District. * I fully realize the forcefulness of the reason you assign for selecting ?-wawier.-climate in the interest of Ee&iie <v : \ v . " ~ PKIC Atlanta Univerj Affiliates FILLY ACCREDITED BY SOl l HERN ASSO'N. OF COLLEGES MEI ALL ASSO'N. STANDARD^ Atlanta, (la., Doc; IS?Atlanta L*^ niversity and its alfiliated -Colleges, Mor' lu/jsii and Spelman-, have just reee i yed Jroin _iiMg^iuthi^--?^ht-Ta": Hon of (olk-ffPs- and "Secondary School.* a ('lass "A" ja'ting, which puts OVem on a scholastic parity with tlie. l^'st colleges of tile land. Thjs ru'ing was accorded at the recent niec-Uiijr of thy Southern Association" in New. Oileans, on the ha-' sis of a careful stuiy of the equip ' " 1 ? " I I T ? * H ^L i I > annual meeting la?t week the Texas S|:ate 'Teachers' Association, while, invited the Slate Association of Colored Teachers to take charge of-its concluding program, cfome out in large numbers to heat-, and gave the colored speakers and singers a great ovation. The meeting, ttke the other [sessions of the Association, was held in the Kirs' Baptist JCJtUrch, which: was pa.kej wjth an appreciative audience. , Able addresses, setting forth theideals and needs of Negro education -in Texas, were delivered by Prof. R. T. Tatum, executive secretary , of the, Cqluryfl Teachers' Association, and Prof. W. R. banks, president of the Prairie Vie\y Normal, State College for Negroes. A number of well rendered musical selections, solos, <ytartets, and ivr'i- f- with gTi at Ir i 11 joyed. Members of the white Association who arranged for this feature of 'he program were enthusiastic about the results. d'A splendid prograni," "an. unqualified success," "stirring aupl effective "atldresses," "immense audience,"' "fine impressions "wade," were some .of the phrases by which they described it. The occasion was felt to be significant as indicating and strengthening a fine sense of sympathy ani cooperation between the two , Associations. SOl'TII ATLANTIC CONFERKXCE TO HOI.I) ANN I'A L MEETING AT -AAV A?i?i All .C A I I IIDAV Columbia, S. C.?The regular annual meeting of the Sou'h Atlantic Athletic Conference will meet in Sa-. vannah Saturday, December 17 at 10 A. M., according to announcement^ from tVie'secretary aiid prescient offices. Representatives from 11 schools of South Carolina and Georgia are } expected at the session which will be held at Georgia Stale Industrial College. Schools that are members Allen University. Benedict Colleger Claflin College, Paine College^ Geor; gia State College, S. C. State College, Harbison College, Morrisf~Ct.il. lege, Voorhees Institute;?IrajWrtTekr Institute and Haines Institute. your son's" health, and feel that in so 'doing you have acted wisely; in so doing however had known before u you had eboson- ft freW," TTiT"Ttcop"Inn"" actuated nie To lia^'at Yeast sug gested California; and I am of the opinion that I lhi^ht have been able to have hat! you considered for -a very splendid charge in the California Conference. That however is past. I do not know an available man who will fit the splendid people at ' Ft. Wayne. I am very anxious for their interests. Enclosed j.ou will t find a Transfer as per your request. Wishing to he remembered very tenI derly to the Madam and Junior, I- am, ' Yours in His Mamc, ! H. B. PARKS, P. S.?If the time should ever come flwhen I can be of any service to you ' 11 beg that you command me,, - , 5 t 5 + ' * .: { * *" fcy FIVE CKNTS mm COPY. sity and Rated Class 'A' Wins Scholarship jwfft? tvht'n" iinsm' . mi hi- home. lie was, funeral izihl. Peeombcr 4 '? ' j a.i Mt. Zion- A. M. K. Church. The 1'uncval program; First hymn lined , by Rev.- .h-S-rCo-oT yvrarerby Miv.J: " Wilds; Scripture lesson 00th Psalms hy Rev. w. P. Jones: second hymn hy Rev. A. P. Moore; Remarks by his class leader. Mr. T. J. Alston; .Sermon by Pastor, Rev. J. S. Coo, text I Cor.' lb:2?>: The .last, enemy that shall bo destroyed -is death. The : remains were placed in the "Union ? J cemetery. . . 1 He is survived by his \vrfet sister, brother, daughter, otheir ' reia- " jtives and, a host o-f ..friends, j v . - 13391