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Bronzer t , }?; 7~ '* . ; r .. 1 . _ VOL. Xlt?NO. 49. ? ; pr Kilpatrick . _.' Greenville Greenvillp Nov. 29?It i? a rare privilege to secure Dr. W. II. Kilpatrick, specialist irr Education and ' responsible for new ideas regard-_ ing education who wili speak to Greenville County Teachers association, December 4, 1937 at the Sterling1 Hip"h school. The Prcsi? -? dent Cuvk ,lftis iSodOd invitations to the state to h. prpgont, ~ ' The meeting willR m. an Dr. Kilpatrick yill -have only a few hours with the group. If your " invitation has nn-? been received _ . '"kindly have throa members of your local association to be present. , 'Much reference is made regard -ing. Dr. Kilpatrick in the Elementary school manual series. Bulletin - D- -Qtt-pttgo .'id Pi'.?K.1."V.? thick's four types of purposeful >-etivfties are-1 given.-' Mmy \vho h.iva done advanced work know afn~through such texts as "Democracy in a Changing World", "Foundation of Lexington County j'Teachers Institute ! 'i' - f' Tho I.gx Mgton County?Teach- , Cm' inmitttte?was- h- Id t PVe'mber 19-20, 1937 at the taxing' -n grad~ ed acli lol.Texnne-Ton, "S7~C."~ Each moi v>ing tlio general session? began i t 9:30 </'cloc - and the j eral theme of the instifi_Le_5ixs- as ) follows: J' l ne Place of ar Activity j Program in the Classroom". ? Man/ stcte and epunty educa tors c/me to Lexingtjpn t,. take a part n pr grain. FiuP>v during the general assembly, Mr*. Francis Georee. attendance teacher of Lexin- ,;n county adre-scd the tea ahers Sho stressed th imporfa nee of getting children ir school from so doing. ^ Our guest speaker, Pft f, C. A. _ Johnson, supervisor cf Columbia city schools addressed the touchers on the folhving subject* "Char- ( ? acter-Trtnu/'.g1:?!~fn C.scd The I' importance of training children j how to conduct themsoivc-s in the | follow i.g ,.l?ces: up Vi strict*; v Public wOnveyancis; Public . eatinr places At ttre r^tatre. Church*; Schcol an 1 court;sy m general After each Topic !i id u?er .0 cpuSttuctivoy and imercstingiv Js. cussed Wo If as if Wo Han failed in tramng children to be * e good | Oklahoma Doc warn' * ' A ~:JDR. G. I. L" Who was installed recently as phy State" Hospital for Negro In ans, a received the appointnYent. Dr. Lyt and Harvard universities, was a ca drtrmrrlv jn feon in chief of the Tulsa Municipa ^ ^ ?cked for the post by the Oklaho ' " / ; ' lien Chi HS< - ' _ C?nr.l.? . i. jficgtks at i on Education Methods" ohd bulletins .issued by the Progressive Education Association of New York. ? Negro teachers should be greatly interesttd in such ? meet, because it is high time for them to study new systems in the light of improving classruuni ;)l'0WlUr6t 1 shall flpcrociftto the-gay when color'ed schools will begin to adopt" a new philosophy of education. promoting social betterment andCrmwfVl nnnn ./???/ *ii *? OUHmvo o* v" V" B 1 ^ W I ' VUIVUIVJ rather than pure invitation of a, cut, and dried program from somel ancient sch'.ol paper. The emancipation of our cause will come only through preparatkn from studying modern steps^Jn education. Let us prepare ourselves to improve : instruction in colored 'schools throughout the state, and then beyond a shadow of a doubt demands for better pay vrill be in evitabje. citizens. We .could listen. ' to this well planne-jiaddress agaii in the near futur^ We were nappy to have ^iiss Rebecca R director ( CTTBf* ka'"llMi VAiif! Adnnnla. trationof temps, prese.i: work b:ing arri d on at Can-;" Moore/ tilyh, T C , lucutLj In nrfftrr count/ Mrs. Ssra Cci of ctyk ?iso outlined her work' t ihe grnpp We were nappy to gain rh.p >? formation g'vcn bv these t ro n'|ii uMiiliUi rs r f this great movement. Other visitors present we?e-Rev. J O. :r. unions, pastor .'of Lexington; f,Tr?j I/ilsie F. Jenkins, county sir r-rv-sor of Richla-d c unty. Coiumbn; Mrs. Maggie M. Murray, .Tea ies teach-. ir ox i.ag2.ieiu county ? . j 'i;t. Seymovr noil, Colvid*ia. ?Tho pro^p?meetings jlo!1o\ cj *:he geoc ra. assembly. Til' I'M', vmediate grox p?Social Sc.once Activities in tT e Elementary grades was gondux.d. by Mrs._A -ggie M Murray. Mrs. Murray certainly planne I an interesting activity in cotton. Th interest ano er.ti.uMasm "'manifested by teachers was obviou'1 Vt hope M'S. Murray will cme to us agai" icon. Miss Man ha P. Wright conducted a seminar on the f- il'owing: schedu'e, assignments a- 0 lessen procedures. Miss Wrigh* conduct ed this seminar from tli-j various observation- she made d ing her class i\om i'sits. We a e hoping (Continued on Page 8) s tor Gets Post *1I ^i|H A-'I ; JBL JS ifTHCOTT sician In charge at the Oklahoma it Taft, oeing the second time he hcott, a graduate of both Boston ptain dur'ng the World' War, and the Tulsa school system, Hiitl "111'il Hospital No. 2. The doctor was ma State Medical Society.?(C) i w irityca ! Jhtl COLUMBIA | Mayoralty Campaign of New York City ~ By BA^IEtr^WOODS General Manager, Woodside Hotel 2424 Seventh Avenue, New York City. The re-election of Mayor P.. H. LaGuardia, -end the entireFusion ticket November 2nd, marks the close of one of the hottest political battles waged in New York - City, sinoo tho days t/f Ton. Tweed The~~PglVi6cratic 'party split in two wings for the Primary, Sep. tcmber 16th, with Tammany Hall -j-supporting U. S. Senator Royal S. Copeland and the Independent /Machine supporting Judge JereTniah T.~Mahoney for Mayor, the jhqice bf whom would be the canI mdhte for the general election November 2nd, against Mayor F. candidate, endorsed by the Indemvwlnnf : : ? it-- o - 1 alty, because Mayor LaGuardia had demonstrated to the. Negroes of New York City that he played no favorites to race, qolor or religion. He appointed more Ne<* (Continued on Page 8) SIDNEY PARK CITURCH NEW PASTOR TO PREACH SUNDAY y The *"!outn Carolina am ual conference of the C. M. E. church which met ft Sidney Park church last week tmd "was presided oyer Chicago, IP , closed Sunday nite I with the reading of the assign- I merits. The conference reported . fine hundred percent on all claims. | The Sunoay morning message was delivered by the R* \N. H. Humphreys of Los Angeles, Cal., who" is assigned to Sidney Park as pastor. The ?ev T. J. Douglass who has been pastor of Sidney Park for two years goes to Israe. Chapel church at Greenville, S. C. Rev. Humphreys come to Sidney Park t/g pastor after ha^ ,ng served Phdlip Temple C. M. ?. church at Los Angtlcp, Cal., for the past eight years. He is a wonderful | preacher. The officers and members of Sidney Park church has cxtendeX an invitation to the public to hear Rev,. Humphrey#. fvuuciiii x lujjicsaives, ine .socialists, the Laborand Republican parties, *with the slogan by all parties for good government. One 'advocated by thfc machine?, the other on th" rnenrH r>f Mnynr Guardia. the 'Fusion candidate 4 years ego. ' I "Tlie Fusion" Partv with Mayor' _ *VV LaGuardia won~"by~The most sweep jng* majority -even mfefl~TlD^TrThe~ history of New York City, with 2,223,007 voting citizens .of this c\ldest preserve machine politics, gave LaCuarriiq 45^,4^3 lead?frvethis Democratic opponent Judge Jeremiah Mahono.v, an^l not?otrty decided to keep the Tammany Tiger caged, but to triple padlock him with the election of a Fusion majority for the Board of Esti. mate and Thomas E, Dewey, special racket prosecuting attorney of New York County on his anti-Tam many rpenrd of smashing tVin nlli anc? between crime and politics. The outcome was a complete repudiation at the ballot boxes of the old hard-bittern system, and was hailed in all independent qnnr. . tars here^ as opening way to reyolutiunary peegress- in" the rrian-" agement of American cities. i Four years ago Mayor LaGuai* dia was elected Mayor by a majority due to a division in the local Democratic vote; this year h? becomes a majority elected mayor in his own tight, the first t.o be so elected in the history ol the city, re-elected on the "Re. > k form ' Tradition." The Mayor owes tKe vote which gave- him this majority to _t_h _e American Labor party which polled 462 451 votes, thereDv winning for itstlf 'he balance of- power in New Ycrk.City and Stat..-politics. The Negro vote of all parties piled up almost solidly for the Mayor. They set aside party loy II TOW III AUD11 mcft( -v N V SOUTH CAROLINA, SATUR Nat'l. Medical Asso'n. IxT Meet at Hampton ' The National Medical Association will hold its regular Annual Session in August 15-11, 1638 at Hampton, Va. President. Dr^ Xi, M. Hill of Atlanta, ~"Oa", Ts launch-ing a Campaign Drive for one thousand paid up members for 1938 He is expecting tfce Dental Men, the Pharmacists, and the -Medical Men of 3uulli Carolina to" report?tOO per oentr ^ Dr.-L. W. Long of Union, 3 C. is a member of the Commission on Medical Educaton and Hospiti zatlon. Dr. A. B. Johnson of Columbia, S C is Chairman of the Commission on Pediatrics. The. National MnHipol A tion was the fir^t .official organization to pledge its assistance to the current campalgn-agamst ven- : ercal diseases, being staged by the government under the supervision of Dr. Thomas S. Parfen, Surgeon Genefal. __This step placed our organization in the front ranks, for service to humanity. II. L. Perry? Science n.t.i rtniun iijgii'In'dealing wtth~ybiirg minds I J, find they are not so mi eh recep- , tacles as *hey are instruments, j However, the average student of i high school age has to become, cog . nizant' of that fact. We often hear the statement. "That fc?'?hers did ^ not learn me anything",' which is ( only another way of sny.'rg that: . "The teacher did not lift the lid | from my chanium, poui in a suf- ) ficient amount of knowledge and i closed ?t up again". v 1 As a consequence, I believe we 1 should first of all-endeavor to impress the -student thai hi3 mind ~| ean and mrst become (^ dynamic. instrument. ?With, .this ic\a in his ? mind, the teacher shculd he- capa nie c/l presenting -the pteper stimulus at 'hfc proper tin-';, in the _ proper way. "r? i _ One-of thr things that the mem- ^ bcrs of our group shou'd constant- t ly be reminded of is that he has * to survive in an. unfixed state, or * become extinct. 8 t He must become acquainted with the methods of adaptation and cf manipulation. He must, adapt him c 3elT_to the descents of lire as well as to t.h'b f.-tiie planes of life. There tel' me that the'e was a Negro merchant who had built [ up a fine business in a ' certain i town, f-iid he was expecting com- c petition, ft came. It was -one of % a chai r, g': rtores?Pigley Wigley. it und"rsol.l him and got quite a t .number of r.is "old stano bys". s The first question to him was \ why? After much deliberation, t he coc'iltid d that it was in the name. Forthwith, he sert his son \ to'the blacksmith with instruc- < tions to have a sign painted "Pig- < ley Wigley"' ~ a Soon it appeared over his store front and presently the law came demanding that he take ijt down. He retorted "I have pigs and they wiggle too!" But he na i to dis- r card the sign. lie gave further * thought to the situation ai.d found ' that his hogs were poor co; they . ^ wogghd. He sent his fc.rn back' 1 to- have painted as a sign "Hog- 1 ley Wogley' His business status* was regained because of his hav- Is ing had an instrumental mind. c Let i.s as teachers first endeav- ' ' on' to prove to our students that * hey aro responsible for n ore than ( a passing grade of 70 if they are ' to survive 8 period of chaos. c H. L. Perry. 1 TEACHEFS BULLETIN READY '-?FOR MAILING r ~ V mt?ZjZZl ' ~ ~ The Teachers Bulletin, official organ of the Palmetto State Teachers Association is just off the press, end will be u.ailed to Presidents cf the County Association.* in time for their meeting December 21, according to a statement frow? Prof. John -P. Burges?, Executive--Secretary of the Association. L NSH1P XDRIUM t ?ta DAY, DECEMBER 4, 193.7^ 7 ? ? ,, JMrs. Sallie M. Prestoi .) iLaid lu Real " Mrs. gallic M. Preston departei this Ufe, Friday morning, Nov. 2( 1937 :a*V3:45 o'clock at the homi of hfir. youngest daughter Mrs Satire1 .Preston Jacobs, 13J.0 Lyor street. . i?-? Mrs. Preston was an ol<Ljeitizeri of South Carolina and had ' lived in Columbia for a number o f years. She was loved and respected by all who knew her, and her almost sudden death was indeed a shock, although her health having failed almost three years ago. Mrs. Preston kept up well, considering, until in May she took to the bed;--at that -time she staycch ^siclc until August. From that time she has kept up well until nine days before her death. leaves to mourn hrr loss five children, ten grand-children, two sisters, one brother and a host of relatives and friends. It's earthly loss, but heavenly v gain, Sleep on dear loved one, sleep on; Prof. Myers Delegate ?I. M. A. M.vein, of-CrdtTThbm, M C., has been appointed delegate to the Conference held by th? Farm SecufTty~~Administrntion, Dene, lament of Agriculture, Wash1sjTftbn7 TU ~ n /? ' iin,- v."iiierence convcnca ninefhipty Wednesday niormn? and dosed Thnrsdav nurht. Mr. Mvors joes as News Editor of The Pal-! motto Leader. lie will be amontr :he many press a?ents from all sarts the country called to get1 >nd release sreh information as he Government shall order releas?d. ??~ __ ? ? e- ' P^KKVTS PT'firi.n C f'OPFR ATF, W.TTff SrwOOT, TEVCIIEn - TO BETTER YQE'tTI By imolhy J: John*on Just abort 2 v.'ir; n<rr. 1 picked ip'my pen and wrote an article rhfeh on used" irony schiHn tcaoTv^r's o d^ soirrf deep thiriki y"T'n? < school Teacher As A Citizen", dow its "F< rents Shoul; Cooperite W h School Teacher To Biter Yo ith". First I must say 1 am the fath-1 n of two faoyst F)ay day I "STTy c-htMrrtl^ are sc~n? Fo our I chcols, both high school and- colege to better living condition anong cur race, socially, cducntionil),yf -"lipri "islv and n litically. rime after time I have Ward this 'Ommoti expression fcmrt'p our 1 *roup: "I wll be glad when school mens so I can get son.r rest". Well wnat : re ths schio' teach.rs laying ? Heaven only ki ows. If ve as" parents don't coopetate with he school teachers' who vili? When the parents ct operate vith the teachers, ?e v/ill see less rrime amoi.g oa.i group; better :hurchos,, school, communities ind yc ith will be better. IN APPRECIATION The boar-i of manager.ent, the nai\|g?r,, a ad inmates oi the Jagjers' OM Folk Home wish, to ex>i'e?s thei. rir.cere thanks to the following f: icnlls arieF "fu nis fcT he contnb.nons which they have nade dur i.'g. the Thar ksgiving icho'ol, Prof. J. A. Simmers, prin;ipal; Waverly school, P-if. W.A. Perry, principal; Levy sc'.od," Mi?s j. Jackson, head teacher; Gilbert ^hap-; school", Mrs. JuaHta She od; fftnediit Kindergarten school Mrs. Wilhelnina Madden; Beredict :ollege Dr J. J Starks, presidentf.M. and Y. WC A of Ben-diet col ego; oion Mm.lay school. Mr Tayor; Second Calvary Fuipit Aid :lub Mrs. Green, president: YMCA (\vhjLe) Sumter Street; Tri-r.ity 'Ipisco*'; al church, (white,; Mayor )wcns," citv; City Ice I- nel comiai^y, city; Methodist church, (white);' Bynum Grocery store, white); Home Store, (white); A1 en Brother.* Flour Mil' (white) <irklaud Flour Mi. ; Fionch club y.~t.tttb;-Unioi JaptisCchurch. Faithfullv vours. L. M. MAULD1N, Mgr. W - Uecembi i)er Fund for Locc ! ' ? ! Bronzemcn have set aside the | a nile of December 13th to end theii a ?! Charity Funds Drive for the year of 1937. The end will take plact a i at the Township Auditorium with f I 11 1-2 hours of dancing and a e chance to win throe prizes Tick, ja _ t't*? qrfi on gnlft nrmr, Yr.^ mny get" "SI . your Advance Tickets?from?Tho?v mas Drug Store, corner Tayloi si I and Harden; Bantzler Bros. Shoe h; i Shop, 2379 Gervais; Oak Street h; Drug" Store, cofner Oak and Ger vais; Green Le.af Cafe, 1117 Wash -029 Taylor St. Advance tick w 10c; at door 55c. ' - . n< Trade with the following met- s* chants and* receive coupons: Jack- Cl ion Grocery Store, Millwood and ^ Gervais; Wavcrly Service Station er corner, Taylor, and Pine; Waver iy snoe Hospital, 1128 Harden; se Dr. L. H. -Hall'man, 2369 1-2 Ger- ^ v'ais; Ehielcen Beauty Shop, 2029 00 Taylor street, up stairj^-^College u' Inn, 1009 Harden; Thomas llrug w< Storey-Dr.ntzler Bros.; Star Laun"^ _cj;v. l8flL..Taylor; flolnmhia T.aun--SS dry; Sunshine Store, corner Ger-jls vais and Harden;?Ben?Coleman Grocery, 2330?Qcry'a'is; Quality "fni Cleaners, Y. M. C. A. Building; W( Paul & ~Ma?friall Dry Cleaners mj and Rethea Barber Shop. Many Pr I ethers have supported the Bronze- ev men Fund. Read?The Leader next 's week. ' TTU The Drive is being given for tht an benefit of Jaggers Old Folk Homt^ Wilkinson Home and to purchase baskets for the poor. There will b^, many homes dur. ing the Christmas holidays with- ^.e out food and fuel. Some old and!0'* young unable to go. Why not m -think of thcm"oYice a year and ' e' make them han?y. Our good fortunes always M\\t weigh our' misfortune and should find it m? ~sr> it- we only aequire the habit " be r i ng OnriJ;rTrootlnCss~tbJ us, as .well as the disappointment' Musical Extravaganza Ci To Be Presented Hy I. M. A, Myvi pr ?With?dar.y rehearsals -f?p.m. [Cil at Allen university, the Susie L. j Flippo- Ca-oli: a Drama Season j \ shapes up ae a fuletid* season , _ . , ur< arrival pn; ably late oi> the uni-. sei wrsitvs st. go it-tor luu i reviews ' pa by tvo At..- tic Society of Colum^., to 5Ta7 S. C. . " ;th( j of As a prologue hfatliaiiial liar- le* ringtrn'v nusical extra aganza off "Lost W e !'orgct". will be present- rr' PN cd, w ;'p has eollaborf'ted_with J, Voble Sissie, America's eelebrat- ,01 dui ed orchestra leader and romposer. . Ilarrine.to-n v hcther for perfo'rm-1 ^nce ot nis i^ys ior large cr small groups, a 7.-uys f -pervis es their production caref *!iv, and is con- j. sidered quA; a-i author'vy at casting ckver nrtfsts ~*Toodless to Lr fay tV y uft always is distin- inj Ttiish^*. I7e spares no expense Tie and is mid }c dope not need to. for On Mmo. Clipper, playwright end wife sis of Bishop J. S. Flipper it is un- sit d'orstood is.backing the c'nmatist'l Mi work in Soi th Carolina. Be that Mi as-it n ay, ' Lost Wo Forget" will Mr the-things that must be seen by th( those.of high church ant society. 10I An air t/f southern beauty will predominate, for the producer has J outdone himself in providing beau fra tiful Costumes and bac'gruonds. Among the- debutantes and coeds and yo'ng men of Society cast for ^rl Columbia's premiere are Misses _ Mary Agne ^Harper, Bert'ce Paul' ,n Delia Miller, Berniee Mavt'n, Ur- a" sel N,-i?on, Myrtle Mc'itley, Ethel c^' and Esther'' Simmons xdeanelte ua] Lyles, Mar" Holloway, Tipelma hoi Brown, Lilian Thompson Frances Ha Morris Be/ih^ Boone, Pevry Sea- to hiooks, Clarice Bown, HVtie Bur- thf gess, Cleot-iedra Wilson; Messrs sta Warner Bu wn, Rcdeiirk Ross, dri Melton Lewis," Edgar ChappeJle, wii VVftltce Fl'^mAh, William Creche, ^ Edgar Thtnpson, John Milton, scr Earl FolliJay, Bill Arder Eugene lizt it 13th . " PRICE: 5 CENTS nnsnr Chanty d Institutions nd sorrows and afflictions which re fbr us all. It is a wonderful thing to b? ble to work, to be with your' riends on parties, to go wherever you wish without depending n at hare or to have some une Ul uppurl ybU. in having these ad. antages it is hard for you to con ider how others feel who don't ave them, unless you are one who as once been in need. ^ I am glad to say the members ' the Bronzemen have studied the ord CONTENTMENT, and are >w living up to it. We all should udy to be contented. We-must? iltivate the habit of being satisrd" with what we have atJ"pres?'? it and we should not worry about ose things which we do not pos. ss. Worry becaupe of things ey?did not possess haf made untless thousands mourn. Let i enjoy, what we have-and- not? arry about things which we do able our own lot may be there Nq-mattee ln'iw inia always some one whose?lot is ore?miserable?stilly?Worry kills ore peuple than work. In fact >rry unfits a man for work. The an who has learned the philosoy of being content in whatso. er state he is, is the man who and will be happy. There i? thing that casts so much blight d mildew upon ' life's fairest wers as discontent. Again, it would kelp us to keep eerful, \f we kept steadily enged in some work of usefulness t us go about seeking opnortu-? ;ies of doing good. Doing good dtcs?the?heart?healthy?and art health makes sunshine^ and ppine^ss and good cheer. If ?re ate any elubs would like to ike a contribution, please send tn on or before December 6th. BftONZEttENV" J, H. .Bell, Bus. Mgr. ity Council Donates $100 To Allen Univ ?? 1 ? ?' esident E. H. McGill, tyT J Prnci/lnni Hon. R. E. Abrams, City Treas?r, Columbia, S, C., has ju?4 it mo. a chrck for $100 made yable to Allen University and be?used /or the completion of ? gymnasium. As you are out the City thi<a wefk-end, I am vincr the voucher at your home ice and am al?o writing our ap^c'ntion to Mayor Owens and y Council. I am sure your ofe will 'respond with a letter in e timo. Most frhternallv vours, I. M. A; MYERS, ecutive Secretary of Allen Uni^verpitv Alumni Ass .nation, vembcr 27. wis, Lep.oy Jackson and Benni^,.Syr..riter, Lewis Dcwdy, nry Webl er, Layr'ette Bt-lk. Sam wdy M: is May me Scroi.an, astant Librarian at Allen iniver y, li ass-sting in. the easting; *. F. P. Abraham, head of tha isi: Department along with s; T. O. O'Daniol, of Chicago isicaT ccllcge ar. J in charge of s Music DTnartment oL Benedict lege arc directing the music. Directly cfter the musical, exivaganza "Lest We Forget" ne.,J Flipper's drama "Flying arks" will be presented. The ima isxre':Jgious and deals with jrc-i history. When prasentedf MeirtpV:. Tcnn., for the sea-*- icententi .il of the A. M. B. jrch the title tf'ris "The :SpiritI Flv?ng .Sparks of African Mctiism ", b, t after collaboration, rrinyton was given pex mission change the title, wilh the thut it .it will register in his native itp with the majority of church tma lovt-s. The rW deals th the N.gro struggle for reMu5 ffderff. n 1787~to It? prevt.contn rJtion to American citation th-.ough ufce church.