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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
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Jy
iature Judge
hepard *
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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.
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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. .
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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PRICE: TEN CENTO
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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
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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/
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