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I ? y jYOL. XXX.?NO. 29. ICC Hears Argumi state Travel-Jim ( WASHINGTON? (ANP ?Robert L. Carter, first assistant sistant special counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, argued the question of racial segre gation in interstate commerce commission. -The question under discussion was whether railroads and railroads terminals which segregate aim uiscrunmni j unst a person because of race violate the interstate commerce act. Arguments were centered a" , round a report proposed by ICC I examiner Howard Hosmer who has recommended that the commissi* 51 find that the practices of i segregation in railroad coaches j ami waiting room facilities sub- j ject Negro passengers . to "nn- ! reasonable disadvantage" in violation of the ICC act. Hosmer's report is the result . of a complaint filed with the ICC_on December 14, 1953 against 11 , railroads, the Richmond Terminal Railway company and t li e Union News Co., operator of the! eating facilities at the Hroad St., | Station in the Richmond termin- i ah "1 { ? The proposed report, calling < ing for the end of Jim' Crow in ; interstate travel, was m ado, public on November 174 1954. The ; report made, an exception to the i Richmond Terminal i company's I union station on the basis that the Union News company which j the station does not come under ?1 jurisdiction of the ICC. | The NAACP legal attorneys j filed exceptions to this 1 decision last January. These .attorneys ar-! gued that ICC does have jurisdiet i/\r* tn nrnViiKit im every?kind?+4- interstate com-mercer including?eating facilitiesmaintained on the property of an interstate carrier. Tbe Richmond Terminal Co., having a duty not to discriminate, may not avoid this duty merely by leasing its premises to a privaie concern, the attorneys asserted. Pointing out that Richmond The minal continues to identify waiting rooms and rest rooms with sigjis marked "colored" and "white," the XAACP attorneys argued that the ICC has jurisdiction to enforce an order prohibit-; ing such discrimination in both the news company and the termi-I lial company* 1 Charles P. Reynolds, attor-1 uey for the terminal company,' contends that the signs on the ! rest rooms and waiting rooms I regardless of race. Their attend- j ants have been instructed not ____ to interfere with passengers usage of tliese facilities! He further contended that colAnnual Young Peo To Meet At Bened \/i The Annual Young People's Christian Assembly, Sponsored by Benedict College and the Baptist; fVomen's Missionary Union of | South Carolina, .will convene ati ^Benedict College August The assembly to give young peoThe assembly attempts to give young people religious leadership training in Bible, Baptist Teachand Methods of teaching Religious Education, Young people beetween the ages of 15 and 20 years, representing churches from all over the state are expected to attend. They will attend classes in such - varied subjects as Baptist Portrine, Sunday School Methods, Citizenship Training, Daily Vacation Bible School, Christian Stewardship, and Friendship and Marriage.' A recre'aTtefral program wilt be provided including the use of Drew pool and park. The faculty will be made of sepecially trained individuals in the field of Re Hgious Education. The Reverend C. A. .Cherry will be director ?ofthe assembly. \ FARM GROUP LEAVES FOR MONTH S VISIT IN SOVIET UNION n group of Americans Agricultur i\l representatives left the United States last week for a 30 days visit to Russia, they said they , - -- ?V to 73 ?* < CO . ? ' C/2> ???????? *r ?L--.Against Interl\1 r Style ored people usually like t o 1> c together, therefore, these signs them to use the same facilities if they so desire. Carter contended that this theory is all wrong, even if it was correct that individuals of the same race like to be together, still everyone has the right to equal treatment. This is a personal" Tjght and cariiot be applied to any thing which affects a group. The ICC was also asked to reconsider the case of Sarah Keys in the light of the supreme court decision outlawing the "separate but equal" doctrine. The case involved a WAO who was arrested in Roanoke Rapids, N. C. in August 15)52 because she 1 cfused to move to the hack of a bus <ji which she was traveling. Miss Keys, then wearing t h e uniform of hy country, boarded enroute from Fort Dix where shewas stationed. Somewhere enroute, which brought her through Washington, she was asked,to move to the rear of the bus to make room for a white marine. When she refused, the driver decided t o chrjige buses in, Roanoke Rapids, N. C. All of the white passengers were transferred from one bus to the other, leaving Miss Keys behind When she reported this incident to local officers, she was charged with .^disorderly conduct, and arrested. Suit-was filed in the United States District court in Washing j - ? ; ^ grounds that the company had terminated bus service in that ! city. I The ease was then filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission and arguments presentison on May 12, 11)54. On September 30 of that year the case was dismissed. A si exception to the ICCs dismissal was filed by the NA ACP in conjunction wit Miss vey's pri vatc attorney's Julius W. Robert. son and Dovie Roundtrec, on Nov ' ember 1, 1054. | Frank Reeves, of the NAACP, summed up this argunjent with the contention that the issue i ji i this ease Is simply that the re, gulation of the bus company is a violation of the ICC act. The old argument of ''separate but equal* has been laid to rest by the Supreme Court Decision.* of May 17, 11)54 and May 31, 11)55, said Reeves. So "separate but equal" is not the argument, but the issue is whether a company is permitted to separate passengers ruder tluj act of the interstate commission. pie's Assembly ict College J hoped to plant "seeds of good| will" among Soviet Union farm| ers. Ampng the 12 dirt and soil ambassadors was Dean William E. Reed?oG-tbe North Garolina Agricultural ?|id Technical college, the only Negro in the group. Aside?from spreading goodwill Dean Reed saidr. he will "look for anything regarding racial problems in the Union. I)R. GORDON B. HANCOSK ME^'S DAY SPEAKER Men's Day will be observed Sunday .Inly .11, at the Lowndes Hill Baptist Church Greenville, S. C. The guest speaker will be Dr. Gordon B. Hancosk retired Dean of Theology of Virginia Union University Richmond Virginia. l)r. H. W.TX Stewart hn?r Jtrsrtr conr pleted a very commendable structure, and we are asking all our members and friends to come and worship with us on this day. ' Rupth P. Stewart, Rpt. '<JfMUFIES AS DISTRICT FIRE CHIEF * TOLEDO, Ohio (ANP)?R. 1>. Herron, one of the two Negro fire captains here, w#s among the 13 men of^lhat rank who qualified for the civil service eligibility list for promotion to district chief. Herron, a captain since December, 1954, was eighth on the^list. Kfje 3 COL I ' Why Support j NAACP Legal I Defense? ] BR, I' < BHHiHHHHHHHH by Judge J. Waites Waring U. S. District Judge (Retired) Noted for his decision in t h e I South Carolina primary cases i which gave Negroes the right t o < vote :;i the South Carolinu primaries and for his opinion favor- j Clarendon County school segre- | gation case. Appointed U. S. Dis- J trict Judge; Eastern District of South Carolinu b y^ President l'Vanklin 1). Roosevelt r.jid <iualified January 20, 1042. I The NAACP- Legal Defense and Educational Fund?is?seeking--| Financial moral and spiritual, siqrport from Americans of - good will who have the true interests of their country at heart. Why should we do this? * On May 17, 1054, the Supremo Court of the United States handcd down a historic decision in which, speaking for a unanimous Court, the Chief Justice declared j iiiitiI* svgicghiiuii in me pnoiic schools is violative of the rights' guaranteed to all of us by, the Constitution of the United States. The opinibn is crystal clear and sounds the death knell of all forms of racial segregation. And so it is our duty as true Americans to support all endeavors* to prevent evasion of this decision by the subversives who would adopt to cancel its effei^t^. These persons whoAvould break down the law of the land, as de- ~ clared by our highest Court, are mostly State officials i n the States of the Deep South which formed the nucleus ojL_Tbe Con- 1 -t federacy and nurtured the Ku " Klux Klan and other similar or- ganizations which endeavored to oppose the laws of the land and enforcement bf their own vicious " code of discrimination against minorities. I hey would set up|' their own brand of citizenship ' which gives t o them supremacy over their fellow citizens who are i of different skin color and racial ( ancestry, subjecting these people 1 to the status of second class cit- 1 izens and not protected by our 1 Constitution or laws. Since May 17th we can now class these ' white supremacists as law break- * ers and subversives; and we x must resist their efforts to hold (}i to the evil of racial segregat" ion. . > 1 It would seem that all free people nurtured in the American 1 way of life would realize t h e J simple fact that our Constitution and laws are color blind and v that racial and -religious bias 0 have no standing in our country, j But unfortunately there is a | large body of selfish and evil j. men who would retain the inequality of the laws which they t and their predecessors in office have decreed and on which they j j fatten in power and refuse their ; s fellow citizens true" equali'tyT"This" j must end. I But it will end only when the j ( right thinking people of our nat- l ^ ion awake to the injustice which j ^ has been practiced""and the deter- ? ruination of the oppressors top hold on to their power to contin- p ue to oppress. And this requires p that good citizenship with all p. their recources the people and or- 0 ganizations who are fighting for ? the cause of humanity and free- ^ dom. . ], It takes effort and money be- a cause the .opressors are entrench- jj ed in political office in many of c Continued on page 8 j ' ( Salmi UMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA ^ Allen University P Program Events In Newberry District Bishop Frank Madison Reid, President S. R. Higgins, leading on the Futuramie Caravan, will greet ministers and laymen of the Lam_ raster District led on by Presiding Elder Dr. O. C. Dunham, Sunday afternoon, July 24th at 3:30 at High Hill A. M. E. Church pastcred by Rev. W. S. Young. The Futuramie Drive in the lnterest of Allen University's program of renovation of historic Copjiin and Arnett Hall is gaining momentum as.it moves toward the "FESTIVAL" occasion on August 16th when the twenty Presiding Elder's, who are known as t-.h e directors of the Futuramie Drive, will make reports-It is hoped that the idea of securinir one thousand Jonoi? of $100 each which happens to he the desired,goal making possible the "Futuramic Scroll" o f jne thousand donors. Sunday night, July 24th, Dr. T. H. Addison, Presiding Elder o f the Newberry District, Ministers *nd Laymen will gather at Miller Chapel AME Church, Newberry, Chicago Urban Lei Executive Secretai CHICAdO: (ANP)?The Chicago Urban League, once the most powerful community force among Negroes in Chicago, hut now ridile with distention and strife, has hegun a huge six months reorganization program by: 1. Firing Executive Secretary Sidney Williams and 12 or 14 staff members. ? . \ suspending an operations and activities?until Jan. 1, 195G. The revamping of the Uiban league's program was recommended some weeks ago aft^r studying t.he report of a survey of the Chicago branch made by a representative of the national office in New York. The survey by the League's national office was "suggested" by the Chicago Community Fund, following allegations that'the league was fast becoming a "parasite"'on the community by not substantially fulfilling its purpose to South Side Negroes. ?According-to a number of leading League supporters?Some one time .leaders fn the organizationt.he firing of Secretary Williams came not as a shock but more as a sigh of relief. Williams, however, often accused of neglecting his office, was voted six months severance pay by the local Leaguc's board of Directors, headed, Severance pay, according to length of service, was also grants I ftthor -fivo/i nmnlAtm,. - ? ? vvi viitjiiujrcs. Two of the League's employes, Frayser T. Lane, public relations jirector, and Mrs. Odessa Cave Evans, administrative assistant, were retained for the six months jeriod during reorganization. Lane has been wit.h the organi:ation 33 years, five years longer! han' Mrs. Evans, who went to; York for the league in 1937. The' other omployes released by ) Odd Fellows Gram In Columbia Mond. The grand lodge of odd fellows vill meet in Colurhbift--iAugust 1-2 Lccording to statement ifrom E. R. .ewis, most noble grand Beulah odgo 2083. The executive board ngcts Monday afternoon at 4:0d Ciut the welcome' program with the"' iritorical contest will have its nectmg Monday night at Bethel VME Church, Taylor and Sumter treets, of which l)r. J. Arthur Iolmes W t.tm Mln'.oto. At a recently meeting held at Carpenters hall, Mrs. Gertrude Veils, most rioble Governor a 11 d rtrs. Carrie Mundle, right noble iovernor said plenty homes will e available for the visitors. For he past several years, under the ?adership of grand Master W. t\ ioulware of Spartanburg, the rder has taken on new life, in Tnion the order has almost ouble its membership and*in Goimbia hmong the new members re Dr. J. P. Rceder, who is now 1 London attending the Baptist Congress, Dr. W. H. Neal, presient of Trustee Board, Morris 1 etto t I ' . I, SATURDAY, JULY 2:i, 1955 lans Futuramic : 1 i Lancaster and s Sunday, July 24 | postered by Dr. I?. Coppin Butler, at which time Bishop Frank Ma- I liisoti Real will bring the message j and progress toward the (Joal of | Futuranjic Reports for this area j will be noted. Kneouraging -comments--are eons- *~ing from far and near as. it von- r| cerns the 'wonderful renovation g| program now under-way at Allcp- -B University; When the contractors I sliall have" completed the work at Coppin Hall, the entire interior I will be new and modernistic which I will represent as fine facilities for "B young tames as can be found every- i ^ whore. It wiH represent the investment of approximately $100,000. | p Among worthwhile contributions , C is to-be noted a gift from the; u South Carolina Electric and Gas tl Company of $250 given through c: the solicitation of Rev. Wallace p Crinnlin, .South Carolina through Is Dr. B. F. Sumpter, Pastor of <Mt. ti Zion, Charleston. Such gifts as these and many others will make ti possible ,a greater future for Allen In University. ' " In ague Fires ry and Staff the League, said Dr. Calloway, may reapply for positions with) the League .next year, after a i u } new-executive ^secretary has been jchosen. " j" 1 "Because of rapidly changing 1 conditions, "Dr. Calloway said," j "the Chicago Urban League must be put in'step with the times and 1 11 built up to a position of far i ()1 I irreuter influence in Chicago af- ! [fairs. ' ? ' J ^ "To do this, I am convinced, I calls for a clean break with some j of the policies and methods of the ( ; past, and a more effective pro- ' gram of action." Sale of the present headquar- n ters property, together with build- ? ing funds raised in 1952, will en- s< able t.he League to obtain a new t( home. The present property was . sold to the Chicago Land Clear-] ance Commission for an undis- j closed sum. ,. I t.ll ' Firing of staff members failed .. . tcj to raise a hugh a ripple in com? T? CC j munity opinion as did the anj nouncement that the League was ~ closing down offices for G months ... .. S1 to reorganize. ? ^ This was quite understandable i * i SI because it was the power of the ,.| Chicago Urban League in the late j 1920s and early 1930s, that plac- i ^ ed hundreds of thousands of Negroes in some of the same jobs , Ihejt. hold today. ? ed the piost powerful organlza- ^ non ior ;\egro rignts in (Jhicagojl It has been in more recent years, according to a League sur! vey, that t.he League openly sj started to move into controversial o) areas of activity?politics, crime-and began blowing ill-feeling throughout Chicago's industrial S( and economic circles. This, it is believed, was a primary factor in the Community t;. Fund's request for a survey by ni the national office. j J Lodge Meets ? ay, August 1st.? College and Dr. W. R. Bowman, C< presiding elder, Manning district T AME Church and others. L Arhong the grand officers are: Honorable G. W. Boldon, , Pis- A TrTct Grand Master, The Reverend lii H. C. Brfewer, District Demit v? R, Grand Master, The Reverend G. di Goings Daniels, District Grand be Recording Secretary.. Mrs_ Sadye D. Brewer, District Grand Secre- fo tary-Treasurer, Miss A. E. Brog- h> don, District Grand Most Noble ti< Governor, Mrs, Iola Jones, District Grand Right Noble Governor, Mrs. E. E. James, District Grand Prelate, Mrs. M. B. Ford, District G. C. Mrs. L. A. Cain, D. G. U. (De- (/ ceasedL Mrs. Hattie Jenkins, D. cr G. J. M., Mrs. A. L. Butler, Asst. on D. G. G. M., Mrs. V. R. Dixon, Dis- tie trict Qrand Worthy Recorder, Va Brother M^ Jr Perry, Dr Gr -Atttrr-" TF n'ey, The Reverend W. L. Wilson, tic Grand Director. Auditors?Brothers: J. E. Wil- or-, liams, R. J. Jackson, E. R. Lewis, Mrs. V. R. Dixon, Dr. J E. Beard, tai eabet :k<;es greater si; i?tout j OF X A AC 1" an i i - . ' *'a , >v\\ ?vs*j i Mis. Cordelia Greene JoTinson. i resident of the National Beauty I ulturist League, announced this e?k from her Jersey City offices") hat she will urge the NBCL to; r?ute a special department t o I romote greater supjiort of t h e [AACP among the nation's beau? cians. The. dynamic leader of the naon's beauty culturists said that er proposal to aid NAAC1' will i recommended to th,et League hen it meets in Washington, 1). C..! ugust 14-18, for it 30th annual i invention. ? !" TELLS OF KNOXVILLE'S CHANGING WAYS ?.. H By O. B. Taylor KNOXVILLK, Tnin.? <A\Ti ; "hile it is a Tact that Knoxville ! is long been a Southern city, fol ; wing- the well known pattern T>f4" m Crow, it is also tine t h a?filch'"patterns were never as) .Iw> ! ? ? ! ? ' vuunii ua tilt.- uveru^V i*il> ?. ' the section. It is interesting-to watch the rjisition of attitude and prac- ! ee, fromi .a segregated to a more > * less?integrated practice. It is ? >r example a far cry from the inner time when Negroes were emitted to visit Chilhowee Muicipal Park (including the zoo) nly on Thursdays, to the pre- j ?nt where they may g o on a n | ]ual basis with all others. Children as well as adults iu? rmingle in all the varied phase 1 ithdlitwi "Stmblajice of incident. 1 oncordSwhite County jiark, was \ ! ie scene last week of a mixed" I acher's picnic, carried out ac irding to plan. Mayor, Ceorge?U. Dempster, --1 iring a 15 minutes "on the. ^ lot" TV program, last week an- 1 cored questions on the racial is- j ie?which included, "Would you * ke for your children to sit i n 1 ass rooms with Negro child- ' >n?" ' "The House of Dempster, is , W'-ahidinoo till n-mnl Aivwom ins should be, and we are going > abide by this one' Was his anver?referring to the Supreme ( ourts' school decision. ; Dr. A. Henderson was re- 1 mtly admitted to full member- ; lip in Tlie Kjioxville Academy! ' medicine, as a Negro first, j ; 'any?Negroes are currently en-! . >1 led in the Summer graduate | | :hool of the University of Ten- ' > essee. St. Y^iry's (Catholic) j i ospital has several Negro girls ' ( iking the course in practical ursing; another first for this ty. " i A six millic'i dollar Municipal ospital is nearing completion ?re, "And there will be no seg- > igation in_.it," says o Mayor j empster. ON STRUCT $37,000 HEATING UNNELS AT BENNETT COLEC. 12 , ! GREENSBORO, N. C. (ANT)? j 57.000 system of heating tunnel nking up seven buildings on the i ennett college campus 'is sche-! iled for completion in Septem r. .Wal k, -uu . the walk--in ty pe- - . 6 *. ot 7 tunnels began last week j r>the George W. Kane Construe-i 3n Co., of Greensboro. ! ' I . SONORITY GIVES NA \(T , $1,000 ATLANTA CITY. N. J.? INP)?Delta Sigma Thctu Sor- ( ity, Inc. presented h check for 1 le thousand dollars to the Na- ( >nal Association for the Ad- J nconx-it of Colored People all e Association's recent conven- ~T >ri in Atlantic City. The money was given in mem- I y of the late Walter White, for j iny years the Executive Secre- > *y of the NAACP. v * Connectional Com Meeting AMEZ Ch ' . : i CiilC.UJO ILLINOIS?The opportunities foi:-Christian services! ami world will be thoroughly ex-j plored at the A.M.K. Zion Church' connectional council and board of; bishops meeting in Chicago, July J 28 through August 1. -?. Oft the* community level will be; reports of the general officers of; the denomination. While these' reports will he.presented on ^ na- ' tion-wide l>asisf th ey will reflect : the accomplishment of 3000 indi-' vidual churches and indicate the* work planned for the coining year. I On the national Lnvel \vill be ad-J dresses as those by Dr. William J. Trent, president; Livingstone Col-| lege, Salisbury, X. C., and by Dr. ! James W. Kichelhorger, secretary of t.he Christian education depart ment of the A. M. E. Church of Chicago. Dr. Trent w ill discuss, i "Zion in Education ? Her Lead- j orship and Institution in the! "New -Day" and Dr. Eichelberger ( will stpeak on "Racial and Relig-1 ious Integration in Educatro^." Worlil-wide Chnstran" service1 will involve around the A. M. E. |. Zion's ^endeavors ni the field mis-i sions." Rev. J. C. Hoggard, secre-1 missions, will clarify the church's j position i n his "Statement on I Zion's Missionary Status." Bishop ! Rnrmftn.l T T -- " ' ?uumcs ui me seventn ; episcopal district, will go a step further in his "Foreign Missions j apd the" Ecumenical Movement." Bishop William J. Wull of Chi- i ca.go. senior bishop.. of. the deno-__i representative appointed by the A.M.E. Zion Board of Bishops at i the recent executive meeting of I j the world Methodist Council in p Belfast, Ireland, will report on1 i World Methodism and-the ?part'j the A..M. E. Zion Church in that | movement. - i Highlighting the world-wide service, reports will be a comprehensive study of the African problem by. the Rev. A. A. Adjahoe of Westbury, N. Y. i la his address, "Our Ideals for j < Africa in the Present World Sit- , nation," Rev. Odjahoe will be able,] to make a very personalized re-' i port, for prior to his being ap- | pointed pastor of the Westbury A. i M. K. Zion Church, Rev Adjaihoe c served as a missionary in Africa^ was secured at Livingstone Col- i 1 ege. ? | 1 Conducting the conference ses- j ( dons will be newly elected chair- j c nan of the board of bishops, Wil- ' i liam C. Brown of Brooklvn v vJ He will be assisted b y Rishop ( lohn W.?Martin, retiring chair- t Texas Southern Un HOUSTON, Texas (ANP)?Dr | i Samuel Milton Nabrit, dean of 1 Atlanta university, was named ! i president of Texas Southern uni- 1 i versity last week, during a meet- 1 ing of the university's board of 1 i lirectors, ' j 'Nabrit succeeds Dr. R. O'Haralj l.anier who resigned June 8. Rea- j sons for Dr. Lanier's resignation . < resulted after he was: 1. Criticized for openly deseg- ; legation. ?? I ) 2. Allegedly causing dissention ! ? between members o f the 1 faculty. I i It was also charged that the \ Marian Anderson 1 Elks' 1955 Lovejoy . i WASHINGTON ?(ANT) Marion?Anrlwi Mn, world' renown "rorrj tralte,?lias been named recipient ' of the F.Iks4 1955 I.ovejoy award. Fhe award will be presented Aug. 22, as the highlights^of the Ffith jnnuhl convention of the Order in 1 Atlantic City, N. J. < The presentation will be made < luring a luncheon held at the At- < antic City High school. Elks i !?rand Exalted Ruler Robert H. < fackson and New Jersey's Gov. Robert B. Meyner, will be princi- l >al speakers al tTuT afTaTrT Established in 1949 at the San 1 Francisco convention, the Love- 1 oy award has been made each I 'ear since 1950 to the person ! vhrhtfi the awards committee se- e l PRICE: TEN CENTS icil and Bishops urch July 28th mail a n d host bishop, also by Bishop \V. J. Walls, senior bishop of -the hoard of bishops. Serving us host with Bishop Martin will be Rev. K. H. Collins Bee, pastor of the ' Martin Temple A. M. E. Zion Church,>%57.'51 South State St. Chicago, where delegates willjneet. Other bishops expected to be .present are Walter W. Slade of Charlotte. X. C.; Stephen LL SpottswoOd bf Memphis, Tenn.*; William T. Stewart of Washington, 1). C.; Herbert B. Shaw of Wilmington, N.- C.; Hampton T. Medford, of Washington, D. C ; "and Daniel C. Pope of the Gold Coast, West Africa. Tlie board of bishops and the 4(50 delegates will he welcomed in u special program the evening of the 28th when Dr. W. A- Johnson WilL.extend greetings on behalf of the Chicago Interdenominational Ministers' Alliance; Dr. W. T. Beck will speak- for the A. M. E. Zion Alliance of Chicago and E. M. Graham for the board of trustees of Martin Temple Church. Worship .that evening , will be in charge of Rev. J. F. Dunn of Cincinnati and Rev. A. L. Fuller of Cleveland. Music will be the ~combined choirs of the host Church and "Chicago's Greater Walters A. M. E. Zion Church. The formal opening worship with communion will be conducted by the bishops the -.following morning. Reports of the general officers are scheduled throughout the remaining- days-of-the-conference, ?? f-erence. ? ? There will be a special public Sabbath day services. The morning worship will feature music by the host church choirs; the aftsrloon service, music by the Invin- 4 , the evening service music by t.ha combined choirs of the Chicago A, < I\r n * - lu. r.. zuon cnurcnes. The conference-^will _cJose with - > worship service Monday of Aug- v jstt 1st, at which Dr. Benjamin 2. Robeson, pastor of the Mother \.M.E. Zion Church, more than159 years old, will preach. x-!ny iaw reet, cBra.ssc MiHiea The usual delegation, numberng some 300, will this year be inTeased by a number of Delegates vho plan to attend the Chicago ueeliiig' and theff, by special train jeing made up in that city< go to Los Angeles, Calif,, with delegatto the thirteenth quadrennial onvention of the Woman's Home ind Foreign Missionary Society M. E. Zion Church, August G :o 12 at the First A. M. E. Zion Lhurch, I Los .Angeles. med Prexy Of iversity jniversify's academic standing lad depreciated and its quality of instruction changed from "failry adequate" to "poor." Under Dr. Lanier's administration, the university, some time ago, was blamed for "selling" credits to students. Dr. Nabrit's appointment becomes effective Sept. 1. A professor of biology for .10 years, Dr Nabrit was professor J and chairman of Atlanta -uni^er- 1 ?ity's Department- -of Biology for J 2.1 years. In 1947 he was appoint- # ?d dean of the university's Grad- f ? TSte School of Arts and Sciences, f q o Receive * Award lects as "having made an out ?T5TRfing~c ontrihu t i o n in the field of race relations." Miss Ander* scfi was selected because "through thy years, she has been in thefront lines conquering: segregation through her gentle approach >f the arts and the establishment if the Marian Anderson Awards ^ ommitfcee which grants scholarihips to youfig aspiring singers if all races, creeds and colors." Other outstanding American eH pi en t^ot?the ^ward inrlnda. 1950: Gov. Alfred Driscell; 951, Dr. Ralph Bunche; 1952, Iranch Rickey; J053, the late Dr. dary McLeod Bethune; and 1954, ^AACP's Atty. Thurgood Marshall. *j