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Morehouse College Holds 68th Anniversary Exercises
Social Service Experts
Make Survey of
Pittsburg, Pa.
Pittsburgh, Pa., June 10 (ANP)
Sponsored by a citizens committee
of the Urban League of which R.
Templeton Smith, white, is chair
man, a social study of Pittsburgh
and Allegheny County is being
made.. It is directed by an ex
pert staff working under the lead
ership of Dr. Phillip Klein and is
being financed by the Buhl Founda
tion.
Parks, Playgrounds, old folks
homes, settlement houses, camps
and various other agencies are part
of the study. The report on The
organized to eare for the sick, has
been released. It was prepared
by Dr. Gertrude Sturges who had
the assistance of Dr. M. 0. House
field, former president of the Nat
ionl Medical Association.
This report shows that while
Negroes form 6.1 per cent of
Pittsburgh population, the. .m
8 percent of the hospital popula
tion. It points out that there are
nearly fifty physicians practicing
Galley G—
in Pittsburgh, but that only three
of them are in any way connected
with the 35 hospitals serving the
county. I -point* out the lack of
Negro pat nts in the tuberculo
sis hospitals and in hospitals de
voted to the care of chronic disease,
in the latter case because they are
refused admittance. The report
sets out a number of recommenda
tions, among them being:
1. That hospitals and sanatoria
admit Negro in-patients on the
same basis as any other patients in
need of care.
2. That all the tax-supported
hospitals recognize their responsi
bility to consider Negroes on ex
actly the same basis as any other
physicians, in making their staff
appointments.
3. That qualified Negro physi
cians be given the privilege om
treating their private patients in
hospitals, through memberships in
the organized courtesy staffs.
4. That opportunities be given
qualified Negro physicians to work
in patient departments of hospitals.
6. That opportunities for the
training of Negro Internes and Ne
gro nurses be provided by on* or
more hospitals.
Dr. Waring Pleased With
Visit to Piney Woods
By Dr. MARY F. WARING
President, National Association ol
Colored Women
During my visit to Mississippi
last fall, I happened upon one of
the most unique musical organiza
tions I have ever seen, a full brass
band of girls, from the ages of
nine years to eighteen, being taught
and directed by a woman who was
inspired to organize them by her
love of music and desire to help
“the poor girl who never had a
chance.” This was down in the
backwoods of Mississippi and in a
place called Piney Woods. I was
simply thrilled when I heard such
pieces as “Moonlight on the Nile,”
“Washington Post” and “New
White House” marches by John
_Phillip Sousa; and “Bright Star
Overture” played by these little
girls.
Immediately it came to my mind,
“What a wonderful inspiration it
would be, both to these little girls
and to our club women, to have this
band from Mississippi at our an
nual meeting in Cleveland.”
I am so filled with admiration
and the thought of helping these
girls that I am willing to give my
time and energy toward raising a
fund of $500 with which to buy
them some simple uniforms
and to bring them to Cleveland for
our annual convention. It would be
a fine tribute to our late co-work
er, Mrs. Lawrence C. Jones and oth
ers who have given their time and
energy for their education and in
the development of the Mississip
pi Federation and our group pro
jects in the South. We can help
them and they can help us even
more.
Redfern’s Dad
Is a Teacher in
Columbia, S.C.
Columbia, S. C., June 10—(AN
P)—It has just been discovered
that Dr. Frederick Redfern, a teach
er at Benedict college, Columbia,
S. C., is the father of Paul Red
fern, noted white American avia
tor, who disappeared eight years
ago, while on a flight over the jun
gles of South America. Redfern has
on several occasions, been report
ed as rescued by a tribe of natives
in the jungle, among whom he
lives and by whom he is regarded
as a “medicine man.” The latest
report was brought back two weeks
ago by Tom Roche, a German
American citizen, who claimed to
have talked to Redfern. The avia
tor’s wife lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
8-YEAR-OLD CHILD IS
VICTIM OF WILD DRIVER
Harold Dayis, 8 years old, who
lives at 4460 South Parkway, was
struck by a car driven by Clem
Barnes, 4338 Cottage Grove avenue,
early Friday evening as he stood
on the curb waiting to cross the
boulevard at 44th street. He was
rushed to the Provident hospital by
South Park Policeman Robert Mc
Kenny. His left leg was broker,
and his skull was fractured. Barnes
fled from the scene of the accident,
the police said.
Cast of Teeth
Causes Killer
to Be Caught
Jackson, Miss., June 10—(ANP)
—More than a year ago, the town
marshall at Grenada was killed by
one of two robbers. Deputies picked
up a partly eaten apple as the only
clue to the slayer. Plaster casts
were made of the marks of the
teeth in this apple and saved.
Last week, Everett Alsop was
taken into custody and the cast
of the teeth was tried on him. The
fit was perfect. After some grill
ing Alsop is said to have confessed
the crime and to have implicated
his brother Robert Alsop, now ser
ving a five-year term for burglary.
Professor at
Howard Wins
P. B. K. Key
Washington, June 10 (ANP)—
Fifteen years ago this June, Dean
Mays of the School of Religion of
Howard University graduated from
Bates College. The Bates Chap
ter of the Phi Beta Kappa calls
Dean Mays back June 14 to make
him a member of the Phi Beta
Kappa Society. Two other Ne
groes have been honored (after
graduation) by their Alma Mater
ip recognition of distinguished
achievement: John Hope of Atlan
ta University, the honor having
been conferred by Brown Universi
ty and David Jones of Bennett Col
lege who received the signal honor
from Wesleyan University in Con
neticut. Dean Mays has also been
notified by Bates College that he
has been elected to membership
in Delta Sigma Rho, the National
Forensic Society which, until this
wear, was closed to Negroes. While
at Bates, Dean Mays was an inter
collegiate debater, prize speaker.
Class Day Orator, and honor stu
dent.
Carolinians
to Get Park
Raleigh, N. C., June 10 (ANP) —
Plans being drafted for a munici
pal park for colored citizens here
on the site of the old Blind school,
were to have been completed last
week, according to the commission
:r of public works.
The plans call for recreation fa
cilities at the Negro park similar
Co those for whites at Pullen park,
chough on a smaller scale in accord
ance with the size of the colored
population.
The property chosen comprises
23 acres.
Civic leaders and social workers
jf both races have urged the pro
vision of recreational facilities for
Negroes.
RESIGNS EDITORSHIP
New York. June 10 (ANP) —
Ted Yates, well known columnist
arc! editor of The National Beauty
Jreator, a magazine for cosmeti
cians, announced this week that he
had resigned from the editorial di
rection of the beauty organ.
Babies Face Starvation; Mother Held
Tots Left in
Home 2 Days
Without Food
Knoxville, Tenn., June 10 (By
fohn H. Coffin for ANP)—A near
tragedy was uncovered at 1110 Cal
loway street last week. One wo
man is in the custody of local au
thorities and two young children
were discovered after being aban
doned for at least two days.
The mother of the children, a
Mrs. Thelma Johnson is alleged
to have left them in care of their
grandmother, who supposedly lock
ed up the house and left them alone
They were accidently discovered
in the house for at least two dayH
by neighbors who were alarmed
by the cries of the stranded chil
dren. Both the children were
boys, the younger one being only
five months old and the other about
three.
Mrs. Johnson is being held on
the charge of cruelty and neglect
of her baby. The younger boy
was sent to the Knoxville General
Hospital, while the older one is
being held at the Detention Home.
The case will be heard before the
Juvenile Judge soon.
Officers were summoned to the
scene by near-by residents who
were disturbed over the continual
cries of the children for a two-day
period. The officers after gaining
en.trance to the house found the
two hungry lads with no one to
care for them. After enough light
was shed on the situation, Mrs.
Johnson was found and placed in
custody. Neighbors were shock
ed over this near tragedy.
Talladega College Holds
67th Annual Commencement
Talladega, Ala., June 10 (ANP)
Amid the beauty of flowers and
■oft music, the graduating class of
1935 marched solemnly and happi
ly to historic Deforest Chapel, the
scene of the sixty-seventh com
mencement of Talladega college
Thursday. Preceded by the choir
thirty-three, took their accustomed
seats for the last time as students
of Talladega college and listened
with rapt interest to the inspiring
words of the Reverend Robert
Wood Coe, pastor of the Leyden
Congregational church of Brook
line, Mass.
Doctor Coe pointed out very viv
idly to the graduates the high way
and the low way of life and the im
portance to civilization of choos
ing the broad and difficult high
way. He drew from his rich ex
perience and from literature and
philosophy carefully delineated il
lustrations of the advantages of the
high way and the disadvantages of
the low way. He urged the grad
uates to cherish a “holy discontent”
but not to be rash in their judg
ment.
Seven students received the A.
B. degree with distinction: Sum
ma cum laude, Elizabeth Amanda
Bingham, Talladega, Ala., and
Charles Whitted Quick, Boston,
Mass.; Cum laude, Herman Hodge
Long, Birmingham, Ala.; Louvenia
Viola Michael, Rutherfordton, N.
C. ; Julius Augustus Moran, Tul
sa, Okla.; Robert Daniel Reid, Sel
ma, Ala.; George Jefferson Thom
as, Jr., Winston-Salem, N. C. The
degree of Mus. B. was granted to
Irene Jackson, Talladega, Ala., and
Ruth Cornelia Upshaw, Chicago,
Illinois.
Have you a room to rent? Then
advertise it in the Metroplitan
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est rates and reach the largest
number of persons
PHILLY HAS ONLY 300
COLORED TEACHERS
Philadelphia, June 10 (ANP) —
While it has a larger representa
tion than some northern cities,
there are but 300 colored teachers
out of the 7,386 in Philadelphia ac
cording to the Educational Equal
iey League here. None are em
ployed in the high school.
EIGHTEEN GRADUATE
Raleigh, N. C., June 10—Speak
ing here at the seventieth annual
commencement of Shaw Universi
ty last Tuesday afternoon, Dr. Jo
seph J. Rhodes, president of Bishop
college of Marshall, Texas, declar
ed that “The greatest need of the
world to-day, and every day, is a
MAN; a man fashioned after the
likeness and in the image of God, a
type of humanity possessed of a
cultured soul.
BISHOP ASKS FOR MEN
Sandford, Fla., June 10—Prof.
James Croons, nincinal of Groons
Academy of the city presented
with diplomas eighteen seniors who
completed their high school work
last Wednesday evening,
Home for Girls on West
Coast Wins Praise as
a Community Center
San Francisco, June 10 (ANP)
The Mme C. J. Walker Home for
Girls, 2066 Pine Street, the only
institution devoted to the welfare
of colored girls in San Francisco
has just closed another successful
year. Praise was showered upon
it this month when it appeared as
one of the agencies sponsored by
thse San Francisco Community
Chest organization, in the program
given on the occasion of the second
annual exhibit of those organiza
tions. The exhibit was under the
direction of the San Francisco
Junior Chamber of Commerce and
the Walker Girls Home was repre
sented by a singing trio. The other
colored organizations taking part
in the exhibit was the Booker T.
Washington Community Center.
Miss Margaret C. Walker, widely
known throughout Texas and the
Southwest, for her educational
work, particularly at Paul Quinn
College, is the executive secretary
of the Walker Home, which is nam
ed for the late Mme. C. J. Walker,
although its support has always
been derived from a board of ear
nest colored San Francisco women
until it was taken over and support
ed by the Community Chest. The
Board still conducts it.
The Home gave its Annual Fash
ion Show this year at the beautiful
War Memorial Building, one of the
city’s finest structures. A large
audience applauded the perfor
mances which was introduced by a
female chorus and ended by a mix
ed chorus. Numbers of soloists
and trios, fancy dances, including
an Indian pantomine dance, A Rus
sian number, and a "Little Bit of
Harlem” were featured. A chil
dren’s parade ended with a Tom
Thumb wedding. Styles for every
hour of the day from negligees,
pajamas, sports clothes, street cos
tumes, early afternoon, late after
noon, cocktail hour and evening
gowns were displayed. There were
corresponding models for men for
the same periods.
Until The Walker Home for
Girls was established, the problem
of the unattached colored girl in
San Francisco was fraught with
great peril. Now in a delightful
home atmosphere, girls find haven
which has been indeed a boon to
womanhood.
Among the officers are Mrs. Tu
lip Jones, Pres., Mrs. B. L. Tyrrel,
Mrs. Laura Davis, Mrs. Celia M.
Hughes, secretary, Mrs. Ethel
Crawford and Mrs. M. E. Morris.
Y.M.C.A. Leaders Plan
Meet at Wilberforce
New York, June 10—(ANP)—A
national conference of leaders in
the Young Women's Christian As
sociation will be held at Wilber
force university, Ohio, June 19-26.
The conference will bring together
secretaries and committee women
from all sections of the United
States to consider the common
problems of their work.
Mrs. Cordelia A. Winn of the
national staff, is executive of the
conference; Miss Marion Cuthbert,
also of the national staff, has been
responsible for program elements;
and Miss Viola T. Lewis of the Day
ton association, is registrar.
The phases of the work to be
stressed at the conference are the/
relation of the branch work to the
whole Association program and the
problems of administration that
grow out of the present relation
ships. Miss Frances Williams of
the Laboratory division of the na
tional board, will develop the theme
of the present racial situation
jut of which come the present prac
tices; while Mrs. Winn, Miss Vogt
and Miss Bowles will deal with the
problem of administration.
A third phase of the work to be
studied at the conference is the
program for older girls. Miss Ma
mie E. Davis, of the Association
in Philadelphia, will present this
program and Miss Elizabeth Ann
Neely, executive of the Leadership
division of the national board, will
develop the theories of group work
Other leaders and their topics
are:
Mrs. E. P. Roberts, national
board—“The Philosophy of the Y.
W. C. A. and the Problem of
Race.”
Mrs. H. C. Bryant, national
board—“Volunteer Problems.”
Mrs. E. R. Alexander, N. Y. as
sociation—“The Public Affairs
Program.”
Miss Ethel Cutler, national board
staff—“Religion and the Modern
Woman.”
Miss Lillian Espy, national board
staff—“Personnel Problems.”
Miss Elizabeth Ann Neely, exec
utive of the national board—“The
Social Work Conference at Mon
treal.”
Outside speakers who will ad
dress the conference are President
R. R. Wright of Wilberforce uni
versity; Miss Katherine Gardner,
of the Federal Council of Church
es, and Ralph Bullock, of the Young
Men’s Christian Association.
One father I know used to go
on long picnic hikes with his two
daughters. They always carried
two or three books instead of the
proverbial fishing pole. When the
children aPPeare(* to want to read,
they read, all of them, stretched
on a blanket beneath the shade of
some great tree. Sensitive to the
moods of the children, the father
would feel them out. When they
chose to talk books, they did, and
he guided their conversation so as
to stimulate imagination and
thought, even though the children
were not very old.
These chats never acquired the
pedantic attitude which would
have been disastrous to the whole
plan, for the father was wise
enough to respect his children’s
opinions, likes and dislikes. Some
times they did not open the books
at all. The plan under which this
man worked wbr especially bene
ficial, for one move toward coerc
ing the children to read would
have killed all the interest he had
worked so hard to cultivate.
One occasion revealing the depth
of his understanding of the
daughters, and the degree to
which he practiced psychology on
them occurred when he tried to
get them interested enough to read
Dickens’ “Tale of Two Cities.
For months the book had lain idly
by, though the parents sought to
attract attention to it by all the
little innuendoes and subterfuges
at their command. Tht first sever
al pages were dull reading, and so
neither of the children would
bother to see what was behind
them.
Having placed the copy apart
from the rest of the books in the
home, the father remarked one
day: “You kids seem to have been
doing more reading than usual
laaely. Have vou read everything'
in the house?" This brought on
recitals of books read, and those
still in the unread class. Later,
so naively, and so innocently, the
father remarked: “Those will all
make good reading. That is. all
of them except that ‘Tale of Two
Cities’. I don’t think vou are
ready for that yet. 1 want vou to
let it alone until you »<•» old
enough to understand it. That is
the one book in the house 1 don’t
want you kids to touch for a
while.”
He didn’t exact a promise, and
in a household conducted as theirs
was, he didn’t encourage di=ebedi
ence. (The children enjoyed the
confidence of their parents and
never thought of disobedience and
obedience as such—thev knew
right from wrong) =
The challenge flung to them
by their sire was a bitter dno„ for
the daughters. Trv as thev might,
they could not get interested in
Dickens’ masterpiece. But the
taunt that they were RA old
enough to understand it wn« suf
ficient to egg them on, they confes
sed one day when they were about
halfway through it, that they had
begun to read it. Their father, to
save his face, remarked that he
was sure they were having all
manner of difficulty. After that,
when they came to passages and
allusions which they did not un
derstand, they would ask the fath
er about them.
These were really lessons in
Dickens that the children were
taking, but they never realized
that. And when they had comple
od the work, the father had reaped
a three-fold benefit: he had in
creased the confidence and respect
the children had in his judgment;
he had opened new worlds to them
by Introducing them to a study
read plan that encouraged them to
tackle other more difficult books;
and he had increased their confi
dence in themselves and their in
nate abilities to grasp facts.
Parents like these are men and
women who build for themselves
spots in the hearts of the children.
They direct the activities of the
child, but do it with such delicate
finesse, and with such apparent
lack of restraint of the child’s
natural bent, that the child thinks
| that he is really responsible for
i his own development.
Texas School
Holds Its 53d
Graduation
Austin, Texas, June 10—(ANP)
—The 63rd commencement of Til
iotson college was observed on Sun
day and Monday. Dr. W. L. Cash,
pastor of Plymouth Congregational
church, Dallas, Texas, delivered the
stirring baccalaureate sermon on
the text: “As a man thinketh in
his heart, so is he.” Mrs. Jessie
Daniel Ames, of Atlanta, Ga., some
time chairman of the National In
ter-Racial commission, and a mem
ber of the Tillotson college board of
trustees, delivered a thoughtful
and moving commencement ad
dress. Mrs. Ames presented a keen
ly analytic, but tolerant criticism of
the modern home, the church and
the school. She then urged the
graduates to face the duty of mak
ing these institution serve the larg
er social need. She touchingly corh
mended to them the help they wil
get from real prayer and from the
faith of their fathers.
89 Graduate at
State College
in Virginia
Institute, W. Va. June 10 (ANP)
West Virginia State college con
ferred Baccalaureate degrees upon
89 members of he graduating class
a its fortieth annual commence
ment exercises Monday afternoon.
The commencement address was
delivered by Harry H. Pace, presi
dent of the Supreme Liberty Life
Insurance company, Chicago, 111.
In speaking to the graduates Mr.
Pace emphasized the need for men
and women of character and con
secration to face the social econo
mic, interracial, and international
problems that are eminent today.
“There must be individual and spir
itual recovery,” he said, “before
national recovery will come.”
E. L. Powell president of the Ne
gro Board of Education was offi
cial representative of the State
Board of Education at the exercises
and among the other distinguish
ed guests were Hon. Edgar Sims,
State Auditor and W. W. Sanders,
former State Supervisor of Negro
Schools.
Graduation honors were award
ed to four students. Magna Cum
Laude honors were conferred upon
Frank Jackson Wingfield of Nor
folk, W. Va.; and Cum Laude hon
ors were conferred upon Patsy
Adaline Graves, of Atlanta, Ga.;
Naomi Louise James, of Institute;
and Charles Raymond Merry, of
Covington, Ky.
Famous Georgia School
Confer Degrees on
Noted Churchmen
Atlanta, Ga., June 10 (By Jesse
O. Thomas for ANP)—At the six
ty-eighth Anniversary Exercises of
Morehouse College, the Degree of
Doctor of Law was conferred upon
Dr. Mordecai Johnson, of Howard
university, and the degree of Doc
tor of Divinity was conferred upon
Rev. Howard Washington Thurman
of the School of Religion, Howard
university, and Rev. James Buc
hanan Adams, pastor of the Col
ored Baptist church, Brooklyn,
New York.
This is in keeping with the po
sition taken and the attitude as
sumed by President John Hope and
maintained by his successor, Pres
ident S. H. Archer, toward More
ruse men. It is no accident that
a larger number of Morehouse
men are heads of important institu
tions of learning, of college level,
than is true of any other Negro
school. Two things Dr. Hope has
emphasized in the appreciation of
young men who have come to More
house through the years:
1. That Morehouse had some
thing unique to impart to those who
come there for training, and 2,
That Morehouse could be indepen
dent in her appraisal of compar
ative excellence on the part of her
graduates, on which account it
didn’t have to wait until some oth
er institution or agency bestowed
honor upon them before Morehouse,
herself would accredit them signal
recognition.
Most heads of Negro schools re
gard their graduates always as
children and wait until some oth
er institution gives them recogni
tion or accords them distinction be
fore their own Alma Mater sig
nalizes their accomplishments.
The third thing that Morehouse
has done has been to use its in
fluence to place its men in strate
gic positions. Drs. Hope and Ar
cher have had the vision to recog
nize the fact that one way of guar
anteeing that Morehouse shall
have in its student body from year
to year some of the best bred and
constructive purposed young men,
was to have its own graduates at
the head of and identified with im
portant educational centers which
may serve as a constant feeder for
Morehouse.
There may be other schools that
have a stronger appeal to and hold
on masses of Negroes, but there is
no other school that ranks higher
in the estimate of its graduates
than Morehouse, Nobody else has
to tell Morehouse that her men are
worthwhile and useful citizens
"She will tell the world in front."
Los Angeles
Church Moves
to New Site
Los Angeles, June 10 (ANP)
Providence Baptist Church has jnst
moved into a beautiful new church
home and the members of this
valiant congregation, pastored by
Rev. R. B. Porter, are rejoicing
among themselves and with their
friend. The new' church edifice
is a lovely stucco structure with a
large recreational hall at its rear.
Located just a block from Central
Avenue, in the heart of the Negro
section, and led by a minister who
by his ability and sincerity has
made a profound impression upon
Los Angeles, since coming here a
bare six years ago, Providence bids
fair to assume an important niche
in the religious life of the commu
nity.
Rev. and Mrs. Porter came to
the Angel City from Kansas City,
Mo. Rev. and Mrs. Porter are
both prominent in the National
Baptist Convention of America.
He is a member of the National
Educational Board and serves as
advisor and head of the Western
Territory, with headquarters here.
He is also president of the Los
Angeles’ Baptist Minister's Al
liance. Mrs. Porter has been
national chorister and pianist for
the convention since 1929. She
is a graduate of the music depart
ment of Western University and
did graduate work at the American
Conservatory of Music in Chicago.
Rev. Porter left this week to at
tend the National Baptist Con
vention meeting at Houston, Tex
as.
CLOSE A. M. E. CONFERENCE
Hartford, Conn., June 10—(AN
P)—The 84th annual New England
conference of the A. M. E. church, -
which began here last Wednesday,
closed Sunday afternoon at Beth
el church. Bishop W. H. Heard,
Philadelphia, assisted by Bishop W,
D. Johnson, Plains, Ga., presided
over the sessions, attended by
1,500 delegates.
Dixie Democrats Cry “Raw Deal”
Blame Solons
in Tennessee
for Lost Jobs
Knoxville, Tenn. June 10—
(By John H. Coffin for ANP) —
Under the caption “Negro Janitors
and Janitresses at Post Office Get
'Walking Papers’ Under New Post
master,” The Flashlight Herald, a
leading colored weekly here sound
cd off the keynote of a battle to
show indignation at their freshly
administered raw deal.
In the striking front-page edi
toroial the editors said in part:
“The colored political leaders and
their co-workers who supported
Senators McKellar and Bachman in
the recent Democratic compaign re
ceived the greatest disappointment
that can come to a political group
of people, this week. News came
in from the civil service depart
ment of Atlanta with 10 appoint
ments for the labor jobs around
the Post Office, but, not a single
Negro received a job.”
The article further claimed that
the five Negroes alread employed
by the post office were ousted by
the “Hokus Pokus” of the civil ser
department. In a disgusted tone
it continued: “These jobs involve
the usual janitor duties of sweep
ing, cleaning the buildings, and
therefore one wonders how white
men can render better service than
Negroes, when it is the only thing
they have been allowed to do. And
have centuries of experience, while
the white man has none, bccansc
we have done it for him.”
It concludes by urging citizens to
write Senators McKellar and Bach
man. One white daily suggests
that it is an attempt of the com
mission to discredit the Democratic
reign.
Flays Senator Bailey for
Opposing Bankhead Bill
Raleigh, N. C., June 10—(ANP)—When the Costigan
Wagner anti-lynching bill was before the United Senate, one
of the first and most bitter of the sourthern senators to arise
in opposition to the bill was Senator Joseph Bailey of North
Carolina. Hour after hour he held up the nation's business in
an obstructive filibuster.
At the time he was condemned^
by the Greensboro Daily News of
this state.
But prior to consideration of the
anti-lyynching measure, tee Bank
head Farm Tenants Home Amend
ment had been placed before the
senate. This measure would have
enabled the federal government to
inaugurate a program of provid
ing farms anod homes for the mil
lions of sharecroppers in the South.
Due to the mouthings of Bailey, the
amendment was not voted upon, but
went back to the committee on ag
riculture where it has rested ever
since.
Criticizes Senator
A white man, S. C. Merritt, re
siding in Magnolia, in an open let
ter to The News and Observer, took
Bailey to task last week for his op
position that the share-cropper
measure as follows:
“What hopes were dashed to
nothing when Senator Josiah
W Bailey took the floor to bom
bard this plan / Mi objections and
obstructions slid criticisms so
forceful that the fill that the bill
has been shunted aside. Another
victory for Senator Josiah W. Bail
ey. We cannot understand how
a senator of Josiah W. Bailey’s sup
posed intelligence can expect to
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continue to pursue such a course,
knowing as he does, that the enact
ment of this measure would have
been truly a gift from God to the
tenant farmers.
"Citizens, farmers, World War
veterans, you witnessed his slaugh
ter of measures dear to your hearts
You have begged him for help in
behalf of righteous causes, and you
have pleaded ih vain, and now soon
it will be his turn to beg you for
something.
Mention Election Year
"In 1935 Josiah W. Bailey will be
coming to you begging for your
votes. He likes that job of his in
Washington that you gave him. He
wants to keep it. But when you
go to that ballot box, Mr. Tenant
Farmer, Mr. World War Veteran,
don’t you vote for Josiah W. Bailey
because he is your enemy and has
at every opportunity fought you
with his votes in Washington. He
refused your pleas. Now you re
fuse his.”
It thus looks like the white t»
farmers may may take ovc. the
responsibility of the National As
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People to see that Bailey
does not return to the Senate after
, 1936.
Student Wins
Unique Honor
in N. C. School
Raleigh. N. C.. June 10 (AMP)
A unique feature of St. Augustine’s
commencement was the graduation
of Miss Artimissia Bowden, head
of St. Phillip’s Junior College, San
Antonio, Texas. Miss Bowden was
graduated from the normal depart
ment in 1900, and soon afterward
went to Texas, where she built the
school which became St. Phillips.
She had attended many sessions of
summmer school at various ool
ieges, and had more than earned
enough credits for a degree, but
this year she returned to her alma
mater, carried a full schedule, com
plied with the residence require
ments, and took her degree here at
St. Augustine. Rev. D. Leroy
Ferguson, the baccalaureate ser
mon preacher, was a member of the
class of 1900, and Miss Vera Gang,
who was graduated this year with
Miss Bowden at St. Augustine’s,
is an alumna of St. Phillip’s. Two
of Miss Bowden’s brothers, Rev.
Henry Bowden, and Dr. Edward
Bowden, both of Atlanta, are also
graduates of St. Augustine’s. At
the suggestion of the Rev. William
T. Capers, Bishop of West Texas,
Miss Bowers was awarded an
: honorary M. A. degree by Wiley
■ College, at Marshall, Texas.
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