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>.\GE 1 S r.Vl E TEACHERS COLLEGE NEWS LE E EER OCEOBER I9L' Imperial Nautilus Club Sponsors Vespers Oti Sunday, Scjjtcinber 23, U)45, the Jnipt'rial Xaulilus Clul) rendered a program dur ing the V'esjjer lioui. A slight variation was made from the regular routine, in stead of ha\'ing a speaker, or two or three persons to take charge, each member of the club was giv en an opportunity to participate I'lider the direction of R. Roberta Sinclair, members of lire chdj were organized into a verse speaking choir. Several selections were rend ered by the choir, two ol which were: “llie Lord’s Prayer fol- low'ed by an instrumental rendi tion of “The Eord's Prayer’' by Ixlaiotte and the spiritual "Go Down Moses” which was later sung by the audience. The program was closed with a benediction given by the Presi dent, Mrs. Alletis A. Bryant. “The Lord’s Prayer” was play ed by Miss Edith Mackey, a for mer member of the cltd^. Bias Hall 'I’he enrollment in Bias Hall this year is larger than any in its history. On the first lloor there are thirty-fotu- occupants; eighty-two on the second; and eighty-three on the third. The social atmosphere is very pleasing, and enhancing it is music from some of our talented Freshmen who entertain even ings after dinner. Group living is being appre ciated highly by residents ol these halls. The Seniors are show'ing a sisterly spirit toward the Freshman Class, and using every effort to assist them in be coming adjusted to college life. LTotise organizations are be ing formed and personnel ser\- ices are functioning satisfac torily as the Freshmen are grad- nally being initiated into college life. MRS. L L. DICKENS. Directress Campus Improvements Now that the war is o\er and materials are becoming avail able, State Teachers College plans many im])ro\ements in ad dition to the S800,()()() building |>rogram whicli has already been presented to the General As- seml)ly. It is hoped that warm spring will receive attention within the next few months. A special project with wliicli the Alumni Association has of fered to helj), is the furnishing of two rooms in the ^V. C. -A. Building at the extreme east end of the campus. This is for the specific purpose of having a place in which the Alumni can rest ^v’henever they pay a \ isit to S. T. C. Sj^ecial information about this project will be dis tributed by Mrs. M. L. T'lnier, President of the General ,\unn- ni Association. The repans to Butlei Hall to S2-l,.^00 have not been completed. It is hoped that an additional ,H2 rooms will be available by November 1. A new heating plant will be installed in Moore Hall belore Thanksgiving time. Many other improvements are planned and will be coming in the order of their importance. days will find a great many ne^v concrete bettches on the campus and also in the park. The Mold in which these benches are made ha\e not been a\ailable during the war, but will ap)>ear some time in the near future. Dean S. D. "Williams is chair- m;in of the conmiittec to replace tnc trees ijlown a\.ay oy the 1944 hurricane; and to add some where shade is needed. Money for concrete walks and to make concrete drives lias bet'n available for some years. Plans had been made for this work just as war time restrictions came and froze the material and ma chinery. It is hoped that these w'ill be completed sometime din ing the year. State Teachers Cx)llege will not have a football schedule this year due to the shortage of male students. Wc will go back into the gridiron game in the fall of 1946, and with this in prospect, a new athletic field will be built on the plot of ground jtist west of the park. This field will con tain a quarter mile track. The largest building program Jias already been outlined and “Btu afraid understand the In The Xegro Digest By Enoc p. W^v'it.rs (Enoc I’. Waters is fonner citv editor of tlie Chicago Defender, now a war correspondent in l:lie Pacilic). My most humiliating Jim Crow experience had nothing to do with Jim Crow, but my mind was so conditioned at the lime that I thought myself the victim of racial discrimination. It hap pened in Chicago. A militant voung business woman and I had just completed a conference with Charles J. Jenkins, ntember of the Illinois State Legislature, at his loop of fice and decided on a cjnick bite to eat before keeping some othei We fotmd a very attracti\’e res taurant, walked in and had no sooner sat dow'n than a waiter, napkin on arm, hurried to our table and informed us that we'd ha\e to move to the pri\-ate din ing room in the rear. Here it is again, I thought, and my blood boiled. “W'e’re not moving,” I told him Avith some heat, “so you might as well gi\e us a menu and make up your mind to serve us.” ■'But,” he insisted with a suavity that eiuaged me, “it is the custom of this establishment to . . .” I didn’t gi\e him an oppor tunity to finish. “Listen,” I in terrupted, “I don’t intend wast ing time talking with you. Let me speak to the manager.” He left with a sigh that might have expressed the exasperation of a misunderstood mart\r. In a short while the manager ap peared and, with the diplomacy of one trained for his delicate job, asked: “Has our waitei failed to please you?” I assured him that ite liad and Explained that I had been asked to nio\e to the pri\ate tlining room in the rear. Eo impress the manager -with the import ance of the people he was aliout to insult, I informed him first that I knew my rights ttnder the state civil rights act and that I had just finished talking with a member of the state legislature. I'hen I went on to tell him that any insistence on his part that we change our seats would result not only in my bringing a suit against the restatirant, btit one against him personally. Fin ally I gave him one of my cards and told him that AVilla Brown, my comi^anion, was director of an a\'iation school which w’as handling training contracts for the federal government. I had worked up a good sweat bv this time and the words w'ere fairly tumbling from my mouth in a cascade of anger. But even in my rage I had to stop lor breath and thai gave him his chance. He smiled gr:iciously but seemed unimpressed ijy the eminence ol either ol us. sir,” he implored, “i m that you don't situation . . .’' I was ready again—ha\ ing re gained my second wind—;’nc. let loose another stream ol '.voids. “Can you imagine a Negro in this countiy not understanding the techni(|ues places like this have dexeloi-ied to cater to th.eir own petty prejudices against Ne groes?” He was a remarkable man, a much better man than I would lia\L been i.iildt:i the (. iicum- stances. He let me rave, and rave I did. But inevitably I had to pause to cat( h my breath again, and he immediately stepped into the breach. “W'e have no objection to serving you,” he said. ‘ '> on may sit anywhere you desire. Right here, if you olease, but we can t ser\’e the lacb' here. ’ “'What?” I asked. 'Ehis was something so totally unexj)ecied that I was lost for words. “It is the custom here,” he continued, taking full advantage of my' amazement ^\4llch had teni)5orarily rendered me niute, “that between the hours of 1 1 and 2, when wc; serve our busi nessmen’s luncheon, that no women be allowed in the main dining room. If you wish to eat with the lady you have lo go to the private dining room. He must have noticed my skepticism, for he invited me to look about. I did. and sure enough Aliss Brown was the cjtil) woman in the large dining room which by this time was almost filled. I glanced back at the jjri\ate dining room and there sat a dozen or more women and three or four couples. however may ol may not B and may en- IF .A C:.\N prove, conclusively, that he right enslave B, win snatch the same prove ecjually that he slave A.'' ^’oti say is white and B is black. It is color, then; the lighter having the right to en slave the darker? Fake care. By this rule ycju are to be sla\e to the first man you meet with a fairer skin than your own. You do not mean color ex actly? Von mean the whites are intellectually the superiors of the blacks, and therefore have] the right to enslave them. I'akel care again. By this rule you are to be slave to the lirst man you meet with an intellect supt>rioi to your own. But, say you, it is a t|uestion of interest, and it you make u your interest ycjti have the right to enslave another. Very well. And if he can make it his inter est he has the right to enslave you. I H,-\\T, no purpcxse to intro, duce political and social etjttalitv between the white and black' races. I'here is a physical dillereiict- between the two, which in my judgment, will propably forever forbid their liv ing together upon , die Looting uf peilect ccjctdlity^ and inasmuch as it becomes a ^ necessity that there must be a difference, I. am in favor of the ^-ace to which I belong having the superior position. I have never said anything to the contrary, but I hold that not withstanding all this, there is no reason in the- world why the Ne gro is not entitled to all the nai- ural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Inde]jenclencc- the right tcj life, liberty and the jjurstiit of hapjjiness. — Negro Digest. I Think I Thought A Lie By D. GATEWOOD THOMAS (Copyright Pending) 1 There was a time when I was young In body and in mind, I formed conceptions all my own Of many different kind, Btu now that I am more matured It stands to reason whv. That when I think of what I thought I think I thought a lie. I then believed in Santa Claus And all that people said, I thought he ciown the chimney came As I lay sleep in bed, And if I happened to be bad That boogie man was nigh. But when I think of what I thought I think I thought a lie. Now when I asked just where I was Before my natural birth. They told me I lived up above And came down to the earth, My means of transit was a stork Wlio brought me through the sky. But when I think of what I thought I think I thought a lie. 4 They taught me blessed are the meek. And that I should obey The doctrine of the golden rule, In all I do and say, I thought such was the proper course And so sotight to comply. But seeing wnat its cione for me I think I thought a lie. I always heard that married life Was one of constant bliss, A state that every honest man Shotild labor not to miss. So with that idea in my mind I gave the same a try, But as I think of what I thought: I think I'll pass that by. I use to think that ministers Were truly men of God, And that there every little act W^as in divine accord. Now that this fancy can be true I would not dare deny, But when I think of some I know I think I thought a lie. King Sol’mon said in speaking of T he goodness of a name, I'hat it in value far excelled What riches W'e might claim, I thought he was the wdsest man But when I go to buy. It I have notning but a name I’ll find I thought a lie. W'e’ve all heard men of fading years Boast of themselves and say; That in the things they use to do They're just as good today, I'hat Father Time has favored them And they are just as spry. But when I think of what they thought I think they thought a lie. The histories I’ve read point out In eighteen sixty three, Fhat Mr. Lincoln by his act Proclaimed the Negro free. But these discriminating bonds W'hich still our manhood tie. Makes me in thinking what he thought To think he thought a lie. 10 'Ehey told me when the cries of war Impaired our destiny. That fighting for the stars and stripes Would save democracy. In haste I gathered up my arms And went to do or die. But when I think ot wliat I thought I think I thought a lie. 11 Our Constitution plainly reads That color, creed, or race, Shall never prove a barrier Nor equal rights efface, And so I thought all citizens Could on the same rely, But when I think of what I thought I think I thought a lie. 12 And so within the scheme of life The things of W'hich we dreatn, We find in time are things apart And not just wdtat they seem. The fallacies of youth as formed Truth w'ill in time decry. And so in thinking what I thought I KNOAV I thought a lie.
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