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VI £W I*O»MT
Ligon High School And You
• •
Pr«n all the avm!eM< Mr.
H. E. Brown, who h.is I. :> >■ nr.l- od
the Ligon school h< ■ if > In, , . pnn. lit
ly qualified in evot v .• •• this
important pop*- VV. ■:..
cept at fare valu< • ;t
have been paid at wit A': I • ■ m i i.!, for
him a lone and sum ul i . .1 ; u me'onl
of the Ligon r.rii. <>l
That is all w< h.i v< t i■ ;;■ \v<
would now like t> i. urow i n . ;m ,i : :
tention of .ill the Nt t;ro< . m i!n t--.it,
munity while w. ■ t
issues about th<= 1 n ' \ \ s
for yOU to beef ; > ;!, ,t
this school does n-■ ... |-r*
the SUpermt-ne'i n* r.f ... ■ .. t: if pi ■r.
eipal and teacher- L your s.-hoo'. You
should be as ... ; p. in. I a
tion and fun <• tion im< \ -i e-,. ,■ H1 .,.
n,frh*t- rron.i'ln Ym. ■ km. J - V
that all of the m -• • : .
* ties needed
high school fi svn" > i pi,
dents should hr in th:
Sooner or Infer, mtccjuiv.ii rvi-.t n..- w
the Raleigh •■-hooi m •
not stop gpopn-ir-!tic ■) ■■ ■! , . ,
Her *dUs€ of this fact, T!K 1, I ,>il ■; v ';r/);.! : { , , ,rj,
tinue to he an -si; v- ,
long time Also A • v , :
citizens of Rain pi =.? m:’
on that, school ami , ■
criminated egmn-t \ ■ ... . ,-| v, 0
school Can-’' - - ~ p
th ere is not now- ouri t ; p, -, .
thing appro-. hr- ; ■ . :|. f
Broughton -■ -. .
Jack of equali'v ; ,- '■ ■-■ r ,
planned that v- an -' - i.- , ; - i >
until the Negro ■■ W'w • r
high school
Broughton ’-..-.rA
waiting for ri-.f ■
dent or the pr.su ip.-sj a; : . in-, 1.-r.-.n re
do this you will h
The chief w.-i , -
tion, We say that v :i - ; , n
upon the two- v ,c
have preceded Mr ► -;■■■■ - , .
tainly arc not
has not even -t - .
What we are j-. j :
penny wi-e ulr.a ;h n ~ -
administer ■> - 1 bf.nj :-,j , . , ; .-, --
While at the E>
I, student enrolln,. -.f -,i •<;in* 1.1
and a full time , •
• In. this Tech ho-. iuif. •-] - -.
confused youth .
one man to afi-; i ; . vi
ties of a school th; ».
the activities of a th■ ■ -'-p. The
two men who pro-t : ■{ ■'■■■. : i ■•. pi-in<S‘
pals should have- 5 ,.■ -i - i c
persons who shouid : . t;
a Tio Fey The Governor
Govern-'t Hnrir-'■ >r h u ’ --
kig he war .•
refusal of the ps?t ’■ • ■' :
his proposed snh-N . ' !■;■■■ >•
Hodges is quote'* ; -e
had toid him why t' : -
gored measure i —myi
it should hat - ' been ■ ! if ■ o ad thc-p
though he was v h tor
rible consequences , - m •- -im of
the defeat of this s i . ’ r • wv'nor
said the resporAbilii .• d with
the General Asscrnld...
Well, Mr. HoA .. it .t n.t.-un you
wall get over your ■ , ippoint
ment” Time will tak* that. Time will
eventually cure vo ' ' >■■■ b< come
Upset and rii-mprc-.n! y.-.nr U Hmv
citizens arc beervmr.c. ■ ; a;h to re
frain from doing t.h-n !••:»! '! r- isa the
freedom and Id -t • <> ; Or»c of
these days, you • i!i i. n. (', - mor. th:-t
you have no move j> >• • ■ 1 k the onward
march of human p nr-w :h you r.,n pre
vent the ebb and tide M • ,n flow.
Now. Mb Gv.ho 'iv ■, i v -snt : jr ‘ ' voy
8 “tip'’ on Why you; h • ■■■ h v -
thrown into the ruh'v- - . ,y. q !-, PC ,
We are only donut ;!>■ ! . ,■H< u v be
cause you said no one had hr-ihi-rod to Mi
you why it wasn’t ace., yi >•-!» . Vhi u Mr.
Hodges, in tin Ire Ad i; ju-.i faded, there
was a group of young men who. through their
broadened concept'. <•: pn trends,
needs and development h .v. h n abb to
keep their minds, ti 1 in and tin r souls,
free of the intolerance. m./J hni <*l tbnt
were embodied m your athi-NAACP ti!! A!
though some of the old* r nnd more experienced
members of the lcgishi: ;u lined up with the
"young Turks'" in him.hoc to. • .1! or, n< - ; »'rd
proposal into oblivion, u v si,- %-rimed <rs
who marshalled the h.icc , - f frc<- -'oni in the
Senate into « small .trim of.ivarmn, common
sense and justice and . idcd it win ton- to
call a hah to flu- ror.e '• nbry p.nt lire coined
so much hcr.dw r un ' i \ j ' . In-.u un
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Oplsisne c i‘> • • in !>■ - . 1 ... j.,j t sfe not timss of th? pwh
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c - ,nrr>rned about this, did not demand an a?-
si'-'ant principal We- have been reliably m
tmnicd that the first Ligon principal, Dr. W,
H Watson asked the superintendent for an as
-1 rant but the request was turned down. We
hav< also been reliably informed that Dr, Wat
son's chief reason for leaving Ligon was his in
ability to secure the personnel he felt was
n< eded if the Ligon school was to adequately
P’.'i pare our youth for college and for life,
O course, under the despotic and arbitrary
matin r m which our schools are run here, any
pt >inpal or teacher known to have made an
appeal for help to his real bosses, the people,
’>• "Vile, be asking for his summary dismissal,
L possible that you did not know about
-be desperate need for an asistant principal at
' "'-e ' 'non school w? you now to pleas«
•’onsidet this need for the sake of the Negro
high school students of this community, see
the new prin»*ipal vert an rs-istnrtt so be
an be freed from petty routine duties end
have time to know what is going on at his
school.
Youth has always needed counseling and
p. wiener. But today, without competent guid
mce and counseling, young people are simply
U'.-’bk m meet the onrush of life, too many,
-o many of them are. finding it impossible
t’> mpe with the situation and are- falling by
the wayside
Instead of recognizing the facts involved m
b, rapid downfall of our youth and facing
up to our responsibilities, we stand up and
, < i-v our fingers at our “wayward” youth and
imp all the blame on them Now. let us look at
the facts pertaining to this ugly situation A.l
- "’Ugh the Broughton school has a full time
•if -m for boys and one for girls with assistants
f-oijnselors and guidance workers, the Ligon
t h.v-l operated for two years without either.
Tap- there was a make shift dean setup with
two hochers doubling as teachers and. deans,
* i was purely a make, shift, arrangement A
v ■■■;■ ago. with a lot of fan fare two additional
p.- rsons were employed, a man as dean of the
hoys and a woman as dean of girls. But these
two had to do some part time teaching so there
Ivis nevi i been any regularly established full
in r- deans or counsellors employed at the
Luton school.
Our young people have suffered by being
•■hr rt changed in this manner. The losses they
have sustained during the past few years will
come more manifest as the years go bv.
Should not we as parent- guardians, custod
ians, patrons, and friends of the Ligon school
re quest that our children receive the guidance
th<-\ deserve and not be satisfied with any
thing less than what is provided the students
at the Borughton school?
M s , Brown will be able- to do » far better
work as principal of th" Ligon school if we
will do our part, and see to it that he has the
proper personnel to help him in the difficult
job of principal of the Ligon school.
and to begin some steps in the direction of
rood will and understanding so vital to the
future of this great state
You should understand Mr Governor, that
not ail of the legislators who have followed you
in your attempt to maintain the Negro cit; -
7 ns of this state, in a perpetual role of second
• lass citizens felt within their hearts that they
were doing the right thing. Many of this group
are. as you are believed to be. politically am
bitious. They believe that by hitching thc-ir
wagon to your political star their political fu
ture is assured, Although this type of reason
ing has paid off in the past there are indica
tions that a new day is dawning and that those
who have been swept into political positions
because of their promises to. hold the line
against Negro advancement will soon learn
that the plain people of this state will be ask
ing their candidates why, if their medicine is
so good for what ails this state, why is it. that
aio t taking this medicine so long, the people
find their state almost at the bottom in per
apita income and education and near the top
in the payment of personal and individual
taxes
The group who led the fight against your
iniquitors and liberty restricting anti-NA.ACP
bill. Mr Governor, are not afraid of the fu
ture They had rather fall in stop with true.
Americanism and stake their political future
on the divine inspiration of the Golden Rule
and its secure promises rather than follow
your -shaky leadership of reaction and eventual
chaos. They have weighed your racial views
on the scales of justice and have found that
they do not balance with today’s concepts
of onward progress. They have seen the hand
' writing on the wall and realize that “you can
not fool all the people all the time". When the
day of reckoning for all of this backward lead
er hip finally comes to this state, and come it
must, these potential young leaders will he
r- dv to strp into the breech, accept the lead
ership with unsullied souls and lead this state,
toward the greatness God ha-, decreed for it.
“With Such Stalling On Civil Rights, We
Can’t Fool Them For Long.”
til IBIS C4O BAY
BY DR. C. A. CHICK, SR.
Class Reunion
Webster's Unabridged Dict
onary defines the word ‘'com
mencement” (as related to our
educational institutions): “Th"
day when or the ceremonies
at which degrees or diplomas
are conferred, also the period
of festivities at this time.’ I
am partial to that part of the
foregoing definition which sw.vs
“the period of festivities at this
time.”
For indeed a school com
mencement is of necessity more
than one day. As a matter of
fact we are more nearly cor
rect when we speak of com
mencement. time meaning a
series of events lasting several
days the climax of which is the
conferring of degrees.
Commencement time is e.
happy and joyful time for all
concerned And it, is difficult
*to state just which events th*>
beginning of a commencement
In a large measure one might
think of the Junior-Senior
Prom as a part of the com
mencement.. Then there ere
such happy events and pro
grams a,v Class Day or Night:
President's or Principal's At
Home to the Graduating Class-
Alumni meeting, business and
social; Baccalaureate Sermon;
SENTENCE SERMONS
By REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWRY For ANP
WRECKING. FR.ECTING I
OF It ESI ERECTING’ ■
1 While wreckers naturally
aenmre some semblance of
construction skill, it is not to
he compared with the technical
knowledge artisans must have
whose .ioh it is to build.
2 The wrecker only sees the
builder's technique as he
roughly strikes down some ar
chiteetual peak . , . for to him
it is just a matter of crumbling
it down within the required
working hours on hit job to be
found.
3. No special interest, would
he perhaps have than the fact
of making a living, and doubt
less would give no time to the
thought, of sacrificing to study
the techniques of building.
4. Thp wreckers of human
lives live somewhat, on the
same plain, tearing down in
a much shorter time what it
takes to build a good name,
they are masters of destruction,
well trained to defame
5. But whs! a, contrast, to
those whose delight is in erect
ing new objectives and hopes in
THE PULPIT VOICE
BY REV. HAMILTON T. BOSWELL
REFLECTIONS ON THE
PRAYER PILGRIMAGE
Jesus asked his audience one
day, most oi whom had been
discussing perhaps adversely,
the revivals of John the Bap
tist. "what went ye out in the
wilderness for to see? A reed
shaken in the wind?" And this
metaphor used hv the Master
can be asked of all who some
four weeks a.ro marie the trek
to the nation's capitol. Wash
ington, D. C. to participate in
the Prave’ Pilgrimage which
met at th? foot of Lincoln's
Memorial May 17th. the an
niversary of the Supreme
THE CAROLINIAN
and the Commencemei t ad
dress. followed by the confer
ring of degrees, awards and
honors.
With oil due and high re
spect to the foregoing and
especially to the exercises at
which the young people receive
their degrees, awards and hon
ors, 1 feel that class reunions
play a, definite part in addin-.:
joy, happiness and ‘ life” to our
commencement exorcises.
I can well appreciate the
young folks’ happiness in re
reiving their degrees. I fear,
however, that their happiness
and joy on such occasions can
not reach the .10?/ and happi
ness of the classes of “past
gone years” who from time to
time come hark for “class re
uniins. You see the older grad
uates have a iny that, the
younger graduates do not yet
know of (“We have meat to
eat that ye know not of ). And.
unions ou see the older grad
uates have on such occasions
•the younger graduates cannot
have until they have bumped
their heads up against the
walls of experience. They must
realize that many of their air
castles will forever remain in
the air. They must realise that
their schools have flattered
unhappy and discouraged lives,
for these sip the person:, who
strive tenaciously to yve the
world a new look, and this arid
more, was the costly task our
blessed Saviour undertook.
6. He came, and even laid
asidp His crown that men
would not continue to grope
upon the ground, but Stand
erect, and behold Christ's face
and help Him to rebuild a new
and prosperous human Race.
7. Thus His renewed and re
vitalized creatures have for
sook the wrecking business and
given themselves to erecting
promising lives that are will
ing to approach hard tasks and
make valuable decision'.
8 These are the persons who
reflect heavenly charm, who
go around doing good, and have
r.o desire to do harm . . . who
enhance their own joy by bring
good to others and recognize
all men ns being brothers.
9 A truly converted man
like Paul even wanted and did
sense the crucifix!’ion of Chrt-J,
for he said, am crucified
with Christ, nevertheless 1 live;
Court s historic decision against
segregation in public schools.
What did we go to Wash
ington for to see, 3 reed shak
er: in the wind. To be sure
there was much honest appre
hension across the country
when the Prayer Pilgrimage,
was first announced. People
rightfully asked, what is this?
is it just a cheap use of re
licion to focus political pres
sure for Civil Rights? More,
vocal opponents declared that
such a meeting would be a na
tion::! disgrace
And what a rpertade they
predicted, 30,000 Negroes In
them into thinking that they
are tar more important than
they realize they are
Class' reunions bring back
old memories, reunite old
friends and acqua,antes. re
kindle and help to keep alive
love and loyalty for Alma Ma
ters around which the classes
reunite
Amidst the joy and hapt
ness of class reunions, how
ever. there is a note of sad
ness. When the class role is
called as in days of yore theie
are names called who do not.
answer present, m person nor
by letters. They are those who
have paid the Great Debt that
sooner or later the rest, of us,
too. must pat- And. such feel
ings should cause those of us
whom the Judge ox the world
has left, here to have an at
titude of thankfulness and an
abiding and keen desire to play
well our parts during the few
more days we have on this
“terrestrial globe"
Let’s have more class re
unions Let’s love our Alma Ma
ters more and let’s demonstrate
such love with otlr presence
and with our finances. Above
all. increase our love for each
other and thereby our love for
our Creator!
yet, not I. but Christ Ir-eth m
me and the life which I now
live m the flesh I live by faith
of the son of God who loved
me and :;ave Himself for me.”
10. And now the great cli
max, the Resurrection . the
one and only act that Christ
only could perform to make us
sons of God, by being re-born;
all who come under the can
opv of Salvation, never think
of being wreckers, and abhor
thoughts of destruction,
11 Thu? complete fulfillment
of the Crucifixion and Resur
rection completes the glorious
plan of man's redemption, and
automatically man can become
an heir of God and a joint
heir of. Jesus Christ, if only
by faith he will believe and
accept this eternal sacrifice.
12 Then high above all prin
cipalities and powers such re
penting souls will become heav
en’s flowers . far away from
wreckers, destroyers and temp
ters they shall be honored by
the Savior to be numbered a
rnong those enjoying highest
favor.
what they thought would be
a stereotyped prayer meeting
of Negroes with all the groan
ing and moaning hysteria of
this type of emotional orgy.
There were others for different
reasons who were apprehensive
of such a feat.
Vet now that the Prayer
Pilgrimage is over, it can safe
ly be said that that tremen
dous meeting was in no sense
as ordinary or as common place
as "a re>»d shaken in the wind”.
There was none nf the bizarre
demonstrated in any way on
that history making program.
And as Jerus came back at his
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 22. 1957
Gordon B. Hancock $
THE BIG MISTAKE
IN EDUCATION
Some years ago the writer
was invited to one 0? our larger
colleges to give the address to
the graduating classes Afrpr
the address and the conferring
of degrees came the occasion of
awarding prizes with varied
emphases. Without, exception
all of the prizes were awarded
on the basis of scholarship
alone.
There were first prizes In
mathematics, history, econom
ics. chemistry and in each esse
consideration was given to high
ranking scholarship. Much was
made of the brilliant students
and there was nothing particu
larly wrong with this had
something been offered for
those of only mediocre scholar
ship but of finest, character.
When the president set down
I quietly asekei him what prizes
were offered those of fine, char
acter but poor or mediocre
scholarship, he admitted that
there "’as no pri 11 for rne'-
er, ter
I thereupon offered * prize
for the next year’s graduate
who was the finest citizen of
the college community with no
respect, to scholarship and ex
ccllencles thereof. This prize j
am told became one of the most
popular among those offered
A prize for character! What
does It. profit, a young person
to have excellent grades in the
various courses and graduate
with a aimma cum la tide wit h
no character to back it up.
when as a matter of fact, if is
the character in the l,rat analv
that must put him over
The glamour of excellent
scholarship may help npe to
get. a position or a job. but it
takes character to hold it
There is something terribly
wrong with a system that off
ers all its prizes and encourage
ments to the scholar and little
or nothing for the gentleman
or lady There has never been
found any correlation between
education and character.
There is but little, place in
(he world for a. man of great
learning but little character,
but a great place for the man
who has great character Our
fathers‘who laid the founda
tions upon which we are build
ing today were short on educa
tion bur. long on character In
the great University of Experi
ence they majored in character
Letter To The Editor
To the Editor
I respectfully submit the fol
audienre. ne continued repeat
ing in part his firs', question,
“But, what went ye out for to
see, A prophet' I say unto you
and much more than a pro
phet
So it was. the thousands of
pilgrims who went to Washing
ton did not see a reed shaken
in the wind, we went to see
and were privileged to be in
the presence of a witness of
prophetic religious expression,
in its most creative form ever
known in these United States.
That meeting with the dynam
ic witnesses of a group of
southern preachers, made if,
clear that these men have be
come the true leaders of Chris
tianity here in America
The Prayer Pilgrimage did
more than etch the profiles of
successors to leadership ir.
America’s spiritual life It spell
ed out in unmistakable terms,
a new unity amone Negroes
and other people of’ good will
m the approach to common
problems before all It was evi
dent that, this new bond of
unity was inclusive of the Ne
gro Protestant Church- the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement ot Colored People,
and forces representative of
the Negro’s growing power in
organized laboi And on a
warm Washington afternoon ot
Friday. May 17th, there thun
dered from the foot of the Lin
coln Memorial the declaration
of this unity.
The Prayer Pilgrimage air-o
declared what can be called,
“a change in the Negroes "Par
ty line’’. In a, clear and calm
voice Martin Luther King de
clared. ’’the day of the rabble
rousev is over”. And up from
Montgomery, Alabama has
come the new approach, the
weapon of love, goodwill fight
ing back, love as protector
guide and conqueror of fear
and. death.
It will be very interesting to
watch tins new unity of
Church. NAACP and Labor en
deavor to use the technique of
non violent aggression. It ap
pears that the continuance 0 f
this new found unity hinges
upon t he success of this new
method. New methods never
work as well as old habits and
methods This poses a real
problem for the older wing of
leadership who by now are set
in their ways Nevertheless,
this is the test
There are now apparent, cries
against the new' method as it
was demonstrated in the Pray
er Pilgrimage itself. Many a:"
saying arc’ with much justi
fication. where- do we go from
here’ The appeal was to the ,
conscience of America, but, 1
practically what ere we about? ]
What did the. individual who
attended have to take home to
do with his hands to implement ,
the pilgrimage on the local
level?
There were no plans for any 1
voters registration or any oth
er strategy which would engage
•every available force.
m
a thing that is currently mark
ed down in our present, scheme
of things. This is unfortunate.
When character Is marked
down in the institutions of
learning there is great temp*
tation for their graduates to
mark it down also. One of the
great, mistakes in education of
today hinges about this self
same matter of putting exces
sive emphasis on scholarship
and so little on character.
The foregoing observation
was inspired by reading ac
counts of scholarship awards
to high school graduates here
and thereabout the country.
At ev=ry high school com
mencement there are offered
bv the different colleges and
universities scholarships and
ail of these, without exception
are conditioned on scholarship;
and not, one refers tc charac
ter I
This te 9 poor commentary
on the educational program of ,
the American institutions of
learninc It is true that we
have learned the fine art of % |
mass education in this eoun--
trv hist if, ts also true we have j
a wicked society full of moral y
corruption, ft is also true that
we have the highest incidence
crime of any nation upon
the earth.
Our great crime and delta*
quency rates dovetail into our ,
program of education that
places the great encouragement ,
not upon character but upon
scholarship yet it is 9 known
fact that whatever else a. man
does not have he must have
character if he is to serve con
structively his day and genera
tion
When therefore John L. Le
wis, w as given an honorary de
gree by the University of West
Virginia an attempt was being
made to place emphasis on
character rather than upon
scholarship Our colleges could
learn here a valuable lesson.
John L Lewis is not an ed
ucated man but a man with
a robust, character by which
he had led the miners of the
country to higher standards of
living and welfare Some of •
our greatest Negroes are mer.j
and women of modest learn-g
ing 01 no learning at ail
It ts going to be a great day
in this country when more at
tention i? showered upon this
das? of cm- citizenship. Our
bis mistake in education!
lowing comments concerning
the editorial entitled Another
look' which appeared in the
Carolinian for the week end
ing Saturday. June IS. 1957:
1 My policy through many
'• of law enforcement and
living in general has always
been and still is that every per
son is a fellow human being
and mould lie treated as such
regardless of his race, color,
creed, or station in life. I have
attempted ‘a ■ net-all this phi
losophy throUj. .out the Raleigh
Police Department and I be
hove that the majority of our
Negro citizens as well as our
white? ones, will attest to th*r
fact that I have substantially 9
succeeded in this aim
2 I asked for an investiga
tion into this affair and the re
port that came to me was that
James Harris brought his dif
ficulties. upon himself
I ’Uris Department is just
a.- interested in apprehending
a white man who molests a
colored person as it is in appre
bending s, colored person wh#
molests a white person. Had
Harris gone about, his report'
in an understandable manner,
he would have, received imme
diate assistance instead of hav
ing the telephone hung up on
him b - . our radio operator be
cause of his language Our of
ficer- do not. have to listen
such language either over th*
telephone or in person. A ,
4 I would have beer, drs- 1
turbed by your editorial had’
not, the following three excerpts
set. the theme ot the editorial
and, therefore made it less
impressive as far as I am con
corned
I quote
i For our part we would
accept, the word of the Harris’ *
who say there v as nothing dfk
orderly In the conduct of Mrt
Harris, before we would that of
the two policemen ” *
b. “As we, previously stated,
we do not know what went on
(he night Harris went to th*
Raleigh Police Station seeking
relief but, there are many as
pect?. of the aftermath of his
visit, that are ..not, wholesome
or conducive to good law en
forcement, or to proper race
relations.’’
You and your paper are in
a position to do much to bring
about belter relations between
the races and you owe it to our
community to do so Just as ah
of us do.
c White policemen, do not
seem to realize that people, in
cluding Lieutenant Bailey and
his Negroes are human betaim
the same as they are.” *
1 believe that the maioritj*
even of yotu race would dis
pute this statement as concern
ing the Raleigh Police Depart
ment
Plea re do not construe tha
shove remarks as intended to
be critical or derogatory in any *
way bur, only as meaning tow
call to your attention some of
n>« impressions with the pri
mary objective of attempting
at usual to bring shout »n even
better understanding. If ever
either I or this Department
may serve you in any way. t
a ure you we shall do so to
the best of our ability.
Sincerely.
TOM DAVIS
Chief of Police