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| 4 THE CAROLINIAN WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1958 I Editorial Viewpoint II I The CAROLINIAN’S jfRjH ltr fwrn iimniT—wni—i - 1 WORDS OF WORSHIP ,pi Entron K NOTE: The following words of Paul p the Apostle, were token from the 1 'it.h chaptei P of the Ist Corinthians , 1 through 13 versess I- 1 hough I speak with the tongues of men P and of angels, and have not charity, lam be |l come as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal, ■V 2. And though T have the gift of prophecy 1 *nd understand all mysteries, and all know! • K edge: and though 1 have all faith, so that f Eg could remove mountains, and have not charity. |S ' I am nothing. fi 3. And though I bestow all by goods to feed Hf t the poor, and though l give my body to be H i burned, and have not charity, it profited: mt W ’ nothing. 4. Charity suflereth long, and is kind: char fl l Ity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself; is g not puffed up. .£ 5. Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh m ' ont her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh || * no evil. 6. Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in I v the truth. 1 Fear Not, Mr. Councilman About a week ago. there appeared in the dab H ly newspapers articles and editorials cornrm nt -1 sng on a letter which Councilman Jesse Helm j® sent to the City Manager and in which he ex -9 pressed fear for the safety of several speakers I on the program of the Institute oi Religion 1 during the 1958 scries. Among these was Dr. ■ Martin Luther King, leader of the famed B Montgomery bus boycott. % Fearful lest the words of the designated |f speaker might incite a riot, the Councilman i urged that policeman be placed “inronspicuo- B usly” on the scene for the protection of the i speakers in the event forebodings of a riot B are imminent. For many years, the Institute of Religion ■ has presented lecturers with widely conflict ■ ‘ ing ideas and views. They came to Raleigh, | spoke, and left without incident. We believe I that the same thing will happen this year. | The Facts Are With Us This is the second of a series of editorials 1 dealing with the problem of children born out | of wedlock. There are certain basic facts which the readers of this newspaper should I knov/. 1, There arc estimated to be 1,800,000 chil- I dren under 18 years of age in North Caro \ Jina. Os this number, 142,000 were born out I of wedlock. - | 2. Every one of these 142,000 children born | out of wedlock must be educated in our | schools, have the advantage of health services, £ and other services given by the State Board I of Public Welfare. These expenses are great | ly in excess of welfare costs which apply to £ only a relatively small percentage of the to- I tsl number. £ 3, Only 7% per cent of the children born out of wedlock are being helped through the aid to dependent children program of the State Board of Public Welfare. The other 92 l . . Church Development Program £ V;' - . ... 9 This is the last in a series of editorials on financing the program of the church. In the first article, we discussed a program of self denial, and in the next we called attention to the practical results of tithing —giving God I ten per cent' of our increase, our labor, our | harvest, our production, and our salary, ii Inadvertly in last week’s issue, the editorial I titled'“The Challenge of Church Tithing” ■ omitted an important sentence. In the example | of a chureh with 200 members, we showed that the members would easily earn $663,000, But the editorial failed to add the sentence, “If we gave the.church tithes, or ten per cent, the church’s treasury would be enriched by $66,300 annually.” This week we wish to mention the last two j sources of income that the churches in this \ area might utilise, namely: Church Bonus | Program, and investment in commercial prop- I, crties and real estate . [ i The Church Bonus Money Program is a test | erf strength whereby chureh members would | indicate to Raleigh merchants who advertise ! in The CAROLINIAN their tremendous buy* i Men Os High. Calling j.. Many years ago Henry W. Grady earned | the title “New South" Orator" m his famed | address on the New South. His prophetic words were : “The whites and blacks must talk in sep j «rat* paths in the South. As near as may be these paths should be made equal hut sepa rate they must be now and always." To the white South, at that time, these were words of prophetic wisdom, But last Saturday night, Governor Leßoy Collins of Florida overshadowed Grady and i became the New South Prophet at the Tar j had Democrat annuai Jefferson-Jackson Day | Dinner. He told the people of the South that J the “inevitable tide of human progress moves against racial discrimination” and later added | “justice can never v/alk hand-in hand with legally coerced racial discrimination ..." The prophetic words which set him apart and above Henry Grady, as spokesman for the South were, “We (the South) will move for | ward as, where and when it is reasonably | sound to do so. And mean it. And do it: .The message which struck us most forcibly, 7, Bcereth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, enclu’reth all things. 8, Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowlege, it shall vanish away. 9. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part, 10. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 11. When 1 was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when 1 became a man, I put away childish things. 12. For now we see through a glass, darkly: but when face to face; now I know in part; but then shall T know even also I am known. 13. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. Our weekly words: For thought during the week from the writings of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, without love, we are lost— are you? We think the Institute, sponsored by the United Church and other Raleigh organiza tions, has done much to alter the attitudes and thinking of the citizens of Raleigh in tin direction of high purpose. The Institute no doubt realizes that one of the best ways t,o cure the social diseases in our society is to build un society itself with good ideas and ideals and eliminate those which are evil. Dedicated to this purpose it has intentionally placed on its lecture series men whose ideas would stimulate “a meeting of the minds,” Never you fear, Mr. Councilman, we ar<* confident that the people who will attend these educational lectures arc men and women of high calling. These addresses will be received as “a restorative power of love.” Raleigh, we believe, is beyond allowing it self to be guided or cajoled into such a back ward step in its purpose of good relationships. per cent are being supported by parents or resources other than public welfare. 4. Over more than 20 years the number of children born out of wedJocWhas not decreas ed per 100 or 1.000. according to State Con sultant on Work Among Negro. John R. Lar kins, in spite of the fact that we have improv ed school facilities, character building pro grams. health cate, financial and welfare as sistance in homes to provide minimum food, clothirtg, and shelter. The Board of Public Welfare seeks to strengthen the home and thus contribute to the total community effort to lessen this prob lem. Next week, we shall discuss the work of. John R. Larkins, State Consultant, who has worked in several counties to stress remedial measures with respect to this problem. Some good results have come from this acceptance of community responsibility. ing power This would encourage the mer chants to advertise in this newspaper to a far larger degree enabling it to hire more citizens m the community and pay them better wages. Besides, the churches turning in the most sales slips in a single month would be awarded money for Christian work. Already Fayette ville Street Baptist Church. First Congrega tional Christian Church, and Davie Street Presbyterian Church and others have benefi ted by participation in this program. Lastly,’ churches must not. overlook some plan of investment which will always guaran tee the church a steady income irrespective of contributions from members. One way to do this would be the investment of a portion of the annual income in real estate whose rental fee would mean money for the church We suggest that the church invest five or ten per cem of its income in this way. Pastors and church members should think constructively on these things we have out lined in our three editorials. If they do so earnestly, God will bless their church beyond all expectations. however, was the statement, “Allow us to re solve our sins of racial discrimination, such as they may be, by our own efforts in our own time." This, he added, was the responsibility of southern statesmen of “high calling " We are indeed gratified to know that a lead ing southern Governor has at last recognized that the task of peaceful integration is the mission of men of high calling and honest pur pose. This goal cannot be reached, Mr, Gov ernor until black and white men are willing to talk with one another in serious fasnion and work together cooperatively. There is, however, one distmbing note in your speech, Mr. Governor: You said that “we (the South) will move forward by our own efforts and in our own time." We hope that the "in our own time" will not be forever, nor will it cause “men of high calling” to pro crastinate and falter in thqjr pledge to make the Deep South “& new heaven and a new earth.” We challenge the men of high calling to step forward and extend the “right hand of fellow ship" to the black man farthest down. Symbol Os Hate: Amt, lea’s Tragic By* Jen. 4; %' '' , , t What Other Editors Say GIVING STRANGERS A LIFT The danger inherent in auto ists picking up strangers and giving them a ride has been em phasized in recent, weeks by the murder of at least two of these kindly drivers. Nearer to home, a young Phi ladelphia couple who gave two innocent-looking young men a ride were not harmed, but were left in the cold while their cap tors drove off with the car. Despite aU the warnings a gainst giving strangers a ride, many motorists will no doubt continue to take a chance, ft seemed inhuman to the young Philadelphia couple not to give two shivering men a ride. The truth is, if any analysis of the number of honest hitchhik ers could be made, that the over whelming majority would be found to be grateful for the “lift" and harmless. But. as is the case in other fields, the negligible minority will event ually make it impossible for the majority to get help. . Since there is no way for driv ers to determine who is and who is not worthy the best thing to do is to refuse rides to all stran gers. PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE PIOUS INCITEMENT The concern of City Councilman Jessie Holms, who helped put on the race-baiting campaign a gainst Dr. Frank Graham, for protection of public speakers at the Institute of Religion, may seem a sign of civic enlighten ment. Actually, the Councilman’s letter was obviously an effort to stir up trouble where none ex isted. THE PULPIT VOICE - BY REV. HAMILTON T. BOSWELL A TIMUR FOR MINORITY YOUTH TO PREPARE In the Book of Ecclesiastes, meaning of li/e, Kehcloth, the that well known treatise on the author declares “To every thing there is a sesror,, and a tune to f, very purpose under the heav on." To understand Keheleth we must keep in mind that this is not his final conclusion as he seeks to find the meaning of life. Yet he begins chapter 3 with this fatalistic concept which suggest the vanity of ail human action. There is however, an element of truth in his assertion that "to everything there is a season”. People who know something of farm life are very aware of the importance of seasons. For if a farmer is to have a successful crop, there is « season to plow, a time to plant, a time, to cultivate and a time to plant, a time to cultivate and a time to reap. And in many other ways we see the truth in Kohelcth's truism. Another graphic example Is to be found in the life of eye < of man. There a time to be born, a time to grow, a time when learning is the major con cern as well as other phases un til the time of one's demise ■Whereas the seasons and timet: are not. vs totally conclusive ns *t*tM in E'.clesiastea, still they arc impoitr.nt and determine live in the life of man. It was the privilege of this writer along with some 600 per sons representing mi no rip' groups in the country to attend a conference January 15, in Washington, D. C. which was called by Vice-President Nixon, ns chairman of the President's Committee on Federal Con For years on end the Institute of Religion at the United Church which lists among its cooperat ing groups such organizations as the Raleigh Woman’s Club and the Parent-Teacher Associ ation, has brought distinguished speakers to Raleigh. Some of the speakers have undoubtedly tak en a position well to th® left of Councilman's Helms who has made the organ of the North Carolina bankers the journal of hi a personal prejudices. Ail have expressed their view,'* in decorous fashion and have been heard, even by those who did %» not always agree with them, with respect. The Institute has become a valuable, enlightening item op the Raleigh calendar. Now, however, the Council man on the stationery of the North Carolina Bankers Associ» ation has written a pious epistle to the City Manager- Copies of the letter were circulated after the old handbill fashion. In it, Helms expressed hie “concern" that the appearance of some li bera! speakers fa national known labor leader, a militant Negro preacher, and Northern Senator! may be attended by a “physical demonstration” To “protect" such speakers he urg ed "sufficient law enforcement officers. . , inconspicuously available to keep order and to protect the rights of the people with whom we may be indis agreement” Bosh and nausea! The respect ed Institute of Religion and its speakers need the protection of Jesse Helms like they need holes in their heads. But Raleigh’s good name for tolerance and fair dealing docs need the tracts. Mr, Nixon end m Improsatva array of leaders ia Government Industry and Labor, all seemed to say that now la the time when America's survtrai demands that every available resource for skilled labor, regardless of race he trained and channeled into the desperate need of Industry for skilled workers. And one reason forth» con ference- was to enlist the support of the conferees to carry back to local communities the new gospel for Minority Youth, “Now is the time to train, to prepare, for in the light of the advent of Sputnik there is an open road ahead for any person who only will but tin in end prepare". It was very evident that every speaker before the Minority Group Resources Conference was reasonably sincere in theto ardent pleas end frank admis sions of the problems of the pant and the problems which re main. It was my conclusion that most of Die conferpes came away ob viously convinced of the sin cerity of tho conference though in some I’kagroement ss to how the problem of doing the job of integrating minority group members into unions and Indus try could be accomplished. It strikes forcefully that not oniy is this a time for minority Youth to prepare, but to those who have the religious bend, this is certainly a time of an swers to prayers of the past. There was a slave who consid ered prayerfully, “Didn’t my Lord deliver Daniel, and why not every man?” It is today an answer to his soulful curiosity, prompt repudiation of a city of ficial's slippery inch nent of trouble in a sanctimonious stunt which exceeds «ny pretension's ever made by the ‘Reverend* Catfish CoIe,—NEWS AND OB SERVER, February 1. GOVERNOR SPEAKS FOR STATE Governor Hodges un doubtedly spoke for t!ie vast ma jority of North Carolinians when he denounced the present-day Ku KJtrx Klan find placed upon it the full responsibility for the recent disorders at Max-ton- His warning that future incitement by the Klan will not be tolerat ed will also be applauded gen erally. The original Ku Khix Klan. which sprang up in the Recon struction Era,, was highly re garded in the South. Rut even then the hooded Klan indulged In excess which caused its leaders to repudiate and dis , band the organization As la to as the nineteen-tvr-n --tl«* some people remembered tha original Klan with an ap proval which overlooked it - ex cesses. Even the highly respected Judge Henry A. Grady became a leader of the Klan, until be, too, found himself unable to condone in silence the action of his fololwers. He, too. repudiat ed and disbanded the Klan. The present Klan has little, if any, resemblance to respectabi lity and Its practices are deplor ed by many who share some of the Klon’s points of view. Govrnor Hodges has rightly reached the conclusion the time has come for the State to act as well as to deplore. More power to him! NEWS AND OBSERVER .for wo arc on the tfereshhoM of a positive answer to everyman. Everyman regardless of race color or national origin, is need ed to make the future safe in tik> *eee of erweiai dangers. Another element which was impressive about the conference was the frank admin ion of the limitations of the Presidents Committee on Federal Contracts It operates under the Executive branch of Government and hence as such hm; no expressed force only the power of lever age. ft h* woefully understaffed, and Its finances evidently are Jed out of the President’s fund. But this committee sees a cause greater than their limita tions and the conference was an honest: appeal for public sup port In light of America's desper ate need, how can lili.v white unions and prejudiced employ er* turn back young people who are trained in the drilled oc cupations of industry? It is time that now thought be given to Booker T. Washington’s words quoted in part, “It is better to be prepared and not get. the op portunity than to have the op portunity com* and not be pre pared”. And as we look at the oppor tunity which is now before us, most of us among minority groups know that our youth are not prepared! Ard the blame most justly can be seen in. the failure to inspire Youth for the day* ahead, It ought to behoove every community across this nation to begin now to integrate minority Youth in the Apprenticeship JUST FOR FUN BY MARCUS H. BOULVt’ARE CORNYARD VISITS CRASS SCENE: iAn English class at St Augustine’; gbllege. CORN YARD is visitor. We were: dis cussing definitions of new words. Said X to a male student, is the definition of the Vanguard satellite?” When no one could answer it, Cornyard raised his hand. I nodded a “go signal" and guess what Cornyard said ' CORNYARD: (The Vanguard fizzled out. you know > ~ "Th. name is CIVIL SERVICE." “It won't work and they can’t fire it” The class GUFFAWED, Nov, what was there for me to say Nothing! STUDENT’S THEME; One of the questions on the English tost asked students to write a paragraph on a subject “near est to their hearts." Here’s what one paper said: "Most doctors would agree that the main cause of most heart failure and high blood pressure among students come from the agony of comprehen sive examinations and finals "Some profs live for the glory of seeing the day when they will reign again in supreme power over the poor indentured, stud ent. Seems like they grow daws, file their teeth, and sip their bitter potions for that national ly known "ALL CRAM WEEK!” "Even the most ingenious student gets a little jittery be cause he never knows how the phantom will sweep him away. It’s even more horrifying when we have longed at the SMILING CHESIRF, ACT all semester, —- the one who has taught every thing except the main points of Iho course. "On that reckoning day, the prof acts like a vulture on iL prey. Tn the end, we can only say. thunks heavens, for some of those instructors who have done their jobs well." Tli on the student added a V S. at the bottom of the sheet: "Lots of hick. DOC! To every student. “Just imagine how little we could knock if all of our in- Gordon B» Hancocks BETWEEN the LINES ST A '}' KSM C Pi Vs R SI’S SEGREGATION EXTKRTS Seme years ago while the writer was teaching in Virginia Union University, he offered a course in rural sociology. We came upon the discussion of the backward rural community as against the progressive one. We made field excursions to rural communities whore rural life was an inviting situation whore everybody seemed to be urged ori toward something better. They had progressive churches and schools and their own phy sicians and dentists and there was an ease and happiness about life that seemed satisfying. There wore other communi ties where everything was de pressed and the major objective of large copting- ‘its of the citi zens was to get away to the cities and urban centers. No body seemed satisfied and there was a run down appearance so noticeable in their schools and churches. The class wondered at the difference. Only casual obser vation convinced them that the great difference between a pro gressive community and a back ward one was a matter of lead ership. Progressive leaders gave the program for the progressive communities and backward leaders gave leadership to the backward communities. The obvious question as to which preceded, the leader or the community in which we find them Only casual study made it clear That the leader preceded the kind of community in, which we find him. Jt takes a progressive leader to build a progresive community: and ev ery such community has a his tory of able leadership. Backward communities have histories of backward leaders. Tliis is likewise true of great and mighty Rations as opposed to the desraden? ones. The greatest of Athens anti ' Rome can fee explained in terms of great leadership. And so the Empire. For hundreds of years U*e British Empire survived crisis after crisis because it had able statesmen. During World War I Britain found a Lloyd George; during World War 11 it found a Winston Churchill, The resurgence of Russia within recent decades fear tot to a new appraisal of leadership in the leading countrio of the world. The disillusioning fart that Russia Is bidding for world leadership wffij its superiority in the space-race should lead our nation to an introspection that should throw a searching spot-light on our national lead ership. Wo refused to be comforted with President Eirenhowcr’s* at tempt to reassure tip, while Rus sia is forging ahead in the space race, Somewhere down the line our national leadership has been failing. A statesman is one who can look over the shoulders of his fellowmen and sec the shapes of things to come. Our so call ed statesmen have contented themselves with brandishing programs carried on jointly by unions and employers with the cooperation of local Boards of Education. Now as never before is a time to get prepared! •umotors had cut class more of. ten.” Cornyard, can you imagine that? You know one thing, I like the way he "raked us profs over the coal." LORETTA: Like we told you last week Loretta attended the concert with me Friday night. Lhe had on one of those Spoon shape frocks which was straight hanging in the front with m full blouse back. The outfit had one of those Heim’s skirts, 13 inches from the floor, baring half the kneecap. 1 said, "On. no, Loretta, you can't go ):ke that!" She replied, "Why not? "The body is out of style just like Pierre Cardin says—-it takes the form of the dress.” "Well, that: may be true (,soid I) but another Paris designer ad vises women to hang on lo the the body, it'll come back.” When Loretta walked in the auditorium, you should have seers those eyes popping. That dress just let go behind while its fullness was caught in again at the hern for the Bloomer Girt effect. The hemlines flirted with the kneecap—you could see them end then you couldn't Her hat was simply wild. Big berets or circlets of feather or petal-shaped chiffon gave some tiling of the effect of an African tribesman war bonnet. Cornyard told me that from what we heard, she created a sensation. I went to Cornyard ? room *- round noon last Saturday and he had just awaken from his long morning snooze. "Cornyard,” I said,” you sleep too much in the day. “What else do I have to do but sleep?” he answered. "What else do I have to do but sleep?” he answered. “RcmemSsier,” f replied, "the man who wakes up and finds himself successful hasn’t been asleep.” You know what, oCrnyard Ig noredme. the atom bomb, and later the hydrogen bomb. We have been ■ onteht to play the international Sana Claus on tire one hand and international bully on the other. Meanwhile Russia was getting ready to launch satellites which would dismay the world. Now we find ourselves squabbling among ourselves as to who is to blame, for what? The fact remains this country spends* entirely too much time debating ways and means of holding the Negro In the sec ond-class status as & citizen of this country. The representatives of the Old Smith have sworn among tboir.rehvs that they will not let. th;- Negro go. The color question has consequently pro duced a generation of "segrega tion experts" who specialize on ways and means of oppressing and repressing and suppressing and distressing the hapless Ne gro. In an hour of national peril and crisis we do not have able statesmen but a set of "segrega tion experts” whose highest abilities, are utilized with the complexities and intricacies and vagaries of the color question. But the evidences are daily multiplying that; "segregation experts” cannot compete with Russia in the mad race to take over the world. The current crises are calling for the bread of statesmanship and we are offering the stone of segregation expertness. If this nation is to be saved for democracy the energies ©f our nation must be dedicated tt fending off communism rathe# than holding the Negro baefk Statesman versus segregatio* experts. LETTER TO THE EDITOR January 17, 1958 DEAR SIR: I thank y ou for the editorial which app'.vmd in the January 1! issue of The Carolinian rela tive to the late Dr, N. C, New bold. I am sure that members of his family will be glad to see this tribute. 1 shall be glad to discuss with your Special Reporter, Marcus H. Boulwace, the program of Negro Education from 1921 to 1957. Since 1 travel a great deal, it might be wise for him to tele phone the of fice and ascertain if 1 am in the city. With every good wish, I am Yours very sinecrly, G. H. Ferguson State Department of Public Instruction. Raleigh, N. C. East year. North Carolina certi fied seed potato growers produced P 1,348 hundred-pound bags of cer tified potatoes.
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