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THE CAROLINIAN
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1958
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Editorial Viewpoint
The CAROUNJMTS
WORDS OF WORSHIP
17 Arid these signs shall follow them that
believe; In my name shall, they cast out devils
they shall speak with new tongues;
18 They shall take up serpents: and if they
drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them:
they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall
recover,
IQ So then after the Lord had spoken unto
them, he was received up into heaven, and sat
An Educational Challenge
After being sued by two Negro girls for de
nial of admission to white schools two or three
blocks from their homes, the Houston. Texas,
school board conducted a gigantic testing prog
ram among both white and colored pupils. In
the court trial, testing experts exhibited data
showing that Negro pupils were from two to
three grades behind white students of their age
groups, except in fourth grade reading.
The school board’s attorney argued that the
Houston public school system needed more time
to implement procedures for raising the aca
demic level of Negro pupils prior to any degree
of integration.
This raised the issue of how this might best
be done? The Houston school board recently
came up with a plan of inservice training for
Negro teachers. Briefly stated it will work
something like this:
An outstanding and topflight white teacher
'will conduct demonstration classes which Negro
teachers would be required to attend. T he Ne
_gro teachers will sit in observation booths and
watch the ’white teacher through a one-way vis
ion glass. Hostile Negro papers have named it
the “peeping” method.
It is not our purpose to argue that the school
board of Houston is using this procedure to de
lay desegregation. But we would like to suggest
that, if the school board feels that certain Negro
teachers need better training, they should be
sent to first-rate colleges and universities at full
salaries for this training. In this way. the school
board would reduce the amount of criticism
growing out of the “touchy” racial issue.
Now if the school board is working in good
faith, it will also seek to upgrade the teaching
ability of those white teachers who are defici
ent.
C. W. Rice, editor of the NLabor Nswa,
recently conducted a survey among 50 Negro
parents to get their reaction to the “peeping”
method. He found that the majority of Negro
parents interviewed were in favor of the Hou
The Mystery Os Desegregation
When the Negro was disfranchised during
the Reconstruction Period, it was easy to ef
fect segregation of the black and white races
in the South. Tn the courses of the white pri
mary, whites pledged themselves to keep the
races separate, for there could be no normal
relations between them.
Segregation laws appeared briefly during
. the Reconstruction Period but disappeared by
1868. Laws of segregation were resumed, how
ever, when the whites began to take over the
rule of the government. Beginning in Tennes
see in 1870, Southerners passed laws against in
termarriage of the races. In 1875, Tennessee a
dopted the first “Jim Crow” law and the rest
of the South soon followed suit. Negroes and
white were separated on trains, in depots, and
on wharves.
Then toward the end of the 19th century,
the Negro was banned from white hotels, bar
bershops, restaurants, and theaters when the
Civil Rights Arts were outlawed. By adopting
new constitutions, the Southern states more
firmly established the color line by the most
stringent segregation of the races.
The practice of segregation is indeed a my
sterious custom, and intelligent American citi
zens should abolish it in the near future. It
should, be abolsihed for two reasons.
First, the practice of segregation is most con
fusing to Negro citizens. There is no set pattern
and it is frustrating not to know what is pre
cisely expected of Negroes in every situation
On trains we are segregated in a special
coach up front, but on buses and street cars
Negroes are required to sit at the rear. In sonic
stores, there is no segregation on elevators, but
in other establishments there is an elevator for
colored and another for white. Often the ex
press elevators is reserved for whites only. In
some white hotels, Negroes are asked to take
the freight elevators for certain conference
meetings.
Judas Iscariot
Less than a month ago we discussed the last
week of Jesus as He carnc to the Cross. But we
did not give more than a cursory glance at ju
das, treasurer of the Lord’s group.
No doubt when Jesus uttered the chief points
of his business philosophy, Judas took sharp
issue with the Master. Jesus said:
h Whoever will be great must render great
service,
2. Whoever will find himself at the top must,
be willing to lose himself at the bottom.
3. The big rewards come to those who travel
the second, undemanded mile.
A financial expert, judas would have sneer
ed at this outline of successful business princi
ples. But he was not a bad fellow at heart, for
certainly lie had good virtues as well as some
..of the weaknesses of the small bore business
~ Jnan. He was “hard boiled” and proud of it:; yes
he looked out for Number One.
It was not an easy task being treasurer for a
group of idealists, Judas would have told you.
He held the purse strings and gave every cent
« good tight squeeze before he let it pass, just
on the right hand of God.
20 And tiiey went forth., and ' preached
everywhere, the Lord working with them, and
confirming the word with signs following. A
mcn. St. Mark. XVI, 17 to 20.
Here we have an account of rhe Ascension
of Jesus Christ and the coming of the Holy
Ghost.
ston School Board’s teacher-training program
for Negro teachers, because they felt that in
general colored teachers were not as well pre
pared as whiles.
Many of the parents, according to Editor
Rice, placed the blame for deficient Negro tea
chers upon the sub- standard colleges and
schools where most Negro teachers have re
ceived their Paining. Naturally, then—and ob- ,
viously so—this blame falls almost entirely up- ]
on many of our private and state colleges for ]
Negroes.
Most of our states have recognized their re
sponsibility regarding support of institutions
that train Negro students and are increasing
appropriations for improving these colleges in
every way. But what about many of our Negro
church related and private colleges?
Were we asked to do so, the Carolinian could
prepare a list of at least 24 Negro church-relat
ed colleges that arc not prepared in terms of '
buildings, facilities, and programs to give first
class college and teaching training. They arc
not recognized by the Southern Association of
Colleges and Secondary Schools, nor do they
belong to the United Negro College Fund from
which they might receive substantial financial
assistance.
To be sure, many of tb- se schools are not pre
pared and equipped to do even first-class high
school work. Their buildings are dclapidated
and in a state of unsanitary condition. Because
of the lack of finances, they can’t command the
services of competent and gifted teachers. They
must be content with the “"dregs” of the teach
ing profession.
We know of one institution that cannot pay
its instructors who have agreed to continue
on future ‘‘promises” in pay
If the churches in question will not support
their institutions adequately, then the State
Boards of Education should command them to
close shop,
An interstate Negro traveller has been driv
en out of an eating place in a bus station be
cause he did not know that colored people were
required to “go to the back” or “around to a
side door.” Why more of us didn't fast rather
than submit to this humiliation we are at a
loss to say?
Second, the practice of segregation is an eco
nomic burden to the white man. The dual sys
tem requires two of everything, but the white
man has been content to pay the price. To
name a few examples, railroads and bus com
panies must provide two waiting rooms, two
water fountains, two restaurants, two sets of
pay telephones, and so on.
Stores and factories have had to provide two
water fountains, two toilets, two locker rooms
for employees—one for white and another for
colored. ,
We could go on and on describing how ridi
culous the white people of the United States
have made themselves appear in the eyes of
the world. Segregation is cancerous growth eat
ing at the vitals of bur very existance as the
world’s major power. The dark people of the
world arc turning deaf cars to the voice of an
America that refuses to practice the freedom
that >t preaches.
I here are numerous other reasons why sc g
regation should he abolished, hut space will
not permit a discussion of them in this editor
ial.
Have you ever noticed that white and black
people can stand in line one behind the other
at post office windows, at the bank window, at
the cashier's office in department stores; but
if is an affront for black and whites to sit be
side one another on buses, trains, and in audi
toriums.
If white America would take an objective
look at segregation, it would say to itself:
“How absurd and silly can we get?”
as many of our business managers do now.
When the grateful woman broke her box of
costly ointment over Jesus’ feet, the other dis
ciples thought it was fine, but Judas knew bet
ter, “Pretty wasteful business," he grumbled to
himself.
The big talk of the others about “thrones”
and “kingdoms” and “victories” did not fool
him: he could read a balance sheet, and he
knew the iig was up. So he made a deal with
the High Priest. Caiaphas, probably supposing
that Jesus would be arrested, threatened and
warned not to preach in Jerusalem again.
“I will get mine and retire,” he possibly said
to himself. Said Jesus, “I, if I be lifted up (on
the cross; that is to say, if I lose iny life - ) wall
draw, all men to me.” Each of the disciples
made his decision and received his reward.
Judas betrayed, the Lord for thirty peices of
silver, but when events turned out differently
from what he had expected we learn that he re
turned the silver to High Priest, and later hung
himself. If he did so, he had his reward.
Far too many people today are looking out
How To Meet The Increasing Resistance
is The Big Problem Now
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SENTENCE SERMONS
BY REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWERY For ANP
LOOKING AND ACTING LIKE
A CHRISTIAN
1. Some folks want to enjoy
the distinction of a Christian,
but do not want to pay the price:
these seem to think it is just a
matter of pretending to look the
part and acting somewhat nice.
2. Some have an idea it i 3 a
Church affiliation that carries
God’s stamp of approval as be
ing adequate signification , . .
and all chat is left to do is nut
on a fair make-up of piety, and
this will get by with Satan and
satisfy che laity.
3. But this is a wide depart
ure from the truth, that one
could hope to portray Chris
tianity and act so indifferent
and uncouth; for it is an insult*
to the holy intelligence of God,
and toward mankind, an awful
fraud.
4. A man or woman who pro
poses to represent Christ’s
Kingdom, has any right to be
associated with. Satan's Gang
dom; if they want to lie and
steal, they ought to seek a mors
adaptable field.
5. There are some things that
What Other Editors Say
OtTB TEACHERS’ EDUCATION
Untii very recently, vigorous
criticism against the kind of ed
ucation being offered teachers’
colleges has come mostly from
a few stalwarts like Albert
Lynda and Arthur / Bestor. In
books bearing quaint titles like
Quackery In the Public Schools
and Our Educational Waste
lands, they leveled some pretty
serious charges at present-day
teacher education,
They blame the “education
ists” whom they accuse of re
quiring the prospective teacher
to load up with a vast number
of courses In the technique of
teaching. Then, according to
Bestor, graduates of teachers’
colleges “enter the teaching pro
fession knowing everything n
bout teaching except the prin
ciplc-s of the subject they are
supposed to teach.”
•But since mankind look a
gian step into the Space Age
last fall, these critics have been
joined hy a growing number of
others who are dissatisfied with
the way our teachers are being
trained arid the way they are
performing In the classroom.
Amonc the educators who
have spoken out in recent weeks
is Dr. Meric A. Tuve, director
*
for number one. Such an atti
tude on their part Is directly
opposed to the teachings of Je
sus who said,” It is more bless
ed to give than to receive.’’
How often have we heard,
“This Is a good business and de
serves to grow, but after all r<
man must look out for himself.”
Os course, such individuals may
move up to well-paying posi
tions but they can never achieve
outstanding success.
Suppose every man took the
attitude of Judas Iscariot and
looked out for himself. What a
crael world this would be. Cer
tainly. there would not exist
any of ouv present-day coopera
tive enterprises such as:
United Fund Campaigns, Unit
ed Negro College Fund, Nation
al Foundation for Infantile Pa
ralysis, National Society for
Crippled Children and Adults,
Fund for the Advancement of
Education, and many more.
When it comes time for us to
depart from these mundane
shores, let it be not said of us:
“There goes another Judas Is
cariot!”
some churchmen do that fail to
look just right, and while care
lessly doing them, seem to count
God out of sight; for when min
isters chew tobacco and smoke,
then their teaching of cleanli
ness becomes somewhat of a
joke.
6. It is hard to conceive that
Heaven's Code of ethics would
countenance the acts of those
who are slave-s to cigarettes and
narcotics, and unwilling to make
their wills subservient to their
Lord and King, but slip around
and do most anything.
7. Real Christianity is based
on humility, and next to this is
deepest sincerity . . . not just
a front and a few genuflections,
supplemented with much talk
just to make good Impressions.
8. To carry the mark, of a real
follower of Christ, one must put
away his false face and throw
away his dice; this is not a case
of hit-or-miss, but a willingness
to sacrifice and Old Satan re
sist.
9. Christianity is neither Cere
mony or testimony, for both of
these could fall short of the
of the Department of Terrestri
al Magnetism at the Carnegie
Institution of Washington.
Speaking to a Washington au
dience the other day, Dr, Tuve
said one reason it is difficult to
attract into teaching “any stud
ent who has completed a good,
solid college major in physics or
chemistry or mathematics'’ is
that “most states and local com
munities have laws which re
quire all prospective teachers
to have taken many semester
hours of educational psycholo
gy, practice teaching and simi
lar subjects*
"If we really want io do some
thing about improving second
ary education," he said, “here is
one direct and simple thing that
will surely have great effect in
strengthening our schools: We
can go after our local school
hoards and our own state legis
latures to change the laws which
now restrict teacher certifica
tion to the products of the
courses in education.”
Life magazine 'takes a simi
lar attitude. In thousands of
schools,” say* an editorial In the
current Issue, “teachers were
denied the chance of learning
more about their subjects in fa
vor of compulsory education
courses in how to teach them. . ,
Most of ouv slate teachers’ col
leges should be abolished as such
and converted into liberal arts
colleges, with subordinate ed
ucation departments."
There’s a danger, of course,
that this kind of talk will be
carried too far and that teach
ers end educational systems will
be made the scapegoats for na
tional shortcomings in which all
of us share the blame. The
truth is that our public schools
are neither as good as they
ought to be nor as bad as their
more ardent critics would have
us believe. ■
But now that the nation is in 1
a mood for re-examining edu- £
cation, it is appropriate to ask a
questions about the kind of pre- 9
paration teachers get. ""
Is too much emphasis being
placed on teaching prospective
teachers how to teach rather
than on what to teach? Does
North Carolina lean too far in
this direction in requiring 18
semester hours in education t
courses for a high school teach-
ing certificate? (North Carolina's j
requirements are fairly typical
of the other states.)
mirk, for those who d ont live
close to Jesus like to stay just
a bit in the dark; but Chris
tianity it you please, is what an
individual practices when he
rises from his knees.
10. Christ once said '‘you wor
ship me with you lips, but your
hearts are far from me"; this
is like unfaithfulness in mar
riage, a mart telling his wife he
loves her, but giving his money
to another woman, as he might
prefer.
11. One can't serve Christ ac
cording to his own foolish no
tions and expect thru life to be
favored with heavenly promo
tions; the Bank of Heaven gives
men back with dividends and
interest everything on deposit,
while Satan trios to steal his
very soul for" Hellish profit.
12. It is always invaluable to
man to look and act like a
Christian, and he will never re
gret having made such a de
cision; this is one sure way of
being entered or the Heavenly
■Roll —any ether way, a man may
gain the whole world, and lose
his own soul.
These questions are not easy
for a layman to answer. Yet it
should not be left entirely to
those who have built the sys
tem of teacher certification to
provide the answers, They hat e
something of a vested interest
in protecting the synctra.
Perhaps the hast approach is
for more citizen's to take an ac
tive iiit Testing their schools This
interest should extend beyond
physical facilities and curricu
lum, important as They are. It
should also cover the prepara
tion of teachers. We cannot ex
pect our schools to turn out
young people who are educated
for living in the Space Ace un
less we snake sure that their
teachers are adequately prepar
ed fur the job—WINSTON-SA
LEM JOURNAL.
NIBBLING AT EDGES
“Nibbling at the edges" is
whet, a prominent educator has
colled the Eisenhower aid-tv
education proposal. It is doubt
ful that Congress will even go
as far aa the president has ask
ed, At the bottom the opposition
to a genuine aid to education
bill conics from be South which
fours that federal rid will doom
the Jim Crow schools of the
South.
Tt is apparent that federal aid
cannot be extended to segregat
ed schools without running afoul
of the Constitution, The South
had far rather cripple the en
tire nathan give up its constitu
tional Jim Crow reboot systc-iit
That fear is as real tosouth 1 11' 1 n
“liberals” as it is to the Dixie
crats of the Fsubuß stripe.
The nation will never have a
real federal aid program until
the administration makes up its
mind that it is ready to enforce
the 1954 school decision,
the 1054 school decision —CAL
IFORNIA EAGLE.
mWmm
“Lots of bonks tell you how
to manage after you retire.
What’s wanted is one that 11
tell you how' to manage
until!”
JUST FOR FUN
BY MARCUS H„ BOULWARE
AFRAID OF WORK
One day Coinyard and I took
a walk out along a rural road
two miles cast of Froggie Bot
tom. Soon we came upon a man,
sitting ragged and barefoot on
the step* of hia tumbled-down
shack, and we asked for a drink
of water. Wishing to he conver
sational and “carry on small
talk", I said, “How is your cot
ton crop doing?"
“Ain’t got none," replied the
stranger.
“Didn't you plant any?" I
asked.
"Nope,” said the man. “ 'Fruit!
of boll weevils."
“Well,” I said, “how is your
corn?”
“Didn't plant none. TPrald
there wasn't going to be no
a in.
I must admit 1 was confused
and a bit surprised, but I pro
ceeded to ask, "Well, how are '
your potatoc: ?”
“Ain't, got none, Scairt o’ po
tato bugs.”
“Really, what did you plant I ?'’
I asked astonish iy. (Sillv of me,
because nil T had to do was to
look around.)
"Nothing,” answered the man.
“I jes’ played it safe.”
A MAN'S PARADISE: As I sat
on a bench in front of Jabe
Wright's barber shop, I looked
up from my newspaper, and
said to Cornynrd and Loretta
who had just stopped by to chat
a minute:
“Here's an article that says,
“On the tiny South Sea island rs
Papa there are 250 women end
only 34 men. These 34 men are
glorified bv the women natives
of the island who pet and pam
per them and fight among them
selves for the attention which
these women may bestow on
them.
“ ' The men have become so
used the extraordinary ser
vice of the overwhelming majo
rity of women that they do not
even bother to feed themselves
hut simply open their mouths
and it is the privilege of the
Gordon B. Hancock’s
BETWEEN the LINES
OUR PREOCCUPATION WITH
RACK PREJUDICE
The standing of the United
State® in the enmity of the na
tions is not reassuring to a thor
ough going patriot Our prestige
among fee nations is dwindling
and our diplomacy is pitiful.' To
•use football language. It seems
as if Russia is carrying the bill.
It is generally admitted that
Russia is winning the cold war
and her every move is design
ed to put the United States on
the defensive. Her recent an
nouncement that she would
cease her atomic explosions, in
the fact of our silence on the
subject, definitely gives her an
advantage in the eyes of the
world.
Our minimisation of Russia's
gesture as a “propaganda pro
position" does not leave the as
surance this country needs.
When Russia gains a propagan
da advantage it is like gaining
a military or diplomatic advan
tage.
An advantage is an advan
tage. and wo are poorly advis
ed if wo keep on lotting Russia
have advantages which we well
might have had. We cannot
make a touch-down in world
prestige if we lot Russia carry
the bail
t It seems from this angle that
somebody alone the line ts do
ing some dangerous blundering
IN THIS
OUR BAY
By DR. C. A. CRN K, SR.
Our “Uncle" and Big
Brothers”
Tuseday, April 15, was the
deadline t.o pay a debt- that ap
parently no one relishes pav
ing, So much is the paying of
income taxes disliked that it
appeals that most people put
oil the paying of them until
the very last minute. One rea
son why people wait until the
eleventh hour tJ pay their in
come taxes is that the forms
are the nth degree of cross
word pussies.
I am positive that all of us
wish our Uncle and our Big
Brothers (state governors)
would, admonish their tax ex
perts to devise a more simple
form on which to make our re
turns. Another, und more sig
nificant. reason most people
dislike income taxes is that
they see the total bill in one
lump sum. And, they must
reach down In their jeans and
pay the said sum directly
Many of us apparently forget
the amount we pay in bhs
many forms of indirect taxes
including the so-called, hidden
taxes.
About one-third of the pur
chase price we pay for most
goods is taxes. In many instan
ces it is more than a third.
Thus, whatever amount we
must pay in the form of in
come taxes, in all probability
the vast majority of 1 us have
paid more than that in small
amounts at different times, in
the form of indirect and or
hidden taxes.
most beautiful women of the Is
land to insert the food in the
mouths of these men ’ *
Enthusiastically Corn yard
yelled, “Doc, what’re we waiting
for- let's get pessports and tic
kets and be on our way!”
But at that moment, Loretta
“threw her head up in the air”
and breezed off. As sha moved
off, she said, “How absurd can
the males get?”
My friend and 1 chuckled, but
when Loretta turn the corner,
we both guffawed io our heart's
content.
ANNIE BELLE: I walked in- f
to the Froggie Bottom city hall
to get some information on
crime and brushed into Annis
Belle. “Till* is a surprise, Annie
Belle, where have you been ” I
greeted her
• ‘Been visiting out of town a
few weeks,” she said. And as I
looked up on tlm wall I saw
v hat Annie Belle was looking
at when 1 walked up. It was a
sign placed there by tiha clerk
who had gone on a ten-day va
cation trip.
Evidently the sign had been
placed there for information so
that people would know how to
conduct their buxine**. The
sign read as follows:
“For Registrations of births
and deaths, see Dr. Herdog.
For auto and tru elkioenses go
to George Holiday.
For Municipal teusinea*. »*«
Stove Richards.
For Marriage Licenses—think
it over and come back in ten
days ”
1 DON’T BELIEVE IT: A. let
ter received in Froggie Bottom
had this in the upper leftlhand
corner of the envelope: “If nor
delivered in five days, try like
hell the sixth."
Corn yard and T went to the
Lily Os the Valley Church one
Sunday and heard an inspiring
sermon, the central idea was:
“Instead of sitting around and
waiting to go to Heaven, why
not make Heaven out of your
surrounding?"
A splendid thought, isn’t It?
in those critiaci times. There
has just been held in Canada a
general election that augurs ill
for this country.
The successful candidate by
an overwhelming majority was
virtually swept into office on
an anti-United States platform.
He proposed a program of in
dependence of the United States,
with more and more Canadian
trade going to Great Britain and
less and less coming to the
United States. *
The mere shifting of t’,4 jfb
trade in itself is not overwhelm
ingly important The spirit that
prompts it is! We are beginning
to wonder lust, who are our
friends, internationally speak
ing.
With Russia tending to run
aw;iy with the space race and
with our supposed friends in
cbnmg more and more to play
the part of enemies, and with a
king-size recession upon us. we
are face to face with some stern
realities. Somebody down the
line has not been attending to
his business.
The only tiling of which A
mericans may be sure is that
the forces of the nation bent on
eternalizing the Negro’s sub
citizenship are in full control.
But the question keeps pressing
for an answer, what does it pro
fit the nation to yield to the
Current anti-Negro forces and
refuse to let the Negro go, and
lose out in the international
race for power and prestige?
It looks from here that in the
last analysis our country will
have to go it alone, so few and
suspect seem to be our friends
and allies.
This article wat inspired by 1
Russia's latest announcement ’
regarding her atomic tests.
What Russia has In mind no
body knows. But that she is
making a favorable impression
on the thinking of the world
cannot be doubted. Just wny
could we not propagandize as t
profitably as Russia?
We are not going to get an
answer to the many questions
ai-i-ing concerning our country’s
com petition with Russia by
merely m iking light of Russia’s
recent successes. Russia must be
matched and not merely mini
mized,
It cannot be denied that our
international relations are de
teriorating badly. There is one
thing of which we may be sure *
and that is, we are too preoccu
pied with things pertaining to
race prejudice.
The political energies of this
nation ate being sapped by the
color question. Russia is using
100 percent of her energies to
outstrip the United States; the ,
United States is trying to make
out ori 00 percent of her moral
and educational resources.
Eastland-ism and Talmadgism
-and Negro-phobism will even
tually hand this nation over to
Russia on a platter. Playing pol
itics with the color question can
hardly match Russia in its de
tarminsti** to take over this
world for communism. Unless*
abler statesmanship arises in
Washington we are heading in
to trouble of the most devastat
ing kind.
The implications of the recent
elections in Canada and Russia’*
recent announcement on her *-
tcrr.ie tests and our own king
size “recession" make our great
current preoccupation with mat*
tors of race prejudice danger*** M.
in the extreme.