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4 THE CAROLINIAN WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1358 Editorial Viewpoint The CAROLINIAN S WORDS OF WORSHIP 1. Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father: and the younger men as brethren; 2. The elder women as mothers: the younger as sisters, with all purity. 3. Honour widows that are widows indeed. 4. But if any widow have children or ne phews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. 5. Now that she is a widow indeed, and des- A recent ANP news article commented, “A periodic survey of school integration in the South shows desegregation is barely creeping along—or is at a virtual standstill and halt” The record shows 746 schoo' listricts desegre gated and 2,125 still segregated. In Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee where partial desegregation has begun, the actual number of Negroes in mixed classes in these states is 270. Seven states—Virginia. South Carolina. Georgia, Alabama. Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida —are still holding the segregation line. These seven states have threatened, one wav or the other, to dose their public schools if they are forced to integrate by court order. In one of our editorials in the May 10 issue we showed that, should the Southern States abolish their public schools, millions of teach ers would become unemployed and that hun dreds of millions of dollars would be cut off from their economy. Naturally hundreds of thousands of Negro teachers would be un employed. But what is more than likely to happen is gradual and long-drawn-out desegregation from which a large number of Negro teachers would be unemployed. This would be the cast until new wholesome attitudes toward Negro teachers instructing white children are de veloped There is an old saying, "The teacher caught him riding a pony. ' This meant, of course, that the student was caught cheating on the examination Whether or not the student is barred from further participation in the course is a matter left with the teacher. At any rate, the culprit is very much embarrassed. Cheating on tests and examinations is fairly widespread among students in the elementary and secondary schools, colleges and univer sities. Perhaps many people would be amazed if they knew how widespread the practice is Certainly it is being done to such a degree that it warrants our deepest concern. In the upper grades in high school and also in our colleges and universities., various ponies are being used—yes, right, under the nose of the teasher. Young mm write notes (which they plan to use in the examination) on their shirt cuffs and fingernails. They often paste “ponies” on their knee caps which are covered by their trousers, or they may copy notes on pieces of paper which they boldly employ should the instructor permit them to use scratch pads. The coed has the advantage in this game, especially if the instructor is a male. She puts preach honesty is the best policy. While teach er wouldn’t dare enter Many tunes examina tion. notes are scribbled on her slip and petti- Formal Education Pays Off There was a time when a man could take a few dollars and little schooling, begin at the bottom, and later find himself at the top. The recipe for his success was usually initiative and enterprise, hard work, perseverance and "stick-to-it-ness ” Usually, he was wiling to walk the second, undemanded mile. For his eforts he became wonderfully wealthy, and God smiled upon him Hts blessings.. Today, however —since the frontiers have been conquered and mighty industries and fin ancial empires dot the land—the one-man suc cess story is a myth of the past. At work are. many factors which prevent one man from accumulating in his lifetime so much money that is will bury him if he doesn’t watch out. Coming to the fore is the new type of junior executive called just recently 'the Organize tion Man." The new Organization Man is a crossbreed between the senior executive and the worker .who works for some large corpora tion, belongs to it, and invests his future in it. The new successful man is a high school graduate, but more than likely he has finish ed college—specializing in some field. Prob ably he won’t earn more than SIO,OOO a year; but with that sum, he treats himself and his family to some of the luxuries cf the Ameri can standard of living. In contrast to the one-man big-wig of yes teryear, the new successful man does not ex pect to make a fortune. Whether he is a junior executive, staff scientist or researcher, indus trial psychologist, principal of some large high • school, or plant supervisor, he has found out that his education pays. The new successful executive, a college grad uate, is paid an average of $7,600 annually According to the U. S. Bureau of Census, the average annual income of families headed by college graduates was about $7,600 in 1956, Are You Ready? “Riding Ponies" date, trusteth in God, and eontimieth In sup plications and prayers day and night. 6. But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. 7. And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. 8. But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. In the meantime, there is away out for Negro teachers who want to go North to make a career. Reliable sources state that in New York City, for example, job opportunities for young Negro teachers “who are qualified and have what it takes to pass the tough oral and written examinations,” However, if Negro teachers don’t have it in their background and arc “Not on the ball.” we advise them not to go there looking for em ployment Because they were “B” students in all their “education courses” at some down state college wouldn’t mean a thing. The point we are trying to make it obvious. According to a UP story, the Springfield, Massachusetts school system is seeking 200 new teachers —regardless of race—for the term starting next September. Supt. T. Joseph Mc- Cook told a Parent-Teachers Association meeting that qualifications for teachers are high in Springfield and “that reduces our chances of getting teachers.” Now wr also know, as with anything else, that m order to get in New York City, Spring field, and other northern systems, a Negro teacher has to he well-qualified as well as ' darned-good.” We believe that we have many Negro teachers who can meet these standards, and we urge them to make applications for these positions. Are you ready to move out from the boun daries of Jim-Crow schools? coat, or a well-hidden note is concealed in the roll of her hose at the leg’s calf. To be sure, examination ponies are frequently concealed in her brassiere. These techniques puts the male teacher at decided disadvantage if he hopes to catch the student “m the act” Not only is this practice indulged in by many undergraduate students, but it may reach serious proportion among many grad uate students—in-service teachers, principals, and what-have-you. Now you may ask, “What can we. do about this situation?” We have no ready made an swer. but. we feel that parents of youth can do a tremendous amount of good in correcting this practice. We would like to call your attention to this well-known statement, “I would teach my child that it is more honorable' to fail than to cheat." While teaching subject matter, the teacher should grasp every opportunity to preach honesty is tme best policy. While teach ing children good habits and obedience to dis cipline, parents ought to emphasize the virtuie of honesty. Oftimes parents insist upon their children earning high grades in school, and this may be a factor in the problem of cheating on ex aminations. We urge parents, therefore, to de sist from such practice. compared by $5,500 for those headed by high school graduates. For families headed by grammar school alumni, the average income was $4,200. The Negro graduate, however, must not be mislead by these figures, because racial dis crimination and economic bias shut In his face many doors leading to junior executive ships. Only now and then does a Negro “break through the. colorline” into well-paid positions. But even though this is true, the Negro high school and college graduate fairs much better than one with a grammar school education or less. The average Negro college graduate earns about $3,800 annually, and there are few ex ceptions to mle when we consider the entire population. The annual income of families headed by high school graduates is approxi mately $3,100 a year. Yet this is far in ex cess of the earnings of the average person with n grammar-grade education or less. For this latter group, the average pay is S4O or $45 per week in the nation as a whole. We know that there are many youths who must drop out of school because of financial reasons. But take a youth with “the stuff” and ability, he can provide himself with this edu cation and professional training. We urge those youth, who have little money and who want a good education, to postpone marriage four or five years, to work one or two years and save money, to sacrifice the usual pleasures, and to keep up the faith. If there is no opportunity, you MUST MAKE ONE. We must warn those youth who are the least bit faint of heart. There must be no dilly dallying, no half-hcartcdncss, and. no happy go-lucky attitude, because these can easily spell failure. But At Home You Must Have Patience About Civil Rights PICTHER SENTENCE SERMONS BY REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWERY For ANP “COME YE AFTER ME” 1. Any Fisherman knows that In this sport three essential things are required, a pole, a prepared line, and bait. . , and jf any one of these are lacking, the trip will hardly compensate 2. The Master of the world passing by, did not want men to grow weary and sigh. . . so His command embraced more mean ing than these weary fishermen perhaps could sense at the be ginning. 3. They first came or their own volition, but now are call ed to a high commission, . . one requiring special living and training; that in constant touch with this teacher of mankind, they would eventaully be able to reveal things Divine, 4. His command “COME AF TER ME”, was the mapped path of training that would set their own souls ftee; then into a high er realm of power, they would bo able to lift every sin-sick brother. What Other Editors Say WHAT IS THE PRICE OF BECOMING A GREEK AT LINCOLN Stanley S. Scott Fraternity—“brotherhood, ac tual or in a formal association, as a college fraternity". This is the standard definition that can be found in a’rjiost any dictinary to define this group. But let's ask ourselves—What is the price of becoming a fraternity man on the Lincoln campus? Just last week ''Greek ships” IN THIS OUR DAY BY Oft. C. A .“HICK SR. EDUCATION FOK ECONOMIC SURVIVAL I Slav* heard various descrip tions or purposes of education: “Character Education"; "Citi zenship Education*’; “Religious Education”: “Vocational Educa tion’’; “Education for Democ racy"; and a host of others. 1 do not recall, however, having heard but. very little pertaining to “Economic Education." The subject of my article for this week has reference to more than a mere knowledge (mem ory) of the economic theories of such men as Pluto, Aristotle, Ac quinas, Adam Smith, Marx, Ric ardo. Marshall, Malthus, Fisher, Keyness, and a long list of others that could be mentioned. Many of us have knowledge of the theories of the foregoing. But, by and large, it is a “teaching knowledge " That is to say, we rehash them an dthrow off a littic “hot air" in the class room pertaining to the same. Probably the subject of this article should be “Deve loping Economic Attitudes to Enable an Individual or Group to Survive. I quite often think of our fore parents, especially during the pe.riod of their lives immediate ly following slavery. They knew nothing about the various eco nomic theories of the master ec onomists. Vet f fear they (many of them! knew more economics than many of us today who have our advanced degrees, majoring in economics. My considered guess is that if a study were made of land owned by Negroes, especially rural land, it would be found that a large percen tage of it was acquired by our foreparents during the early dsy of their freedom. h. These common fishermen already knew something about patience, but soon would be able to deal with cold indiffer ence; all because their Master Fisherman one day came along, and taught them how to attract men out of howling throng 6, The technique of this op eration they would never have known if this humble Galilean haci not left His pearly throne to come down to these muddy shores and submit himself to Heaven’s chores. 7, What would they have known about that mysterious eternal touch that extricates every sinner from. Satan’s tor menting clutch, and sets him on his way rejoicing with & revit alized spirit and holy anointing? 8, Just realize, if you will, that last phrase of His command. "AND I WILL MAKE YOU TO BECOME FISHERS OF MEN” . you then become a vicegerent in His stead, to heal the sick and the sin-sick dead, were prancing and dancing up and down our campus quad rangle in the finale to entering Greekdom. The faces of the fra ternity men were stout hearted and proud as they stood erect in line for inspection. They were rightly proud because they had taken the best of mental hazing and barbarian physical torture from their big brothers and still survived. For the girls there were several changes of cos tume each day for the activities Moreover, I fear that much of the land acquired by our fore parents early in their freedom, we educated Negroes, majoring in economics, are letting it get out of Negro possession. Appar ently we do not stop to think that the Inndividuals who own the land in any given commun ity have more to say than any one else as to what goes on m that community. You cannot do anything without land. Wo educated Negroes will pur chase automobiles, costly ones at that. (This writer is not op posed to an individual purchas ing the type of automobile he desires) but seemingly it oc curs to only a few of us that the firms making these automobiles as well as those supplying other accessories to automobile;' such as tires, gasoline, must be mak ing money. And on and on thi* article could go. we purchase fine clothes, furniture, build fine homes all of which are per fectly alright. They are the things that people naturally de sire, the good things, the abun dant life. But my only criticism of us is ‘hat it would seem that so few of us ever stop to realize that along with purchasing the goods of various corporations, if we would also purchase some stock in them, we would be all the more able to live the abundant life. Let's hurry up and make haste to acquire economic attitudes as well as degrees majoring in eco nomics. Lets push out into the economic deep water where there are large fish. By and large, only small economic fish are found near the bank and this shallow water, of the stream. ft. JOHN caught, sight nf this when he said “Beloved, now are. ■we the sons of God, and it; doth not yet appear what we shall bp": even as far back as this, we have been taught, that per fection is progressive, and that we get the greatest, blessings from heaven when we are sub missive, 10 In coming to Christ we get everythin v nire sr-,rl on in He can depend to fight sin and ev ery form of vice; v/e become the students of His 'University that teaches how to face every kind of adversity, 11. It is an Art only taught in this high seat of learning, and any student who enters here roust have a deep spiritual yearn ins which must day by day meet the. Master's approval, for the lessons taught here are ever lasting and eternal. 12. If then you are willing to reach the Hall-Mark nf success, you will how at the feet of this Master who will gladly share with you, Heaven's very best, the cost of which in most case represents a sacrafice for the. parents or guardians back home. However, all of the men were not fortunate enough to come out of the “sessions" without a scratch. One probate was rushed to the school infirmary aft?) a “session" with his big brothers. As this issue of the Clarion is being put to press, this same newly initiated brother is in the school infirmary. He is lying prostrate with a seriously injur ed back. And some familiar with his condition, and the medical prognosis, believe the effects of his injuries may be life long. Let’s ask ourselves as mature college students—ls this brother ly iove, to use uncivilized meth ods on pledges to spread hate rather than brotherhood in an organization, to endanger a stu dent life in one of Die thrill “sessions’'? We believe there should be a reappraisal of Greek-lfitier or ganization? ori our campus. The Greeks should both morally and spiritually have a high sense of values. They should be con structive rather than s destruc tive force in the life of our campus We can only hope that prac tice of near fratricide on its members ip not practiced by all G reek-letter organizations oit the Lincoln cam pc We do not pretend to know how wide spread thin practice is, but when -I can seriously injure even one single student, the organiza tions should change their poli cies. LINCOLN UNIVERSITY CLARION (Mfeouri' RELIGION HAS NOT FAILED The challenge to religion and the role of the church are no . different to day from what they were in the past. While there are various creeds, philosophies and faiths, they seek essentially to bring about a communion be tween man and a Supreme Be ing, Differences in the manner of operating the various church es do not involve the substance of religious belief?. There is no reason to believe the pessimistic conclusions of some indvidiuals, who assert that men and women are going to the dog faster than ever. Neither is there any basis for the opinion that millions and millions of people have turn ed 'aßfiinst God.’’ If either of these conclusions is true, the in evitable deduction is that ’-eliK ion and the church have failed in JUST FOR FUN TI»F SUMNER'S PARADE Yes, l love a parade! 1 trussed the St. Augustine’s College ex cellent cuisine to see the an nual State Shriner'r Gala Day Parade which moved up Fay etteville and later down Blount Street to the Temple at no on Saturday. Cornyard and I walked up on the square in the front of the post office just in time to see thp first unit of the parade. The sun began to bear down some degrees; and were it not for our widebrtm Texas straw hats, I don't think we ccuid have stood it Boy, how Old Sol got n-.-xt to those fat men in the parade. But I must give it to them, they could take it' (Come to think of it. I'd better watch myself. I've been eating too much at the case at night. Know one thing? —T have been gaining pounds since last September. Fact of the matter, 1 had to imye all of my pants let out in the waist Brother, I have not been eat ing to live, but rather living *o eat. This foolishness must, be cut out promptly. As the parade proceeded, T was impressed with the- floats de picting our fight against cancer and TB To me they were a symbol of progress. Tbit my friend. Cornyard, was carried away with that. Tarheel lovely—Queen for Kabala Tem ple No. 177. CORNYARD: “DOC, who is she?” ME: I don't know, Cornyard.” (But —it seems like l have seen her somewhere, You know my memory is poor, and I wouldn't he surprised if I left tny head home one morning.l Anyway I promised Cornyard I would get the information from Noble A F. Brown. Illus trious Potentate. Kabala Tempie No 177. (Where are you, Mr. Brown? If you read this colum, jot down the information Corn yard wants.) BANDS LIKE LIOON’S. Fay eiteville's BTV/s from Rocky Mount JCTS ‘Hawks” ('mean ing, 1 suppose, Johnson County Training School) ' whooped it up” and we saw a razzle-dazzle jamboree. When 1 beheld those cute Gordon B. Hancock's BETWEEN the LINES rut, AiTkiUi TO i> UN A MITE Our Supreme Court, highest legal tribunal in the 3an«, has v.ithin recent months been de nounced. defied and abused and all because of a unanimous de cision to outlaw segregation in our public schools. Tins abuse and defiance and denunciation have flourished in a lareg sector of the Southern press, and by politicians who have persistently sought to in flame the passions of the pub lic This column was one of Ihe first to warn taht the very sug gestions of violence would soon er or later lead to violence. So the rabid segregationists of the leader type appealed to the press. Their followers are appealing to dvnamitc. The bitter denun ciation and defiance and abuse of the Supreme Court and the current appeal to dynamite are parts of the same picture. Matters are becoming so ser ious tba tthere was recently held their purpose. We are not, pre pared to accept this—SHREVE PORT SUN (La.). A SLIGHT EXAGGERATION BUT NO LOSS OF CREDIT Governor Chandler exagger ated a bit when he told the 11th annual conference of the Ken tucky Branch of the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People that Kentucky is “80 to 90 per cent finished with the job" of pub lic school integration. If is true that school districts in which 80 to 90 per cent cf the state's Negro population resides do now have actual or ‘ permis sive' integration programs. Lou isville alone—just one of the state's 216 districts—has 38 per cent of Kentucky's school-age Negroes. But there sit- si ill more th&n SO districts with no announced plan? for integration, and in a number of even those with ac complished programs the de gree of integration is slight. This is not surprising in a state-wide program of compli ance that owes much of its suc cess to (he fact that, it is not be ing attempted simultaneously an din the same munonr in ev ery community. But it is a long range program, and susceptible to extra difficulties from any widespread but mistaken belief that if is already “80 to 90 per com finished.” None cf which is intended to to minimize the important con tribution of Governor Chandler himself to the success of the program. No governor south of the Mason and Dixon line has been as forthright and as con sistent as he in upholding not only the concept of law and or der but the basic belief as well that the Supreme Court is the final arbiter of what the Con stitution means by its guaran tees of justice and equality at opportunity. Where others have demagogued or pussyfooted on one of the great Issues of our times, he has matched positive belief and declaration with posi tive aclion. Kentucky owes much to him for the relative smoothness and tranquility still happily nUn-king a period of monumental change. THE COURIER-JOURNAL IKY.) BY MARCUS U BOULWARE ■'small girlsi little majorette, heading the Oxford Orphanagi band, their maneuvers lifted mj heart Into the hilts of fantasy The applause they received v s: indeed gratifying. But, I'm not. sure about Cornyard, for he apparently had his eyes ot: the larger beautiei like- the nurses riding on the floats symbolizing cancer and TB fight. THEY SLAVED ME indeed they did. I’m talking about those initiates holding onto that end less rope. (Nobles, you had two prospective candidates until w# saw them. We just couldn’t take it—you know we have our pride.) Although the initiates took Cornyard by surprise, Mr. Hrowr,, 1 think t can bolster up his spirit At least, I’ll have a talk with him on this matter. Momentarily we forgot, the embarrassment of the fellows crossing the desert. Cornyard said. ‘‘DOC, wonder how would we look in them bloomer britch es, yellow shirts, and tarns?; but may be you’d look better in one of those black cut-away coats, stiff-collar, and black bow tie Then you ought to have one of them walking canes. We'd ha “real cool”, wouldn’t we PAPA DOC,” WE WENT FROM Blount Street for a little snack in a wife, where the shelf was lined with such delicacies as snuff Society brand, Rainbow Miller, Navy Scotch. Then there were plugs of Brown Mute tobacco. My mind war- carried awsy to Madison. Wisconsin, when I worked for Oscar Mayer Com pany The assistant, superinten dent; of the night operations, as a matter of courtesy, offered me a “dip ’ of snuff. Crazy me, I had no better sense than to accept, the first time Boy! what a nasty mouth ful—but I grinned and bore it like a veteran. They tdi me that cigarettes, cigars, and Brown Mule, can by no stretch of the imagination be compared to that sweet Scotch snuff. You may laugh now, but once upon a time the French and English playboys ‘sniffed” or “dipped'' snuff It was the fash ion of the day. in Jacksonville, Florida a meet mg of representatives of 28 ci ties to devise ways and mean to combat the ways of dynamil - that is just getting under way. Certain Southern newspaper have cultivated the baser pas sions of the people and now, tr - rabble is ready to take over. Let it be understood that dynamit- 1 itigs are not confined to the South but they are the patterns of protest, aaginst any relaxa tion of those anti-Negro tradi tions. which are threatening th integrity of our nation in the eyes of the world. It must be clear to even a cas ual observer, that there is in this country an element quite willing.to hand over this nation on a platter to Russia, if Russia will in turn eternalize racial segregation. There can be little doubt that Russia would play ball with this element. Already there are those who suspect that Russia is be hind the current inter racial strife. The picture is clearest m the South but the spirit of racial intolerance is abroad in all th* land. This matter of the bombings of Negro schools and Jewish synagogues shows which way the lawless winds are. blowing in this country. The real pity of the situation is not the appeal to dynamite, but that this appeal has b">cn carefully cultivated by certain influential Southern newspapers. The great danger is that { things will get out of hand, as they show signs of doing. The newspapers inciting the masses to riot and violence may know where to slop; but the masses do not' The curses and maledictions , heaped upon the Supreme Court for a unanimous decision sounds much like the stoning of the prophets. It is always easier to stone the prophets than to turn from our sins. The very fact that 28 cities have already manifested con cern and are trying to devise ways and means of checking this dangerous course, is a hope ful sign; but it is just as well for the country to know that as long as we have an inflamma tory press w# are going to be afflicted with the dancers and disgrace of the appeal to dyna mite. The real explanation of this newest development in resis tance to the Suoreme Court de rision is not to be found in the appeal to dynamite in itself. but ~ in the higher ups who incite the inascs to violence. This bitter denunciation and defiance and abuse of our high est legal tribunal, is bound to heat iis coimter-oart. which is violence It would be well for the concerned cities to include the inflamatory press in their study of the current lawlessness, whic his threatening to get out of hand in the South, roononau (, When race prejudice takes precedence over decisions of the Supreme Court and of democra cy and nf Christianity, we are heading for national disintegra tion. Some of the concern for communist infiltration should « he concentrated on the current appeal to violence and it* in- ( citement.