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4 THE CAROLINIAN M EEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 31. 1958 Editorial Viewpoint — __ I ! ! i The CAROLINIAN’S I WORDS OF WORSHIP 1. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want, '2.He rnaketh me to lie down in green pas tures: he leadeth me hesiHe the still watt:?-. 3. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth nc in the path of righteousness for his name's sake. 4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. 1 will fear no evil: for thou art with me: thy rod and thy staff they The Man We’ve Got To Watch r At a meeting of Democratic leaders with the chairman of the county meeting. Carmine. De- Sspio, in Tammany Hall in New York, the group voted to remove Congressman Adam Clayton Powell from the Democratic ticket. One leader, Lloyd Dickens, cast his vote for Powell, and another abstained from voting Leaders at the meeting were: Frank Ros setti, 16th AD; Mrs. Elizabeth Morris, 12th; Manhattan Borough President, Hulan Jack, leader of the 14th; Mrs. Edrie F. Archobald. 13th: Mrs. Marie L. Kline. 12th; Mrs. Ruby Telesford, 11th; Carmine DeSapio and Lloyd Dickens, Uth: Mrs. Lillian Thompson, 14th: Elijah Crump, 12th; Antonio T. Rasmus, 13th, and William Fitts Ryan, Seventh. In this count y, the candidate, endorsed by the Party’s machine and whose name is placed on the ticket, is almost sure to win. Hence, in the usual sense, when Tammy Hal 1 “Big-wigs” dropped Congressman Powell, we expert him to hit the pavement and be flattened like a pancake.” Most everybody is saying “Powell's gooso is rooked.' Those who say, “Adam' Clayton Powell’s goose is cooked,” don’t know the man Game as a fighting cock, we expect Powell to enter “the Congressional and Harlem political arena” in his fighting Pork and will “keen swinging at his opponents until the deal goes down.” One newspaper printed an article which stated that when Powell was walking up the stairs to appear before Judge Edward Wein field on tax. charges, reporters followed him asking about his desertion by Tammany Hall. His first comment was, “Thank God. I got of Tammany Hall!” Powell said further, still walking tip the stairs, “I’ll fight on as an independent Demo crat. Our candidates will be on the ballots in every borough where there is a concentration of Negro and Puerto Rican voters, We'll start Symptons Os The Age John Dewey once said that “education is life,” although many of us are inclined to think of “education as preparation for life.” Both definitions are correct depending upon the viewpoint taken. A large number of people spend from one fourth of one-third of their lives in schools and colleges, or professional institutions. And anyone living with students know that we have all kinds of individuals enrolled in our schools in spite of many rigid entrance requirements. This is best evidenced by the numerous news - paper articles repotting the names of students charged with traffic violations, petty thievery, larceny, distraction of private property, mur der, and theft of final examinations. just recently North Carolina Stab College. In Raleigh suspended for one year two stu dents who were caught attempting to, steal chemistry examination papers. Because of a college policy, the names of these students were not released to the press. The newspaper story carrying, the afore mentioned story stated Monday night. May 19, a break-in cccured in a Holliday Hall room where students grades and attendance records are stored. It. added. “However, the violators were not able to open the vault where the records are kept.” Attempts at stealing examination questions Is not confined to the North Carolina State What Is Representative Government? Dictators frequently perpetuate themselves in office by naming their successors; but, in a democracy, the people elect their representa tives through a procedure known as parliamen tary law. A part ofthis procedure is incorpo rated in registration and voting. From time to time, for several months now, this newspaper has published in one way or another articles concerning Nelson H. Harris, who is campaigning for a scat in the North Carolina House of Representatives from Wake County. Nelson Harris, in his campaign-, is advocating representative government. What is representative government? First, it is a form of government that is representative of the people. This means that men from all groups should be elected to office. This means that officials who represent the people should be vitally concerned about the welfare of all constituents, be they black and white, Hebrew and Gentile, Caucasian and foreigner, Chris tian and sinner, laborer and white collar work er, rich and poor. comfort me. 5. Thou preparer,t a table before m« in the presence of mine enemies; thou anointest mv head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow m, all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever, (Twenty-third Psalm). circulating petitions next week.” Reporters wanted to know what Powell thought of boss Carmine DeSapio's dumping him because he and the Democratic leaden? in Harlem did not consider Powell a Democrat. “DeSapio is liar,” Powell said, “I've been purged by DeSapio because I’m a Negro. De- Sapfo is a Mississippi-type boss. Negroes left Mississippi to get away from white bosses and they came to New York and found them here. "DeSapio met with Southern Congressional Democrat leaders and agreed to dump me be cause re-election will take me to the chairman ship of the House Education and Labor Com mittee where FEPC legislation is being sat on.” Although Powell plans to run as an Inde pent Democrat, he said that he will “gladly accept GOP support and endorsement.” This support in addition to backing by Roy Wil kins of the NAACP. Lester Granger of the Ur ban. League, Cyrus Eaton, Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad president, and Baptist and Methodist groups will make Powell a powerful contender. Besides, Powell -is one of the leading Negro orators in this country. He can “salt his speeches with nicely chosen Negro idioms a bout everyday issues. He is a spell-binder of no small proportion. Characteristic of what has happened in the past, whenever Powell announces to Abb synnian Baptist Church congregation that he will run as an Independent Democrat, the members—blitzkrieged with religious fervor— will join in a bedlam of hallelujahs and vo ciferous handclapping. We know that this is a power that is hard to beat. Despite the methods of the well-oiled and smooth-running Tammany Hall machine, it is our prediction that Powell will be re-elected to his seat in the United States House of Repre sentatives. campus, It is widespread among students on hundreds of campuses throughout the country, and it happens each semester or quarter. The amazing thing about these unwhole some student activities is, they are caught by college officials nine times out of every ten. This should teach the lesson that “student criminal activities do not pay.” But like* citi zens in each American town or city, many stu dents apparently never learn that law-abiding citizenry pays off. The fact that students attempt to steal ex aminations implies that they are not willing to pay the price to learn their subjects. Good studentship demands of the individual superior intelligence, regular study habits, extended memorization of facts, critical thinking, and “walking the second, undemanded mile." If a student has and does all of these things, he has “a good grade sewed up in the bag.” Students have been known to steal exami nations. mimeopraph them, and sell them to other students for «s high as $lO a copy. Of times this undertaking has backfired when the professor is informed by means of an “under ground informer" who is usually a student that feels it is more honorable to fall than to cheat. Too many people want to get something for nothing, but we cannot get around tfi« fact til at “honesty is the best policy.” Second, representative government is respon sive to the will of all the peopla rather than to the desires of the majority alone. Although the will of the majority is generally carried out, the rights of the minority should be pre served and considered. If elected on May 31, Nelson H. Harris will work to make the government in’ North Caro lina more responsive to the will of minority groups—like Negroes— whose needs have been neglected far too long. In our bid for full consideration as first-class citizens, we must vote on May 31, Oh, you may say, “Well, what’s the use? My vote won’t mean anything.” Yes, you may think so; hut we urge you to keep your thinking posi tive, as well as to keep the faith that we can put in office a man who will work for repre sentative government. Often political campaigns are won by just one vote. Cast your vote for Nelson H. Harris, for it is the one that counts most. We Have To Sow Americanism If We Wish To Reap It 111 BY REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWERY For ANP STRADDLING THE FENCE 1. This phrase, in common street parlance, means nothing more or less, than an attempt t ohide one's attitude toward persons and questions, like a boy dangljfig a foot on either side of a fence. 2. Grown persons, from time immemorial have played a game quite similar to this, but deceitfully with a smiling face, would Teveal a weapon or hid den fist. 3. Pretending to be both true and fair, they were found to be neither here nor there, yet ap pearing to be neutral, they would commit, acts most hor rible and brutal. 4. Vasciliating Peter tried to evade publicity while conde scending to be an accomplice to the worst murder in history, and for his personal interest and protection straddled a fence, and immediately he did learn that this wouldn’t begin What Other Editors Sav PLAN ORDERLY DESEGREGATION "While the authorities at Little Rock, Arkansas are continuing their fight against the ruling of the Nation’s highest court and are engaging reprisals against those who want to obey the law, two cities in Texas Houston and Dallas—are getting ready for orderly integration in their public schools. This does not mean that the Texas leaders favor desegrega tion of their schools any more than do the Governor of Arkan sas and his segregationists fol lowers. What it doe* 1 mean is that the school authorities in Dallas and Houston regard the Supreme Ccurt’a ruling as final and are. therefore, willing as law-abiding Americans to abide by that de cision. Texas and Houston do not, want any repetition of the Lit tle Rock fiasco. The City admin- IN THIS OUR DAY BY DR, C. A. CHICK, SR A MESSAGE TO GRADUATES This is a happy time of year, graduation time, for thousands of young people in every nook &«nd corner of this great coun try of ours. Next to marriage, probably the second most excit ing time for young people is gra duation time. Hence wherever you may be, whoever you may be, and regardless of the level of your graduation, I am devot ing my article this week in ray ing to you: “Congratulations and best wishes.” Moreover, I hope that whatever your plans are in life that they are those pleasing to our Heavenly Father end that in proportion a« you work with Him, you will accomplish your desired goals. I shall not make yftur gradu ation time one of gloom by mak ing such remarks as there, are “terrible times” and. that the world so to speak, is sitting on a powder keg and is likely to be blown up” or "to pieces” at any time. But rather my thought or advice to you is “Do good and trust in the Lord. So shall thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.” When mankind invented the bow and arrow that as great an inven tion and had as potential de structive power as did the in vention of gun powder. Tht in ventlon of gun powder. The in to cover the expense. 5. For the terrible betrayal of Christ upon the part of Ju das gave Peter ample time to put his feet down against this manslaughtering injustice. 6. But just like many others of later date, to protect them selves, had later to face the pangs of ill-fate; Peter wept bitterly, Juras took his own life—Brtus went haywire and stabbed his friend Caesar with a knife. 7. The same, yet, out of com - parison are the happenings of this day, in spite of higher training anr health, the ma jority seem to ignore the bene fits of spiritual health. 9. Pell-mell we seem to sfcriye for things material and of fleet ing existence, while the works of Grace and brotherly love are met with strong resistance. 9. Satan truly has men under false pretense straddling in i strati on, which has nothing to do with the operation of the schools, is taking steps to keep in check any “fringe” elements which may be minded to stir up disorder. Protestant and Jewish religious leaders have indicated that the education and civic au thorities have their support. By the way, the plans of the authorities do not have the 100 per cent miport of all citizens, white or colored, but the signi ficant aspect is that those in au thority believe in obeying the law and are making an honest effort to comply with ft. This can not be said of Ark kansac* Governor, nor of the educational end civic loaders of Little Rock, where a Negro teacher has been dismissed, not for professional Incompetence, but because ftne has refused to withdraw her daughter from the Central High School, where she is one of eight Negro student#. Philadelphia Tribune, just as terrible, just as confus ing, the frightening in its day as was the invention of the Atom Bomb in its day. The world has always been in a flux of change. But even though midst confus ion, strift, and wars and rumor* of wars, by and large, those changes have beers beneficial ta mankind. 1 am positive that you ar« con scious of the fact that you are among the elected few those priviltged to receive training a faove the average of the messes. You should thus feel a definite responsibility to contribute. »- hove the average to the welfare of mankind. Certainly these are terrible times. But let us not forget these are times of great oppor tunities for those who are win ing to adventure—get out of the beaten paths, great oppor tunities for those who are not afraid of hard work. Thus, 1 be seech you to receive your diplo ma looking into the future with hope and faith, singing: “My Father is rich in houses and .land. He holds the wealth of the world in His hands, of rubies and diamonds, of silver and gold,. His coffers are filled. TTe has riches unioid. 1 am a child of the King. I am a child of the King With Jesus my savior. I am a child of the king ” darkness a hopeless fence; for where make-believe, hate and prejudice abide, the works of God cannot easily survive. 10. In. Church and State he , has many devotees who. while * pretending to be Christians, seldom acknowlege God from their knees, but think they are smart in this double-cross, all the time facing an irreparable loss. 11. Satan is always on his job to entice easy' prey, brow beat arid rob and finally be tray; let none think after straddling- his highly patented fence, that he will lose his sub ject through careless defense 12. The only redeeming cir cumstance for defeating an ir on curtain, fence like this, the "Pray without ceasing" for mula that he cannot resist; "for Satan trembles when he sees thp weakest Saint upon his knees." THE APPROACH OF SCHOOL 'VACATION AND WEEKEND HAZARDS White the lure of springtime, in its ramifications of nature’s handiwork, would normally sug gest play and frolic, thc-re are no reasons why sanity and due pre caution should not obtain in the pastime of vacation and pleas ure, If anything undermines the rationality in which our spare time be spent, the reckless abuse of our modes and methods in the employment of modern appli ances and vehicles would easily take first place. We are a hurried people. For What, many of ua do not stop to ponder We just hurry along belter skelter, shifting scenes, darting, dashing and getting no where literally. With our nervous frustration highly accelerat'd by ari un stable and stream-line process ion, It i 3 a wonder that more carnalities are piled up than noted In the daily press. Modern appliances and their attendant handmaids are here to take up tha slack in convenience to precision man for an improv ed and advanced age and such should come in as essential Im provements and not dangerous hazards to our society. As school vacation nears, the already highly intensified lure of the wild outdoors is holding its own, and in its restless temp tation, will help swell our high rate of casualties. The highways represent the height of our Investment They were built and are maintained for the people's pleasure and convenience. The abuse of them rmt only imperils the safety of all who use them, but constitute conditions foreign to our cultu ’ ral standards. Decency, self-re spect and tlie. respect for others are the principles Implied in proper use of vacation periods and social outings. School buses, used for picnics and educational tours, during vacation time, motor-boating nn Sunday fishing parties should be live assets to our social ord ers and periocb; of relaxation. As school vacation nears, there are anticipation of more people using the street. There will be more people at shopping centers, picture shows and vacation spots in that, there is bound to be a crowded condition in our* nor mal way of life Wo ran make arm -room and conserve space hv using good judgment in the use of modern appliances and highway facilities. Atlanta Daily World. JUST FOR FUN 8Y MARCUS U. ROCLWARE EXAMINATION TIME Well DOC deserted his friend Cornya.rd this past, week, be cause final examination time rolled around again. This is one time during the school year that students cram and study-many making that hare-like, whirl wind finish clw'itetetisUc «£ tne "Hare and Turtle Race.” Many who are ten and twelve assignments behind, "burn tha candle at both ends” trying to curb that “F”. Were it not for mature judgment and sympa thetic understanding of the tea cher, they would "miss the mark.” To bo sure many of them de serve such fate. And by George, maybe we teachers should ap ply the squeeze, Yes, it would teach them a lesson. AROTJT TEN YEARS ago one of my final examinations was "snitched” by a culprit who sold It to ?5 students for a dollar a pieeo. My undercover agent dis covered the leak in the under ground. As !f T had heard nothing. I prepared n different examina tion. Unknowingly students brought their bluebooks to class already written. They had plan ned to "doodle” in one book for n hour or so, find then pass in the "sure thing" Imagine their surprise when I shoved tinder their noses the new test. Non-verbal pandemo nium arose, they began breath ing heavily, surprised emotions registered on their faces, and what-do-you know? For me, the DOC, it was a landslide. 1 had them in the palm of my hand, t had the lit tle baby in my hand. I had the knuckle beads in my hand. And ■ it brought joy, joy to rny soul.” Yes, it did! ONE IN' SERVICE TEACHER in Arkansas, and I don't know why but I’ve forgotten her name. She enrolled in my Freshman English Composition class. The .first theme t'39o words) that she turned in had 62 misspelled words. Having no alternative. I had—as much as T regretted it— te write the capital letter “F” on ’the roper-FINISH. You knew iVhii!? That teacher ■wrote her superintendent about that young, whinner-snaper Eng lish teacher (ME). The suporin- Gordan B. Hancock's BETWEEN tils ONES SOUTHERN EMIGRANTS Ist the March teem? of Look magazine, there appeared an article entitled “The Shrinking South” by nodding Carter, Pul itzer Prize winner and editor of the Greenville (Miss.) Delta Democrat-Times. In this ar ticle were set forth figures showing that thousands are leaving the South annually. The newspapers have been filled with accounts of Negro migration which has been un der way for decades, but did not reach considerable propor tions until World'War I and' since. Within recent years the migration, of Negroes from tbs South has become a world top ic of discussion. But Eritor Hodding Carter, in his illumin ating article, points out a new aspect of this southern emigra tion and that is, more whites than Negroes are leaving the South, According to Look, during the years 1950-56 inclusive, Ar kansas sent out 353.000 emi grants; Mississippi, 291,000; Al abama. 289 000, and Kentucky / 231,000. The article points out that of every 100 emigrants, 60 are white and 40 Negro. In these figures we have a start ling revelation that whites in larger numbers than Negroes are looking for other sections to spend their lives and labours. Lands that supply emigrants in large numbers are poor and undeveloped when compared with the lands that receive large supplies of immigrants. Italy for many centuries has been among the poor countries of Europe and the explanation can he found in the millions and millions of Italians who have migrated to other lands. Not until the coming of the ill-fated Mussolini did Italy really win the respect of the Letters To The Editor TO THE EDITOR: Please accept my most pro found appreciation, and those of the entire Baptist Foreign Mis sion Board, for tha wonderful cooperation you and your paper seoerdad us during the seven in stallment series on our mission work, We hoard from our many friends throughout America and some places outside continental United States who said they sow oirnd enjoyed reading about our work. Thanks again, and may God bless you. .Respectfully R. A. Cromwell, Gen'l Asst. To The Editor: Several days ago I had the pleasure of receiving 0 copy of your paper containing an edi torial In regard to the Training School at Goldsboro. T read this editorial with great interest for it is just information of this kind that will enable us to mako the Training School available to all who need it. 11 f? C '’ we did ‘ *■ MKJH tendent i» turn wrote the presi dent of the college. The press deni, of the college referred the correspondence to the dean who was aiso the chairman of the English Department. Unlucky me—l was called in io give an account of my pedal ogical stewardship. luckily J had in my files the first draff, of that paper studded with “red ink dia monds”—which the students cal! my trademark. The dean said I shouldn't have let her enroll in the course. But 1 replied,” Mr. Dean, bow was l to know about her writing abili ty?” And then I added, “I didn't know I (a teacher) could clo this.” Fact of the matter, the dean was completely floored by the sight and content ol that paper. But he and the administration were in a jam with the “pow ers that he.” And oh-oh-ob-oh TROUBLED me. The disgusted county teacher, a bigwig in her community, proudly withdrew from tha col lege with the threat that she would pay her tuition and on roll in some school like Harv ard University. IN GRADUATE SCHOOLS, where the student must main (••in a "B” average, a surprising thing often happens. For exam ple, s student who earned a "C" or two the preceding summer, will nproaeh the professor say ing, "X must make *A* in. this course to balance my 'C earned last summer,” A school mark makes people do strange things. Youngsters steal to pass examinations if they can. Oftimes teachers get involved in correcting examin ation papers while a certain class is taking its examination I advise against this, because students and their ponies will “help the joker run wild." Once I had a clas of 60 stud cuts who struck on me and would not come to class. When examination time came. T put them in three‘rooms with two other teachers assisting. T kept the ring-leaders in the room where 1 was supervisor. You know, what, I caught l.t of those rascal riding ponies' When I told Cornyard about this, he said: "Go hard. DOC. go hard! nations as a great world pow er. It, takes a considerable sum to bring n child from Infancy to maturity and when that per son proceeds to some oblici land there to produce and in vest, himself and his talents, ; leaves the mother country a deficit, which, if too greate multiplied, will result in not less to the country, of origin So the great emigration from the South has helped to impov erish the South. The thing being emphasized here is not the relative poverty of the South, when compared with other great sections and the South's social lag, but ra ther the impact the South's great emigration has on race relations. We more and more read that race relations are worsening at the North and West, Only yesterday the pa pers referred to race troubles in Boston with white and Negro youth involved and such ac counts are becoming more and more frequent. Our Southern journals are quick to report and exaggerate these outbreaks and use them as subtle excuses flor what takes place so often in the South, mob violence. Intelli gent and fair-minded men do not lack consideration for ug ly situations that at present ob tains m the South. And what is more, intelligent and fair minded observers are not, blam ing aii the South for what a few hoodlums are doing. It is generally known that a militant minority is bringing great shame to a section of the no - tion that U blessed with mill ions and millions of Christian minded men and women of both races and who often bear the shame of the tensions and violence that now afflict tne South. dren in N. C who should have ben at tho school who have never made application. We sin ■ ccrely hope that through the press and through the welfare offices in each county wc will receive application for admiss ion to the school from those who should be there. Again thanking you for your interest in the matter, 1 am Sincerely yours, J. W. tlmstead, Jr. TO THE EDITOR: Thank you so much for your Setter and a copy of the Carol inian, May 17, We do so much appreciate the effort that you are making toward inter preting our program at the Training School to the public. We all recognize the importance of this. I appreciate the oppor tunity to talk with your report er, M. H. Boulware, when he was here. Please visit us as frequently as you can. Again, thank you so much. Sincerely yours, Wililam J. Waters, Director Training and Education Training School for the Re tarded, Goldsbcro, N. C.
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