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4 THE CA&GLTM&S WEEK EiVDfNfi SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. 195* Editorial Viewpoint The CAROLINIAN’S “Then saith the woman of Sain aria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, asketh drink ot me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with Samaritans."—St. John 4;9. Walking back from Jerusalem after His spac tacuiar triumph in cleansing the Temple. Jesus came to Jacob s Well and sat down. His disciples had stopped behind in a little town to purchase food and so He was alone. It was not long before a woman came to the well with a pitcher on her shoulder. Between her people, the Samaritans, and His people, the Jews there was a sued of centuries. To be touched by even the shadow of a Samaritan was refilement according to the strict code of the Pharisees: to speak to one was a crime. For ex ample a similiar type of prejudice exists between whites and blacks in this country. The woman madly showed her resentment; at finding Him there. Almost anything Jesus would say would have kindled her anger. There was no telling what he might have done. For instance, she might have called hci; relatives and driven him off. An impossible situation, one will admit. Row did Jesus meet it? Jesus knew well the precious secret of silence. As the woman came closer, He made no move to indicate that He was conscious «f her presence. His gase was on the ground. Wnen He spoke, it was quietly, musingly, as if talking to Himself. "If you knew who I am. "He said, "you would mot need to come here for water. I would give you living water.” Th« woman stopped short, her interest was challenged in apite of herself. She sat down her pitcher and looked at the stranger. She started ha speak but checked herself and then burst out iippuslively, her curosity overyeaping her caution "What are you talking about? Do you mean m *ay you are greater than our father Jacob who >«** than a year, Raleighs’ hourly la boeert have been declared a public nuisance for the second time. The problem should con cern the readers of this newspaper, because the ma jority of these workers are Negroes. Hourly workmen are men who do not want permanent jobs, but would rather work on an hourly basis and be paid off when they finish. For years - until the City Council passed an ordinance against it—the workers congregated at their traditional pickup station on the northeast comer of Dawson and Martin . Streets at Nash Square. t'. Following the enactment of the new ordi nance'j these honrly workers were told to go to the front of the local office of the Employment Security Commission. This soon led mer chants in this neighborhood to make com plaints. City Manager W. H, Carper, about ft week ago, told the City Council that he had received letters from merchants protesting the gathering of workers on the 300 block of West Hargett Street. Although the. men were told to gather in front of the local employment office, the prac tice legally constitutes loitering. But to look at the problem in this light would be less than humane, Mayor W, G. Enloe "struck the nail on the head” when he told the Council that “if they’re honeskly seeking employment, we ought to do something for them.” One Coun cilman suggested that arrangements b« made for the laborers to wait in the rear of the Em ployment Security Commission. This may be It sci *bout tint® thet somebody gave some thought to the comfort of the tall man with extra-long legs. We learn that the inventive mind of a North Carolina man has solved the problem of the modem chair which frequently such low-slung seat that a rail man finds himself peering between his knees while occu pying on*. Herbert V. Thedden, a High Point Invent or. hm designed a chair with a seat that can be faieed or lowered by the simple twist of a screw attached to the side. The leg* curve outward, both front and back, and are similar to lore-shortened runnel's on a sled. The seat » lowered by extending the legs, and height ened, conversely, by contracting them. This chair was patented two weeks ago by the Unit ad State* Patent Office. Unless you are a tall man, you cannot imagina the discomfort he experiences daily. When he gets on the city buses, hs find* the leg space too short—-thu# forcing him to »it diagonsgly in bis seat, or' sitting up straight with hi* legs tucked under him. In walking down the up~towu streets, he must be on the qul vive for the low-slung awning show-win dow coverings tc prevent “knocking himso’f out” by bumping his head against the metal College And Community Housing When Dr. Walter N, Ridley, n*w presi dent of Elizabeth City Stat* Teacher* College, appeared recently before the Advisory Budget Commission he made a plea for help in pro viding better housing for faculty member* at the college, fn support of his request, he said. “Living conditions now available to our staff are in some instances embarrassing.” Dr. Ridley pointed out that "we do sot have adequate private, public or college hous ing available at Elizabeth City.** Therefore, he made a plea for government-financed homing on the college campus on .« self-liquidating basis since it would be more desirable than pri vately-financed housing. Governor Hodges inquired if the Eliza beth City community had taken any steps to solve the college’s housing problem. He stat ed that local communities have a responsibility in such a situation. They sometime* forget, the Governor said, “that the State pumps in millions of dollars” through the institution. We agree with lire Governor that the com munity should feel some responsibility in help ing to provide its teacher? with adequate hous ing. If teachers are comfortably housed, they WORDS OF W ORSHIP What’s The Next Step? The Tall Man gave us this well? Have you soma magic that will save us this long walk In the sun?” Interesting, isn’t it —a singlo sentence achieving triumph, arousing interest and creat ing desire. Immediately, Jseus followed up His In itiai advantage. He began to talk to her in terms of her own life, her ambitions, her hopes, know ing so well that each of ue is Interested first of all and most in himself. When the disciples came up a few minutes later, they could not believe their eyes-—a Samaritan listening with rapt at tention to the, teaching of a Jew When Jesus attempted to depart, the woman would not allow It. She summoned relatives and friends to the scene to see this man, and they too listened to His talk. This went on until time for supper, and the people would not let Him go but invited Him to be their guest, meat their neigh bors, tell them more., persuade them further! Tit# Bible says, "They besought Him to abid with them; and He abode there two days.’* Jesus knows how to sell His religion. Surely no one will consider us lacking is reverence if we say that even' one of the "principles of modern salesmanship” on which American btudnw* men so much pride themselves, are brilliantly exem plified in Jesus’ talk snd work. The first of these and perhaps the most important is the necessity for “putting yourself in atop with your prospect.” Christians, in their attempt* to bring others to Jesus, should follow His example in approach ing people. Christian* can’t Jump directly s-t them and expect to make an effective landing. Chris tians must put themselves in the sinner** place, try to imagine what he is thinking; and then let their first remark be in line with his thoughts; felow it by another with which fee will easily agree. Thus, the two minda wili reach s point where they can join without conflict. Thl# is the most effective way to bring men into the King dom of God. the answer, and then h may not be the best solution. Be that as it may, but whose respon sibility is it to provide off-street facilities for the group? Perhaps there Is some ritixen in Raleigh who has formulated a plan for the assembly of these worker* to stave off arrests for loiter ing. If so, submit this suggestion to the City Council ami Employment Security Commis sion. The question which disturbs us is: Why do the men perfer hourly work instead of per manent jobs? A man with « family certainly cannot face up to his responsibilities with dig nity by this aort of arrangement. There must be something the community can do to de velop the proper attitude toward the import ance of having- a regular job when it is avail able. Our -mgget&ion is some sort of municipal planning of fvays snd means to place every qualified and willing worker in a regular job, ll* these men had regular jobs .they would not need to congregate in front of the office of the Employment Security Commission. If these mm do not want permanent jobs, we must in some way change this attitude. The problem seumot be solved alone by the City Council or the Employment Commission. It must be solved by the cooperative effort* of Raleigh’s Industrial, social, religious, vocation al, municipal, and educational leadership. Our human resource# are going to waste, and w* must salvage these potentialities before they become a drain upon our welfare treasury. frame wort*. Maker* of furniture are constantly mak ing beds shorter it sserog, The tall man has to do ons of two things. Ha must stretch him self diagonally ecrcm e double bad to get suf ficient room to stretch his toag frame to it* full length, m h* must double up in an hr eomfortabk position if his wife is to get in the bed at all Often he H» forced to rest his head on on* end at the bed fratrt# in order to be stretched out. When the tail man buys shirt* and pent*, he often encounters some difficulty. Even the long "35” sleeve* are sometime# too short; but what do the manufacturer! care? They are geared to make shirts for average, typical man —and not the atypical on®. One of the most frustrating things that can happen fco s iaH men is a ride on a Grey hound or Trailway but at sight. At this time, persona silting in front ot him adjust their seats to the farthest reclining position-press ing against th* tense# of th* man behind the seat. From then on it k battle of knee* and the seat front forward. Engineering designers ar« giving more and more attention to th# problems d the toll man -—but not enough. will mar* than Hkely become permanent members of th* community. This will benefit the community in mor« way* than one. What has happened ht th« pist: is that privately-financed housing corporation* have charged excessively high rent* to make a rea sonable and sometime high profit. Teachers cap not afford to pay these high rents on their small salaries. For some reason community planning in this area has been woefully neg lected. Private realtors and individual home own ers for the last twenty years have been build ing their apartments and houses smaller, while at the same time charging exorbitant rental fees. Apparently th* oomfort of the tenant n not considered, because bedrooms are now scarcely larger than good-sized closet*. We don’t want the individual colleges to get the idea, however, that they have no re sponsibility in providing adequate housing for a growing faculty and staff To gain full ac creditation, institutions of higher learning public and private—need to improve their housing facilities for their faculties. Good teachers want good place? to live . The White Sapremist Challenge To Federal Government And The World sdfsfg SENTENCE SERMONS AND LEAD UR NOT INTO TEMUPTATION, BUT DEITY ER ITS FROM EVIL 1. Tna Heavenly Father hav ing wrought in us the condition of forgiveness, we who are sav ed new pray. "And lead us not into Temptation;” this is the negative side of the Christian’s prayer, indicative of one of toe potentials to which he has fall en heir—a constant reminder of his relief from sin, and his charge to keep out of the range of its wing, 2. Yes, negatively this petition we make, pleading to the fath er, never again to allow, Satan our Christian principles to shake that his temptations will entirely lose their appeal, and only the Father * spirit we be fmake to feel. 3. Our Lord and Savior, look ing down the dim vista at the ages, knew man would be sev erely tired by Satan's out rages, and wishing to help him ward off his every snare, placed thi* negative clause in His Lord's Prayer. 4. It ft* a «on*tant reminder What Other Editors Say WELCOMING COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS Th* oontretamps over the wel come given college student* by tiia Durham Merchants Assn., Is unfortunate. North Carolina Col leg* Student* regard the signs end activities specifically wel coming Duke student* as dis criminatory. This year Is not the first the isou* has been raised, but It is the first time it has been raised in temper. Several year* ago toi« newspaper suggested that the signs welcome all gltudents who attend the colleges and uni vertteie* in this area. It pointed out that students at both North Carolina College and the Uni versity of North Carolina at nearby Chape) Hill were over looked to the welcoming signs, posted to most places of bust* ces* throughout the city. On the other hand, it must be remembered that toe wlecome invert ved ha* been arranged by a private organization which can make Hist welcome as extensive or as limited a* it pleases. In limiting any welcome or other promotion program, however, it rims tii« risk of offending or an tagonizing any excluded from the program. Yet the protest of toe North Carolina College stu dents is not unlike a request so: an invitation to a party—arid more titan « request, bringing pressure to get the invitation. This newspaper is of the opin ion that toe student welcoming program of toe Merchants Asso ciation lack# the negative as pects th# perteet of the Negro students ascribes to it There has been through the years a con tinuing efort, on the part of both Duka University and the Dur ham community, to bring town and gown closer together. That effort has not included North Carolina College, or certainly not to the extent, it has includ ed Duke University The Merchants Association's student welcoming program i* * part of foe larger program of strengthening the tie* between Duke end Durham, the initiative for which comes from both the municipality’s civic leadership end the university. Omission of UNC student* from the welcom ing program, despite the many end close ties between Durham people and the State university, tfusßorts this interpretation. AL Ui la is not to say that Dur BY REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWERY For ANP that evil starts from within, and that on© must ever be alert to avert the approach of sir, H Surely it is not as if God tempted any to sin, but Lord, do not let Satan loose upon us, you bind him without, and us with in, so that despite his diabolic spirits, we will have chance to win. 6. My. what a wonderful Sa vior. . . even after giving His life to save man, prepared a course for his righteous beha vior; first, the "Negative Clause" to give him pause. . . then the "Positive Theme” like a Healing Stream. 7. BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL", here is the dividing line that points to all things Gloriously Divine, the Savior of the world, as a great V/atchtow or, a mighty fortress against him who came seeking whom he may devour. 3. This evil one. Satan, who is the enemy of all men, and on whom no Individual can ever depend; it is,this destructive one against whom men must wage war, and this continually until ham should not strengthen Its ties with North Carolina College which is a community asset also. But protests of the sort made by the NCC students and talk of business boycots will do the very opposite of strengthening those ties. —Durham Morning Herald Till I,AW OF THF FAMILY" Already the integration show downs in Arkansas and Virginia are moving in similar directions Policies of “massive resistance" have produced orders for “mas sive compliance”—and the pros pect is either for a breakdown of public education or more in - tegration than might have been procured under other circum stances. For now the Supreme Court: has spoken, however repugnant its decision may be. The full is sue of federal versus state sov ereignty is joined and if pub lic schools are to operate at all they must comply with the Brown decision. The period of “positive” defiance is fast reach ing a point of no return, and Governors Faubus and Almond or# forced to retire from one bastion to another. The filing of suite both in Lit tle Pock and Richmond to teat the validity of "massive resis tance" was surprising to some But obviously these legal strata - gems are part of the plan to keep the issue in litigation as long as possible and thus fore stall what has all along been Inevitable. An avowed "segregationist.'’ Mrs. Gertie Garret, filed the uuit in Little Rock, protesting Gov ernor Faubus’ right to close thp schools, but Mrs Garrett’s ac tion seems to be part of the Fau bus pattern. It will keep the Issue in court and even, if worst comes to worst, provide Faubus » handy way out should public sentiment rise to reopen the schools. The Virginia suit is less cam ouflaged. It was filed in the Vir ginia Supreme Court, of Appeals by the Stale of Virginia itself, seeking a ruling on the validity of Governor Almond’s closing of Warren County High School. A gain the purpose is to forestall similar action by the N.A.A.C.P . keep the litigation pot boiling a n’d possibly provide an “out’ for th o governor. Obviously .Wdovm rvff* be strung out over a period o* he reaches heaven'? doo.: 3. Man must forever pray to be delivered front Sin. for this is Satan's mystic power with which he intends to win, and thl- is more destructive than ms - terial things of war, for it gains away of entrance even behind a closed door. 10. Man must continually pray to be delivered from the WORLDLY EVILS of each day. . . , the lust for money, pleas suras and all things question able and unsavory. 11. Corruption and worldly evils are on every hand, which seems now to be the order of our once glorious lurid; to rise aobve those one must seek a heavenly level, and must con stantly pray, Lord "Deliver us from Evil." 12. Yea, let us pray to be de livered from Death, the sting of Death which is Sin, and each of ns take pride in a Heavenly Mansion to win; then will come the matchless crown for success ful daily travel and your sin ners and fervent praver Lord, "DELIVER US FROM EVIL." weeks, possibly months. In Lit tle Rock Orval Faubus is dem onstrating nil his native shrewd ness by refusing to tin his hand. He 13 armed by "massive resis tance” laws from the Arkansas Legislature which require a vote of the people on the school closing issue. (But note that the law requires a vote against the total registration, which makes a decision to reopen the schools quite difficult to obtain). Governor Faubus may ulti mately seek to reopen the four dosed Little Rock'schools as private institutions, but as long as public funds and building:? are involved it is diffieuuit to sec how that action could stand unchallenged. Thus, utimately there must either be completely private schools in Litle Rock or some measure of desegrega tion How much of either there will be depends on events to come ; n the still unfolding dra ma. In Virginia Governor Almond. a capable lawyer, originally seemed io support an approach to the BROWN decision similar to North Carolina’s Pearsall Plan. But Senator Byrd's “mas sive resistance” made hI tn change hi* mind. Still, if the choice eventually becomes t ithe: some desegregation or no schools at all in Norfolk, Char lottesville., Arlington and Front. Royal, Governor Almond could readopt his original thinking. Jan ms Rcston recently noted that if many schools are closed in the South, the “law of the family" might: become more powerful than the "law of Vir ginia." the “law of Arkansas" or even the “law of the land.” He meant by this that “the free, compulsory public school which segregates women from their school-age children be tween nine in the morning and three in the afternoon, is almost as important an men to the con tinuity of the American family. So the ‘Taw of the family” is Involved in the current show downs in Richmond and Little Rock as surely as the “law of massive resistance.” When the uncomplicated Issue of schools versus no schools is clearly •posed. North or South, there may be new and startling de velopments In this sore dilem ma -? our f?i—— —Greensboro Dxib News r ill%* F* U jM* MI fcA&ftS About & year ago we began this column, and during the oast. 12 months w© have intro duced several imaginary c)u raeters which we .hope have become real to you. They are: ANNIE BELLE—That "Ram bunkshous” gal that speaks her mind. When she speaks. Com yard and I run for cover with our tails fucked in. LORETTA That sophisti cated, cultured female that the leiiows can t quite appruttCh, They watch their language when she comes m Jahe Wright’s Barber Shop. She is quite popular in the leading movements and social activi ties around the town, FELLOW GORE A top piar.o man who can make the keys do a “fUppity flop" while the Kiris pop fclieir fingers and "sash-shay" around. BIG DIRTY RED A big "con -man , always picking a fight with fellows under his size. He's over polite to Loretta, and he’ll never forget Corn yard's razor. SPEED BALL EDDIE Truck, driver of one of them big jobs and he cruises from coast to coast. He loves “yarns" at the barber shop and sport the gals. (Yes, he’s married. His wife can't get mad at him. because he showers her with sweet words > SARAH JANE A local singer of some note, whose "Barrel House Blues” send the Kats into ecstacy. She is a killer-diller—if you know what I mean. e PINEY WOODS PEET A ladies play boy. whose Mexican mustache and love serenades have won the heart of many a local pal noi incil’ding the many flames of his travels. JABE WRIGHT l,oca l Froggie Bet f our barbershop owner. His shop is gathering place for community males. MR.. CORN YARD —• The man about town, whose de lightful and often distressing escapades keep the town emus ed He moves among the upper and lower crust, and the ladies love him because he is so at tentive and polite. Recently, one socie'y matron asked him to ui range it so that she could be ushered in the Wagon Wheel noted nightspot—un Gordon B. Hancock ’$ BETWEEN the LINES ' km. 1 CATION LIMITED The Highway of Learning is, crowded and with crowding mil lions of our youth who seek the benefits of an education Educa tion is without doubt the most popular pursuit of our nation to day. Our institutions of learning our schools and colleges and u niversities, are literally bursting at the seams, so great are the throngs seeking the educational opportunities afforded. What is more, r.--cessation of. this rush for education is in sight; instead there are indica tions that the press for an edu cation will become more urgent and insistent. Strangely enough when the tide of education in fact cannot be minimized, we are experiencing our greatest crime wave and murder and rob bery arc on the rampage every where. Human life is cheap and get ting cheaper The rush to get something for nothing of 4 he recurrent current heap craze. There 1 forced upon us the regrettable conclusion that education by it self is not the answer to the questions being asked by the human heart. Education is strictly limited in its salvational effects upon man kind Tt might be a profitable experience, if we would pause and ponder how limited is edu it Happened Sn lew York By GLADYS V GRAHAM FOR ANR MARION ANDERSON STEALS SHOW AT U.N. NEW YORK CITY - The African block wus unable io get through the election of Mo hammed Ahmed Mahgoub, Foreign Minister of Sudan, The vote was 4b to 31, foi Foreign Minister of Lebanon, Dr. Charles Malik, holder of a doc torate from Harvard, Malik's popularity and majority favor was apparent!: a complete sur prls: to most of his supporters. This writer noted however, that Marion Anderson stole the show as she seated herself as alternate delegate in the Unit ed States group. She, with Mrs. Lord were perhaps the most photographed and con tacted of the delegates on the opening day Africa failed to capture chairmanship of any of the six committees or the thirteen vice-presidency posts for the Thirteenth Gen earl Assembly at the Unite! Na tions. Maye Richardson, soprano and versed in Israeli and Ethi opian music as well as the folklore of East Africa was heard at the St. Augustine’s N. A Cathotv C*- tPih in ft lecture By MAXCDS M. BOWLWAJBB served to ©e# one of those "no holds barred” floor shows Yt-s, Mr, Cornyard arranged it, DOC A local college pro fessor (that's me) who k a frequent visitor at Jab? Wright’s Barbershop. Here he learns the latest lowdown for newspaper articles. A ladies’ club thinks he should be fired for nanging around such a dis gusting place, i Mr. Precedent, don’t you believe a word of it.) JOY A lovable stenogra pher who has Just come to town. She in a newcomer to FYoggl© Bottom, Although sir. doesn't know it, the gents pop their eyes whenever she passes by. She is a streamlined "Mis* ’ who tops the scales at 102 pounds. What the fellows don t know is—that a hot romance is growing between her and & felsj low named DEE-JAY. They arc seen constantly holding hands in the Champagne Bowl, And. guess what? The wait resses tell me that he play* Chuck Willis' "What Am I Living For?” a dozen times >n one night while they are din ing When Chuck Willis croons "If not for you?". DEE-JAY presses her hand under the (able. DE-JAY—A recent addition to the staff of the regional re habilitation center. Recently, he moved to Froggie Bottom to be near JOY BRANDON hi* latest heart beat. THE WAGON WHEEL Al though it's raided every now and then, Cornyard and I risk ed eating dinner at the Wagon Wheel The sign on the wall jr read: "T-bone. 25 cents." But on he menu in small print, we read: “With meat, $4.00” Oh by the way, JOY BRAN DON and her escort came in while we were dining, needles* to say Mr. Corn yard lost his appetite. He hardly touched te-. dinner 1 said to him, "Now don'r, start getting any .ideas!" "Os course not," said Corny aid. i But he’s such a liar, I can't believe him.) THE HOOP r was up town last Friday night, and I counted 31 people carrying hoops they’d bought. Don't be surprised if you see Cornyard and I strolling down East Mar tin with our hoops. Cornyard is coming out with a new dance called "The Hoop la." It’s real gone. cational oportunities and not the threats of its destruction. The fact ennor be minimized, we are an- or the brink of atomic w*r fare with all its horrid and hen tibia consequences. The nations of the earth arc in lion stands almost friendless a tuvmoil and our own great na tnong the nations in spite of the billion's it has handed out to the - needy millions of the earth. Yet our faith in education is un daunted and who would not have it so? The time is at hand when w> must assess education and its We must face the fact that edu posibiities and its limitations cation by itself, and of itself, canot bring forth the New Hea ■ veil md the new Earth envision ed by the Seer of Patinos. We must face up to the fact that something must go along with education if it is to be the Balm in Gilead to heal our na tion and the nations of the earth kind from the face of the earth ly is threatening io destroy man of an affiication which current man': Inhumanity io man, so dramticaiy symbolized by race pmsdice. Thirty years ago Sturat Chase eminent economist of Columbia University, sadi that the only thing that could be said of sei "nce is that it multiples span’s powers. He said that within a de ■ vie the powers of man had been multiplied forty-times-and Mat was before the coming of atomic power. >' 'tagers the imagination on Placing in his hear! the spirit to contemplate power without to ejt aright is conceivably one f the most dangerous things that ould happen to mankind Ed ration does not Ifelp the malt of the eurernt threat of man > destroy himself from the fare of the earth-in spite of his great location al opportunities and possibilities. Economists tell us that in pro duction there are what, are call ed complimentary factors such as labor and capital. These tee loir, canot be used by theni*3f srlvc v. that is separately. They must be used together If indeed they are used at all. For instance capital is useless un less there is labor and labor is useless unless there is capital They must go together. This education and character. Unless illustrates the relations between education is accompanied by character, it becomes a great threat and a danger. The only hope that education will not lead to the destruction in it.i being accompanied by of society and the world resides Christian character. Education gives quantite life but only character can gw* education quality and it is dua lity of man that promises hoot of man’s survival upon thi cartlf. While education must b« commended, its limitation! should be held out as s warn ing. Education minus character is r.ot the answer to the question 'f survival and peace. Character L f»r f+ifyn* YAu?*'*®** if limited by ch&ractf#!