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4 THE CAROLINIAN WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1958 Editorial Viewpoint The CAROLINIAN’S WORDS OF W ORSHIP “Likewise, I say unto you, there Is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.” St. Luke 15:10. This is the theme of the parable of the lost sheep. If you were given the task of advertising to the world that God cares enormously for one human life—no matter how unprofitable and wrong that life may be—how could you phrase a message more memorable than that? Vet how simple; how sincere; how splendidly crisp and direct. ' The words of Jesus' parable contained four powerful elements. First, they are marvelously condensed as all good short stories must be. Jesus hated prosy dullness. He praised the- Cf-tnm-K.u who was anxious not. to waste His time; the only prayer which he publicly commended, was uttered by a poor publican who merely cried out, -God, be merciful to me a sinner.” A seven word prayer, Jesus called it a good one. A sixty-eight word prayer. Hi said, contained all that men. needed to say or God to hear, we wonder what would be His verdict on most of tne prayers that we pray on Sunday mornings or Wednesday nights? The second powerful element in the parable of Jesus was that His language was crispy simple. There is hardly a sentence in Ills teaching which a child cannot understand. The Master's illus trations were all drawn from the commonest ex periences of life; “a sower’ went forth to sew , “a certain man had two sons”; ‘‘a man built his house on the sands '; “the kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed.” The absence of ad jectives is striking. In the third place, sincerity glistened like sunshine through every sentence He uttered, p was the way Jesus looked at men, and the life He led among them that gave His words transform- The "Youth March” Fizzled The recent "Youth March” which converged on Washington, D. C, for the purpose of d> m onstrating in favor of sending Negroes and whites to tire Same schools firrled out like a punctured inner tube. They failed in their at tempt to get through the White House gat- . to deliver a statement to President Eisenhmv r. Thus some 6.000 persons, including stud: ■ •, as far away as Los Angeles marched upon a stone wall. Those who appeared at the While Hous* were barred by White House police. Harlon Joyce, a white college student from Oransb burg, South Carolina, first ask d police that lu be taken to the chief executive Thus Joyce was de n i e d the privilege of delivering the gtoups’s message in person. In the march were Jackie Robinson. Harry Belafonte, and others. Besides there wen speeches at a rally including Lillian Smith, p white author, and Mrs. Daisy Bates, presi - dent of the Arkansas Branch of the NAACP We doubt that any March on Washington will do any good unless its proportion readu s a half million people. The influx of this nun - Regardless of who is doing the kicking, the racial issue has never cea-jea to be the political football for politicians running down the cam paign field in their efforts to s-ore upsets in the election polls. We are vividly reminded of this in the present election campaigns underway in the nation. Obviously nettled because of a vc-bal -if tack upon him by Congressman Adam Clay ton Powell of New York, Nelson A. Rockefell er, GOP candidate for Governor of New York, told the public that his family has given more than $55 million to Negro < duration. Powell continued to kick the football around hr fore an AME minister’s group in Harlem, saying that Rockefeller was campaigning “on the basis of philanthropy” and that he was do - ing “nothing more than mass production method of trying to buy the vote.” In his tirade against the GOP candidate, Powell said that Nelson’s brother, Winthrope, who lives in Arkansas, had given not a “single bit of cooperation in the Negro’s fight" in that state. We know that Congressman Powell drives a hard bargain when it comes to politics, but he had no business kicking “the Fockfeller Negro philanthrophy” football in the New .York gubernatorial race. In our opinion, this should never have been mentioned, —either by Mr. Rockfeller or Con gressman Powell. The Rockefeller philanthro phy was not relevant to the issues of the New York political campaign. The attempt of the Governors of Arkansas and Virginia to block deliberate speed in school integration has sucked them into a mud hole from which they cannot find release. All the time, events are happening fast and they arc sinking deeper in the tricky nr re. As soon as some churches came to the aid of children with no place to go to school (be - cause public schools had been closed) the In - ternal Rvvenue Service moved in. And it may be that churches which decided to open their doors to private school classes in the fight a gainst integration may lose their tax exempt status. The IRS has published that the “tax question had been raised”, end the service had it under active consideration. Approximately 55 church »s in Little Rock area and two in Virginia cities are already actively involved or have offered facilities to help in private school plans substituting for the public schools. We arc aware that many of these churches offered facilities to educate the children during the emergency rather than to aid in anti-desegregation. But tax officials have indicated the effect would Ire the same regardless of intent. The Political Football The Tax Pain lug power. What He was and what He said were one and the same thing. Ho one could stand at His side for even a minute wltnout being persuad ed that here was a man who loved people and considered even the humblest of them worthy of the best He had to give. No man was ever big enough to build an en during success on the basis of Insincerity; but many comparatively small men, like Peter the Hermit and Billy Graham, fired with conviction, have been able to create and sustain a very con siderable influence. Fourth, Jesus knew the necessity of repeti tion and practiced it. No important truth can be impressed upon the minds of any large number of people by being saifl only once. The thoughts which the Master had to give to the world were few’ in number. "God is your Father." He said, “caring mox-e for the welfare of every one of you than any human father can possibly car? for his children. Ki* kingdom is happiness, and His rule is love.” This message that Jesus had to teach, but He knew’ the necessity of driving it home from every possible angle. The Idea that God is the Father of ail men— not merely of a .specially selected few—still to penetrate some creeds, and to establish 1 Its domi nance in some churches and society. Whatever Christian in this world today feels the desire to make his life count In this general process of human betterment, can have no surer guide for his activities that gospel of Jesus. If * Christian would teach people, he must first cap ture then interest with good news. His service ra ther than his sermons must be his claim upon the men of the world. His message must be simple, and brief, and most of all sincere and friendly. Jesus said, "Ye are my friends.” her of people would demand much planning and White House officials would be forced to sake notice and plan for reception of the mar chers. As it was, the President expected the event to b< of little moment. He played golf late during the morning the march took place. But he returned from the Burning Tree Club in Maryland to the White House a little while before the youth marchers arrived, And the important thing to remember is that th marchers were spurned by the White House. Not only did the President take little notice of the event, but most of the daily newspapers minimized its importance to the extent of giv ing it only one or two paragraphs of space. We doubt if the public in this country will long remember it; but the world has written the White House’s attitude in its notebook for future reference. We have already had one march on the Capitol, sad the second and most recent one fizklt-d out. We are convinced that marchers on Washington are ineffectual. We differ with Mr. Powell when he charged Mr. Nelson Rockefeller “with campaigning on on the basis of his philanthrophy.” The mil ions given to Negro education by the Rockefel ler family were donated long before Nelson Rockefeller decided to ran for the governor ship of New York. Then how could Mr. Rocke feller buy the Negro vote with his philanthro phy? There are mors ways than one to help a minority race make progress and advance. Even if the Rockefeller* never gave a dime to the NAACP, they deserved commendation for their share in the uplift oi the downtrodden Negro through educational grants. But the fact is they not only contributed to the Na tional Urban League, but have made substan tial contributions to the NAACP. In the campaign against the Republican candidate, Nelson Rockefeller. Congressman Pc-well has turned on his oratarical charm in behalf of the Democrats. A few months ago, he decided to buck the Democratic Tammy machine. An apparent turncoat, we wonder which side Mr. Powell is on. Maybe he is on the side that will get him ahead the fastest in the shortest possible time. Little can be accomplished in the matter of solving racial tensions and problems unless politicians refrain from using the racial issue for their own political gains. Certainly, in the New York campaign, Mr. Rockefeller did not deserve Congressman Powell's censure. Governor Faubus has his hands full trying to keep the private schools sufficiently financ ed to keep them going at least for the remaind er of this school year. Hence, the several churches with private school classes must stu dy ways and means of getting out of a pos sible income tax dilemma. We predict that these churches will soon be taxed by the Fed - eral Government; and who knows, this is a price they may not wish to pay. The integration fight has ramified itself into many unforseen events, and there are many more unsuspected ones to come. Think of the many sleepless nights segregation leaders have had to endu r e, and they should not try to save their faces by placing the blame on someone else. They made ready their beds, and now they must sleep in them whether they wish to or not. Think how much more simple the matter would have been had the mer, of high calling in Arkansas and Virginia made up their minds to do their best to make some plan of desegre gation work “at deliberate speed ‘ This could have been worked out at the local level had the Christian leaders taken a memorable stand. How Long Will He Be Permitted To Get Away With It? If]-' -- • "* i l ,ni «i _ft ff Vif| |it (^/iiuiks£» SENTENCE SERMONS HOW TO KEEP FROM GROWING OLD 1. This is an Important nues iion men have long tried to un told. but too many becoming bewildered in their conclusions, have failed to make the cov eted yea!. 2. Many have dealt, with the outer side, milking fruitless ef forts their inner parts to bide, H.-.d in God their Father tailed to confide. 3 Appearing not to know that T-h»s is the mainspring of every unrighteous or holy thing; that, features an outward decoration are simply passing fancies of material shaping, 4. But, have and to hold life's priceless gifts, the body mast bo conditioned, to receive spir itual lifts; it the human body contains two hundred millions of pores, then man must allow God to breathe thru his soul, thru that many spiritual doors. 5 Hi; who does not walk by faith, but only hy sight.' -shuts out the day and stumbles thru asdasdf “CNRESTBICTLD” BOMBING The Tribune is opposed to all * of the color or religion of those who may be r tie victims. It fol lows. therefore, that we de plore the recent bombing of the .Jewish Temyie in Atlanta, Oa. We feel anout the bombing of the Tempi' exactly as we did when Negro Baptist churches and the borne' of Negro clergy men were bombed in Alabama and elsewhere in the South. The recent Atlanta bombing poses a reel problem for our Jewish friends in the South. They « ere sympathetic, no doubt, but at the same time silent when N* ?ro houses of worship and hemes were bomb ed. Ncvcrtheiers they are and will continue to be for some time the objects of the same hats-mongers who victimize Negroes. •They are learning the hard way, as a distinguished southern editor said, that “You do not preach and encourage hatred for the Negro and hope to restrict it- to that field.” We sympathize sincerely with our Jewish follow Americans who, despite the color of their skin, their rreal racial, wealth, and their national prominence, are nevertheless “in the same boat.’* with ethers who feel the whiplash of racial, prejudice and bifttory. —-Philadelphia Tribune THE POT AND THE KETTLE South African and Ameri can. segregation tots are appar ently cooking up a neat little scheme to pat each other on the back for segregation in Dixie and apartheid in South Africa. The first American exchange visitor is Heckling Carter, a Mississippi editor, who pre tended to be a liner al until the Supreme Court outlawed racial segregation. The South African visitor will bo the vice presi dent of a university which fur nishes moss of Ihe “intellect ual'’ support tor apartheid. The race between South Africa and Mississippi for racial back wardness is a close one. We’ll bet each exchange student has some good things to say about; the other’s homeland. The pot can’t, call the kettle black in this instance. —California Eagle HOW MUCH DESEGREGA TION ACCEPTABLE TO COURTS Undoubtedly the reminder, several ’'men given, of the late Judge John J. Parker, that the desegregation decision holds only that race may not be a factor in the assignment of a child to a school, helped to in fluence North Carolina to a BY REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWERY For ANP the night; he con not ste where God would lead, and causes many times his own heart to bleed. 6. He upsets his own physical body, and often discovers too late his utter folly; the de structive complication of false pride, avarice, selfishness pre judice, hatred and hyproensy, make it impossible for him alone to set his own soul free. 7. Thus often too soon men shrivel up. having drank the Hif:>v from ft bittor cun , , . they liked too well their own way. and become victims of malnutrition from stubble and hay. 8 This truly is not the way to “KEEP FROM GROWING OLD” . . . ho man can have a long contented life, and toward GOD grow cold: it was not in tended for man to “Live By Bread Alone”, thus depriving ids spiritual life of soul vita mins and unconsciously his heart turnin'; to stone. 9, The secret, of living a full life here, is not to let Satan dopt the plan or local option and local assignment which it did. Judge Parker's influence failed to sway majority opinion in Virginia, although the com mission set up there to study the matter presented similar proposals to those adopted in North Carolina. Three cities in North Caro lina, Charlotte, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem, have volun tarily admitted a few Negro students to hitherto all-white schools. Their action has giv en validity to North Carolina legislation on this point, for It demonstrates that, the State law does not make race a. fac tor in the assignment of pu pils to schools. Yet the North Carolina law enables local school boards to control the speed and volume of desegre gation and gives promise of en abling this State to escape the extremes of “massive resis tance.’’ If Virginia had enacted the proposals of the Gray Commis sion similar to those of North Carolina’s Pearsall Commission undoubtedly the extremes of school closing which have been reached in Warren County. Charlottesville and Norfolk could have been avoided, nor would there have been whole sale desegregation. A testing program for selec tion in both Charlottesville aria Norfolk received favorable con sideration by the federal courts and its results would have been accepted had there not been evidence that race was still a factor in pupil assignment in addition to the tests. In the Arlington esse. Judge Bryan, while postponing desegregation until January, rejected, the ap plications of 26 Negroes to at tend white schools an d approved only four. None of IN THIS OUR DAY nil) YOU VOTE? When this article reaches my readers the die will have been cast as to which indi viduals or political party will control our states and national governments until another po litical election. Hence my Ques tion: "Did you vote?" It is not at all encouraging:, to say the least, to observe how few people there arc who will take the time to cast their votes. It would appear Ural start early setting you off bal ance with his song-aud-ri ance foolishness and cheap beer; he is a master at passing out counterfeits, and will get you in trouble wherever he sits. to Ho is the main one to avoid if you want “TO KEEP FROM GROWING OLD", for he earn* ■; a bag of tricks with' his Rock 'N Roll , . . and spec ialises in deceit, to make Ids job full and complete. it. God is 'he only one that can match hi;, strength and keep you safely from linn at full length, and keep your heart from growing cold, and preserve your life “FROM GROWING OLD’. 12. With God, one never grows old, for while with Him, Satan can’t take toll , . , and the heavenly light of a true child of God. lights up his per sonally and dissipates fraud, anyone entering here in this one and only University, will enjoy a priceless “FELLOW SHIP” in God’s “ETERNAL, PRATERNI TV.” these actions forces unlimited desegregation; rather, the fed eral courts in Virginia indicate they will accept a token deseg regation such as has been ac complished in North Carolina. Undoubtedly the limited de segregation c i the sort accept able to the courts could be ac complished m the three Vir ginia cities and Warren County were it not for the state's "Mas sive resistance” legislation, In consequence schools are being closed, and children are being denied education—at the criti cal time in their lives. —Durham Morning Herald THE DESECRATED TEMPLES There is no simple explana tion for the recent wave of bombings of Jewish temples, but the wanton and cruel acts of violence dramatize the pre judice and intolerance which have infected many geographic areas. The physical threats to places; of worship and to schools cannot be separated from the general pattern of lawlessness which has charac terized resistance to court or ders on desegregation in the public schools. Pres. Eisenhower's denuncia tion of the bombings and the use of the Federal Bureau of Investigation are to be com mended. But the right of the FBI to participate tully in the inquiry into the abridgements of democratic rights must be made unmistakably clear by passage of suitable legislation by Congress. Every house of worship, eve ry school, town hall and union hall is in danger of attack so long as the lawless atmosphere that triggered the temple bombings is not dissipated. —AH, CIO News BY DR. C. A. CHICK, SR. many people think of a gov ernment as some kind of an ab stract and mysterious some thing that exists only in a fairly world. They seemingly do not realize that a government is a reality, an organization that affects their daily lives in more different ways that any other organization. Moreover, our governments, local, state, and national, have more power over us than any other exist ing organization. But govern- JUST FOR FUN/ IEOGGII BOTTOM GUYS The males of Froggie Bot tom are sporty guys. Being a newspaper man, I conducted a study—the highlights of which are; 36 per cent of the men own summer sport shuts; ill per cent own dress shirts; 43 per cent own summer suits; 33 per cent own fall, winter, or spring season sport coats; 45 per cent own swimming trunks mot me, but Cornyard does); 59 per cent own pajamas (Yeah, man!); and 100 per cent own socks (No Sir. we don't go a round berefeet like they do in Yamacraw, Georgia). Cornyard said, “DOC, you swung on that study. It lets the gals knew our status in these, parts. SPEEDBALI, EDDIE brought back from the West Coast a written love call from a Los Angeles guy. <Speedball is that big tiailer driver). The letter was read out to the guys in Jabe Wright's Barber Shop: “Would like to hear from respectable, nice looking Chris tian lady, age 20 to 35. Pre ferably a school teacher dr col lege graduate. Object; possibly matrimony if suited. I am a’ 8". age 36, weight 155. Will ex change photos. Write Douglass Cimarron , P.O. Box 654, La Salle, Los Anjeles.” The fellows tried to pick one of the local “broads”, but couldn’t seem to agree on one. Since the young man appeared to be a gentle fellow, we elimi nated Annie Belle because when she speaks all men run for cover with their tails tuck ed in behind them. Somebody mentioned Loret ta, but she is 39 and pass the designated age limit. She would make an ideal combination— the boys think Miss Joy Bran don is out of the running, be cause she is veil-taken. A fel low named DEE-Jay pines for her. THE HOTTEST LOWDOWN in these parts is the gossip s bout a once-popular again mo del who is now, conducting a red-hot romance" with a college student athlete 15 years her junior. Her best- false friends swear she lavishes money and Gordon B» Hancock 's BETWEEN the! UTS THE OTHER GOD “Thou shah have no other gods before me ’ saith the Lord. This was the first command ment handed down from too smoky summits of Sinai to Moses the Great Intercessor be tween God and .man. The inference is that humans will be pardoned for having other gods, only it is pointed out. that they must not be put before the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who brought them out of Egyptian, bondage, with a strong and mighty hand. We pointed out. some weeks ago that race prejudice Is be ing currency worshipped before God. And when race prejudice is glorified by a regnant peo ple. it becomes doubly danger ous. In fact, there is immont dan ger that it may turn upon its worshippers with the‘fury of an avenging angel and destroy them. The Old South is fight ing furiously to preserve its tradition of segregation, and not only defying the nation, but defying the teachings of Jesus Christ ; and just whether a people can do thus and live, is a question that only Time can answer. History shows that no nation or people has long defied God and lived and so the present defiance of the teachings of Almighty God through Jesus Christ may be a prelude 1.0 the wonts do not operate them selves. They must be operated by human beings. It follows, then, that, the individuals who ope rate our government* have a great deal of power over out daily lives. Therefore, we should be deeply concerned as to the ability and integrity of those who conduct the affairs of our governments. Ho, when wo vote in political elections we are helping to de termine who may. or may not, hold this or that office in. our governments. Few of us seem to realize that a part of the public debt, local, state and national, is a debt of each individual living under that government. A part of the debt of your city, your county, your state, and your Federal government is your in dividual debt. And. directly or indirectly, you most certainly will pay your Share of that debt. The people who arc in charge of our governments at any given time, by and large, de termine how much debts our governments may make. More over, they supervise the spend ing of money acquired from the debts. Do you realize, then, how very important it is that the men and women who con duct the affairs of our gov ernments be men and women with a high degree of integrity and ability. Did you vote on November 4, 195 R? If you did not, you should promise yourself and your God, that in the next political elec tion you are going to exercise your civic and Christian duty in casting your vote. This writ er firmly believes that it is the duty of every Christian to in terest himself in civic affairs to the extent at least, of voting. by MARCUS H. BO tit. WARE clothes upon her young lover while hopefully waiting for the day when he will propose. What she doesn't know is that he is already engaged. (Corn yard says, “Indeed, he is, my boy!) IN THE LOCAL HOSPITAL is a young matron who is con fined with eight-pound weights on her legs every other hour. Doctors say she may have to have an operation for a slipped disc in her back. (Cornyard says, “WOW!”) The woman said she learned to hula hoop, became sore, de cided she needed more exer cise and tried a new round of hula hooping. (“Yippe,” says Cornyard). Pretty soon she 74 couldn't even walk. WHAT-A NAME? (Honolu lu). When Gwendolyn Kekino applied for a job at Hawaiin Pineapple Company, she pro duced a birth certificate list in her name as lohaopilianlwek oaulumahieka - oonaonaopiikea.” Her family uses only the last six letters of the long name. They call her • Piikea,” (That's enough, gen tlemen ! > CORNYARD AND I went to a public forum last week. The speaker talked and talked end lessly, like the proverbial brook. Finally there came an end to the patience of the audience and gradually the crowd began to leave. On and on, the speaker went until finally there remained but three of us. One of the tii.ee, including us, sat on the right in the front part of the audience. The speaker leaned over and .aid. “! would like to say in conclusion, sir, you are one of the three gentlemen left.” And the man looked up and said. “You're wrong. Mister. I'm the next speaker.” Cornyard and I guffawed. SADIE: Would you many * man for his money? ANNIE BELLE: Not exactly. Bu:. I’d want my husband t-y have a lovely disposition, and if he. didn’t have money he'd like ly be worried and ill-natured. HORSE SENSE Is what keeps horses from betting on w hat people will do. swan song of a mighty people. This current attempt to wor ship race in the place of God, is not only deplorable and trag ic but it is dangerous. Th ■ crowning teachings of Jesus Christ is the fatherhood of Gi d and the brotherhood of man. To deny either is to court dun - nation! The outburst of violence manifested by t,he current wave of dynamiting! here and there about thy nation is a. horrify - in-; svmpton of a dangerou *4 moral malady that is eating at the vitals of the nation, and unless some way can be devised to save men from such ravages of race prejudice, our nation is ‘doomed. Violence against the Negroes ol the youth has been condon ed and practiced so long that it is taken as a matter o( course. The lynchings that oc curred over such long span of years were but the harsher manifestations of a loss dra matic violence that was wide spread throughout the Old South. The cessation of lynch ing-; from the limb did not mean the abolition of violence, against Negroes. in far too many instances le - gal lynchings took the place of limb lynchings. But both were n 1 r-nife-r. rations of violence a - which little or nothin? hag ever been done. Violence ..gains! Negroes has enjoyed such invariable Immunities that it ;s currently spreading to the Ji ws -md it is just, a matter of time before it will spread to the Catholics and to other groups and 10 our society in general. Letter To The Editor Tu Tile Editor: This L*. just a letter to express thanks and congratualtions for the fine editorial appearing in the October It, 1058 issue of THE CAR OLINIAN. This incisive and com prehensive presentation of the plight and the contribution of the Church-Related College is truly excellent. It also points out the vicious re percussions of the inequity of eco nomic opportunity in this country, because the General Electric Plan and others like it are definitely out of the reach those who push brooms and shovel coal in the va rious big industrial concerns. Eco nomic strangulation works from both directions: it makes the worker sub-marginal and it p vents him from securing further assistance because of the small salary that he receives. Perhaps constant reminding and diligem, citing of the law will bring us through this morass of intellectual shortsightedness soon er then we think. Anyhow, I be lieve the trend is in the right di rection and that the momentum is gradually picking up. Thank you again. Best wishes. Very truly yours. .TAMES A. BOYER, President St Augustine's College Raleigh *
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