4 THE CAROUNIAN WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27. 1958 Editorial Viewpoint \ The CAROLINIAN’S WORDS OF WORSHIP ''Whosoever is fearful Had afraid, let him go home tonight,' he proclaimed The Scriptures. Too often men are prone to think that p< ople respond most powerfully to promises of cist vic tory and soft, rewards. The great lenders of the world have known better. Gideon, tor example. When he called for vol unteers to fight the Midianites, thirty-two thou sand responded. Gideon looked them over criti cally. He knew the conflicting motives that, had brought them there—some from mere love of art venture: some because they were afraid to be taunted with cowardice, some tor plunder; some to get away from their wives. He determined to weed them out at once: “Whosoever is fearful and afraid, lei him go home tonight,” Qideon proclaimed The next morning twenty-■'wo thousand had vanished. Only ten thousand remained Still Gideon was unsatisfied He hit upon • atrategem. Down the hillside and ac.ro.v- a little brook he led the whole band. It vi. a hot morn ing: the men were thirsty and tired: and Gideon Handing on tiie bank and watching, had a shrewd The Story Never Grows Old This Christmas we are about to celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ, a man who came from the bosom of the Father to the womb of a woman, He put on humanity that you and I might put on divinity. He became the son of man that we might become sons of God. Jesus was born contrary to the law's of na ture, lived in poverty, and was reared in ob scurity. Being an apprentice to His Father, Hi became a carpenter. H- had no wealth, neither training nor education in tin sense that w< know them. His relatives wen inconspicuous and unmflucnuai. In infancy He startled a king - in boyhood. He puzzled the doctors; in manhood He ruled the course of nature. He walked upon tin bil lows and hushed the seas to sleep, H< healed the multitudes without medicine and made no charges for His services. He never wrote a book, yet alt the libraries of the country could not hold the books that could be written about Him, Jesus never wrote a song, yet He furnished the theme for more songs than all the song - writers combined. He never founded a college. yet all the schools together cannot boast as many students as He has, He never practiced medicine, and yet He healed more broke n hearts than the doctors have healed broken bodies. Jesus never marshalled an army, drafted a soldier, nor fired a gun, yet, no leader ever made more volunteers who have under His orders, made rebels stack arms or surrender without a shot being fired. He has made men soldiers of the cross. Nineteen wide centuries have come and gone, and “today.” says one writer, "Jesus is the center-piece of human race and leader of tiie column of progress.” Although more people are turning to n ligion for guidance, the various religious groups of all faiths continue to waste their en ergies in theological and political squabbles among themselves. They fail to accept the challenge of modern economic and social prob lems. Is Public Education Free? America shows a good deal ni pride m its system of fret public education for everybody who can profit by such instruction. But. as we examine the commercialism in our public schools today, we wonder if education is still free. Parents who enroll their children in public schools today are annoyed by the many bidden fees that they have to pay to keep their chil dren in school. And it appears that tin \ are be ing taken by the heels for “a shakedown.” Dur ing registration, parents must “shell out” a cer tain amount for books and school supplies each semester. And—mind you—this is just the b> ginning! The charge for meals in the cafeteria avt r ages 35 cents per day for each pupil This costs the average boy or girl sew ri dollars a month to eat lunch at school. For the parents, with from three to five children in school, this becomes a financial burden, Record In Church Giving Some weeks ago, we reprimanded the mem bers of the Negro church for their failure to make sustained and systematic financial con tributions to the church. Since that time, we read an interesting report from The Religion* Weekly , November 11 issue, stating that church giving has reached a record peak. The article stated that the U. S. Protestant and Orthodox church people gave to the church in 1957 a total of $2,206,593,817 for all purposes. The report was based upon a survey recently completed by the Department of Stewardship and Benevolence of the National Council of Churches. This amount represented an increase of $365 million over 11356, and it included gifts for congregational operations, benovelences, home and foreign missions and relief work over seas. An encouraging aspect of the report was that 20.1 per cent of this total was given far bene volences. Gifts for foreign missions in 1957 re presented an increase from $59 million to $64 million. This was a gain of about five per cent. The highest per capita giving once again was Ifcade by the Seventh Day Adventist with slbt> him th.u character would show itself undue the strain. Sure enough, of the ten thousand, a vast majority knelt down and pushed their laces into the cool clear water, taking' long refreshing draughts. But a few too eager. They caught up the water in their hands, dashed It into their faces, and hurried across to die other bank, rest less to be on! Only a handful; only three hundred But Gideon kept them and sent the rest home. Better three hundred who could not be held back from the battle than ten thousand who were merely half-heartedly ready to go, With the three hundred men m* won. Need* ie-.s to say why, or to give the reason for the vic tory That higher type of leadership which calls forth men’s greatest energies by the promise of obstacles rather man the picture of reward - that was the leadership of Jesus. By it He tem pered tne soft metal of His disciples' nature into keen hard steel. The final conference with which He prepared them for their world is thrilling in its majestic appeal to courage. At this Christmas time, men should spend time reading and meditating upon the icach ings of the Man from Galilee. If men today ad hered to His teachings, there would b< no rs da! problem, there would be no school inte gration problem, then would for no peace problem that is now prompting a nuclear wea pons race, and there would be. no problems of war Out of fear men have corrupted the idea of Jesuit, so that the simplest faith m the world— CHRISTIANITY—has become a complex thing in form and ritual, of unforced obser vances and “thou shall nets.’ During this Christmas season, wc hope that church ministers wih call to men's attention the mission of the church. We hope that they Will stress that it is not the purpose of the church to ''tell men what not to do; but rather what to do to achieve the new brotherhood of men. jrsus knew that if men achieved true brotherhood and equality, their livts would warrant them a place in His kingdom which He wished to establish not way off in some un known place, but rather to establish in the hearts of men. . Hwe follow the teachings of the Prince of Peace, ail churches must renounce cut-throat competition and work together in selfless de votion to thf needs of the whole community: they must overhaul their systems of religious education and seek to revive the indomitable spirit of Protestantism — its respect for the rights of man, its deck-rise of the poor and low ly. its insistence upon individual freedom. The Yuktide season should remind us that it was Christ who was concerned with su- h val ues as love, truth, justice, brotherhood, integ rity and character. On Christmas, 1958, let us renew our faith in the Mighty God, the Comforter, the Prince of Peace, and the Everlasting Father. Let good will and peace reign the world over, “for unto us is bom this day a Savior which is Christ the Lord.” Money for class and club dues must come out of parent’s pockets. Most high schools publish a newspaper and yearbook for which parents must pay a pretty penny, Often a youth is ask ed to pay from two to three dollars for a picture and space in the sehsiol annual and one dollar a year for a subscription to the school paper. In a student’s junior year, he is called upon to pay a fee for the junior-senior prom, class banquet, and what-have-you. Oftimes a stu dent is deeply hurt, because his parents are not able to give him money for these things. This trend which we have cited is not pecu liar to Raleigh and North Carolina, but it is a universal tiling— most annoying, however, in some localities than in others. Isn’t it about time for the American public to wake up and bring about a halt to this trend while yet there is time? and a membership of 291,567, The United Bre thren in Christ, with a membership of 19.459, came second with an average of $118.96 apiece. The estimated average per capita church mem ber contribution was $101.25. While this report by the National Council of Churches is stimulating, the majority of Ne gro church members do not contribute the na tional average of one hundred doilers a year. If they did, Negro churches would operate on more sound financial bases. To illustrate what we have just said, suppose we fake a hypothetical example. The average small church has ISO members; and if each one contributed to the church SIOO a year, the church treasury would collect annually 5!5.- 000. How many Negro churches collect $15,- 000 annually in their treasuries? The answer is obvious. We hope that the report which vve have just cited will encourage Christians to give the Lord at least one dollar each Sunday so that they may maintain the national church average of ' per capita giving. However, those who have prospered greatly should give more generously. But Our Position Os World Leadership Demands Direct Action ' SENTENCE SERMS the new ye tit 1 LIE'S, is like a checker board—-Its awaituir. possibili ties must be explored, and not by any means be ignored. 2 There is but one starting point as the game begins, and from here-, one tiling is certain, there will be contrary winds. 3. And, because one cannot be sure of his destiny, he must move very callously . . . and handicaps, one must not over look for hie is not an open book. 4. Yen, one's coruomportiries at hlr: u may have ♦sh * a richer, wider girth; but even this should not spell defeat, when the challenger’s faith in God is full and complete. 5. Every twelve months this checker hoard flares up again, and you and I our titles must defend ... it all depends how well wc have faced the odds in the previous year, as to how What Other Editors Say WtIAT TO DO WITH BOMB HOAXEK.I Now that several hoaxers who made fake school bombing threats in North Carolina have been apprehended and con victed the question arises as to what should be done with them. In the eases at point the hoaxers have been teen-agers, who .should have realized the seriousness of what they were doing but obviously did not. They were smart alecks, had a perverted sense of humor, cat ered to the .sensational or merely hoped to get out of .school for n day. 11l any of these events they . were wrong. Lost school days, after all, have to be made up under North Carolina law which requires a 180-day term. What these misguided youths must be made to realize is that their calls contained elements of danger, risk and violence. They cost county and city gov ernments and tied up officers and- equipment needed else where. The Daily News is as firmly convinced as ever that the law governing bombing threats or calls needs to be overhauled. The offense, in all of its poten tialities, should be made a fel ony. Such recognition, under the law, would mean a heavy penalty which, we trust, would serve to deterring purpose. As the la,w stands now bomb scares are being classified un der the general term of distur bin' the peace, which is a mis demeanor and as such punish able with a fine and or impris onment up to 80 days. One of the first such cases to come before the courts faced veteran Judge Sain Cathey in Asheville where four young men confessed to anonymous “bomb plant” telephone calls. Judge Cathey gave them 30 days, to be spent at a first .of fenders’ camp. While the court termed the sentence “pretty light,“ he made the point that “on the other hand, it’s not al ways the severity of the pun ishment as much as it- Is the certainty of it ’’ The Dally News' feeling Is that wide publicity of the of fenders who have been ap prehended, the knowledge that officers school authorities and the public are cooperating to deteci 'use fake callers and the “certainty of punishment” such «:• Judge Cathey points cut. will bring a cessation of the rash of hoaxes which have been cropping out all over North Carolina. BY REV. FRANK CLARENCE now we shall approach our tasks without misgivings and fear. t>. God is the answer when the clock strikes TWELVE and we must again into mean prob lems delve . . , companionship with Him needs no crystal ball, when in His powerful hands one stakes his all. 7. Peace, then like a River attendeth our way, and the ad versaries of our souls lose con trol; this is the panacea for all of our trials while the years continue to roll. ft. A NEW YEAR to a Chris tian is simply a matter of time, renewed for enjoyment with gifts sublime, and these ever increasing as the days go by, granting a foretaste of the Fa ther's riches in Heaven on high, 9. This makes each NEW YEAR a glorious retreat for those throughout the year who No youngster in his right mind is going to get funny or seek to escape a day in school when it is likely to cost him 30 days in. jail. St if for punish* meat may well be written into the law. for more lasting and broader effect, when the 1952 (tenoral Assembly convenes. Meanwhile there's a good chance of relief under existing statute, —Greensboro Daily News DISCRIMINATION Fifteen minority rights organ izations and action groups have requested the California state attorney general to issue an opinion that fraternities and sororities operating on camp uses of the University of Cali fornia are practicing discrimi nation and are in violation of the Constitution a.nd the pub lic policy of toe state of Cali fornia, A Los Angeles attorney for the B’nai Brith said that the action was being brought be cause the B’nai B’rilh, the N.A ACP. the CIO and other organi zations objected to the univer sity recognizing and approving as university houses, fraterni ties and sororities which barred Jews, Negroes and other mino rities from equal use of their facilities. An official of the NAAOP s western regional office said, “We are aware that some o! these fraternities have eliminat ed discriminatory clauses from their constitutions, but they people now than they did be fore.” Earlier this month, at Hamil ton college., Clinton, N. Y„ the charter of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity was revoked because it insisted on a policy of non discrimination in membership. The chapter president said that Its dispute with the nation al organization began last March after the fraternity a dopted a resolution stating that it would not restrict member shirt “for any reason.of race, re ligion or color,' The national fraternity cites that "qualification for mem bership are to be acceptable for the general fraternity, to be lieve in the principles of Chris tianity and to be of the white or American Indian races.” Meanwhile, at Cornel! uni versity, the suspended chapter of Sigma Kappa sorority voted unanimously to return its char ter to national Sigma Kappa, breaking completely all ties be tween Sigma Kappa and the lo cal group, now known as Chi Gamma sorority, The sorority chapter has been LOWERY For ANF stay close by the M£RCY SEAT. • 10. Only those who know the power of PRAYER can appre ciate what it means to be a heavenly heir, with each suc cessive year yielding joys like harvest grain, and. telling us only to be faithful *‘l WILL; BE BACK AGAIN." 11. YES. He is coming again, maybe this weekend, or in the NEW A'EAR. . , , however, it will be when He chooses to ap pear; those who have won Di vine attention are as spre of His return, as they are His Ho ly Ascension, 12. So listen again when the clock strikes TWELVE, let every man and woman, Satan's tricks shelve, and resolve to give your Heavenly Father, the rest of your days, and in NEW YEARS to come, He will be your best friend always. under suspension since July, 1958, "for the good of the so rority hs a whole.” The action was taken after the local group pledged a Negro. At Michigan State university, Ann Arbor, a different discri mination problem exists. The Student Government Council passed a resolution last spring after receiving a report of dis nmiwtUon in off-campus hous ing from the Human Relations Board, The resolution requested that, "Landlord.?; who practice dis crimination in race or religion not bo allowed to advertise through university facilities.’ The Council narrowly reject ed a proposal to ask the Ann Arbor City Council to consider legislation which would permit discrimination in rented houses. At the University of Illinois an anti-discrimination code, modeled after the fair educa tional practices code, was re cently adopted. The Illinois code specifically encourages non-discriminatory practices in off-campus housing as well as ruling that the school will not in any way discrimi nate “b. cause of race, creed or national origin.” At five campuses, small and large, from ihe east to the west coast, schools and social organ izations i/ve been bothered with discrimination. None of these schools are lo cated below the Mason-Dixon linn. The so-called “north” can’t yell “foul” at Arkansas and other :i uthern states, until the northern slate is wiped clean. If there’s discrimination on the college level, where the fu ture leaders of America are be ing trained, how can the prob lems of segregation and discri mination ever be eliminated 1 ' —Ohio State (University! Morning Lantern. A DR. V. A. CHICK, SK. THE SPIRIT 01-’ CHRISTMAS We American people, bke all other peoples of the world, have our share of holidays. But without a shadow of doubt the Christmas season and especial- JUST FOR FUN , BY MAKC.iliv 11. KOCIAVARF, I HEY NOW, OLE SANTA' Passing a. Santa last week, I got a whiff of what I thought was a little Christmas “tardy”, Well, maybe 1 was wrong—oh. Santa? But Cornyard says, “Who cares? Ole Saint Kick needs the good ole Xmas spirit.! 1 Give old Santa the same chance that you taken HA - HA - HA - II i Annie Bril came in the otht r night rrotn a pre-Chnstmas party only to find her jewelry worth S4OO had been stolen. Evidently the thief thought he owed her an explanation, for the note pc left, read: Merry Christmas." Boiling mad, Annie Belle h»» turned the note over to tiio Frcggie Bottom's Police Chief Hank Simpson WANT TO GET MARRIED If you plan to ea morn, during the Christinas holidays don’t get caught without oil m you. lamp. The Wake County Rcgistct of Deeds office, which handle;; the sale of marriage hcen-.<-. has announced that the of • flee will be closed December 2i at 12:30 p.tit, and will reopen December 29. Jusl. iu case- -I reminded Mr. Comyard that the r-ffire would be closed. You p-ver can toll-he may wish to many that well-to-do widow. TAKE 21 TEAKS A recent news report ac-uv. that in Bullock County, Ala bama, one Ne«ro voter c.-ai vouch for throe would-be Ne gro registrants per year for four years. Statistics shew that at this rate, it would take 2% years ;-u leant to got 250 Negroes repi.- tered in that county under rules laid down for Negroc--- by the County Board of Rcy.stutr.s there. That's nothing, without am restrictions it' a linos' as h.,ni n> set that number of Negro citizens in Wake County to register each .war. BOMB SHELTER. Folks, did you know you can build a shelter for $106.59. And Gordon B. Hancock’s THE VOICE OF GREATER ATLANTA. Georgia is generally suppos ed to be the race prejudice capitol of the nation. H one wishes to sec race prejudice in the raw, one is Advised to go to Georgia. In swearing circles a bout, the country we o) ten is the expression, ‘Til die and go to Georgia before I'll do such a thing.’’ This just goes co show how strenuously one- objects to do ing “such and such a tbitfg.” But regarding the prejudice of Georgia without regarding the righteousness of .Georgia, w just like judging the bad Ne groes without regard to these, upright of heart and mind. Regardless of what may lie said about, the Negrophobias of Georgia, there are more right eously inclinde Georgians that eounly inclined Georgians whose meat and drink is to fight the defenseless Negroes in their fight for full citizenship, Negroes of all groups should be the last to overlook tin- vir tuous Georgians while stress ing the vicious ones. There are white Georgians who have r> er bowed their knee to the Baa! of race prejudice. ly Christmas Day surpo.-w,. them all. More preparation r made for Christmas than any other holi day we celebrate More pre sents are received and given at Christmas time than at any other time of the. year Almost all business concerns give then employees bonuses at Christ mastime. Philanthropists make it point to make a great many of their gifts at Christmas time Indeed it would m: o ih.n everybody is in the spjm m giving and receiving during the Christmas sen son. All of the foregoing is .'.imply another way of emphasising the debt we owe Jesus Christ; Who came on earth, lived end died that nil mankind might, have life and have it more - bundantly. Only the spirit of Christ and Christianity could bring about such .joyfulness happiness, and general bony ancy on the part of all of os regardless of race, creed,' or color, or educational, or eco nomic, or social standing. Therefore, let. us remember, continuously to be mindful oi and never forget that it UTr;> more than money; more than the receiving and tin giving of material gifts to make, a icai Christmas. Unless the season serves to renew and increase our faith in Jesus Christ and Ills tear'.gin-..-, unless it, serves to remind us to renew our covenant with Him, and to strive daily move than ever before, to live up to the same, then in a large meas ure, all the things we may do during the Chirdsnas season will all be in vain—& ro’nvhng brass and n tinkling symbol. To my many readers, i wish k Many Christmas and A Hap py New Year And. whatever you may have or may not have in the manner of giving end receiving of motet la! gifts, may your spiritual oars h air tiro an golssing as they sang in age., past: “Glory to God in the highest. And on earth p. ice among men.” it might save you from the hy drogen bomb in case of an civ t emy attack. Well, I want one ot those | things myself. Do you think I M cm sfet one tor a dollar down | and a dollar a week? My friend Comyard, say* the whole idea is a lot of hog- m wnib. (My friend, you’d better * wake up because if may be lat- i pi than you think.) PIN HIM DOWN \ certain curvaceous lass-® D-e'd to pin Mr. Cornyard down 1; ia,: week ' itii v marriage lie ease. liul. the old guy, hemmed and lowed When she pul the pressure C-t% him, Cornyard 1. "You ore a swell kid and deserve bo. tor than me so I am turning you loose for your own good. 2, can’t stay true to one women as you can plainly see.” What happened? Well, Mr. Cornyard Is rtcyin * in because he doesn't want his friends to fi o lus big, iv-w and shiny black eye. “FEMME FATALE" i " v.-oniit ring why Dee-,Jay is always walking a rmuid on a floating cloud. He’s caught in charms of that “Icm «;■> fatale” Jr.y Brandon. Corn yard's ego has been deflated hrc.av'* Joy won’t give him that “second look.” Might, as well give up. Mr. Cornyard, they say there are “greener pastures" on the oth er side. The saving doesn’t im press, Mr. Cornyard, that nice man. \V- ; I S \ SHAME * In 1956, tne Tj. S. Post. Of fice Dope :ro ml. sent 2i mil iior. letters to dead letter of fices because of illegible Jiand writins. I thought they taught handwriting iu school. EAT TEACHER FIRED A Loui.-iuna teacher is seek mg reinstatement to her posi lion through the courts. She said she was fb-d because the Board said she was too fat. This is the first time I've heard of a teacher being fired for being too fat. Just when is W ™ • Georgia may well boast of a long and illustrious line of u.vi and women who have stood firmly for Interracial righteous ness through the years. Today Geo-'gia i> iu-h:;v : -i bravely to free itself of fetier; that iter Negrophobes would bind upon her, Bev stalwart sons nnil daughters, who are willing to stand up an dbe counted on dr side of fair play, law and or der, deserve the plaudits of (’• world. Standing up for law ail order in New England is o ;v thing and standing up for law an order in Georgia is another It. takes snore courage u» lx en abolitionist in Georgia than in New England. This ts not to laud abolitionism in New F,in land less but abolitionism in Georgia more. Some weeks ago the cause of interracial righteousness was considerably boosted, when a group: bf JO white ministers of Atlanta stood up to be counted as fa voting' the rule of law and order rather than the rule of race prejudice. They favored adherence to the com marked out by the Supreme Court of the United States, They would no! be par ti c s to subordinating the Co Hit's decision to the whims and evils of race prej udice. ■ v.v v, ira N willing to lay th< m-avlves on Use altar of sacrifice for the principle of human brother hood. Eighty ministers who dared to live according to the Gospel which they preached. More re cently 3.11 Atlanta area min isters signed a second mani festo calling for Ifie appoint ment of an in ter racial crisis. They would not attempt Lo • browbeat and crush their Ne gro h-'knvnvtu. They would ra ;!,)■• xii, down ui a. table of mu* ' .iu! undo- .tendin': and seek to view e.ui’iiy M.nd m the limit of • fen, ji n ; of Jesus Christ v.'a.ViS and nr am of conserving Ur it'sTls of brotherhood and justice, just vhe: her these ministers represent Hun. element of Just ly-inrUncd a.’in who are op posed to closed schools. the I’sws account did not- make Goar. But if is clear that they want something constructive done aixet the determination of the- N; tropiiohss to cut off the South's nose to spite its , 4 These three-hundred minis ters know the perils involved in the course ;• few rabid southern politicians arc bent on follow in;’,; the;, know Unit, the white man will be the greater loser m the long run. Os coins" if fi’“ white South hurt gone along with the foun ders of the Southern Regional Council which was founded I#, A; smte in 1043, the current crr.ls would not be upon us A few of us fought bravely to drive heme the dangerous pos sibility of lotting inarracial matters drift .We came to grips with the situation but the whiic South refused for the moor, part to go along with us. By tb ir ncD-cooperation they n.vibYGh invited the current crisis. it *as Titer than they thought. It :. late now, but not too lute for interracial under* aumfling and that the white ministry of the Atlanta tinea a arc facittg up to thi fact Js’lJh cuuraging. More strength to them.