NAACP Head Flays dosing
Of Jo Baker-Stork Club Case
NEW YORK — Mayor Vincent
Impellitterrs repeaW refiuals
to ge« an NAACP delegation in
connection with the Josephine
Baker-Stork Club affair was de
nounce this week as an ex-
iple of “politicAl opportun-
’.Jjy Walter White, executive
secreta^'of the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement of
Colored People.
In response to a telegram from
White on December 26th, the
third communication requesting
a conference with the Mayor,
Deputy Mayor Ctiarles Horowitz
stated that "the Mayor’s Com
mittee on Unity thoroughly in
vestigated and studied the en
tire Josephine Baker-Stork Club
incident and found nothing to
substantiate a charge of racial
discrimination. The Committee
fiirther reported, ‘We feel . . .
the incident be considered clos
ed.’ The Mayor adopted the re
commendation of the Commit-
, tee closing the incident."
“Blasting the whitewash by
the Mayor’s Conunittee, which
in its preliminary report bad
said the discriminatory policies
of the famed night club had
deep and sinister” implication.
White said.
“We will await the verdict of
the voters as to whether or not
the Stork Club affront to demo
cracy and decency is a ‘closed
incident.
Contracts Let
For New Dorm
At Hampton
HAMPTON, Va. — Contracts
for Hampton Institute’s $875,-
000.00 men’s dormitory, to house
257 persons, are due to be let
this week, Business Manager
Don A. Davis has revealed. Con
struction, he revealed, will be
gin in 60 days if present plans
work out, with a view to com
pletion by January 1, 1953.
The announcement followed
word from Washington last week
that the Housing and House Fin
ance Agency had approved a
$775, 000. 00 loan for erection of
the modem, inexpensively styled
four-story structure. Applicat
ion for the loan was made in Au
gust, 1951.
The additional $100, 000. 00,
to be used for furnishings, will
be taken for unrestricted capital
funds of the college, said Davis.
All bids for the construction, he
added, are in.
Designed by Hilyard Robin
son. nationally known Washing
ton, D. C. architect, the dormi
tory recently received space in
“The Year’? Best College Build--
ings,” a feature article Ih Orchi-
tectural Forum, the Magazine
of Building. The magazine em
phasized the dormitory’s “com
mon sense building, matching
easy construction with easy ma
intenance.’’
I The inexpensively constructed
but highly modern building will
have a brick exterior and a cin-
der-block interior, with almost
no inside plastering: low cost
continuous slag blocks for inter,
ior partitions; tight consolidat
ion of wires, pipest and ducts,
etc., for the sake/ of economy;
radiant heatin, through the floor
and built-in lamps, desks and
wardrobes for inexpensive malh-
tenance. Tile and concrete floors
will be eas^ to wash and will
HiRY MILLS ASSIGNED TO
HEALTH SRVICE IN LEBANON
WASHINGTON, D. C. — As- j *'
signment of Mary Mills, U. S.
Public Health Service nurse of
ficer, to the new Point Four
Program in Beirut, Lebanon,
was announced last week by the
Public Health Service, Federal
Security Agency. She will leave
for her new post on January 6,
from New York.
Miss Mills will help set up
and develop public health nurs
ing activities of the new pro
gram. She will act as advisor to
the Ministry of Health of Leban
on on nursing matters, and work
with local nurse associations
and other health officials.
En route to Beirut, Miss Mills
will stop in London to confer
with Miss Daisy Bridges, Ex
ecutive Secretary of the Inter
national' Council of Nurses. She
will also stop in Geneva at the!
headuarters of the World
Health Organization, for confer
ences with Miss Olive Baggallay,
WHO Chief Nurse, and in Alex
andria, Egpyt, for conferences
with Miss Eli Manusson, Nurse
Consultant to the WHO egional
Office there.
An experienced public health
nurse and midwife. Miss Mills
receRntly returned from Mon
rovia where she has meen Chief
Nurse of the U. S. PHS Mission
in Liberia for the last five years.
During her assignment, she as
sisted in organizing the Tubman
Nursing School in Monrovia,
capital of Liberia.
She worked on nursing legisla
tion in Liberia which has gone
a long way y>ward establishing
nursing as part of the public
health program in that country,
and was active in many com
munity health projects. These
included establishment of a 25-
bed children’s wing in the Mat
ernal and Child Welfare Center
of the Liberian Government,
(first provision for the hospitali
zation of sick children in Li
beria); a health program and a
public health library.
Before entering the U. S.
Public Health Service In 946,
Miss Mills directed the public
health nursing program at North
Carolina College in Durham.
She has also done public health
nursing in New York and North
Carolina. A graduate of Lin
coln Hospital Nursing School,
Miss Mills received both her B.
S. and M. A. degrees from New
York University.
Born in Wallace, North Caro
lina, Miss Mills makes her per
manent home with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mills, in
Watha, North Carolina.
Coune In Textiles feature Of
NCC's 2nd Quarter Offerings
Seventy four graduate courses
in 16 fields Will be available at
North Carolina CoUege during
the coming quarter, according to
Dr. George T. Kyle, vice chair
man of the College’s Graduate
Council.
The classes will meet during
the late afternoon and evenings
§nd on Saturdays.
Registration, which is in pro*
cess now, closes January 10.
The courses are especially de
signed to meet the needs of in-
service teachers, adults interest
ed in advanced study, and stu
dents working for higher de
grees.
Course offerings are available
in the following fields; biology,
chemistry, commerce, educa
tion, English, French, History,
Home Economics, Library Sci
ence, mathematics, music, phy
sical education, psychology, re
creation, and sociology.
The late afternoon, evening,
and Saturday classes will be
taught by resident professors at
N. C. College and visiting pro
fessors from Duke University,
the University of North Caro
lina and North Carolina State
College in Raleigh.
Among the courses of unusual
interest this quarter is “Recent
Development in Textiles,” which
is being offered by the .Depart
ment of Borne Economies. Three
of State College’s textile experts
will alternate in lecturing to the
class which will meet at 4 p. m.
on TuMdays and Thursdays.
The professors are Dr.> H. A.
Rutherford, Dr. K. S. Campbell,
and Dr. R. C. Davis.
Of especial interest to students
of education are a variety of
courses in guidance, directed
teaching, audio-visual education,
stiitistics, school administration
at hi^ school and elementary
school levels, curriculum, re
search, reading arithmetic ment
al hygiene, and tests and mea
surements.
A new education course in
“Contemporary Issues and
Trends” is tentatively scheduled
as a possible alternate with
“Educational Research.” Profes
sor William H. Brown is offering
the courses.
Other teachers of education
courses include Dr. Percy
Young; Prof. J. E. Parker, audio
visual aids specialist; Dr. Rose
Butler Browne, specialist in
educational psychology and ele
mentary education; Dr. Joseph
H. Pittman, noted NCC statis
tician and Dr. W. H. Plemmons
of the University of North Caro‘-
lina.
SATDBDAT.'iAN. Ittti, 195t TBt e.AftOUNA
nm
rum n**M
Record Barrage Of Protests
To .Moore Bombing Morked
An Informal Glance At The W. D.
Hill Recreation Center
BY MRS. M. H. JOHNSON "
Polio Poster Girl, Daughter Of
Miss. Parents, Stricken 3 Years
NEW YORK, — Emma Pearl
Berry, six, March of Dimes pos
ter girl, is one of twelve children
in the family of Mr. and Mrs.
Lawyer Berry. They live on a
small farm near Raymond, Miss,
issippi, Emma Pearl was the
only one of tre twelve Berry
children stricken with polio.
Fighting polio for three years,
Emma Pearl now walks with the
aid of a single leg brace and cru
tches. When she came down witlj
the disease at the age of three,
Kmma Pearl su£Eered paralysis
of abdominal muscles and the
muscles of the right leg.
Spent Six Months In Hospital
Emma Pearl spent six months
in Lutheran Hospital, Vicksburg,
Mississippi. She still remains on
the chapter follow-up program
of the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis. March of
Dimes funds amounting to near
ly $2,000 have been spent on
braces, special shoes, crutches
and treatment for the 1952
March of Dimes Poster Girl.
Surgery is recommended for
her in the near future. Paymefft
for additional treatment will be
provided by the thousands of
volunteer workers in the Marcia
of Dimes.
Emma Pearl’s parents arg ty
pical sturdy American parents.
But they could not provide all
the funds necessary for the ex
pensive care and treatment of
their daughter. "Four of every
five polio patients need the aid
of March of Dimes funds.
eliminate the waxing and other
special care.
The March' of Polio is (WT'P/ICIII6
THE MARCH OF DIMES
March of DimM Incumd $5,000,000 debt
aiding 67,800 Polio pationti in 1951. This
t*’ includod 45,000 sa*M carrlod ov«r from
provioiM y«ar». ^
yaarly InortaaM In Marob «f DIihm rMclpto, th« riling tid* of
polio hat foroad th« National Pounaatlon Into Mbt aaoh of the lait
four yaara. Tha dobt In 1VS1 waa approxlmataly $8,000,000. Tha flnan*
olal orlala faoad by tha Maroh of Dimaa haa baan brought about not
only by Inoraaatd Inoldonoa but alao by Inoraatad ooata and Increaaod
numbora of ei|rry-ovar oawa raqulrlng aid long aftar thty hava baen
(triektn. Tha Maroh of DImaa ald^ 46,000 auoh oaaaa latt yaar. In
addition to tha four out af flva itnv patlanta naading aid In 1981.
lamea T. Hawkins, Durham
boslness nun, who baa Jast re
turned from the 41st annnal
conclave of the Kappa Alpha
Psi fraternity held In Indian-
napolls. Indiana, where he
re-elected Senior Vice Grand
Polemarch, a post he has held in
the organliatlon for the past
year. The 1952 annual meeting
will be held In Cleveland, Ohio
Mr. Hawkins states.
D. D. JONES
RECEIVES
HONOR
GREENSBORO — A singular
honor is "to be bestowed on Dr.
David D. Jones, president of
Bennett College, when the Nat
ional Association of Schools and
Colleges of the Methodist Chur-
rh and Christian Education Mag
azine honoring him on the
occasion of the completion of 25
years of service as president of
a Methodist college.
Dr. JoneS;ls to receive this
honor at a special banquet to l>e
held at American University on
Monday, January 7, at 7 o’clock.
A present member of the Strat
egy Committee of the organizat
ion, Dr. Jones is also a past pres,
ident of the Association; the only
man representing a Negro col
lege to be thus recognized.
The number of persons work
ing on farms in October, 1951,
was B per cent less than in
October, 18S0. ^
The Christmas Cheer Club
wishes to thank all of the citi- |
izens of Durham who helped in,
their recent drive at Christmas
time. Over five hundred dollars
was donated by the citizenry,
and because of this effort, many ^
families were able to have a ^
cheerful Ciu'istmas. {
Below is a list of contributions
North Carolina Mutual \Foi:um,
$64.69; Tobacco Workers Local
No. 194, $50.00; Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, $28.00; Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity, Kappa Alpha
Psi Fraternity, Durham Associa
tion of Public School Teachers,
Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, A. K.
A. Sorority, Regal Holding Com
pany, and the Covenant Pres
byterian Church, each made
contributions of twenty five dol
lars.
Ttie Hampton Alumni Associa
tion contributed $17.00; WlUte
Rock Sunday School Foruln,
$15.00; the Wedlock Club, $12.-
50.
Ten dollar contributions were
made by the Mechanics and
Farmers’ Bank, Dr. R. P. Ran
dolph, The’Mutual Building and
Association, J. S. Stewart,
Happy Pals Club, the Delta
Theta Sororityr the Beta
Pi Sigma Chapter of the Sigma
GaMma Rho Sorority, and R.
N. Harris.
Five dollars contributions
were made by W. J. Kennedy,
Jr., Attorney M. Hugh Thomp
son, Dr. J. N. Mills, The Dorcas
Club, The Ladies Auxiliary of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Speight’s Auto Service, Jimior
Dorcas Club, A Friend, Junior
Mothers’ Club, Dr. J. M. Hub
bard, Attorney C. O. Pearson,
Mrs. B. W. Goodloe, J. H. Wheel
er, Cosmetologist Club No. 1,
and the H. and W. Club.
Contributions of three dollars
each were made by the Winston-
Salem Teachers’ CoUege Alum
ni Association, the Volkemenia
Club, Kyles Temple Church, Dr.
V. W. Love, Dr. A. S. Hunter,
and the Minerva Womack Mis
sionary Circle of the White
Rock Baptist Church.
Other donations were: the
Hattie E. Shepard Missionary
Circle, $5.00; District 11, White
Rock Baptist Church, $5.00; the
Ladies Auxiliary of the Weaver
McLean Post of the American
Legion, $2.50; Mrs. Sallie Har
ris, $2.50; Dr. S. P. Norris, $2.00,
Brotherly Love Club, $7.00; and
Dr. Leroy Swift, $1.00.
Servicemen in the building
during the holiday season were:
John W. Henry, stationed at
Camp Stewart, Georgia; Leo
Green, of Shaw Air Force Base,
•South Carolina; Willie Daniels,
of Fort Campbell, Kentucky;
Clarence Hodges, of Fort Camp
bell, Kentucky; Benson Law
rence, of Keesler Air Force Base,
Mississippi, Carl Mangum, of
Fort Story, Virginia and James
D. Green of Walter Reed Army
Hospital. We were also happy
to see William Payne who is out
again after a long bout with a
CalLforola army hospital bed.
The Les Bonnes Amies held
their first anniversary dance at
the Center on January fourth.
It was a beautiful affair, the
girls wearing semi-formal attire,
and the young men in their dark
suits.
The Cherokees Club is plan
ning to have a ministrel show
been given out, and the musi
cians of the community have
formed a band to furnish music
for the occasion.
NEW YOK — The barrage
of sympathetic letters tele
grams telephone calls and oth
er messages which have deluged
the national office of the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People
si|ice the tragic bomb-killing of
H&rry T. Moore of Mims, Flor
ida, is the greatest witliin recol
lection Executive Secretary Wal
ter White said today.
Countless outside organi
zations and individuals as well
as NAACP branches throughout
the country have voiced bitter
protests against the outrage.
White revealed, and have offer
ed cooperation and assistance to
the Association for any steps
that can l>e taken to bring about
justice. Most of the organizations
and individuals sent wires to At
torney General J. Howard Mc-|
Grath, President Truman, and
Governor Fuller Warren of
Florida, demanding action in the'
case.
Among offers of assistance re
ceived by the NAACP were
those from the Congress of In
dustrial Organizations; the Na
tional Council of Churches of
Christ in America; United Auto
mobile Worker, CIO; American
Jewish Congress; Dressmakers
Union Local 22, IGWU, AF;
National Maritime Union, CIO;
National Conference of Chris
tians and Jews; Negro Labor
Committee; Emergency Civil
Liberties Committee of New
York; and many others.
Individuals expressing inter
est were from various parts of
the nation and also from outside
the country. Reports were re
ceived of widespread interest in
the case in Paris, where the
United Nations General Assem
bly has been in Christmas recess.
Atlanta University Prexy Speaker
At Va. State Founders Day Riles
Dr. Rufus E. Clement, Presi
dent of Atlanta University, will i cemetery,
deliver the Founders Day ad-'
dress at Virginia State College,
January 18, as the college ob
serves the 70th anniversary of
its establishment.
Dr. Clement will apeak at a
public ceremony to be held Fri
day night at 8 o’clock in Vir
ginia Hall Auditorium, accord
ing to an announcement by
President Robert P. Daniel.
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Release of a superior new
snapbean variety named Wade
has been announced bjr the U.
S. Department of Agriculture.
It has...been widely tested by
USDA in cooperation with agri
cultural ex{ieriment stations of
the Southern states and with
commercial producers and seeds
men.
Attorney Reuben L. Lawson
of Roanoke, Virginia, class of
’43 will also speak at this meet
ing on behialf of the college's
alumni. The traditional Found
ers Day greetings will be brought
by President Daniel, following
the invocation by the Rev. S. L.
Gandy, the College Minister.
Music will be ftu-nished by
the A Cappella choir directed
by Robert A. Henry. The Rev.
Fred J. Boddie, Pastor of Taber-
nable Baptist Church, Peters
burg, will offer the Benediction.
Founders Day activities will
get under way Friday morning
at 7:15 o’clock with a reveUle
formation and flag raising on
the front campus by the college
ROTC unit.
A Memorial Motorcade will
leave the campus at 10 o’clock
and will proceed to Oakwood
Cemetery, Richmond. There a
wreath will be placed on the
grave of the late Dr. James H.
Joimston, President of the col
lege from 1887 to 191,4.
An ROTC Parade and Re
view is scheduled for 1 o’clock
in the afternoon and will be held
on the college’s front campus.
College officials and descend
ants of the school’s foundere will
be in the reviewing stand.
A Memorial Motorcade to
Blandord Cemetery is set for
2:15 o’clock. At the Petersburg
wreath will be
placed on the grave of th« late
A. W. Harris, who as a dtlMfi
of Petersburg and a member of
the State Legislature in the
1880’s drew up and sponsored
the bill for establishing the col
lege.
Wreaths will be placed also
on the graves of three former
college officials: the late Dr.
John M. Gandy, President from
1914 to 1942; the late Dr. Luther
H. Foster, President from 1942
to 1949; and the late Professw
James M. Colson, principal of
the school in 1885, prior to the
selectidh of its first president.
A feature of the public cere
mony Friday night will be the
presentation to the college of
the Jackson Collection by BCrs.
JohnneUa F. Jackson, widow of
the late Dr. L. P. Jackson. The
collection, which will be receiv
ed for the college by President
Daniel, consists of the private
papers and writings of the late
professor of history and hrad of
the department at Virginia State
CoUege. 'j
Dr. Jackson, who was well-
known throughout the South as
an outstanding research histor
ian and civic educator, died very
suddenly in April 1950, while
working on a new research pro
ject.
At the close of the pablic cere
mony, the annual Foimders Day
Reception will be held in Jones
HaU.
The 1951 world breadgrain
crop is still estimated to be a
near-record one, based on latest
information available to the Of
fice of Foreign Agricultural Re
lations of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
Polio victims require care and
treatment for many months.
After hospitalization patients
return to out-patient clinics for -
regular examinations, adjust
ment of mechanical devices,
and treatments. Physical ther
apy treatments cost $15.00 per
day. Contribute to the March
of Dimes which provides polio
care and treatment.
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paying bills any other way.
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