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I PAGE TWO THB CABOUNA"^ TIMES SATUBDAY. MAY 21. 1955 FIGHTING AGAINST THE INEVITABLE The filing of appUcmtions by five Negro hi^ school graduates for admission to the undergraduate school at the University of North Caro lina is in line with the efforts of oppressed people all over the wprld to obtain the ri^ts to which they are mtitied. The effort will receive the support of all self respecting Negroes as well as the white students at the University who were so kind as to stick their necks out for such a just though unpopular cause. The University Administra tion and the T^oistee Board must be intelligent enough to know that, in view of last year’s ruling of the U. S. Su preme Court on the matter of segregation in public schools, eventually they will have to admit Negro students. We therefore would like to ask the question, then why not admit them now? As sure as night follows day ttie refusal of University officials to admit the Negro applicants means another suit in the federal courts which in turn means another defeat of the state in a long drawn out hearing that will add nothing to interracial goodwill in North Carolina. If UNO officials are not aware that the old order of white supremacy is breathing its last they must fall far short of the wisdom persons of their station and petition are sup posed to posses. Again North Carolina has a grand opportunity to point the way to 'a peaceful and harmonious changeover to the inevitable in the South. Thsk it will miss the bus again, as it did in several oth er attempts of Negroes to en ter the University, is appar ent. This we think is an in dictment on the statesman ship of its leaders and adds notning to its claim as the most liTOral state in the south. It now appears that (Jov- emor Hodges is more con cerned f about running for governor another term than he is about running the State and it is useless to look for daring and courteous lead ership fromJiim. Consequent ly, the four million people in the state may as well settle down to the tolerance of mediocre governor and office seeker as their chief execu tive. He will get what he goes after but he will lose what he has. In spite of the governor, of ficials and the Trustees Board of the University, sooner or later Negroes will be admitted to the University of North Carolina. They will be admit ted because it is right; and right is oi; the march, and will not be halted by puny men. Life Is LikeThat By H. ALBERT SMITHi THERE IS GREATER JOY IN HARD-EARNED VICTORY AU HUMANITY IS GRASS In Raleigh last week, a 21- say nothing of standing by and invectives against the year-old University of Chi- and seeing an officer of the highest seat of law and order, cago graduate in anthropo- law in trouble while in the the U. S. Supreme Court, logy, the son of distinguished performance of his duty. At Young people have a way of Harvard University faculty Durham two white youths, detecting insincerity as well members, shot apparently who had previously been as sincerity in their elders, without reason from his hotel warned by a highway patrol- Their reaction is usually con- window a woman while she man about excessive spe^, tempt for insincerity and of- stood on the sidewalk. At were an hour afterward kill- ten results in tradedy. Smithfield another white ed when the car in which they The sooner all people of all youth, just 17 years old, is were riding overturned. races realize that all human- being held for murdering an The above tragedies and ity is grass and that no one 87-year-old Negro to get mon- near tragedies remind us race is so far removed from ey with which to buy a car. again and again that all hu- the caveman that it can throw At Greenville five rebellious manity is grass and that in- away the Bible, the law and felons in a State Prison Camp stead of white folks tearing other agencies of restraint held law enforcement officers their hair about what kind of and sneer or look down on at bay for nearly 14 hours a child is going to sit next to another, the better off this while two of them beat and their’s in school rooms they country will be. threatened to end the life of had better start worrying a- Man only begins to rise an ^ileptic inmate. bout the moral and spiritual toward the Divine when he At Raleigh an officer re- development of their chil- stairts looking out for his ceived a possible broken jaw dren. brother. He starts sinking to- achieved through pain and sac- when he attempted to arrest One thing is certain: you ward hell when he feels that rifice yields a greater joy and a speedster. Tlu-ee other by- can’t teach a child respect he can use the back of his deeper satisfaction than victory standers refused to even call for law and order in an atmos- brother for a stepladder to the police station for help to phere filled with resentment climb toward God. It is a fine thing to be able to look back from the vantage point of a succeMful endeavor upon a dark period when there seemed to be little hope of success and failure loomed as inevitable and inescapable, say that because it is my con- .viction that the person who has conquered after a hard - despe rate struggle enjoys to a far greater degree the fruits of vic tory than one who did not have to fight; of if he fought never faced any uncertainty as to the outcome of Ills efforts. Satisfaction Small I believe the common-place expression that men never or seldom appreciate that which comes to them easily embodies a truth root^ in experience and points to a human tendency ba sic and fixed. High position con ferred, in spite of the authority, prestige, social and economic advantages it might bring, can not possibly yield in satisfaction the dividends of high position achieved. The Reason What real pride can a man take in an ownership into which he has put nothing, which was gained by the blood, sweat and tears of somebody else? To be sure he can say, “It’s mine,’-’ but not like the man who labor ed and sacrificed for it. And this is true because the person who has been given the wealth earn ed by another can. never own or possess it as fully as the one who earned it. Inherited Wealth Let no one think that I am not in favor of passing on pro perty, wealth, or anything else of value to relatives or even friends. It is mighty nice for parents to leave what they have accumulated to their children. But, without getting into that, let me stick with my original thought, namely, that victory OPPOSED TO SCIENTIFIC MEMBERSHIP This that it with thi newspaper regrets teem if they feel that a Ne- If doctors who have studied innot see eye to eye gro physician who has had the human antomy have not the same medical training and ^covered that the color of a that Negro doctors accept the same state board e^- human bemg’s skin has noth- ination to practice medicine ^ ^th what ails his toe North Carolma Medical ^ould, maiT to man, accept tonsils heart, kidneys, hver ^ety and overlook the fact ^uch a membership in the or- that they are expec^ to re- ganization as that offered “ tu:e whMi social affairs and fhem North Carolina and Mississippi business sessions of the or- where ignorant and race hat- ganizations are in process. It appears to us that the ing white folks are in abund- The offer of “scientific mem- American Medical Society ance. bership” in the society is not and the Charlotte Medical So- ’This newspaper frowns up« only presumptions on the part ciety are far out in front of on the adn^ion of Negro of the North Carolina Med- the North Carolina Medical doctors to “scientific mem- ical Society but to our way Society in abolishing the jim bership” in the North Caro- of thinking is a double bar- crow policy. Both of these or- lina Medical Society and here- rel explosion of conceit and ganizations have voted to by retracts the salute it made insult. abolish their “white only” po- to that organization in its is- The white physicians in the licies and will admit Negroes sue of May 7, when it thought North Carolina Medical So- to full membership, which ki- the organization had extend- ciety must be possessed with eludes all social and business ed full mem^rship to Negro an over abundwce of self es- sessions. physicians. ' IS YOUl! CAR IN SAFE DRIVING CONDITION! ’Traffic accidents are a dis- 880 fatal smashups last year can do this. Excessive tire grace to North Carolina. Last were being operated with wear, loss of brake efficiency, year they claimed 991 lives, some mechanical defect. lights that are not working And the great scandal is Very often such conditions properly, and other obvious that in most cases they are can be present in an appar- -danger spots can be easily de unnecessary. More care, more ently normal car. Last yeiu:, tected. alterness, more respect for in a nationwide, voluntary But no driver should be the rights of others, would safety check program in satisfied with these surface eliminate the greatest num- which more than one million checks. He should have his ber of accidents. Particularly vehicles were inspected, one car checked regularly by a inexcusable are the accidents out of four vehicles checked qualified mechanic. On these whidi grow out of inadequate was in need of mechanical at- checks the following points vehicle maintenance. tention to one or more parts should receive careful in- JiBt how many accidents affecting safe operation. In spection; Qeadlights, rear and fall into this category can nev- many cases, the automomile stop lights, brakes, tii^, er be statistically established owner did not suspect this steering mechanism, wind- accurately because in many need. shield wipers, muffler and fatal accidents the car, or Obviously, then, the' only exhaust system, window glass, cars, involved are so badly way a driver can be sure his horn and rear-view mirror, smashed that pre-existing re- vehicle is in safe operating “Check your car —■ check pair needs cannot be deter- condition is to check and dou- accidents!” is a pretty short nuned. However Motor Ve- ble check. sentence, but it contains the hide Department authorities It’s a very simple matter to only solution to one impor- estimate that 73 of the ve- check for surface danger tant segment of the traffic hides involved in the state”s points. The driver himself accident problem. that comes with ease. Faced His Task I am thinking npw of a man who, loolcing back upon his ini tial efforts in a city called Cor- rinth, told his followers in a let ter, “I was with you in weak ness, and in fear, and much trembUng.” That was but an- otHer way of saying that he w»s a badly frightened man when first he came to their city to be gin his labors. That was then his mood be cause he had seen a problem so complex that it seemed be yond his solution and a task too big for his powers. But he harin’t. givpn up nn thA prnhlAm or backed away from the task. He had knocked down difficul ties, braved dangers, endured trial, brushed aside criticism, fought a two-fisted, give-no- quarter battle with the foes in his way. The result, victory. Now, he is a happy man as he looks back from the vantage point of victory.” I was scared when I first came among you,” he says. And he was scared be cause he could see no victory, no success. But his joy now is great because it roots in the knowledge of an achievement that taxed his every resource- physical, intellectual and spiri tual. SATURDAY MAY 21, 1955 ■«Mv ■rturtar kr miMB . t $um. WMUnw m. M Fdkliahcr M. BM8, Editor ^ M. E. JWMMCN, BusinMs Muiacer > OmMlMi lfuu«ar No guarantM of pubUeatlon of muoUeltad mate rial. Lattara to tba ail tor tar pubUaaUon muat ba •>«na4 and oanflnxi to 6M wardm Subaaitraoa Katea: 10c par oopjr; «u montha, UM; Oaa Taar.' M.00 (Famco CooBtrlaa. H-M 'Die Hard' States Gets Away With Such An Answer? Bitter Experience For a moment or two, let us pick up with the experience of this man-yes, his name was Paul-when he first came to Co rinth, He had come thece a de feated man, a ihan who had fail ed at Athens a few days be fore. At Athens, the Intellectual and cultural center of the Ro man empire, some men had re ferred to him as a babbler. There was general agreement that he was an exponent of strange theories and, when he talked about the resurrection, some actually laughed at him. An experience like that is hardly calculated to stimulate faith and confidence. Neither does it fortify one to face an ex acting task, to tackle a formid able job, or to face a situation that causes a man to dig deeply into his being to discover re sources both of mind and spirit he never suspected he had. It was something like this Paul faced on arriving at Corinth. Challenge of Corinth Coupled with the deflating effect or impact of his experi ence at Athens was the chal lenge of Corinth. It was a huge city with a population of 400, 000 souls. It was a center of commerce with two harbors, a cosmopolitan city with repre sentatives of about every reli gion and philosophy in the em pire. Morally, it was the last word in corruption; so much so that any reference to Corinthi an morals suggested the lowest depths of moral depravity and degeneracy. Own People Hostile There were other areas of relationship and source of pos sible, if not probable difficulty, that were not at all reassuring. And one of these was the ques tion as to how a large popula tion of his own race would re act. In some places, these people had been extremely hostile and had created for Paul much trouble. In fact, Paul had an initial skirmish with his people dur ing his first few weeks at Co rinth. Hostility against him ' high u. sr COURT -jv Spiritual Insight By REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church The Sacrifice And The Glory flared up to the extent that he had to abondon efforts .to labor among them. Divine Asswar^e But he was sustained in this crisis by his religion. Luke says that the Lord spoke to Paul iu the night by vision allaying his fears, assuring him. “Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee; For I have much people in this city." Victor]/ And Joy Paul took God at his word. He went on with his original pur pose and plan to establish the religion of Christ in Corinth. Victory crowned his efforts al though he experienced many a trying moment in the course of the conflict. But looking back from the vantage point of a successful endeavor—a campaign fought and won in spite of discourag ing prospects and painful ex periences, the apostle knew a satisfaction and joy he could not possibly have known had there been triumph unattended by struggle, heartache, misgiv ings, pain and' sacrifice. “Yes, if we share'in his suf ferings we shall certainly share in his glory” Rom. 8:17 In these very graphic and beautiful words we have set forth the price of glory and honor. This is a changeless law of life. He who is willing to pay the price is promised a share in the glory. You must invest tal ents in sacrificial labors to re- i ceive the world’s honors. And you must invest a life to share in the blessings of Eternal and Immortal glory. Too many of us want the glory. But we are unwilling to make the necessary sacrifices. The glory is not a free gift: It Is The Reward of Sacrificial Living. I have seen many great dreamers but they were unwilling to pay the price...“If we share in his suf ferings we shall share in his Glory..” This promise of Glory is to price. Some wait for it to be handed them on a silver platter. The price is sacrifice. You want the glory. Are you willing to pay the price? I have seen many youngsters who had great dreams but they never got down to the suffering and discipline needed in the achievement of their dreams. They wanted to do this and bo this but they were not ready to pay the price. Then I have seen others who have buckled down in the face of the greatest odds and paid the price. He who would share in the glory must pay the price of disciplines of self-denial and suffering. The road that leads to glory is paved with hard work. He who loves laziness and ease cannot walk the glo^ road. Hard work is still the price of noble achievement. You don’t reach the end of the glory road over night. Many times there must be long years of hard work. It took Dr. Jonas Salk forty odd years to come to the those who ara ready to pay tha .glory and honor o£ the nation and the world. Hard work is the prict of achieving any honor able goal. Many are deceived now in thinking that we can reach it the easy way. No easy way leads to glory! The glory road is paved with discipline, self denial, insults, tribulations, trouble, discouragements, un told sacrifices and hard work. Hard work is the price. It mat ters not whether it is preaching a sermon or pitching a baseball game, hard work is still the'~ price of achievement. We like the glory but w« don’t want to pay the price. I want an education but I don't want to pay the price. He who would taste the sweet fruits of glory must share in the suffer ing. Twenty eight years ago ^ the nation and the world heap ed a shower of glory upon a young man. but the recently published life story of Lind- berg gives the answer: The young man paid the price in discipline and sacrifice. Behind the glory there are years of sacrifice. What is the greats truth con tained here? He who would drink the sweet fragrance of glory must first drink the bitter ' cup of sacrificial suffering. Capital Close-Up By CONSTANCE DANIEL A Great University's Shame Now comes the report that 2,000 male students in the Uni versity of North Carolina^, at Chapel Hill have staged “paAy raids” on the women’s dormi tories! We blush with shame to mention such vulgar actions, with shame that our youth can find no better use to make of time. The University of North Carolina has a proud past. Some hold it to be the most outstand ing in the Soiith and among the top ranks for all the nation. U this be true, and we are not questioning it, we ask what then in the name of all that’s holy is happening to this na tion’s universities? SHOUTING MOB The report said that on the night of April 19, “a shouting mob of over 2,000 male students raiding women’s dormitories resulted in the entire police force of Chapel Hill being call ed out when frightened girls phoned for help.” “Shouting *we want panties’, the mob raced from one dormi tory to another.” Some of the males were said to be in their pajamas and without shoes. DEEPLY SHAMED We are deeply shamed that such an atrocious demonstra tion stiould take place on the campus of a great southern uni versity. We wish we might say it never happened here. Fo» such crude and unCouth deeds are more befitting to a Hitler gang of brutalized nazi youth. But more than shame, we are alarmed that this should be the measure of the moral and intellectual level of the mod em student! It recalls those loathsom deeds of a few years ago when American college stu dents were making wagers who could swallow the most gold fish or eat the most red worms at one take! We thought perhaps the moral climate had improved. We thought perhaps the intellectual aspirations had advanced—^just a little anyhow. But now comes these shameful “panty raids”! —THE SOUTHERNER Vic Vet jays MANY KOREA VH5 COHnNUf TO ASK WHEN thsy most START a BILL EDUCATION TO TAKE ADVANTAfit OFTHf 9tH- wrr. IlNDM rue law they nCOMSBRVICI. Supreme Conrt Aunivenary The first anniversary—May 17—of the momentous Supreme Court school case decision, found the Districe Congress of Parents and Teachers celebra ting its golden jubilee conven tion. In Octoijer it will merge with the Wasiiington Congress of Parents and Teachers (Negro). A bi-racial committee has worked throughout the school year, on the now-com pleted plans which will com bine the strength of the Dis trict Congress 62 associations and the Washington Congress 59 associations for a total mem bership of 39,500. Vice-Presi' dent Richard Nixon, opening the jubilee session, congratu lated the Districe Congress for setting an example to the Na tion, in t>eing the first PTA to. desegregate following the Su preme Court decision. Over th? District line, in Vir ginia, the Arlington Education Association last week ended its racial ban by eliminating the word “white” from Its member ship requirement. The associ ation is composed of- 879 teach ers and administrators. “This is just an attempt to k^p up-to-date with the times,’ said the association’s president. “There was a very welcome ab sence of emotionaliftn at the meeting.” Two-thirds of the 600 members present voted in favor of dropping the ban. ‘‘Segregation in Political Work Is Wrong, Anywhere" On Sunday, May 8, an inte resting group, largely GOP-ers, met at the home of School ams, to greet Pacific Coast dele- Boarl member, Wesley Willi- gates to the Third National Con ference of Republican Women. It was the Virginia White Speel Club’s reception. That club, like the Capital Press Club, was born of racial exclusion, prac ticed on the one hand by the National Press Club, which re cently dropped its racial bars, and on the other by the D. C. League of Republican Women, which still holds its bars firmly in place. The Press Club has had white members for a number of years. This year, the Virginia Speel Club accepted white meml>ers who applied. All of the latter are members of the D. C. Lea gue of Republican Women, even as the Press Club’s white mem bers were (and are) members of the National Press Club. One of the new Virginia Speel mem bers, Mrs. Corina Higginson Ro gers, was presented at the re ception, in recognition of her courage in asking for member ship. Mrs. Rogers said: “I joined to express my conviction that segregation in political work is wrong, anywhere.’’ Other members of the D. C.. League who have joined the Virginia Speel Club, are Mrs. Maxwell Rabb, Mrs. Harold Marsh and Mrs. Montgomery Blair—all representing enlight ened Republican leadership. Next week we expect to pre sent a nutshell story of the CapKal’s politietal clubs. The Reception at the William's Home ' The lovely Williams’ home In North Woodridge is silent teiltl- mony to another Supreme Court decision—that which ended Tesidentibl covenants. Notables attending included: Assistant Secretary of Labor J. Emeat Wilkina and Mrs. Wilkins, Fed eral Parole Board Chairman Scovell Richardson and Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. Thalia Davis Thomas and her mother, Mrs. Ruth Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Jar- rett Lee, Mrs. Ida Smith Tay^. lor (out-going club president), Mrs. Isadora Letcher, first vice- president, Dr. Hilda Bolden and her husband, James Shorter, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Douglass, i Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Pegg, James Leland Jones of Missouri, new attorney at Civil Aeronautics Board,' Joseph Birch of Michi gan, recently appointed attor ney in the Postoffice fraud di vision, Housing and Home Fi nance Race Relations Adviser Joseph Ray, Mrs. Corina Hlg- ginsoh Rogers, Mrs. Lois Llpp- man of the White House secre tarial staff, with her mother, Mrs. Hilda Higginbotham, her husband’s mother, Mrs. Ro- maine Lippman, Sr., and Misi Helen Simon—all of Boston— John Royster, Mrs. Dorothy Beckley, Mrs. Beulah Murphy. Mr. and Mrs. William Bryson, Mrs. Wilhelmina Barrow, Mrs. Gertrude Smith, and the guest of honor: Mrs. Lillie McFadden, Mrs. Betty Hill, Mrs. Sophia Morris, Mrs. Emma Lou Mc Gowan, Mrs. Theodosia Simp-' son and Mrs. Hattie J. Pillow— all of Los Angeles. Fourth £^- tatertf Jeanette Carter, Pearl Cox Harrison (with her hus band) and Constance Daniel were also present. Mrs. Locker Wants Against Arrogance Mrs. Anna French Locker of Cincinnati, widow of the late -Ambassador to Liberia, told a GOP women’s panel discussion,^ last week, that Americans, generally, ware thought of, abroad, as having wealth and bad mannertf. She reminded that displayers of arrogance ^ could be hurtful. Mrs. Locker was here as the guest of the Ohio delegation to the Republl- 'tean women’s conference. Richard Jones to be Next Am bassador Richard Jones of Chicago, preactitly heading the U. S. (Pledse turn to Pag* Nina)
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