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tamiE m itsEnitaTE IA.&T. College Graduates Largest Class In History 450 DEGREES ' Pictured above is a picture of tke bust of the late Dr. C. C. Spaulding, which was placed in the new Spaulding Elementary School located on Pine Street here last week dur ing an unveiling program attended by many of Durham’s prominent business and pro fessional men and women. The new school was designated the C. C. Spaulding Elementary School by the Durham City Board of Education in honor of the noted businessman. Those in the picture from left to light are I. B. Spaulding, brother of Dr. Spaulding; W. J. Ken nedy, Jr., who sutceeded Dr. Spaulding as president of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company; Mrs. Maggie Kennedy, wife Mr. Kennedy and sister of Dr. Sfwuld- ing; Isaac S. Hathaway, noted sculptor w^ did the bust and his wife, Mrs. Hathaway who is a noted sculptress in her own ri^t; Mrs. Margaret Shearin, daughter of Dr. Spaidding; Booker Spaulding, Jr., grandson; Booker Spaulding, Sr., son; Mn. Charlotte Spading, widow; Chas. C. Spaulding, III, grandson and Charles Spaulding, Jr., son. , / Tourist City Is First In N. C To Plan fflikeiHSdiools ASHEVILLE This mountain tourist city will make “an honest efforf to comply with the rulings ot the United States Supreme Court on segregattion in public schools, according to a state ment issued by the Asheville City Board of Education here Tuesday. Long considered as being among the top-ranking cities of North Carolina on the matter of interracial goodwillr Ashe ville is believed to be the first city in the state to indicate that it will make an “honest effort to integrate its schools. Said the Board: “We will move with measured step in the direction of ultimate compli ance with the supreme law of the land” and that it expects {uU cooperation from “both white and colored people as we endeavor to work out the many problems that will face us...” “We look to our local govern-, ments, our churches and other institutions, and to our local civic groups, and to all organi- (Pleaae turn to Page Ten) FIBST NEGBO MEDICAL CUADUATB AT Ed ward O. Diggs of Wlnston-Ss- ion became the first Negro medical graduate of the Unl- vmity of North Carolina Monday, June 6. Dr. Diggs will do his Interne work at Kate Blttlngs Beynolds Hos pital In Winston-Salem. Interest In NAACP Annual Meet Increased NEW YORK Spurred by the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in the public school segregation cases, branches of the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People throughout the country this week indicated a stepped up interest and great er participation in the Associa tion’s 46th annual convention scheduled for June 21-26 in Atlantic City, Problems raised by the High Court’s ruling will be among topics to be discussed at various >ns of the convention with Association’s special coun- Thurgood Marshall, slated for a ma]or address on the (Please turn to Page Ten) $535 In Cash Prizes To Be Awarded In Carnation Healthy "Baby Contest Sun. Who will be the winner in the Second Annual Hometown Carnation "Healthy Baby Con test?” This is the big question being asked by the parents and friends of 70 entrants from all over Durham. Only the judges know the answer and their choices will be announced June 12, at 8:00 p.m., W. D. HiX Recreation Center, at 1308 Fayetteville Street Twenty lucky youngsters from among the children of readers of this newspaper will be selected to share $539.00 in cash prizes. To the First Prize Winner will go |300.00. Other awards include flOO.OO to the Second Prize winner, |S0.00 to the Third Prize winner, and 15.00 each to the next seven teen finalists. The 'tremendous^ job of screening all entrants has been placed in the hands of five pro minent local citizens. Dr. D. B. Cooke, Mrs. L. Z, Williams, Superintendent of Nurses at Lincoln Hospital, Rev. A. L- Thompson, Pastor of First Calvary Baptist Church, I. O. Funderburg, Cashier of Mechanics & Farmers Bank and (Please turn to Page Ten) AWARDED AT jnhHNAiS GREENSBORO The largest graduating class in the history of AAT College, number 459, received degrees, certificates and conunissiails at the 97th annual conunencement held here Monday,~May 30. The finals program held out- of-doors on the College Quad rangle, featured Dr. John A. Redhead, Jr., pastor of the Greensboro, First Presbyerian Church, as its principal speak er. “You’re not aioiie,” he said,’’ if you wish to make something of yourself in this world, U you wish to achieve and desire to give good account of yourself, for God wants you to serve your generation to the height of the powers he has given you.” Speaking from the subject, “On Doing Your Best,” Dr. Redhead described the three doors to success as: persistence of motive and effort with high purpose inspired by (Sod; self confidence which comes from one’s religion and strength of character which derives from finding and following the will of God in every moral choice one has to make. “The one and principal reas on we do not acliieve more for God and humanity is not the lack of intelligence but the lack of enough of the ri^t kind of religion,'' he admoniished' He stated that the lack of self-confidence, with that sense of inadequacy, has robbed more people i)f their heritage tli|in anything else. In emphasiz^g the v»lui! o£ chi^'actec.he that a rkcant questionnaire sent to enginiters in this country re vealed that technical slcill rated at the v»ry bottom of the list in importance to sudfcess, but that high character rated at the top in eveijT case. Tile Speaker was in^toduced by Citaries A. Hines, Greens boro, chairman of the trustee board. I'rizes and scholarships were awarded by Warmoth T. Gibbs, «lean of the School of Eklucatlon and Science and S. C. Smith, dean of the Technical Institute, awarded certificates to 26 graduates in trades. Lt. Col. Roy W. Sorrell, pro fessor of Military Science and | Maj. Elmore M. Kennedy, Jr., professor of Air Science, pre sented second lieutenant comr missions to 10 and 11 graduates of the Army and Air Force ROTC units, respectively. Dr. F. D- Bluford, president of the college, who also pre sided, conferred degrees. Rev. C. W. Anderson, pastor, Greens boro United Institutional Bap tist Church gave the invocation and benediction. On the previous day, Sunday morning, Dr. Gardner C. jTay- lor. Pastor of the Brooklyn, N. Y., Concord Baptist Church, had also delivered a message of hoE«e in his baccalaureate ser mon. Speaking before the largest crowd ever to attend the bacca- (Please turn to Page Ten) VOLUME 31 — NUMBER 50 DIRHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1955 PRICE It CENTS MARSHALL AND WILKINS Explain Integration Order Of Supreme Court NAACP OFFICIALS ANALYZE DECISION AND GIVE PROGRAM By THURGOOD MARSHALL and ROY WILKINS The May 31 decision combined with the May 17 decision of last year must be viewed as the latest in a series of steps toward full integration of Negroes into American life. When the NAACP began this campaign it was met with state statues requiring or permitting segregation in public educa tion. These statutory provisions were a complete block to all voluntary efforts to ends segregation. The first case destroyed the validity of out-of-state scholarships as an excuse fqf the exclusion of Negroes from professional schools. This was followed by the cases which declared unconstitutional provisions for Jim Crow graduate and professional schools. And then the May 17, 1954, de cision declared that segregation in public education was un constitutional. This was followed by last Tuesday’s decision that provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or ;(]«nnining'’ segregation in public education “must yield to” the principle announced in the 1954 decision. This determination by the SiT- KELLY ALEXANDER State NAACP Head To Speak Here June 13 Kelly M. Alexander of Char lotte, Will deliver the Com mencement Address Monday, June 13, at thd Whitted School Auditoriimi on Umstead Street. Alexander is President of the (Please turn to Page Ten) SCENES AT A. & T. COMMENCEMENT — The largest^igradnating Mii«« In the history of the college was nanted degrees at the 57th annual commencement held at A. & T. College m Greensboro, on Monday, May 30. Some of the principals at the four-day affair are pictured above. At left, Mrs. Natalie Cooke pins Air Force second lieatenant bars on Edwin Cooke, Wibon, one of the 21 graduateB' commissioned by the Air Force and iLrmy BOTC imlts at the college* Center, Miss Shirley Bichardsen, WitaninMon, recentiy elected “Miss A. & T.” for 1955-56- and processional marshall, acUosts the hood of Dr. Gardner C. Taylor, Brooklyn, New York, minister and baccalaureate speaker as Dr. F. D. Bl^ord, president of tte college, looks on from middle. At right, Dr. Bluford, passes note to Dr. John A. Bedhead, Jr., pastor of the Greensboro first Presbyterian who delivered the commencement address. preme Court clears the way for school boards to desegregate their systems voluntarily. This is being done in many parts of the South- The opinion also gives us the necessary legal weapons to bring about com pliance in areas of the South which openly flout the mandate of the Supreme Court. The question now before us is: tmder what conditions and with wliat directives were the school cases remanded to lower courts? We know that the high est court did not (a) set a dead line date for either the begin ning or the completion of de segregation in the public schools; and (b) outline a definite plan by which desegregation must proceed and by which lower courts might judge the efforts of I local school lx>ards toward com- jpUance with the May 17 and May 31 rulings. Not having done this, what did the Court do? I What language did it use? I RE-AFFIBMATION OF PRINCIPLE May 17, 1954 decision re-af firmed. “These cases were de cided on May 17, 1054. The opin ion of that date, declaring the fundamental principle that rac ial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional, are incorporated herein by re ference.” Last year's opinion, as we all know, declared: "We conclude that in the field of public edu cation the doctrine of ‘separate ^but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities Brev,ixiber- enUy unequal." On May 31 the Court said simply, as an intro duction to its opinion, that this principle stands and that every- tliing in the Blay 31 opinion hangs upon it; that the items in the May 31 opinion must be con' sidered at all times and under all circumstances in the light of clear principles in the 18S4 opin ion. The Ck>urt refers to the 1954 “constitutional principles” a total of six times in its May 31 opinion, once as “governing constitutional principles.” All school segregmtton laws are invalid: “All provisions of Federal, state or local law re quiring or permitting such dis crimination must yield to thin principle.” • This means that all laws, lo cal, state and federal, requiring or permitting racial segregation in the public schools are now null and void, and that no school GUARDSMEN NATIONAL OFFICERS — Hubert A. Eaton, Physician and Surgeon of Wilmington, and H. Carl Moultoie, I, National Executive Secretary, Omega Psi Phi Maternity, Inc., were installed as National Officers of the uualrdsmefi, IncMporated, Fresident, and Secretary-’Treasar- er respectTvely. The installation to^ place during the Connecticut Chapter Weekend at the famous Banner Lodge, Connecticut. The next National Meeting is scheduled for Durham. STATE OF OKLAHOMA ALL COUEGES TO NE190ES IRVIN HOLMES rr (Pie I turn to Page Tan) Bus" Holmes Hamed N. C X. Alumni Head Irvin R. “Bus” Holmes, Di rector of the W. D Hill Recre ation Center of Durham, has been elected president of North Carolina College’s National Alumni Association. He succeeds Erwin Johnson, Durham Cotmty school teacher and swimming instructor at NCC, who assumes a position as first vice president. Other offi cers elected at the Alumni An nual meeting during the Com mencement season include Mrs. SaUie Harris, second vice presi dent; Walter M. Brown, general secretary^ Mrs. Hiola SOUce, re cording secretary; Mrs. Nannie Green, assistant secretary; and Attorney M. E. Johnson, trea surer. OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. The doors of all state col leges and universities in the state of Oklahoma will swing open to Negroes for the first time at the opening «f school next September, the State Board of Regents announced here Monday- In a meeting a few hours be fore the announcement the re gents voted 8 to^l to authorize governing boards of all state colleges and universities to ad mit qualified Negro enrolees for the fall term. The only dissenting vote was cast by an oilman, Frank But- tram of Oklahoma City, who once ran for governor on the Democratic ticket. Prior to the ruling of the regents Negroes were admitted to graduate courses in state schools but none had been accepted t^r undergraduate courses. Oklahoma is believed to be the first state with a dual edu cation system to admit Negroes to undergraduate courses. Convention Set ForKeilumTown KELLUMTOWN The Tenth Annual Conven tion of the Trent River Oakey Grove Missionary Convention will convene with the ushers and members of the First Bap tist Church of Kellumtown on Saturday and Sunday, June 1§- 19. Rev. W. K. Raynor will be host pastor. The program for the occasion will be centered around the theme “Finding Tim* for God-*' Among thoae appearing on the program will be L. K. Auatla. the puMisher of The CaraMaa Times and presidsnt of the I.U.AJ.C., who wm aMma the body oo Sunday at t.M PJB.
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