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Report Made In IKth Annual Grand
Lo^ Communication At Columbus
A&T College took a big step
forward last week in moving
into its brand new, million-dol
lar library. The top photo
shows the five-story structure
which cost $1,100,000, includ
ing equipment. The middle
photo is a scene of the first
Dr. Edmunds
Speaker At
Dr. Helen G. Edmonds, pro
fessor of history at the North
Carolina College at Durham,
who Is currently studying at
Heidelberg University in Ger
many, delivered an important
address to the German Pro
fessional and Business Wo
men’s Club In Bonn, Germany,
on Tuesday, June 21.
Dr. Edmonds, author of The
Negro and Fusion Politics In
North Carolina, 1894-1900,
and of a forthcoming history of
th* Delta Sigma Theta Sorori
ty, spolce also at the Bonn
Press Club on “The American
University Women with Special
Emphasis Upon The American
Negro University Women.”
Dr. Edmonds delivered the
address In German.
The speech was sponsored
jointly by the German Pro
fessional and BusinMs Wo
men’s Club and the United
States of Cultural Affairs in
West Germany.
A native of LawrenceviUe,
Va., who attended and formerly
taught at the St. Paul’s Poly
technic Institutein Lawrence-
vUle, Dt: Edmonds received the
B.A. degree at Morgan State
College and the M.A. and Ph.D.
degrees from Ohio State Uni
versity.
Since joining the faculty at
North Carolina College in 1841,
Dr. Edmonds has been in fre
quent demand as lecturer and
visiting professor at numerous
schools and colleges.
Dr. Edmonds is studying at
Heidelberg University under
the auspices of the Fund for the
Advancement of Education.
Maryland Meets
To Integrate
Rest Of State
BALTIMORE, Md.
Though the city of Baltimor*
begun its program of int»-
gration immediately after last
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The Prince Hall Masons of
Georgia held their 86th Annual
Grand Lodge Communication
at Columbus, Ga., June 14-16,
at Friendship Baptist Church.
The Prince Hall Grand Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star met
at the Masonic Temple on Sixth
Avenue. Both meetings were
well attended. Grand Master
John Wesley Dobbs stated that
it was the largest and best at
tended Masonic Grand Lodge
meeting ever held in the State
of Georgia.
The ;:«ports of the Prince
Hall Masons showed the Grand
Lodge assets to be over |400,
000.00. All accounts were audi
ted by J. B. Blayton, Certified
Public Accountant. The Grand
Chapter assets were over $150,
000.00.
John Wesley Dobbs along
with his iull staff of officers
were unanimously re-elected
to serve another year. The Eas
tern Stars re-elected Geo. W.
Smith, Brunswick, Ga., Grand
Matron- Mrs. Carrie T. Stan
ton, Grand Secretary, volun
tarily retired because of failing
health. Her place was filled
with the election of Miss Mat
tie Griffin, Atlanta, Ga. Rev.
Wm. Holmes Borders of Atlan
ta, was the principal speaker
at the opening public meeting
Tuesday night, June 14 at St.
James A.M.E. Church.
The Ritualistic Lodge of Sor
row for 132 Deceased Masons
was beautkfully carried out
'Wednesday night, June 15, by
Past Master, Robert J. Walters
and the Atlanta Masonic De
gree Team. Tha Masonic Glee
school.”
of the State Board of Educa
tion told the group, “We must
abolish from our vocabulary the
term ‘white school’ or ‘colored
Club under direction of Prof.
H. J. Furlow of Atlanta, fur
nished music for the occasion.
The highlight of the conven
tion was a barbecue tendered
the visitors on the Military Post
at Ft. Benning, Wednesday af
ternoon- It took ten big busses
and over 100 automobiles to
take the visitors to the barbe
cue at Ft. Benning, Ga.
Both Grand Lodges adjourn
ed in Peace and Harmony to
meet in Macon, Ga, June 1956.
Bishop's Son
Becomes Bishop
BOSTON, Mass.
Bishop Matthew W. Clair, Jr.
of Saint Louis was among ten
distinguished American leaders
upon whom Boston University
conferred academic honors at
its recent commencement. Bishops
Bishop Clair received the
honorary degree of Doctor of
Divinity.
Born in Harpers Ferry, Weat
Va. in 1890, Bishop Clair is the
only son of a Methodist bishop
also to t>e elected to the officc.
His late father. Bishop Matthew
W. Clair, Sr., was elected to the
episcopacy in 1920; his son in
1952
Bishop Clair was educated
at Howard and Boston Univer
sities and the Iliff School of
Theology. He has served pas
torates in - Bedford, Virginia;
Martinsburg, W Va; Roanoke,
Va, Denver, Colorado. Indian
apolis, and Chicago. For a de
cade he was professor of prac
tical theology at Gammon
Theological Seminary, Atlanta.
After his election to the
bishopric in 1952, in Philadel
phia, he was assigned to the
Saint Louis Area of the Central
Jurisdiction. He is president of
the Board of Trustees of Phil
ander Smith College, Little
Rock, Ark. Last year he and
Mrs. Clair visited mission fields
and Methodist work on the con
tinent of Africa, on assignment
of the Methodist Council of
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Addresses State
Medical Society
RALEIGH
. Dr. L. R. Swift, department
head of obstetrics and gyne
cology at Lincoln Hospital, was
heard in a talk by doctors
which met here June 14-16 in
68th annual convention of the
Old North State Medical So-1
ciety. The Durham physician
spoke on Functionsfl Bleeding.
During the session oJ the So
ciety, the Important question of
integration and non-integra
tion with county and state
medical societies was aired.
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day’s activity in one of the two
spacious reading rooms. At bot
tom is one of the five lounges
in the student activity center.
May 17th’s historic decision,
the rest of the state of Mary
land did not and therefore met
this week to consider getting
on with a program.
According to State superin
tendent of schools, Dr. Thomas
G. Pullen, Jr., desegregation
will probably take longer in
some counties because of local
problems and the length of time
will, ba left in the hands of
county superintendents One
county-Calvert-which has 50
percent of the school popula
tion Negro, has decided to name
a committee of citizens to de
termine how to carry out the
Court's decree.
President Wendell D. Allen
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