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i I KAta TWO the CAROLINA TOfflS SATURDAY, JAN. 18, 1958 More Business In Our Churches One will only have to be acquainted with the manner in which the business side of numy of 5ur churches is conducted to realize that a majority of them are sadly in need of more business in tibe keeping of church rec ords and the handling of church funds. Too many of our churches are satisfied with hap hazard and antiquated methods in their business departments. In too many of them the minister or some one person is the treas urer, the purchasing agent and the dis bursing officer. No church should allow funds to be paid out for anything except by checks and then only when such checks are signed by at least two persons, In addition all persons who handle i^urch funds should be bonded, especially the church treasurer. Too often sentiment is used in the selection of a treas urer and the failure to require a bond. In many instances funds have been misap propriated or, to put it more plainly, stolen, simply because church officials were too timid to exercise a closer supervision of church funds or require two or more signa tures on checks. What applies to churches also applies to lodges, clubs, labor unions, and other groups. The time has come when we ought to put more business in all of them if we are to be safeguarded against unnecessary losses. Any honest person is usually glad to have such safeguards thrown around him when en trusted with funds because he realizes it is for his own p^tection as well as that of the organization he is serving. If he is not it is usually a good sign that he is dishonest and cannot secure a bond with a reputable bond ing company. This newspaper has been reliably inform ed that two labor unions in Durham are minus several thousand dollars because they failed to keep a close check on the handling of their funds and did not require a bond of their treasurers, nor a periodic audit of their books. When they finally got around to hav ing the books audited it was discovered to their sorrow that their treasuries were sev eral thouswd dollars short. , A good resolution for the New Year is for all of our churches fmd other organizations to have their treasurers bonded now and a periodic audit of their books, f Also those that have not required but one signature on their checks should change the system and require at least two. Life Is Like Tiiat^ OUR GREATEST NEED By U. ALBERT SMITH There has been no time aince stantlal materialism imderlying our blessed Master walked over the rude social structures ol hu Federal Aid To Education , Among the important items presented to Congress.by President Eisenhower in his opening address to tnat body was one deahng witli federal aid to education. The prosposal that me Xederai government step in anu bolster the badly sagging financial supports oi many oi tnbe country’s educational insti tutions tias been brougnt up in the past but wxtb nothing like the urgency which at tends it now. Frightened and hurt by the re cent display of apparent Soviet supremacy in the tield,,;Q£-!8cience, we have been aroused, '^ao'say tne least, over the status of our own science education and of education in general in this coimtry. As some wag put the other day, in the face of Sputniks, 1 and II, and tlireatened by manned flights into outer space by Russia, we have bolted in such panic that every kid who can count to ten without using his fingers is labelled as a budding scientific wizard and w^ stand to- oay ready to fill his pockets with enough of u. S. mints’ products so that he can continue ' ms counting, uninterruptedly, imtil he ger- iia|>» oomes up with a signficant number. The whole matter of the effectiveness and level of education in our country, however, . is a far more serious matter than wisecracks are likely to make it appear. In a country which prides itself on making a departure from the European tradition of education for the select, education is a& vital as any of our institutions. It certainly seems to be a pro per subject of concern for the government and its administrators. ' But the manner in which the present ad ministration seems prepared to go about the business of placing the national interest ^Vqucrely behind education appears to us to have taken the wrong directicm, w-at least, a shabbily thought out direction. At this point, the President has called for Congress to approve of federal funds for the country’s schools, but he has left unclear the import ant question of administration of these funds. As we undei^tand it, the administration of the program of federal aid for schools and dwwrving students will be left to local con- ^^_lrpL Under . ordi^iary ...circumstances, we wauld have no quarrsl with such an arrang»- ment, but as everybody knows, educational circumstances in the South are hardly the kind that can be called ordinary. One need only to cite the fact that the Supreme Court’s order for eliminating racial discrimination by segregation has been complied with in only a handful of southern communities in the two years of its ex^tence and in five southern states is still held in utter con tempt to realize that if such a program of federal aid were left to control of these states, such efforts to exploit all the count ry’s scientitic genius would in some measure go unrewarded. If the administration of federal aid to edu cation is left to the control of the Southern states, the majority of Megro pupils in the South will be automatically demed the op portunity to benefit from such aid. And con versely, it is questio^ble whether such a program of federal aid to education can ap proach its maximum results if nearly a tentn of the country’s population is continually de prived of a free exercise of their abilities and talents. 'ihis is not to say that all or a majority oi the scientific genius resides in the Negro race in the South. That is obviously absurd. Cer tainly if all the Negroes in the country were excluded from the benefits of the progrttn, the overall gain to thhe nation’s scientific knowledge should be considerable. But it is really genius that the program is designed to uncover, and who can predict where genius is to be found! Can a program which seeks to discover such latent genius be successful if it arbitrarily excludes from its scope near ly a tenth of the populace? Can a nation whose government balks on the groimds of expediency at the liberation of all talent and skill match tj^ejefforts of a dictatorship which actively seeks to exploit for the state all ability? It is no longer a simple matter of meting out equality and justice to the whole popula tion; it is now rather the tough question of giving everybody a chance to help his coun- ,.try meet the do or die challenge of another world pow«r. the highways ol ancient Pales tine that the need ol regenerat ed hearts is more apparent than today. Since Jesus' day, humaoi progress along scientitic linesi lias been amazing. Should John the Baptist, the apostles, Paul, Peter, John, etc. be brought irom the dead and into our mo dern world, they'd lind it bard to believe this to be the same planet on which they live. More Comforts In lact, our great-grand parents and even the grandpa rents ol some ol us would leel about the same. And all ol th^, il they judged our world Irom the point ol view ol the comforts and conveniences it oi lers, would say. "What a won- derlul worldl" In lact, many ol the persons, il not all, who have lived ttirough the past live or six de cades, would say the same thing- For, without a doubt, the technological element ip our civilization has made lile far more coii^rtable, satislying and interesting than it was lilty years ago. Disturbing Elements But, unlortunately, il men of past generations were with us, they could not judge our world by the improvements afforded us by the inventions ol tech nology. They would see aspects ol our lile on the moral and spiritual side that would give them considerable concern— also, on the political side. There would be grave questions as to whether the world was better or worse. For one thing, they would be disturbed by the high incidence ol nervous disorders and men tal breakdowns in our society, the rebellion ol youth against essential disciplines, esi>ecially in big cities. They would be disturbed by the growing inti' dence ol suicides, murders and other crimes. They would lind the callous disregard lor,,human lile to be quite upsetting, to say the least. And, by all means, wouldr they be shocked by the con stant threat ol s^omic and hy drogen warlare ttiat tiireatena to destroy civilization, extermi nate mankind, or drive them back into the' primitive exis tence of the cave lile ol 10,000 years ago. Such is the picture of our world in miniature today. Xhe Bemedy What can be done?, What must be done? What is the so lution lor our problem? Thei cure lor our sickness? The answer is Jesus, man selfishness. It is the goal ol ages upon which Jesus turned his dymg vision and wiiich has held the laith ol the pure and the wise, the true and the brave amidst forgotten defeats and unrecorded suHerings. It is the bloom of evolution and the cli max ol revolution. It is the di vine errand upon which white- souled, prophets have walked serene ttirough a world ablazed with scorn. It is the consumma tion ol all God has been and done lor man and man has been and done lor God. It is the eter nal Kingdom ol Christ, which is beseiging the allairs ol men, troubling the foimdations of so ciety, and sifting the church as wheat. Only Hope “The pledge ol Ood is betiind it and the victorious lorces ol the universe are allied in its behalf. The Bible is its written warrant, and the cross its seal which none can break. It may take us with violence, but it ad vances to conquer and the saints sliall judge the earth.” This ideal accepted without reservations and made tlie sole objective ol a church lull ol the spirit and vison ol Christ, and possessed ol the flaming missionary passion and indefati gable and unwearying energies ol the apostle Paul—tliis alone is the greatest need ol our modem church and the sole hope ol a 'decadent civilization and a dy ing-world. For Whites Only Another opportunity to secure more Ne gro representation on the county and city governments’ policy making bodies went to waste last week. A committee consisting of the chairman of the County Commissioners, the County school superintendent and the Mayor of Durham were empowered by the last General Assembly to appoint members of the County Board of Health. The commit tee appointed an “all white” board. At least the mayor publicly expressed his regret over the failure of the committee to include a Ne gro among its appointments. Of course, we do not feel that a Negro should have been appointed to the board simply because Negroes constitute a good NAACP Seeks To Restore Part Of Rights' Bill NEW YORK The National Association lor the Advancement ol Colored People will join with other civil rights groups in urging the second session ol the 83th Con gress to restore Part 111 to the civil rights bill passed by Con gress last summer, Clarence Mit chell, director ol the Associa tion’s Washington bureau, said here this week in his report to the 49th annual NAACP meet ing. This section dt the bill which would have authorized lederal intervention to sustain civil rights, as in school desegregation cases and in other deprivations ol rights, was stricken Irom the bill by the Senate after a bitter itsell—must be born again. The Christian world must re-, capture its primitive insight, vision, ' passion, and energies and institute a huge, relentless, persistent oUensive the objec tive ol which is the realization ol the Kingdom ol God on earth. ‘Such a realization is more than a mystic ideal. It is the crowning lact ol history. It is the solid reality with which God is displacing the unsub- Asserting that the Association “never underestimated the po tential good in Part III, lAitchell announced that Representatives Emapuel Celler (D.,N.Y.>;^ chair.* man ol the House Judiciary Committee, and Kenneth Keat ing (R.,N.Y.), ranking minority party member ol the committee, “are both pledged to resume the light to get Part III enacted into law_when the next session ol (please turn to page seven) LETTER TO THE EDITOR Civil Righfi G»mmittee can ^loosen these chains by removing our own. Watch on the Poto] SPIVACK fKBBBBBI ^vbUahwl «twry tatur^mu mt Bttrham, N, C. bp FublUktn, Inc. U E. AUSrm, PntUmU U, m. JOHNBOH. X!*ntroUar Prtncipd OAcc At 4M ZMt VatUcnw St.. Pnrtiaai, North CaMlioa WiiwtooHMMi OMe*: SOS M. CkatCnut Straat N. C tlx At im. porportion of the coimty’s population. That is, though, a fact formidable enough in itsell to warrant representation of the race on the body. However, the fact that Negroes, who suffer from lower health standards than those of the opposite group, may have a more vital interest in County health problems is one of immediate relevancy which should have commended a Negro appointee to the board of selectors. All of these considerations were apparent ly ignored by the selecting group, leaving only the conclusion that the ruling majority in the city and county still thinks in terms of seperate spheres of interest, of “a place” for both races. As far as matters of mcddng policy for the city and coiuity are concerned, the action of the selection group speaks of the same old “for white only” basis on which the majority has acted in the past. The apparent persistence of this kind of thinking, of thinking pf separate compart ments of the community’s life for the white and Negro citizens is certainly a proper sub ject for the newly established interracial committee to consider. Until all of the cit- izfensv^f Durham considered in mattera which affect the entire city, no amount of committees and public forums can erase the basic discord which exists in relations be tween the two races. Critical Beflections On American Education 'Alter we have examined to some extent, our system ol edu cation in America, it is reason-i able to conclude that it has some good and excellent leatures. Those good and excellent lea tures should be retained. One of the outstanding leatures ol A- merican education is that ol at tempting to educate the masses. This matter ol attempting to educate the masses is a very sig-i nilicant factor in a democratic society. The Intimacy that exists between the education ol thei masses and a democracy is basic and fundamental to a democra tic society, such as ours. The el- lorts to educate the masses must be continued and executed by some kinds ol basic processes. It is apparent that we must take a critical and analytical look at our American education system. These critical and analy tical examinations ol AmericanI education should be free from any hysterical inclinations. These examinations should be sane and deliberate. In a democratic society, we recognize the human personality as being most signilicant. We also str^ the importance ol in dividual diHerences. Further, we dedicate oiurselves in our schools to the development ol productive citizenship, ellective service, and responsible partici pation in civic and social aUairs. Irrespective of what we do, it i« apparent that the previous civic lactors should remain % delinlte' part ol our American education system. 111 were asked to make some suggestions relative to the r«-> vision ol our American aduea tidh system, some ol my sample suggestions would be as loUows: (a) Organize and develop cer tain phases ol our curricula ol- lerings that will challenge our (b) Organize and develop .cer tain phases ol our curricula ol- ferings that will challenge what we call our average Students; (c) Organize and develop cer tain phases ol our curricula ol- lerings that will challenge what we call our retarded students; (d) Make provisions lor those pupils who have unusual mental ability, but do not have the eco nomic means with which to de velop their abilities; and (e) si>ecilic and general improve ment ol aU our educational pro- grams. II we are to meet the chal lenge that has been thrust upon us, there^^e many things that must be done. 1 would list three major needs that are immediate, namely; greater expenditure^ lor local education, salaries that will attract the most capable personnel and a critical and an alytical re-organization ol cer-i tain phases ol our American education programs. It appears that in some man ner, we must teach our pupils to lace reality. We know that there is a vast difierence between ef-* lort and achievement. By some means, boys and girls must be taught to lace this realistic con cept. In essence, I am suggesting that our techniques ol evaluation and the “teaching act” must ad here to a more scientific pattern. demands a ^d ol org^- zaition that does not Itove common sanction oi the public at the present time. J. W. McKoy, Fayettaidlle, N. C, ke State Of Th« UbImi II the Pemocrats are as smart as they think they are, they better run scared in this year’s elections. That’s the message I get Irom President Eiaenhow- er’s State ol the Union Mes- . sage. £ver since Sputnik soared up into outer space. Democrats ol all political colorations have been acting as il they were dealing with a dead adminis tration. When the President suHered his * stroke, many spoke as il the 19S8 elections were in the bag and that it might even be a waste ol time to hold them. Alter the liasco at Cape Cana veral, which Sen. Kelauver calls “Cape Carnival”, the realists were telling us that a Democratic victory in Novem ber is a foregone conclusion, ^^v^^eonlidence and under estimating your opponeni is an old political malady. As Tom Dewey had occasion to leam in 1048 it can be fatal. Right now the Democrats, 1 think, are suHering an acute case 61 Deweyltis. The reaction to the Preal- dent’s speech was pretty much along party lines as was to be expected. The Republicans, almost to a man, called It "great” and bis “finest”. Some Democrats called it a luneral oration and %n apology lor past errors. > Looking at from a less par tisan viewiwint, my own re action ii that it was an ex tremely ellective address and one that may be long remem bered by television—conscious America it was the gallant el- lort ol a man who has been stricken three times in live years. It was straightlorward and while critics may pick at this point or that, the public response was boimd to be al- lirmative. What too many partisans for get is that most Americans don’t think ol themselves as either Democrats or Republi cans. They think ol themsel ves as Americans. When their pride is hurt, as it was by Sjjutnik, or when they are told country is in danger, they will respond to the call ol their Commander in-Chiel. The President’s State of'the Union message was such a caU. It was an appeal to the emo- tlons-^the decent emotions ol the pmple. As such it was bound to bring out the best la people. I have never seen the j^resldent in better form, at a moment when pessimism and gloom was the prevailing mood. Ike Holds The Cards Lyndon Johnson escorted the President into the House chamber as 11 he were the host and the President his personal guest. Only two days earlier Johnson had delivered his own “State pi the Union mes sage”, outlining in broad terms what he lelt we are up against in the light to conquer outer space. We are told there is a “new Johnson” and his remarks did have a certain eloquence, even 11 they were vague on details. But what happened? While Johnson was trying to tell the nation that the “Texas leadership'’ in Congress was able to look beyond the in terests ol Big Oil his colleague and mentor, House Speaker Rayburn, was passing the word along that he would give priority to passage of the Na tural Gas bill. ~ This was hardly a demon stration ol the “sense ol ur gency” lor which Adlai Ste venson and others have been calling. Eisenhower, in his delivery, and his ghost-writers, in the words they put in his mouth, seemed to sense this Demo cratic dilemma. So the Presi dent took many ol the good ideas the liberal Democrats hnvB hcpn vOlclng nnH onri. bodied them in the text ol his remarks. Where does this leave the Democrats, except to back him up? The President has been call ed all sorts ol names, all of which add up to saying he has been a big zero. He certainly can’t be absolved ol responsl- biUty lor a big share ol the current “mess in WashingtoD”. But the Democrats would do well to recognize that Ike has developed Irom a skilUul mili tary tactician into a skilful political tactician. You might call it political judo. The me thod is to use the enemy’s strength against the enemy (please turn to fiage seven) 'Distress Of Unclean Spirits' By REVEREND HAROLD ROLAND PattoTf Mount GUead Baptist Church “Them which were vexed with nuclean spirits.,jud they were healed..” Acts S;16. More ol our inner distress than we realize may be due to unclean spirits. The unholy spirit makes for inner distress or sickness. But the Holy Spirit is tiie giver and the ma ker ol lile. The distress ol un clean spirits 1s an all too com mon human ailment. Maytje we all suiter Irom it at times. In all too many cases we let go ol the Holy si^it and embrace and cultivate in our hearts and souls tiie evil or the unholy spirit. The Iruita or painlul re sults are to be found in the in ner distress that plagues us. God only knows how much ol the sickness of our times can be traced back to toe unclean or tmholy spirit in us. In the early Church thoee who were vexed or troubled with the “Unclean” or unholy spirit saw the root cause oi their trouble: They Let Go Of That Spirit H Distress. They received the Holy Spirit and tiiey were healed. “Them whieh voed with un clean splrits...were healed...” Are you sullering from the distress ol the Unclean Spirits? Why would you con tinue to suUer that inner agony. and distress? Give up the unclean or evil spirit. And receive God’s gilt ol the Holy or Ule-giving spirit. Physical things cannot remove the un clean spirits. Those unclean spirits call for a spiritual ope ration. It is a Uttle difficult to have both the same time. You must make a decision. Let go ol the Unholy Spirit And God Will Give You The Holy Spirit. The result: You wUl be healed!..." Them that were vexed with unclean spirits... were healed...” The distressing fruits of the unclean spirits may be seen in our hatred, lear, ' selfishness, and the unforgiving spirit. Do you cultivate or nurture these things in ^ur heart and soul? Then yaii'maf have toe sym]^ toms of the unclean spirits. These unholy Intruders in the hearts of us human beings produce the painful harvest of dlstrsss and perplazlty. Th«y By ROBERT SPiVACK lead to spiritoal sickness. They rob life of its abundant sweetaess and joy. They stifle and strangle life. They- bar toe pato way to the abundant life that Jesus promised. Let’s get wise and ask God to teke away toe Unclean Spirits And give us wholesome, life-giving. power of his Holy sprlit. We all know that toe evil spirit brings distressful re>- suits. You know the distress toat follows when you speak a hurtful word. The word spo ken to a loved one in a lit of anger. It leaves you wlto the distresslul burden of guilt Healing comes only when you reconcile ,and make up. The secret envy qr jealousy you carry toward another hnnmn being leaves you distressed. These are jurt some of toe dis tressful residts that we must endure and live with on ac count of toe unclean qidrlts we nurture and cm^ >^thin. We all can be healed^ toe inner distress resulting from harboring the unclean spirit. Let go of the unclean and re ceive. the Holy, life-giving spirit of Ood.
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