Daily Pre^Joins TIMES Expose of A&T Woes
NO RATING FOR N.IL SiGHilOL:
No Race High
School in N. C.
Accredited
Of the 225 Negro high schools in
North Carolina, not a single one
of them has received accredita
tion from the Southern Associa
tion of Secondary School and Col
leges. * '
This is a fact apparent from a
check of the rating body’s mem
ber schools listing 1958.
There are some 109 high schools
for whites in the state which have
been accredited by the Associa
tion.
'in addition, Negro school offi
cials intimate that there is a tacit
agreement between various city
and county school units with the
Southern Association that no Ne
gro schools will be inspected for
accreditation.
The belief was expressed this
weel( by local school officials that
if Negro schools were inspected
for accreditation each year, the
record of failures would be so
dramatic as to graphically spot-
See RATING, page 8
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GIBBS
Disunity S|)ottighted; State
Official Charges "IneffidenGy"
GREENSBORO—Evidence of irrefp»Jarities in the admivA-
stratiun of .A&T Conege has finally drawn some attention
from state officials.
Dircctcjr of the state department of administration Paul M,
Johnson. foHowitig a routine insjjcction of the huge educational
plant, declared that the schuul was being run in highly ineffi-
cient manner.
He also expressed “surprise" at the differences existing be
tween .-X&T president Dr, VV. T. Gibbs and business manager
E. R. Hudgin.
Court Action
In N. C. Cases
Is
NEW VOKK—Action of the
United States Supreme Court
in rc'fusinjjf to review two N.
C. cases challenging the con
stitutionality of the state's pu
pil placomeiit law is deplored
by the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
Peopic. ' . '
The Association’s Board of Df-
rectors adopted a resolution at' l^s
reguUr monthly meeting here on
Oct. 13, expressing regret that the
Court on Oct. 12 rejected petitions
for review of the cases.
"The North Csrelina stahitai,
lih* thosa of oth«r ttatts," th«
rtsolution asserts, "i* dcfigntd
to imptd* and frustrata full lm>
plamantation of tha Suprama
* Ceurf^t daclslon ootUwtng ' m- ’
clal sagragalian In public adu-
See COURT, page 8
OPENS IN DURHAM lUESDAY
Baptist Convention Plans
LANEYSTAYSINFRbNt
'Beautician of
A TRIBUTE FOR THE QUEEN
—Batty Jea Goodloa, "Miss Hill-
sida Hetnaceming," smilingly ra>
caivas a si>:«rly "i^ck" on aach
taan Turnar and Cathar’ne Praft
following Baity'* coronation dur
ing halfthna of ttia Hillsida
komacomlng gama Friday nighrf.
Phot* by BMrthay.
chaak from har atlandants El'
GRIDDERS BEAT ROCKY ^OUNT
|t Was A Si^Uoniecping:
For Hillside in Severd Ways
To climax one of the most suc
cessful homecoming celebrations
in the history of the school, the
Russell E. Blunt coached Hillside
High school hornets gridders
trounced a Booker T Washington
eleven from Rocky Mount 26 to 6
here last Friday night under the
New, $150,000 Boys Club To Be
Dedicated In Ril
A milestone in Durham prog
ress is to be marked Sunday wi
the dedication of the new $150,000
John Avery Boys’ Club. The pro
gram starts at 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
Everyone is invited.
The United Fund agency project
is one of the community’s real
monuments to interracial coopera
tion.
Also, the club shows convincing
ly that men and boys working and
playing together in a wholesome
atmosphere can reduce juvenile
delinquency. Two of the late John
Avery’s daughters, Mrs. Janet
Avery Hamilton and Mrs. Vivian
Avery Allen, will participate in
the dedication.
When the Club was started some
20 years ago at the suggestion of
former Judge Mamie Dowd Wal-
JVegro affairs began planning
club’s former lo-
Fayetteville Street,
delinquency dropped sensational
ly.
Durham rallied to the club’s
support on' a large scale with the
launching of the building program
planned for a three year period.
Some $62,000 in cash and pledges
were eventually obtained. J. J.
See BOYS CLUB, page 8
Experts Talk
At Lincoln
Cancer Clinic
"Two Durham and one Washing-
ker of the Juvenile Court, some' ton, D. C. physician were scheduled
bright light of the Durham Athle
tic Park.
The game, played to a cheerin>
and enthusiastic crowd, followed^
colorful mile-long street parade
staged- by -the- Hillskle -gtodMrt-
body that brought in several of
the most popular high school
bands from throughout the State.
Prancing majorettes, throbing
drumbeats, cha-cha- tunes, and
beautiful queens, plus a host oI
gaily decorated flbatf, perhaps
urged the hornets on to a home
coming victory as they faced the
slightly favored 1958 NCHSAA
(North Carolina High School Ath
letic Association) defending cham
pions tutored by Dave Atkinson.
Though homecoming, the game
was also a revenge match for the
Hillside gridders. The Booker T.
crew had twice defeated the Hor
nets in as many years, and reports
were that the Blunt coached
eleven were ready, willing, and
able to retaliate in this year’s en
counter.
Early in the opening minutes of
the contest. Hornets field general
See HILLSIDE, page 8
Local Leaders
To Welcoflie
Bapt. Delegate
Some- 400 messengers represeitt-
in; approximately 300,000 Bap^t
members in North Carolina inll
converge on Durham next y^k
for the 02nd convention of the
General Baptist State Convention.
The Rev. A. S. Croom, pastor
of Union Baptist Church, host^or
the convention, announced ^is
week details of the welcome pro
gram for the convention and ii«ted
members of the local ora^intioR
making plans to entertain tb^ coA
vebtion. of
The convention will open on
Oct. 27 atad continue tl^^ugh CteL
V. H- ^ ■
The Baptists ate expe(^d to
take up several key issues during
the convention, one of the most
important of which is selection of
a new president to replace the
late Dr. P. A. Bishop.
The Rev. Croom revealed this
week that Attorney Floyd B. Mc‘
Kissick has been appointed chair-
Hfiat) of. the piihlip prngram Wfl-
coming the convention, to toe held
on the opening night of the con
vention, Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 7:30
at Union Baptist.
Appearing on the welcome pro
-am will be representatives of
the city government, civic, reli
gious and educational organiza
tions.
W. A. Biggs, major pro-tem, is
scheduled to welcome the dele
gates for the city. Others include
John H. Wheeler, for the Durham
Committee on Negro affairs; Lew
Hannen, City Schools Superinten
dent; the Rev. E. T. Browne, for
the Durham Ministerial Alliance;
the Reverend William Fuller, for
the Durham NAACP; 'Theodore
Speight fort he Durham Business
and Professional Chain; A. T.
Spaulding, for North Carolina Mu
tual Life Insurance Company; and
Miss Annie Dunnigan, for Union
See BAPTISTS, page B
CROOM
iciWS
Seen Barrier
To Integration
SAN iUAN, P. R. — Pupil
placamani laws on books of
aigb* wMtharn statas will afford
sagragatlanists "iha bast mile-
aga" ih their affortf to circum-
vant thil Supreme Court's school
da*«gr9§tHon ruling, John A.
MoTMlt, aist. to tha NAACP
axacirtlva sacratary, predicts
In M arfilress at tha annual con-
faranca W tha National Associa
tion al hriargroup Relations Of
ficial* kaM this week.
Swna southemars, tha papar
point* awt, baiiava "that It is
possiMa to apply the law in such
a way as never to transfer any
Negro cMldran to white schools
and sMU not incur an advarsa
ruling or constitutionality." The
placamMst laws establish non-
racial aritaria as bases for pu
pil traiMfars.
That* assignment laws "ra-
due* tha strategic elements to
the levels calculated to main
tain tk* slowest possible pace
See PLACEMENT, page 8
n il L Li Bank Cashier's
Hillstoro Moves Receives
' W Signal Honor
rolina Times Beauticians Popular
ity Contest girding for the final Signal recognition has beea
week the race has apparently given I. 0. Funderburg’s thesis
narrowed down to a nip and tuck which was submitted to the grad-
affair between the five leading uate school of banking at Rutgers
contenders for the three top prizes.
At stake are three free airplane
trips, the first being to Bermuda
with hotel expenses paid for one
week, the second prize a trip
University last June. I^rvard Uni
versity has requested a copy of
the document.
The thesis is called “An Analy-
to Bermuda without hotel expen p-.is*® the Operation Problems of
and a third which is an airpl Bank Serving a Predominantly
roundtrip to New York. Negro Market.”
Although threats of. a dark
hor^^patestant coming itf at the
last mdmeni and walking Off‘with
one of the top prizes had not
materialized up to Wednesday
noon. Contest Manager A. E. Hart
was keeping his eyes and ears
opened. The closest evidence to a
See BEAUTICIANS, page 8
St. Joseph Drive
Nets $1,S00
St. Joseph’s A. M. E. Church
closed its annual Men’s Day S^co-
gram here Sunday evening, Octo
ber 18. The Rev G. Dewey Rob
inson, pastor of the Metropoli
tan A. M. E. Church of Washing
ton, D. C. delivered the sermon
for both the morning and evening
services. Special music was fur
nished for the day by the men’s
Chorus of the church under the
direction of John T. Mitchell.
The Rev. Melvin Chester Swann,
pastor, announced at the close of
the evening service that
amount of approximately $1,800
had been raised. Most of the funds
will go toward redecorating the
church for the annual session of
the Western North Carolina Con
ference which will convene here
See ST. JOSEPH, page 8
Funderburg is the Cashier of
MedwAcs md Faima^ ^nk.
Funderburg was the first Ne
gro to complete the graduate
course in Commercial Banking at
the Graduate School of Banking
at Rutgers University. The pro
gram is sponsored jointly by the
American Bankers Association and
Rutgers.
In addition to Rutgers, the Har
vard University Library has re
quested a copy for its library. The
faculty and the Board of Regents
of the Graduate School selected
the thesis to be placed in the
Library at Rutgers.
130 Negro boys had become wards
of the court.
As W. J. Kennedy, Jr., the club’s
first and only president and asso
ciates on the Durham Committee
WADE
to lead workshops on cancer at
the 14th Lincoln hospital post
graduate clinic Wednesday.
Discussion leaders are Dr. Will
C. Sealy, professor of Thoracic
Surgery, and Dr. W. L. Thomas,
professor of Obstetrics and Gyne
cology, Duke University; and Dr.
Jack E. White, associate profes
sor of Surgery, Howard Univer
sity.
In the feature address of the
early part of the program. Dr. El
len B. Winston, State Commission
er of Welfare was scheduled to dis
cuss “Services Available to the
Public Welfare Program.”
The workshop on the three, lead
ing cancer sites begins at 10:30
a.m. with t>r. Charles D. Watts as
moderator.
The clinic is an annual presen
tation of Lincoln Hospital in co-
ope|atton with tiie Old North
Sta^ Jfledieal Upcietyi.
Dr. E. L. Rann, President of
the Old North State Medical Sp-
See EXPERTS, page 8
ELDERS WELCOME NEW
COUNSELOR AND WIFE—Pre
sident and Mrs. Alfonso Eldar
of North Carolina Collaf*, rl^t
•ra shown her* walcfemlng tha
callaga't new caunttlar, Prgfgs*
tor William J. Holloway and
Mrs. Halloway. Holloway, for
mer- principal af Ligen High
School in Ra1aigh,'it’married to
the former Miss Julia idmund-
sen of Durham.
Orange Grove
Raises $2,000'
Under the leadership of its
young and progressive pastor, the
Rev. Louis H. Wade, the Orange
Grove Baptist Church of Durham'
.held its annual homecoming pro
gram last Sunday morning and
afternoon. Prior to the Sunday
afternoon program dinner was
served on the church Uwn to a
large group of members, visitors
and friends.
With only a small but growing
membership of around 100, in
cluding adults and children, a
total amqunt of $2,007 was raised
for the benefit of the building
program which is expected to be
launched within the near future.
Speaker for the morning services
was the pastor. L. E. Austin, pub
lisher of the Carolioa Times, de
livered the address for the after
noon program.
Plans for brick veneering the
present structure and the erection
of an educational building were
announced by the pastor. The
church is located on East End
^epvie in the eastern part of the
Mty. When its building program is
completed the community life of
what is known as the Hayestown
section for the city is expected to
tie both spiritually and culturally
enriched.
Rev. Wade took over the pas
torate of the church a little more
than three years ago. At the time
ahe membership was scattered,
discouraged and at a low ebb.
During the time he served as its
pastor the church has, taken on
new life and is now A srowint.
congregation with plans for en
larging its service to the commun
ity and city.
Earlier in the week, a discloaore
was made from office of the state
auditor Henry Bridges in Raleigh
that money in the student loan
fund has been mishandled. One
school official was ocdered to re
place over $200 in tJae fund as a
result of Bridges’ discovery.
Th«*a war* tlw davlap
mants in a »ituatiaii which Iha
CAROLINA TIMES hraka
weak* aga. Tha TIMES launchaJ
a campaign on SaiHambar lA
against what it daecHfcad as
I "apalling^ condition* at tha in
stitution.
Among the targets of the TIMES
campaign was the school's bosi-
nessma nager, E. R Uodgia, who
the TIMES said had outlived his
usefullness at the school, snd the
fact fhr‘ the school, largely pte-
Qui .nantly Negro institutkxi of
higher education supported by the
state, is still unaccedited.
Johnston’s and Bridges’ state
ments were reported this week
through Associated Press in most
of the state’s daily press. It marked
the first time that the AAT situa
tion has received public attention
outside of the CAROLINA TQIES.
When tha TIMES first criti-
efx&d the ichoofs administrafien
in an editorial on Oct. 3, AAT
board chairman Robert Fraoior
rushed to business wsnsaar
Hodgin's dafania and doclarad
ha "has baan ana af ttia matt
able lervants" to ttia stata.
However, Johnston said after his
inspection this week that it ap
peared as if the school was “msin .
taining a highly in^fkieAt op»a-
tion.”
Operation of the coUa£e farm
and the home econtMnics depart
ment were singled out in Jalm-
ston's inspection of the institution
as the tw(^ areas in which there
was apparent waste and ineffici
ency.
Dr. Gibbs and Hodgin disagreed
XT to who was respanaiMe fur tiw
condition when questioned hy
Johnston.
Hodgin reportedly told Johnston
that the school’s 800-acre farm on
McConnell road was casting the
college too much money for in
struction and services which bene
fit only a few students.
“We’re operating a dairy farm
for two students and a v poultry
flock for one,” Hodgin told Joh»-
ston’s inspection team. “Ninety-
See DAILY, page 8)
JOtlHtON
On Delta
Scholarship
Miss Emma Louiae MuMoa, a
1998 graduate of Meorkk-Moora
High School, has been gnnted «
four-year scholaiship to Ntrdi Ca
rolina College I9 tb* Alnmaa
Chapter of Delta Si0Bt Tbeta
Sorority.
She is the daiigMar Mr. and
Mrs. Ronald G. Tirhmnt of 431T
Ward Bond.
At Merrick-Moon LMito
held membonUp ia ItBisit
Council. The Cnmrn mU iMfftor
Honorary Sodaty. T-Vmmi. 8ei-
ence anb. CiwwKitf CMk Mi
paper staff.
She is a pnaJgiag pMkW ol
Um ncc IrahBHi
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