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TRB CAROLiNA TIMES * V*t SA—SATv AMUL U, INI ‘^1 TRUTH UNBIilOLiD* THE HOPE OF THE SMALL NATIONS Neirt President of N. C. College W* think the time has come when tile ’.lumni members of X. C. Colloge aii«l its trieiub stauld begin looking around (or a coi^petent j>ersoii to propose to the iiuard of Tnistees for president of the institution. \\ hethcr the present head of the college retires twa, thf>ee or ■CiTc'yejirs from now. wi. bf- liyve it is not too early to begin prejParinn fttr the selection of hk nuccessor. The gri'\> tli «f N. C. tollege in student body anil national prestige, over the past 25 years, plus its an- tictpkted gTO'wth during the next 25 years, demuds that more than a niciliixn person be cliosen as its next president. Because of their natural interest anl I'irst hand knowledge of the institution, aluinni members are in a better jKjsition to know the nec4s .of the college than it is possihl^ for m^bers of the Board of Trustees who get oniy a glimpse of the institution durinpr the time of its meetings. It is our honest opinion th»t the voice of the members of the alumni association should not only be heard in this itnjiortant matter but respected when the selection of a presioent of N. C. College is undertaken in the future. There was a time when academic training was considered the most important factor in t^ie selection of a college president.-As a re sult of this belief there are several colleges here in North Carolina and surrounding states that are now making little or no headway in the field of education. As important as aca demic training is for a college president, we think that he .should have vision and adminis trative ability as well. The latter cannot be obtained entirely from books but to a large extent must necessarily be acqyircd through experience atid innate ability. To.snatch a per fectly good and well-prepared person from behind an instructor’s de>k and place him at the head of a ivjulti-million dollar education.-il institutiuu and tell him to run it is not only H’fair to the school but the person him.self. The next president of N. C, College, or any colIt'Ke for that nratter, ought to have wis dom enough to have more than a smattering knowledge of the community in which his school is located as well as that of the . cam pus life. While his many duties as head of an educational institution will demand a »na- jority of his time and energy, we think he .'■.hoirld haVe enough interest in the off-campus conmninity life to at least become connected with a local church. By so doing he would not only make friends for himself and his college but place himself in a position to help •make a bigger contribution tcT the advance ment of the race. The Carolina Times would like to see a per son of national and international stature as head of N. C. College. With this in mind we trust thcialumni and friends will begin look ing now for the kind of person that will bring the dignity and importance to the position that the office of president of N, C. College should. A New Policy For N. C. Negro Democrats The appointment of John H. Wheeler,' presi dent of the Mechanics and Farmers Bank, to President Kennedy’s Committee on Ecjual Op- potunity in Employment, will meet the ap proval of all those Avho are well acquainted with the character and philosophy of the well- known businessman and civic leader of Uur- hapi. Wheeler not only has training, ability and experience that equip him for the posi tion ^ut he has the respect and admiration of people in all walks of life. It is no surprise that he has been chosen by the president to serve the nation in Its effort to implement American democracy here at hoine \vhich""tn turn will give it selling power to people oi other nations. That Wheeter has received an appointment, ^o such an important post by leaders (jj^ithe' ^Democratic ^^rly'^at the national levfel yftile being overki6ked by state leaders just'^cs to prove, as we have contended, that there is a decided difference in the Democratic party in northetn and western states from that of the southern states. In spite of’ the fact that Governor Sanford owes his election to the almost solid support he received from Negro voters tast November he has failed to appoint a single Negro to an important post. We think the time has come for Negro voters of North Carolina to awaken to the fact that they now have enough voting strength to demand some of the spoils of a political victor)^ of a party, especially when there is rto denying that such would not have been achieved but for their support. While tnaking these demands they should continue to build up their voting strength, especially in eastern North Carolina, with the idea in mind of throwing their support to whatever party that offers them the best program for the advancemttit of their people, whether ftiat party is Democratic or Republican. Token representation or recogtiition is not enough. If a political party expects the con tinued support of Negro voters -iti leaders should expect to reward then) with a greater share of appointments oiv’ polity making boards and committees and'^ greater share of employm^rit in j^bs th^iaye both indirectly direcSjy ijj, this way will N'|gro }eBfc#iSt h*'abt« >^fpo hqN*.'^ llJespect and tl^ foIIoVing^o^tJje jaak antf file of their sroup. ' / " jFrom all indications the Democratic Party, at the national level, realizes thi? and has set i about to adopt a policy that wUl result in the continued support of Negfo voters by appoint-' ing qualified representatives of the race to policy making posts and abolishing discrim- ination in employment. This, we think, is the program that should be followed by state Democratic leaders if Negro voters are to continue their support to the party. Other- v,'ise we feel that Negro voters should adopt a policy of ‘‘no note, no vote.” Wliite Supremacy Vs. Mental Supremacy goii^g. tq be Jiard to* immediately esti- the Unioi>’s ' adiievement of he fiMUn^ct fon ptHer natjotis of the hdiipflHweUvllji;NA race for space this Thif.4nu8uncement "Wednesday that Russian* liiHl iiucoefded in launching the orld’s first cosmonatit is without a doulit the most c(>och maki{ig of the cenutry. Ac- • cording to the most liberal anticipation the United States, does ^nof hope to equal the Soviet Union’s achievement within a year ur even more. ' While the Soviet Union's man w'as being huHed around the earth at. a speed of five miles per second a group of leaders in oiir own country was in Charleston, South Carolina, tearing their hair about a war that was fought 100 years ago over slavery and arguing about whether a Negro should have the right to occupy a room in a segregated hotel. Whether we want to admit it or not the full efforts of this country cannot he brought to bear in science, industry or el.sewhere so long as we continue to be divided and spend our time, energy and money fighting over such ffrivilou.s matters. The Civil War Cen- tenijial debacle^--is a . ^xi^ple of the stujndity whicK 'posseisses 'manyfpf the lead ers of the United States] ■ . / We think the Soviet Union’s lead in the race for space is a serious warning that the people of this country should put their house in order. The time has come when we ought to get ^own to the business of meeting the challenge of the Soviet Union witji every re source this nation has. This cannot be done so lono: as a part of the nation clings to the ancient idea and philosophy that the color of on’e skin has something to do^vith his mental capacity. It cannot be done so long as a part of the nation considers white supremacy more important than mental supremacy. Lif^Saving Drug, EnHvan^vailable SPIRITUAL INSIGHT By REV. HAROLD ROLANOi Nan, Seeing the Futility of His Plan Must Turn to Jesus Christ "Ther* • Ultl* cerning Hi* w«y" Aett 1*:23. The conclusion of two thousand years is that Christ Jesus has re vealed the one true way for man. In Christ we have God revealed in all the,wonder of His natjire and power. Christ has plumbed the depths 0f true spiritual real ity. In Christ we have the heights and depths of spiritual power shown in all of jits matchless splendor. Wisdom, therefore, dic tates that we accept the Way as revealed by Christ Jesus oUr Savior the source of the highest achievement availaJ)l|^„to nian. Christ is the hfue heal ing for the sick |i|^l„of m#li. Man in his inmos^ na^we needi a hasic healing. Mai^ peeds fcee- dom from the destrjifpfive ravagei of human sinful^i^ss. Many schemes have heeii(jtrip^to nuefct this crying need man. Aiid all human panaceas have failed and fallen short of spiritual heal ing for man. Human experience, after two thousand years, points to Jesus as the way of true spirit ual healing for the sin-sick soul of man. Yes, Christ is the an swer. If we are to be healed, spiritually, Christ must ^eal us, Christ has written the prescrip tion for our heaUng. Hiere are prescrifttions for the healing of various diseases. Ai\d then there are some diseases for which they have not yet fouttd a healing remedy. But in the atoning Sac rifice which Jesus ma'de on the Cross of. Calvary• a long time; ago we can now find healing for our sin-sick souls. On the cross Jesus opened a healing fountain for our sick soul. Christ is the WAY, afid He is the answer. How long then will you remain in your soul-sickness? Jesus has By EARL SCHENCK MiERS Ever since my publishers, Gold en Prp.ss, announced their inten tion of brinaine forth''my 1ati8t book — THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, a Preat manjr people have asked what pronijltted me write yet another 'ifcbok on the subject. “Why another Civil War bcok?" they inquire, “Hasn’t it b-’.pn covered from ^^eginning'to end and back again?” j “It’s an ijrtrifiulng qtiestlon, but.itiih^s ihore iotdbti' ing—and thoi^bt-pif(Aoltin$v|)i)- sver. The Civil War never Kfa^ ended! Today we are still fight ing the battle our /oiefptherri beean. ■ i i i The tragic yearj from 1861 1865 are sometimes called /Uvelri- ca’s Trojan War. But where the Greeks fought for Helen and the ideal of beauty, we fought for uneducated Africa and the ideal of freedom. ^ 'ttje one—and the only—thing the Civil War did was abolish stevery in America. We are still fighting for the ideal of freedom. This single victory—the aboli tion df slavery—was a thing so neble aid so great that it was to ccn^ the name and image of Ajt^an) Lincoln into the dark- tl*e jun^s of the ih4 ^eat challenge pf tliji tg«—and this, te whether the -^mes’ and images of the Atneri^ans who followed and are ff>Uo^ng him would b# as re- s^)e*ted. Ain^rica' has. always bWn a"blei to “sell” her heroes. The .cogent question is; are the •very Satwflay at Dum>a. i« c. •: (M2-2913 and 6S14S12 hr Uaitad PubUsb«n, Inc. L S. AUSTIN. Pidilither I mmmI dMs matter at the FM( Oflec . Kmtk Carolina, under lbe Act of t. um. CuvilM I «t 4M E. Pettlcrew St H K, iOBNSON. Cootroner nmcunm Mjom koo fb? vkab BLAMING SOUTH AFRICA’S ACTION ON OTHPIS One of the oddest pieces of logic, we think, was found in William S. White’s syndicated column, carried by many of the major daily rjewspapet recently. White said the “ex tremists” who insisted on censuring South Africa because of ^ts strict segregation (apar theid) policy were to blame for Premier Ver- woerd’s taking the Union out of the British Commonwealth and should bear the major rfesponsibility for whatever pther “deep-end” acts the Union might commit against its Ne gro majority and in the name of nonsense. That’s akin to saying that what prevents criminals from reforming is the fact that the law enforcement agencies insist on putting them behind bars whenever they’re caught breaking the law. Dr. William H. Fuller, minister of the Mount Zion Baptist Church of Durham was honored by his parishioners on Sunday, April 9, at 7;30 p.m., in a “This is Your Life” program. The committee planning thic> program for Dr. Fuller was head ed by Mrs. C. Josephine Harris, who also served as narrator for the special program. Coming to pay tribute to Dr. Fuller were friends, relatives, and many co-workers. Amoitf those present were Attorney C. Oi Pear-’, son, a former schoolmate; Rav. H. Albert Smith, of the East Ce4«r Grove Association; lira. Wiina C. Bryant, president of the Wemea’s Auxiliary of the East .Cedar Grova; John L. Holloway, a fEi/bad; W. T. White, Mt. Zion Pmmm Boatd; Attorney William A. of the local NAACP; Bev. V. E. Brown of the Durhiw loterdenomi- national Ministerial fl|Hlaw>> and N. A. Cheek, repra^taM** of th* Shaw Alumni Assnitia^jw*. Others Mrs. Zola SW. MfespiMt* Mr*. DeNina Austm and Mrs. Maggie McGhee, Hev, Louis Wade, a favo rite son of the Mt Zien Church, was also present. Serving as sources of informa tion for Mrs. Harris were t'. J. Atwater and Dr. Fuller’s wife, Mrs, Lucilla J, Fuller. Dr, Fuller was born in Wake County on March 26, 1908. He at tended the public schools in Dur ham and received his Bachelor of ITifology Degree flronv Shaw Uni versity in 1933. Later he did some a»e4tal work on a Masters degree at North Carolina College. By vote of thf Board of Trustees under Charter Authority of the State of North Oirolina, Shaw University Gonferred upon him on May 28, iaW,..Uip henwary degree of Doc- tot-of Divinity. In, 1929 Dr. Fuller was ordained and beiiame pastor oi the Good Hone Baptist church which in 1S3IB was rebuilt and became known as the Mount Zion Baptist Cbwch. has served four other churches- Tbes« include, Calvacy The respiratory stimulant, Em- ivan, a life-saving drug rigorous ly tested in hospital emergency wards for the last two years, was mafle availaUe today for general use by physicians. Emivan will be employed to re vive pacfons in coma from over dosage of barbiturates, other sed atives and hypnotics, narcotics, and many depressant chemicals, according to a spokeoman for U. S. Vitamin and Pharmaceutical Corp., which produced the com pound. Chemically, Emivan is 3rmetho- xyl-4^hydrQbea*oic acid" diethyla mide, a vanillic acid derivative, ft is administered both by Intra venous injeotion and by mouth. la cliaical tests Emivan Ns been employed successfully to lighten surjgical anethesla as well aa to treat emergency cases. More than 1,000 successful medical caM histories—some of the^n re ported to the I960 annual meet ing of the Awrlean Hedioal As- soolation—luppovt the uMfuloess of the drug as a respiratory sthO' ulant. Dr Melvin L. Bemstina, then chairman of tha department of anesthesiology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadalphia, first tested Emivan in^l9B8-S9, He reported prompt revival of eight patients suffering from po tentially fatal overdoses of bar biturates. Dr, Bemstine said olher stimulating drugs were in adequate and -had to be used in conjunction with surgical open ing. of the windpipe ^(tracheotd- my). He said this ajp^ation was unnecessary, iii' his ^^perience, wljet.Einivan was usedv*-' ^ pr^.H. Miller of I&d^Beoian% Medical College, philad«l^ihia, ro- ported a scries of favorable tests to the American MedfciTAsaocia- tion a,(t^ilts annual' mMing in June, 1960, and mofe recently Dr. George Biutti of ^'ra^Gables, FlaV^^s^ociates, described the lifestying jafcajertie^" (jf Emivan in the Jeunj||l tf Hie .Ahiarlcan Midical Asiiielat'.enf'^d! before th» Soutl^^ 'l^ctton ,of the Amerls^ t^ollege of Cli'est Phy- jicfAns, St. Louis, last October. In a oommunication to the British Medical Jeurttal, Decem ber, 1900, Dr S. Locket of Old- church HC'Spital, Romford, Essex, praised the effwtiveness of Em- ivan in “respiratory failure due to various poisons. Including bar biturates and other hynotics and sedatives,” Dr. Sami I, Said, Medical Col lege of Virginia, found Emivan useful in patients with obstruct ive disease of the airways (em physema) and p»dent8 with mark ed obesity. An injection of the drug resulted itt a suhstantial in crease in respiratipn withiti 15 to 20 seconds, Dr. Said reported to the Federation Of American Societies for Experimental Bio logy, last year. Let the Ci\^l War Rest in Peace opened the way for your soul’s healing. Please, consider accept ing it today. Christ, in the spirit, pleads with you as He did with the sick handicap man long ago and says: DO YOU WANT TO BE HEAL ED? Your life will not have its full meaning as long as you re main sick. How can you live un-, til you find this heaUng itt Christ Jesus? You may exist but you wiU.be unable to live , with out -lesus. Why? Jesus is the ^ay and He has the answer, .Thus let us get coiuerned about Christ, the.waji tods^. This is the way, walk in it This is life, accept it. This is joy, receive it. ’Then ac cept Christ this day and find healing and life at its best. Men, now seeing the futility of their own plans and schemes, must turn to Christ, the true way of healing and salvation. Why Do Autliors Keep Writing Civil War Books? American people as good as their heroes and can they sell them selves? Everyone knows our heroes ind what they stand for- Not everyone is so sure about Americans in general. Do thay stand for freedom of all kinds for everyone, or only of certain kinds for certain ones? Just what is it they do stand for? Of course, this is me great question. It is also the answer to why the American Civil War continues to exort a-'kfod of myatjcal fascination. The quea* tions' over which that war wu fought are still unanswered to day. We must, however, anawer them soOTi. We must live with and solve the Negro problem or civilization will steadily decline. Rev. Wm. Fuller Honored by Church Parishoners Baptist, Stem; Olive Grove, Ox ford; First Baptist, Creedmoor; Lawson Chapel, Roxboro. Besides being president of the local Branch of the NAACP, Dr. Fuller is on the Board of Directors of the Durham Business and Pro fessional Chain; the Durham Se rial Planning Council; the Durham Committee on Negro Affairs and the Youth Board of the City of Durham. He also serves on tM Board of Trustees of Lincoln Hospital. In rememberance of the service, Mrs. Fuller was presented a three stringed pearl necklace and Dr. Fuller received a tecUntng chair. Dr. and Mrs. Fuller, along with the other guests wha appeared on the program, were entertained at a reception foUowing the program. llie Special Program was under the auspices of the Church Im provement club. Others working on the committee with Mrs. Harris, were, Mrs, Gertrude Faison, Mrs. Edna Tuck, and Mrs. Rosa Belle Gilchrist. (The Norfolk, eumal and OaWe) Wc are not oppoaed to oelehra- tioijs, centennial or otherwise, as long aa they are kept within rea sonable bounds, as to time and program. But we have the opinion that the four-year celebration of the Civil War, whkh has been launched, holds out a very defi nite proapect for grave disunity in America,' and a still graver proapect for a worsening ot race relations in the Nation. The. Civil War was fought be cause the Southern States be lieved that a State had the right to legalize the holding of human slaves within its borders, regard less of public opinion against slavery in other states conipro- mising the Federal Union. The position was tak^ on the grot!inds of states’ Hgt^j There was nothing embodlea in thi Fed^l Constitution that st>ecifi- cally forbade the traffic in slaves. ’That, then, have {he states the right to handle tM matter of slavery as their citizens chose ttr h*«dle -it. On this theory, which was gloHfied as the belief in a great principle, the states involved with slavery secedad. from the Union, The roost fratricidal was in modern history followed. On both sideik 900,000 young men died for whst sonM waiters today call a dedication to a great p/in- citde. / Preceding the war«thete yma* oi agitatM protest, by saii-slavery beUevacs 0|i ona li^ ., tb«'6tUf..itdNL’ 1) tk) tha'BouUi the niiiM far. the agitatioa.aad prtftesfai was-ftMas lU^Ms. TIm disHOt.igaored the huitian- W^ves as an iSMe. I^e chiirches Wad in the.Bihie iio thc^ said^jnstification. for sUf- ery.,The lain^ers said that there was tio ,C9nstitutional right oh the part of anyone to interfere with StsNsHisMs. The state governments held to the same theory. Thf farmers, the merchants and the moneyed people generally, who had profit ed. financhiUy from the system of slavery agiwed that fhe whole issue wai one of states' rights, which tl^ey somehow n)anaged to separate from the issue of slav- ery. ^ One hundred years 'later we witiie^s a reenactinejtf of the same things under the same shib boleth,' “states rights.” The South ern effort is to hold oi{ to segre gation and racial discrimination bn the “principle” of “states rights.” Interposition is the word, but interposition di^ with the Civil War. in the presence of ^e exist ing cold war upon Ne^oes, and the desperate mea»ires being taken to use interposition as a lawful means of defying,.^Suprcme Coalrt ^jterpret^ns.'.of the con stitution as it wa* ipM^ed after the CivU War, the lortg-term cen tennial is a bad omen for the Nation. Especially is it true at a time when World War III may break out at any time. There could reasonably be a celebration of the ending of the Civil War confined to a month, a week or a day, but a prolonged re^nactmetkt or those; tenibte years will be unhealthy for the Nation. General Robert E. Lee deserves to be honored, because/^hen the fighting was over he put aside his sword and went to work as an educator. Many other leaden of the Southern cause kept on fighting a psychological warfare and their deacendanta are keeping up tl^ figiit to this day. ' ^ It is hard tp believe that, the SoH^kern bo^^who froyi tha far^, fte‘i|h«9s>it)a the stores, to give their lives or their futures to that War-to-Pre- serve ^avery really thought that they wete fighting to maintain any great principles of govern ment; or that they believed they were fighting for any great moral principles. Hiey fought be cause they had been indoctrinat ed for war. They are all dead now. Let their mdmory rest in peace. Let’s ali be Americans now, presenting a solid front for America against the dangers that confronts us from the Commu nist world. Veterans Ouestions and Answers Q.—r am a 2 yMr aid World War I vetevan. Can I enter t VA damJeillary I'm M7 A.—There is «o age limit. A veteran must have a disability that incapacitates him from earn ing a living and miiat meet cer tain other medical and legal cri- tai^, ta be admitted for VA domiciliary care. Q>i Mm Hm War Orpkans ldw> caMan tmnam . ntm been e»- tended te inctuda aMldran a# A-r-Yea. - Children who hvre loat a vetiBnn-varaBt through death that resalted from a ser- vincanoMtsd injury or illacM m«a> beaaiit' Arom tiie Orphans KdnosttaD frafnm, avat.lhough the parent concerned" served only in peacetime, ^ - 0.—What deadHita bsM been ettabllshsd for the explratlen of 01 lean rifhh for veterani? A—Applications by World War n veterans for GI loans must be received by the VA from lenders before July "26, 1962. Vet erans' -with service during the Korean Conflict period have un til January 31, 196S, to obtain GI loans, Q.->T-Whera shwild a veteran write retarding musterlny out pay? A—Queries should be direct ed for tha branch of Armed Sfr- vices in which the veteran ecxv- ^ Li
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