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a-A—SATURDAY, JUNE U, 1962 DURHAM. N.
COULD MAKE HER TORCH A TRUE SYMBOL OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE
The Next President of N. C. College
Members of tlie general ahiinni association
Ndtth. CaraBna CotteRe—if smh an organl-
tetion actually exists—should bestir them
selves »0H' over a successor to Dr. Alfonso
■s presidfnt of their alma mater. The
•chool has now developed to the point whcie
It cat afford a lort^: periwl of tratninp for
Hi n«*t president without serious l«maf;e to
Iti future and well being. At best good col-
administrators are scarce and interested
mnihcr» of the alumni association of N'CC
•hould begin looking around now for a presi-
^nt of the college who, a gofxi adfiirnis-
fllator in addition to being qualified academi-
MrHy.
Rumors are already being circulated that the
•ipmtMT for the position is developing into a
tnt Esce with .several persons entering jvho
MouM be *tinning for the woods instead of
ruktiil^ fof ft position as a college president.
It woiikl be tragic for the trustee board uf
the .'idinol to place one o such persons at
its head whose only qualification is an ad
vanced degree and a pull with the^ political
powers of the state.
ncranse the alnmni of an educational in
stitution are for the most part closer to it
and'are therefore better qualified to know
its needs than outsiders, w'e think its mem*
hers should use their influence to see that
no mediocre person is appointed president of
X. C. College. The school ought to have an
adniinistrative head with stature and experi
ence as well as academic qualifications. Un-
les.*, such a person is appointed as the next
president. XCC is certain to lose the gains
it ha.s made within the last six or seven years
imder the leadership of Dr. Elder, who, un
like his succesHnr. had time to undergo a
period of training for the position.
bODtoirneflt Policy of Local Tobacco Companies
'ItMany roc)il Negro residents who have look-
ili wWi fsvor and a kind of hometown pride
af the American Tobacco Company
the Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company
in Durham. Beidsville and Richmond,
Ujrgjwia, expres.sed surprinc and. in many in-
tUnces, shock at releases appearing in news-
WUiers recently concerning employment poli
te of th«»e companies as they regard their
N(gro employees. While it was generally
Inmvn that no Negroes were in the top
^Jary brackets of these companies it was
ih* opinion of Negro leaders, and per.sons not
employed in the tobacco industi"y. that such
iffii due to the fact that Negroes already
employed and aspiring to such posts could,
liot qualify.
Qiarges of the National Associatioit for the
•jMvancement of Colored People, however, are
tto effect that the .American Tobacco
Company even refuses to admit qualified Ne
groes into training programs fer skilled jobs.
addition, the NAACI* also charges that
Hm same company has a different wage scale
iMsed on race, “with Negroes on the bottom,
ft also challenges American Tobacco’s refusal
jje promote on the basis of seniority.
It n hard for Negro leaders here to ration-
JIHR mch a policy of the American Tobacco
toward it| Negro employees when
looks at the overall record of the tobacco
industry. There a^e Negroes still living in
Durham who worked for this same company
back in the early days of the tobacco industry
for wages as low as $1.98 per week. Many
others worked in the factories for $4..S0 per
month and a sack of meal- Thus, the deliber
ate exploitation of Negro sweat, blood and
labor is the very reason the industry was able
to build itself into a gigantic multi-million
dollar enterprise. That Its present manage
ment would be so ungrateful and so unmind
ful of these facts as to refuse to permit quali-
fiefl Negroes to share in the rise of the in
dustry. by giving them promotions beyond
the most menial jobs, is almost unbelievable
With the advancement of Negroes intellect
ually, economically and otherwise in the United
States and in other countries of the world,
we are wondering if the American Tobacco
Company has given serious thought to what
such a diabolical policy can mean to it a|s well
as to our own country. We would like to
see the company as well as others of the
tobacco industry give encouragement to
worthy and qualified employees by promoting
them without regard to race. We would like
to ask all of the companies of the tobacco
industry if this ts too much to expect in these
days when our own country needs to do every
thing it possibly can to let people all over the
worh|l^°vv‘ ttiat A«*ricah -;^mqcnwy H «
reality and not a mere myth?
An Open Letter to Duke University
SPIRITUAL INSIGHT
REV. HAROLD ROLAND
Too Many Are Afraid To Take
A Firm Stand For Jesus Christ
Dr, Deryl Hart, President
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
My dear Dr. Hart:
It was a source of en
couragement and gave me a
feeling of local pride to read
the story in Sunday’s Durham
Morning Herald telling of the
action of Duke University's
Board of Trustees at their
meeting on Saturday.
This action demonstrates that
your administration and your
Board of Trustees place more
importance on being up to
date in thinking and plann
ing for the University’s future
than in being bound by the
chains' of an obsolete past in
today’s rapidly changing world.
I sincerely belieye that ten
years from today every person
who was instrumental in this
monumental action‘will find
more joy and satisfaction in
having been a part of it
than in any other one thing
done by him or her during his
nr her eonnretion with the
University. This decision has
marked a mionumental mile-
Bfione along the highway of
• Duke’.s history and I believe
it will be looked upon as a
reckoning point in the years
ahead, a point of reference in
measuring Duke’s future pro
gress and achievement at an
ever aceeleratine rate. For
basic to all truly great achieve
ment is freedom.
Duke Univcrbily has now
freed itself of an im^edlnlMIt
which has militated against its
furnishing to the South aa# to
the Nation the great leader
ship of which it was other
wise capable. May she always
cherish that spirit which sets
men free.
In his April 14, 1959 Gettys
burg Collage Convocation ad
dress. former President Eisen
hower said:
“The future of our Country
depends upon enli^tened
leadership, upon the truly
understanding citizen.
Wo look to the citizen who
has the ability and determina
tion to seek out and to fa^e
the fart^i, who can place them
in loirtcal relationship one to
another, who can attain an
udeiW.'tndlng of ttieir mean
ing and then act courageous
ly in nromoting the cause Of
an America that can live,
under God, in a world of
peace nnd lustlce."
This is the kind o# Isader-
ship your administraidon and
your Board of Trustees havie
shown bv this recent action.
God grant you the ‘Wildom;
courage, and power to conf
tine to furnish the enli^ten-
ed leadershin so preatly need
ed in times like these.
With everv good wish to
that end. I am.
Verv truly yours
A, T. Spaulding
Among the Ushers of N. C.
Die Qwrch Should Lead Instead of Following
A)iout the best comment we can make on
ifae action oi the Reman iZatliQii£_^rhurch in -
MKiNsMiig segregation in the archdiocesan
#ehools of Atlanta, Georgia, is that it is better
never. It ts to no credit of any
denetMnation. church or church government.
♦^'4* fcotestant or Catholic, that it must look
a state government for niDral leadership. It
^jfas One year ago that integration was insti-
||jt«d ia the public Khools of Atlanta, al
though it was merely iloken. Thus, instead
41 pointing the way to achieving a higher
moral standard and iniplementing (Uinocracy,
Rpman Catholic Church. Ifke the Protest-
Ckurch, waits for secular institutions to
the way.
Ip instituting integration in the Atlanta
l^cbdiocesan schools. Archbishop Paul J. Hal
Urian, i^nasharaedly admits that his church was
ibHowitig the action of public officials of At-
^nta- Said he. “We are deeply indebted to
officials, both in government and in
ideation, and to the .puljlicrtipirited people
Who made pos.sible thls"fbHiarkable transition
fast. fall. That is one/of'ttie l*eiisons we be
lieve wc can move here.ftnd move effectively.’’
, We think this is a serious hidiMment of the
followers of Christ in any church that they
and public school officials to tell them what
is morally right. What Archbishop Hallinan
is actually saying is that he is playing it safe
Thus, in our day and time we find little ot
the moral courage and dynamic leadershii)
that sent men to the gallows, to the lions in
the Roman arena and to their death in other
places for the cause of Christ. When a high
church leader admits before the eyes and ears
of the world that he is now moving in the
right direction because the reprisals he feared
have been removed by secular institutions, it
is tantamount to admitting that all the while
he bowed and submitted to wrong because he
feared the con.sequences of right-
Thus, instead of a strong and vigorous
Christendom we have one that is anemic and
without the power that moves men in the
direction of riglit at a time in the history oi
the world when the only people who can save
civiliitation from certain disaster are men and
women whose souls are on fire with the
teachings of Christ and dedicated to the prop-
o.sition that all men are created equal.
"I am a follower of Ih* new
tray ..." Aots 34:14.
Are you afraid to stand and
declare yourself for Christ and
his way of life? Too many of
us, I am afraid, are ashamed
to talk about Jesus our Savior
in certain circles. We feel it
is a little old fashioned to talk
with a passionate concern
about Jesus. We are afraid to
own Jesus in certain educa
tional. scientific, social and
political circles. But with every
believer Ood and Christ ought
have the pre-eminence I a
tUnktns (ehame ot
You note that In the early day*
of the Church Christ and hU
blessed spiritual teaclngs were
called the WAY. I believe with
Paul that Christ is still the
WAY in the decade of the
sixties in this twentieth cen
tury. Thus Paul declares him-
“self uiishamedly lor Jesus the'
true way of life.
Jesus is the WAY that.God
provided for man the lost
Sinner to come back to God.
Yes. this is not just one way
among many ways but this is
the way. Christ in his life,
teachings, crucifixion, and re
surrection has become THE
WAY OF SALVATION, The
scientific skills of men have
not changed the fact that this
is the way of salvation. But
these advances have made the
way of Christ more urgent in
this hour than ever before in
the past two thousand years.
The exploration of the infinite
vastness of space has not
changed the important fact that
CHRIST IS THE WAY. He is
still the way of salvation. He
is the way that lost and sinful
man must travel back to God.
Jesus ia the .way, an;^
other way must lead in ruin
and desolation.
Man is his confusion needs
to get ON THE WAY THAT
LEADS BACK TO GOD.
Economic systems do not re
present the WAY — it matters
prise of the nvaterialistic, God
less Communism. We need
something to change the sin
ful nature of man. The power
to chanee man’s sinful nature
is found only in the WAY.
The answer is found in
CHRIST JESUS THE WAY. I
know about all the corrupting
influences of man upon the
way. Millions have found
spiritual-moral healing for
their sinful souls in THE
WAY. This same Paul had left
a way for THE WAY ONE
DAY AT HIGH NOON ON THE
HIGH. So the world In this
hour must leave all of her
false ways and come to walk
in THE WAY: THE WAY OiF
SALVATION AND PEACE.
The call goes out to every
lost, sinful soul to come and
walk in the ww — THE WAY
ciffiaBT
TION. The way offers healing.
This is the way of peace in the
human soul. The way offers
the fellowship of the redeem
ed. The way offers fulfillment
through sacrifice. The way of
fers love for a world of hatred.
The -way ^offers- -life
for time and eternity. The
way leads man the creature
back to God the creator.
Nothing less can satisfy man.
The ways of man end in
vanity and emptiness. But
Christ is the way to GOD
AND LIFE.
t^SCIENCE
The Future of Shaw University at Stake
On Friday, June IS’ a sjiecial committee ap
pointed by the Tmstee Board of .'^haw iTni-
f»Mlty wiil meet to listen to. and weigh the
frtoe Bud cons 6f the complaints of alumni,
reculty members and sttidents of the institu-
AH tiiat is asked by those interested
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HftMlMr MMrvM tNc rigftt to make ehanga*
netvt for letten to Hm
IIMMl air tfisnntee return of uniolleitad
in the future of .Shaw University is that aftei
Wstening to the facts as they will be present
ed. the special committee will play no favor
ites. ,\s we endeavored to point out in our
rdiiorial of last week, the school is bigger
than any man or group of men connected with
it. and whatever remedy it takes to make it a
thriving educational institution should be ap
plied.
Shaw University has made too great a con-
tributicm to the religii>us, cultural, educational
.and economic development of Negroes of this
country for its alumni and friends to stand
idly by while it is shiwly but surely being
strangled to death. Whether the source is
the president, one or more members of the
faculty or a group of disgruntled students, is a
matter for the special committee to determine
and face up to courageously and forthrightly
If Shaw University i« to be saved, the time
See SflAW, .Paje 6-A
THE SNOWS OF YESTER
DAY are being examined at
Camp Century, the U. S. Army
research station carved out of
the ice 140 miles seat of Thule
Air Force Base in Greeland,
Using an electrically healed
ring, scientists are l)oring
through the 5,000 foot thick
ice floor under the camp.
Samples of ice that has been
formed from snowfalls through
out the centuries will, it is
hoped, give new evidence of
what tlie world was like at the
start of the ice age.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS can
fe fooled into flowering earlier,
reports the Department of
Agriculture. They normally do
not bloom until the days are
short and the nights long. But
if planta are subjected to
several successive daily dark
periods of about 16 hours, the
test showed, the mums can be
made to flower before their
time ... A WOMAN is head
of the househould in about one
of every ten U. S. families.
Two-thirds are 45 years old or
older and about two million
have children under 18 . . .
HEADACHE REMEDIES cost
U. S. sufferers 9300 million a
year, according to the Public
Health Service.
HUMANE SLAUGHT E R
laws have been adopted by 13
states, the ntost recenf being
Maryland, reports the All-
bright'Nell Company, manu
faeturer of meat-packing equln
ment. The law* regulate handl
ing and immobilization of the
animals, construction of chutes
and training of personnel . . .
AUTOMATIC TOLL COLLECT
ORS arc being removed from
the Walt Whitman Bridge by
the Delaware River Port
Authority. A study showed
them to be 14 per cent slower
than human toll takers.
A RADIO HELIOGRAP, an
instrument designed to permit
study of solar phenomena that
cannot be observed with pre
sent equipment, is being built
by the Commonwealth Scienti
fic and Industrial Research
Organization of Australia.
One-hundred saucer shaped
aerials, each 42 feet acro.ss, will
be placed in a circle two miles
in diameter. They will receive
radio energy from the sun and
will feed it to computers for
analysis. It is hoped the helio
graph will gamer information
about the nature and causes
of the great solar explosions
and stormis.
HEAT-ABSORBING GLASS
could reduce costs of air con
ditioning and save draperies
from summertime fading, ac
cording to University of Flor
ida researchers . . . INSTANT
LIOUOR is popular in Thai
land. A mixture of dry rice
husks and yeast is sealed in
an earthem jar and buried for
a few weeks. When fermenta
tion has taken ■place, someone
wanting a drink merely adds
water and stafts’\sipping pre
ferably throush ^ bamboo
straw. The drink I'l ealled
“oo,”
Answers For
The Veterans
Here are authoritative an
swers by the Veterans Admin-
Lstration to questions from
former servicemen and their
families;
Q—I’m a U. S. Citizen who
served with the RAF after
volunteering in Canada. Can 1
qualify for pension from the
VA?
A—Not unless you have some
wartime service in a branch of
the U. S, Armed Forces. You
may use your RAF service to
add to your service time if you
have less than 90 days in the
U. S, Armed Forces.
O—Are there any VA bene
fits for the U. S. Servicemen
who are now .serving in Laos
and Vietnam if they have no
other service time?
A—There have been no
benefits authorized' for serv
ice later than the Korean Con
flict. June 27, 1950 to Janu
ary 31. 1955.
O—What does the Veterans
Administration have to ps^y to
the various Hollywood stoirs
v'ho apnear on the VA radio
show, ‘Here's To Veterans?*
A—All of these performers
as well as the musicians and
technical assistants donate
their time to this service to
veterans. i
vwrA TO orFru COURSES
IN «(FW?NO AND
DRIVER TRAWIWr.
Among the several coutiles
now being ^ered at the Har
riet Tubman YWCA In Durham
are one in sewing and in driver
training, it was announced this
week
Th« mrtag •!■■■ i*||t b* Mid
The meeting of the Board of
Trustees of the Interi^enomina-
tional Ushers Association of
North Carolina held here Sun
day was well attended by all of
the members of the Board ex
cept two. Mrs. Marian Sawyer
of Fayetteville, Secretary of the
Board, was unable to attend due
to the serious illness of her hus
band. Mrs. E. K Hughes, of
Fayetteville, served as secretary
in her stead.
’The Board authorized the pre
sident to look into the matter
of the annual session being held
in Charlotte, immediately to
determine if the Charlotte Union
la prooerly prepared to entertain
aesBioli. >Aili at>n»w8e
ment of the findings will be
made in this columri next week.
Tau Gamma Delta Sorority
will furnish a room at the
Ushers Home it was announced^
this week bv Mrs. L. M. Harris
asileus. Puniiture^ToT Thle
room will be taken to the home
Thursday, June 14.
The Durham UsherS Union
will hold its regular monthly
business meeting Monday even-
ine. .Tune 18. at White Rock
Baptist Church.
* * *
A monthly financial payment
for the Ushers Home was receiv
ed this week from the Fayette
ville Ushers Union. W. H. Mc
Coy of Fayetteville, is Super-
vi.sor of the Cumberland County
District.
• • *
The Board of Trustees has
authorized the president of the
Association to secure a retired
minister and his wife to be
domiciled in the main buildintr
of the Ushers Home, Room, light
and heat will be furnished free
of charge. Anolicants will
niease write, L. E. Austin, Box
307, Durham, N. C.
• • •
Mrs. E K. Hughes, auditor of
tbp Assorintion and Mrs, Gertie
Wilds of nildsboro, head of the
Arts and Trafts Department of
the Association, are attending
summer school at N. C. College.
The Annual Session of the As
sociation h-is been moved un to
AuPust ]fi-’9 for the benefit of
teachers belonging to the official
staff, manv of whom have been
unable to attend the Annual
Session due to the early open
ing of their schools. .
• • •
A mammoth statewide fin
ancial drive will be launched bv
the Association to end at the
on Mondays beginning on July
2. It will continue throuah July
30. The class hours will be from
eight until ten p. m. each Mon
day.
A total of five two hour
courses will be taught during the
session.
The driver training course is
already underway, but new stu
dents are being acceoted. It
will continue through June 30.
The YWCA also announoed the
opening lounge for young
adults an IPMnsMD^ bstwwen
tin bowi M eii^t coi tn f. n.
Annual Session with a goal of
$15,000 to be raised. Plans will
be made known in the presidents
annual letter for the annual
session which will be sent to all
ushers as soon as soon 4s a
definite place of meeting for the
1962 session has been settled.
Yes,WeAlll(k
By Marcus H. Boulwtra
The use of the llltiBtration
Is very effective in -public
speaking, for the human mind
can follow concrete examples
more easily than abstraction*.
In. pid>Iip spea|dwg it
able, as dids Jesus Christ of
many occasions, to preient il
lustrations.
Explain what you mean by
giving an example. Use stor^
and retell real incidents. Cite
newspaner and magazine re-
-ports, Jn this--way,- you will
find that vou can interest the
mos^ aoathetic audience with
the presentation of even one
,s+rnng illustration, vividly
told. ^
Look at Hearers: The si>ea|c
er should have visual direct
ness. and this means you
should talk to more than on#
nprson amone the listener#.
Talk to all of the' audience,
hut do not he afraid to paus^
freouentlv and look at some
one nerson directly in thp
evp. Yon will thus get some
idea as to how your listeneia
are rpspondin? to what you
havp to .say. It ^also m^kes for
aud'pnce pve co*ntact, |
■RFADERSt The writer wi|l
preoare speeches upon
onests. For mv fr^e pamnhlii
on nnhlie cneakine, send a
splf-addrpcijnd business en
volnnp to !>•, M, H. Boulwar^;
■"^Inridn A, nnd M, TTnivoMitj!,
Bov 'iin.A Tn]inTinssee. Fla. .
ottf.rtiON: Our dub ll
ttifnirintr ijRinif Roberft'
■RiiIpb nf OrdP'- as its manu^
of authnritv. Would VOu cofc
eid^r this a good choice? V.
L. IW.
ANiWF,R: This manual is
con'iderpd the la.st word on
narlinmentarv law. but it is
too advanppd for the average
rlitb rnembPr. It is, dpsigned
for thosp persons who are
iwell wprspd on narliamentapy
nroppdure. Kpocp. manv na
tional oroanirations can pro
fit from its use.
For thp airnrapp small club,
T rprommpnd a sifnmlpr boot.
For Pxnmnle. Textbook Ofl
Parllampntsirv T,nw, P'iblished
Viv the Mar>rnil1nn romrwnv
'•’'♦h offipps in Npw Votic
Atlanta,
This hook assumes that tM
Rtiidpnts Vnows nothim? abOlA
narllamentarv nroeediire. an!
therpfor«> dispiiwtes th» furid-
ampntal nrincfnli», givina tH#
reasons behind the nurpoMi
Of ♦hp trnriniis motions.
WWATWR^: Pnr jvrv narM-
mpntprv inm rhart of mntlolli.
•Pnd p»nfs to eov**r en«t
p» ’'endlino to TTr. W. ft.
Ttoulwon* Bnx 310-A.
A. and w. University, Mtft-
hws.. fit.