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2A -THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1887 Fate of the Five N. C. Negro Colleges The overwhelming defeat of the bill introduced into the North Caro lina State Senate last week, to include A&T College in the Regional Uni versity System, is the same fate that awaits any atempt to fully include the four other predominantly Negro colleges into the educational program of North Carolnia. The decisive ac tion on the part of the upper branch of the General Assembly of North Carolina has served notice on the more than one million Negroes of this state that they are not wanted, will not lie accepted as the equals of other citizens of the state, and will not be accorded more than token participa tion in the educational program of North Carolina. We think the hour of decision has arrived when all intelligent and re spectable Negro citizens of the state should face up to the question of where do we 4O from here .is it ie gards the fixe Negro colleges of North Carolina. J Then* is also involved in tin- decision just how lung Negro, s are willing to tolerate the continua tion ol a sub-standard' segregated educational svsteni in North Carolina which, at best, can onlv benefit those who arc employed as instructors in it l«v furnishing thein'*vith employ Fourth of Jijly Then and Now It w.o in I Tin- vitung full *r \merita greeted each J i\ i I its national independence x the Fourth '>f |nl\. with parades.'pttyefv ~j>t t c h«M-micinN aiul editorial nun ments HI tht piil>lit PRESS in honor of thuM who had given their. li\ t tor liberty. justice .uul humanity. In Rochester New V»rk. tin- ex sla\i Frederick Douglass. one (if the most prominent citizens ol the -city, had heeii honored with an imitation .is one ol the Fourth i t |ulv cele bration speakers. It there had been .111\ belief that Douglass would be come so fascinated with the invitation he would forget allegiance to his peo ple his listeners were in for a start ling awakening. "Douglass was rr> mouthpiece for dead history. Here is the challenge that the no ted Douglass flung into the laces of "his listeners from the \merican Ne groev ol his dav and time, which we think is most appropriate" to every intelligent Negro for any and .ill Fourth of July celebrations of t«»- dav : "What Is l omtli ol I• 11v In Me.'" FIJI iow Cnr/hNs Pardon me. and allow ine to ask why am I called upon to speak here todav? What have I or those | represent to do with your' national independence - ' Are the great principles ol political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that De claration of Indejx-ndence, extended to us J And ,im I. therefore, called upon to bring our humble offering by THoMPSoN O WITCM'S S7JZEMGTH >NAAM HEK MAIE, >ccoec"N& TO A WIPELV PREVALENT FOLK BELIEF, auy Li ti AMP If COUIP (?>& PE£feOYEP £V SHAVING fHE NEAP I—KHM 1 —KHM M Op A WOMAW £U£>PECTtP EVIL P&WEKS. -J| 1 PHOSPHATE you HAVE A Ajljaf! rn?&Am^h C^^^>^'^CM | I^),? ' WE D 0 800B oo AN &00M5 MAP 6 FROM BIRCH ,' >. I TTnrPlPlll UL72A • GOOD JOB V ? omn TOHWE c THE jJ ' M f. OF PREVENTING SWIMMING AeF u Jed 1 Eahl i CT I N TOOL AND AWAV " W IOME F*N? I 11 I ! JJALGAE EVEN UNPEE STEOKJG PAEre I AJdtSAV' PAgT6» OF ■ I| T : W [i THE OESf CHEMICAL COMPOUND em awwAa i«al 3UE 7NT USEO F0& BLASTING IS MAPE PEOM "THE 1/£&YSAM£ BHW AS THAT U6£P ro MAt-F- |^p|r ment. Several weeks ago, in our issue of April 15 to be more exact, we stated in part that: "Certainly a matter in volving the question of higher edu cation for two-thirds of the 22 million Negroes of the nation is one that should not be taken too lightly in the face of the present changeover from a segregated to an integrated pro gram in all the public schools of the southern states." Governor Moore, along with the North Carolina State Board of High er Education, should let it be known here and now if the present adminis tration intends to surrender to the action of the N. C. General Assembly, as regards the five Negro institutions of higher learning in this state, or if they merely mean to sweep the whole matter under the nig. Such an ap roach to this momentous question, in volv ing the employment of several hundred peisons, the disposal of sev eral million dollars in property and the college education of over 10.(MX) Negro voting people, leaves Negro leaders ot the state with no alterna tive but to seek- equai educational advantages, at a most prohibitive financial cost, in the federal courts. (o the national altar, and to confess • the benefits, and express devout grati tude for the blessings resulting from \oiir independence to lis? What to the American slave is \oitr Fourth of July? I answer, a day iluit reveals to him more than all other days of the year, the gross in justice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him youi cel ebration is a sham, your boasted lib ertv an unholv license: your national greatness, swelling vanity; you r sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; vour denunciation of ty rants. brass-fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mocker)': your prayers and hymns, v our sermons and thanksgivings, with all vour religious parade and solemn ity. are to him mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy—a thin veil tn cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. There is not a nation of the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloodv than are the people of these Fnitcd States at this very hour. Go w here von may. search where MIII will, roam through all the mon archies and despotisms of the Old World, travel through South Ameri ca. search out every abuse and when vou have found the last, lay your facts bv the side of the everyday practices nf this nation, and you will say with me that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival . . . 1 Needed And W % *&&*? \ / ' I =_ ' X : : '{ I {% " ' 1 *'; i * / SPIRITUAL INSIGHT BY REV. HAROLD ROLAND 8 Man Must Continue to Pursue The Lofty Ideal ot Perfection • You will be able to discern the will of God. what is good, acceptable and perfect." Rom. 12:2 There are three essentials in following the will of God. They are goodness, acceptance and perfection. Man bv nature finds it difficult to follow the will of God. He knows the blessedness of God's will but he is too prone to follow his own selfish whims and fancies. In his sober mpujents he knows that God's is' for his high-., est good. Man finds this to he a most difficult assignment: To Discern and Follow the Will of God God is the embodiment of goodness, so goodness becomes one of the essentials of the blessed way of God's gracious will fhe way of God's will calls for goodness. We must recog nize and do and say the little things that add up to goodness. The word repeatedly tells us -Whiting Continued from front page since February. 1966. Chairman of the committee is William .(ones, recently named vice president for financial affairs. Other members are Dr. Helen G. Edmonds, dean of the Grad uate School, and Dr William H. Brown, professor of educa tion Dr Whiting, 49. is a native of Jersey City. New Jersey Holder of the A.B. degree in political science from Amherst College, he earned the M.A. degree in sociology from Fisk University and the Ph D. in sociology and public welfare from the American University He has studied also at Colum bia University and the Univer sity of Pittsburgh His professional experiences include positions as iristructor of sociology at Bennett College, assistant professor of sociolgy at Atlanta University, and dean of the college and professor of sociology a t Morris Brown Col lege. He joined the Morgan State College faculty in 1957 and served as assistant dean of the college from 1957 to 1959. when he was elevated to the deanship. Author of more than a dozen articles on education and con temporary social factors. Dr. Whiting is listed in American Men of Science (Behavioral). Who's Who in American Edu cation, Who's Who in the East, and Who's Who in America He holds membership in the National Association of Colle giate Deans and Registrars, of which he is vice president; the Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity; the Eastern Association of College Deans and Advisers to Stu dents; the Maryland State Teachers Association; the Bal timore School Advisory Com mittee; the Governor's Com mission on Criminal Sentenc ing; and the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. A firm believer in the value A firm believer in the val ues of liberal arts in higher that goodness is one of the dominant attributes of the Di vine nature. To calm the way of God's will we must cultivate and follow the good. Without goodness man can never claim to follow God's will. The lofty way of God's goodness is marked with the signs of good ness. So he who would lay claim to doing God's will must be dedicated to what is good. Things thai are spiritually acceptable to God is another cjfcarcut Visio, jfl.tfre ot .the. Divine will. Then we have the basic question what is accept able to God'' Truth, love, holi ess and justice are acceptable vate the healing and ennobling practice truth. We must culti vate t he healing and cnobling qualities of love. We must be concerned about simple justice in a world that is rank with deep-seated injustices. And in a world too filled with sin and wickedness we must work for education. Dr. Whiting has ex expressed a commitment to the pursuit of intellectual excel lene and the proposition that "college is the place for the development and disciplining of the mina.j" The American liberal arts college and particularly the predominantly Negro college— he believes, must concentrate on specialization, so far as ma jors and minors are concerned, but must also impart intellec tual disciplines and cultural understanding to its students. President and Mrs. Whiting, the former Miss Lottie Luck of Danville. Va., are the par ents of a teen-age daughter, Brooke. They are Episcopa lians -Stock Continued from front page spo risibilities. His background is one of law and business. A native of Riverton, New Jersey, he graduated from Columbia College with a B.A. in 1953 and subsequently earned an L.L.B. degree from Boston University Law School in 1959. He is a member of the New York Bar and has been a partner in the New York law firm of Lubell, Lubell 8e Jones, which he has left to join Carter, Berlind & Weill. Since 1962 he has also been special counsel to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was for merly general counsel and is now a director and vice presi dent of the Lawyers Consti tutional Defense Committee of the American Civil Liber ties Union. In the field of business, Jones was the principal foun der, two years ago, of Intra merican Life Corporation and its subsidiary, Intramerican Life Insurance Co. of New York. He has been chairman of the board and president of Intramerican and will con tinue at chairman of the board and executive commit tee. holiness. Thus to pursue God's will we must say and do the things acceptable in the sight of God as revealed in Holy writ.. Finally if we would go in the way of God's will we must pursue that lofty ideal of per fection as revealed by God in Christ the Savior. All of our spirtiual energies must be di rected toward the achievement of this Diyine. ideal. We may neveT arrive completely in time "Jjind space but the pursuit must be maintained. Man the re deemed creature must have this as his ultimate aim or goal God offers the gift of the spirit that we may become empowered to move on to this lofty ideal. We then, according to the pattern set by Christ, can walk in the way of Christ's will through the three essential steps of Goodness, Acceptance and Perfection. Jones is a member of the Citizen's Committee for Chil dren of New York. He has been a recipient of the Rich ard Allen Award of the Afri ca n Methodist Episcopal Church in New York. Jones is married and lives with his wife and four chil dren in Riverdale. His chil dren attend the Fieldston School. --A&T Continued from front page pressed a commitment to a sus tained and concerted effort to raise the level of quality of every segment of the educa tional program at A. and T. He said, "I have said repeatedly that our first job is to develop the finest five-year college program that is possible in our resources before we consider university status. This posi tion is associated with the fact the Board of Higher Education is now in the midst of a com prehensive, long-range study of higher education in North Carolina, and from this study, we expect to receive recommen dations and new directions for a system of higher education." He continued, "However , if through the Henly Bill the structure of higher education is to be changed to establish regional universities, and if five-year colleges, comparable to A. and T. College are to be included in the initial bill, A. and T. College should be also included." Dr. Dowdy added further, "A. and T. College has been granting the Master's Degree since 1939, and during this time, more than 1,500 gradu ate degrees have been awarded in 15 different subject-matter areas The Graduate Faculty is highly qualified, with 94 per cent holding the Doctor's De gree. The admission standards and requirements for degrees are comparable to the require ments of other five-year col leges and the performance of our graduates from these pro OwCaSfe.®"" 0 Published every Saturday at Durham, N C. by United Publisher*, Inc. L. E. AUSTIN, Publisher SAMUEL L. BIUGGS T. Managing Editor J. ELWOOD CARTER Advertising Manager 1 Second Class Postage Paid at Durham, N. C. 27702 SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 per year plus (15c tax in N. C.) anywhere in the U.S., and Canada and to servicemen Over seas; Foreign, $7.50 per year, Single copy 20c. PRINCIPAL OFFICE LOCATED AT 436 E. PETTICREW STREET, DURHAM, CAROLINA 27702 To Be Equal By WHITNEY M. YOUNG 18. Summer In The Ghetto SUMMER need not be a period of emptiness. It need not be a time of violtnce and racial tensions. We seem to be slipping into a tragic summer tradition of riots and fear. The gulf in understanding between the races seems to be widening and communication is becoming more difficult. This is a very serious situation and it's going to take the best efforts of people of goodwill of both races to solve. The first step has to be communication. The white majority must make the effort to understand that 'the frustrations in the ghetto run deep and the serious problems of the urban poor have to be solved. They must oe as strong in their condemnation of the ex jploitation of the ghetto which results in riots, at jdBESW they are of the riots themselves. gIJ And NegTO citizens will have to strive to con- IMKyi JS trol those among them who think violence can cure social *"*' ll cant- v '° icnce ° n, >' t*t c|s m ° re K4y|9 violence, and the innocent are the ones who are KjFVfi usually hurt. I There are some "crash" programs underway in various ghettos summer job programs, tem- HHk UIH porary recreational facilities, and others which some cities have set up to try to keep this sum- MR. YOUNG mcr "cool." But temporary measures don't solve anything. When ghetto-dwellers see a sudden flurry of interest in June and see indifference to their fate return in September they understands that the reason for this interest is merely to keep the boiling low. « Need Year-Round Attention Racial problems have to get year-round attention, and the vast potential of the disadvantaged rr.ust be put to use. Governmental action to end poverty and discrimination have to be joined by private and individual efforts. Business will have to change its hiring practices which made Negroes the last ones hired and the first fired. Some companies have set admirable records in hiring minority group citizens, but others haven't gotten the message yet. Unions will have to shape up on this Iront too. Citizens groups will have to get behind efforts to improve slum schools and end segregated housing. Every institution and jn dividual will have to contribute his bit to solving the problem. But that's long range. What about now, this summer? Well, if we have to do "things piecemeal, every city must put everything its got into the ghetto. Public services have to be improved, jobs created, and some substantial efforts made to visibly improve life in the ghetto. Perhaps the most important means of reducing tensions is for the police to act toward ghetto residents the way they act toward people in the richest part of town —with respect. Every major racial riot in recent years began .with, action which was ill- » timed and ill-advised. I I |J ■( jfc li w In well-to-do suburbs the policeman is looked upon as the nice j man who helps chiUren across streets: In the ghetto he is too often known as the man who is too quick with an insult and who relies too often on the power of his billy-club or pistol. A minority of policemen harm honest officers by extorting money and getting rake offs from illegal activities. The ghetto-dweller resents these abuses. Too often the police are seen more as an occupying force than as protectors. grams lias been commendable." (ion Committee as previously L. P. McLendon of Greens- stated cut the amount to SI 5 boro, state senator from Guil- million. ford County, led the fight to „ _ ~. include A. and T. Following defeat of the proposal, he told reporters, that the battle in the House of Representatives, to be led also by the Guilford delegation, will continue. He still hoped for revision in the measure to include A. and T. College. A. and T. Trustee Board Chairman, Robert |rl Frazier of Greensboro the defeat, "Regretable." BULLETIN —r An l attempt at amendment of:the .bill in the N. C. Hbuse„of Representative Committee in Education to in clude A. and T. College in a new proposed Regional Univer sity program was defeated by vote of the Committee late Thursday evening, .fune 22 -Prof. Continued from front page A. from Howard University, and in 1963 was awarded the Ph D degree by Catholic Uni versity. From 1953 to 1955 he served in the U.S. Army and from 1955 to 1964 was a member of the faculty at Benedict College, Columbia. S. C., serving as in structor, professor, and assist tant to the dean of the col lege. He was at Southern Univer sity from 1964 to 1965 and joined the NCC faculty in the fall of 1965. -Free Will Continued from front page out and started a church of their own under a brush Har bor where the present mother church, Shady Grove, is locat ed. The Centennial celebration will continue throughout the year with programs and serv ives held by the denomination in various sections of the coun try. General Moderator of the Denomination is Rev. R. D. Pridgen. -Shaken Continued from front page General Assembly's Appropria- Resentment of the action ot the Appropriations Committee ranged from dire disgust to sharp expressions of anger Whether the disgust anrt anger will result in a revolt of the so-called "canine loyalty" of North Carolina Negroes from the Democratic Party remain yet to be seen. Said one well-known leader, who requested his name not be presently used: "We have been (loubled-crossed again 1 be lieve the whole dirty deal wa> fixed in the beginning." Said another: "It s the same old technique they have always used in dealing with Negro schools." Rep Penny stated: "No one is so naive as to think that ii the administration really wants to make good on its commit ments i-t- lacks the power to do so in the General Assembly The predominatlv Negro in stitutions have been led to be lieve they could count on a $25 million appropriation It is clear these institutions have been shortchanged in the past and legitimate! expectations and needs have been ignored despite a prior' commitment from the administration. If these funds are not made available in the full amount, the failure to provide therrf can only be interpreted as a deli berate misrepresentation and a breaking of faith with the Ne gro colleges; and fuither this meager handout represents a continuation of second-class status in the scheme of higher education for these institu tions." Had the recommendation of the governor been approved the five predominantly Negro colleges would average $70,000 each for the first year and $130,000 each for the second year. Said Rep. Penny further: "And how much accelerating and quality do you think North Carolina College at Durham dan do with $200,000 over .the next two years, with a student body of 2,900?" So blatant was the act of the Appropriations Committee that Durham Rep. Wade Penny demonstrated with a blistering attack on the entire adminis tration.
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