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■ .. (QS4*tlotW /« ■ | . *.- X - ,-■ 1. w TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE."—John viii:3& Y, SEPTEMBER 3, 1986. ATLANTIC SYNODICAL YOUNG PEOPLES CONFERENCE By Mrs. M. V; Marion T h e Atlantic Synodical Young People's Conference met at Haines Institute, Augusta. Ga., August 17-23. On the op ening night it was clearly seen that it was a Young People's Conference, as they were the majority, yet ’the old reliable adults were there. The Conference was largely attended and much interest and enthusiasm were shown to the last minute. Rev. Griggs made a very congenial host and the same evidence of cleanliness whs fseen tjrom gate *<to ga|e. The buildings had been painted on the outside and the campus was beautiful with its attrac tive flowers in lovely beds. All of this added to the pleasure of our stay. jErflCH any g worn oegiui wiui a ten-minutes individual devo tion oh the campus at the close of breakfast. The classes begs promptly at 8:80 and continue until 12 noon. Each instructor expressed the interest that was being shown among his or her pupils and this in itself kept tfce' instructors informed of the task that they were there to do. Instead of the supervised study {period, ,♦‘Missions” were ably discussed by Mrs. A. B. Snively in the auditorium. Dr. W. L. Metz, of Edisto Island, S. C.t spoke each day at the assembly period on "Being a Church Member.” Hig talks were interesting and helpful. When the sun was closing each day’s work, we gathered behind the pecan trees to feast on the vesper messages that were brought by Dr. W. Ralph Hah. They were inspiring and uplifting attdthey were summed up w£Ur words: "£df$, Light, Leadership, Love and Loyalty." Each mesage was a sermon, and we are sure they will linger long in the heart of each one. After the "Taps" at ten-thir ty each night the delegates as sembled in six groups where they spent fifteen minutes of fel lowship. These groups were an asset to the Conference and bound the members into closer contact with each other. The group leaders were Mesdames Lucinda Gregg, Mary V. Fra zier ancT Marcia V. Marion, Miss Wilhelmna Gillespie, Rev. S. H. Scott, _ and Dr. A. S. Clark. The Student Council was a live wire under the leadership of Mr. W. J. Nelson, Jr., as President. The Recreational Committee, composed of Messrs J. T. Jone H. R. Pinckney, Mesdames H. L. Counts, U. L. Bre\%r and Miss Amanda James, kept up plenty of pep and enthusiasm in the dining hall and on the athletic field. The Reds and the Blues started the week off pep py and it ended peppy. ’Hie Blues were the winners. Dr. A. S.-ClarkWas captain of the Reds and Rev. William T. Nel son was the captain of the "Blues.” Several sermons were preached by both the captains in the dining hall which caused many shouts. We were all sor ry that Dean H. M. Scott met with an accident on Thursday afternoon which kept him from playing in the .finals on Friday. The evenings were all inspir ing. Greetings and remarks on Monday by Dr. A. B. McCoy were good as . usual, for he is known as having something worth while to say on any occa sion. Tuesday evenings social was up to the standard and every body looked their best and en joyed a wonderful evening. Wednesday ^evening brought us a masterful address from Dr. Hall. Thursday evening an in teresting trip through Africa in pictures was had with a lecture by Mrs. Snively. Friday evening a wonderful pageant was pre sented by the young people un dor the leadership of Mesdamea H. L. Countsand J. R. Dungee, and also a short but forceful address by Rev. A. C. Grigg*. Saturday evening the MMuair cale,” under Rev. S* Q. Mitch ell, was excellent. p Sunday was filled with the climax of the Conference. A Model Sunday school at 9:80 A. M., with Mr. J. T. Jones as general superintendent, was well attended. At. 11 o’clock Dr. E. J. Gregg delivered a wonderful sermon which was followed by the’ Holy Commun ion And consecration service conducted by Dr. Hall. These service* were very impressive and inspiring. Before: the com munion and consecration ser vices the certficates wereaward ed. There were thirty-two who received %he certificate card from the Board of Christian Education aside from the regu lar Conference certificate. The slogan is **On to ' Florida in 1937.” i The members of the faculty were Revs. W. Ralph Hall, D.D.; A. S. Clark, DID.; L B? West, D.D.; 0. M. McAdams, S. Q: Mitchell, C. H. Richmond, Mes dames Agnes B. Snively, J. R. Dungee, Maggie Walker, U. L. Brewer, O. E. Counts; Eunice Allen, M. V. Marion and Mr. J. T. Jones. The Board of Directors were: Dr. A. B. McCoy, General Di rector; Dr. E. J. Gregg, Presi dent: Rev. J. R. Dungee, Vice President; Dr. G. w. Long, Registrar; Reg. S. Q. Mitchell, Auditor; Mrs. Marcia V. Marion, Secretary - Treasurer; Rev. Franklin Gregg, R«v M. A. Sanders, Rev, McDaniel, Mr. H. R. Pinckney, Rev* A. A?, Thompson, Rev. H. M. Scott, Rev. Warren Jones and Mr. U. L. Brewer. Rev. J. W. Ma^ noney, D. D., served as Assist ant Director. GOD’S STAB Sir Harry Lauder^ who Jfost his only son in the Great War, was visited in New York by a man who told him a beautiful and touching story. In Amid* can towns any household that had given a son to the war-was entitled to place a star 01* the window pane. ‘'Well/' said Lau der, “a few nights before-he came to see me, this man was walking down a certain avenue in New York City, accompanied by his wee boy. The lad became very interested in the lighted windows of the houses, and clapped his hands when he saw the star. As tfey passed hdu*| after house, he would say> “Oh, look, daddy, there's an other house that has given a son to the war! And there's an other! There's one with two stars! And, look, there's a house with no star, at attf’ At last they came to a break in the houses. Through the gap could be seen the evening star shin ing brightly in the sky. The little fellow caught his breath. “Oh, look, ‘daddy,’’ he cried, “God must have given Son, for He has got a star in hfe window.” “He has indeed!” said Sir Harry, when He repeated the stdty. “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son.” He gave—have we re ceived? Do we, with ah our !>«•« and mlpd be heve on Him?—Our Fellow ship Magazine. PUBLISH BOOKLET ON JOHN HOPE Atlanta, Ga.—(O) ~AtHnta University has just fltaaed The Atlanta University Bulle tin which contain^a record of the life and week of Br. John Hop^Jate President of the in stitvdkn. NSW YORKrOBTBARS Dfc 816NATION Or SACS IN i?- CRIME STORIES New Yorjc, August 28—Here after “color or race ahafl not be used in describing connected with a criine color or race is a* ei part Of the story* hi the York Evening Post, as O ' of explicit written instm issued by Horry Saylor, 1 of the Post. It is expected -— this hale jwifl be .extended 'to other papers owned by J. Da vid Stern which include the Philadelphia Record and the Camden (N. J.) Evening Cou rier. # ; i Mr. Saylor’s action promptly followed a protest from Walter White, Secretary of the S. *A. A. C. P.; against an eight-col man headline over a story deal ing with the murder of a white girl in Chicago which road : "Negro Gambler Surrenders in Chicago Woman's Murder.” In his letter to the Post, the N. A. C. P. Secretary paid tributeto the very fair news and edito rial treatment of the Negro! by the Post and other Stem news papers and asked if their fair ness could not be further esc tended to exclude featuring fat Hie race of Negroes in crime Meries; especially when in so many eases it is later found that the accused {Negroes * ottie not guilty. ,i In replying Mr. Saylor said: “I thoroughly agree with every thing you say in your letter. We have had an oral rule pw* hibiting treatment of news in this fashion but it was not ob served in the case you meaty . My answer to your criticEm i„ to attach herewith copy of an order I have sent to our ihom whch I believe will ef the situation. I am celled this to our attention." | The full text of Mr. Sayim% order reads: after thdt color or race shall not be used in describing any one connected With a crime un less color or race is an essential part of the story. ‘Tor instance: If Negroes end whites, working on the the same job, engaged in a fight because of a quarrel due to race,, then the fact should be brought out in the story. How ever, if they engage in a fight di% io disagreement as the kind of tools they are to use or be cause of a political argument, leave race out of the story, “If a criminal escapes and the police ask the newspapers to broadcast a description, then color and race are essen tials of the story. If a crime is committed, the prisoner arrest ed, then I can not see how pub lic interest is served by drag ging in color or race.” Many editors would take ac tion at least to lessen objection able and harmful featuring of race in crime stories from wnicV practice Negroes especially suf fer, the N. A. A. C. P. pointed out, if courteous but firm pro tests are made. Much of the current belief that the Negro as a race is more criminal than other races is known to be due to featuring of race when Ne-I gzoes are accused or suspected of crime. The National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored People has expressed its thanks to Mr. Saylor and Mr, Stern for their prompt and thorough action in this matter. YOUNG PEOPL E'S JLBAGUE MEETING The Young Pole’s League of the Fairfield Presbytery, District No. 2, will hold its next meeting §aiuiViaff, -«September 5, lBSfi, at-Ebenezer Presbyte rian church, Daltett, So. Car. ;All members Are urged to be present. Ail Presidents of Y. P. organizations , are asked to see Out their churches are repre sented with the full assess ments, and- those in arrears will pleaaa par sfetMe meeting* T5NDAL.it Secretary. a C. APASTO* KKTAHS i (Prom The Presbyterian) It is not an easy task to guide, direct or lead any organization of people to success without be coming more or less of a “boss.” One thing people do pot endure for long without a protest is a *boesy” spirit on the part of the one at the head of the pro cession. Any man in politics knowg that he must lead without being known • as as a hard boss. Years ago, a great (politician had a reputa him a boss. He admitted the ti tle and position, but, added tion as a leader. Some called that he was an “easy boss.” Hie adjective did not lessen the criticism. The line between a leader and a, boss is a delicate one. Some people can walk on it with no apparent effort* whereas another is frequently slipping off to one side or the other. One of the tests of a successful pastor is to so lead his people that they go his way heartily without making much fuss. He must have more than ordinary wisdom to do so for any length | of time. So, many of us make our first j blunder by forgetting that the church had honorable history prior to our arrival on. the scene. One pastor just starting his ministry in a church had great land high ideals for hfe church. He was trained in the work and he wanted his church to be the very best that ever was in every department. That was a very laudable ambition, but it did not justify his serious criticism of everything that had been. The people were good peo ple and had maintained a fairly successful church for years be fore he was bom. They had their «tanterd8^habits, likes' mid dislikes, and while liot consid ihg them perfect, they thought them pretty good. Th new pas tor said, with a sweep of the hahd, “All wrong!” Even if he were right, he made a break.in Ujiity. Because no one openly protests, he thinks he is right, wjiereas he has put in the in gredients of a large or small ex plosion. ’ J . So many questions have to be decided, often on short notice, but a pastor is foolish to make a drastic decision bluntly^ Few things irritate good church workers more than to say that experts reject all their notions as “old fashioned.” Pastors have to be careful—not scared, nor cringing, but careful. Ib is very harmful to be too swift and revolutionary in making improvements. Church workers are volunteers, they have ideals and experience, they know the community mind as no new pas tor does. They will follow will ingly a long way, but will re sent being “bossed.” A pastor must discern between essen tials and non-essentials, have respect for the notions of good people, even though he thinks them wrong, and remember that he must gain his effective (leadership very slowly. A pas tor has great advantage in that the people have liked him and called him, and will try to go with him. They trust him and have pledged their support to him. The one thing a sound Presbyterian will not endure dictator or boss who tramples too hard and quickly on the things that are and have been for years. People have to ad just themselves to the new pastor, but he must carefully) prayerfully and modestly ad just himself to them, not to one or a tittle poterie, but to the whole lflock. ' ITALIAN COLONISTS GOING TO ETHIOPIA IN OCTOBER . Rome—(€)—At the end oi •the rainy season in October, several agricultural projects will be established in Ethiopia, ne cessitating a large number ,oi 'colonists going there. ' i ! Chapel Hill, N, C.—(Calvin Service)—The plea of Prof. Guy B. Johnson,, of the University of North Carolina, for a “New Peal” in the Southern educa tional set-up before .the Insti tute on Regional Development here, continues as follows: “The constitutions of most of the $duthem States provide tha. the public school system be sep arate and equal. We have done pretty well by the separate part but not so well with Pie equal part. Negroes are becom ing greatly concerned over this question of graduate training, and we may be sure that they will continue to push us vigor ously on the matter of equality in the school system. In fact ike National Association for the Advancement " of Colored People has already determiner to bring this thing to a show down. ocvciai ouiuviyiio Vi wtito problem have been proposed, 1. Providing tuition subsidies for graduate work outside the South- West Virginia and Mis souri use this system, I believe, the outside tuition is based on the difference between what the Negro student would pay if he could go to hig otam State Uni versity and the titftion xvhich he pays outside;-' When other factors such as cost of trans portation, higher living costs in the North, iandf inconvenience, etc., are considered, it is easy to see that this is a poor substi tute for justice. If the Southern States choose this as the way out, they may as well face the fact that Negroes will demand a larger and larger subsidy, so that as the number of gradu ate students increases we shall after a few yea#s, reach the travagance to continue thiB method of subsidies; “2. Adding graduate work to the present separate Negro col leges. This does no look very promising, that is, if Jw*e afre really trying to provide first class. training, for Negro stu dents. I doubt if there is a sin gie JNegTO HI urc South whch is really prepared to undertake graduate work. There may be one or two pri vate institutions which are qualified. Furthermore, the cost of providing graduate and pro fessional training in every Southern State would be stag gering, viewed irom present standards of finanqial support for Negro colleges. North Car olina, for example, maintains five (Negro ccflleges—a Liberal Arts College, an Agricultural and Technical College, , and three Teachers’ Colleges. The total support which the State gives these five schools would not be enough to operate one good graduate school. In recent years the State has been giving the Liberal Arts College for Ne groes at Durham (and I pre sume this Would be the logical place to establish graduate work in this State) only about $25,000 a year. Even if the ap pr< priation to this State were doubled, it would not be suffi cient to maintain a creditable graduate school, “3. Admission of Negro grad uate students to existing white graduate schools in the South. It is certainly a violation of the usual etiquette in such matters to say this, but I should like to point out that this is in some ways the simplest and most economi?al soH-:cn to *he protein. Whether it can happen in ti‘. near future ;s another mai 'er. It might be workable in the upper and border States bm the folkways anl attitudes in the lower South probably preclude such a possibility there for a long time to come. The social implications are, of course, laden with dynamite and I doubt that' it is Worth our while to try to go ahead on the assumption that any such arrangement is going to prevail generally throughout the South in the near future. But I will say this: the N. A: A. C. P. is pushing this question to a show down. It has succeeded in a law suit to compel the Uni versity of Maryland Law School to admit a Negro stu dent. It lost by a slender tech nicality a suit to compel the University of North Carolina to admit a Negro to the School of Pharmacy. It has suits now pending in Virginia, Tennessee, and Missouri, and it is just a matter of time until every Southern State is forced to adopt some means of providing graduate and professional training for Negroes. “The first and second possi bilitieR which I indicated above are makeshifts and are unfair. The third one, as I have said, is not likely to come to pass any time soon except in the border and upper States. I should suggest, therefore,, that. if we are going to do anything else about this problem we ought at least to try to take the inequal ity out of it. This leads me to a fourth possibility. 4. Establishment of regional centers of graduate study in the South. Would it be possible for Southern States to form compacts to pool their re sources and establish two or three centers tfor graduate work? Preferably these cen ters should be built up of ex isting State or private schools where a good quality of work is already being done. There might be some, lines like medi cine and law, , which would call for only one center of work. Of course, there would be end less argument as ' to which States would get these centers and as to tuition charges for stud&fts rcoihtj% frain . outside the. States in which the centers are located, but it ought to be possible for groups of States to agree finally on compacts which would be so clear cut that not even the Supreme Court could find fault with them. “Another problem is that of the coordination of libraries. Our Southern libraries in gen eral are below standard and our Negro college lbraries are still lower. If we had a Southern re gional planning board, it might well have as one of its func tions the planning of library expansion and library use in the future. Such a planning board should by all means look out for the interests of Negro college libraries.” MARYLAND BACKWOODS NEGROES WHO SPEAK PERFECT FRENCH Kinston, N. C., August — One of the most surprising mo ments in the entire life Jbf George Snyder, local architect, came last week when, in a vis it to an elderly woman on the Eastern shore of Maryland, he heard two backwoods Negro servants speak “perfect French.” According to Snyder, the woman clapped hfer hands and a young colored lad appeared. She talked with him in French for five minutes as she ordered refreshments. Another was sent for and again French was spok en. “It was excellent French,” Snyder added, “and I was as tounded at the Negroes’ fluen cy.” The architect later learned the woman was a large scale dealer in oysters and sent car goes to Europe with a relative handling them. She taught both Servants flench so they could Accompany this relative abroad and help him with the oysters as she Aid not want them handi capped by ignorance of the French language when they ar rived in a French Belgian port. Humility and quietness are two distinct signs of repentance and conversion.
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