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THE PEN
December 16, 1964
Social Security
Provides Greater
Independence
Our fathers tell us they could tell
the difference between a farmer
and a city man but we can tell the
difference no longer. Now, we all
dress alike, talk alike, live alike
Many city people are weekend
farmers. Farmers are at home on
city streets.
And the farmer and the city
worker both want economic inde
pendence. Social security is what
most of them coimt on as the
basis of their independence.
Today, nine out of ten American
workers and their families, in the
cities and on the farm, are covered
by the social security law.
Basically, social seci^ity bene
fits to workers and their families
are a partial replacement of earn
ings lost because of the retirement,
disability, or death of the bread
winner.
There is no separate social se
curity program for farm people
There is no separate one for city
people. Social Security benefits are
related to a working person’s earn
ings, whether he is working in a
city job, business, or on a farm.
Everyone receives his benefits as
an earned right. He does not have
to show that he is in need.
The hired worker on the farm
and the wage earner in the city
both earn their social security
protection by working and paying
tax contributions out of theii
wages. These earnings are report
ed by their employers, and entered
on each employee’s social security
record. ,
The employer matches the work
ers’ contributions with an equal
amount. , ^ ^
By filing a report with the Intern
al Hevenue Service each year and
paying the social security tax, the
self - employed businessman oi
larmer receives his social security
credit.
When the social security law was
passed in 1935, only industrial and
commercial workers came under
its provisions. The farmer was in
cluded later.
Regularly employed, farm work
ers were brought under the law
starting with 1951; self-employed
farmers and many more farm em
ployees started earning social se
curity credit beginning with 1955.
Today, however, practically all
people who farm for a living are
building old-age, survivors, and
disability insurance for themselves
and their families.
When the United States was a
vast frontier and the economy was
mostly agricultural, there was an
early form of “social security.’
uy making available up to 160
acres of land to any person who
wanted to become a farmer, the
Government encouraged Ameri
cans to provide their own security
on the basis of hard work in toe
development of a rapidly growing
nation’s rich natural resources.
Social security benefits are to
help take the place of earnings
wnich have been lost when a per
son can no longer work, but the
program does not require an older
person to retire completely in order
to collect benefits.
Under the law, a person who is
otherwise eligible for retirement
benefits gets all his benefits if his
earnings for the year are $1200 or
less*
For every two dollars between
$1200 and $1700 that he earns, he
gives up only one dollar in social
security benefits. For every dollar
over $1700 that he earns in a year,
he loses a dollar in social security
benefits. But, regardless of how
much he earns, he will be paid his
full benefit for any month in which
he neither earns wages of more
than $100, nor is active in a busi
ness of his own.
And begioning with the month of
his 72nd birthday, he will receive
all his benefits no matter how
much he works or how much he
earns.
Each month almost 20 million
people receive 1.3 billion dollars in
social security benefits — pay
ments which are directly related
to the working person’s earnings.
The regular flow of monthly so
cial security benefits increases the
purchasing power of many groups;
disabled people aged 50 or more,
and their dependents; dependent
widows, children, and aged par
ents of people who have died.
The result is that social security
makes each community more eco
nomically strong.
Archeology “Digs” In England
A new and exciting opportunity
in England is now offered to Col
lege students wanting to spend
next summer in Europe in an inter
esting way.
You may help to reveal the sec
rets of a Roman villa, an iron-
age hill fort or the structure of a
medieval town or Anglo - Saxon
cathedral before they disappear,
perhaps for ever. Expanding hous
ing programs, city centre rede>
velopment and new highway pro
jects in Britain today have opened
up many new possibilities for
archaeological investigation.
You may help in this important
work, earn credits, make interna
tional friends and receive valuable
training in archaeology, by joining
a program sponsored by tiie Asso
ciation for Cultural Exchange, the
British non-profit organization.
Volunteers first join a three-week
seminar for training in British
archeology and excavation techni
ques at Westminster College, Ox
ford. They then split up into small
groups for three or more weeks
“digging” on an archaeological
site. Total cost of the program is
575 dollars, including round-trip air
transportation from New York.
Part scholar’ships are available to
suitable students with a “B” plus
average.
Write now for further details to
Hon. United States Representative:
Dr. John H. Slocum, Association
for Cultural Exchange, 202 West
10th Street, New York. Closing Ap-
phcation date is expected to be
January 8, 1965.
Current
National Medical Fellowships
TELEVISION
(All times are Eastern Standard
Exploring — Saturdays, NBC-TV,
12:00 Noon. Los Angeles’ postwar
development. December 5; solar
energy and its influence. Decem
ber 12: human and animal com
munication.
New York Philharmonic Young
People’s Concert — Mondays, CBS-
TV, 7:30 P.M.: “Farewell to Na
tionalism.”
Profiles in Courage — Sundays,
NBC-TV, 6:30 P.M. “Thomas Hart
Benton,” U. S. Senator from Mis
souri who risked his career by op
posing extension of slavery. “Rich
ard T. Ely,” University of Wiscon
sin professor accused of teaching
subversive and socialistic ideas,
1894.
MAGAZINES
Atlantic — December: “Educat
ing for Industry: Allentown’s Vo-
-'ational Program,” by John T.
Shuman, assistant superintendent
of William Allen High School, Al
lentown, Pennsylvania.
Harp.er’s — December. Profile of
Jerome S. Bruner, behavioral sci
entist and learning expert: “Har
vard’s Brunner and His Yeasty
Ideas.”
Parents’ Magazine — December.
“New Horizons for Retarded Chil
dren,” recently discoveries and
their implications; “Young Rebels
With a Cause,” teen-age social
commitment; and a PTA program
to “Keep Them Safe from Child
Molesters.”
Redbook — December. “A Red-
book Dialogue: A. S. Neill and
Mario Montessori,” head of Sum-
merhill School talks with son of
f?mous Italian educator.
Reader’s Digest — December.
John Kord Lagemann’s report on
Elkhart, Indiana, and its economic
education program for elementary
grades; and “Negro Colleges:
Their Product and Promise,” by
James Daniel.
Seventeen — December. “Ac
counting for Taste,” a “Talks to
Teens” feature by Rosemary Park,
president of Barnard College,
New York.
Good Housekeeping — December.
Listing of “Good Books for the
Young Child’s Library.”
Ten four-year medical scholar
ships to qualified Negro men are
available beginning in the faU of
1965, it has been announced by
National Medical Fellowships, Inc.,
and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
To qualify for a National Medi-
cal-Sloan Foundation Scholarship,
a student must have demonstrated
outstanding achievement in college,
t)';en acceptted for admission by a
medical school, and be a U. S. citi
zen.
Interested Negro college stu
dents, who plan to enter medical
s:'hool in the fall of 1965, may ob
tain registration cards and other
information from the premedical
advisor, or from the offices of Na
tional Medical Fellowslups, Inc.,
951 East 58th Street, Chicago, 37,
Illinois. Amounts of the scholar
ships vary according to students’
needs. Each scholarship is for four
years provided that the student
maintains required standards.
The deadline for registration is
March 1, 1965. No registrations will
be accepted after that date.
The medical scholarship pro
gram is designed to help relieve
the critical shortage of Negro phy
sicians and surgeons. It is financed
by a substantial grant from the
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Na
tional Medical Fellowships, Inc.
The latter organization, which de
votes itself to assisting Negroes
with their medical careers, ad
ministers the scholarship program,
accepts registrations, distributes
apphcation blanks, and selects
candidates.
A total of 40 Negro students are
at present studying medicme under
this program in ^0 U. S. medical
schools. Each student wUl receive
an average of $5,000 for the four
year period of study. Ten scholar
ship winners entered medical
school this faU; they are:
JAY E. BROWN, at New York
University, graduate of Rutgers
University.
LEON A. BROWN, at Downstate
Medical Center, State University
of New York, graduate of Penn
sylvania State University.
ANDREW J. HANKINS, JR., at
University of Michigan, graduate
State University of Iowa
JOHN L. HARRISON, at Univer
sity of Pittsburgh, graduate of
Princeton University.
ALBERT J. HAYES, JR., at Uni
versity of Maryland, graduate of
Morgan State College
IVENS V. LE FLORE, at Upstate
Medical Center, State University
of New York, ^aduate of Union
College.
ALLAN S. NOONAN at Tufts Uni
versity, graduate of Providence
College.
NOBLE L. THOMPSON, JR., at
Jefferson Medical College, grad
uate of Lincoln University.
PRENTICE THOMPSON, JR., at
St. Louis University.
LUCIUS C. TRIPP, at Wayne State
University, graduate of Universi
ty of Detroit.
Students Become
NEA Officers
Two Saint Augustine’s students
were elected to state offices of the
Student National Education Ag^o
ciation of the North Carolina
Teachers Association at a confer
ence at A&T College. Miss Dorothy
Sheridan, who is a senior major-
mg in Elementary Education and
who is from Wilmington was elect
ed First Vice President for the
year 1964-65 and Miss Betty Smith,
a junior majoring in sociology from
Scotland Neck was elected to the
office of Parliamentarian for the
school year 1965-66.
The following students attended
this Fall Leadership Conference:
Misses Dorothy Sheridan, Berry
Smith, Anne Gaskins, Hilda Ar-
dington, Tura Tomlin, Carolyn
Jackson, Montez Anthony, Doris
Garrett, Lena Cnidup, and Avis
Moore.
Miss M. P. Porter, assistant pro
fessor of English at A&T College
delivered the keynote address. Her
address centered around this
year’s theme, “Education Pays
Dividends.”
Dr. James T. Guines, head of the
Department of Education at Saint
Augustine’s College, is the advisor
of the Saint Augustine’s CoUege
Chapter, the James Walker Hood
Chapter of the Student National
Education Association.
High School
Scholars Program
Is Described
The fourth annual High School
Scholars Program under the co
ordinatorship of Dr. J. T. Guines
has 65 high school scholars. 'The
scholars are from the following
high schools: Apex Consolidated
High School, Apex, N. C.; Berry
O’Kelly High School, Raleigh, N.
C.; Fuquay Consohdated High
School, Fuquay Springs, N. C.;
Garner Consolidated High School,
Garner, N. C.; Hawley High
School and J. W. Ligon High
School, Raleigh, N. C.
Among the lecturers and topics
presented are: “Some Elementary
Concepts of Logic” by Mr. Leon
Gooden, Department of Mathe
matics; “Some Aspects of Radia
tion Biology,” by Dr. Joseph
Jones, Department of Biology;
“Speak the Speech, I Pray You, as
I pronounced it to you, trippingly
on the tongue”. . . Hamlet, by
Mrs. Julia Delany, Department of
English; “What About Standard
ized Tests,” by Mr. Wiley Davis,
Personnel Department; “A Com
parative Look: Secondary Educa
tion in Bermuda and the United
States,” by Mr. Edgar Tucker, De
partment of Social Studies; “The
Encounter between Christianity
and Islam,” by Dr. E. C. Schwert-
man, Department of Social Studies.
“Some New ideas about the
Nativity,” by Father E. E. Smith,
Chaplain, will be presented on
December 16.
Cleveland College Seniors
Invited To Job Center
College seniors who live in the
Cleveland area are being offered a
unique job - finding opportunity
through “Cleveland’s First Annual
Job Center for 1965 College Grad
uates,” to be held during Christ
mas vacation at the Cleveland-
Sheraton Hotel.
On December 28, 29, and 3C
Cleveland seniors who will be grad
uating from colleges and universi
ties next June will be offered per
sonal interviews with more than
100 employers from local business,
industry, boards of education, hos
pitals, and governmental agen
cies.
The center is a non-profit com
munity service operated by the
Occupational Planning Committee
of the Cleveland Welfare .Federa
tion at the request of the Business-
.men’s Interracial Committee on
Community Affairs in Cleveland as
part of the Equal Employment
Opportunity Program.
The project is designed pri
marily to serve the following
needs:
1. It will give Cleveland employers
prior and favorable access to
Cleveland talent.
2. It will give many of Cleveland’s
largest as well as small con
cerns an opportunity tp do col
lege recruiting with a minimum
of cost and time.
3. It will offer Cleveland area stu
dents a convenient and efficient
access to the total employment
market in the “Best Location in
the Nation” — and at a time
when it will not interrupt their
college program.
Students can secure further de
tails and application forms from
their college placement office. En
rollment is requested as far as pos
sible in advance. The advance reg
istration deadline is December 10,
1964 and applications are to be
sent to OCCUPATIONAL PLAN
NING COMMITTEE, 1001 Huron
Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44115.
Alma John
Visits Campus
Alma John, outstanding radio
personality and Women’s Director
WWRL, Detroit, Michigan, paid a
two-day visit to our campus re
cently. In a dynamic speech pre
sented in the Emery Health and
Fine Arts Center, Mrs. John chal
lenged the students to play their
part in the political, economic,
and social arenas of life.
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