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THE FEDERATION JOURNAL
May, 1953
THE FEDERATION JOURNAL
''Lifting As We Climb”
ISSUED BY
The North Carolina Federation of
Negro Women’s Clubs
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
MRS. ROSE D. AGGREY Salisbury
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
MISS RUTH G. RUSH Durham
MRS. O. R. POPE Rocky Mount
MRS. NORMA DARDEN Wilson
MRS. EDNA B. TAYLOR Southern Pines
MRS. H. B. BYNUM Kinston
MRS. P. R. BROWN Hofiman
MRS. ALICE P. COLLINS Smithfield
MRS. LILLIAN D. REID Salisbury
Leaders in our national government are
becoming exceedingly alert in their efforts
to weed out communists among the teach
ers in the school systems of this country.
Disloyal to the principles of the Constitu
tion of the United States such persons
easily become foes to national progress.
In an address given April 17th at the
sixtieth anniversary convocation of Flora
McDonald College, Dr. Warner L. Hall,
Presbyterian pastor at Charlotte, said,
‘‘Education is dangerous. Mr. McCarthy
and his group are right in fearing educa
tion, but they look in the wrong place for
the enemy.”
“The foe,” he said, “is not communism,
but secularism. Mr. Justice Jackson was
right in saying that modern man needs to
fear only the educated man. Serious
crimes can be committed against civiliza
tion only by an educated and technically
competent people.”
“Education, if it is to serve its proper
function must not only impart skill and
knowledge, but also an interpretation and
understanding of the world. . . . Out of
this understanding must come a reverence
for the dignity which inheres in all men
as children of God, and a respect for their
rights; because they belong to the Crea
tor, and not to any government or state.”
Dr. Werner L. Hall scores one point in
his emphasis on secularism as a foe; but
we cannot afford to minimize communism
as a very dangerous enemy appearing in
the ranks of teachers, government work
ers or ordinary citizens. Both are insidious
in their effect upon society, undermining
as they do the peace, stability and true
progress of the family, the church and the
government.
While these evils may seem not to be
prevalent among our Negro people, a
good probing into some of the very evi
dent foes of Negro education might not
be amiss. Technically speaking, we have
some highly qualified professors in our
Negro colleges. How many can be point
ed out as outstanding in their efforts to
influence their students toward high
standards of Christian living? The num
ber is not legion. They are too few. How
many stress character education? Is that
in the curriculum? How many are sim
ply interested in helping students to ac
quire the necessary academic credits?
Poker-gambling, agnostic liquor-drink
ing, immoral professors should be dis-
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The Matrons Social, Literary and Art Club organized in 1910. One charter
member, Mrs. Jennie H. Joyner of Philadelphia, is now living.
missed from our colleges as well as com
munists. They cannot elevate a single stu
dent. The colleges are all embarking upon
great building programs. Many are the
logs; are there not too few men like Mark
Hopkins?
NO TIME FOR GOD
No time for God!
What fools we are
To clutter up our lives
With common things
And leave without heart’s gate
The Lord of life and
Life itself, our God.
No time for God?
As soon to say, no time
To eat or sleep or love or die.
Take time for God
Or you will dwarf your soul!
And when the angel, death.
Comes knocking at your door,
A poor, misshapen thing you’ll be
To step into eternity.
No time for God?
That day when sickness comes
Or trouble finds you out.
And you cry out for God,
Will He have time for you?
No time for God?
Someday, you’ll lay aside
This mortal self, and make your way
To worlds unknown;
And when you meet Him face to face
Will He—should He
Have time for you?
Author Unknown
ELIZABETH CITY GIRLS’ CLUB
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year. In all, there has been a very co
operative spirit among the clubs that have
been represented in the Federation.
This year, our clubs are entertaining the
State Convention and all the meetings
will be held at State Teachers College,
Elizabeth City, N. C., May 1 and 2. The
following committees will serve:
Hospitality—Mesdames A. Vaughan, B.
E. McRay, L. Whitehurst, H. Rousen, T. E.
Robins.
Housing—Mesdames G. H. Morgan, M.
Perkins, B. Liverman, S. Hardy, M. Col
lins, M. Jones, Miss A. B. Barrows.
Reception—Mrs. M. McCoy, Chairman;
the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of all
clubs.
Decoration—Mesdames P. E. Shannon,
C. Canady, E. Morris, A. Newby, A. Jones,
S. R. Bartlett.
Badges—Mesdames Ella Perry, Eva
Martin, Miss C. Bartlett.
Souvenirs—Mesdames S. O. Griffin, E.
M. Spellman, H. Woodhouse, Misses E.
Kinney, Carol Respass, Grace Shepard.
Federation Music—Mrs. M. E. Butcher.
City Dining Service—Mesdames C. E.
Singleton, C. Carter, E. Reid, D. Huffier,
F. Armstrong.
Registration—C. Norman, L. White, M.
Carter, A. Bowe, C. Taylor.
Overall—Mesdames E. C. Mitchell. C.
E. Singleton, E. M. Spellman.