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THE FEDERATION JOURNAL
FaU—1961
THE FEDERATION JOURNAL
“Lifting As We Climb”
Issued by
The N. C. Federation of Negro
Woman’s Club
Editor; Mrs. Fannie T. Newsome,
Rich Square
Contributing Editors
Mrs. E. M. Spellman
Elizabeth City
Mrs. V. T. Bishop, Rich Square
Mrs. B. M. Smith, Hickory
Mrs. E. B. Stewart
Mrs. Edna Taylor
Dr. John Larkins
Mrs. Alice Collins
Mrs. A. W. Pridgen
Here is a blueprint. Even the
slogans are ready. A schedule of
education, periods for special em
phasis, and ways to apply it.
The booklet also is directed at
teen-agers. “A $64,000 mistake is a
big one,” it begins, “and this hap
pens when a teen-ager drops out of
school.”
The statistics, on a national
basis, hit the doubting teen-agers
right between the eyes.
1. A high school graduate earns
$64,000 more in a lifetime than a
grade school graduate and $30,000
more than a high school dropout.
A college degree adds $100,000 to
his lifetime earnings.
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Ediforials
These fall days wear a forward-
looking face with an eye on
schools, and “Quality Education.”
“Education at its best is nothing
more nor less than good instruc
tion,” says Charles Carroll, State
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion. He continues, “true quality
education will afford each child
the kind of education most com
mensurate with his abilities and
most compatible with his personal
needs and the needs of society.”
Surely this reflects the belief—
and demand—of all women who,
through club, school and church
groups, constantly strive to insure
the rights of every child to learn,
to seek out the answers to his ques
tions and to grow daily through the
good use of his mind. This right,
no child should be denied.
And the right to quality of learn
ing is, we believe, equally impor
tant. We must meet this demand
for learning immediately. Today,
the responsibility for the quality
of education must be shared by
the family and the community. The
following should interest each club.
(Reprint from News & Observer)
$64,000 MISTAKE IS A BIG ONE
By Ralph McGill
The investment is 15 cents.
It will pay quite large dividends
to high school students, their par
ents, church clubs, civic clubs
seeking community programs, and
school officials and PTA groups
bent on slowing down the costly
parade of dropouts.
The Sunerintendent of Docu
ments, U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington 25, D. C., offers
this investment, a product of the
U.S. Department of Labor, the
Office of Education and the De
partment of Defense.
It is a neat booklet, titled “Na
tional Stay-In-School Campaign—A
Handbook for Communities.” It
contains instructions on how to or
ganize a community drive.
There are suggestions for editors,
for radio and TV program direc
tors. The question often is asked,
“What can an individual, or a
group, do to help our country?”
Religious
Emphasis
Give thanks today for blessings
sent
From dawn until day’s end.
Wait not with your thanksgiving
lest
Tomorrow’s hours will spend
Themselves like those of yesterday
With no time for the Lord.
Make every day Thanksgiving Day
By thought and act and word.
Perhaps it is more difficult for
us to sense the feeling of thanks
giving as completely as did the
Pilgrims, for our blessings out
weigh theirs so many times. The
old saying, “If adversity has
killed his thousands, prosperity has
has killed ten thousand,” could be
applied to thanksgiving. It would
seem for every person who fails to
give thanks because he has so
little to be thankful for, there are
hundreds who fail to give thanks
because they have been given so
many blessings. Jesus warned us
to, “Take heed, and beware of
covetousness; for a man’s life con-
.'^isteth not in the abundance of
things which he possesseth.” (Luke
]2:15).
The Pilgrims gave God a definite
and prominent place in their life
every day. This made every day a
thanksgiving day, so the special
day was time for giving special
thanks—thanks over and above
their daily expressions of grati
tude.
Many times blessings are
derived from misfortunes and ad
versities. Some one pointed out
that a calm sea has never pro
duced a skillful mariner. Surely
the sailing during that first winter
was anything but calm for the
Pilgrims. They had come here in
order to worship God according to
the dictates of their own con
science. Hardship, suffering, and
starvation reinforced their relation
ship with God’s goodness.
May this season of Thanksgiving
be more meaningful for us than
any that have gone before.
IN MEMORIAM
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Dr. Nannie Helen Burroughs
May 20, 1961
Washington, D. C.
Founded Women’s School, Lin
coln Heights, Washington, D. C.
with a campus of eight acres and
beautiful buildings established 1909.
Leader of some two million in
The Woman’s National Baptist
Convention since 1948.
Writer, editor and publisher of
religious literature.
A consecrated club woman with
a life of deeds. Affiliated with a
number of national organizations
including the National Association
of Colored Women’s Clubs.
MRS. SALLIE ORR
Asheville, N. C.
State Federation loses a con
secrated worker and a magnetic
leader in the person of Mrs. Sallie
Orr of Asheville, N. C.
She was active in civic, religious,
educational circles and other up
lift agencies of Asheville.
Mrs. Orr was director of U.S.O.
and Civil Defense programs there
for a number of years, and also
many years as leader in Red Cross
work.
All of these including her
splendid work in promoting
“Family Life Week”, and her
church work, made her an ex
cellent president of the city
Federation.
Mrs. Orr was named 1955 “Wom
an of the Year” by the Beta
Lambda Zeta chapter of the Zeta
Phi Beta sorority.
She has served well in the North
Carolina Federation; as executive
board member and chairman of
many State committees. At her
death she was chairman of our
standing committee on Civilian
Defense.
Roland C. Spellman
August 12, 1961
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Mr. Spellman was the husband
of our President, Mrs. E. M.
Spellman. A generous spirit and
life of service for all he was
privileged to know.
Paul R. Brown
June 11, 1961
Morrison Training School
Hoffman, N. C.
Superintendent of Morrison
Training School 1944 to 1961. Close
ly associated with the Moor Coun
ty Federation and the North Caro
lina Federation of Negro Women’s
Clubs. He attended the last annual
meeting in Shelby giving an im
pressive report of his school and
work.