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SATURDAY JUNE 19. 1937
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Kelly nfler Writes...
When I ontared Howard Unlwr
■Ity KoTcmber 1, 1880, tfaa bighar
edoeation of the Negir> was then
in its Infancy. It waa, Howevet, a
lusty and tnslttant infant, faH «f
hope and promiM. Nepro col
leges and'vniveTiities grew out of
tha iil'Starrad Freedman’s Bureau,
in combination wiUi religioua and
philanthropic organisations, niey
all sprung from the same. mpttlM;
were foui^ed about the same time
41006-1870) and were consecrated
to the same purpose. '' ,
phine T. Washington, wtlred-d%Mi
of W(imen of Wllberfirce Uhlver-
sit|i, mhd mysflf. These mea#*r
befinninga projfected agalnat the
♦upaaaiMi of the present-day
sticking by eontfast
The Sciewee BuiWinfiT, costing
990,000, secured by President
ThirkieW, has b«en supplemented
by dormitories, class room pfiifice*
and service buildings to the extent
of four million dollars; and Presi
dent Soosev^elt, in his addr^ at
the dedication of the Chemistry
sian of Howard Univer«fty.i« par
alleled by that %f. other la^m* nrfiectcd than it was a half cen-
tioiis for the higher education 'oT ’tury'* iJoV
the "Kef ro. _
C recite chiefly my Buttding, assures us thar there U
at Howard University, as this wiUjgy,, flKfoJlow.
illustrate the spirit, a "T ; i«.^ed^.,tatistica a
WRe a mewiure
of power,nbut iidf always the tm«
measure. The growth and expan-
THE LIQUOR STORE APP01NTM1:NTS
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The SM>ointment of two Negroes as clerks in the Hayti liquoj
■tore under a white nranager is not fully satisfactory to the Negro
ciUsens of Durham, nor to the Committee on Negri,Affairs. Th«
Carolina Times is willing to withhflW crticiam from the Liquor Board
of Control, and the Negro Committee untl both have had time t«
realise that the end Of the world will not come if the store is placed
in charge of an entire Negro personnel.
As we understand it the committee has been promised that ai
soon as a store is opened in another section of the city that a mem-
ber of the race will be given an opportunity to woric as
of the Hayti establishment. The successful effort of the Committed
on Negro Affaire to have members of the race represents
Hayti store personnel may be considered a moral victory.
Both of the young Negroes chosen for th^ job are college train
ed men, and respectable citisens in the idirtmunity. We believe the
Committee on N^^ro Affairs ha* done a better job in the selection
of men to be recommended for clerks in the store than the Board
ef Control has done in the selection of a manager. The manager
will possibly find ^himself hard put to keep abreast with the alert-
■ ness and abili^;>of the two' young Neg^es. So much for that side
of the qutotion.
The Carolina Times commends the Committee on Negro Affairs
for its work, with reservations. The committee, nor the Negroes
in Durham ne^ not feel as though the dawn of a new day has come
simply because two Negroes have been given jobs clerking in a li
quor store. There are hundreds of other jobs which Negroes should
have in Ihirham that they'do not, merely because no effort has been
of inhisiJcel
avffered^at the hands of Negroes merely because of a lack of in
terest cm the part of those who happen to be a little better fliced,
economically. ^
The Committee on Negro,Affairs also needs to look around for
some suitable person to fill the position which will be made vacant
by the resignation of the Negro truant officer who has been given
one of the jobs in the liquor store. The committee needs to busy
itself about the deplorable condition of the East Durham school. It
needs to work unceasingly for the completion of,the Whitted school
which apparently has been laid on the shelf by th'e Durham Board
of Education. It needs to do something about the Incorrigible chil
dren of the race who are becoming more and more numerous, as
••ell as deliberate in their miri>ehavior.
The Committee needs to consider seriously that with all that
Durham stands for that no Negro has served on a jury, with the
exception of a federal jury, in more than 36 years. It should con
sider the' fact that the race is not represented on a single board or
COTHiaittee that has to do with spending tax money and appointing
employes of the city, county, and state. 'Kie Committee on Negro
Alfiairs, nor the members of the race must not rest on the oars of
kfleneas and complacency. There »is more work to do.
USE COMMON SENSE
Tha Xational Association for the Advancement of Colored People
has written Negro newspapers throughout the country asking them
to use their influence to have members oof the race refrain from un-
aportsman. like celebration should Joe Louis be fortunate enough to
defeat Jam» J. Braddock next^Tuesday night.
liOuis is the first meml^r of his race to have a chance at the
heavyweight charopionghip since the days of Jack Johnson, and no
one is anxious for a recurrence of the racial outbreaks that todt
place immediately »fter the defeat of Jim Jeffries by JTmIe Johnson.
Joe Louis has jnany admirers, not only in his own race,' but in the
oppwite .group, but a distasteful celd>ratim-of'Victory for him,
should he be so fortunate, wwld mean a loss of many of them. It
must be remembered that if Louis is to keep on earning money
under the big tent of pugulism; he.must have white supporters who
are in control of the squared arena. »
Unnecessary joking of Braddock’s supporters. Wise -cracks about
the.white fighter's short comings and pther forms of foolish blah
blah should be taboo, ^
" On the other hand should Lduis lose the fight Negroes will also
have an opportunity to show their sportsmanship by accepting the
defeat in a sportaBaanlike manner. , After all,.it is only a prize fighj
^^^tever the outco|ns it only 'shows’iie' ^yaicaT superiority
flKi mm aa^nst the other, which not indicative of any racial
.superiority or inferiorty. '
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We join with the NAACSF in requesting that Negroes every
where oondwt themselves as gentlemen and true sports" in victory
aa weU as in defeat. May the better man win.
A load of goet with evei^ hair wave.-^ ;
WilftleamaM expre«^tself“tB » thousand different way*.
A diagnatledbaHpUyer must b« nearly as haird' to Icndla mb a
^ -J
do famar men manage to lire wifchin their, incomeat . ; -
ciiaracter shotfld get c«dH £w th*
pra aae ^ same tools, but otherwSie thay
r ia eoBunoiL
' ♦ pHtiilitiii g«ta behind the ' wheel of «n
^ «« h«?ars jdat as , wa*.'eamar
Mi oU-mt^ Jw taraa capltaUat.
purpose of the others; from ,^1,
iMTrnilt., -
Howard University was found
ed by General O. O. Howard and
chartared by Coi^ass Aarch 2,
1867. At the time of my regist^-
tion, the University had passed
through its most glorious and
glamorous stage, and^ had fallen
upon evil (kya. G«naral Howard
had been forced to withdraw be
cause of the-axil fate which oref-
took the Freedmen’a‘Bureau, His
highly surcharged personality,
prestige and zeal have not bees'
duplicated in the institution’s sub
sequent history. He was succeed
ed by prof. John M. l4inc«toB as
acting president, bat healtathig to
entrust a colored man with such
large and complicated ' interests,
the trustees failed to give him a
permanent tenura.
i>r. W. W. Patton was caUed to
the presidency in 1877. Beii« a
relative of President Rutherford
B. Hayes, he was enabled, through
his connections and influence to
secure an annual apiH'opriation of
ten thousand dollars (|10i8d0)
from t\e Federal government
This hai$ been the mainstay and
cMef support th^ University
rthoughout Jts" subsequent history,
and its only hope for the future.
This annual appropriation of ten
thousand dollars secured by Pres
ident Patton in 1879 has Increaa^
gradually up to seven hundi^
thousand dollars ($700,000) for
the present year.
•—The lata'Bishop W.--P. Thiritiald
Howard. University will grad
uate in June mare than fifty time*
the number in my class fifty years
ago. In 'Student body, faculty,
•roundsj buildings, inwme^ salary
t, pay roll and annual Suflget
all Negro institutions of higher
leaminfr- have expanded amaxlng-
ly, especially “#ting tRe past few
years. ‘ •
Negro colleges and universities
fifty years ago were supported
wholly by , charity and philan-
trophy. ’It was hoped that the race
would shortly be able to support
its Town higher learning, but, alas,
this expeetation was doomed to
disappointment. The race is no
more ready to supp»t its own col
leges and universities on the elab- J
orata scale on whlc^i they are now
tions with studied calculation, jatt-
er than spontaneous enthusiasm,
now come to the rescue.
I'he Federal Government" is *pro-
pj[«MLO{{ 101 Xiauioeputi{ te|p{A
University. Hof long these sourcef
of "support “»lll ^oiJtinttB we may
not prophesy.
The missionary apwH which
formed the promoting motive ha*
gone with the wto^ which bloWeth
where it Hsteth and ya hoar the
sound thereof, but cannot tellfrota
wence it co«ieth or wither it go-
eth. The wWte faailty memSen
have been generally displaced by
Negro teachelrs. The spirit of sac
rifice, consecration, devotion to
the spiritual ideals have been lost
to the preawt day generation.
.The dominating motive was to
ChristianiH the Negro; impart to
him aa sacrifice, devo^ien and ser-
aad aaad Wnn as an In'
tellactual, social, moral and splr-
ityal leader of hla race.
As I look back over a vista of
SO yeon on the higher education
field, I am impelled by a n»ixed
feeling: of elation and sober re-
fleetion. la the fan&meMal pur--
pose and spirit 'Of ^h« higher edu
cation of -the Negra nwking pro
gress or is its bulk merely taking
on augjmentation ? Are our col
leges and universities nearer the
root of the race problem than they
were at an mrlier day? How ftir
are they fulfiUii^ the hopes, tha
ideals and the dreamy of the found
ers? Oy howTtar have they ex
hibited the resourcefulness and
genius requisite to devise new
Ideah in harmony with present
day demands? Let Howard, Fisk,
Lincoln, Adtlanta, Aanr and Um
rest answer.
?thla la so tim«r£i» idla ax^p^,
tion of tha greatneaa and
of the seTeral Iqstltstiona nar (fea
captious criticism of their pres
ent day control and asanaganaa*.
But the cool retroepeet of hlatory
demands Hertous thotifht on thtsa
thfafigs. y.
Tha ulolatar of tha gaijial «lio
coaatltittas his ofliea for
lucre and who profham at -tiM
at the expense of God’s peor d«-
serves to have tha mllMeaf of
condemnation tied abost bla «a^
and ba east in tha nMdia dt tha
The Negro lawyer haa a fraai
function to saa to it that laaulwra
of hla race secure thair- laffM
righta and llbeit^,. Jbotb aa if*
fe{!ts parson and prop«rtjr
was called, to the presidency ift
1907, Hii chief eontiUHMition con
sisted in securinir from the gotr«
emment a science baildisg. Never
before in our history has the Fed
eral government ever contnbated
a building to an institution under
private trustees. This wm **Thir-
kield’s Miracle” aad'laid the foun
dation of the marvelona eigiansion
in buildings -aad grounds '
present day, climaxing in a mil
lion dollar library now nnder eon-
structioB.
(Howard University differs from
other institutions of its dass
chiefly in that it is located at the
national capital; carrioi the full
quota of professional departments;
enjoys a ccm^essional charter,
and is supported by Federal boun-
When I entered the anivenity
In 18M, there was a total enroll
ment of M6. Nineteen were en-
rolled in the PrapaTatory^P^pw^ ;
ment and sixteen in the CoHege
Department * It waa considered
marvelous that I could enter the
Preparatory Department without
preliminary instruction.
I was the first to enter-the pub
lic school system established by
the Reconstruction govemmenUi
of the South, at the age of five, in
1966. With such pg«peratiott aa I
could muster' from the ruijj||
schools and the Fairfield Institoia,
established by the ^esbytarian
Board of lSissions'fo£^ Freedmen,
I was enabled to enter the Prepar
atory Dej^rtment with advanced
standing. __ This indicates the gen
eral type of Negro education in
the Soath at that time.
The curriculum of tha Prepara
tory Department, as^ well as that
of the Cdn^e~l>e^rtment, con
sisted chiefly of Latin^ Greek,
liat&ematics and English. *fhere
were four jrrofeasors in college;
only one of whom was (ssiored. The
curriculum^ ^as, of course, not so
^xpen»iw_a» that of the presj^
^y, bat J^inatroctiin was no lS»
thorough and the instructors were
consecrated and devote to their
tasks under the dynamic impulsion
Of spiritual motive.
OfllSIHC
VElUt FUNGS HEN
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Brilliant New Tire by World’s Largest
Ttre-Maker is Bull’s-Eye in VALUE
for HSUions of Car-Owners
Goodyear cracks through with
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YOU sec it ib everything you buy —
Ubof is up, materials up, production
OQtti of all kiads—prlc^^ tfie rise!
Bitt real leaders of industry doti't take that
lying down. Zooming costs acted on
Goodyear like a spur — made us fight all
the^ harder tO'^ come
through with a tire
value so outst^ding
it would demonstrate
alt over again why
Goodyear is ’’the
greatest name in
rubber.”
f^S£E FOR
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WHY THE
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new “R-1” tire Aat's now on sale at all
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We took the prindpi«* sound, thrif^
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tublHf
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#e*4he new
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of the iwdl«t tire-building |oba
don»—an aU-time highJn Tulue-^Wi^ te
the face of climbing pri^I
l^e material outfit consist A
redtation i>uildinga, iwys’*^ §nd
girls' 4S6rmitoriea, and a buHdi«g
for the Medical School The aec-
retory-treaanrer,. with his »Ib*
dent assistant, transacted the en-
tlN volume, of b^nesa.
There were three mmi^r§ in
my grmdnating elaas of 1SB6, Rev.
W, B. A. Palmar, a diatlnguished
min^r of the gotpel in tlie
Mettedist jBpiseopal «!hnreh, who
died two years agof Un. Joaa-i
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