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n rgHE^UtH ONBRj^ea^ An address sntitled “T h e Achievement o f Uappineu" which wai delivsred by Dr. L K. Anspacher, noted playwrigrht DGRHAM. KORTH CAROLlfA, SATURDAY, JUNE lOtU, l§3» PRICE SEVEN CENTS NUMBER 16 UME 19 ■nd philoBopher, ibrought to a brilliant close the mott £ul year In the history of North Caroina CAlege for Ncgroet with the hiding of the com mencement erei-eigei at 10 SO Ititfiday DMrnin^ ^ully eight hundred tpecta- tors thronired the B. N. Duke auditorium while ctill thousands of others listened t^ the pro gram as .It as aired over local • > slion WDNC andj also station WPTP, Rafelgli. The unorthodojF” mibJect per mitted the speaker boundleis la titude, and It was interesting to trace the style Dr. lAo^pHcher employed in delivering an' epay which mi(rht well ha^iS been “Uuied, T 'h e Achievement of , Success. t, M Assuming that success ra n d haj4>iness ar« synonymoifl the speaker inferred thHt thn lif« ^ must b« the haippy life, and that by achieving happiness, one in- varifcly achieves success. ‘SHowever, Dr. Anspachcr con Hnued, “Happiness dom not come natuality it must be earned. But ■1 do.ing this never aim fo hap P-ne»a. GonMder it as a by-pro duct.” -... Hia ' deliberations on work were practical. “Since work Tan iie defined as doinfr anything thfit we don't like to do, thcre^s no virture in work as work.” ^ All ahrievement is dependant I j upon it, yet «ne must not st * wrap himself up in his work to j the extent that he excludes the t finer things from his life. , Gold nuKKets of though’t flow ed freely from the speaker’s lips as he enlightened the cand- ■idetes on “Intelligent Negfe‘t.”i “What rant be cured,” said Dr. •' ^Jwghl; ta be enjoy ed. The ability to dp wllhout thinp's is the first .«tep in t h e achievement of happiness.” Continu^ner the speaker said, “Pear is-^the enemy of nil Joy. We therofoTB^ mtist face ouiF fears and then overcome them. Warning the candid'ates again st following “ambitions unrelat ed ito capacities;” Dr. Anspach- er concluded his address bv say ing, “Tile greatest happiness romes in doing things, being thinps, a'nd not so mucTi in haif- »ng things." ^ ■ffollowlng’ the address, the c,ollege cTioir under the direction of Mrs. Nell Hunter sang Sanc- tus from Gounod's "St. Cecilio Mass.” - W-# Hie graduates were presented to Pi'osideat James E. Shepai'd by Prof. J. T. Taylor. Doctor R. L. Flowers, chairman 6f t- fc e board of trustees, conferred the Please turn t| page eight VITAL TO NEGRO RACE S?ENES OF N. C.‘ COLLEGE FINALS Celebrates (^NEW YORK—Bill^qbinson, accredited “Mayor of Ha'>’lem” and the World’s most noted tap (lancer, celebrated h i ■ 61st- birthday last week with a full calendar *of festitrities '\^ich, ended ea^v in the mtorning' at his Mimo^ub. He started the day out right by ^tap dancing 20 blocks from Central Park West and 61st ftreet to the Broadhurst thea tre on West 44th street, where he, is appearing in the Hot Mika- . do, makipg the Journey* in 30 minutes. He was accompasiad by a police escort. Other celeb^tions beside# the one at the Cotton Club where - he appeared in a revue, took ^ place during the night, appeared also tn hi? annual benefit shelving at' the Light house Assocfation ior the SISsi tliMi baeli. to tha Brnadi hurst theatre where a party was eld until'3 a. m.iHe wotini= up early bright at the Mimo lull, WIIBIC luwiily I lizarioiT! Setup BecOitl%s ■ > ; • Effective June 24 WILL JPATTERN FOLI.OW THAT OF CCC ,WITH FEW NEGROES IN KEY POSITIONS DESPITE PRESIDENTS AND DIRECTOR'S POLiev OF NO ^ DISCRIMINATIONS BREAKS ENGAGEMENT I MISS MARGriflilTE ROf'- KRS, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Rogers, of Wilmington, Carolina who graduated F’ liit-; la-4 r.eek. Miss R^gprs wa-5 matfe [a monibejj ofj|he Alpha On'icron Honor SBci'etl^ of that school, having made an average of B ■ f#r ssven semesters.' M i s • Rogers was president of t h c f?fclv>rsity YWCA and rtjwa- tented Shaw University for tli« past two years at the studcat interracial canf«renc«s held at . the L'nive‘r»it^'+ of North Caro- ITna, Duke ^’'liTversity, North Car'jlinm Colleg* for Wo- n’en. She is anti besilees of th* University eh*pter of the Alpha Kappa Alpiui Sorority. i '-H W.ASHJNiGTON," D. C.—Two weeks from Saturday, on June 2‘4, the federal reorganization program ibecomfs efTective. Ifi one of the* groups under this new setup, the Social Security administration, the Negro’s in terests are vitally ccflorned eincf..it will contain the ^'ure?»u of PublicvHealth, U. S. Empl >y- ment service, Otfke of Educa tion, Social. Security, NYA ftnd C. These bureaus touch every hase of Negro life. Policie.® of the SSA are now being made,. obviously on precedents establish 'HfCEE NELSON, ed by the old agencies. A swr- tor of thfc Pine Street Preiijj^ei vey of'a" repres*ptative depart- ian chuMh, ^hose engag.'insnt of has Just ibeen broken by mutual agreement of the parties involv ed. ' . ^ m«nt, CCC, dfcows tJ»«t-JiJ^to^Miss Mabel Elois^ Eng! th previous practiceS'^we t« be cot» Ct»ind4»-, South Carolina, tinued, there will ibe few posi tions in tlie higher brackets go ing to Negroes despite full q\i|lifications for these jobs. The CCC Js considered • espie- fially fitting for comparison be cause it is in~ an suency v hich specifically ban diacrim'.natioh. Ek)th President Roosevelt and Director Robert Fechner have stated repeatedly that “merit shall be rewarded,” eacii en- rollee will have an opportunity to rise as t^h as\his qualifica- tionj permi^'''**i^»d^ave banned “discrimination based on race.” This policy has been 'allowed qiialified Negroes to iitl all these positions in the various colorfi^ camps. Each year sees graduates of Howard, Hampton, Wilberforce, Tuskegee, etc. com missioned as reserve armv offi-- cres ■y^ho could be called to ac tive duty just as whites in the reserve corps are called from the large white college a/id uni- TQ are erough train ing each year to Jill positions to the-fullest in white camps, ^ as piedical officers. There are but. it has been ignored in t h e verajl^es. internes finishing hbsp^l tr 150 Negro camps. Except in a few isolated in stances, such executive positions as reserve officers called to ac tive duty, spetial representaiives of the director, assistant corps area educational advisars, dis trict educational adviser.-?, camp superintendents, civil engineers, foremen, mechanics, J; clerics and agronomists do not go to Negroes. — It is known there are enough e-’u^ational advisers who have served four years with the CCC and are selection as special as sistants to the director . fpr. in vestigations In colored csmps, assistanjt corps area advisers or district ^vj^ers. . There are also graduates of various schdols of ,,engineering who could qualify as camp su perintendents, and thora are more than 3,000 young men PIeas« itorn to page eight Rev. Nelson Aiid Eiancee Break The North Carolina College j is Dr. L. K. Anspacher, iioted Finals this year were-, said by j plavwright and philosopher noted manj^^.'Mo'TiaVe been the best in i venng the conimencemeiit, ad- the school’s ’history. At the to|> | dress.*' At the bottom Dv. She paid, N. C. College president i« jelivering the parting word to Actioii Yc t On Virgin Island Relief Biil ^ —S^LASHJXGTGN, (AiNP)—The hill for the' relief of tlS» Vi»- gin islands revenue troi^te*, luir^Htaced t#‘> months •iji, iia* not been considered, and no coasid«ra^ion for it U yet scheduled, •£- cording to information received from the House .Way* aa-i committee as June aitivfes. ^ be,^p)eantime, the Negro f&iAArs and mereliant* iit m* laiids, denitd tne advantages: of tuejr possesion, Porto Rico and the Philippiness, face the piospect of a new fisctl year without the small deficiency appropriation needed to carry on the simplest functions of goveinment. Since 1867, the Unite»l 6£atea government Jias wanted tha Danish West indies, now the Virgin islands, for a first line defena* against aggression that might threaten from across the Atluotic. Not since the early days of their colonization have any of the countries, who have temporarily held them looked upon these .'is lands as a source for revenue. To the Europeap countries asfto the United States, these islands have meant t|^e contiroL>of~rh* Caribbean. , f ' Because America control tl\p Caribbean to maintain th^ Mon roe doctrine, the army has created the dtpartment of Porti Rtco. ibecause America must control the Caribbean, the Fleets’ tvinter manoeuvers this year were held in CarlSSean' waters, jriih,. flHr preisdent on hand to lend emphasis to the event "Because* (.America must control the Caribbean, we bought the Danisa West Indies for 125,000,000 in 1«17 reaaming them the Virgin is lands of the* United Spates. ) — The United States did not talk then about the si^e of ■ithe is lands or their small piopulation. The American press ;6f ’1936-37 talked about the strategic importance to America’s eommerec. and her international relations. We bou'ght the islands and start ed our relationship *"i'th them by making . our new Ameiican* good and mad, displaying pictures of native thatched huts, but none of the pretentious tropical homes that overlook one of the world’s finest harbors. When America bought the Danish West Indies, , th^ were not self suppprting and had not been''.self supporting since the days of the buccaneers. Denmark had to contribute to their support, and having -no interests in the New World, was willing enough to selT to -^metica, wl^h was to buy as a def^n^^ ^gasore. .... A committee 3f virgin islanders'headed* by. Linoel Roberts Negro vice-chairman of the legislative assembly far {lie islands ia beforl congress. ^ ‘ i- the graduat^ing class just before nnpnt, which was the awarding them their degrGes. Author Passes NEW YORK,—'Garland ^ An- rushed her. ailing spouse to a derson, former waiter who hospital for emergency treat- leaped to fame several years rtient. Anderson’s , ailment was IjjUgtr when he wrote “Appearan- aggravated on the ^ilin^ be- ces,” a book based on his ex- cause of acute mal de mer, and' periencea in serving socialite ^he was reportedly 'bedded nl- 'members of the “400” aristocrat most the entire voyage. A recent r.v. nnHBoW nvMV hnro Joat. 'I’hiiris itowol hi'- Mrs_ Anrloriinn whifh bfeaut’ COAST GROUP TO HOLD FIESTA IN SEPTEMBER ■ tion of a childhood romance, was broken today with 3n’ an nouncement iby Mr. and %Irs. Scipio Epgljsh. ,th^t their daugh ter daughter. Miss Mabel Eng lish, would- positively not marry OAKLAiND, (CNA-)—T h e Rev. Tycee Nelsorf of Durham. California Businsess Boosters’ Ugy* Nelson is pastor of the Club ~ of ^Oakland this week an-;^ Street Presbyiterian church nounced plans for a W?ste(rrt and a very popular member of Fie’fta in this city during the tijg younger social set. j Ho is CAMDEN, S.' C.-tA.n engage- from one ' ulmina- leading families in the Palmetto staite and is related to Southern Rail ^ I—‘ . Man Wins 6 Year Fight (Prof. E. D. Mickle of Durham. I Th^ foTTowing announcement is vePbatium to the one ■ received by the C^OLINA TIMES from the p^^t^ of • Miss -English; “Mr. knd Mrs. Scipio Engliih of Camden, Sou^h Carolina anounc ed that the engagement of their I daughter, Matbel Eloise and Rev. ^ Tycee Nelson of Durham, North •GiTrolina, has been broken by 4. week of September 3 to 10. gigo a graduate, of Johnson C one or He high spot, ot -.K. 'a»ithTKfSafy'"ad . n,.>.,b» ■»»•»»’ •jI of the Omega Rsi Phi fraternity. I ' nation wid4 ,, . ' DOCTOR GiBBS TO ADDRESS will be cy, passed a^y here last Thurs ' novel by-Mrs. Anderpon which ®®auty contest for the selection j infeWgerit and charming ^ GRADUATING MINISTERS i.i . mtf WpirARrF n>.io— girl in the country for queen of jgoo. ' ; G^ A. (Hbfes, treasurer of E'd- Americn from Englan4- With the author at the time friends had gatheted 'to help him celebrate. wife, famous !n her own right «■ an English i, noveliit, who J " • ■ , w a~s tilled “Niggej* Lover.”. [Anderson also penned other stage and screen successes. At Bovvlno ViaH the fiesta. .... | A GSlden West Fiesta Com- J w^ard Waters college and one of The club *^nnounced Prizes ,njtjee has been organized, with i the prominent young mjni£>ters tailing $l,itro- in connection g^^nger Jordan, as chairman, j in the African Methodist Episco wmi we oeauxy contest,.. the' commltitee are CHICAGO, (CN IA)_Emmet Smith, a Negro fireman on the I nrionoig* Central Railroad, won 1 his six vear fight for reinstate- 1 ment with pay for time lost as the National adJusment Board ruled ruled in his fav^r, it was learned ‘this ^eek, .... I . . I Smith was discharged in Mc- Comb, Miss, on June 3, f933 following a reign of terror again s "Negro firemen. " . The board ruled that a con spiracy existed fit some furlough ed white firen|en ,to (eti'orize the Negro firemen *^ut th^ir Volitions by shooting them dh the trains.” X-lnttii^ef of «s were kille'3 anil xnisvrs ed, it added. EVIDENCE CLEAR Smith's innocence, aaj i* d'*icult to understand how on oj^osite eoDclusioD could havv been reached.” ) Tbi "a*T aragged on for years due to the manoavwrinc of the railroad compasy, ^ de clared the board. ) ' The victimized fireman’s caaa fought out for him l»y., t h • Brotherhood of Loeootiv4 Fire men and EngtBemea. RENT INCREAMS MUNG RENT STRIIU ' I NEW YORK—ItsM "tire r«irt strike .t«r»ant|kJt__t ha Wi JlelgiSs -eeetioB, war* alMi [week at a town Aim ^ -I ^ not’ besn arranged. iirti pris^ Oi ^>5&0, second, aSow ^ Eighl/h Street, OaWan4, Continued from paf® one enee just a« eleam showti
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