Mailiflii
EDITION
mEtNBRiglEa"^
VOL. I
HO. 7
SATUMkAY^ SEP7. 30th, 1M0
miCE SBVBN CEMTS
RACE MAY GET MORE
ARMY UNITS-ADAMS
PHI DELTA kappa SCHtWJWSHIP WlNNEltS GO TO COU-EGE MAKE EXCELLENT RECORDS
America Will Be
Drawn Into War
Says Shepard -
LEaiT:a9i37 WIWiBR
MISS VIEGUiNIA dPC^TlteWOOD, giikdlMi*# of
{)unft>»r'High seliool, WKhkifton, D. C; m-mffw.
Llrii«(6(jne eoH»g«, Setiiilery,. if. ^-r8he **. the
only student in the hktorir c«)l«g« to n«in-
tsin »n "A” rating for X *
CSJfWEfi: 19®8 WINNiJE
MISS GLORIA AjBSXXB, ^ m cndaate oi Hunter
ichQ«l, New York rankii^ 2£ in « clsu
students. i» «o% making lui envisble
pad at HttHiw
^ !««• WS«BQR
MISS EiilRA RIGHARDSDN, a grado*te, of
Cheater Mgh school haa antereS dia StSte Tcancers
eollesre in W«ef Chester, pa.
Combat Units
Included in
Military iPlan
* WU«INQT01|,  ANP)—
'.The United States ^war depart-
mant is “comtemplating or-
ganiping a certain number of re-
gaiar army ufcits with Negro
personnel. These units will
amcog the first to be organized
a>nd will coastitute a part of a
combat corpa."
This statement was made to
the Associated Negro Press lart
week by Secretary of War Uarry
WoodTii)g an^ la Jthe fiM offi
cial announcement of the stat>
us of colOKd soldiers under
Presldent^ Roosevelt’s proclama
tion increasing the size nf the
regular amy.
Secretary W°odring was asked
Bpecifically if present Negro
r^egiments wquld be recruited to
full strength, and whether these.
regimenU weul4« be considered
regular combat troops.
' ^ ffe" has also asked if there is
any truth in rumors that if Ne-
ro outfKfl are used in any for
thcoming wars they will be used
as" pioneer or stevedore units.
Replying to this, the aecretary
stated, “The war. naobilization
plan, whie'h - has . been in process
of preparation for Many years,
has always provWed for k num
ber of Negro combat units, in
cluding infantry, field artillery,
coast artillery, cavalry, and en
gineers.”
Mr. Woodring did not leveal
to whait extent Negro soldiera
would be usen7, site of prospec
tive units, oKVlioSf many woujid
in fighting units as compared
with the number serving in
work units. He pointed out that
all war * department mutilisa
tion plans are confidential.
It was not ravaaled whether
the fothcoming expansion «f
regular aiHn^ units would ebange
he present Status of tha color
ed soldier. Currently there are
serving in menial c^j^itiea in
stead of as *ctual/4ol«er%i
. For instance, at Port Riley,
San. homa of the famous Nin
th Calvary; the colored aoldiers
tpent most of their time shi^g
shoes of white offi$ers iq, Itrmy
units also stationed there, mopp
ing floor, Rooming horses and
doing other chores. Virtually no
time is given over to actual
■nilitary training^ imd it ia con
tended that some who have apant
30 years in the unit ^ill do not
know the fundamental of drill
ing. ^
Charlotte Race
Leaders In Meet
^URH)AM—Addressing tha
sttitient body Tn^the formal open
intfr of North Carolina College
for Ne^olw for the twenty ninth
year, President James E, She
pard assailed the United States
foi* not backing up the signature
of Woodrow Wilson oh the
Versailles Treaty of June 28,
1^1®.
Dr. Shepard said that the
United States' refusal -to back
up the 14 points of Wibon out-
lin«d in the treaty, “the most
for reaching and humane docr
, trine of the past 2,000 year*,”
allowed the League of Nations
to drift, and left France and
Ehigland afraid to iake a de
finite stand.
Poland is but a minor *tonai-
deration of the aecond World
War, the educator said, advis
ing that the war today ia smother
*«rt .4ftr,8ay« 4emo6cacy', fVp4
Communism, Naziism, P a s-
cism and the believers of the
isnis., **We owe a responsjbility
to^ the ^democracies to bring
about a victory,” he said. If
the Allies didn’t mean to back
up tlw treaty of’ Versailles with
force they never should have
affixed their signatures.
Dr. Shepard declared that
Bngiimd has always stood for
the aymbol of strength and haa
always maintained ' a place for
people who differ. France is
great and * great and demands
respect of the reat of the
world for her- treatment of her
colonies, he saidl
NBGROIJS WUiL GAIN
The Neg^ will ■ not suffer
should the U^Hed Statee b^ome
involved in the war, "anJ thwe
» no power on -' earth tp keep
this countiy out of war,” he
said.
^p«i^Dig ‘in an iaaprampta
mtanier, tha fender of tke
school adviMd studenta t£at they
hai > Bo time to diitt. Me said
all students are entitled to a
good time in life, the best in
life, but fliat they most leam
to draw the line of demarcation
between good timc4^~atiid the ob-
in^aa ^which tliey hai»
to »chei#i ''yh«srMWTii*t leam
m' -w ^
MSS, ROiBiBRT L. HARDiN the former Mias Margaret Louise
FsWer of Durham, North Carolina, whcs« marriage to Robert L,-
Hardin of Charlette, N. C., Sept. 25, w«s recently announced. Mrs,
Hardin, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Feldter, attend
ed school at Hampton Institute and Bai4>er Scotia Junior CuUege,
and graduated from the Apex Beauty CoUege of !few York.
Smith University
^O“flold 72nd ~'~;i
Annual Opening
CHARLOTTE, N. C.—
effort to orientate the f pe*hn»*n
Johnson C. Smith univenity will. to thm sew envirea:
begin ite 72nd Annual Session on ‘b* made at.,thia time.
Monday, Septemiber 2S. Oh tins
date new' rtvdenta and freshaMB
at will
Shaw PrexY
On Network
CHARLOTTR, N. C.—
According to an announcement
from Dr. R. L. Ownbey g neral
chairman of the Community
Chest campaign, leaders of all
Negro civic organizations are
invited to a meeting dn Sund^
asl^mi.ton at three «(clock at
t&? Phip« Wheatley branch of
the YWCA for'the purpose of
disqusaing the organisation oi
the Negro specal gift committee'
of the Community Chest Cam
paign.
Among those who were ex
pected to attend the meeting
«nd the organizations they re
present are! Ajmarican Legion,
Bikhop Oale and Richardson ^ .
Odd Fellows, L. P. Harri*, Min- I®*"
isterial Alliance, Rev.^F. C., Shir olf_Virgi^_ State
ley; ElHi, 'Fred Alexander: Peterafcurg. He is a
Medical AssJ«ation, Dr. S. F. »»Juate tif Virginia , Union
Hogans; Second Street Branch University, with^the degree of
YMCA, L. G. Green, American bachelor .of ,arts», and earne.l de-
Woodmen, Z. Alexander, Jr. grees of nwater of arts and' doc-
ON FlS:; FACULTY
. CLE:VBI4AND, Ohio—Doctor
Robert P. Daniel, president of
Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C.
Mclflrei^ed netwprk listeners
from Cleveland studios of
WCjtAR, on the 90th “Wings
Ofw Jordan” proi^am Sunday,
Sept. 24.
A Virginian by birth. Doctor
Daniel is the son of the late C.
W4U bf giveft thfilir placeii^«|
the right to that ^ooS-'ti’ne.“ he ,Tuesday all freslmen
asserted. - ' | register. Hie formal^ cpen-
’ i in will ^e held on Thursday,
Speakittg to the freshineu, he morning, Sept. Mth at t0:00.
advised use of "the slow hut The main speaker for this ocaa-
sure” method of approach. ^ sion will be Dr. R. M. Wyche,
>tressed the importance of tak- class of '21.
ing each step in stride. “You The college anticipates the
can’t be a college pterident be- Iar?e»t enrollmeirt' of advanced
fore you' Save finiriied the frerfi" students that, ft has ever had.
man. year," he cautioned. The General prospects are un-
usually flbright. Plans ar^ being
..•‘Worked out to welcome the
freshmen. The enftire week of
1 September 25 the" Freshmen
will be welcomed by various
sey
School
'oes
One Of‘CabI Kidslnters WC
• -I
DURHAM—Miss Ruth Hall,
one of the . original “CaWp
Kidjs” of radio, stage anj screen
populsirity, matriculatedi here
this week as a freshman.
Throi^gh there was nothing
about her collegiate de^ut that
?st)uld signaU»er oilt ai fi talen
ted pesfom^r, the news l«i^t«d
out 'an^ lit #as hsfteff-ta fc*
on tha program arranged for
aijiil«tie night, an event on . the
cafandir rfor •*'f'reshmen" WMk."”
With Qia piano aecompanimipt, fand Instead of fiva. thara will
she sang, "Don't mrry Aboaf’be Just fo»r now.
and, to quell the thunder
ous applause she got in tha
gfroove singing Ella Fitzgendd’a
cuxrente disc sensation, "Stair
way To The Stars."
In a specially arranged inter-
vii»w« 'Mi|Mi Hfll kW’the writer
that the anxiety of her father
fojp her to rfceiva a eoHeg*-
edaeation accounts f«r her a|»-
senee tha reat of the Uda.
The net will continue, sha said,
Oiganisation on Negro Affairs,
J. S. Bowser; Florence Night
engale Club; fifrs. J. W. Brown,
Auxiliary of Charlotte Medical
Society, Mrs. , J. E Alexander;
Charlotte Ne^o Teachers Assoc
iaflon, Mrs E. R.-Herndon; Wo
men’s FaderaSon of Clubs Misji
Lenora Byers; Charlotte Assocu
tioB of Federated Organizations
tor of philosophy from Colum
bia University.
Dr. Daniel is the Second colo
red president of historic Shaw
University, oldest race college
i& existence in thie South.. ^ Paior
tu his appointment, he was direc
tor, division of education of the
graduate—diviaion, Hampton
CATHERINE VAN BUREN
x'opular *^Sbprano concert re
citalist who has been a^ded. to
•the facutly at Fisk uniyeraity
where she will have charge of
the vocal Work in the Depart^
ment of Music. She is a native of
Pittsfield. Mass;
VISITS IN NEW YORK
Mrs Gracy Love of 1613
Fayettevilte Street is takini; her
vacation in New York City visit
ing relatives'^and friends.
BISHOP FISHER MASCXS AT7TJUAL REPORT V
JL ^
1
PLBASANT.TILLE, N. J.—
Racial predjudice against colo
red people was disclosed hcile
Thursmy when several families
who attempted to enroll their
little ones at the Decatur Avenue
school, a block from their resi
dence, were told that they would
have^'^to Enroll them at the Park
Avenue school, accessible, cnly
by marching five or six t locks
dpvra a railroad tra$;k before
before they could reach the
, school. It was said the discrimin
atory act was fought against by
the lioung People’s ProgvtJsive
League in an attempt to -put a
sudden end flTVhat its presi
dent, Roscoe Carroll called, “A
death sentence on the railroad
tracks for the colored ''child
ren.”
The league laanched a protest
of .,the school’s refusal to admit
enrollment of colored pupttit..^with
the Cpmmissionar of 'education,
asking- that he issue an crder
correcting the sitMtion.
Assistant Commissioner C. J.
Sarthan replied to the protesit:
"It is impossible for the' Com-
mSsioner to Issue an^^rder with CLEVELAND, (A^P)
oiit knowing ill the facts In the Monday and’ Tuesday T>f laat
case. The la^ ^ no* requ^e ^ ^
that a child^%uld attend the
nearest school for hts own
At the recent meeting tha mh convocaSon i,l. Fisher. The rfi>ove pholo Bishop Fiaher
of tbe United Hoy Cbnrcn of America one of * making his annual W; lo l^rge assembly
the moat emaurag^^ repoHs the history of j which gathered in Durhitm last week in a most
the choreh w«a mide by n$ president Bishop H. j njomentoo# seaaioa.
^ . C. -
Two a^iti^ns have beeia asade.
la the ftu^lty. l^Bard ^ 'Car
rol, AT:^"claM’"'of'!3i"“Af’!«;'
University of Michigan, win in
struct in the department of
Eaglish. Miss Evelyn Hu«hes,
former Professor of elementary
educsAion at Fayetteville Teach
ers College, will ser#e as iostru
ator in elementary edontion.
All buildings have been put
in repair and efforts of building
the girls’ new dormitory are
nearing completion. Plans a’-o
already being made for the home
coming in November 18. The_
conteA will "he between Johns n
C. Smith University and NoE-U
campus organizations. Every ^ Carolina College for Negroes.
Rgice hisoranee
nies
Outrank Others
CHICAGO, OANP)— , could be Judged. The report.
According to an independent re- pointed out that “tha ba^iC te^ t
port compiled by the Standard of strength of any company is
Analytical Service, the fetiprergP ' the amount of assets it has ia
Liberty Life Insurance Company
of Chicago ha more assets for
each 1100 of liabilities than any
of the 17 largest White ]»naur-
fince„ companies in the United
States. Included in this list ia
the great Metropolitan Life
Insurance company of New
with assets of 1104.77 fgr each
1100 of liabilities.
proportion to ita Liabilities.**
OfficHils of the company in
commenting on the report said
that the ppeacnt economle
status of'the company waa a
snlt of many years of carafaL .
and diveraelied investments
The company haa a porfoUo
over $6^0,000 in Saih-oad,
Poblie Utility, and tlnitad Stat
es Government Bands. In one
Ih its report to Supreme Li
berty the Standard Analytical , . „ . .
Service indicated that aife and j ,
size alone were not the only
criteria by which the soundness
of a life insurance Company
I company purchaaed
[worth of bonds, throoffh Adams
F«»d Company^ Bxokra.
SITS AS JU08E IN CltV’D
good, but muft attend the school
within the district boundariea
for the particular building.’'
Pleasantville citizens pointed
out the evasion in Strahan’s
t^ll^retation ot the laws. ttay
said • the diatr'iAt bounday fo|;
^ny school naturally be
tile neareat residents of tha
Uehooi. , - - '
ad aO the functions of a judge.
The Negro waa Parole Commis
sioner Lawrence O. Oayae, wha
ccnducted the hearinga ia the
current paroled, seeking to an-
cover irregularities J|i tli» grmat
ing of paroles under tlic -old
parold board.'
. The hear^ gjrww ■ o«t of
have bem turned oht of poial
inatutioBa through a seSaa^
between par^ board aaaanttw*
and lawynra. Foraar Faqis
Commisebner Fnak Skiilk has
already been caDod fcafora
inquiry, ^a details of which
ara not avaiUUa at fhia tiSM
to the praaa ar ^
Jj^. l^yn* ia uttiiijr aa pnnfc-
diag i«dg« at the bearing, re-
cor^M aaatiMr first fo» CIm-.
lead Hapiaaa Mii paaaftiy. ftr
cluurgas. thM numeroua eriw^ala ’ tha antte* aauitiT.