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4 THE CAROLINA TIMES
n|N|U7DES:
I j| Equal salaries for Negro Teachers.
jijNein^ policemen where Negroes are involved.
ill Equal educational opportunities.
III Negro jurymen.
'■^LBigher wages for domestic seprant^.
participation of Ne^oes in all branches of
^ the National Defense.
Abolishment of the double-standard wa^e scale in
industry. '
Greater participation of Negroes in political af>
fairs.
Better housing for Negroes.
Negro representation in city, county, state and
national s^ovemments.
: EDUCATIONAL RAPE
Aitoouncement in Tuesday's morning paper that state agen-
ties vnll be asked to add a tc^K of $49,000 to the amount al-'
feady ^located for the erection of a white technical ^igh school
in the city of Durhafit f«frc^ens the white
B«tw«en the Lines
(By
Dstn Oordoi B. Htncock
for the AHP)
Megro youths of this , community.
As was indicated in a previous editorial hi The Carolina
(Times Durham Negroes are being called upon to put on the
**possuQi grin” while the Board of Education commits its das
tardly ~ket of educational rape upon Negro school children of this
city and »unty.
Frankly we do not believe that this nefarious crime this per-
tiicious attrocity has the sanction of decept minded white citi*
Kens in this community. As dark as the situation may now ap-
pe&r in Durham, we do not believe, we cannot believe, in spite
of the fiendish desires of those who control the educational sys
tem of Durham, that the imps of hell, on twenty-four hour du
ty, can arouse enough support to erect a vocational high school
for ^hite people without erecting one for Negroes. »
I|f:;3uch a vile, unfair act can be committed in Durham then
therd ^ no hope that justice in these parts will ever live again.
If it the sanction of the decent white people of this Commun
ity# ifaien Negroes will do well to put on the "possum grin", lest
they l^ecome the victuns of acts that are even more dastardly.
lathis is our sense of righteousness, of decency and of fair
ness, then we might as well tear down our churches, burn
our Bibles, hang our ministere, spit in the face of our God and
invite Hitler and his gang to come over and demolish our cita-
HklB 6i democracy.
We do not agree that the matter can be easily won in the
courts of Durham county. Courts -are but human agencics, com
posed of the same flesh and blood of which our community is
^mpoaed. The tome sentiment that permits the vile act to be
immittdd will protect its commission, whether it be iti a jury
iber or a Board of £ducation meeting. We think there
no hope short of the federal courts.
Or W8 might assume a state of complacency and wait on
rerolt of conscience that must finally come, if there is any
tt after this vilest act is committed. We might continue to
ftt the antics of our white folks, entertain them with yes
and put on the age^Qld two-faced act of our
Or we might take comfort in the belief that men are
when they think they can get away with shaking their
' Cvt a the face of God Almighty.
er course is taken by Negroes in Durham to obtain
children the erection of a technical high schooi, we
our last apfieal to the conscience of this cqmmun-
«HaU; is right in the matter. Until the ship is launch-
Mt we sb#U not a|;tempt, any longer to cbaft
CNtr #0^ aa tiuc matter is oemplete.
THE HAMPTOV TSADI-
ION:: AH EJUHQR CORREC
TED
There is no institution of
Iwrning in this oountry with a
higher, holier tradition than
Hampton Institute, Although
such education as I have re
ceived has been of the liberal
arts type, my admiration and
veneration for the Hampton
tradition have grown steadily
through the years; and so it has
come about that I am thoroughly
interested in, and deeply con
cerned with, the fortunes of
Hampton and Tuskegee.
For I verily believe that from
theHe schools mwt emenate cer
tain ideals and influences with
out which the Negro may perkh
from this continent. The Negro
minister had his day; the Negro
physician had his day; the Ne
gro teacher ia having his day;
tomorrow the Negro artisan and
business man will have his day.
Because of the economic crisis
that faces this nation in general
and the Negro race in particu
lar, within recent years I have
become intensely allergic to any
thing that smacks of “intellect
ual aristocracy”. -t- —
Hence several weeks ago in an
article to the Associated Negro
Pr^ entitled “A DEPI^'ORA-
BLE DEPARTURE”, I criti
cised what appeared to me to be
a departure by Hampton fropi
its great tra|ition, towards the
ideal of intellectual aristocracy.
The article was inspired by
newspaper accounts that 200 stu
dents had been advised not to
reftuni to Hampton this fall, and
by conservation I had with
one of the studeijts so adviaed. I
erroneou§ly assumed that the
news account plus the conserva
tion warrantpd the conclusion
tl^t Hampton was leaking a
cJ^Iorable departure
I was honestly .criticising
Hamirton not as one‘ of ^ its ep;
emies Ihit as one of its'staun
chest fri^ods, Thj article in
question waS vUot in any sense
an attempt to disparage the vig
orous administration of Dr. Mac-
Lean and the fine task he is
performing in Hampton’s reor
ganization. It grieved me to be
lieve that in this fine reorgani
zation plan, a glorious traditftifi
was about to be sacrificed. And
thus in misunderstanding I vig
orously, critised a policy I
thought inimical to the cause of
education among Negroes every
where.
.In a letter of recent date Dr.
MacLean has been kind enough
to disabuse my mind of the' er
roneous conclusion that the
Hampton ideal was now 6ne of
intellectual aristocracy. My im
pression gleaned from the news
account and my conversation
with one of the dismissed stu
dents were erroneous as my
criticism proved to be.
Dr. MacLe^n’s letter to me
was heartening and reads in
part thus: “Our position is
X.
TOO MANY DRIVERS
py to publish even thoBgh
was provokad by an trroneo
conohision ob eur part. Th«
truth is what we are lifter and
sure that in its prestige; and
1^ personal prestige I
we=»M^lad to get
Dr. Maol^n himself,
sure that in its publication the
Negro race will rejoice to know
that Hampton still stands for
these . fundame/ntals without
which nations and races cannot
be great and civilizations cannot)
be splendid. Hampton is rightly
the mother of the vocational i-
deal in American education and
it is heartening to know that u;^
der Dr. MacLean Hampton is
going to carry on true to the
Armstrong tradition. Long live
Hampton! j
WRAT IS EDUCATION
By Ruth Taylor
t What is education? It is the
equipping with tools of the eag-
^r mind. The brain may be alert
nd Ictive, but it is education
hat giv^ it the ability to dig
!>ut the the facta, separate the
wheat from the chajff, formmu-
late a plan and drive ahead and
carry it through. It is education
that shapes for living. It is the
dtriving power of the machine.
Education brings responsibiU-
ty. We' can forgive igporance,
but not indolepc^, lack t)f kno^l
‘edge but not the misuse of train
l6g. One reason, the fee^iiig a
gainst ^he G-mans runs higher
Wan I that agaiiist tny othe#
^roup is |>ecause better was hPP'
ed from ,,them‘i Excuses that
might have been offered for
"backward countries could not be
accepted from or for them.
We need to retuim to the les
sons taught in the old. copy books
“HoneBty is- t^je best policy,”.
‘ Kiifd hfSrts ar^ i^(Vi;e than coro-
fiine. And so.Jn tryihg tp show,
.coDsiderAJtiojj;^ for th(? c^^tfjei^.o^
today, we hpve given them, ev-
erythinjg ; except the basic know
ledge th^t everything has to be
earned, and that you can't draft
dodge life.
The chiidren of today must be
prepared for self-goverment.
They must be taught self-control,
the habit of work and cahn jud
gment, so that they will not be
swayed by demagogues preach
ing prejudice, first in the form
of an alibi for failure, and se
cond in a crusade of avaricious
hatered.
There has been much discuss
ion about the teachers in W'hose
hands education lies. Words
have flown hot and fast. Oppos
ing groups have shrieked “red’'-
or reactionary. We do want
teachers who teach youth not
what to think but how to think.
We want teachers who can awak
en the will to learn without
which we are automatons, fit
fodder for a dictator.
The best defense we can have
in these United States is a phy
sically strong, healthy minded,
briefly this, we are looking in well educated, intelligently co-
VEHS&-*
*^l£ XiMid not come and spoken
n^t had sin; but now
for 4^1^ sin.
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our student body for a combi
nation of qualities, a pattern of
vocational interest, of basic nat
ural skill, combined with a
drive that will guarantee that a
student will get all he is able to
get from his life and work
and study a t Hampton;
and with a set of attitudes
which include far more than con
cern with personal success and
aggrandizement. We want him
when he issues from here, to be
wpU-prepared to earn a living,
to live a happy and successful
home life-and do aa-good a job
for his commur^t^nd ifolks as
|ie can - * -We "do not
that iie be an intelleotual, al
though it does not hurt in^apy
field to have brains. We are in-
tented in the best mechanics,
bricklayers, machinist, welders,
fanners, c«rp«i\teni, a^coHn,ta{4s
aulasiagJti, clerka, ate^gr^phers,
n^trit^tfii^ hoi^nM|l^ apd
the li^. ,
This ktter.f|ioii MiacLfan
dearly refi^ the/ fMic}tlsion
that Hampton is leaving its
traditions for the fi^ of intel-
leetual aristoeraoy and I^m tve
mesdously glad that I waa wrong
^ it would b* a eeiai^y for
Hanipton to deviate from thei
father such fundamental way
as intimafs^ in my previous re-
l^aae. T^ statement from
ordinated citizenry. The only
way to achieve that end is by
beginning to train them w'hen
they are children. We must ed
ucate for living.
!CAKE TIME
Take Time to live—
that is what time is for—to
live—Killing time is suicide.
2—^ke Time to Work—
it is the price of success,
1—Take Time to live—
it is the source of power.
8—Take Time to Play—
it is the secret of youth.
6-Take Time to Eeaii-
it is the fountain of wisdom.
6—Time to be Prlwdly—
it is the road to happiness.
7—Take Time tot Dream—
it is hitching your wagon to
a star.
8—llake Time to Love «ad Be
Ioved—
it is the blessing of the gods.
^T*ke Time to Look Aroimd—
it is too short a day to be
selfish.
0-r;^ke ^Ime to |Apg^—
it is the music of the soul.
1-4P«k« Bwe !• play witli chil->
flfW.
^ is the j^jr of
3—nke TiMf tlie im-
derpriviltfge^—
it is like god.
Wise and
Otherwise
THE' Responsibility of Youth
:h’ '
By Ruth Taylor
The young peH>le of today are
The young people of today are
most definite in their demands
for “the rights of Youth." They
know what they went and they
are glib in expressing their de
sires. They are terribly sure of
what is right and wrong, and
they go most thoroughly and
analjrtically into everything—ex
cept their own obligations to so
ciety.
Youth has a responsibility in
this Ife. The young people may
grouse about the mistakes and
126th Anniversary
Of Navy To Be
Observed „Oct. 27th
fi.
C^e Ji^undred.. and sixty-«ix
years ago a committee, qf three
men, John Adams, Silas Dean
and John Langdon purchased the
merchant ship Black Prince of
Philadelphia. Renamed the Al
fred’, this vessel had the distinc
tion of being the first ship in
the United States Navy. These
men were appointed by Congress
through the efforts of George
Washington; as a Naval Com
mittee responsible for the pur
chase of two vessels. Ah origin
al appropriation of $100,000 was
increased several days later,
making possible the purchase of
I four ships in all — the latter
shortcomings of their elders—[three named the Columbus, Cab-
but are they seizing every oppor-jot and Andrew Doria.
tunity to gain the knowl^ge The date October 27, on which
that would fit them to do more Congress in 1T75 acted to estab-
than their eldes? ^ Will they he' lish our Navy, is celebrated an-
better equipped for the task of jnually as Navy Day, The pur-
making a new world out of the poses of Navy Day are to pay a
devastation that will be left af-,deserved tribute to the splendid
for neutrality act,
ter the present chaos has sub
sided? Their opportunities for
education have been greater
than those of their fathers, and
therefore, the responsibility of
Youth will be greater.
The strain on the coming gen
eration will be graat. Those who
take up citizenship in this tran
sition period will require initia
tive, resourcefulness, adaptabil
ity and idealism. They must have
the ability to produce something
for the good of all, for there
will be no room for parasites.
Youth has before it now the
task of preparing for the days
ahead, and it must prepare by
learning how to think things
out and think things through.
It will need initiative in order to
plan constructively. It will need
resourcefulness which must be
gained by practical experience.
It will need adaptability which
means an ability to cooperate
with its fellows.
But most of all it will need
idealism—but it must be a con
structive idealism. Youth coulil
well take for its creed today
the Oath of Citizenship Which
the Youth of Athens took upon
arriving at their majority.
‘To bring no disgrace to this
city by a dishonest act; to fight
for the ideals and sacred things
alone and with many; to desert
no' faltering comrade; to revere
and obey the city laws; to incite
respect ahd reverence in those a-
bov us who are prone to annul
or set them at naught. To strive
unc^singly to quicken the pub
lic ^nse of civic duty. To tran
smit this city no less but more
beautiful than it was transmit-
t^ to us.
of today would
service the men in the Navy
have rendered in making and
keeping us a, nation and to bet
ter inform the American people
of what our Navy is and does
for them. When originally chos
en, October 27 marked not only
onwe of the moat important
also the birth date of Theodore
Hoosevelt whose life was devoted
to furthering a sound nikval pol
icy for the United Staten.
In its early days, the history
of our Navy was a turbulent
9ne. During the revolutioi^aiQr
period 78 vessels o| all descrip
tion#. vme used. Wt. i^rough
sale, capture and destruction on
ly was one was left in 1786 and
during that year Congress abol-|at
ished the Navy, leaving the bur-1 that mass flights” of high-speed
den of the protection of our [attack bombers, so frequently
Big Attfattion' :
In yall Town
Cami^,« 8. Cm Oct. 23,nrlni
the Iitt|s town of Lilesville, N.
C., a furor has been created.
The Field Station of the 2nd Bal
lpen Oba»»vation Squadron'a •
"flying cigar" is situated in this ‘
otherwise peaceful Carolina
hamlet, and the inhabitants
from miles around are a^ffer-j
ing from stiff n^ks resulting
fpm following the five or six
ascendencies and landings which
the ,“^|li935)”, noiakea dnily, in nd-^
dition to the trouble they are
having keeping the kids in the
classroom ^ry time she ihmns
up or down.
Grounded, the balloon Uea up
to a tendar which parks in an
empty lot' beti^en two churches
right in the niiddle of LilesVille,
on route S2. Passing traffic
just pulls Up at' the side of the
road for a good>look, every time
she comes in,, and . Just in case
an “enem^’- commander hs«i arty
idea of capturing)Lilesville and
the baboon statip^ in,,theqe n(ta-
neuvers, he’s fftjing . to‘Have a
difficult tinie of it, with a cor
don of '^ci^liAn \ auteihobilea
thrown'around it. 4
A non-rigid, motor-prope]led
baloon, the %limp” is filled
with the prroious helium* which
comes from Texas—to which the
United States has the sole
source and ownership.
This balloon, th0 only lighter-
than-air craft participating in
General Hnprl^ A. Drum's First-
Army mane'uvers, cruises all oy
er the vast 10,000 square-mile
area of operation, on almost cbp-
tinuous duty. The “blimp”, as
it is known to the civilian' pub
lic—is chiefly used for observa
tion, and is generally attached
to the, Meld Artillery in two-way
telephone communication >^th
'hea^ barHlge^ tinits. She is api^
pmiUilft4l)(‘ 12f’^f«et In
and'KbdUt 50 feet in dianieter.
u'-a- ;ii
There are only three balloon
squadrons in the Army Air Force
present, owing to the fact
country in the hands of an army
of only 80 men. In 1794 our
Navy was revived by a Congres
sional Act authorizing the con
struction of several frigates to
deal with the Algerine pirates
and the first U. S. Navy De
partment was established four
years later. One of these frig
ates purchased as a result, of
this act of 1794 was the Consti
tution—with the Constellation,
United States, President, Con
gress amd Chesapeake making up
a Navy which, through success
ful encounters with French
cruisers and privateers, estab
lished an enviable reputation for
itself. In 1801 a series of en
gagements with the Barbary
states and the ensuing treaties
rendered commerce in the Med
iterranean safe from attack and
ended the pa}rmeat of tribute by
Americans.
The outstanding performance
used to replace heavy artillery in
modern warfare, have rendered
them obsolete, except in special
circumstanees.
Pilot of the 2nd’s “flying ci
gar" is Warrant. Officer Olin
Brown who, according to Cap
tain J. K. Coughlin, command
ing officer of the 2nd., who
knows all about lighter-than-air
craft."
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N. G. Fanners May
Use Same Land, and
Equipment In Drive
North Carolina farmers are
being advised by state agricul
tural leaders to use their pres
ent farm equipment and crop
land in the united effort to raise
more food in ld42, says G. Tom
Scott, Johnston County farmer
and chairman of the state USDA
Defense Board.
The Tar Heel delegation of ag
ricultural leaders which attend
ed a 13-state food-for-freedom
conference at Memphis, Tehn..
last week agreed that North
Carolina farmers could meet
their share of the nation’s food
increase goals with “just a few
new investments in land and
farm equipment."
Soviet economy is geared for
war despite loss of territory.
dateS'ih. U. S. Naval history, but
of our Navy and privateers dur
ing the War of 1812 insured free
dom of the seas for our com
merce and further increased our
national prestige abroad.
The effective work of the Na
vy du^g the World War is still
fresh in the minds of most of us.
The ^onishing fact that no
American soldier escorted by the
U. S. Navy lost his life in tran
sit across the Atlantic amazed
even those in the highest posi
tions of authority.
All American foreign relations
all American participation in the
life of the community of nations
must find its expt«ipion through
traffic on the seas. Ships, both
commercial. and naval, are the
means of giving effective outlet
to America's right to partick
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