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DURHAM, North Carolina, SATURDAY, MAY 8th, 1943
BUY WAR BONDS .
Michigan University Students Favor Negro Instructors
USHERS GIVE SI,000 TO ORPHANAGE
College At Greensboro
Receives Substantial
First Annual Drive For
Oxford Negro Orphanage
Ha& Great Success
CHAMPION MOTHER
With approximately $900 al
ready collected for the Oxford
Colored Orphanage the North
Carolina Interdenominational
Ushers Association voted at its
anqual mid year meetinf Sundaj
«ft«rrioon in Fayetteville to cen-
Hiwe the drive for the inatitn-
tion nntiUthe 13th of May with
the idea in'ialnd of increasing
amodni to be donated the ot*
phanafire to $1,000,
The meeting on last Sunday
afternoon was conci^red by a
majority of those attending as
* one of the best ever held by
the orphanage since its bej'tinn-
ing. In spite of the shortage on
gas, tires and crowded traveling
conditions One of the largest
delegations' ever to attend a
mid year session was on hand
at Fayetteville.'
the amount to be donated the oi-
ed tame from the Durham Ush
ers Union the amount was f|«2.1b.
Theri* were several donation ovei
^5100. The mone ybrought to the
ooiivention was largely, raised
through the various chureji af
filiated with the state organiza
tion, however there were manv
individaual donors.
According to the una^imou.i
opinion of the delegates anl
visitors attending the conven
tion the Fayetteville Ushers
Union, one of^the youngest in
the state organization, outstrip
ped all others in the past in thf
fine entertainment afforded th»
viaitlog delogation. The Fayett'^
vilte Union is headed by Am
hrose Evans, who has . around
him some of the finest men an^l
women in the entire state c**
ganization.
The meeting Sunday afternoon
was held in the Evans Metro
politan AME Zion Church on
('ool Spring Street. In additioji
to the large niliuber of }(K*ai
visitors there were many out-of-
town persons ^ presept,' to boost
the crowd which numbered in
Che, neighborhood of 500 per
sons.
T. A. Hamme, snper'tnteridenl
of the Oxford Orphanage, stated
this week that he w/is more thin
appreciative of the interest nov
bein^ manifested ^n the in-
stiution by the Ushers Associn-
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Plans Presented To
Secretary Knox For
Negroes In WAWS.
. in an unreientii;ig fisrtit to
fiave N(Bgro Women admitted tt^
(lie Navy-WAVES, SPARS and
vVomen Reserve Marines, Mrs.
rhomasina Walker Johnson,
Legislative Representative oi
the National Non-Partisan
Council on Public Aflfairs. wag
told from the office of Adm
Randall Jacobs, Chief of the
Personnel Department of thv
Navy that a “plan” had been
given to Secretary of the Nav'
Knox for the admission of Coi
ored women in the Navy for hi;
approval. Mrs. Johnson pointet'
out that she wishes a confer
ence with Adm. Jacobs to dis
cuss the plan and proposer’
policies on the admission of
Colored Women in the Navy be
fore they became the policy tf
ivoid the criticism that follow
ed the change in policy affect
ing Negro men in the Navy
Gifts From Four Sources
Mamie
by The
Weaver is pre
Carolina Times
this week as honored mother lof
the year and so far as triia
newspaper has been able to dis
cover the one mother of Durhain
who has morei, sonS now serv
ing ih the armed forces of the
nation—fouf in all. We Salute
herU ' .
WESLEY AND .
SUMNER WELLS .
NCC SPEAKERS
BY ERIC E. L. HEROULBB
, pUB,T!AM Xhe uiort
borate ommeneement program
in the progressive history of the
North Carolina College fot Ne
groes will begin on Sunda\,
May .^Oth with the Baccalureate
Sermon to be preached by Dr.
Charles H. Wesley, President of
Wilberforce University. Di.
Wesley will be heard in the 1'
N. Duke Auditorium at 5:.30 P.
M. One the following day, Mon
day May 31, Summer Welles.
Under Secretary of State will
deliver the Commencement ad
dress in the Auditorium at
10:45 A. M. precisely. Other
participants at the exercises
will include Governor J. Mel
ville Broughton of North Caro
lina who will deliver the diplo
mas to the graduate and pro*
fessional students and Dr. Ro- i
bert L. Flowers, President of
DnSe University and for th-
pasf SO years, Chairmim of the
BoajrcT of Trustees of the Coll
ege. Dr. James E. Sheparu,
President of America’s oalv
supported College of Liberal
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VISITS PARENTS
Private Charlie Speight, form
er business man of Durham who
is now stationed _ at. Ft^ Leon-
ardwood. Mo. Private Sp«?ight
left the city last week after
visiting his parents, Mr. anO^
Mrs. Speight of this city.
k Mm Mitlwwy
ISOUkQUOTA
for VKTOtY Willi
U.S,WAKBOmS
Students, Faculty Object
When Negro Scientist
Refused Job At Michigan
BY A. A. MOBISEY
GREENSBORO — The an
nouncement by President David
D. Jon**8 that 4slT.>,t)i)0 townr>i
#'tU0,()0) %aduwmeBt ^anipai^
had been raised and the iidap-
tion of ^he .1205,000 budget for
n^xt yvar highlighted th? a»-
nnal meeting of the trasteea of
Bennett College on the eaaripaa
last week.
Sources of the efldovame:it
fond include 150,000 from Mn.
Henry Pfeiffer, philaathropist
whose donations to tke Coll^pa
in the past deca^ now are imrr
than -f700,000. Other donatioaa
are; General Education Soar^
•1!69.000; Woman’s Horae
ionary Society, $2;3,000; grada*
ates, friends, faealtT aad trust*
ees, $31,000.
The president’s annual repmrt
to the trustees took s new ang!« ^
this year with President JooM
relying on reports from stiuteats
and faculty members to tell the
story of activities on tike ««>»•
pus during the past year. Fae»
ulty reports cofered th| work nf
the various divisions and tte
community-related work of tk«
college while t^ stndeate oat*
lined the «xtr« eornenlar '' pra«
gram of the college.
Student speaker iBcl»dc4t
Misses Laura AUston, Katttrya
Davenport, Betty Wa^, Mtxf
Randolph, Myrtle Brown. Thora
Kelly. Margaret Hill, Carol Cap*
ter, Ruth Harvey,
Favors.
aad Bo!>erta
The above photo shOwa officers of the Lifftfette and Myers
Tobacco Workers Union Number 194 being dslivered $500
tmrth of War bonds which were purchased by the locftl UlUOn.
The bonds are being handed to Elchi Ratley, Chairman of the
Board of Trustees by L. E. Austin, edit^or of The CAROliNA
TIMES, standing at the extreme left Next to Mr. Austin is
Benjamin Morris, president of the Board, The lady in the pic-
^ture is Miss Daisy R. Jones, secretary-treasurer of the loo«d
At the extreme rigrht is Thomas Clement member of th!e Board
of Trustees.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., (AitP)
— Both student body and in
structors at the University of
Michigan became aroused Mon
day when it was known that
William ‘ Clayton, one of the
mopt brilliant men in his speci-
Ity ever to come to Michigan,
missed oiit on a university fac
ulty job solely because of his
race, said Prof. Harry C. Csnrer
of the mathematics department
here.
Although there have been
competent Negro graduate stu
dents at the university, notably
in the fields of mathematics and
sociology, no Negro has ever re
ceived a final recommendation to'
a teaching' position. A Secret
poll taken last week reveals that
95 i>er cent of those fnestioned
wonid not object to Negro in
structors. * PNT
Reasons for failnre of these
highly qualified Negroes to ob
tain positions on the faculty of
the university have been niaiy
and varied.
According to an investigation
conducted by the Michigan
1>aily, student newspaper here,
it was indicated that this fail-
ue is due to race alone. The rea
son given by faculty member«i
for this situation varied from
fear of student reactions to
conviction that the appointemnt
Qf a Negro would never be ap
proved by the authorities.
Said Prof. Carver in regard
to the Clayton ease, “I'm not
interested in stirring up troubl«>,
but no one has a right to say that
a Negro should not teach at
state university. Clayton is now
A liteutenant in the coast arti
lery; in view of the shortage >n
the mathematics deparment, 1
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Chinese Author
Gives hterview On
Racial Arn^e
BY LLBW:^YN RAHSOMC
(Exclusive for Continental
Feature and New Service)
NEW YORK — “No one has
right to condemn Hitler’s
racial arrogance as long as that
one shares it himsesf,” said
Lin Yntang. brilliant Chinese
Philosopher and author of
American and Chinese
sellers, in aa exshisive inters
viev on the N^ro question at
his New York home in Qraei
Sq[iiue.
pr. Lin bcfsB his intervit*
mith a statement of his po4itiun
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Other features of the
meeting of the board iaclndeil
the presentation of the pietaf
of the late Miss Carrie Barjie
for whom Carrie Besid*
ence Hall was naaaed- TW pr*«
sentation was made by Hrs. If.
H. C. Qoode Sidii«]r>
trustee of the college on
of the Woman’s MissiMarf
Society. Miss Helett MeLar%
senior from Camden, S. a4»
eepted the pictvre.
The trustees and viMteai wtii
guests at a revi«w of
activities whi(>h wrhided
ductioB of a daily radio
dances ^ the Modem
Group, mask by the eMi
ehestrs aad ehoir, and aa
of world-wide eMttwBM
ed by members' of the
Theatre Qoild.
The eoetnmes as« tke
Mrs. QarfieU D. Meraer.
Mateo. Califonia, nwiMhw
trustee bend,
thttn dering hm ,
TnurttM «tt«wtt!|§.
inc «tf«: Dr.
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