ATTACKS TEACHERS
To Hold Mass in Kinston
NATIVE AFRICAN CATHOUC BISHOP
TO HOLD MASS IN KINSTON SUNDAY
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FOR 25 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING NEGRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
VOLUME 28—NUMBER 11
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1950
PRICE: TEN CENTS
Bishop Joseph Kiwanuka of the Catholic Church in Masaka,
Africa who will hold mass in Kinston Sunday. A crowd of 400
visitors are expected to attend the gathering which will be held
at Our Lady Atonement Church.
Collins Cliarges
Secrecy Used By
NCTA Officials
s. C. Law School
Approved By ABA
III a statement released to the
CARULIXA TIMES tliis week
Prof. \V. li. Collins, chairman
of the Xortheastem District of
the Noniinatinf,' Committee of
tlie North Carolina Teachers’
Association chargi'd that the
present, adiiiinislralion of the
orxaiiizalioii is {{iiiity of “secret
mauiMiveriiig” tu tliscredit tlie
Nortlicastfi'ii District’s choicc
lor president of the Association,
Dr. F. Iv. Atkins, ])n>sident wf
Winsltih Salem 'I’eachers' C(}1-
|C|(‘.
I’rof. Collins is principal of
the Ni'f-ro liiffh school in Smith-
ri. ld when* h(‘ lias made an en
viable reeord as an educator.
'I'lii! Smith field educator
eliaryes that tin; Northeastern
District nominated Dr. Atkiqs
and the nondnatiny committee
of tlH3 assmdation 'placed his
name on the ballot hut that the
present administration of the
Association is losing no time in
sponsoriiif' its own choice for
president.
As partial proof of the M*cret
maneiiv(‘rinir, -M r. Collins
GItANOEBUR(}, S. C.
The Law School of State A.
and M. College was approved
for accreditation by the Ameri
can Bar Association at their an
imal session held in Chicago ac-
conling to a telegram received
by Renner C. Turner, Dean of
the Ii«nv School.
The telegram to Dean Benner
C. Turner from .lohn G. Ilervey,
Advisor to the Section of Legal
Education and Aduussion to the
charges that “even before the
official ballot could be officially
presented to the public, at least
ojie representative of the Ex
ecutive Connnittee had discuss
ed the ballot before the organ- American Bar Asso-
ized teachers ni the unit dis
crediting the Northeastern Dis
trict’s choice becaiis* of Iiis
health.
Said Prof. (Collins further,
“^r. Atkins iH'camc disturbeil
over the possibility that he had
requestcl the consitleration . . .
and hud requested that his name
be taken off the ballot,” until
he v\as assured that it was tliu
unanimous .((tJioice of the Nom
inating Committee. ‘
“There arc tliost; of ns who
recognize his prest’iit physical
handicap from its inert effect
only, which would be less in
value than the; contribution he
has been able to make in spite
of bis handicap to the educa
tional growth of the State —
which to us makes him one of
North Carolina’s leading edu
cators justly deservant of your
favorable consideration on elec
tion day,” said Prof (Jollins
Judge Bolin Resigns
From NAACP Board
NEW YOllK
Declaring that, tlie 20 vice-
presidents of the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement of
Colored Peojilc, of which she is
one, are merely names on letter
heads, Judge -Jane B. Bolin,
justice of the Domestic Itela-
tions C(jiirt of New York City,
announced hc>' i-esignation hete
'I’hiirsday, Jlareh U.
A'jinonncement of the resjigna-
tion came as no surprise to news-
l)ap(‘i- eiteles in New York, due
to th(‘ jn'e.sent rumors over the
past several months that Juclgc
14olin was at odds with the pow
ers that he in tin; NAACP.
In a telephone conversation
Tuesday night with Roy Wil
kins, acting secretary of the
NAACP, requesting a state
ment on Judge Bolin’s resig
nation, the Carolina Times
was told that evidently Judge
Bolin had sent copies of her
letter to the press several days
before it was actually mailed
to President Spingarn and
consequently the Board had
not had time to prepare a
statement on same. Following
the Tuesday night telephone
conversation, the Carolina
Times receiving the following
telegram from the NAACP
Wednesday, March 15 at 1:35
P. M.: Regret that comment
on Judge Bolin letter by
Chairman of our Board being
held up and cannot reach you
by your deadline tonight.
Signed: ROY WILKINS.
Tn a lengthy letter, addressed
to President Arthur 8pingarn
of the “NAACP, .Judge Bolin
charged that “vice presidents
eannot partieipatf* in d(>termin-
ing ])oliey or program” of the
association and tliat the twenty
vice presidents’ names are mere
ly used to “lend prestige to the
association and to mislead the
public that these jicrsons have
responsibility in formulatiiig
policy.” \
Said .Judge Bolin further; “I
am further )f the belief that
the X.\ACP program has b^-
(PlcH.sc turn to I’age Eight)
eiation read “Association ap
proved your school by un
animous vote t(Kiay. Congratula
tions. (Signed) .lohn (}. Ilervey.
The Law School began opera
tion at State A. and M. College
September 17, 1!)47 and is now
in the third year of its opftra-
tion. In September, 1949 the
Law School occupied quarters
in a new building ered^'d for
that purpose. Apjplication was
made to the American Bar Asso
ciation and to the Association
of American Law Schools far
aiiproval as an accri‘ditel Law
School.
In November, 194!) inspection
was made by Mr. Hervey on be
half of both Associations. A
report was made by Mr. Ilervey
to the Section of Legal Educa
tion and Admissions to the Bar,
and as u result of recommenda
tions made by it the American
Mar Association voted approval
of the Law School of State A.
and M. College.
Herbert U. Fiebeiman, Asso
ciate Editor, Commercial Law
.lournal in the February, 1950
issue, writing on new law school
buildings referred to the new
law school building at State A.
and M. (College as one of Amer
ica’s important law schools. Tn
the article it was stated that the
State A. and M. College, Orange
burg, S. C., has just completed
the building for its new law
school at a cost in excess of $200,-
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Fayetteville Ushers Celebrate Anniversary
I
if.
Pictured above are some of the Ushers who
took part in the celebration of the First An
niversary of the Usher Board of the Hamount
Presbyterian Church of Fayetteville last Sun
day. Speaker for the occasion was President of
the State Association, L. E. Austin. Pictured in
the front of the group from left to right are:
John McCallum, Mrs. Marion Sawyer, President [
Austin and Walter McClarin, president of the
Fayetteville Ushers Union.—Photo by Anders, j
Mississippi Seeks Death
Penaity For Negro Slayers
The above photo was taken at the Victory party given for the
North Carolina College Eagles in Washington, D, C. last week
just after they had defeated the West Virginia State “Yellow
Jackets” for the 1950 tournament championship crown. The vic
tory party was held at Club Bali. From left to right!;' Cqach
Johnny B. McLendon, Eagles mentor; Hilliard Pope, president
Washington Chapter, North Carolina College Alumni and Dr. J.
N. Mills, N. C. College school physician and ardent Eagles’
fan.—Photo by Blair.
KOSCIUSKO, *M1SS.
For the first time since 1890
and the first time in the history
of Attala County, the State of
Mis.sissippi is asking the death
penalty for the slaying of a Ne
gro by a white person.
Windol Whitt and two other
white men are chargfd with the
brutal massacre of thn‘t N(‘'j;ro
children and tin' wounding of a
fourth and the children’s step
father, iK'ar Ih'tc (ni the night
of .lanuary H,
Whitt and the two other men,
Leon 'rnrnei', .'?S. aiul Malcolm
Whitt. L’7, brother of Windol
hav(‘ all entered , pleas of “not
guilty,’’ Whitt went on ti'ial
Wednesday and trial of the
I'thei- two men will follow in
consecutive wc(>ks.
Windol Whitt is eliat'gcd with
the slaying of four-year-ohl
Ruby Nell Harris, daughter of
Thomas Harris, fiO-yearold ten
ant farmer. The other two chil
dren nnirden'd ar(‘ Kranki(>, 10
and Mary Rurnside Thurman,
8.
'I’he white men also critically
wounded Harris, shooting him
in the back and lung, from
\\hieh he is now paralyzed and
Harris’ stepdaughter, Pearline,
whom they also attcmi)ted to
rape. Pearline is recovering from
a bullet wound received at the
time of the slaying. Harris’
wife escafied by fleeing in her
Through an oversight, men
tion was not made in the story
of the dedication of the annex
to the Stanford L. Warren
Library to the effect that
flowers and the use of palms
were donated by LONG’S
FLORIST,
night clothes? with her two-weeka (the law for burglary and at-j
old infant. i tempted rape on Harris’ wife, j
Harris and his stepdaughter, the men are reported to have
together with 19 other witnesses 1 gone to the Harris home and;
will appear for the State. shot up the family after escap- ,
Described as a vengeance slay- ing from the jail in which they i
ing because tliey believed the were being hehl on the original:
Xi'gro family reported them to charges.
KINSTi>N
Till* Mo?it Ilfv. .loseph Kiw-
aiuika, W. F., Viear-Apostulii:
of Masaka, Afriea, the first na
tive Negro Bishop sinee fiie time
of St. Augu.stine, will officiate
at a Pontifical Mass to be offer
ed here Sunday morniiiir, March
!'• at Our l^idy of Atonement
CllUreh at eleven o'eloek.
Bishop Water*., id’ the Diocese
of Ilaleigh, extended the invita
tion to Bishop Kiwanuka, who
is scheduled to address some -WO
visitors from other parishes
throULdiuut the Dioe.-se and to
idminister the Saerament of
Confirmation.
Bishop Kiwanuka wa.s con
secrated by Pope Pius XII in
1939, the first Negro Bishop in
1,000 years. He is Bishop of
British colonial province in East
Africa.
Members of the clergy fn>m
neighboring pari.^hes will asfsist
the Bishops as ofticers of the
Mass. Presiding at the services
will be The Most Reverend Vin
cent S, Wate'rs, Bishop of lla-
leigli. Stuilents from the Mother
of Mercy High School at Wash
ington, N. ('., will be serves and
altar boys.
A Luneheou will be served in
the cafeteria of near'oy Adkin
High School for all the visiting
clergy ainl la,itj'. High School
stud«nts and parishioners of St.
.loseph’s I’arish of New Bern
are planning the pvoduetioii of
a Pii.s-sion pJay.
During the -Mass. delegates
from many parishes will present
the Bishop with offerings made
by their respective communities
in behalf of the visitor’s Mission
Program.
At the reception, Bisliop Kiw
anuka will have an opportunity
to meet the people and tell them
about his reason for coming to
thi.s country. The trip was made
at the suggestion of Pope Pius
XI1 in order that Bishop Kiw
anuka could make contacts with
persons in this country wlio
would assist hijn to build a
seminary in his own Diocese.
Bishop Kiwanuka has under
his jurisdiction, fifty Native
priests working in 35 parishes
to care for 137,2tiO Catholics.
There are over 200 Negro Sisters
teaching in his parochial schools.
The host parish. Our Lady of
Atonement here in Kinston, is
under the direction of the Rev
erend Sabastian Simko, S. A.,
Pastor.
President
IHubbard Boys Make Good
The photo at the top shows Dr, James M. Hubbard, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hubbard of Durham in a class examining
an X-ray at the Jersey City Medical Center in Jersey City, N. j.
The photo is more or less a typical United Nations Class composed
of medical men from China, Guatemala, Ireland, Honolulu and
America. Dr. Hubbard has made quite a record since going to
Jersey City Medical Center where he is taking a post graduate
course in children’s dentistry and dental surgery. Not to be out
done by his older brother Thomas R. Hubbard, other son of Dr.
and Mrs. Hubbard, is now making good as instructor in biology
at Shaw University. Both Dr. Hubbard and his brother are grad
uates of North Carolina Collie at Durham.
Dr. George W. Gore, newly
elected president of Florida A.
and M. College. Dr. Gore was
appointed by tiie Florida Board
of Control, and succeeds Dr.
WiUiam H. Gray who resigned
last year. Th* new FAMC prexy
is director of the graduate di
vision of Tennessee A. and M.
St?t', College.
Negroes To
Seek Entrance
To Delaware U.
WiLMlNUToN, DEL.
The National Association for
the Advanceineiit of t.'olored
People today sougl't admission
of Netrro students tu the Univer
sity of Delaware, in u suit filed
in Chancery Court here.
Ail of the plaintiffs in the
ease, ext’ept oiie. are students of
Delaware State Culle!;e, a Ne-
irro institution. Alleging that
Delaware State is vastly inferior
to the I'niversity of Delaware,
they point out that accredita
tion of Delaware State has been
withdrawn by the Middle States
Association of SfcoiKtrrry ScliooLs
and Colleges, on ground.s of iu-
fi-riority in-curricula, physical
facilities library, laboratories*
dormitories, and financial sup-
I>ort. The college has never been
accredited by the A.sso«*iation of
American Universities.
Governor, University
Trustees, Named
The i.-omplaint, servetl on ap
proximately forty persons com-
pri.sing the Board of Trustees
' includiinr (JDVornor Elbert N.
CiWYel of Delaware', the Presi-
di*!it of th.- I’niversity and the
Committee ‘ II Admission.s.,
■ liarges tliat the-ie def.mlants,
iiave dejiifd the plaintiffs.”
"right and privile'.^e to obtain
‘ollege educiitiou in the only
college of aeoretiited standing:
aiaiiitained hy the Statt? of Dela»
'.\are.”
Hv plaeiu”: rile plaintiffs
otiiers similarly situated ’“at a-
u:rave disadvantasre with reganl
to ■.■htaiiuiiir a colIe>:e iiUication
within the State of Delaware.”
I rile N’AACP ii-sstTts. the defend
ants' aetiiin "aniourifs to tle-
nial ... of tht* equal protection
,of the laws; is unequal, oppres
sive. and disi-rimiiratory; de-
iprives the f>laintiffs . . of liber
ty and property without due
process (^f law, and is uncon
stitutional and violative of the
Fourteeth Amendment to the
I'nited States Constitution and
the law of the land.’’
The NAACP re[uest- the
,i 'urt to order the trusti. s of
* unive’- ity (1) to issue ap
plication blanks to plaintiffs;
i2i to consider such application
blanks, when raturned. without
to plaintiffs’ race or
3; to admit plaintiff)!
University of Delawifcre
sjune Nisis as all other
students if plaintiffs are found
qualifieil.
The atturnevs hauilling the
cas»‘ for the NA.\n* are Louis
L. Heddinir of Wilndngton and
XAAt’P Assisfaiit Special Conn
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