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Resignation Final McLENDON GOES TO HAMPTON Periodlcal^P^ ^ Dulce Univ 1 FOR THIRTY YEARS THE OUTSTANDING WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS Entered as Second Matter at the Post Office at Durham, North Carolina, under Act of March 3,1879. VOLUME 30—NUMBEK ond Ciosi i DURHAM, N. O., SATURDAY, JUNE 7th. 1952 PRICE TEN CENTS lie «rray of dignitaries in the above t>boto is that of the principals in the Commencement exercises at North Carolina College here Tuesday, June 3. Speaker for the occasion was Dr. Carleton L. Trueblood, professor of Philosophy at Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana. From left to right: Dr. Albert L. Tomer, dean of the North Carolina College Law School; Dr. A. E. Manley, dean-of the college; President Alfonso Elder, Dr. Trueblood; Dr. W. W. Pierson, dean of .the Graduate School; D. E. Moore, dean of the school of Library Science; Dr. Lucy Morgan, director. Department of North Carolina Public Health Education; Dr. C. C. Spaulding, member of the Board of Trustees and R. M. Oantt, chairman, Board of Trustees. CoiiimeiKement Speaker Tells N. C. College Graduotes "Democracy Is Shoddy” The members of North Caro lina College's 1952 graduating classes were urged to raise their sights to perm it ideals of ex cellency to prevail over ideals of mediocrity here last Tuesday. Dr. D. Elton Trueblood, noted Quaker scholar of Earlham Col lege, Richmond, Ind., spoke to the graduates in B. N. Duke Auditorium. The program was broadcast over Radio Station WDNC. Dr. Trueblood said our demo cracy today is “shoddy," because there is too much mediocrity in our present system of living. To offset the dangers of mediocrity. Dr. Trueblood urged Americans to raise their sights in the ureas of the home, daily work, the church, and the school. He said it is useless to give ad- vice to people who are noT Tnler- ested in our opinions on foreign affairs and national issues. What is needed, Dr. Trueblood said, is lor mdividual citizens to make better homes, to do their indi vidual jobs in a better way, to practice the ideals of Christianity outside of church as well as in side, and to''approach the matter of education in a serious way that will improve all members of society. The graduates were urged to practice habits of excellency ^ which can be noted in happy i homes, serviceable churches, | skilled craftsmanship, and col leges that aid the citizens of our communities to make the world a better place in which to live. Dr. Trueblood urged a reading of swious books to help indi viduals become better world citizens. The quest for excellen- (Please turn to Page Eight) Memorial service for Mias Moranda Smith, noted fighter for freedom will be held in Winston- Salem Bimday. June 8 at 2:00 P- M., it was announced this wc by Miss Viola Brown and Mrs. Lougenia Lewis, co-chairmen of the committee arranging the pro gram. MIm Smith died suddenly on April IS, 1950. Berean Bible Class To Unveil Founder's Photo The Berean Bible Class of St. Joseph A.M.E. Church will un veil a photograph of the founder of the church, the late Rev. Edi- an Markham, Sunday June 15. J. H. Betts, president of the class announced here this week that the unveiling ceremony will take place on the court of the church immediately follow ing the morning service. A special committee compos ed of C. R. Rivers, Nelson Hughes, Jr., J. Elwood Carter and the president of the class is arranging for the program. Cc- celia Elaine Wiggs, six-year-old great-granddaughter of the (Please turn to Page Eight) Pastor Of Ebenezer Baptist Church Tells Hillside High Graduates "Inequalities A Challenge" . 16-Year-Old Boy Loses Life In Gum Neck Creek COLUMBIA . The body of a 16-year-old boy of the Gum Neck section of the County, who drowned around 12:30 P. M., while swimming with several other youths in Bar Pit, was rS^Rrered here around 2:30 P. M„ Sunday. The Bar Pit is located on the farm of Gerald Selby. ^ The unfortunate boy was Lester Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grandy Brown. Other boys who were in swimming with Brown at the time of the accident were Elwood Swaip, Joe John ) Liverman, Hayes Liverman, Will Liverman and Richard Major. According to officers making the investigation. Brown called for help and two of the boys attempted a rescue, but were forced to abandon it when he almost pulled them under. The Rev.jJ. A. Brown, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church of Durham, in the annual bacca laureate sermon to the gradua ting class of Hillside High School here Sunday, said that inequalities can serve a great challenge to youth. Speaking from the subject, "Inward Powers Overcoming The Inequalities^ Of The Pre sent Day World," the Rev. Brown pointed out that if all were equal, there would be no leaders, there would , be no talent, nor would there be any incentive to cause one to aspire to high attainment. The speaker referred to several local Negro leaders and pointed out that these persons, like manV others have proved that an Inequality can be an advantage. The sermon was said to have been one of the most practical and forceful ever delivered at a high school baccalaureate exercise in this city, and in spite of the fact that it was Sunday, brought forth occasional ap plause from the audience. Since taking over the pastor ate of Ebeneder here one year ago, the membership has -been increased nearly 200 and the church has emerged as one of the most outstanding in the city. The Baccalaureate program was presided over by Rev. N. B. Higgins, member of the Hill side faculty. Scripture was read by Rev L. M. Gooch, pastor of St. John Baptist Church with invocation being offered by Rev. Wra. Fullei', pastor of ‘Mount Zion Baptist Church. Music for the occasion was furnished by New Drug Fot Treatment Of IB Released By FDA WASHINGTON | Another new drug for the treatment of tuberculosis was announced here Wednesday by the U. S. Food and Drug Ad ministration, to be used “Under close medical supervision Up until now the drug has been restricted to experimental use. The National Tuberculosis Association is cautious in de scribing the drug says that “it appears to be useful in treat ment, but is not a speciffc cure for tuberculosis and (whose) real worth has not yet been evaluated.” The chemical name of the drug is isonicotinic acid hydra- zide. It is said to be easy to make, inexpensive and in abun dance. Doctors report it to be “the best thing yet” to be used in the treatment of TB which kills annually over 45,000 persons in America. In announcing the release* of the material under which 4,000 TB patients have received treat ment in the experimental pro gram. » 1 The FDA said in releasing itst. announcement that stated . its^^ action “Means only that the drug is regarded safe when used as recommended in its labelling and implies no approval or en dorsement.” “For the present,” said FDA, “the recommended use of isoni cotinic acid hydrazide is limited to the treatment of tuberculosis victims who are not responding -ta therapy.” REVEREND J. A. BROWN the school chorus. The Rev. J. H. Peppers, pas tor of St. Paul Baptist Church pronounced the benediction. More Books On Religion Are Being Published Right now publishers are issu ing more books on religion than on any other nonfiction subjects. Newspaper syndicates are ex panding their religious features terest. iSales of the Bible have because of increasing public In- doubled in five years and are (Please turn to Page Eight) Old North State Medical Society Closes Confab “The 65th annual meeting of the Old North State Medical So ciety closed a' three day session here Thursday night. All sessions were held in the Music and Fine Arts Building at North Carolina College. Scientific discussions were held Weditesday and Thursday with state and national medical au thorities participating in the panels. At Thursday’s final day, the society listened to additional scientific papers, and held a joint business meeting with the Pharmaceutical section. The Ladies Auxiliary also met Thursday aftemaon. Thee meetii(gs began here last Tuesday afternoon with a meet ing of the executive board, a general membership business meeting, and a reception at the^ ho*me of Dr. and Mrs. D. B. Cooke. Dr. George H. Evans of Greensboro presided at the opening business sessions. Dr. W. T. Armstrong of R o c k y Mount, president elect, was in ducted into office at the closing meeting. Officers of the society for the past year included, in addition to Dr. Evans, the president, the following: J. Garrett Parker of Durham, 1st vice president; Dr. Armstrong, president-elect; Dr. F. E. Davis, Greenslwro, secre tary-treasurer; Dr. Clyde Donneii, Durham, secretary- treasurer emeritus; and Dr. Mil ton D. Quigless, Tarboro, record ing secretary. The officer of the Durham Academy of Medicine, host to the state group, are: Dr. C. D. Grandy; president; Dr. J. M. Hubbard, Jr., vice president; Dr. R. E. Dawson, secretary; and Dr. (Please turn to Page Eight) MRS. LOTTIE S. LOWE Last Rites Held For Mrs. Lowe At White Rock Mrs. Lottie Sparkman Lowe, 56, \*'iie of Jas. Urban Lowe, died at her home here, 801 Elizabeth Street, Sunday June 1, following an illness of approxi mately four months. Mrs. Lowe, who was'the for mer Miss Lottie Beatrice Spark man, was born in Durham, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Sparkman. attended-- thp public schools' of the city and the Na tional Training School, now the N. C. College at Durham. For several years she taught in the Durham County school system, after which she was employed at the N. C. Mutual Life Insur ance Company. Mrs. Lowe was a member of Whitfe Rock Baptist Church, the Mother's Club, Year Round Garden Club, Cosmetologist Club No. 1 and treasurer of the Square Glenn Memorial Foun dation. , In .addition to her husband, she is survived by her mother, Mrs. Mary J. Torian and two sons, Jas. Urban, Jr., instructor, Tennessee State University and Benjamin, graduate student at the University of Cincinnati. The last rites were held at White Rock Wednesday morn ing, June 3 at 10:30. The Rev. Miles Mark Fisher, pastor, officiated. Interment was at Beechwood Cematery. Annual NAACP Meet To Study Segregation NEW YORK The status of the all-out fight against .segregation being waged by tho National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will bie discussed and studied in two half-day sessions on Thursday, June 26, at the 43rd annual NAACP convention, to be held in Oklahoma City' Thurgood Marshall, NAACP special counsel, and Daniel E. Byrd, field secretary for the NAACP Legal Defense and Edu-. cational Fund, Inc., will lead the segregation discussions. According to a schedule out lined in advance by Mr. Mar shall, the morning session will be devoted to detailed exposure of all evils inherent in enforced racial segregation land the after noon session to methods of ef fectively combating this segre gation. Experts in the field will discuss various phases of the question and will outline experi ences in the fight against Jim Crow on the community, state, regional and national levels. Branch activity and legisla- tive activity, with emphasis on the 1952 political action cam paign, will be featured at other workshop sessions at the con vention. Speakers at the eve ning sessions and Sunday mass meeting include Dr. Louis T. Wright, chairman of the NAACP board of directors; Rev. James H. Robinson, Church oif the Mas ter, New York; Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota; George Rucker, 23-year-old president of the student' senate. Univer sity of Oklahoma; Roy Wilkins, NAACP administrator; and W.altA' White, executive secre tary. On Saturday night, June 28, there will be a dramatization of "Fire in the Flint,” Mr. White’s first book, at the city audi torium. There will be no ad mission fee for the play, which was prepared by Professor Mel vin B. Tolson of Langston Uni versity and will be performed by the university’s Dust Bowl Players under Professor Tolson’s direction. REVEREND G. W. HALL Retiring Head Oxford School Feted By Faculty OXFORD On Tues^y pvening May 27, the faculty of Orange Street School of Oxford, entertained at a banquet in the school cafe teria, in honor of its retiring principal. Rev.’James W. Hall, Mrs. Sadie Wilson acted as mistress o£ ceremonies and Mrs. James C. Baptiste read tele grams of felicitations. Rev. C. A, Atkins gav& 4he-invocation. Noted Coach Pulls Up Stakes I At N.C. College I The resignation of Johnny B. I McLendon, famous basketball coach at North Carolina, was reported to be definite and final here Thursday when represen tative of the Carolina Times learned that McLendon had given up all hopes of ironing out difficulties and had signed a contract with Hampton Insti tute, Hampton. Va. The usual dillydallying tac tics of the North Carolina Col lege administration was said to have iwoved the final straw that broke the camel’s back in feverish efforts of faculty mem bers. students, alumni and friends of the college to keep McLendon from making his resignation final. Aa Inquiry at the College News Bureau disclosed that it was absolutely in the dark about the resignation and thereupon a representative of the Times in quired at the office of Presi dent Alphonso Elder, who stattMl that he did not know what Ml- LenUon had finally decided to do about his resignation. Further investigation from a very reliable source revealed that Coach McLendon has not only already signed a contract to accept work at Hampton, but that l^e had already left the city. Thus, North Carolina College’s In years' supremacy in the basketball circle of the CIAA comes to an abrupt end unless the institution is able to find some person who can produce the type of top-ranking teams which the college became fam ous for under the coaching of McLendon. Music was furnished by a group of Orange Street School music pupils under the direc tion ol Mrs. B. P. Tyler. The twenty-one years of ser vice the Rev. Mr. Hall has ren dered to the community, and the esteem in which he is held, was paid tribute by Dr. E. E. Toney, Rev. G. C. Hawley, Rev. H. S. Davis, Mrs. Ira Miller, Mrs. Alex Peace, and a pupil, Nora Craft.. Remarks were made by Dr. Budd E. Smith, Superin tendent of Oxford City Schools and Mrs- M. W. Gant, Supervi sor. A Television Set, given by the faculty, was presented to Rev, Hall by a co-worker, Mrs O. H, Johnson, The wife of the principal was also presented an orchid by Miss H, S, Bames, another member of the faculty. The many contributions made by the Rev, Mr. Hall will long be remembered by all the citi zens of Oxford and Granville County. 426 Graduated At 54th Commencement Of A & T GREENSBORO “The knowledge of how far one can venture, the knowledge of how to be friendly, the know ledge to exercise patience, the knowledge of the value of tole rance and the knowledge of the method of conciliation are the basic prequisites of the know how of living”, told Robert H. Frazier, mayor of Greensboro, who delivered the commence ment address last Monday (June 2) at A. and T. College. The message which had as its subject, “The Know How of Living”, was directed at 426 graduates of the institution in the 54th annual finals held out doors on the college quadrangle. An adventurous life which breaks away from the past for the sake of the future is safe only to the individual who has clear understanding of simple things. “All the adventure and all the courage may fail when confronted by reality Unless there is clear understanding’’, warned the spetiker. Mr. Frazier advocated reading of books and study of the Bible as able aids to. clear thinking and self-education when he said, “the reading of the Bible im proves one’s speech and affords wisdom, inspiration and under standing essential in knowing how to live”. “Another bit of know how of living’*, continued the speaker, “is the recognition of the need for patience. It is one of the rarest adornments of character but in the work of our life and in our patience is essential”. It was back in 1S37 when McLendon came to North Caro lina College and accepted a contract at the lowly salary of $60 per month, as assistant basketball coach to William Burghart, now Director of Ath letics at Morgan State College, Baltimore, Md. In 1940 Mc Lendon was given full charge^.7 of basketball at the* college and during the entire 12 years, eight of his teams were CIAA cham pions and three others were runners up, thus leaving only one year in the entire 12 years that his team was not a contes tant in the championship finals. He was the first coach of a Negro basketball team to beat Clairbee’s famous Long Island University team. The game was played in Washington and star tled the basketball world and catapulated North Carolina Col lege basketball team into tlie national limelight as one of the outstanding of the nation. Efforts to reach McLendon at his home for a statement were unsuccessful. Mr. Frazier, a memoer of the college trustee board, was intro duced by board chairman. Judge Charles A. Hines. Nine of the 15 new buildings in the current program at the college were named and dedi cated. These included: The W. Kerr Scott Hall, the jnen’s dor mitory named for the governor of North Caroliha; The Austin W. Curtis Hall, named for one of the first graduates of the college, now deceased; The Charles A Hines Hall, the Agricultural- Science building, named for the chairman of the college trustee l>oard; The David S. Coltrane Hall, the Agricultural extension building, named in honor of the assistant director of the N. C Budget Bureau; The Julian (Please turn to Page Bight) Scott Says Race Issue Injected Into May Primary RAUQOH The final days of the Umstead- Olive gubernatorial race de veloped into a regular mudaling- ing campaign, it was learned this week, with the race issue on the Willis Smith style, being inject ed into it with no vmcertniv terms. Governor Scott stated here this week that, ‘It looks like they said the governor. “I don’t think it is for the good of the state.” The Chief Executive said, "That sort of thing {srobabty haa had a bearing upon the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina.” It was also disclosed here Mon day that handbills bad been dis tributed in Eastern North Caro lina. stating that Governor Scott had appointed a Negro to the State Board of Education and that Olive was his choice for governor. The hamStUls further asked the voter, if he wanted hii children in the same achoot with Negroes? Charges that the handbill ori ginated in Wendell ov«r the name of Worth Hinton, mayor of Wendell, were dented by Hin ton this week. Tlw mayor said he had no part in tb* a of it or in its distribiiliea. The handhllls war (Please turn to PatalicM)
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