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Missionaries Needed For "Texas'
THE ACCOUNT CARRIED in this news^
paper last week concerning certain charges
brought against W. I. Morris, th^ principal
of Pleasant Grove School in Alamance Coun
ty, reminds us that there are still areas in
this country that need missionaries. In all
of our reporting of news events in this State
we have never before come across a com
munity surrounded by as many schools and
colleges that showed such apparent ignor
ance and lack of Christian influence.
We think, however, we sense something
deeper than ignorance in the Pleasant Grove
Community, known in Burlington and the
surrounding territory as “Texas." We think
there is a color phobia that obsesses a group
of Negroes of very light complexion in the
community who are desirous of passing over
into the white or Indian race or separating
themselves from Negroes. Failing in all
three, this particular group has become
frustrated and bitter to the extent that cer
tain members become frantic when they can
not dominate or control Negroes of a darker
hue.
A study of the “Texas” community will
disclose that many of these fair Negroes
isolate themselves from its church and so
cial life whereby they lack moral restraint
and intelligence that come from religious
and social contact with others. Finding
themselves in somewhat of a social vacuum
they are easy prey for any person or persons
of their own stripe and weave who might
have, by accident or incident, obtained a lit
tle education or wealth. They are easily led
into vicious and malicious schemes in the
same manner as the poor, ignorant whites of
Georgia, Mississippi or any other backward
community.
Since the beginning of the Pleasant Grove
School it has had four principals before Mor
ris. Three of them were run out of their
jobs by this same vicious element. The other
one died before he could be run out. Morris
is the fifth and he has been able to stay at
the Pleasant Grove School longer than all
the rest combined. We predict, however,
that unless the good people of the commun
ity come to his rescue that he will be forced
to resign or be kicked out of his job.
Because of certain connections with Coun
ty officials and the experience they have
h'ld in chasing principals, Morris has little
chance to survive the chicanery that the op
posing element will resort to to drive him
from his post.
Sad but true, the innocent ^otims of this
debacle are the children. They and they
alone will pay the price in the disruption of
their school by their elders. What “Texas”
needs is missionaries who will go into that
community and teach the religion of Him
who nearly 2,000 years ago taught all man
kind to “Love ye one another.”
The Higii Cost Of Segregation In Education
“THE ROOTS OF DISCRIMINATION ARE
IN THE NATION’S CAPITOL”
DR. ALFONSO ELDER, president of N.
C. College, ought to deny or confirm the re
port being circulated that in order to show
some semblance of justification for the new
Ph. D. course in education which N. C. C.
will offer this year one student is being paid
over $4,000 to enroll.
This newspaper has been reliably inform
ed that the student in question is a married
man who has been assured part time work
on the campus at $1800 per year while his
wife will be employed at full time for $2400
per year on a total for the two of $4,200.
Since this particular ‘student was signed up
under the above terms we understand four
or five more have applied for the course.
This, however, will not cancel the contract
already made with the $4200 student and on
ly the humble taxpayer will suffer.
Now we don’t know the $4200 student,
personally) nor do we know the four or five
others who are reported to have enrolled
for the course. We rather think, however,
that outside of the $4200 per year student,
who is making a business proposition out of
the whole thing, the other four or five must
be too low in intelligence to ever be award
ed a Ph.D. degree in any field even at N. C.
College. For any man or woman with sense
enougt; to secure a doctorate degree ought
to have sense enough to know where to go to
get it.
Most of the Negro faculty members of N.
C. College, with whom we have talked about
the course and the wanton expenditure of
the people’s money for its establishment, ap
pear to be terribly embarrassed that circum
stances somewhat force them to become
parties to such a hellish scheme. Of course
there are others, most of whom are consider
ed lackeys of President Elder—the Uncle
Tom and Aunt Dinah type—who know how
to tickle the president’s ears, inflate his ego
and pull the wool over his eyes. These are
the one’s who have lent their support to the
program.
There too is the suspicion that their great
est interest is in the increase in salary. For
it stands to reason that one teaching a Ph.D.
course would receive a higher salary than
one teaching graduate courses of a lower
level.
So far as the white instructors are con
cerned they are just downright stultifying
their consciences to become parties to a
scheme that they know is motivated by bne
and only one desire and that is to keep as
many Negroes from entering the University
of North Carolina as possible.
So the Ph.D. program in education at N.
C. College gets off to a flying start with one
student being paid $4200 to take it, four or
five others too dumb to know that they are
merely throwing their time and money
away, a spineless president, a faculty of Mr.
Charles, Uncle Toms and Aunt Dinahs. When
it comes to clowns Bamum was a piker.
OurCommuflity Cliest Campaign
THE CAROLINA TIMES stands soUdly
behind our Community Chest program and
urgM every N^ro citizen to do his level best
in making their contribution this year in
order that the goal of $2^8,422.90 may be
reached.
The several Red Feather orfl£nizat)ons
that are supported out of CotmOamty Chest
funds are of vital necessity to the commun
ity. Unless every citizen plays his or her
part there is a great chance that the desired
goal will not be reached apd the budgets of
these organizations will have to bc cut.
For the past several years Durham has
failad to raise the amount needed to make
the annual Cotnmunity Chest drive a total
success. This year every local Durham citi
zen is called upon to rally to the cause and
put the prograip over.
Next Tuesday is “Dial Durham Day” when
every business and residence phone in the
City will be dialed to remind ^ts listeners that
the Community Chest campaign is in pro
cess. When your call comes dear reader,
please be patient and listen to the message
end ask questions if you desire. But above all,
contribute as much as you can. Remember,
YOUR Community Ch^t will be what YOU
make it.
CAPlTOi
Stewing In Its Own Juice
THE WHITE DOCTOR who quit the State
Hospital at Goldsboro when he discovered
that he was being discriminated against as
I he head of a Negro institution will probably
tell you that he has felt the awful sting of
discrimination, but he hasn’t. What he got
at Goldsboro is only a sample of what the
Negro mi^st endure in every walk of life in
the South.
Even though the doctor was getting some
kind of pay for his work, when he discover
ed he was being discriminated against, sole
ly because he worked in an institution main
tained for Negroes, he did what any red
blooded American citizen would do. He
walked out. That was easy to do. We would
like to call the doctor’s attention, however,
to 15 nfillion Negroes in thif^country who
are discriminated against day in and day out
because God made their skin dark. They
can’t walk out, but are condemned to their
dying day to live a life-of humiliation and
insults.
The doctor’s reaction to discrimination is
also an exact sample of what our white
brethren would do if they were forced to
suffer some of the pangs of segregation which
the Negro suffers in the South. They just
wouldn’t stand for it come hell and high wa
ter.
Probably a worse sentence thaii death to
our white folks would be to invent an ever
lasting paint and smear it on them and let
them experience first hand the heartaches
that go with suffering discijmination because
God made your skin brown or black.
The white doctor at Groldsboro merely got
caught in the trap of his own group.yWe are
happy that he was able to walk out of it. We
trust his experience will at least make him
more sympathetic with his' Negro brethren
who cannot walk out from the color of their
skin. The South is beginning to stew in its
own juice. When the pot gets to boiling sure
enough, segregation will have to go.
BY INCH OF CANDLE
BY DB. BOSE BUTLEB BBOWNE
Each year wlien college opens
and the students, old and new,
come in, I feel a lilgh sense of
exhilaration. Teaching on any
level is high privilege, but trach-
Ing on the higher education level
is superlatively wonderful.
Elementary and secondary
school pupils are obliged to at
tend the schools that the com
munity provides, college students
select the school that they feel
lias more of tlie things that they
desire for themselves than any
other school that it is practicable
for them to attend. Frequently
the decision is made with ad
vice and counsel of his high
Hchool teachers and principal,
his pastor, his older friends, and
neighbors. The experiences of all
of these people are pooled and
weighed, and as a result the stu
dent is sent to some college.
When the college chosen is
North Carolina College it is be
cause the people believe in the
institution and for no other rea
son. I have sat at commence
ments all over the State beard
lists of scholarships- and grants
of student aid to valedictorians
and others -in graduating
classes. If North Carolina Col
lege was mentioned all the grant
was too small for the dignity of
the occasion. 1 have been around
colleges long enough to know
that many of the high sounding
four year scholarstiips to this and
that institution turn out to be
annual grants of fifty dollars on
a $ six hundred dQllar expense
account, yet fifty dollars may
turn out to be Just enough. North
Carolina College has almost no
gifts for scholarships. It should
have a large scholarship fimd
:nd we should c^ve the money
to make it possible.
I However, the fact that we
have almost no scholarship Ud
and an increasing student body
By REVEREliD HAROLD ROLAND
PoMtOTf Mount Gilead Baptist Church
‘TTalk: Healing For The Heavy-Laden”
“They cried in their trou
ble ... he delivered them out
of their distresses” — Psa.
107:6.
Healing comes to the heavy-
laden through creative expres
sion or talk. Things that weigh
heavy on our hearts, minds and
souls call for creative expression.
What is the meaning of tliis? It
is simple; Needs an attentive,
sympathetic ear. The Psalmist
had found tliis great healing
spiritual truth when he said; “In
my distress I cried unto the Lord
. . . and he heard me . ...” A
sympathetic listener sets in mo
tion God’s great healing power
for the distressed and burdened.
Th^re are times when we need
the refreshment of a moment of
hushed silence—a reverent si
lence to hear the healing voice of
the eternal or the understanding
friend. And then there are times
when we a^ in need of the heal
ing that comes to the heart that
is unbiurdened.
And tiiere are times when we
need to talk about the care, the
burden, the heartache and prob
lem that makes us heavy laden.
The healing comes in finding
relief and release from a burden ^
that weighs heavily upon the j
heart. This release has a magic ^
healing power. You talk about
yodr trouble and you feel better.
A talk with the doctor let’s you
know its fear rather than dis
ease. A word with a true friend
gives you encouragement and
reassurance. Creative talk drains
away the ravagiiMS burdens of
negative feelings and you find a
sense of well-being. When some
one listens to your distresses you
get a feeling that, after all, I am
not alone for someone cares,
about your troubles and dis
tresses. That , is what the Psalm
ist is talking about: . . . “OUT
OF THE DEPTHS HAVE I
CRIED , . . HEAR ITT VOICE
. . LET THINE EAR BE AT
TENTIVE TO THE VOICE OF
MY SOTPLICA-nON . . .”
There is healing in knowing
that someone listens and cares
about me and my troubles and
distresses.
This healing power of talk is
very important in times of in
tense grief. In such hours a bur
dened heart needs a listening
ear. Tliis need is most acute
when we walk In the shadows
and the heaviness of grief. We
have seen friends and neighbors
listen wiiUe the grief strickened
unburdened their heavy hearts.
The sympathetic listener be
comes a part of a healing min
istry in such times.
Prayer is a very important
part of this healing ministry.
This is especially true in our
prayers of confession and when
we pray a prayer of forgiveness
that someone who has wronged
us be restored to an unresentful
place in oiu: affections. In root
ing out bitterness and resent
ment we are healed and made
whole again. In confession we
talk about our sin and guilt and
are healed again. God invites the
heavy-laden to unburden the
heart and be healed . . . “THEY
CRY UNTO THE LORD . . .
AND HE BRINGETH THEM
OIJT OF THEIR DISTRESSES.”
There is a standing invitation
for the heavy-laden to turn to
God with their distresses and be
healed and made whole again.”
indicates tiiat we liave some
thing that is valued by our
clientele. Their very coming to
North Carolina CoUege is both a
high compliment and an obliga
tion to the College and to the
community.
The community is quite clear
and vocal oil the obligation of
the College to the students, it
may be that the College is not
sufficiently vocal on the obliga
tion of the community in the
training of students.
A half century ago John
Dewey remarked “The tendency
to discuss the morals of the
school as if the school were an
institution by itself is liighly un
fortunate.”
The College and the commun
ity are engaged in a joint enter
prise for the welfare of society.
Some elements in our commun
ity recognize the students as a
resource and go to great lengths
to assure incoming students of
the concern of the community in
their well-l}eing. It is obvious
that the students need the help
of the whole community if they
are to develop the same motives
for right doing as the adults in
the wider social life, who judge
them. ,
It is an honor and a privilege
to Durham to have the students
at North Carolina College parti
cipate in the group life of our
community. We, too, want them
to know that we are interested
in them as individuals and as a
community resource. We want
from them an interest tliat is in
tellectual and practical, as well
as emotional. Joe College must
grow up if he wants to live in
this community happily, or fOr
any lengtti. of time.
We can help the students and
the students can help our com
munity. We are very happy to
have the college students in Qur
community.
Straight Ahead -
BY JULIUS J. ADAMS
NAACP Board Of Directors Evaluates Major
Candidates On Civil Rights Issue In Campaign
NEW YORK
The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People this week made public its
evaluation of the presidential
and vice-presidential candidates
of ..both major parties, as set
forth In the following resolution
sdopted by the Association’s
Board of Directors at its regular
monthly meeting September 8.
The Board of Directors of the
National Association ior the Ad
vancement of Colored Psopla
lias examined the platforms of |
the two major political parties
and members of the Board and
the staff have interviewed both
presidential candidates parti
cularly with respect to dvU
rights. The NAACP Is politically
non-partisan. But is has a re
sponsibility to express its judg
ment and the Board in doing so
operates under a mandate from'^tos has been that of Governor
the Annual Convention to obtain
and place the faicts before the
public and especially its own
In compliance with that man
date and responsibility, the fol-.
lowing is the measured opinion
of the Board of Directors at this
time.
The most forthright position
taken by any of the preesidential
and vice-presidential candidates
of the two major political par-
Adalal E. Stevenson who has
made clear his support of efforts
to abolish the filibuster through
NEW YORK
This town, always gay and ex
citing, lost a little of its joy with
the end of the periodic Joe Louis
fights that brought thousands
of heavy-spending fun-lovers
from every section of the country
and Europe to tlie Big Town for
a few days. There was just no
substitute for Joe Louis.
They tried to make a glamour
boy out of Old Joe Walcott; they
jibed about his age, his Bible
reading, his stevedore days, his
love of home and his devotion as
father and husband. But old Joe
couldn’t make it.
Before they attempted to drape
the halo around the Jersey One's
head, they made a feeble try to
wrap Ezzard Charles in the royal
purple of the champion. But the
color just didn’t fit. Ezzard turn
ed out to be a nice guy, but he
lacked glamour. Ezzard even
tried associating with one of
Louis’ ex-girl friends, but that
didn’t help.
The attempt to turn a dud in
to an idol has nothing to do with
color. For months now, efforts
have been made to pin pretty
and descriptive names to a fair
fighter from Massachusetts in or
der to make him fasclnatln. Some
one heard the name, “Manassa
Mauler” and it sounded swell, so
he thought up “Brockton Block-
Buster” or something Ulto that
and they tagged it on to one
Rocky Marciano. Up to th« point
it hasn’t made much difference.
Under any other name, Roclqr
is just another pug.
Rocky gets a chance to add a
few daubs of powder and rouge
to his fighting face in the effort
to take on some glamour in
Philadelpiiia on September 23
when he seeks to lift the heavy
weight boxing crown from the
aging brow of Daddy Walcott. It
promises to be an interesting
fight, but'the likelihood that it
will be sensational is quite «Hrr»
Most people who follow the
fight game, usually l^e to string
along wih the champion, and
there are many who predict Wal
cott will retain his title. That
would seem a good bet, provided
there are no shenanegins con
nected with the bout. A1 Weill,
who made matches for the In-
tematnonal Boxing Club (IBC)
for years, recently resigned his
post to manage the fortimes of
Mocky. Men far less smart than
Weill would not quit such a job
unless he “saw something.”
I am sure no one would hint
even remotely that Walcott
could be persuaded to “do busi
ness” for any consideration, but
he wouldn’t have to if others
wanted to tamper with the fight.
It must be remembered that
many a baseball game has been
lost because the manager left the
pitcher in too long or ordered a
batter to swing when he should
have bunted, or vice versa. In
the prize ring, a fighter does
what his manager tells him to do
—taking it easy or wading in.
Just an after thought: The
ether day, Joe Black of the
Brooklyn Dodgers was asked the
secret of his success as a relief
pitcher. He replied, “when they
tell me to throw low, I throw
low; and when they tell me to
throw high, I throw high.
If some sabateur should advise
Walcott to throw high when he
should be throwing low, or to go
on the offensive when he should
wait out, the Old Man could lose
the fight. We’ll wait and see.
amendment of Senate Rule 22,
his support fbr FEPC with>-en
forcement provisions, and other
necessary steps to abolish racial
and religious discrimination. We
commend the clarity and cour
age of his pronouncements.
We are impressed by General
Eisenhower’s sincerity in his
pronoimcements against segrega
tion and discrimination and we
commend his forthright state
ments on the abolition of segre
gation in the nation’s capital. In
tW -Armed Forces and his con
cern for equal employment op
portunities for all. We regret,
however, his failure to support
an effective federal FEPC with
enforcement provisions, and to
make ^clear bis position on an
amendment to Senate Rule No.
22 to abolish the filibuster.
On the question of civil rights,
both vice;-presidential candidates.
Senator John J. Sparkham and
Senator Richard M. Nixon, have
unsatistactory records.
We can only view with grave
concern their presence on the
major political party tickets,
where in the event of the death
of the president, one of them
would become the Chief Execu
tive of the nation.
The Board of Directors urges
General Eisenhower and Sen
ators Nixon and Sparkham to re
examine their positions and an
nounce themselves clearly In
favor of federal action to abolish
racial and religious discrimlna-
tion and segregation, and to ctu’b
filibuster tlirough revision of the
present Wherry-Hayden cloture
rule which makes it impossible
to pass civil rights legislation.
Should any of these three
candidates so announce them
selves, the Board of Dlrecton
will re-examine their positions
and make further reports.
'Hie Board of Directors makes
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