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N. C. COLLEGE VOTES TO ADMIT WHITE STUDENTS ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 'A' ★ ★ ★ ★ Thousands In Memphis For OWE General Conference In CBS Television Religious Drama An «Il-st«r Negr* cMt dramatised "Tke Challeiife’' on CBS IteleTiiloM’k rellcions drama mfIm, “Lamp Unto Mjr Feet.” John Marriott portrajred a minister who defled a witeh doctor (Emory Richardson) to save a rfek h«y Joah White, Jr.) and combat ifnorance Among hit peoMe. Rosetta L.enolre (left) played the boy’s mother, and Frances Foater, the pastor's wife. The television drama ■was written by Jercmie Coopersmith. Jim Crow Armed Forces Protested A ' WINSTON-SALEM A protest, iri the form of tele grams sent to President Eisen hower and a letter sent to Amy Secretary Robert T. Stevens, has been raised by the Winston- Salem NAACP Branch against a ban prohibiting Negroes from attending the Armed Forces Day luncheon at which Secre tary Stevens is to speak on May 12 at an exclusive white hotel in the city. The Rev. G. Linwood Faun- tleroy, president of the Winston Salem NAACP Branch an nounced Monday that the tele grams and letter were sent the President and the Army Secre-^ tary asking them to use their influence Jn having the ban lifted. Marking the first event of the Armed Forces Day program, the luncheon will be in the ball room of Hotel Robert E. Lee. , The general chairman of the celebration. Attorney James M. Hayes, Jr., said this week that he nor his co-worker could remedy the situation. Attorney Hayes also said that he asked to meet, witb' tM NAACP members to attAipt an of the problems which would^^rWCs were admitted to the luncheon, but the Branch agreed to take > other measures before such an opportunity was given him. Reasons given for the ban were: there is no place avail able with a catering service ade quate to accommodate several hundred people, and the loca tion selected is most condusive to t^e engineering requirements - of radio and television broad casting. Negro Doctors Refused By State Society PINEHURST On the bases of its inability to secure adequate hotel accommo dations for meetings, and un der the pretense that Negro physicians would seek to engage in all social activities, the North Carolina State Medical Society outlawed a proposal this week which would admit Negro doc tors of the State membership in the Society. A ^^te physician of Red ^BpririJSr^apresenting a com- ’mlttee, made the proposal to the body at its recent meeting, but Joined the others present in surmising that the admittance of Negroes to the Society would further complicate matters when the group makes arrange' ments for its meetings at va rious hotels. It was alleged that the Society already has diffi culty making such reservations. If passed, the proposal would have permitted more than 130 (Pleai* turn to Page light) Dr. Theodore R. Spetgner, professor of history and direc tor of the Division of Resource- Use Education at North Caro lina College, will deliver the commencement address at Ro bert L. Vonn High School in Ahotkie, May 23; Brawley High School, Scotland Neck, May 24; Bladen County Training School, Elizabethtown, May 26; John R. Hawkins High School, War- renton, June 3. On May 5, Dr. Speigner ad dressed the Annual Convention of the United Evangelical Lu theran Synod of North Caro- lirw at the First Lutheran Church in Greensboro. ^ , ; yThpnwTirtieiSRgEi For Thirty-One Jtart The OuUtanding W0ekiy Of Tht Cmolhum ■stared at Soewd Claaa liattar at Paat OCMm at kukMi. North wmUt Aot «f t. in*. yOLCMl SI—NUMBER 1» DUUiLM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAT. MAT t, ItM Oust Carver Teachers On Morals Charge Durtiam NAACP Membership Drive Launched Durham’s , Braoch of the NAACI*^ launched it* 1954 mem bership drive with a kick-off dinner at the Do-Nut Shop’s Jade Room at 8 p. m., Friday, April 30, with W. J. Kennedy, Jr., chairman of the member ship committee, officiating. Plans were made to contact a cross section of Dwham’s citi zenry through churches, civic, social, fraternal organizations, and other groups during the 30 days of the campaign. When contacted by repre sentatives of the NAACP, every citizen in Durham is urged to contribute to an organization that for the pa*st 44 years has led the fight to make meaning ful to all our citizens-‘‘Equal Justice under Law." If you are not contacted, you may become a member by send' ing your contribution of two dollars or more directly to the president’s office, 336 and one half E. Pettigrew Street, in Durham. South Carolina Episcopalians Admit Negroes To 1(4th Annual Convention In Charleston May 9 College Prexy Held For Crime Against Nahire CHARLOTTE Two Charlotte teachers, the president of Carver College and a Frencfi instructor in the Sec ond Ward High School, were ousted from their positions here last week on a crime against na ture charge brought when the two are reported to have been caught in the act. Dr. E. H. Garinger, City School Superintendent said that Samuel A. Moore, president of Cai"ver College and Kenneth H. Diamond have been relieved of dut|t until disposition of th«Vo charges are heard in Mecklen burg County Superior Court here Monday May 10. Hearing of the charges in the Charlotte Recorders Court was Set for last Saturday but Moore and Diamond both waivecT pre liminary hearings and were re leased under 'bond Of $300 eacti. Both of the teachers are well- known in educational and so cial circles of Charlotte and the charges against them fairly rocked the city’s usually staid citizenry. Moore has been married but has been separated from his wife for several years. Diamond is married and has several children. Carver Col lege is a municipally owned school and is reported to have an "A” rating as a junior col lege. Diamond taught an even ing class in French. CHARLESTON, S. C. Negroes are now invited to join formerly all-white Episco pal parishes in Michigan, ac cording to the forthright policy of the Rt. Rev. Richard S. M. Emrich, Bishop of the Diocese of Michigan. Bi^op Emrich made Ills posi tion clear in a statement re printed in the current issue of the Episcopal Church news. "The Church Is not the Church of any one race, class or nation. It is God’s family...all peoples are to be welcomed lu every parish and mission of the Diocese of Michigan.” The Bishop’s policy is slowly breaking through years of in-i grained prejudice, the magazine reports. While some churches still seem reluctant to reach out to colored members of their physical parish, others, like De troit’s Grace Church, not only have a mixed congregation, but a Negro ciurate with a white rector. FLASH Within a week of the decla ration made by the Michigan Bishop, the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina announced that it has opened its 164th annual (Please turn to Page Eight) SHAW FINALS TO BE HELD MAY 30-31 RALEIGH Dr. William R. Strassner, president of Shaw University has announced the schedule of Commencement events as fol lows:'The annual musical con cert featuring the University Chorfil Society will be held in Greenleaf Auditorium Sunday, May 23, at 6 p.m. Baccalaureate services Sun day afternoon, May 30, at 2:80 will formally open the 80th Conrunencement season at the university. The annual sermon will be delivered by Dr. Ralph McLain, head of the Depart ment of Religion, Meredith College, Raleigh. Commencement exercises will take place at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium Monday afternoon,. May 31, at 3 o’clock, and the address will be given by Dr. Alb^ P. Seltzer, physician and Negro Named To Jamcia Supreme Court KINGSTON, JAMAICA For the"^rst time in Jamai ca’s 300-year history_as a Brit ish colonv, a colored jurist has been appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, He is Jus tice John' Edward Dostin Car- berry. The new Chief Justice ’ was bom in Grenada, West Indies, in 1893. ftp received his early education^ at the Grenada, Gj^mmar^ School and was ad- iV'Uia- hnr ^at Middle Temple in 1925. In 1927, he joined the Ja maica Civil Service as clerk of the Courts in Westmoreland Parish. He has acted and served as Resident Magistrate for Westmoreland and Hanover, (Please turn to Page Eight) Ernest “Pete" Ward, left, a junior student at North Caro- -tau rectmtly elec ted president of the Student Government Association for the 1954-55 term. He won the post over Miss Yvonne Scruggs, the opposing ' candidate. Mr. Ward is the son of Mrs. J. A. Tillery of Vyne Street, Roeky Mount. William Isler, right, a junior chemistry major from Golds boro, won the vice-president’s position by defeating Frank Sowell of Durham. The election is conducted with the complete authenticity of a national elec tion to stimulate civic interest among students. On the eve ol He 199* Spring Membership Drive, ttae Durham Inter-CoUege Chegttr at the National Aseociation for the Advancement' of Coior^ People, comprised- of NCC and Duke University students, has released figures on a vote taken among NCC students on the ad mission or non-admission at white studeats to NCC. Of the 6M students and fa culty members participating. 619 or (88 per cent) voted for the admissifm of white stu dents” on full basis-including dormitory priviledges” and 14 (or 2 per cent) voted “not at aU.” Regarding residential require ments, only 38 (or 9 per cent) favored acceptance of only North Carolina students, while 423 (or 61 per c^t) would welcome “any qualified student” A sub stantial ajnount of unreadinees on this qucstioa wee indicated by the 245 (or 35 per cent) ab stention. Between those who voted for outright admission or non-ad- mission was a middle-of-the- road group of 63 who said that white students should be ad mitted sometime in the near fu ture, to the graduate and pet)- fessional schools only, at all levels, with classroom piivt- ledges of attending sports events, with priviledges of par ticipating in athletics, dining hall priviledges, or with all social and dining hall privi ledges but without dormitory services.. Remarks in answer to a ques tion as to tile ia^iur deternuning the opinions e-\pre3std proven to be interesting. Some of the pro" votes weie by veterans who had expenenocU intei'gra- tion of Negro and white service men. Some of the £ew Northerns voting indicated that they too nad already seen inttrgration «-orking effectiveiy in their jwn communities. Still others said that intergration is a matp ter of reflecting human qualities of love and brotheiljood or ^idin common sense. A single voice among the op- positive showed disfavor for ad mission of white students to in- i.erior institutions because it would only be affording them the equal opportunities to be come crippled educationally. The questionnaire was issued by the Inter-college Chapter in compliance with a program concentrated upon by the Na- tional Youth Conference (NA ACP) to promote two-way In tegration of the schools. High Point Host To 45th Annual Meet Federated Women’s Club TO HEAD OBSERVANCE W. W. Page, local business man and colonel of the Patri archs, an auxiliary of the Odd Fellows, will preside over the program Sunday afternoon. May 9, when the Order holds its anniversary at the Russell Memorial C.M.E. Church. A" parade will, be held prior to the services at the church with bands froTn N. C. College and Hillside High School parti cipating. surgeon of Philadelphia, Pa. There are 118 candidates for degrees. Other final pvents include Class Night Exercises to be held Friday, May 28, 8 p.m., Green leaf Auditorium; the University Dinner, Saturday. May 2S, 7:30 p.m.,. University Dining Hall; the President’s reception, hon oring graduating* classes, rela tives, alumni and friends. Pre sident’s home, East Campus, Sunday, May 30, 5 p.m. HIGH POINT The North Carolina Federa tion of Negro Women’s Clubs will hold its forty-fifth annual convention May 14-15 at the William Penn High School buil ding in High Point. Many dele gates and members at large from cities and towns through out North Carolina will partici pate in the business session Fri day and will engage in the workshop discussions Saturday. On Friday night, Mrs. Lou- ella H. Goff, of Covington, Va., president of the Southeastern Regional Federation, will be the guest speaker on a program conducted largely by the High Point clubs. Saturday morning, the Juni ors will render a Musical and Literary program which will be followed by a business session of the delegates from all the junior clubs. J. S. Stewart, Secretary- Treasurer of the Mutual Sav ings and Loan Association of Durham, will give a lecture on “Women’s Part in Planning Home Ownership”. This lec ture on Friday morning will be most interesting because of films which Mr. Stewart will use and because of his wide experience in directing prospec tive home owners. A question and answer period will follow the lecture. The Saturday session will be devoted largely to the Work shop groups. The public is wel come to all sessions. Mrs. Nor ma L. Darden of Wilson is the general workshop chairman. Officers of this organization, are: Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, honorary presidents; Mrs. Rose D. Aggrey of Salis bury, president; Mrs. E. R. Mer rick, of Durham, Mrs. Maggie Jones of Asheville, Mrs. Maude Logan of Durham, vice-presi dents; Mrs. E. M. Spellman of Elizabeth. City, Mrs. A. P. Col- Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, New Bishop To Preside; First General Conference In Memphis Since MEMPHIS, TENN. For the first time since 1906, the General Conference of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church will be held here May 4-21, and indications are that the sessions will draw the lar gest attendance in the history of the denomination, which had its beginning iri 1870, having been “setup” by request of the Ne gro members of the then Metho dist Episcopal Church South, fol lowing the Emancipation Pro clamation. Negroes of the South land had previously been mem bers of the Southern branch of the Methodist Church, then known as the M. E. Church, South. The Colored Methodist Epis copal Church is one of the three major fsTegro Methodist bodies of the world. The other two be ing the African Methodist Epis copal Church and African Me thodist Episcopal Zion Church. Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett Is New Senior Bishop The C. M. E. Church now has seven active Bishops. Following the death of Bishop Randall A. Carter slightly more than two months ago, the Church has had Odd Fellows, Household Of Ruth In Annual Celebration Sunday (Please \ / 2-U> Page Eight) 1_ The Rev. W. F. Cox, pastor of Oak Grove Freewpl Baptist Church, will deliver the sermon Sunday, May 9, wheiji the Household of Ruth, the Odd Fellows, and the Patriarchs celebrate their anniversary at the Russell Memorial C.M.E. Church. A parade will be held by the organizations Sunday afternoon beginning at 2:30. The Orders will march up Umstead Street to Fayetteville, up Fayetteville to Glenn Street into Alston Avenue. Music will be furnish ed by the North Carolina Col lege Band and tj^e Hillside High School Band. W. W. Page, local business man, is colonel of the Patri archs, an auxiliary of the Odd Fellows, and W. L. Bland is the organization’s secretary. Day F. Reed Elected Hillside P. T. A. Head At the final meeting of the Hillside High School P.T.A., the following officers were elected. D. F. Reed, President; Mrs. Gladys Faucette, first-vice president, Mr. W. P. FUntall, Jr., second vice-president; Miss Lucille Baines, Secretary, Mrs. Julia Henderson, *lissistant sec retary; Mrs. Otelia Stewart, Treasurer^ Mr. Reed was elected by the (Please turn to Page light) a new Senior Bishop. Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, presiding bish op of the Second Episcopal Dis trict. The new Senior Bishop was elevated to the Episcopacy at the 1922 General Conference at St. Louis, Mo. The present Bench of Bishops is composed of the following bishops in order of their seniority: Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, Kansas City, Kan.; Bishop Henry P. Porter, Louis ville, Ky.; Bishop W. Y. Bell. South Boston, Va.; Bishop Lu ther Stewart, Hopkinsville, Ky.; Bishop Felix L. L«wis, Shreve port, La.; Bishop Bertram W. Doyle, Nashville, Tenn.: and Bishop Arthur W. Womack. Indianapolis, Ind. The Election Of Bishop* A “Mojor Issue” Despite the big interest that is being manifested in the ap- * proaching ^session, which la due to the 48 years that have elapsed since a General Con ference has met in Memphis, one of the major issues to be decided is whether the drie- gates will increase the numbnr of Bishops at this session. Supporters of the idea of election of new Bishope point out that there has already beea two deaths since the last OeD- eral Conference, that of Blabop J. H. Mqpre and Randall A. Carter. While there is strong suppeft to non-election of Bishops and non-increase of the HmtwImI obUgatioos 4 the clHinhi^ thasp is also sentiment la iMrar increasing the number of hops and likensiM the financial returns af church.