DURHAM
BUSINESS MAN KILLED BY TRAIN
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VOLUME 31 — NUAfBEB 49
DURHAM, N. C., SA-nmOAY, NOV. 27, 1954
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D, C. Board Appoints First Negro Principal Under Integration
WILMiNGTONllOST TO^DENTMEET
S. P. Gaskin, (right) Scout
Executive of the Occonee-
chee Council congratulates
R. K. Bryant, Jr., re-elect*
ed chairman of the Durham
Division. Other officers in
stalled at the annual meet
ing of the Division were J.
H. Betts (second from left)
commissioner and N. B.
White, vice chairman; W.
D. Campbell of Southern
Pines and president of the
Occoneechee Council is
shown seated. Mr. Camoell
sparked the group with
remarks and the principal
address was given by Dr.
J. M. Hubbard. H. W. GU-
lis is the Field Executive
for the Durham Division.
Jmkie Robinson Speaks
For Fourth Annual Meet
NCASC At Willlston High
HIGH POINT
'■ -Thomas C. Rozelle, President
of the North Carolina Associa
tion of Student Councils, from
Highland High School, Gaistonla,
and Yvonne Honor, Secretary,
from Warren County Training
School, Wise, N. C., wiU direct
the Student meeting of the 4th
Annual Convention of the
N. C. A. S> C. convening at Wil-
liston Senior High School, Wil
mington, December 2-3.
Jackie Robinson, famed base
ball star of the Brooklyn Dod
gers, will give the keynote ad
dress Thursday evening at 8 p.
m. The theme of the Convention
is: “Today’s Students — To
morrow’s Leaders.”
Drv. Matthew J. Whitehead,
President of Miner Teachers
College, Washngton, D. C. will
deliver the closing Address Fri
day morning at 10:30 a. m.
Mrs. Elizabeth Schmoke Ran
dolph, of Charlotte, Eexecutive
Secretary of the Association has
released the following Problem
Clinic Areas as Topics for Stu
dent interest at the Convention.
"Understanding Our Personal
Problems,” with C. B. Yokely,
principal Griffin School, High
Point, Chairman of the Panel;
“Fonnlng a Code of Behavior,”
M^. Annie NevlHe,-, Speech
Therapist, Rocky Mount City
Schools, Chairman; “After High
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WASHINGTON
The appointment of Leo R.
Gray of the University of
Massachusetts Extension Ser*
vice as an agricultural econo
mist of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture here was aniu>unced
last week.
The 30-year-old agricultural
economist has been assigned to
the poultry section of the Mar
keting Research Division of the
Agricultural Marketing Service.
Among other things, he will as
sist in a study being conducted
by his section to determine the
cost ond efficiencies in the dis
posal of waste from poultry
processing plants.
A native of Boston, Mr. Gray
is a graduate of the University
of Massachusetts and holds an
M. A. degree from the Univer
sity of Nebraska. At the latter
institution, he earned member
ship in Gamma Sigma Delta, the
national agricultiural Honor so
ciety.
Since shortly after gtadua:
tion from Nebraska, Mr.VSray
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Negro Appolntei
Agricultural Econi
Last Rit^ „ '^d
For Mrs. Ta yt
At St. Josepii's
Last rites for Mrs. Rosa Em
ma Taylor, wife of Lonnie Tay
lor, were held at Saint Joseph
A. M. E. Chtirch here Wednes
day at 3:00 p. m. On account of
the illness of the pastor, Rev.
D. A. Johnston, the Rev. E. T.
Browne, pastor of Mi Vernon
Baptist Church, officiated.
Mrs. Taylor was bom in Dur
ham and had lived here all of
her life. She was a member of
St. Joseph around 48 years. Her
death came after four years of
Illness most of wUch time she
was confined to her home at 110
Umstead Street where she suc
cumbed at 7:19 p. m. Monday.
In addition to her husband,
she Is survived by one daughter,
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F. H# Rowland Crushed
To Death Near Union
Station Here Monday
The last rites for Fenton H.
Rowland, S8-year-old owner of
Rowland and Mitchell, Tailors,
were held at St. Joseph AME
Churcli, here Wednesday at
1:30 p.m. Due to Illness of the
pastor, the Rev. D. A. Johnston,
the eulogy was delivered by Dr.
J. Neal Hughley of North Caro
lina College. Assisting were
Rev. T. C: Graham, pastor (rf the
West Durham Baptist ^urch
and Rev. William FuU^, pas-
^ at Balptisf^tlrOh.
Rowland came to his death
here Monday evening around
7:00 p.m. when he was struck
by a Southern Railway passen
ger train near the Union Sta
tion. His badly mangled body
was found by Robert Burnett
around 7:15 p.m. while walk
ing the tracks on his way home.
IIp/>n finriing thp body,
was strewn along the railroad
trades, Burnett reported the in
cident to police headquarter.
According to police officers,;
C. D. Hobgood and R. J. Dur-;
ham, who mvestlgated the a^- i
cident, the train pulled into the;
station around 6:43 p. m, and;
left at 7:07 p. m. Prior to that
time Rowland had been seen
sitting in the waiting room. No
explanation as to why he was
there has been revealed.
Dr. R. A Horton, Durham
County Coroner stated, how
ever, that he could not deter
mine whether Rowland came to
his death as the result of an
accident or a suicide.
Evidently the train crew was
not aware that a man had been
killed by the train and conse
quently it is not known whetiief
Rowland was struck. by the
train upon arrival or departure.
It is thoiight, however, that he
was killed trying to cross be
tween cars while the train was
standing still, and in an attempt
to get to the steps leading down
from the tracks. He frequently
used this route on Ills way home
it was later learned by the
Tubman Returns
To Liberia
Fort AU Prince, Haiti
President William Tubman of
Liberia, here on his way home
from a visit to the United
States, is giving $10,000 to
Haiti for Hnrricaae Relief. He
F. H. ROWLAND
Times representative.
it war further disclosed here
Tuesday that Rowland left his
establidmient, which is located
at 209 and on* half Main Street,
between one and two o’clock
Monday but did not return.
Mr. Rowland was born in In
dian Rock, Virginia, the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Uuwland. He attended Hampton
Institute, Hampton, Virginia.
About 30 years ago he came to
Durham where he began work
Ing as a tailor. He was a World
War 1 veteran, a member of St.
Joscpii AME Church of which
he was a steward, class leader
and member of the Usher
Board.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Miss Roxie Holloway,
two daughters, Mrs. Beulah
Hill ol Durham and Mrs. Evelyn
Boone of Edenton and three
grandchildren. One sister, Mrs.
Beulah Rose of Washington, D.
C., one brother, Alvia Rowland
of Lexington, Va., and two
step-b^Sthers Clay and WiUie
Rowland of Lexington, Va., also
fiurvive.
Ii>terment was at Beechwood
Cemetery.
LEADERS OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES GROUP—
Paul L. Guthrie, left, and Dr. L. S. Cozart, right are the top
elected leaders of the Association of Colleges and Second
ary Schools, which holds its annual meeting in Louisville,
November 29-December 2. Mr. Guthrie is principal of the
Court ia presi-
C.
aj^opced ibe ij^t at % j^an- j, Don^iiur High School, Uaxingto^ while Dr.
qnet given In hia honor. dent of Barbfer-Scotia College, Concord, N. (
Negro To Be Assistant Head
Of Former White School
Louisville Host To Colleges And
Secondary Schools Annual Meet
Hosmer Says Segregation Imposes
Disadvantages On Race Passengers
WASHINGTON, D. C.
An examiner for the Inter
state Commerce Commission
this week urged the ICC to end
segregation on all trains and in
stations of trains engaged in
interstate commerce.
Examiner Howard Hosmer
contended that such segregation
imposes unreasonable dlsttdvan-
tages on Negro passengers. He
said the practice violates .Sec
tion 3 (1) of the Interstate
Commerce Act, which makes it
unlawful for any rail carrier
“to subject any particular per-
son....to any undue or unreason
able prejudice or disadvantage
in any resi>ect whatsoever.”
A complaint brought to the
ICC by the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
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Dr. Duncan Says
Integration Must
Be Orderly
Dr. S. E. Dtmcan of the North
Carolina State Department of
Public Instruction, Raleigh, says
an orderly desegregation of the
nation’s school is necessary for
international and domestic rea-
Isons.
At international levels, order
ly desegregation is necessary Dr.
Duncan said, "in order', not
to draw further criticism from
enemies abroad.”
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LEXINGTON, Ky.
Considering the theme, “Cri
tical Problems in the Education
of Negroes in the Southern Re
gion, the Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools will
hold its twenty-first annual
convention at Central High
School in Louisville, November
29-December 2, according to
Paul L. Guthrie, president of the
Association.
In his announcement, Mr.
Guthrie, who is principal of
Dunbar High School of Lexing
ton, pointed out that Dr. James
M. Mabrit, secretary of How
ard University and recently ap
pointed member of the Presi
dent Elsenhower’s Committee
on Government Contracts, will
address the opening session on
Monday. At the same meeting,
greetings will be brought by
outstanding wiucators and offi-
cals of Louisville.
The following morning, Dr.
J. C. Dixon, executive director.
Southern Education Founda
tion, will speak on “Some Basic
Issues in Public Education in
the Southern Region”. In the
alternoon, Stephen J. Wright,
president, Bluefleld State Col
lege, Bluefleld, W. Va., will ad
dress the group on the topic,
“The Needs of Higher Educa
tion”.
There is scheduled a sympo
sium based upon the theme of
the conference. Participants
will include Dr. Horace M.
Bond, president, Lincoln Uni
versity, Pa.; Dr. Rufus E. Cle
ment, president, Atlanta Uni
versity; Dr. Wesley J. Lyda,
dean, School of Education, At
lanta University; Dr. Nabrit; Dr.
H. I. Willett, superintendent of
Public Schools, Richmond, Va.,
and Dr. Wright.
Dr. Thomas Henderson, dean
of the College Virginia Union
University, Richmond, Virginia,
will deliver an address Wednes
day morning, and Dr. CharlM
H. Wesley, president, Central
State College, Wllberforce,
Ohio, will speak at the banquet,
Wednesday evening. On Thurs
day, during the closing session
of the conference, several re
ports on education will be pre
sented by members o£ the As
sociation.
In addition to Mr. Guthrie,
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UNCF To Hold
Sixth Annual
Meet In N. Y.
NEW YORK
The changes in the status of
Negroes in New York City in
the past 20 years will be the
theme of the sixth annual Unit
ed Negro College Fund sympo
sium, it was announced today
by Mrs. Erik T. H. Kjellj^trom,
chairman. i ^
Buell A. Gallagher, president
of City College, New York, will
moderate the forum which will
be held Tuesday, November 30,
at 4:30 p.m. in the Hunter Col
lege Playhouse at 68th Street
and Park Avenue.
The program, “What of New
York?”, will consider the pro
gress that has been made toward
better conununity relations
since the Harlem race riots of
1935, and present a discussion
of areas where improvement is
needed by authorities in the
fields of education, housing, em
ployment and civil liberties.
Elmer A. Carter, Commission
er of the New York State Com
mission Against Discrimination,
and Roy Wilkins, Adrninistrator
of the National' Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People, will be symposium
speakers.
WA&HINGTON
Washington made its first
Negro administrative appoint
ment under the new integra
tion plan. He is Arthur D.
Jewel, who had once made
news when he was named As
sistant Principal in a former
wtilte school. Now he has been
named Assistant Principal to
McKinley High — which is
shaping up to be the city’s on
ly technical iiigh school, serv
ing both races.
Dr. Jewell’s new position is
really tailored nuide for he is
a graduate of Massachusetts
Institute of Teclmology and a
former physics and mathe
matics teacher. He had applied
for apointment to McKinie
but was transferred to Eastern
High School, instead in Sep
tember. Until this fall, he was
Assistant Principal at the all-
Negro Armstrong High School.
INTEGRATiON-
Court Orders
Negro Teacher
Reinstated
«ANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
Mrs. Mary Alice Swisher, a
a Negro teacher, nearly lost her
}ob as her t()wn of Las Cruces
went ahead with desegregation
At are beginning of the school
year, white ciuldren moved in
to the formerly all-Negro high
school but the contract of Mrs.
Swisher was not renewed for
her to teach.
She took her complaint to
court. The New Mexico District
Court has now ordered her re
instated, ruling that under ten
ure laws, a teacher could be
dropped only for incompetence.
Apparently Mrs. Swisher had
been dismissed beeauae the
school board thought it was un
desirable for her to teach In
a deaegregated achotd.