Pariodioal Dept
Duke Univ Library
On Friday, Januafy 14 be-
t%aeen 3:15 and 4:00 P.M., the
Scarborough Nwrtery School
Rhythm Band will b*.-telecast
over Station WTVD, channel 11
in a -program of tong and band
mutic. Those participating in
♦the program are, .Jeanya Cobb,
Olivia Cogdell, Stephanie Wil
son, Christine Caffey, Thotha-
sine Bass, Brenda Scarborough,
Ann Ratliff, Ruby Divine, Pa
tricia Williams, Shirley Wom-
ble, Valena McKensde, James
Toui^e, Diane Swann, Marga
ret Barnes, Gwendolyn Golds-
ton, Brenda McClain, Mary
Elisabeth Davis, Glenda Faye
Rich, Patricia Davis, . Benetha
Belton, Willie Brouon, Larry
Dunn, Carolyn McCoy, Cynthia
Bradley, and Diane Peary.
The above, pictures are ma-
joretts of the band, they are.
Back row, Thomasitie Bass,
band leader. Front row, left to
right, Brenda Scarborough,
Jeanya Cobb, Olivia Cogdell,
Stephanie Wilson and Christine
Caffey.
Marian Anderson’s Debut
At Metropolitan Opera
Atdaimed By Critics
NSW TCOiK
Harlan AndenoB*B debut at
the Metropolitan Open Houm
as th« first of her race to sing
In that staid hall was an occas
ion you had to be there to really
get the full' scope of the wild
excitement and joyousness run-
ni^ over—so tremendous an
emotional impact did it carry.
People had come from as far
west as .California to see the
event. Ifbreover, tickets had
been bought so fast that not even
^e Met’s simiptuous opening
could c(»Bpare with the way
Harlan Anderson’s ticket sold.
And the day of tlie opera when
standing room was sold to the
devotees—well you know you’ve
read about people standing to
line tor an opening jearly in the
morning. They queued up for
Marian Anderson’s opening at
^;30 in the morning on a cold
^>ittei raw day and as many as
thirty were still there at noon.
And in the distinguished audi
ence, there was the Duchess of
Windsor heading the list. There
was too Miss Anderson’s &mily
in a center box of the great Dia
mond Horseshoe—^her mother,
'two sisters and her husband.
^And now the gi^t moment
had arrived. It was a short roler
..—tor she was on stage only one
half of an act If you don’t know
this opera — it was Verdi’s
“Masked Ball” and had not been
played at the Met for six years
—^well Miss Anderson was the
Sorceress, Ulrica — a grim,
rather awesome creature stirring
her witches’ brew. The curtain
parted and there she was peer-
^UAIOAN ANDEBSON
Ing and stirring diost awfu^.
The audience then and mere
went wild This well-bred dis
tinguished audience just got up
and applauded, cheering, whist
ling. ikr. Dimitri Mltropoulos, of
Greek backgorvmd, the conduc
tor, just stopped the orchestra
so that Miss j^derson could get
all of her applause. And U kept
up lor many, many minutes be
fore it finally subsided, so that
she could go on to sing.
Naturally Miss Anderson did
just as she had promised she
would. She sang magnificently.
That she was a little »l>aky could
easily be understood, for the
ovation she had received could
hardly have left her unmoved.
But she gave an imusual inter-
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Eight Killed In Head-On Collision;
Automobile Skids Over 1,0110 Feet
Walter
Granted Ihree
Months Leave
NEW YORK
Walter White, executive sec
retary of the National Associ
ation for the Advancement of
Colored People, has been grant
ed a tlu«e months leave of ab
sence to regain his health, Dr.
Channing H. Tobias, chairman
of the NAACP Board of Di
rectors, announced today.
Upon recommendation of Mr.
White’s physician, the Board
voted to grant the leave at its
regular montlily meeting here
on January 3. Action followed
a motion by Arthur B. Spin-
gam, the Association’s veteran
president, who reported the
doctor’s recommendation that
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PINCASTLE, Va.
Five Negroes and three white-
persons are dead as a result of
. • head-on crash which occurred
on a hill on Highway 220 when
a speeding automobile hurtled
out of control of the driver.
The speeding southbound car,
carrying five Negro men, left
skid marks for 1,000 feet up the
hill, making it apparent that the
driver fought desperately to
bring the machine under con
trol.
^ The thunderous crash was
' due to “wantonly excessive
^ speed,” state police said as they
called it a “tragic and appal-
ling thing.” Never in its history
T has Virginia had such a costly
two-car collision.
la the runaway car were five
Negro men. They were William
Henry Clay Jr., 20, of Route 1
Troutville, owner of the ma
chine,- and Gilbert Wiley, 21,
also of Route 1, Troutville.
They died Instantly.
George Vincent Brown, 21 of
Fincastle, lived only a -few
ininutes. Robert Petters Jr. 16,
of Fincastle, died later in a
Roanoke hospital. While Joe
Louis Willis. IS, of Fincastle
succimibed eighteen hours after
the wreck.
Two of the occupants of the
other car, Julian L. WiUls, 64,
of Fincastle, and his wiite, Be-
tlia, 63, were killed instantly!
Wilmer Rea Willis, 30, their
son, died an hour later.
20-ycar old, William Clay
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Howard Univ.
Designated For
Law Test Center
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Howard University has been
designated as a t^ing center
for the nation-wide adminis
trations of the Law School Ad
mission Test, Dr. George M.
Johnson, dean of the School of
Law at Howard, announced to
day. The examination will be
held Saturday, April 23.
Depending upon the law
school to which they wish to
apply, college seniors, juniors,
and in some instances sopho-
mom are eligible to take the
tests. Dr. Johnson said that each
applicant should find out
soon as possible from the law
school of his interest whether
he should take the examination.
Application blanks and
Bulletin of Information describ
ing registration procedures and
containing sample tests Ques
tions should be obtained four or
five weeks in advance of the
testing date, acnvding to Dr.
Johnson. ’This material may be
obtained by writing The Ad
missions Office, Howard Uni
veraity, Washington 1, D. C. of
The Law School Admission.
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VOLUmE 31 — NUBtBEB 3
DUBHAM, N. C„ SATUBDAT, JAN. IS, IfSS
PRICE: 10 CENTS
Local Baiik Reports
Important Gains
The 47th Annual meeting of
the Mechanics and Farmers
Bank was held in the lobby of
tlie bank located at 114 p.
Parrish Street here Monday
evening January 10, with a
capacity number of stockhold*
ers present.
The meeting was presided
over by J. H. Wheeler, presi
dent who reported that during
the year 1BS4 tiie entire person
nel has given its best toward
the operation of the bank for
the maximum benefit of stock
holders and depositors. He paid
high tribute to the Board of
Directors, for the enthusiastic
and competent manner in which
it has gone about its work un
der the chalrmaifthip of Dr.
Clyde Donnell.
Said he, “In many ways, our
institutions through its direc
tors, officers and employees, is
making an important contribu
tion to the civic and cultural
life of Durham, Raleigli, and
the State of North Carolina.
Two o£ owr direstert we m«m-
bers of the Board of the Du^'
ham United Fimd. One of them
is ciiairman of the Board of Lin
coln Hospital and several others
are members of the Hospital
Board. One of our directors is a
member of the North Carolina
Recreation Commission and
presidenr of the John Avery
Boys Club, Inc.
Another is president of the
4-H Club Foimdation of North
Carolina, Inc., and treasurer of
the Hammocks Beach Corpora
tion, a division of the North
Carolina Teachers Association.
Still another is an efficient
member of the City Council of
Durliam. Another is (^airman
of the Durham Committee oq
Negro Affairs and three of our
directors are members of the
newly organized “Durham^
Committee of 100”. B4r. G. W,
Cox is chairmad of the Daisy E.
Scarborough Home Foundation
a cliaritable organization foimd-
ed by Mr. J. C. Scarborough.
Dr. L. E. McCauley is chairman
of the Board of Trustees of the
Richard B. Harrison Public Li
brary and is also chairman of
the Executive Committee of the
Board of Trustees of Shaw Uni
versity. One of our directors is
a member of the Board of Trus
tees of A and T College and
within recent weeks, Mr. A. T.
Spaulding has been appointed;
as one of the sevoi members of
the Regional ' Sub-Committee
for North and South Carolina in
connection with the Voluntary
Home Mortgage Credit pro
gram set up by Congress under
the Housing Act of 1954. One
of our officers was a colonel in
the 1954 United Fund Drive
in Durham and another officer
at the Raleigh Branch held
similar position with reference
to the United Fund Drive in
Raleigh. Almost every member
'Of our staff is contributing some
time and effort in the church,
civic and fraternal affairs of
the cities of Raleigh and Dur-
hnm.**
The ahove photo shows J. H. i king his report at the anntial, Monday evening. Seated at the
Wheel^i president of the Me-\ stockholders meeting held ini table toith bacfc to camera is
Bwtt TMrmerr Bonftt mo-H of the Jjtnik on UutXl. Q. Fvnderburg, cashier.
I I -Pfcdfo By ^tanback
President Of Raleigh
Scliool Quits Under
Fire From Trustees
In referring to the establish
ment of a Fayetteville Branch,
Wheeler stated that since its
opening January IS of last year
the branch luui proved an im
portant addition to the services
the bank offers.
Said he further, “Although
the total assets of the hank are
only slightly more than they
were a year ago, it is notewor
thy that we have exp«rien^
an increase ot approxima^^
$170,0(N) in balances oa
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BEY. WM. H. FUU.EB
ATTrr. M. E. JOHNSON
CITIZENS'DAYTO BE OBSERVB)
BYLOCALNAACPBRANCHM
The Durham Branch of the
NAACP will hold a mass meet
ing in connection with its an
nual Cltizeifs Day at the Mount
Zion Baptist Church on Fay
etteville Street Sunday, Jan. 23,
at 4 p.m. Citizen’s Day was in
augurated in 1039.
There will be a special pro
gram consisting of music ren
dered by several local groups.
The activities of the NAACP in
1954 will be reviewed and the
new officers for 1Q5S will be in
stalled. The inaugural address
will be delivered by the new
president, the Rev. William H.
Fuller, toe pastor of the Mt.
Zion Baptist Church.
Out-going president. Attor
ney M. E. Johnson, Itas express
ed, on behalf of himself and
^ the local NAACP unit, the hope
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CBS To Feature
Dr. Carver Sun.
NEW YORK — A dnunatle
incident in the life ot the fam
ed scientist .George Waahing-
ion Carver will be re-ereated
en CBS Badta’a “Hallnuurk
Hi^ ef Fame” Snnday. Jaa.
.16. 6:3t to 7:06 P. M. EST.
Edward Arnold, the prtvram'a
"Wat, will pay tribnte to botan
ist Carver for bla hmnaa and
his aeientific eontriiiationa to
world well-being, in a drama
entitled “The Coorage ef Car
ver.” BUI Ftong ^odaees
and dlieeto “Hallmark Hall mt
Fame.” Ser^ li by Tkonaia
-CSalhMB.
Negro Bank To
Provide Funds
For Race Group
NXW YOBK
The National Assoriatiwt tor
the Advancement of Colored
People tills week initiated a
plan designed to make financial
assistance more readily avail
able to Negro farmers, busineas
men, professional men and
homeowners in Mississippi
where certain white banln and
businesses iiave conqyired t*
foreclose mortgages, deny nor
mal extensions and refuse cred
it to members of the NAACP or
to any other Negro demanding
the righ^ to vote and tlie im
plementation of the Supreme
Coi^t’1^'' May 17 decision ban-i
ning segregation in the public
schools.
The NAACP plan, approved
by the Association’s Board of
Directors, provides for the
strengthening of the resource
of the Negro-owned Tri-State
Bank of Memphis through sub
stantially increasing its deposits
thereby maldng availiWe more
money for commercial ibuis tjj^
the Mississippi victims.
Expressing the hope tiiat the
plan would expand the assets
of the bank by at least $2S0,000,
the NAACP made an initial de
posit of $20,000 of its reserve
funds in the Tri-State Bank. In
a letter to Dr. John E. Walker,
president, transnutting the der
posit, Roy Wilkiaa. NAACP ad
ministrator, said Uiat the
NAACP expects the loans to be
made on “a strictly business
basis with applicants meeting
the usual requirements of the
bank in such matters.”
Dr. Walker gave anunmn
that “any funds put in the
State Bank of Memphis to aid
“Negro victims of economic re
prisals in Mtsaisaippi” wttl be
4uade availabte bxc loan* to
them.” He further promised to
'**giye special attration to appli
cations from Negro home
owners, farmers, business and
professional men who liave been
denied credit because of their
RALEIGH
Dr. Harold L. Trigg, presi
dent of St. Augustine’s Col
lege, is reported to have ten
dered his r^gnation,to the
Board of Trustees at its an
nual meeting held on the cam~
pus of the college here last
Tuesday, January 3, follow
ing what turned out to be a
stormy session when it was
report^ to have been charged
that the president had not
only packra the faculty with
members of his family but
was padding his financial re
ports as welL
Efforts on the part of repre
sentative of the press to get at
the bottom of the meeting and
give the public first hand in
formation of what actually went
on in the meeting came to ^ dead
end when several members of
the Board, who were questioned
on the matter, would disclose
little or no information. One
member, who would not permit
ills name to be mentioned stated
that the story was worth explor
ing.
Under Dr. Tiiggs’ leadership
St. Augustine's has grown from
worse to Vorse until threatened
collai»e of the school has been
feared for sometime by both
alumni and friends. Reliable
sources say that the faculty
meetings are dominated by the
lyresident and that any member
who shows any signs of inde
pendent thou^t is immediately
slapped back on his or her heels
by Dr. Trigg.
One informant stated that dur
ing the fury of the storm whidi
engulfed the Trustee meeting
Dr. Trigg walked out ot ttie
session after ottering his
signation. Anothtf stated that he
was asked to resign which in
the true sense amounts to being
fired.
It Is turtliar x^ortad firom a
reliable souroe that Dr. Mm Imb
stated that b« will make a slate-
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Details th« plan
worked OQt in M^nphis by Mr,
Wilkins in collaboration with
Dr. Walker and other officers
of the bank. Under the plan the
NAACP will seek to get organi
zations, fraternal orders, insur
ance companies, business and
individuals to make sizeable de
posits in the bank.
In addition to efforts to en
large the resources of the Tri-
State Bank, the NAACP is in
vestigating the national con-
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Tit For Tat
PRINCETON, N. J.
A Gallup Poll reveals that
half of all U. S. men have had
a fist fight since they were 15.
but only one woman in ten has
engaged in a hair pulling match.
Seventeen percent of men admit
they have hit their wives, and
18 percent of women say they
have struck- their husbands.
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