rAGI TWO
mt CAftOLmA TIMES SATURDAY, MAY T. 19S5
AHEND THE FREEDOM RALLY SUNDAY
This newspaper would like come to an oppressed people Wilkins will furnish it at the
to add its endorsement to the after much struggle and Sunday meeting,
state-wide mass meeting of sacrifice. Therefore the frigh- The (Carolina Times urges
the National Association for tened, the wishful thinkers, every Negro citizen who is
Advancement of Colored Peo- the opportunists and the arm- interested in securing full
pie to be held in the Memozial chair leaders, who always hop citizenship for the race to
Auditorium in Raleigh, Sun- on the bandwagon after the give their moral and financial
day afternoon May 8. The victory has b^n achieved, support to the Freedom Day
meetii^ is important enough will probably not be present celebration next Sunday by
for thinking Negro citizens of in large numbers next Sun- putting in their presence and
this state to lay aside what- day. They will assume the donating to the cause. Al-
ever they are doing and at- wait-and-see attitude and though the Memorial Audi-
tend in large nmnt«rs. “Hie what ever way the drop falls, torium will probably not hold
Fighting Fmid For Freedom” to the right or to the left, they them there should be at least
needs no explanation in these will cry aloud, “I told you 10,0000 pei^ons on hand in
columns to those of average so.” stead of the 5,000 the State
intelligence and we trust the The North Carolina State Conference hopes tP bring to
5,000 persons which tiie presi- Conference of NAACP the meeting. Certainly, if Ro
dent of the National Associa- Branchs is to be commended groes in the state are unmind-
tion has requested will be on for its effort, rapwially in ful of their own rights and
hand. bringing to the meeting as the the struggle now being waged
As far back as history rec- principal speaker, Roy Wil- by the NAACP to obtain them
ords there is no single in- kins, the Executive Secretary to such an extent that 5,000
stance in which the oppres- of the NAACP. The more than of them will not show it by
sor has voluntarily taken his a million Negro citizens of attending a rally for that pur-
heel off the neck of the op- this state need a shot-in-the- pose, then, we probably are
pressed. Freedom has only arm and we are satisfied Mr. not ready for them.
A SALUTE 10 THE NORTH CAROIIIU
MEDIUI SOCIETY
We salute the North Caro- In an address before the Yes, tlm is a serious but
Ina Medical Society for its Missippi Regional Council of correct indictment of the
forward step in approving ^ Leadership meeting in
Negro membership for that i ♦ ed States and especially m the
organization. The move is in Mound Bayo, Mississippi last South. It tells the sad story
keeping with the and Friday, Congressman Charles of this institution refusing to
was inevitable. The doctors C. Diggs of Michigan drew a take the lead in pointing man-
have fotmd out what the second indictment on the kind to the way of univei^
church apparenly has not— Christian church and its pat- brotherhood and surrenderag
and that is that there is no . . . Mr program to the profession-
difference in the human an- segregation. Said Mr. tusines sand sports world.
atomy and what ails it be- Diggs:
cause of race. Admission of
Negro physicians to the N. C.
M^cal ^ciety should make
for a better understanding
between the races along oth
er lines as well as those of
health. When diseases strike
they are very democratic and
have a way of knocking on
all doors without regard to
race, creed or color. And any
movement that will unite the
forces that fight them is cer
tainly a step in the right
direction.
The action taken by the
N. C. Medical Society will
probably cause heart failure
to a number of the diehards
in North Carolina. Their de
parture, however, should be
welcomed as go^ riddance
rather than a tragedy during
these times of great change
in national and international
affairs. The Society has out
stripped by far the church by
practicing what it preaches in
that it has destroyed the bar
rier which prohibits men of
an races from studying work
ing and struggling together in
one common cause — the
elimination of the diseases of
manknd.
“In our land any Sunday
momiitg, men, who in ad
dition to their profession
have suffered a war to pre
serve democratic ideals —
among which is the prin
ciple that all men are creat
ed free and equal and
are endowed vrith certain
inalienable rights to life,
liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness^these men sit
in their segregated church
es, worshipping in a feel
ing of virtue the God of all
who commands that man
love his brother, while
denying church member*
ship and fellowship as a
policy, or as a passive mat
ter of practite because they
cannot conceive on a per-
sohal level of an associa
tion with fellowmen who
are not of the same race, or
color, or creed .... And
these violations of profes
sed faith, as they cannot
help, move out into the wid
er world, becoming a part
of our mode of li^ng, be
coming a factor of a na
tional and foreign policy.”
Thus we see men of all races
beginning to leam to work
together on the farms, in the
factories, in schools and col
leges and in hospitals, but not
able to work together for Gkxi
in the churches. We see them
in sports where not only bod
ily contact is often necessary
but the mauling of each other
into a bloody pulp in a prize
fight ring is resorted to. We
see them a few minutes later
when the contest is over shake
hands and throw their arms
around each other in a bro
therly manner.
Only the Christian church
in the South remains adamant
in the upward surge toward
a nobler life. Instead of point
ing the way it stands in the
way or stands on the side
lines being neither hot nor
cold, condemning nor encour
aging. It ought to be spewed
up.
On behalf of all the Negro
doctors of North Carolina and
its more than one million Ne
gro citizens, we wish to ex
tend our thanks to the North
Carolina Medical Society for
its very fine contribution to
the democratic way of life
and to a better world.
POLIO TREATMENT FOR ALL
Life Is Like That
BY H, ALBERT SMITH
jlhF6siTivK REy’(TfRili*rtNV'
OF DISCIPhESHIP
distribution and regulation of
the cost or keep a close check
In spite of the national and over cost.”
international need for the Cost to Families:
Salk vaccine for the treat- “in addition, patients will on how and ;at what price it
ment of Polio we have been have to pay for each visit to distributed through private
informed that so-called smart the doctor (vising from $3 channels,
business men, along with to $5), making the total crat
gmgsters and other ™ks. to,*, ajto
are planning to make a hog a child. Though Dr. Salk citi“ns as would be an in-
killing or a water haul out of announced the originally vading ?f an enemy
the vaccine through both scheduled set of three shots country. We think, therefore,
legitimate and black market could be reduced to two shots
methods. According to Elmer a week apart, and a third government to
Bindiner, writing in the Nat- booster seven months later, see to it that me prople Me
ional Guardian, the Polio the total costs remain the protected with all of the
Foundation paid $1 for three same. For a family of four, might and ingenuity at the
injections of^the vaccine or a- unless the doctor agrees to nation s conmand. The mat-
bout 34c per injection. The inoculate several children in “ prot^ing the poor^t
original plan called for a one visit, the charges could citizen against this terrible
price of $1 per injection to the approximate $100, prohibi- dise^e is so mandatory that
wholesalerTor $3.00 for the tive to most families. ^e f^l he should not be de-
three required injections. , _ , nied the treatment simply b^
Druggistslirould get the three
for^^SO and the patient that the giving of the Salk money.
Mr^lnS-th“healtt aS^JlSdSier- We would like to se^ the
leans to risk their exploitation vaccine distributed to all a-
“On April 12, when the byunscrupulous men in or out like and therefore urge the
vaccine was officially declar- of the field of medicine. We federal government to t^e
ed elective, the manufactur- think getting every American over its distribution im-
ers quietly announced a price citizen inoculated, especially mediately in order that black
boost tagging the package of the nations children, is so im- marketing and the unfair
three cc at $6 to the patient— porta«it that the federal gov- methods may not be resorted
a mark-up of at least 600^ emment should take over the to by evil men.
SATURDAY
MAY 7, 1955
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We find ourselves concerned
once again with the topic above.
In our first article, we ap
proached the matter of ChriS'
tian discipleship as it entails ac
cepting the mind of Jesus, the
adoption of his philosophy of
life. Last week, we emphasized
discipleship as following Christ
into the heart of the will of God
no matter how painful the sac
rifice involved. At this time, we
are stressing the thought that
discipleship means following
Christ in His program of ser
vice for the world.
Jesus’ Purpose
That Jesus had a program of
service for the world is seen in
His purpose to establish a uni
versal Kingdom which has as
its ioundation righteousness and
as its law love. This kingdom
was to be a world-wide brother
hood without distinction as to
class or race, a divine society in
which service is the measure of
greatness and the evidence of
Christian love. Such was the
Master's purpose.
Purpose Not Accepted
Unfortunately, an overwhel
ming number of the members of
the church which Christ estab
lished that such a society might
be brought into being-members
claiming discipleship-have not
yet accepted that divine pur
pose in practice although com
pletely dedicated to It in theory
And that is but another way of
stating that these members en
dorse with their’ lips the ideal
of Christ, but are in more
less complete rebellion against
its realization. «
Consider His Demands
Consider a few of Jesus’
sayings which to my mind fit
into this program and which we
find greatly at variance with
the practice of His church. At
least, they are observed, in that
part of the world we call Chris
tian, only on a limited scale and
with healthy‘reservations.
We have, the Golden Rule-Do
unto others as ye would have
them do unto you,” and the
charge not to seek to dominate
men as did the Gentiles of
Jesus’ day.
We find Him forging into an
inseparable liAk the'* cominand)^
ment to love our fellowman
with that which demands love
of God.
The Parable of the Good Sa
maritan provides a definition of
“neighbor” which includes men
of every race and illustrates as
well as any example in the
Bible as to what constitutes
Christian Service.
And, as well, Jesus proclaim
ed Himself as the servant of
men and service as the ideal for
His disciples.
Did More Than Talk
But Jesus did more than talk.
He estimated the worth of the
soul as infinite. His life and
death proved His inflexible and
complete faith in that estimate.
His death on the cross was not
compulsion; it was His volun
tary acceptance. He died not be
cause He had to, but in order to
save men from sin. He has been
properly called the Suffering
Servant.
A Cynic Speaks
Concerning Christ’s great sac
rifice—the greatest service ever
rendered humanity—^Heine, a
noted German cynic, said: “I
too might have died for man
kind if I had not shrewdly sus
pected they were not worth it.’’
Heines’ self-acknowledged,
shrewdness has left him a none-
nity-a person of little account-
who has left no worthwhile
heritage to mankind. But that
implied lack ol shrewdness
which caused Jesus to die for a
humanity “not worth it” turned
out to be man's greatest blessing
and a service that has yron Him
nearly 7,000,000,000 disciples
although some are following a
long ways off.
We Have Failed Him
The Christian world has fail
ed to follow Christ in His great
program of service. ’The Golden
Rule is a moth ball principle,
a convenient phase upon the
lips of clergy and laity alike.
Love of money has all but
buried beyond hope of resurrec
tion any likelihood of any lull
scale response to the ideal ol
service. Greatness through ser
vice. How convenient a phrase
that is for baccalaureate ser
mons and commencement ad
dresses! How many believe it?
If someone does happen to take
it seriously, he is regarded by
many as not being any too prac
tical, if practical at all.
Profit Motive An Obsession
It is the profit motive that
governs the actions both of in
dividuals and nations. A Chris
tian nation spent $400,000,000
to fortify Singapore which was
called the Gibraltar of the E^st
It was calculated to defend im
perialism and exploitation in
the Orient. Had that nation
spent $400,000,000 in genuinely
sincere missionary effort in the
areas of its exploitation; had
other Christian nations playing
the game of exploitation done a
similar thing; and il alb had
spent a fraction of the money it
has taken to fight two World
Wars to evangelize and gospei-
ize the world and to foster
Jesus’ program of service, how
different our world would be!
Possible Consequences
At least, we would hardly be
living under the threat of hy
drogen warfare so fearfully de
structive of life and property as
to resemble more the judgement
fires depicted in Revelations
than the unleasing of devilish
human ingenuity by a group of
insane rulers in a world gone
mad.
I’ve heard a few preachers of
past days in descriptions of the
last judgement that were posi
tively terrifying as they por
trayed hosts of evil men plead
ing with the mountains to hide
them from consuming tires sent
down from heaven by an angry
God.
It looks now as if this might
come to pass, only the destruc
tion will be caused by man, and
the good will suffer with the
bad.
Individual Failure
But let us not hide behind the
faults and failures of the
tions and the church. Individual
failures lie behind institutional
failure. Neither a nation nor a
church can achieve spiritual
and moral character any nobler,
purer aiid wholesome than that
of the persons composing them.
One could hardly expect a
stream to be any purer than the
tributaries that are the source
of its existence. Probably, if we
would concern ourselves with
improving our status as dis
ciples, the world—the Christian
world con'stituted of 'persons
like ourselves would become
better.
A Registered Disciple
Robert Bellaire reported
some years ago an inter^esting
and illuminating statement
made a Japanese Colonel
named Nishihara.”
^‘Come now. Colonel,” Bel
laire said, “I understand you
are a Christian, registered in
the Christian Church in Japan.
Do you Christian Japanese feel
the same about the Empcrior as
other Japanese-or do you?
The partly intoxicated army
officer replied, “I was register
ed as a Christian foi> only one
reason-for the Emperor! The
Imperial army ordered me to
attend a Christian mission
school so that I might learn the
English language from your
American teachers. Many of us
in the airmy and navy qualified
ourselves for code and transla
tion work in foreign languages
in this way. That is how I could
become army spokesman for
you American and British cor
respondents.
Can Change The Picture
Patently, that Japanese Colo
nel was nothing more than a
registered disciple of Christ. He
had no intention of bearing the
burdens or carrying the obliga
tions of discipleship. It is my
feeling, and that of thinking ob
servers far more capable than I
—that this same attitude is
widely prevalent in the church.
Just what we can do about it, I
am not fully prepared to set
forth right now. But this 1
know. If each ol us will im
prove upon the quality of his
discipleship, the total picture
will, lose some of its ugliness
and might take on some mea
sure of beauty.
The New Approach, Heans Greater Efficiency"
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Spiritual Insight
“RELIGION AND MIND SICKNESS”
By Reverend Harold Roland
, Pastor, Mount Gilead Baptist Church
“Don’t worry over anything
whatever...tell God your needs..
The God. of peace will keep
constant guard over your hearts
and minds as they rest in Christ
Jesus...” Phil. 4:6,7.
Good Religion is essential to
mental health. What is good
mental Health? It is that state
of moral and spiritual well be
ing in which the Individual can
be at peace with himself, with
others and can meet the rough
and difficult demands ol this
life. The basic truths ol reli
gion which are needed in health
of npind are Faith, Hope, Love,
Forgiveness, fellowship and
prayer. These great truths ol
religion are needed to make
that strong, stable and stedlast
power to meet life in the state
we call sound mental health.
What is life without faith, hope,
love, forgiveness fellowship and
prayer? Without these truths of
religion life is dark, meaning
less, bewildering, jwpeles* -and
despondent. Without these life
is subject to breaking down in
to the corrupting ravages of
what we call mental sickness:
AN INABILITY TO STAND UP
AND FACE LIFE PEACEFUL
LY AND HAPPILY.
A fundamental fact of men
tal health is this that LOVE IS
■raE LIGHT OF ’THE SOUL
AND STRENGTH AND STA
BILITY OF THE MIND. Leave
out love-the inner essence of
religion—and life breaks into
confusing frustrations. Thus it
becomes clear to all but the
blind and most prejudiced that
the life-giving resources of true
religion are the foundation
stones of mental health. I have
seen many cases where religion
has snatched people back from
the brink ol hopeless mental
sickness.
Religion is needed to keep
lile from breaking-sinking
down into the destructive ra
vages of mental sickness.
There is a great increase in
mental sickness in the nation.
Every day we behold the in
crease of that number of people
who cannot live peacefully
with themselves, others and
who cannot meet and stand up
to the ordinary demands of life.
Such people are mentally sick.
Yes, they suffer from mind
sickness. They need treatment
and healing. Let's get away
from the stigma of mind sick
ness. The mind gets sick like
any other member of this mar
velous organism .God has given
each of us. The mind the ^ul
and the body get sicki And
when you are sick there is
nothing dishonorable about
seeking healing.
God gives healing powCT for
the sickness of body, mind and
soul.
The home is very important
in this whole business of men
tal sickness. Mothers and fa
thers are you listening? The
home is the fountainhead ol
mental health. Give your child
and give yourselves an atmos
phere that is conducive to
sound health ol mind. ’The men-
taUy healthy grows in a graci
ous and a loving community.
Keep your home free from hos
tility, tension, fear, anxiety and
rejection—these destroy our
mental health. These keep our
minds from growing in beauty
and power as God intended^ that
they should grow. A loving
home is a step in the prevention
of mental health-
There are many perilous
Capital Close-Up
BY CONSTANCE DANDEL
Cardozo Cadets Win First
Mixed l>riU
Integration was dramatized
here, last week, when Cardozo
High School’s crack regiment
marched to victory, at the Na
tional Guard Armory,' In the
first mixed competitive drill in
the history ol the Capital’s Ca-,
det Corps. |
sen by lot from the integrated
schools. All the lormer white
high schools, with one excep-,
tion, marched with integrated
ranks. The lormer Division ’Two
(Negro) high schools, on an In
tegration time-table, are not
yet Integrated and drilled with
all-Negro regiments. The Arm
strong High School band took
third place in the band competi
tion at the regimental drill. It
was led by John Davis. Arm
strong will compete in the June
drill for high schools with gat-
tallons.
Wilson-Mincr Merger
In 1950, Dr. Walter E. Hager,
president ol the white Wilson
Teachers College, began advo
cating a merger ol that institu
tion, organized in 1873, with
the century • old Miner College
lor Negroes. The proposal cre
ated a lurore and was hotly de
bated on both sides ol the race
line and in the Board ol Educa
tion. Dr. Hager's removal was
demanded.
On April 20, with the Su
preme Court’s decision squarely
behind him, and other civil
changing the
A seventeen-year-old senior,
Lieut. Col. Douglas Mathis, led' rights decisions
Cardozo’s cadets. The Phelps' face ol the Capital, Dr. Hager
Vocational School, Irom old Dl-was named president of the
vision Two, which took second Combined Wilson and Miner
place in the regimental driU,' CoUeges, effective July 1. His
was led by Lieut. Col. Frederick dean will be Dr. Matthew
Saunders. Two thousand cadets Whitehead, president ol Miner
took part in the drill. The acting College, and former personnel
brigade commander was cho- j director at Howard University.
Miss Edith Lyons, Miner Col
lege dean, will be dean of stu
dents in Uie new Mt-up.
Mrs. Roosevelt Warns
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, at
Howard University lor the an
nual spring meeting ol the Trus
tee Board, told a Howard as
sembly that atomic powered
transportation would bring the
underveloped nations represent
ed by the Bandung Conlerence,
“as close as Chicago,’’ and that
this country would have to live
with them as equals.
The Aslan-Alrican peoples
she said, have a great contribu
tion to make to the world, as
shown by their resistance to
Communist domination at the
Bandung Conlerence. Only, re
cognition ol these people and
the ability to work with others-
demonstrated at home—can
justily America’s claim to
world leaders^p, said Mrs.
Roosevelt.
New Dean for Howard Medicine
Dr. Robert S. Jason, head ol
Howard’s Department ol Path
ology, was appointed Dean ol
the College ol Medicine, begin
ning May 1. He succeeds Dr.
Joseph L. Johnson, who will
serve on indedinlte tenure as a
prolessor ol physiology In the
College ol Medicine.
Howard Chemistry to Offer
Ph. D.
’The University will offer a
program leading to the Doctor’s!
signs of the increasing dangers
and ravages of mental health
around us in the nation. Dr.
Russel L. Dix ol Duke Univer
sity Divinity School says that
the increasing mental sickness
is a threat to the nation and a
challenge to the great healing
powers of religion. Our men
tal hospitals are running over—
therefore more than 700,000 pa
tients. The mental health hospi
tals population is Increasing by
10,000 a year. Mental sickness
has increased greatly since end
of World War II. Can we stop
this dangerous trend ol mental
sickness in our nation? We
spend more for the treatment
ol cattle tlian we do lor the
mentally sick in the natioi’.
Religion must bring to bear
God’s great spiritual healing
resources lor the treatment and
healing ol the mentally sick.
Things cannot give us peace and
mental health. Mental health
seems to be rooted in'true
ligion and the things ol the
spirit.
Religion and God alone can
give the conditions and the at
mosphere essential to good
mental health. Many have b^n
uprooted. And now we must
be rerooted and grounded in
the great lile-givlng resources
ol God and the spirit to halt the
destructive ravages ol mental
sickness among us. It is only in
God and religion that we can
be at peace with ourselves, with
others and meet the difficult
demands ol this lile in our
times...“Don't worry over any
thing whatever...tell God your
needs...and God will keep con
stant guard over your hearts
and minds as they rest in Christ
Jesus...”
degree, beginning with the 1955
1956 school year. The program-
authorized lor the Department
of Chemistry—will be the first
Ph.D. program in the history ol
the University.
Howard Trustees Elect
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and
Dr. P. B. Young, Sr., publisher
ol the Norfolk Journal and
Guide, were elected honorary
Trustees. Lorimer D. Milton‘ol
Citizen’s Trust Co., Atlanta,
chairman ol the Board, and Dr.
Floyd W. Reeves ol Chicago,
vice-chairman, were reelected
lor one-year terms. Secretary
James M. Nabrlt, and Treasur
er James B.'XIlarke, were also
reelected.
The New Negro
As seen by Doctors E. Frank
lin Frazier, Emmett Dorsey,
John Hope Franklin^ and Ray-
lord Logan, in papers delivered
at Howard's recent Social Sci
ence Conlerence, the “New Ne
gro" thirty years alter his 1925
presentation by the late Alain
Locke, is. In Vuth”—a some
time thing!”
Franklin Frazier offers a new
Negro "middle class” with ,
“only two really vital traditions
—^the lolk tradition and the tra
dition of the gentleman”—one
derived Irom the fields and the
other Irom the homes of the
white South. Negro business he
writes off as a social myth
without economic merit; Negro
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