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' %RCH OF DIMES, Jan. 3-31.
Duke Student Paper Says Sclraol's
Segregation Policif Is 'Barl)aric'
(EiKBTOB’S NOTE — FoUbwiitt U an editorial wUch
appaaMd in the D^. 13 isgp» of the Duke Chronicle,
official ftiidemt pablication i# Dojke University in Dw-
>
PABBABIC TittBiTION
Many of us do apt oiiderstaiui why this institutioil is
segregated. Those-who defend the tradition here advance
spurious argnmrats and q[uestion-begging answers. We
cW’ge that segregation is anti-democratic, anti-Christian,
harmful propaganda to the rest of the world and incompatible
with the idea of a university.
to be-
Anyone who jrefuses
lieve that segregation implies
inieHoHfy is bOnd. The bftHS of'
the Supreme Court decision is
^t segregation, by implying
inferiority, denies Negroes
equal opportuniti^ and is,
therefore, unconstitutional All
thin talk about “wparate b^t
equal’’ facilities is so much gib
berish; compare t^e niunber of
Ph.D’s. at Dulce with the num
ber at North CaroUna College.
Arbitrary discrimination is al
ways anti-democratic. Duke
University has, in effect, de
clared the supremacy of the
“wliite race." i
If a person Ijelieves that ^the
most important commandment
is to love his neighbor, it is in
conceivable (that he willfully
would discrinunete aga^ist
liim. The Catholic Chui^
which forbids s^re^tion, has
long since recognized this prin
ciple, and it was rec«itly ac-
Icnowledged by tite Baptist Ira-
ders at their state convention.
Christianity ia diametrically op
posed to intolerance, hate, pre-
iudioe. If Duke, thoi, is to call
itself a Christian institution and
reco^iize all men as brothers,
it must abandon the policy o3
segregation. Xjot’s not be hy-
;m>crltical attout this'. If we
cannot accept integration, let us
plainly state that we are anti-
Ciulstian, that the Cliapel is
really nothing more than the
headquarters for bigoted rell-
glostty. •
But democracy and brother
ly love are frequently words
tossed around merdy to suit the
rationalization of a particular
viewpoint. We contend that tn
"practical” terms segregatiim is
smearing oiur name across the
face of the earth. How can we
profess to be freedom-loving
while black laws are still being
enforced, wliile racial hatred
takes the shape of murder, kid
napping,. suppression and Injus
tice in many sections of the
South, while we at Duke de
clare the N^roes are inferior
beingsT When we consider the
immense' propaganda being
leveled against this very strug
gle, we cannot hrtp acknowl
edge the absurdity of our posi
tion. While a "pure white” asks
if you want a Negro to date
your sister, wtlre Tar Sast
is being lost.
If tradition is so vital to
Duke, we ought to adopt tradi
tion in a scale suitable to our
aspirations. Duke University, if
it ever is to become great from
a national point of view, must
rise aliove the provincialism of
Durliam.
Well, we are segregated. We
are also reasonable human be
ings and we question, therefore,
our present policy. We request
an explanation from Mr. Nor
man Atwater Cocke, chairman
of th^ Board of Trustees. We
feel it is incumbent upon him
to state the reasons, if there are
any, beliind this barbaric tradi
tion.
Are Mr. Cocke and the trus
tees afraid to lose alumni sup
port? We hold that this loss
would be minimized, and we
would not be surprised if addi
tional financial support was
volunteered from new sources.
Would the “truebfue” South-
emeiis send their* daughters
elaewhereT The decline, if in
deed there were any, would go
unnoticed in the rising tide of
applicants lor admission. Ne
groes would create social prob
lems? Nonsense. We are not
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Lraders Join
Slirine Group
NEW YORK
Three prominent Negro lead
ers recently joined the National
Committee of 'Rie American
Museum of Imigratlon (AMI),
is has been announced by Ma
jor (general Ulysses S. Grant,
3rd, t^A (Ret.), chairman of
the Committee and grandson of
the 18th President of the United
States. ^
Dowdal Hr Davis, general
manager of the Kantat City
Call; Dr. Mordecai W. Jolmson,
president of Howard Univer
sity, and Scovel Richardson,
member of the Board ot Parole,
U. S. D^artment of Justice,
have given their support to help
establish The Museum at the
foot of the Statue of Liberty to
dramattxe the contributions im
mlgranto have nnde to Ameri
ca.
VOLUME 31—NUMBEB 51
DUBHAM, N. C., SATUBDAT, DEC. 24, 1955
PBICE 10 CENTS
"Trespass” Case Is Put Off;
Sanford OKs Indian Students
SALE OF LAND
WILL NOT KILL
TEST CASE
GREENSBORO
The fact that the city intends
to sell a golf cours^ it had
leased to a private club for one
dollar a year to prevent Ne
groes from using the links will
have no bearing on the question
of the validity of such action
to Sidestep court rulings against
segregation in public owned
parlcs.^
Tills was the (H)inion of J.
Kenneth Lee, attorney tor six
Negroes who appeared in crimi
nal c«uH here Monday to face
a ehargrf to trespassing
they had lOayed a round of
golf on the Gillespie Park goU
course, leased by the city to a
“private club.” The case was
continued, at |the request of
the city solicitor, until Jan. 17.
The action is being interp^-
ed widc^ as a test case to de
termine whether or not a muni
cipality can sidestep tee Su
preme Coprt’s ruling of no
segregation by leasing public
property to segregated private
groups.
Shortly before the trial came
up Monday, the city council
voted imanlmously to eancel
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UNCF director W. J. Trent, Jr., bids Bon Voyage to dis
tinguished member college alumna. Miss Angie Brooks, who
returned to Lilwria last Tuesday after serving as ^pre-
scntative Pelegate to the United Natfan*« 9th l*th
siens. Miss Brooks, who Is Assistant Attorney General of
JLdberia, graduated from Shaw University, oae of the Fund’s
31 member colleges, in 1949. Addressing UNCF staff mem
bers and others attending the send-off ceremony at Fund
headquarters here, at 22 East 54th Street, Mbw Brooks
stressed the importance of Fund support, saying “I know
from my own experience at Shaw, that tto scholarship aid
and other yearly benefits provided by the Fund are vital to
the continuing program of these colleges. The United Ne
gro College Fluid is currently seeking $1,750,000 for oper-
a^g funds of its 81 colleges, and its 1955 campaign wUch
closes on December 31.
Pupils To Enter
White Schools
Without Any Fuss
SANFORD
Three Indian school pupils
will be admitted to the white
public schools here when school
reopens in January without any
ifuss.
Dr. J. L. Knight, chairman of
the Sanford school board, was
quoted as saying there Were no
objections to their admissions
and no special session of the
city council would be needed.
The pupils are children of
Mr. and Mrs. Belton Bullard
who ifecently moved to ^ee
^udty from a sharecropper’s
farm in Robeson County.
"As far as I know, they will
be admitted at the start of the
January term,” Dr. Knight is
reported saying. He also was
quoted as saying that he had
questioned some of the high
school students who had no
objections to the Indian stu
dents and that his daugh
ter, who will lie in a classroom
with one of them, was “excited”
over the prospect.
There is an Indian school in
Lee county, some 20 miles from
Pocket Township where the
Bullards have set up their new
residence.
Asheville To Be Scene Of
Omega Fraternity Meeting
ASHEVILLE I special mid-Winter District
Nearly 200-0megas and their I Council meeting of the Sixth
gueste are expected here for the | District of the Omega Psi Phj
Life Is Like That
The Event That Changed
The Tide of History
By Bev. H. Albert Smith
“And she gave birtl^ to her
first-born son and wrapped him
in swaddling clothes, and laid
him in a manger, because there
was no pla(^ for him in the
inn.” Luke 2:7.
Eo^ and Advent
The event that changed the
tide of history and chronicled
tty civilization as the most sig
nificant h^n>ming of the ages
was the birth of Jesus Christ,
the Savior of mankind. His
birth was not merely an event,
as is the birth of any mortal
man, however great he may be
come in subeequent days or the
place given him in history. The
birth of .graham, the father of
the Hebrew people, and that of
Moses, who emancipated them
from Egyptian bondage, were
events, hamtenings in historic
time. Bnt the birth of Jesus was
both an event and an advent, a
happening in time and the pro
jection of a supernatural life
into the worid of human affairs.
About none save Jesus has such
Fraternity on December 29-30.
The Council is the executive
board of the fraternity’s chap
ters located in North* and South
Carolina and is composed of the
district officers and chapter re
presentatives.
According to J. Alston At-
itins, Winston-Salem, district
representative, the larger than
average turnout is expected due
to a change in the annual Con
clave schedule. Normally the
fraternity holds its annual
meeting at this time, Iwt was
advanced this year with the
anfiual confab held in Los An
geles last August
For the first time in the his
tory of the quarterly meetings,
the organization will^old for
two-days, ^ beginning in the af
ternoon on Thursday and clos
ing late Friday night. Atkins
Stated that one or two social
affairs are being arranged for
the visiting Omegas, and the
tentative schedule calls for a
model initiation to be conduct
ed by the Coimcil Officers.
Hosta to the meet are mem
bers of the Asheville Upsilon
Omlcron Chapter, headed by
Albert S. Reynolds, Officers of
the Sixth District in addition
to Atkins, include: Rev. J. Her
bert Nelson, Sumter, S. C.,
vice district representative;
John Moore, Charlotte, keeper
of records and finance and Dr.
of men. And the word was I Gordon Wilkins, Charlotte dis-
(Contlnued On Page Two) trict marshaP.
a conviction persisted to over
come the argimients of learned
skeptics and unbelieving In-
fidds. I
An Episode
On this point, the New Testa
ment speaks plainly. Jesus’ ap
pearance on earth was an ad
vent. LUe for him did not begin
when he was bom in a manger
at Bethlehem. That event .was
but an episode in a life the exis
tence of-'Which was etomal.
That event was the projection
of a timeless personality, an in
finite being, into time and
qwce; an assumption of the
limitations of human lite by
“the high and lofty One iriio
inhabit# eternity.”
St. John Sayt
St. John seta this forth when
he says: “In the beginning was
the Word and the Word was
with God, and the Word was
God. Tlie same was in the be
ginning with God. In him was
life and that life was the light
BLUFOBD
Leaders Mourn Loss Of A. and T.
College Head; Funeral Held Friday
Fire Destroys
Home Of Family
In Durham
|The home of Mrs. Laura
Bruce, prominent Durliam wo
man, was practically destroyed
by ifire here last Wednesday
morning.
No one was hurt in the blaze.
The fire was discovered
around nine o’clock Wednesday
morning by a neighbor who
turned in the alarm.
According to early and un-
comfirmed reports, the Bruce
home was unoccupied at the
time of the fire.
Durham fire department
chief J. F. Page said that the
blaze was caused when an over
heated pipe of a hot air furnace
set lire to floor joista.
IbEact estimate of the dam
age was not available at press
time, but fire department offi
cials said that mosft of the in
side of the house and its fur
nishings were destroyed in the
blaze.
GREENSBORO
Expressions of feeling of
“great loss’ came this week
from all parta of the state in re
action to the passing early wed-
nessday morning of Dr. Ferdin
and D. Bluford, president of A.
and T. College.
D(. Bluford died at L. Rich
ardson Memorial hospital at ap
proximately three o’clock Wed
nesday morning. Funeral ser
vices, which are expected to at
tract state official and educa
tional, religious and civic lead
ers of the area, were scheduled
for one o’clock Friday at the
college chapel.
Dr. Bluford had been a pa
tient at the hospital for the past
ten days. He was 73.
Typical of the numerous com
ments wliich came from many
quarters this week was^the one
of Dr. Alfonso Elder, president
of North Carolina College at
Durham.
“He has made a great contri
bution to our state. I feel very
deeply that we have sustained a
great loss,” Dr. Elder said.
President of the state's larg
est Negro educational institu
tion and one of the largest in
the country for the past 30
years. Dr. Bluford came to the
school with a wide background
in teaching and administration.
When he accepted presidency
of the school in 1925 ,it enrolled
some 200 studenta an dlwasted
of eight buildings. At his death,
it had an enrollment of approx
imately 3,000 and a physical
plant composed of 35 buildings
valued at about 12 million.
During his tenure, A. and T.
grew from a small land grant
college into one of the most im
portant in the country for Ne
groes. The campus has been ex
panded from 25 acres to 110 a-
cres and the farm land for agri
cultural fork from 100 acres to
600.
A native of Capahosic, Va.
Dr. piuford was born Aug. 4.,
1882, son of William Thomas
and Allice Stubbs Biulord. He
was gradtpted fifm the Waf-
i:md Academy ia-Eichmond.'Va.
in 1904 and received an A. ^
degree from Union University
in 1908.
In 1909 he received the Ph.D.
degree from Howard and an
honorary doctorate from Union
in 1927.
Dr. Bluford taught at Ala
bama Normal, Kentucky State
and St. Paul’s Polyteclmic in
Lawrenceville ,Va before com
ing to Greensboro.
In 1912, he came to A and T
College as professor of Engliah.
He became dean and vice preai-
dent in 1918, a position which
he held until he was elected
president in 1925.
Among the numerous organi
zations in wtiich he held offices
or membership were trustee,
Hayes-Taylor Memorial TMCA,
Richardson Memorial Hospital,
Windsor Community Center;
member, 'North Carolina Be-
search Society, National Asso
ciation, American Teachcn As
sociation, American Academy
of Political Sci«icc, Alpha Phi
Alptia Fraternity, the Masons
and Elks.
Remember Race,
Labor Cautioned
ATLANTIC COTY, N. J.
Delegates to the New Jersey
State CIO convention here
were told by NAACP executive
secretary Roy Wilkins that Ne
groes will be watching closely
the new AFli-CIO’s activities,
especially in the area of racial
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North Carolina’s Maaoas deaatctf Mb QklpA
Colored OrpliaMge duriag their SStli wKi
held la Dorlwa raccBtly. Show» kora la turn. T. &
sup«rl»t«ideBt «f tlM Oryheeege,
Bev. K. P. Battl^ lUustrim pot«alat» af '
Tcnpla 17S, el Bocky Mavat