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Words of Wisdom ★ There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed. — Buddha VOLUME 49 No. 7 N.C. CENTRAL UNIV. PRESIDENT FIGHTS BOYCOTT jpifcrrr*—^ mHMIHP^SV]kWK a • ••• fee.-Ju-Jj SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP DINNER The following per sons attended a recent sustain-, ing membership banquet at the Chicken Box. They are left to right: (seated) Joe Duff, Field Representative, 0 c coneechee Parents Banquet Highlights Boy Scout Wee Racism Being Taught in Public Schools Charges Ala. NAACP TISKEGEE INSTITUTE - 1 ho Alabama Field Director of the YAAt'P has charged that "racism and subversiveness" are being taught in the States' public schools. In a latter to MEW Secre tary Robert M. Finch and Jerris Leonard of the l". S. Justice Department. Rev. K. L. Huford said, "the public schools of Alabama are being used as an instrument to per petuate ideologies and con cepts which not only dehu manizes Negroes, but glorifies the Ku Klux Klan." Rev. Huford asked Secre tary Finch and I c oiiard to do everything possiole to elimi nate the use of the textbook "Silent Majority Vocal" Says PTA CIIICACO. Hi. - "Since the mass media continues to insist that they give the public 'what it wants,' " said National PTA president. Mrs. Leon S. Price, h'ridav night in Dallas, Texas, "then we must urge our H) million members to leave that 'vast silent majority' and ex press their opinions bout spe cific media offerings. ' Mrs. Price said that the National PTA wants its mem bers to express their opinions to publishers, producers, spon sors, distributors, and theater and television station mana gers. "We want our members to let the decision-makers know what they think about speci fic media offerings," she ex plained, "and their reasons for either commending them or finding them objectionable." Mrs. Price explained that the PI'A is not a censor of books, magazines, films, plays, radio, or television. The organization does not presume to dictate what adults may read, see, or hear; and she went on to" say that it respects the right of every person in every group to choose their own intellectual and entertainment fare. "Obscenity, however, is not protected by the constitutional guarantees of freedom of (See MAJORITY page 2A) Council: Fred Riber, Council President: R. Kelley Bryant, Chairman Boy Scout Round table, and David L. harrisos, District Chairman. Standing left to right: J. Anglin, Cen "Know Alabama" and other similar textbooks approved by the State Textbook Commis sion. "Know Alabama" is a 4th grade history book which Rev. Huford claims "glorifies the KKK and depicts Negroes as being inferior." Buford also attacked the singing of "Dixie" and flying of the rebel flag at school functions. "This matter was supposedly settled on the banks of the Appamattox in lSoft," he pointed out. Buford said the singing of "Dixie" and flying of the rebel flag was not .only "unpatriotic," serv ice to the South's heroes of yesteryear." w*. V tail K xJ |fr> MM '**t« " ! iK. STIRRING RINDITION Ann Henderson of Carr Jr. High School delivers stirring rendi tion of "I Have A Dream," the Lincoln Monument speech of the late Dr. Martin Luther King. The speech on this occa CfoCarqfom Cinwo aSSEyS-SSS tum Club member; R. C. Price, and 0. E. Charles Waldron, District Executive; J. Elwood Carter, District Commissioner; N. B. White, and Dorsey Joses, Century Club members. This past week has been ob- served as the 58th anniver sary of the Boy Scouts of America. Across the country, the Boy Scouts, Cubs, Eagles, officials and executives gath ered to look back over the more than half a century of achievements of the Boy Scouts of America and! to develop plans for scouting in th« sev enties. Locally, one of the chief highlights of Scout Week was a banquet given in honor of Scouter James W. Carrington, Explorer Advisor. The Annual Parent's Banquet was sponsor ed by White Rock Baptist Church and held in the Hill side High School Cafeteria Monday night. Presiding over the meeting was Mrs. Willie B. Hill, Girl Scout Leader. Also on the pro gram was Nathaniel B. White, extended over a period of 32 Institutional Re presentative, Charles Walden, Scout execu tive; James W. Brown, Scout master; and J. W. Carrington, (See SCOUTS page 2A) sion was dedicated to Dr. L. W. Reid, founder and presi dent of Union Bible Institute during a "Singspiration" spon sored by the New Hope Youth Department. (Photo by Elliott) DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1970 W. A. Clement Speaks at Scout Council Meeting in Raleigh W. A. Clement, CLU North Carolina Mutual Senior Vice President, was the guest speak er at the annual banquet of the Occoneechee Council of the Boy Scouts in Memorial Audi torium in Raleigh, on Monday, February 2, 1970. Over 750 scouts, scout leaders and lay workers in scouting met to honor scout leaders for their 1969 accom plishments and to gain insights and inspiration for the 1970 program Fred Reiber, council president and general manager of the Westinghouse Meter Di vision Raleigh presided. Others, taking part in the program were: Justice Dan K Moore of the North. Carolina Supreme Court; Lt. General John Tolson, commanding general of the XVIII Air borne Corps and Fort Bragg; m Hr ' ■ l Wt : m MR. AND MRS. ALBERT CAIN White Rock Baptist to Honor Faithful Couple Sunday Evening White Rock Baptist Church will honor Albert A. Cain and his wife, Victoria. Cain, Sun day, February 15, at 6 p.m. The program will be held at St. Joseph's A. M. E. Church on Fayetteville Street. Trustee W. J. Kennedy, Jr., Chairman of the Greater White Rock Committee, will give the main address, Deacon C. C. Ma lone, Sr., will preside. Albert Allen Cain, a native of Durham, son of Wilson and Eliza Cain, was born January 29, 1902. He was educated in Durham Public Schools, a Pa rochial School of the Episcopal Church, and studied music un der Professor J. H. Buchanan, Robert (Bob) Robinson and Westley Howard. He was em ployed at the Durham plant of Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company during a oeriod of forty-two years. He was a member of local number 208 of Tobacco Workes Internation al Union. AFL-CIO, and served five years as its financial sec Union Christian Bible Institute "Singspiration" Huge Success New Hope Youth Depart ment sponsored a "Singspira tion" for the Union Christian Bible Institute Sunday at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. Highlight of the proceed ings was a stirring redition of the late Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" by Ann Henderson of Carr Jr. High School. Her recital was dedicated to the Institute and its founder. Dr. L. W. Reid whc four years ago dreamed of the institute dedicated to helping underpriviledged ministers. At the proceedings, Dr. Reid spoke briefly of this vi sion that has now become a reality. Ji CLEMENT and Dr. P. R. Robinson, pre sident of Saint lege in Raleigh. Taking as the theme-title of his address, 'Scouting In (See CLEMENT page e2A) retary. He also served 18 months as a labor union or ganizer in Eastern North Caro lina. During 1915 he joined White Rock Baptist Church and has rendered outstanding service in the areas of both vocal and instrumental music—as leader of the Sunday School Orchestra for five years, fourteen years as director of Sunday School music, and four years as direc tor of the Gospel Chorus. He has been a member of the A M. Moore Bible Class (former ly the C. I. C. Class) more than fifty years. Following his marriage to the former Miss Victoria Graves in 1926, Cain continued to work as a teammate for im provement in social and civic affairs in the Durham com munity. Mrs. Victoria E. Cain is a native of Durham, and attend ed public schools in Durham. Her employment at Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company (See CAIN page 2A) Many singing groups from the city took part in the prjgram. According to Mrs. Lola Mason, youth Advisor of New Hope Association, the program was a success. The sponsoring Youth De partment topped the S4OO mark in fund raising for the In stitute. Asian lour ELIZABETH CITY Dr. Marion D. Thorpe, president of Elizabeth City State Univer sity, has been invited to rep resent the institution on a travel seminar in Asia. Court Injunction Restrains Further Student North Carolina Central Uni- versity President Albert N. Whiting answered sixteen de- | mands of the university's boy cotting students on Monday, February 9, and at the same j time asked and received a re- | straining order against student leaders. President Whiting's reply to | the student demands included | agreement with four demands j in their entirety, partial ac- j ceptance of others, promises to j consider others, and denial of : two demands as contrary to law. A student boycott, proclaim- ! i ed in a paper bearing the ini- i tials of the Student Govern- 11 ment Association, had existed i Gr/er And Brice Are Principals In Saint Augustine's Founder's Day RALEIGH Dr. Prezell R. Robinson, president, Saint Aug ustine's College, has announced that the college will observe its 103 rd Anniversary with Founders' Day events begin ning on February 19. The schedule is as follows: Thurs day, February 19 at 11:00 a.m., Roosevelt Grier, actor and for mer professional football star, will speak at the General As sembly in the Emery Health and Fine Arts Building. The Homecoming basketball game will be played between the Saint Augustine's Falcons and! the Johnson C. Smith "Golden Bulls", Friday night at 8:00 p.m. in the Reynolds Coliseum on the campus of N. C. State University. Highlights of February 21, are Groundbreaking for the new Women's Dormitory and Tree Planting at 2:00 p.m. Robert Longley, executive director, Booth Ferris Founda tion, New York, New York will speak at the Founder's Gethsemane to Observe Pastor's Eighth Anniversary Feb. 16-22 Gethsemane Baptist Church. 906 South Roxboro Street will observe the Pastor's Eight An niversary February' 16-22 with each of the five evenings' ac tivities beginning at 7:30. During the six days, various other churches will take part in the activities as guest of Gethsemane. Monday's guest will be the Morehead Avenue Baptist Church and its pastor B. A. Mack. Sponsors for this even ing will be the Gethsemane's Board of Deacons and Trus tees. Guest on Tuesday will be the Russell C. M. E. Church and its pastor, L. H. Whelchel, sponsored by the Glorv-Bound Chorus. Wednesday night the Floral Club will sponsor the Ebenezer Baptist Church, pas tored by W. E. Daye. Thurs day night William H. Fuller and his congregation at the Mount Zion Baptist Church will be sponsored by the Num ber One Choir. Fisher Memori al United Holiness Church will be the Friday night guest, and pastor A. W. Lawson. Spon sors this night will be the Number Two Choir. There will be no services Saturday night, and the Sun day's anniversary activities will commence at 3 p.m. with the day's guest, the Cameron Grove Baptist Church, pas tored by H. L. Bridged. They will be sponsored by the V. E. Spiritualettes, N.ale Chorus and the Young People's Choir. Members of the committee Facts on the Weather Saturday thru Monday Fair and cold thru weekend, becoming wanner Monday. Highs mostly 3Ca in mountans, and 40's elsewhere. since Thursday, February 5. Not all students had partici pated is the boycott, and Dr. Whiting cited disruptions of classes in his reply to the de mands. He warned that further disruptions, and verba! or phy sical abuse of instructors, would result in immediate punitive action. The restraining order, served on 20 students by name , af fects the entire student body and non-students. The 20 stu dents named were reportedly not all involved in the boycott, or the marches wnich accom panied the boycott. They were named as leaders of student organizations, and included officers of the SGA, campus (See NCCU page 2A) « « '/ a ,> J. GRIER Day Banquet in the Student Unioii Building at 7:00 p.m. A Homecoming Dance will be held in the Emery Health and Fine Arts Building at 9:00 p.m. The Founder's Day Convoca- ' tion will take place on Sunday, - wj'tift 1 m. ' JH REV. BROWN coordinating the affair are: Mrs. Laura Heath, Charles Smith. Mrs. Mary Burnette, Willie L. Mitchell, Mrs. Eliza beth McMillion, Mrs. Ruth Curtis, William Thompson, Mrs. Bessie Sumpter, and Paul Ewing. Leonlyne Price To Be Honored PHILADELPHIA Lew tyrte Price, the orillian* Metro politan sopr:mo. will l -e honor ed by the Community Rela tions Council of Moore Col lege of Art, here following her concert at the Academy of Music on Tuesday evening. March 17. Miss Price will re ceive the "Meda! of Excel lence" prior to a reception in her honor in the academy ball room The citatipn is the hist award of its kind which ha» been given b v the college PRICE: 20 Cents . WHITING . BRICE February 22, at 11:00 a.m. in the Emery Health and Fine Arts Building. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Edward Brice, president, Warner and Warner?, International Asso ciates, Inc., Washington, D. C. Minority Group Pre-Law Confab is Slated for Capitol WASHINGTON - Can minority-group students get into law school? Are scholar ships a\ailable? What oppor tunities are open to the mino rity-group lawyer once he grad uated' 1 How can law be used most effectively to bring about social change? These and other questions will be explored on Saturday, February 28. at a pre-law con ference for black and other minotiry-group college stu dents and recent college grad uates. to be held at The Catho lic University of America Law School in Washington. D. C. Scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. and run through the after noon. the conference is being sponsored by approximately twenty law schools, acting in conjunction with the Black American Law Students As sociation. the Council on Legal Education Opportunity, the Law School Admissions Test Council, as well as bar associa tions and law firms. The sponsoring schools have assembled panels of young minority-group attor neys. law students. »nd law professors to discuss opportu nities for minority-group stu dents to attend law school and the legal careers available after graduation. A free ex change of dialogue between students guests and panel par ticipants will be encouraged. Admissions deans, profes sors, and students from the sponsoring schools will alao on hand for consultation about i admission standards, financial | aid. and law school study.
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