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The highest reward for man's toil is not
what he gets for it but what he becomes by
it. — John Ruskin
VOLUME 49 No. 13
First Annual "Black Is Beautiful" Exposition Slated For
Huge Richmond, Vcu Arena
Area Girls In
Race for "Miss
Jabberwock"
The Durham Alumnae
Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority. Inc., will present its
annual seasonal event, the
"Delta Jabberwock", Friday,
March 27, at 7:30 p.m. in
Hillside High School, audi
torium. Tickets are beirif* sold
by "Miss Jabberwock" con
testants.
Plans for the event call
for the participation of one
hundred girls from high schools
in Durham. Hillsborough, and
Roxboro compete for the
fitle of "Miss Jabberwock".
Included in the evening's
festivities will be an appearance
by the famed Ligon Jubilee
Singers of Ligon High School,
Raleigh who will render its
production. "Black Music in
Historical Perspective." The
group is under the direction
of Mrs. Ann Jones.
The Jabberwock. and enter
tainment event, is sponsored
annually by the Deltas to sup
port its scholarship fund and
public service projects. Since
1962 the local Durham Chap
ter has contributed over $lO,
000 in scholarships to more
than fifty high school senior
girls who have continued their
education at some of the major
colleges and universities in
North Carolina, Virginia, Geor
gia. Pennsylvania, Maryland,
and District of Columbia.
Recipients for the scholar
ship are chosen on the basis
of their scholastic excellence,
citizenship, and display of high
ideals and finer womanhood.
In addition to this assistance
to high school girls, the Dur
ham chapter has also made sub
stantial contribution to the
community Center, John
Avery Boys Club, United
Organization for Community
Improvement March of Dimes,
The Golden Agers and other
organizations.
These projects have been
supported by funds received
from the Jabberwock.
REPUBLICAN MEETING
Black OOP'S Meet To Discuss Party's
Present Success And Future Direction
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
Thirty-eight Black Elected Re
publican Officials convened in
Washington, D. C., to meet
with Rogers C. B. Morton, Re
publican National Committee
Chairman, and Nixon Admini
stration officials about the
existing federal programs af
fecting Black citi/.ens, the fu
ture direction of these pro
grams, the involvement of
Black leaders in\the develop
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PLANNING SESSION Repre
sentatives and sponsors from
each participating senior high
school in "The Jabberwock
1970" get in on the act at the
Howard University To Open
Business School Next Term
Cheek Sees Keener
Need For Trained
Black Business Men
WASHINGTON The Board
of Trustees and President
James E. Cheek announced re
cently plans to establish a
School of Business Administra
tion at Howard University, ef
fective September, 1970.
Dr. Cheek stated that "In
view of the importance of the
business sector in the Ameri
can economy, Howard must ac
cept the responsibility of pre
paring its students to share
significantly in the leadership
role in this ever expanding
field 1 ."
Dr. Cheek stated further that
the demand for well-trained
Black business graduates is
keener than ever before and
that the opportunities available
to them cover a wide spectrum
(See HOWARD 2A)
ment of Black programs and
to express their deep concern
over the failure of the Admini
stration to take positive steps
to improve its image among
Black voters.
The public officials, who
came to Washington at their
own expense, spent two full
days in conference with offi
cials from the Departments of
Agriculture, Justice, Housing
and Urban Development,
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first "Jabberwock" planning
meeting. They are (left to
right) Gloria Huggins, Hillside;
Shirley Holman, Person Senior
"May The Truth Unbridled
Continue Free"~Colonel Mills
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COL. MILLS
Transportation, Health, Educa
tion and Welfare, Labor, the
Office of Economic Oppor
tunity, Equal Employment
Opportunity Commision, the
Bureau of the Budge, United
States Civil Service Commis
sion, the House and Senate
Minorities Leaders and Special
Assistants from the White
House.
In attendance were one
State Senator, six State re
(Sce REPUBLICANS 2A)
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1970
High; Shelia Holman, Hill
side; Jeanne Lucas; Catherine
Stanback, Orange High; Willa
Bryant, Person; Willie Hill;
Colonel Mary Mills of the
United States Public Health
Service is a remarkable wo
man in more ways than one.
She demonstrated this very
well when she spoke during
the testimonial dinner recently
held in honor of Louis E.
Austin, veteran publisher of
the Carolina Times.
In her speech, Miss Mills
painted a poignant picture of
the loathsome situation of
black people in this country.
She described a vicious cycte
of inadequate education that
causes black people to have
limited opportunities, along
with certain inhumane treat
ments, she called them, that
trend to restrain Negroes from
ever exerting any dominance.
"We are on the bottom
rung of the ladder," she said,
"caught up in the poverty
cycle marked by unemploy--
ment, chronic underemploy
ment, still more than c 'are
of inferior education, e
quate and improper food, poor
(See MILLS page 2A)
Masonic Holy
Day Set For
Gefhsemane
Durham's Consistory 218
will observe Maundy Thursday,
March 26 at Gethsemane Bap
tist Church. Services begin at
7:30 p.m.
Maundy Thursday is a
Masonic Holy Day that corres
ponds roughly with the ancient
Jewish Observance of Passover,
commemorating the crucifix
ion of Christ. An explanation
of the day from a Masonic
bulletin reads: "Maundy is de
rived from the word manda
tum which is the first word
chanted at the washing of the
feet of the pilgrims on that
day. Mandatum means com
mand. The washing of the feet
Faye Morgan, Northern High;
) Geneva Johnson, Durham High;
i Shirley Daye, Orange High.
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DISCUSSING PROGRAM FOR
MAT—Ruby Dee, famed broad
way, television and movie ac
tress, is shown discussing the
program format with Dr. Thur
man W. Stanback, Director,
Tra-Co-Dram, the college dra
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of the pilgrims is of very an
cient usuage, it was followed
by the distribution of doles
which were handed to the
pilgrims in small baskets then
called Maunds. This con
tinued until 1838, those receiv
ing them were known as Maun
dy men and women."
James A. Carter, com
mander in Cheif, of the local
consistory, 218, will preside
(See MASONS page 2A)
Notion's Noted Business Leaders To Attend
Two-Day Exhibition Highlighting Success
RICHMOND, Va.—Businesses
from across the country are set
to exhibit their products and
services at the First Annual
Black is Beautiful Business
Expo set for the Richmond
Arena, March 29 and 30. The
Expo is scheduled to open at
2 P.M. Sunday the 29th with
Mayor Phil Begley of Rich
mondl joining in the ribbon
cutting ceremonies with Berk
ley Burrell, President of the
National Business-League; Rich
mond City Councilman, Henry
L. Marsh III; State Senator L.
Douglas Wilder; Delegate W.
Fergunson Reid; Miss Black
America, Miss G. O. Smith of
Detroit; Miss Glamour of Rad
ford College, Miss Ava Camp
bell; and several other nation
al, state and local dignitaries.
One unique feature of this
year's Expo is a "Wear Your
Own Thing" Fashion Show to
follow the Ribbon Cutting.
Participants will model their
own creations.
The B-3 Expo will feature
many black owned and operat
ed businesses from the Rich
mond area, along with national
black owned concerns. Several
top corporations will have ex
hibit space and will demon
strate what they have done to
up grade their "Black Market"
image.
(See EXPO page 2A)
matic club before her appear
ance at Bethune-Cookman Col
lege. Dr. Stanback served as
host during the Fine Arts Fes
tival Week. Miss Dee, per
fomed a solo recital dramatiz
ing excerpts from broadway
NCCA Plans "low Day" Activities,
"Who's Who" Returns
North Carolina Central Uni
versity Law School alumni from
all classes from 1947 to 1969
will return to the campus on
May 1 to help the university
observe Law Day, 1970.
Plans for the day include
speeches by Matthew G. Car
ter, Mayor of Montclair, N. J.,
and Lt. Col. Talmadge L. Bar
telle, chief of the tort litiga
tion section in the office of
the Army Judge Advocate Gen
eral, in the Pentagon.
Students on the Law Day
committee include Mrs. Cecelia
F. Cooke, chairman; Linwood
Bowers, Ronald Dean, Melvin
Bolds, Ernestine Jett, and Ray
mond Sitar.
The reunion chairmen vir
tually comprise a "Who's Who
of NCC Law School Alumni."
They are John Wheeler, 1947;
Mrs. Ruth Caldwell, 1948; Mil
ton E. Johnson, 1949; William
(See LAW DAY page 2A)
Facts on the Weather
FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY
Fair Friday and Saturday. Chance of rain
Sunday. Turning cooler Friday; cool Sat
urday, becoming a little bit wanner Sun
day. High in the low fifties in the west,
to the sixties east.
Frank Render, Jr. is Jaycees
"Man of Year" at Syracuse
SYRACUSE, N. Y. Frank |
W. Render n, son of North
Carolina Central University
professor Mrs. Sylvia Lyons
Render, was named recently as
the Syracuse Jaycees' "Out
standing Young Man of Onon
daga County" for 1969.
Render, now a senior re
search fellow at Syracuse Uni
versity Research Corporation's
Policy Institute, is a former
executive director of the Syra
cuse and Onondaga County
Human Rights Commission. He
was recommended for the Jay
cee award by the Very Rev.
Msgr. William J. Reilly, S. J., of
Lemoyne College, where Ren
d*er teaches English and journ
alism.
Jaycees awards chairman
James Enus introduced Rend
er as "the man who has en
deavored to build bridges
across the many rivers of mis
understanding in our commu
nity." The Syracuse Post Stan
dard, in commenting editorial
ly upon the award, said it was
good news for the entire com
munity, not because Frank
productions and black poets in
cluding Leroi Jones, James
Weldon Johnson and Langston
Hughes. The final day of the
Fine Arts Festival was held
last Friday, March 20, high
Local Woman Minister to Speak
In Philadelphia Sun., Mar. 29
The Rev. Mrs. Nannie Leo
nard Stewart, 8.5., M.A. will
be principal speaker to a group
of interested leaders and work
ers of various vocations from
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and
New York, who arc concerned
with promoting Youth Achieve
ment. The program will be
held Sunday, March 29 in the
city of brotherly love.
Emphasis of the meeting
will be "Child Development as
Related to Spiritual Princi
ples."
Mrs. Stewart, who is of Dur
ham, received her B.S. degree
from State College, Winston-
Salem, M.A. degree from N.
PRICE: 20 Cents
Render is the first of his race
to achieve this distinction but
because he is so eminently
qualified for the award."
Racial Separation
No Answer Declares
Black Fed. Judge
GREENSBORO - The major
problems facing this nation
during the 1970's will not be
solved by racial separation, ac
cording to A. Leon Higgin
botham, a black Federal Dis
trict Court Judge from Phila
delphia.
"Black consciousness does
not mean being anti-white."
Higginbotham said. One of the
reasons he gave for this state
ment is that isolation limits
one's options. He noted that
the only ethnic group that has
a separate society is the Ameri
can Indian, and he said they
are five times worst off than
the lowest black.
(See JUDGE page 2A>
lighting a panel discussion
featuring Rudolf Bing, General
Manager of the Metropolitan
Opera. A buffet luncheon hon
oring Bing was served in the
Parlin Student Center.
C. Central University, and has
done further study at the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and Columbia Uni
versity of New York City She
has taught classes on the lcxels
from preschool to college, in
eluding critic teaching with ex
tensive experience in organiz
ing and guiding children and
youth of all ages in North Car
olina, Georgia. Pennsylvania
and New York
Chairman for the planning
committee for the Easter Sun
day program is Mrs. Saundra
F Saunders, Supervisor. Ein
stein Medical Center and stu
(tent of psychology Temple
University. Philadelphia, Pa