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VOL,. II. NO. 28
Rehearsals
Begin "For
This We Fight"
Rehearsals begun this week
lor the dramatic spectacle, "For
This We Fight," to be presented
at Bennett College Friday night
July 2, the pageant was written
by the outstanding Negro author,
Langston Hughes and will he
directed by Dick Campbell, who
directed the production recently
at Madison Square Garden.
The drama features a cast of
100 persons and a choir of 200
voices. Talent for the attractitfu
is being drawn from the city
through the cooperation of
citizens of the community ' who
are rallying to support the veil
ture.
The pageant depicts the
Negro's fight for freedom from
Crispus Attucks to the present,
time.
Other features of the presentation
will include several outstanding
speakers who are to
be announced later.
When presented in New York
recently the pageant attracted
more than 40,000 people and was
declared one of the most successful
ventures of its kind ever
staked in the city.
\ Dick Campbell, the director,
\ i sa fixture of the New York
,.? theatrical world having been associated
with the New York
stage for twenty years. He has
.-;/i acted in "Cabin In the Sky",
' "Native Son," "Mamba's Daugh?
! ters," "Singing The Blues,"
> "Brain ( Sweat," "Hot Chocot
, lateB," and "Blackbirds."
BENNETT. TO
ENTERTAIN HIGH
SCHOOL YOUTH
Bennett College will be hosts
; fi. June 17 to 21 to the High School,
\ v, " Youth Conference which will
V discuss community leadership as
_ * it relates to youth and the world
rjr^-Vat war.
1 r A tentative program announce.
raent lists for discussion the
. following/ areas: Vocational
Guidance, Health and Sex hygiene,
Home and Family Rela- '
' : tionships, Community Leaderiship,
and Current Events.
Regular members of the Ben.'.nett
faculty will conduct the i
discussions groups.
BENNETT ANNOUNCES
EXAMS FOR JUNIOR
HIGH STUDENTS
Entrance examinations for
>. ; junior high school students who
wish to enter college will be
given by Bennett College June
21, according to an announcement
coming from the office of
Miss Willa B. Player, registrar.
^.Students interested in taking
the examination are urged to
(make application immediately.
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, Pfc. David London of Camp
j Livingston Lousiana is 'visiting
his'' brother, Mr. E. D. London
. and family.
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HIS RESIGNATION AS CITY
MANAGER ACCEPTED 5 TO
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In a prolonged session lastin
nearly six hours, city eounc
last night accepted City Manage
C. W. Smeiberg's resignatic
"with regret" by a vote of fi\
to two, designated Mayor W. I
Sullivan as acting city manage
then voted unanimously to en
ploy Smedberg temporarily s
a consultant at a salary of $5
a uay 10 assise in preparing ir
1943-44 operating budget.
Smedberg's letter of resigni
tion, tendered last week, w:
read by the mayor late In tt
session and it was accepted o
motion of Harry R. Stanley, wit
a second by Fielding L?. Fry Stanley,
Fry, E. F. Craven, Elmt
D. Yost and C. V. Webster vo
ing to aooept, and Mayor Bull
van and Kemp C. Clendenin vo
ing against the motion on tt
stated ground that it "is goln
to be almost impossible to ri
place" the resigned official i
this time.
In casting hie ballot agalm
the motion* Clendenin reclle
that he has had the privilege <
working with Smedberg durln
the past three years.
Known Good and llnd Point.*
"I realize his deficiencies, hi
I also know hi^good qualifies
lions," declared the councilma
"It is very unfortunate that M
Smedberg is not a politician an
is not always a diplomat 1
handling folks. However, I kno
Mr. Smedberg's abilities, his vai
store of information and knov
ledge, his tremendous industi
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?THE
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aid Is ready to act Is attested to I
to be filled with the deadly stuff
Hired By Coi
Consultant A
* Speakers Annooiii
;i Y. M. C. A.}
n Announcement was made
re yesterday that two additional
1. seminar leaders had been secured
r- for the coming fourth annual
1_ city-wide youth conference ?
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0 Saturday and Sunday, July 3
and 4 at Hayes-Taylor Memorial
Y. M. C. A.
a- Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown,
uj president of Palmer Memorial
le Institute at Sedalia will discuss
m the topic, "When Should Youth
h Marry," and Rev. J. T. Hairston,
_ pastor at Shiloh Baptist Church
?r will preach the annual youth
t,. sermon using as his subject,
1- "Christian Principles in Everyt
day Living." Other seminar
le speakers are Mrs. Flora BlanchlK
ette, director of nursing art, L.
8. Richardson Hospital on "How
to Keep Physically Fit", and Dr.
Carl 11. Hill, associate professor
of chemistry at A. and T. College
,(j on "Responsibilities of a Citijf
zen".
ig The conference speaker Carletoil
L. Lee, southern Negro dii
rector of Hi-Y work with headit
quarters in Atlanta, will arrive
i- in the city on Friday, July 2,
.n from Chicago where he is comr.
pleting work on his doctorate
id degree at the University of Chi>n
cago.
w More than 37 churches and
st youth clubs are expected to send
v- more than 100 delegates to the
-y annual conference.
The conference is sponsored
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ced For Coming
forth Conference
annually by the Boys department
of the Y. M. C. A.
Committee members planning
for the conference are as follows:
Registration: Miss Margaret
Adams, and Miss Sarah Brown;
Music: David Morehead; Banquet:
Miss Mary Lou Hayes,
Mr. C. R. Hayes, Curley Lee
Smith, and Miss Celestlne Webster;
Crurch Cooperation: Mrs.
Mable Gunn, J. W. Snipes, and i
iuiss juary ij. nayee. necrea^ion
committee: Joseph McClenton,
J. Walter Poole, and Miss Prances
Gunn, and Publicity: John
L. Vines and Curley Lee Smith.
RUBBER BOOTS FOR
WORKERS
Rubber boots are now available
to the following classes of
North Carolina workers: Miners,
loggers, communication linemen,
construction w o r k,e r s, J
quarry workers, and clay extractors.
Formerly only miners
and loggers were on the eligible
list. Applicants must show ration
boards a definite occupational
need for rubber boots,
but a purchaser is no longer required
to turn in worn-out rubber
footwear when he buys a
new pair.
Mrs. E. R. Jones of 837 King
street, spent the week-end in
Maxton, visiting her mother,
Mrs. Mattie McRae-Lee.
The Future Outlook! J
PRICE: 5c
Jsnnett Staff
Members Active
This Summer
Members ol' the Dennett Colege
faculty anil staff are euuged
in study and teaching in
cidley scattered areas this sumuer.
As usual President David 0.
ones is being called out of the
ity frequently for meetings in
arious sections of the country,
ceeently lie attended the meetng
of the Commission on Expense
and Agenda, Central
Iurisdiotion. Methodist Church,
u Atlanta. Ga,
Miss T. Ruth Brett, dean of
students, accompanied by Miss
Jertnule Ball of the Be'uuctt
c'MCA, attended the seminar for
IfM and YW leaders at Berea
Jollege, Berea, Kentucky, last
itaoL* \Itec Urol t iu u in out liar
>f the Southern Division ot Na.ional
Student Council of YMCA
ind was one of the leaders of
.he seminar.
Miss Brett was sclieduled to
ittend the National Intercolegiate
Christian Council at Lake
Geneva, Wisconsin. July 1 she
jegins study in the field of pertonnel
and guidance at Columbia
LJniveristy.
Miss Bessie Jones is assocated
n the workshop at Hampton
Institute.
Orrin Clayton Suthern, II, diector
of music and organists
ras just returned from the contention
of the American Guild
>f Organist which was held in
Mew York City. Mr. Suthern is
)ne of the few Negro members
>f the guild and the only one
.vho holds the distinction of playing
at the guild convention.
iVhile in New York he played at
at. Phillips P. E. Church. He
s now back on the campus preparing
for his summer organ rentals.
III. ItruHsrlA A Tanlronn in.
itructor in economics is teaching
during the summer at
Fayetteville Teachers College.
F. Nathaniel Gatlin, instructor
n instrumental music and director
of the college orchestra 'will
itudy at Northwestern University.
Miss Marion Thacker, instructor
in piano will study at
the Julliard School of Music.
Miss Nancy McDowell, instructor
in art is enrolling at Columbia
University.
SILVER TRUMPETERS
GIVE PROGRAM
The Silver Trumphet Gospel
Singers rendered a program
June 9, at Rev. Sister Carr's
church. On Suntjay evening at
8:30 they appeared at Bishop
Temple Churtth ot which Rev. A.
Harris is pastor and Rev. L. B.
Law was sponsor of the program.
Mrs. Ruth McQueen, who' is
ill in L. Richardson hospital has
been reported as improving very
last.