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THE CASOUNIAK RALEIGH, H. C., SATURDAY, MAY 2S. 1986 2 An Old Story Newly Told burden. He earned his keep for he was a prodigious work er, determined never to accept charity. George Carver literally Inch ed himself up the educational ladder, working his way not' just through college but through grade and high school as well,' working all the time to support, himself. He was 20 before he got to high school, 25 when he graduated. Highland Universi ty accepted his credentials but when he presented himself, he was told Negroes were not ad mitted. He w-as 30 when he finally entered Simpson College in lowa. A year later, he en tered lowa State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1894. Invited to become a member of the staff hi charge of systematic botany, the bacteriological lab oratories and the greenhouse, he continued his studies and re ceived a Master of Science de gree in 1896. That year, he was invited by Booker T. Wash ington to organize and direct a new agriculture department at Tuskegee Institute in Alaba ma. There he remained the rest of his life. From earliest childhood, Carver had the habit of rising at four and walking about the countryside for an hour or two. Soil, plants and trees interest ed him intensely; he wanted to know how they were put to gether, what made them fruit ful. Nature was both a conso lation and a challenge. In Tuskegee, he found the land exhausted from one-crop cot ton culture, robbed of its min eral content, eroded from lack of plant cover, treeless and sun parched. The campus was bare earth, dusty in dry weath er, a sea of mud when it rain ed. He went about looking for ways to restore the overwork ed earth and found it in green manure and the growing of nitrogen-producing legumes— pod bearers such as vetch, peas, clover, peanuts—plants which enriched the soil. Crop rota tion which European peasants had practiced for a thousand years had to be relearned by Southern tenant farmers who knew no other crop but cotton. Carver went am ong them preaching diversification. He urged them to grow peanuts and sweet potatoes; those who heed ed his advice rode out the dis astrous invasion of the boll wee vil. On the experimental farm he developed at Tuskegee, he e volved a cross between the short-stalk and the tail-stalk cotton known as "Carver’s Hy brid,” besides three other new : strains. With green manuring, he grew enormous potatoes, cabbages, onions, watermelons and cantaloupes. He instituted a visiting day each month for neighboring farmers to show' what could be grown with scien tific methods. They were most impressed with his new cotton strain which carried 275 huge boils on a single bush, and yielded nearly a bale and a quarter per acre, in contrast to the usual one third of a bale most tenant farmers produc ed. To bring the message of sci entific agriculture to those who could not come to Tuskegee, Carver loaded a wagon with IMPORTED RARE SCOTCH |T I )mK ' I; must [House I SEISH SSLMD 11 T^AfRE tecoTwwmri s y r *¥**fy / ‘4 / *A j j < I ScolcA dsuUtjSandj*!tndn/ E^uKM% $430 JL 4 5 QT ' |~T ».!»!■) ?:t:'« *-'•* "■-•• M" 1 ■v.i'ii |i «.;i - . : i tools, boxes, jars and packages of seed and set out every Fri day evening after class to give demonstrations to meetings of farmers. In 1906, with money donated by Morris K. Jesup, a member of the Slater Found ation, he designed the so-call ed Jesup Wagon which served as a movable farmers school and was adopted in other coun tries. Carver’s skill as soil sci entist and plant breeder was to him but a means to help raise the standards of the Southern farmer, not just hi producti vity, but in his whole way of life. It was obvious to Car ver that the prevalent diet of pork, meal and molasses lack ed the vitamins and minerals necessary for good health and stajnina. "So he urged farmers to grow more vegetables and fruits, showed them that many common weeds, properly cook ed, were edible and nutritious, taught their women how to pre pare them. His own boyhood had been spent on a multipur pose farm where everything the family needed was grown and processed, only sugar and cof fee being bought. He called this "living at home” and preached it throughout the land,. By avoid ing store purchases, a little could be saved each week»and eventually a piece of land bought. This, he said, was the way out of poverty. Tenant farmers lived in drab cabins. Noticing the beautifully colored clay in which Alabama abound ed, Carver developed a simple method for making color wash and demonstrated how much even the shabbiest cottage could be improved by a paint that cost not a penny. Carver is best known as a pioneer “chemurgist” -a word, coined by Dr. William J. Hale in 1934, which means chemistry at work. In his book Pioneers of Plenty, Chris ty Borth called Carver, "the first and greatest chemurgist.” Carver made paper from South ern pire ‘‘at least a quarter of a century before Dr. Charles H. Herty tackled the problem,” and synthetic marble from wood shavings "years before a rock line plastic made from wood waste became a chemurgic pro mise.” He saw promise in the peanut when it was still a low ly weed growing along fences and tolerated by farmers only because their children liked its taste. From the peanut and the sweet potato, Carver developed more than a hundred different products, including, plastics, lubricants, dyes, medicines, ink, wood stains, face creams, tapioca and molasses. He de veloped these in his laboratory at Tuskegee which he had put together out of odds and ends salvaged from scrap heaps. When he first arrived to take up his post, he discovered there was no money to equip a lab oratory. In the course of his life, necessity had made him a genius at making do out of nothing. He and his students made the rounds of the rubbish heaps on campus and in town. They collected bottles, cut their necks off evenly and turned them into beakers. A thick, chipped teacup became a mor tar, a piece of pipe the pestle. An old Ink bottle with a wick made of string stuck through a cork became a Bunsen burn er. Pieces of tin were punch ed and became sifters. Reeds served as tubes to transfer liquids. Carver had brought with him the one indispensable and costly thing not to be found on scrap heaps: a microscope. It was a parting gift from col leagues at lowa State. The products of his labora tory made his name known and brought- him tempting offers of positions in industry, and checks for advice that had been sought from him. He politely declined the positions and re turned the checks. He had no interest whatsoever in money and could not be bothered with the problem of marketing his inventions. His head was too full of ideas for new products. Advice, he thought, should al ways be free. He hoped it would reflect favorably on peo ple’s attitude toward his race, if he helped others with their problems. His own needs were minimal. Indeed, out of a sal ary of $1,500 a year at Tuske gee, he saved $33,000 which he donated to the Carver Founda tion for creative research in chemistry. Many people from all over the world sought out this shy and retiring man, wanting to talk to him and to observe his work. Edison, Henry Ford, . Theodore Roosevelt and other Important men became his friends. Honors and honorary degrees came his way. One was the Roosevelt Medal for distinguished service in the field of science 0939). He was introduced to the dinner guests in Theodore Roosevelt’s New York home with these words which are a summing up: "I have the honor to present not a man only, but a life, transfused with passion for the enlarging and enriching of the living of his fellowman.” Sincerely, H. G. Rlckover * * * House approves 45 new judgeships, * * * East Germany seeks mem bership in U. N. Dr. Robinson (Continued from Pate 1) ence building and bids will be let shortly. Twelve new modern faculty apartments were com pleted last Fall and are now be ing occupied by members of the College faculty. Also during President Boy er’s administration, Saint Ag nes Hospital Building and the Saint Agnes Nurses’Home were returned to Saint Augustine’s by the Board of Trustees of the hospital. President Boyer guided the the college through the full ac creditation of the Southern As sociation of Colleges and Schools, the approval of its Teadher-Education Program by tiie American Association of Colleges and Teacher Education and the North Carolina State De partment of Public Instruction. The college has gained mem bership in the Association of Episcopal Colleges and the As sociation of Eastern North Car olina Colleges. Since 1959, the institution has received nearly one million dol lars from Government agencies for the purpose of supporting special training Institutes spon sored by the National Science Foundation, Atomic Energy Commission and the Depart ment of Health, Education, and Welfare, and over a half million dollars from foundations and friends of the college since 1955. Through his leadership, the college has changed its focus from that of primarily a teach er-training institution to that of a liberal arts college where em phasis has been placed on pre paring students for the profess ions, government and private service. Saint Augustine’s Col lege is moving into a new era of educational and physical de velopment. Its educational pro gram has been completely re vised and structured along the lines of providing stimulating experiences for both the superi or student and those of average ability. The college will graduate one of the largest classes in its his tory this year, about 30 per cent of whom will be going directly to graduate school having re ceived fellowships, scholar ships and other sources of fi nancial assistance. In this year’s graduating class is a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship fi nalist and two students who will be going to the University of Lyon, Lyon, France. Saint Augustine’s College will be observing its 100th Anniver sary during the 1966-67 school year. Bishop Fraser stated that the future looms exceedingly bright for the college and that he ex pects it to take its place in the mainstream of the educational world. He enfhusiastically an nounced that the college had re cently received a grant of $300,- 000 from a foundation. This money will enable the college to strengthen its total program. Dr. Bullock (Continued from Page 1) supervision of Dr. Bullock. The minister and his faithful wife, the late Mrs. Mahelia Morris Bullock, rendered*sueh outstanding service to First Baptist and the community that on the occasion of his 35th an niversary as pastor, they re ceived testimonials from insti tutions and individuals in this country and from abroad in recognition of his educational, ministerial and civic leader ship. Under Dr. Bullock’s leader ship, the church received state and national acclaim for its youth program, organizational structure and efficiency and capital expansion program. First Baptist was the first in Raleigh to purchase a bus and offer free transportation for members living in widely dispersed areas, so that they might take part fully in the pro grams of First Baptist. A founder of the Baptist State Convention Headquarters build ing the city, Rev. Bullock serv ed as an executive of the Bap tist State Convention of N. C. On the national and interna tional levels, he devoted much service to the Lott Carey Bap tist Foreign Mission Conven tion, of which he once served as president. In recognition of his support for the foreign pro grams in Liberia, one of the buildings, donated by the Con vention, comprising an elemen tary and high school, is named in his honor. A teacher at this school, adopted early by Dr. and Mrs. Bullock, also bears the late minister’s name. Dr. Bullock is survived by one daughter, Dr. Nancy B. McGhee, Hampton, Va.; one sis ter, Mrs. Seleah Clark, E. Orange, N. J., and many nieces and nephews. Public Forum (Continued from page 1) Presbyterian Church, assured The CAROLINIAN this week that all citizens are urged to be present for the 8 p. m. Forum during which the candidates present will be questioned. They also placed emphasis on the fact that voters should make the right selection and may do so after attending the Forum. James A. Shepard will pre side at the pre-election meet ing. The Rev. Charles W. Ward is president of the Raleigh Citi zens Association. * * * Bermuda seeks to replace two cruise ships. Senior Killed (Continued from Page 1) Rev. A. L, Thompson officiat ing. He is believed to have joined the church at an early age and was a member of the Male Chorus. His survivors are his mother, Mrs. Rosa V. Grafton; three brothers, John F. Rowland, Durham; Albert and Alfonza Grafton; four sisters, Mary, Bernice, Carolyn and Barbara Grafton, all of the home; a grandmother, Mrs. Mary Row land, of the home; five uncles, Tommie Grafton, Detroit, Mich.; W’illiam Grafton, Dur ham; Oneal Williams and Dan iel Rowland, Washington, D. C.; and Jack Rowland, Dur ham; four aunts, Mrs. Mary Lyles and Mrs. Ethel Shannon, Durham; Mrs. Emma Henry Richmond, Va., and Mrs. Nan cy Harrison, Charlotte; one nephew and a host of other relatives and friends. Would-Be (Continued from Page 1) back yard of 800 S. Bloodworth St., and attempted to rape her. Threatened With Gun Miss Ray sta.ted he had her down on the ground and placed his hand over her mouth, then told her that if she screamed, he had a gun in his pocket and would use it. At this time, the viettm said she spotted a man walking down S. Bloodworth Street and screamed at him. Robert Everett, Jr., 23, of 536 Ellington Street, told the officers he heard Miss Ray’s scream, and started to investi gate, but the suspect ran away. Officers were able to find the would-be rapist’s watch, which was apparently broken during the struggle, and one of Miss Ray’s earrings, both in the backyard area of the melee, "which had been disturbed,” they added. These two items were turn ed over to Detective Sgis. R. L. Ennis and L. T. Williams, for further Investigation. Miss Ray was not injured seriously. Mrs. Donnell (Continued from Page 1) She is survived by her hus band; a brother, Edward Mer rick, retired treasurer of the North Carolina Mutual; a sister Mrs. Mable Bruce, Winston- Salem; a number of nieces and nephews. Ex-Cabbie (Continued from P&ge 1) self in his restaurant and \ow ed to fast for 30 days to calf at tention to his plight. However, when SBA officials came to pick up the equipment, Young admit ted he had been eating regularly. The removal of the equipment resulted from Young’s failure to make any payments on the $19,500 loan, said SBA officials,, who added, "We had to protect our collateral.” Young came to national atten tion when he befriended a wan dering rabbi and found him lodging. As a cab driver, he was not ed for providing free newspa pers, cigarettes, chewing gum, umbrella service and other ex tras to his fares. Candidates (Continued from Page 1) but there are some w'ho feel that Seymour could give Jordan trouble. The veteran Harold D. Coo ley finds himself again against the ropes, this time in his own party. James Gardner who op posed him in the general elec tion gave him the scare of his life. He has as opponents in the primary William A. (Bill) Creech and Columbus M. Tart. Both have campaigned strenously, but the veteran is given the edge. Gardner will oppose whoever is the victor, whether Saturday or in a run off. Thomas D. Bunn, Samuel H. Johnson, A. A. McMillan and Basil Sherril, incumbent mem bers of the House of Represen tatives, have Peter J. Beenen, Eugene Boyce and Howard Twiggs to contend with. This is believed to be anybody’s race. There will be a county commissioner selected for Dis trict No. 3. W’illiam J, Booth is fighting it out with Everett L. Hicks for this post. Two women are vieing for the right to represent District No. 3 on the Board of Education: Mrs. John Q. Adams and Mrs. Mary Matthews Gentry. The matter of more money for supplement school purposes will be voted upon. The vot ers are being called upon to say whether a ceiling of 50f per SIOO valuation should be levied as against the 32v‘ now being used, with the right to operate schools of higher stand ards by supplementing any item of expenditure in the current expense school budget. Concerned Lass Little Edna seemed to be enjoying herself thoroughly at the zoo with her father. As they were looking at the lions, however, Edna began to look very troubled. Her father asked her the trouble. "1 was just wondering. Dad dy,” she replied in a fearful voice, “if a lion broke loose and ate you —what bus do I take home' > ” 1| jf If i jjj* cj® ... "3§3s- 11 |M ' -SLSIB 1 . . 0 ■'■.;! rjl igll ' . . ~..« *■ $ m . ’ * W| 55 * ¥ v FINALS HELD FOR CIVELLA BEAUTY COLLEGE - Clvella Beauty College’s commencement exercises were held at Martin Street Baptist Church Sunday, May 8. Speaker for the occasion was Mrs, Dorothy Barnes, president of Raleigh Business College. Graduates are, front row, left to right; Emily Mascot, Elgie Whitley, Beulah Tuck, Jacqueline Mitchell, Pearline Livingston Joan MoKoy, Betty Ward, Christine Lewis, Lossie Batts, Ernestine Vinson, Betty Smith, Eliza beth Jones, Betty Sue Johnson. Back row: Mary Lee Brooks, Mildred Chavis, Vera Clifton, Linda Perry, Shirley McLean, Elizabeth Robinson, Ada Parrish, Delores Gibbs, Jannie Johnson, Ellen Powell, Puttie Barr, Vasthi Young. Those not shown: Hilda Johnson, Gladys Young, Thurman Hill, Diana Rogers, Gwendolyn Solomon, Lot "ine Chance. PPt*f 4§ % v y ' w R. PEYTON WOOUSUW ui, chairman of the Board and chief executive officer of Occidental Life Insurance Company of North Carolina, has been nam ed to a vacancy on Shaw Uni versity's Board of Trustees. BIBLE VERSE “Prvpar* your htarls unto th«- f.or«i, »ruJ him only.” 1 . i v,; r wTt* Jhos(.‘ words 2. Bv whom? 3. What r.-. tiu*ir meaning? 4. VvLp f. , (hry t>(‘ fOUR(i° Answers To Bible Verse i jenures ! i •■ i! \j.r jo pueq ejur-.v, os pi .0) | JO IJCail ♦i(l IUV V ! ■".) .•HU M ■£ "I "i.ii.ju .Hji ■!.mures 'Z 'i e’j' i |o u.upim.) aqx ■ [ > ' : ' -•-^ i .- . —' ~ - ~ •.V. ', 1 '* ~ Items Midi as pizza ovens, pencil .sharpeners, cradle rockers and insert traps. One ingenious fellow t'ven constructed an eleetri • ills air conditioned doit; house, I odav. there aren t mans lien s elei trieits hash I made heller. —■■■i i»i««.w«.>-.- , -n ■ m. wi , ~ .. Franklin County Native Observes 101st Birthday It is good news when word comes from the experts that the life span is steadily length ening and those of us who ex pected to live three score and ten can take fresh courage from Miss Virginia Wilder, a native of Franklin County, who cele ! f% " €p W - 4 MISS VIRGINIA WILDER" brated her 101st birthday .Sun day in Greenwich, Conn. Celebrating record-breaking birthdays have become a fash ion in the First Baptist Church of Greenwich and her many friends and fellow members looked forward to the event with much anticipation. There was ihe cake-cutting and many returns of the day as the cele brants crowded around her. She \nd the nice thing is that the more electricity von use, the lower its price per kilowatt-hour. Om resi dential customers are using nearh twice as much clectricitv as thev were 10 wars ago and paving an average ot It percent less per unit lor it has lived in the Conn, town for 21 years after spending 80 years in Franklin County. She held membership in the First Baptist Church of Frank linton and was a familiar fig ure there. She enjoys working in the church and eventhough she has passed the century mark, her enthusiasm has not diminished. She is the aunt of Mrs. Myrtle Massenburg, 310 W. South St., Mrs. Ida Yarborough and Sa lathiel Yarborough, 1012 Manly Street, all of Raleigh. She al so has two other nieces, Mrs. Geneva Thompson, of Green wich, Conn., and Mis. Sarah Cook, New York. Hammocks Pilgrimage A Success SW'ANSBORO - The Hurst Assembly Building at Ham mocks Beach in Swansboro was filled to more-than-capacity as teachers and visitors heard program plans for the Ham mocks Expansion during the An nual Pilgrimage celebration on May 21. According to W. R. Collins, Hammocks Expansion Director, the 16th Annual Cele bration had the largest attend- ance since 1950 when Dr. Wil liam Sha:; e, o uO: »t Pic-prop erty, enter* ;ua d r -aehers. A special gu 4 tor the oc casion was ’he E . Wyatt T. Walker, president Educations'. Heritage, Inc., New York. Speaking to the group, Walker cited three : isle alternates which he said people face In their lives; 1. Moving forward with the season, which is the nature of history; 2. Taking a chance on tilings of real value, 3. Trying something that has never been tried before. Wal ker cl. allem the .-roup to move forw. i • v. ith Hr develop ment of the beautiful Hammocks beachland. “Anything of rea' value,” he emphasized, in volves taking a chance.” Teachers need o invest enough men. > so t: *t they can not . afford to lose interest in their proper! . :i • stated that Negroes mm-t I t the world know that the u doing some thing worth- . ] , nd they will get some help. He referred to the new edifir of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Building by raying -it is a monument t- ■ M ickfolks” have done." w. iket warned the teachers th it in this ora of population •'if the most valuable 1 r.dng, taken vsp) and tk d a ‘gold mine' in ts. H.'.nmoeks Prop erty. i • ei that, Negroes at ..am up.'and get ting into : i ;....instream of things. Dr. Rudolph Jono"-, president elect NCTA, p' esided over the Mi s. Co .:' tat ■ ilm st, who was instrumental in getting the Hammocks property donated to the teachers, was unable to ex tend tire o'kicial welcome as planned. She had recently sus tained a broken arm, and the cloudy weather affected her physical condition. Evan though she could not .oowid the pro gram, a eontrlbv . is bt ing consider' J :oi* 1 1 • ■:, expressing appreciation and great esteem by teachers. The “Occasn n” was given by E. B. P b t r, executive secretary, NAT A. Greetings were brought ! r. S. F. Dun can, NCTA president; Mrs. D orothy B. Jacks • an, NCA C T president elect, n. Mr.-. Maude F. Freeman, r-cpic -unting the Retired Teact tu . Tin special guest (Mr. Walk-i) was intro duced by Mrs. Margaret Wil son, NCACT president. The line of pe’ sons desir ing to male, tire trip to the State Park b; i-irv was con tinuous throughout the day. Hun dreds ol persons ro ! umedliome disappointed because of inade quate f.Ti -vi ■" to die park. A remedy be tins rendition is being con a/F ; -1 by the State Parks c:;'*’. • through the St.no i it : nt, said Collins in k, -.inreport. High in vain. I ■ ■ m j ; i<■- and w <irking h;' ' < . i . gmmissTiMEaa .Eznsai A- -."■■■
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