THE GAROLUHAX
RALEIGH, N, C-, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, IM#
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Jesus could have chosen "the sun t-h o
a career as a building contractor rad.
the shaky business of evangelism and : .
sions. However, His forty-day strum : u
wilderness with Satan helped Him main •
right decision. Prom this moment. Jesus hud
still much growth to make, much prom ss
editorial Viewpoint
Congratulations To "I. Augustine's College
It is with pride that we lean: of f :v.
of $300,000 recently awarded t St
tine’s College from a singles snn io
applied to faculty salaries, studt nt •
ships, library books, the Honors I'nnj
and remedial programs in all w.
The award will be made in five i-.-t
merits over a period of five yt and ‘ .
will make substantial the academe■. ,•:
gram of the college for this period.
This newspaper has from time to tun
made public grants from various organs/:-
tions that will provide a quality edu a?-,
for students who want a Cl risp.in
tion.
For many years to come, education for
Negroes at colleges like St. Augustine's w--:'
Get The Truth Os Watson Patrolman Incident
Our story on a young Raleigh man
Richard C. Watson, who had an ereourr ■
with Highway Patrolman R Y. Allen
would not allow him to make a turn that
led to a fish fry held in the Arena on Tin
State Fairgrounds, was published on e
front, page last week in a red headin'
From an interview with the young. n
by our managing editor, it seems that tin
young Negro man was a victim of disc. irm
nation by a patrolman Watson was put m
jail, but his employer bailed him out
When young Watson questioner
ficer as to why he could not make a turn.
Pre-School Edin a! sou Is Not she W hole Answer
We are grateful for the numerous H
Start programs for underprivs g< 1
dren. These projects are made possible bv
government assistance, hut we hop;
programs will soon become the resp> re
bility of individual school districts across
the nation and particularly in the South.
However, let us not delude oursrlv .
thinking that 14 years of public school -
ucation will assure a better educated cits
zenry in the United States, The He id St ■ *
programs are “crash-types'’ projects a’, th<
present time, but education s a grain.:
process for us all. It may, there orr, take
generation or two before we see the resuh
of the efforts of enriching programs
Ambition, particularly m 'he po : Lea.
field, takes its full toll. Th: best examp!: is
the death of John F Kennedy. Here was a
man having just about all The qualities o-u
could desire, but. he died because of his -<:r.
bition to become President of th: United
States.
Had Kennedy been satisfied to nolo dis
place as Senator, he would, no doubt, be a
live today. He could be enjoying .s vow
derful family and all the things ha* if
had in store for him.
Many citizens are inclined to >k . '
such men as being hungry for i :
wealth , when actually they she uld e
grateful that there are men who w . Ms
the risk, heartache and criticism sc th.
they may serve their country Tins a!*.:•
Marching lb An V
Regardless of what we may th nk about
it, marching and demonstrating are A
can traditions—whether it be for story
war in Viet Nam, ceasing the Army l
or doing away with discrimination in
ing rights.
A white woman was killed in the Seh ;
March to Montgomery arjd als' a Catho
lic priest met his death Four civil rights
workers were spirited away to their deaths
in Mississippi one summer. George Let. a
gospel-preaching, spell-binder, met his
death one night on his way home in Mis
sissippi. because he would not withdraw
his name from voter registration rolls
In most cases, assassins are cowards, and
they almost never come out in the open to
to their dirty work. In Mississippi, they
have been suspected and identified but
hardly ever convicted.
Many citizens have wanted to know the
purpose of James Meredith’s march on the
day he was wounded by a shot from am
bush. Maybe, the day of marching for civil
rights causes has served its purpose. Per
haps we need to assess the effectiveness of
other procedures to achieve our ends in
the quest for first-class citizenship
At any rate, regardless of what we may
think, Meredith had the right to march
Normal-minded citizens would let him ex
ercise that right freely without molestation.
But. maybe the admitted ambusher was
not mentally in his right mind at the time.
At least by what authority was he so pr<
sumptuous that he had to attempt to put
an end to the life of James Meredith?
Race-motivated behavior is just about
dead in this country. Those few who con
tinue to employ it, soon leant this fact of
ten too late for their own good. The gun
ning down of James Mederith by a white
supremacist is deplored by all white South
erners of high calling. The journalist who
has most forcibly driven this point home is
Words Os Worship
Be Grateful For bouwl Leaders
v nrd se!i"• Jinen.ee to experienc-ce. But
hr 'u. .. wore there, Men who looked
urn Him :• m -hat hour on felt the authority
■f one wi • hart put His house in order, and
* h reiv w v.vu. He was about. Most of us
a ■ ■> tied r.ruinst oi -stives, but this was not
the cas- of The Galilean.
'•> :rt» nsified to help students meet the de
;nds : : •1 of graduates in an integrat
ed society.
A •■• tr .t announcement has been made
* P: ■. rr ‘rover plans to return to the
• ■ . is giving up the presidency
- Uariri- : ’ ; s administration, the col
■ :-.<>v ■: forward in the spirit of the
nuclear age.
With it these Boyer contacts, the col
gf v.vdd have been greatly handicapped
in it; efforts to provide Negro youths with
quality education. May this spirit of en
" go forward, and in the future the
o : v •■•ill be a light set upon a hill and
cannot be hid.
h( war told to get in the patrolman’s car
Watson denied resisting arrest.
The case will be heard soon in the Cary’s
Recorder’s C ourt to answer charges
brought against 1 m by the patrolman. Let
as hop;, that young Watson will get an
attorney to represent him in the court, for
; is difficult to break down the testimony
of an officer.
It is a known fact that often patrolmen
rake advantage of citizens, who dare to
sy ak up for their rights. We hope that this
c :>e handled to the benefit of the
defendant if he is innocent.
Head Start
'lb, r <; lining and curriculum plan
c more important in preparing for
1 ub cy than enrolling all our
four-year-olds ;n public schools. A noted
authority on child behavior describes the
typ d f: ur y- nr-old as being almost to*
; ’■ f iviM V emotionally, ver
:■ J . and in interpersonal re
br :•••:.s yask ny parent or pre-school teach
' Most five-year-olds can
■d r-line of learning in a class
face it money and time
i .11 pre-schoolers to public
more advantageously' be used
•t tin amor college level.
i '<-s • , ,;r armed forces leaders.
bc-rship always takes its toll in phy
'■ or nv-ntally potential. Note how
•by our Presidents age in office, how
- < '■* our large university presidents
1 depleted our armed forces lead
ers become in so short a time.
• !! vvews out leaders, but why should
•"•ut d-.; • by an assassin’s bullet?
• Id ny man want to take the life
dares to speak his
d ; -\ei rise his rights? Why did
Ktnnfd.y die? Medgar Evers?
- i r' 1 -!* i - -ars in Mississippi?
• tt- ' ted issasination of James
Meredith recently?
hb .. assassins mut be dealt with
..uickh, and forthrightly.
meric an 'Tradition
■- rr.nist Ralph McGill, of
th: Atlanta Constitution.
senseless, cowardly
•<t ■c. n. logical purpose, even
, . Meredith, who first broke
■ bar at tie University of Missis
committed no unlawful act
- tom d. v.c'ned to show that Negroes
. . s reg ste: ,s voters in the State
of Missisippi.
Why should : n man want to end Me
r< bth’s ’:f< A ■ ‘tudent at Ole Miss Me
-1 ' Hi' - himself with quiet dignity
and won the grudging respect of his class
lished his right to at
’■ ne the University of his home state and
m share In the educational opportunities
th t were denied black citizens like him.
N ■ is the victim of an assailant with
a twisted mind. James Mederith should be
; i angry man Wc can understand how his
former relative composure has changed to
talk of violence.
The incident forms a sort of reef-shore
eddy caused by that segment of Mississip
scans more intent upon provoking racial
distuibance than in making racial progress
through orderly procedures.
We are glad that more moderate Negro
leaders such as Roy Wilkins, Whitney
Young and Dr. M. L, King, Jr., look with
disfavor upon the radical Negro elements
which they feel are doing incalcuable harm
to their cherished goals.
Come what may, remember that the
Founding Fathers of this great nation, in
their infinite wisdom, set forth what has
been and is today the most powerful ar.d
precious heritage of a free people.
Radicals and would-be assassins should
be warned to keep it that way!
Only In America
BY HARRY GOLDEN
A VOICE FROM OUTER
SPACE
At first I thought the Ku
Klux Klan was burning anoth
er cross. But I soon discov
ered, to my amazement, the
bright red light was coming
from a genuine flying saucer
which had landed behind my
house in Charlotte.
I ran out of the kitchen
door toward the object but
a metallic sounding voice oi -
ered me: “Stand still!” I ran
back toward the house to call
the police, but I heard the
metallic voice again: “No
time. We’ll be gone in four
minutes, Listen'” or words to
that effect. And for the next
few minutes I was treated to
what I believe to be the first
report from an intelligence
beyond our planet.
The flying saucer did dis
appear into space less than
five minutes later but I re
membered every word. After
I put it down on paper it
was clear to me that whoever
these people were from outer
space, they have beenobserv
ing life on earth for a long
time.
The voice made it clear that
those flying objects seen in
our atmosphere from time to
time are indeed powered by
an active inteliigence. The
truth is that there is life in
the universe similar to our
own. But I have been as
sured there is not the slight
est cause for alarm.
The planet earth, it seems,
still has a lot to learn. While
earth has a stock market that
goes up and down, the space
ship reporter claimed that
their stock market goes only
one way: UP.
The metallic voice express -
ed surprise at earth's attempt
to reach the dead moon. Why
earth should want to reach the
moon is a mystery to the fly
ing saucer's people. “The
moon," said the metallic
voice, ‘cannot be irrigated,
Just For Fun
BY MARCUS H. BOULW'ARC
SAY NOTHING
Governor Haydon Burns, of
Florida, recently lost his bid
for re-election because he
talked too much before think
ing. It would have fared far
better off had he gone fishing.
On one occasion, Jesus sent
two disciples into a village
to seek accomodations for the
night, but the people would not
receive them. The disciples
were indignant, and said;
“Lord, call down fire fr ,m
Heaven and consume these
ungrateful people.”
Jesus said nothing, but pick
ed up his clothes and started
walking to the next village.
Letters to the Editor
1008 South Person Street
Raleigh, North Carolina
June 13, 1966
Mr. P. R. Jervay, Editor
THE CAROLINIAN
518 East Martin Street
Raleigh, North Carolina.
Dear Mr. Jervay;
Enclosed is a copy of a
letter sent to Mr. Pete Holden,
the writer of an article which
appeared in The CAROLIN
IAN June 4, 1966. The letter
is being sent to you as a
release for the Editorial Page
or column.
The consideration you give
for publishing this letter will
be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. High
1008 South Person Street
Raleigh, North Carolina
June 13, 1966
Mr. Pete Holden
159-48 Harlem River Drive
New York, New York 10039
Dear Mr. Holden;
Reference is made to an
article which appeared in the
June 4, 1966 issue of The CAR
OLINIAN- a St. Aug. English
Aug. Professor Throws
Swinging Alumni Party.”
The purpose of this letter
is to register a protest against
sloppy and indiscreet journal
ism. Your article not only
exhibited a careless handling
of the truth but also repre
sented an intent to fan the
fires of a useless and dated
rivalry between Shaw and St.
Augustine's.
Neither your motives nor
your reporting were under-
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populated or exploited.”
While earth can now pow
er vehicles through space,
they have not solved the prob
lem of distinction, said Mr.
Metallic. One of the reasons
our stock market keeps going
up and down is because some
of our earth people have all
the money and others have
none. Some of our earth peo
ple, he said, have a glut of
produce and materials and
some have an absolute ab
sence.
One thing that seemed to
amuse metallic voice Is that
earth manages a process of
decimation every 10 years or
so. All of the males put on
suits and armed with weapons
called guns shoot each other
and kill or maim each other's
women and children.
Metallic voice seemed to
think that this too was some
how associated with earth's
attempts to stabilize the stock
market. As if reading my
mind, metallic voice continu
ed, why when you are not
shooting each other up you are
running each other down with
automobiles. The life and
death cycle on earth does not
revol-ve like ours, he said, it
gallops.
But there was also a note
of optimism in metallic
voice’s report light before
the flying saucer oomed out
of sight.
P's people, he said, were
pleased to note that no one
has lost it judging from the
amount of literature devoted
to the subject.
Earth people, he said, are
as devoted to their religions
as they are to each other,
which may sound like a con
tradiction in terms but is
readily understood by the
pleasant custom the earth peo
ple entertain of marriage
where one male picks one fe
male and lives in conjugal
loyalty to her all his life.
Imagine that, he said,
Would they ever learn the true
meaning of His mission" He
came to the save mankind, and
{lie disciples wanted him to
destroy a town because a few
people denied them lodging for
the night.
One man, when asked,
“What is the secret of your
marriage success after 50
years?” replied: “When my
wife starts quarreling, I say
nothing.” This is fun, but it
takes two to quarrel. Bos,
and can this make some wives
angry when the husband says
nothing.
Brother, try L sometimes.
Jesus did and came out ahead.
stood by those who read your
article. It is unfortunate that
the only event of the weekend
which merited publication and
moved you to write was an
alumni party. All of the other
alumni and/or commencement
activities which would have
been newsworthy and of signi
ficant interest to the general
public were ignored.
Whether you realize it, you
succeeded In perpetuating an
unf irtunate sterotype of the
Negro press. Our press has
been characterized as '‘irre
sponsible and possessing a
flair only for sensational gos
sip rather than for objective
reporting and evaluating of
news events.” Your head
should hang in shame as you
recollect the moment in which
your primitive instincts mov
ed you to write.
You were an Invited guest
at a party, given by your alum
ni, which was decent and re
spectable. Your attempt to
reconstruct for the public an
image different from the real
and true failed. Instead of
invoking laughter, or whatev
er emotion you sought, your
only result was to bring dis
credit upon yourself.
“St. Aug. is St. Aug. and
Shaw is Shaw and never the
twain shall meet” died some
time ago. For your enlight
ment, you should be informed
that Shaw and St. Augustine's
are seeking creative and con
structive cooperation. Re
alizing the folly of compe
tition, the two schools have
been engaged in dialogue to de
vise a means of burying an
ancient and antique rivalry.
Those of us who focus our
visions on the future welcome
this new development. Your
attempts through articles or
other media to enearth the cof
fin of petty jealousies between
the two schools must envitab
ly fail.
Very truly yours,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. High
To The Editor;
The Greater London Cru
sade began June Ist. It will
last until July 2, 1966. Evan
gelists working with Billy
Graham will hold meetings in
every part of London.
Earls Court, the largest
indoor arena in Britain, seat
ing 27,000, is where the pub
lic meetings will be held by
Billy Graham.
will carry the London story,
it can have a great spiritu
al impact on America--and
HE MADE THE SACRIFICE .. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
BY EMORY G, DAVES, D. D.
NEGRO PRESS INTERNATIONAL
EDUCATION UNTO DEATH
All brutality is not in the South. In a Chica
go suburb, a 196" high school graduate and a
student in a junior college, in search for part
time employment to assist himself in getting an
education, was beaten to death by four white
youths.
Reason; one of the assailants claimed he
was attacked by "some'’ Negro, once-upon-a
time when in Chicago.
Although I never knew this promising voung
st< r my wife had the unique opportunity to teach
him in high school. Os him, she says, “He
was a quiet boy because he liked to mull over
ideas. ’ To her, his tragic death was almost
traumatic.
Even worse than the discordant note of tragedy
is the fact that she, like other Negro teachers,
preachers and leaders, continually encourage Ne
gro youth to study hard, get an education to get
ahead, to somehow become equipped to beat the
color rap.
Then, to see a youth, doing just this, snuffed
out by violent vengeance must be somewhat dis
heartening to other Negro youth who are con
scientiously trying.
One of his favorite high school English sub
jects was “Hamlet.'’ He believed that the story
was a tragedy because the last act ended in
death brought on by vengeance.
As mv wife reflected upon his evaluation of
this Shakespearian classic, she said, “It is ai
med: unbcalievable that a young man so pensive
BETTER IMAGE
JOHANNESBURG - South African Immigration
Minister Alf Trollip claimed upon his return
from a five-week European tour that he found
* South Africa now has a much better image
overseas and there is a realization that it is a
land of opportunity with a stable strong govern
ment.'’ He made the statement In noting that
South Africa expects to equal its 1964 recCfrd
total of 40,000 immigrants from Europe.
BLOOD BANK BIAS
KTTWH, Zambia - Racial bias in the blcrdbank
at Bencroft Mine Hospital was charged during a
recent commission of inquiry into the mining
industry. Dr. William Paul Harrison, senior
medical officer at the hospital, in denying the
charge, claimed that while separate panels of
blood donors were maintained for Africans and
Europeans, it was done because of the danger of
transmission of malaria parasites.
BEST CUSTOMER
BALBOA - The Canal Zone’s best customers
during the fiscal year 1965 were ships the
flag of the independent West African . .on of
Liberia. Some 1,118 ships under the Liberian
emblem carried 13,233,873 tons of cargo against
a total of 11,834 deep-sea vessels of 46 nations
with a total of 76,573,071 tons. Liberia was fourth
in tolls tally and fifth in the bow count.
SEEKS SEAT
GEORGETOW N, Guyana - British Guinea, which
became an independent nation last May 26 under
the name of Guyana, has applied to become
THE CLASS OF 1966
The High School Class of
1966, the largest in the na
tion's history, is a genera
tion almost come of age. It
is the generation born In the
years immediately following
the end of World War n. The
vast majority has grown and
attended school in an era of
unprecedented national pros
perity and in the uneasy at
mosphere of the "cold war’ J
and the ‘‘hotones in Korea
and Viet Nam.
This largest of all high
school graduating classes is
perhaps the best educated
class of modern times. It
has been to school during a
time of a veritable explosion
of knowledge. It is easily
conversant with nuclear en-'
ergy, space exploration and
our beloved country needs it.
It Is my opinion that we
need more attention put on
Jesus Christ than on crime.
Thank you,
Mrs. Myra Sammons,
Raleigh, N. C.
World lows Digest
BY NEGRO PRESS INTERNATIONAL
OTHER EDITORS SAY
the rallying cries of the civil
rights struggle.
The Class of 1966 will prob
ably have a higher percent
age of students going on to
college than any preceding
class as new programs and
new opportunities open for the
first time the path to higher
education.
carries the great
hope of the nation for it has
been more richly endowed than
any of its predecessors and is
perhaps more qualified to cope
with the struggles and prob
lems that the nation and the
world face.
One of the problems is those
who started with the class but
didn't make it - the dropouts,
the disadvantaged who couldn’t
keep up, the impoverished who
were forced to substitute mea
ger wages for hours in the
classroom.
There are those also who
received something less than
the best education the country
had to offer - the victims
of inadequate school budgets,
poorly trained teachers using
outmoded techniques, inferior
about life, so eager to find the good in his follow
human beings, so willing to look for reasoned
settlements of human differences should have
been taken off by the very force which he believed
to be so base in mankind.”
Oh, how tedious is the task of the church and
its leaders. How often, has the church itself
had an attitude of anti-intellectualism.
And yet, despite what fate may befall those
trying to upgrade themselves, and thus save a
race of people, we must, if we are true to the
God of our Creation, continue to insist that all
our youth find for themselves the best; develop
themselves to the fullest; get the best education
their labor and study will provide.
Every time I hear an illiterate preacher try
ing to justify his own illiteracy b> saying the
only degree God requires is a D. A. (Born
Again) degree, I shudder.
A man’s personal salvation is worths of all
life effort, but at the same, it seems useless
that God would create and sustain life io continue
to produce illiterates who have opportunity to do
better and don t.
May the former fellow class mates of Jerome
Huey, and other youth, not only revere his memory,
but also go forth to get the test education for
themselves, even if their heads are bashed in the
process.
It will not always be thus. Mans can and will
make it to the Altar of Education. Let us point
the way to all our youth.
the 118th member of the United Nations. The
country, which retains its links with Great Eri
tain, is headed by Prime Minister Forbes Dur
ham.
GAS QUOTA
LUSAKA - Gas rationing in Zambia, brought
on by the strained relations (over the independent
white settlei* regime) with neighboring Rhodesia
still is rationing gasoline. The June ration qu ’
for private motorists is 14 gM'ons for awn,
and three and a half gallons for motor.'-’-' 1 ■.
MADAME VEEP
UNITED NATIONS - When the U. N. stee
ship council reconvenes in its 23rd sion
on June 27, it will have Miss Angie Brooks
of Liberia sening as vice-president Thee . d
has before it examination of annual reports on
the three remaining trust territories--Nauru and
New Guinea, under Australian control; and the
Pacific Islands, administered by the United States.
PEACE TALK
JOHANNESBURG - Dr. Hendrix Verwoerd is
sied a call for "goodwill and peace" among
the nations of Africa recently. Speaking in the
amphitheatre of the Voortrekker monument, cli
maxing the Republic festival, he said, "Africa
is a continent of many black nations, and, in this
southern portion, white... We have no ambitions
in respect of others. Our neighbors need have
no fear... need be neither jealous nor afraid that
we have any intentions of attacking or exploit
ing them.’'
school plants short of equip
ment, books and the other tools
of education.
THE CLASS OF 1966, as it
moves out into the world of
work or higher education and
takes its place in a few years
among the voting citizenry of
the nation, must ponder these
problems and their solutions.
Equal opportunity for a de
cent education is basic to a
democratic system. Where It
falls short or does not exist
the system itself is impair
ed. A great deal has been
done In the past few years In
the form of federal programs,
but more is needed, especially
more funds, to assure every
youngster a chance to get the
best education he is capable
of absorbing.
And finally, if the next gen
eration - the Class of 1986
Is to possess a good educa
tion in an atmosphere of free
dom and liberty, this genera
tion must protect that freedom
and expand its horizons so that
they will finally be a world of
neace. - AFL-CIO NEWS.