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By J. K. DEVEAUX
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“Let us choose now whether we shall
[U>w*t schools today or build jails tomorrow.
[t ! id&ss the public school system is capable
jOl preparing the youth ot today not alone
tor culture and tne vocations but for the
j&isure of tomorrow, we as a people will pay
Jfbr'the neglect tentold over in crime, debil¬
ity and human waste.”—George Eyan
M
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It FORGETTING US AGAIN
J}* The newspapers are carrying frequent
'iedbunt of various provisions for expand¬ youth,
ing educational advantages for white
SpnctkiMiM-iy ftofhiiig'Ts said the provided veterans, lor but Negro little youth, or
ft'he or
state authorities are looking about for
jpjteg for establishing vocational schools
lor white youth. With all of the existing
Schools for white youth it seems that for at
‘least one school could be established
JjjKegrdks. Here in Savannah an annex to
She University of Georgia has been been suggested set up
$L Hunter lueld. It has
<that a third year should be added to Arm¬
strong Junior College. This is an institu¬
tion locally supported by the public taxes,
tfcut no such institution is thought of for
jlJegro students, and for one good reason.
•It would be illogical and wastelul to estab¬
lish a junior college when the high high school school
Situation overcrowded is so deplorable. and understaffed The and caii-
•is ftol
possibly do an efficient job of educat¬
ing Negro youth. Parents who are able
jjjo %ul meet oi the the city cost to of private sending high their schools children are
IpoiiHg Should so. not This have represents to bear. Others a burden must they tol¬
erate the condition. It is reported by some
(Barents that, because of the overcrowded
joondition, ’Ironj the high some school children without are having graduated had
any science or one modern language. It is
letaurted that one class alone has 135 _ ehil-
Jia\aj IrSf in it and that it will be necessary to
double sessions in some of the class¬
es. tiisMan ^This be situation proud. With is one of the which high none school of
Situation such as it the is state, in Savannah, the the
‘tjedWhd olis largest city in
of the southeastern section of the state.
$nd with the kind of college we have at
•Thunderbolt, Negroes in this section of
lUtate are getting a shabby deal in
tion. Certainly, the Board of
(Should be seriously concerned about
jpoijdition •JpaVy nothing at Beach-Cuyler. undone to make We its hope promises. it will
i!4o\v of long standing, into performance.
'! Sometime ago the Board of
proclaimed that its intention was to
jtkie college at Thunderbolt into a first
jjechnic'af college. So far as happening. we
•jjothing in this direction is
is seems that this would be a good time
pegin educational to do something authorities about of the it, state since
jjpoking for sites for establishing
al schools. This would be a good thing
do, especially in view of the fact that,
the securing of the vocational
School was under discussion, hope was
put that Negroes might benefit. We
member that would fear was expressed look favorably that
government not
pn ^locating its share of the
fluffs, if Negroes were not to be included
tneSprovision. Also, it would seem
tjhe state would feel under obligation to
up* a fully equipped vocational school
fhe college, since it and the local
joined hands in showing that a
al school for Negroes in the city was
necessary because of the existence of
college in this county. To our
«io Negroes have ever attended the
nah Vocational School. In
Mplans to start a new full-time
al course in diesel engines for World
II veterans,” the director says, “we do
have dormitory facilities at the Savannah
Vocational School and can only accept white
students.” So.
THE MACON CONVENTION
"The Macon convention of the state
ocratic it Committee will has out. announced It will spell the the
gram carry
political doom of Negro citizens in
gia. sijuthern and perhaps in the majority of
states. It will strike down
h$pes of one third of the state’s
tion, people who are helpless to do
thing about it. It is difficult for them to
understand all the reasons why the
people of this state are so determined to
keep them out of participation in matters
political; why they, who have formed go
large a part of the economic background
oi me section, should be dealt wiui in suen
an undemocratic manner. u masses ui
tnem are unabie to quamy to exercise tuc
privilege oi sunrage lor unanciai or euu-
cauonai reasons, tney are not diuerent
irom many wmte citizens, ine worm Knows
tney are lacking in tnese quaiilicauons be¬
cause tney nave been nampered uy inade¬
quate economic and educational opportuni¬
ties. inousands of intelligent ixcgroes,
wno have struggled througn, in spue oi an
ol the obstacles placed in tneir way, m
spite of restricted opportunity, are hurt anu
discouraged at the outlook. they are last
losing laith in American democracy, arm
wnat is more tragic, tney are questioning
the white mans practice ox Christianity,
that played so large a part ill the tounding
of our country, ’iney Know that politicians
pay little or no heeu Lo the principles oi
Christianity as an influence in practical
politics, but when the majority of white
people, many of whom proiess Christiani¬
ty, seem to concur in denying them simple
justice and the enjoyment ot basic human
rights, they despair of ever seeing a bet¬
ter day. This is not to say that Negroes
do not recognize that there are some white
people in tnis state, who believe in the
worth of human personality and who be¬
lieve that people, without regard to race,
sex, religion, or national origin, should
have equal economic, political and educa¬
tional opportunity in a democracy. 1 he.v
reccignize what courage it takes to cham¬
pion the cause of minorities, especially ol
Negroes. It is difficult to understand how
the action in South Carolina, and that con¬
templated by Georgia, can circumvent the
spirit of the Supreme Court decision in the
f-rimus King case, and in the iexas case,
even if Judge Sibley did seem to point the
way to do it. It appears now that Negroes
will have to do again the only thing they
can do: go back to the Supreme Couil to
attempt to secure the rights the Constitu¬
tion of the United States guarantees to cit¬
izens of the United States.
REACHING THE UNREACHED
Some years ago this was an over-worked
theme for individuals and uplift societies,
it did state a real problem, it represented
another of the attempts on the part oi
perhaps over zealous persons to take ovei
ihe work of the home, the school and the
church. The implications at least were
ihut these institutions were either tailing
or had failed to achieve their mission or
were making an inefficient job of it. it
is a fact, however, that there are a lot ot
(icople who seem untouched by, or imper¬
vious to, ail the humanizing and socializ¬
ing influences which well meaning persons
and institutions attempt to use in their be¬
half. Perhaps the first approach to this
tremondous task is that the public must and
recognize its responsibility to set up
carry out positive objectives so that these 1
neglected individuals will not desire to in¬
dulge in unacceptable behavior in any
area of human relations. Of course, there
will continue to be need for preventive and
remedial objectives and agencies in terms
of courts, law enforcements,> custodial
agencies and welfare services. At any rate,
something must be done to solve the prob
lems which neglected segments oi society
present to the public. The unreached must
be reached, some how.
GET TOGETHER
By Ruth Taylor
“Everybody talks about the weather, but
nobody does anything about it.” Wasn’t it
Mark Twain who wrote that ? Well, 1
think we are getting just as bad about the
future. I’ve listened to more depressing
conversation lately about what is going to
happen. I’ve heard more people have more
and more to say about how soon bail times
are coming. But so far I haven t heard
many constructive, cooperative, plans to
counteract it—other than government work¬ ones.
Oh, 1 know there are lots of people hit
ing to be sure that what hits won’t
them! But they do not seem to realize
that individualism means individual effort,
not individual indifference to one another.
We can either revert to a jungle exist¬
ence and fight each other for what remains
or we can work together, pooling all our of resoui-
ces to expand production for us.
Collective prosperity is not divisible.
Without cooperation or collaboration (1
like that latter word best because it is co¬
labor) we cannot get anywhere. The best
plans in the world won t work unless Liboi
and management, small business and great
corporations, farmer and worker, consum¬
er and producer, government and private
enterprise—whether that private enterpi ise
be a business or a labor union—get togeth¬
er on the points they have in common,
shelving their differences of method and
developing a way of action that will bring
prosperity to all. understand
“When Crew and Captain gale and
each other to the core, it takes a
more than a gale to put their Ship ashore,
so Kipling wrote.
We are faced with a storm. A storm in
which false ideas, windstorms of terrific
intensity will be let loose. Only if we have
complete collaboration between all groups
in this countr y can we weather
the storm. We must recognize our com¬
mon ideals, our common basis of moral and
spiritual values, and from that basis work
out our common destiny together. _____
m ufunAi mum
CUTTING WEDDING CAKE at the Oulda F.azier-Luther
Thompson wedding reception wnlch was held at the home o,
he bride’s parents, Dr. and Mr,. S, I. Frazier, 220 East Park
avenue. Miss Frazier and Mr. Thompson were married Tucs-
lay evening oi last week at Butler Presbyterian church.
Shown in the picture are, lelt to r.ght: Mrs. Robert
People and Events
By JAY GEE
Last Week end metella Ma-
'
ree visited her friends and rel¬
atives in Walter boro anc
Charleston, S. C., and had a
'rand time.
Mr. and Mrs. Lent Grisson:
jf East 37th street, had as
heir house guests Misses Ma
ire and Lucy Campbell oi
limn, Mas" IW %te Mi,sse
one time, i They visited friend*,
n Plneland, S’ C., Monday ol,
ast week and left for Bostor
.ast Friday., 1 .
We hope that NafifiS eolliei
ueaifck.^ w She underwent' :‘pj dn nk op- 01
*mtk>n at Charily hospital on
Monday
Everyone is glad to see Mrs.
Minnie Breaux (Dorothy Ja-
merson’s mother) in town
igain. She has returned tc
iwait the arrival of the “bless¬
ed event” in the Jamerson, Jr.,
household. Her summer was a
very restful one spent in De-
roit and upper Michigan
state.
John Starr, Jr„ left Sunday
for Lincoln University. For
his going-away present, he and
ais father gave his mother,
Marian, a dainty perfume and
oath salt comb nation of the
new pine odor that folk
•aving about. Of course,
an was elated. Who wouldn’t
be.
The 'Hub had as its guest
speaker last week M ; .ss Celeste
Hatcher.
It is the neighborhood cus-
tom of the folk in the 500
block on East Anderson street
to jointly celebrate each o.h-
Cash Prizes
To Be Given
Artists
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Cash prizes
of s2‘25 for outstanding work by
Negro artists will be awarded
at a special national Negro art
exhibition to be held during
the 1946 Annual Conference of
the National Urban League
meeting here September 25-29.
Lester B. Granger, executive
secretary of the league, an¬
nounced this week.
Negro artists in 56 Urban
League cities are competing in
preliminary contest, and two
paintings will be selected from
those submitted in each city
for entry in the final contest
during the St. Louis confer¬
ence. r ^
The first prize of $100 is be-
: ng offered by Edward B.
Meissner, president of the St.
Louis Car comp my, who is al-
so head of the Mayor’s Race
Relations Commission of St.
Louis, while second ana third
i'/ioto by
Eneas (nee Muriel Frazier), Miss Wahwee Frazier, Miss Marian
Pr ester, Mr. and Mrs. Luther i hompson, Miss Helen Thomp-
son, sister oif the groom; Mrs. Mildred Konianski, M.ss Paula
Robeson, Miss Lois Hillman, Miss Mercedes HardwAck, Miss
Norma Potter, and Miss Patricia McIntosh. To the extreme
left are M.ss Edwina Robinson, Dewitt Graham, and Mrs.
S. Priester.
er’s birthday. On
night, Emma L ndsey, who
passed another milestone,
greeted at her home by the
• oiock fam.ly.”
SPEAKING OF BOOKS;—It
,s im.con.ug .a sec a novelist
as capable of mature and
pcuuu .ifiDiH, wopinrmirwmn wunuuansmp as as W w.
cumerset Maughhan try.ng his
a alia ill the weii-crowaed f.eid
of historic romance as he
done m n.s novel, “Then and
imow. Robert Weaver s
.u urnor reviewed W
Wiikais, says the biggest emo-
uonai question among Amen-
can Negroes is whether .hey
wiil be be “better “better treated” treated” as as
mnsequence or war, wh.ch wiil
mean a iair chance at decent
ot Hotrimpn^'nf r ut , e ^aii
labor.—So uon to_ the true! detriment of ail
Leon Dmgie, an ex-GI, is to
re-enroll at Georgia S.ate Col¬
lege to complete h s college
work . . . Patricia McIntosh,
Mercedes and CnflUrd Haia-
wick will attend Hampton In¬
stitute . . . El-zabeth Kendrick
and Lucile Stiles leave this
week for the Atlanta University
j School beth is of to Social continue Work. her El.za- study
in medical social work.
:s to do her thesis and
field work,
i The boxing ring on the third
floor of the YMCA is
1 completed. Another
! Bomber” may get his
there. They are sending an
SOS for rags! rags! 500 pounds
of rags! to help get the
in top shape. Do you have any?
SH
ler, “Mrs. Palmer's
and a member of the St. Louis
Urban TT . League T board, ^ and „
Simms Campbell,
known arttet and
Mr. Campbells award is being
uncle' ’ jimer™Usher ’ ‘ ’ a 1
er member of . the board of
rectors of the St. Louis League
affiliate.
The national exhibition
. . . . . , .
7. p af “ it \ school t . ' 7
terrac ‘ "
. . , ,.,.
!!!! ”1
Urban League. The
has been supported by the St.
Louis Community Chst
1943. John T. Clark, executive
secretary of the Urban
St. Louis, is among the lead¬
ers who organized the
which was established in
1942.
If you want the public to
know what you have to sell,
you must advertise it in the
newspapers. A J
TRIBUNE EDITORIAL
commended
September 13, 1946
-ppe savannah Tribune
savannah, Georgia
Dear Mr. Johnson:
;
In the September 5 issue of
j The SAVANNAH TRIBUNE we
read with intcrest your edto _
' r ; a j concerning the
' condi ions West Broad _ . street
( . on
1 betwcen Bulton and the Union
station This'editorial
I was
from the floor o{ tlie Hub > fi
meeting of this w”reZX Wednesday and
jn acC ord wi h your views
they voted to have the
Jtary write a letter of common -
to to you vou on on you vom r verv very ex- ex-
| cellent and timely expose
j this situation.
this ordei ‘ 1 assure y ou
we do appreciate your
tent alertness and your
press ons as vo ced in the ex-
cellent editorials of the
VANNAH TRIBUNE. I have
ten wondered how much
ble it would be to get
posts extended beyond
Union Station southward.
does seem funny that
come all the way up to
point and then stop just 1
fore including the
Negro business section.
Yours very sincerely,
THE HUB
J. W- Jamerson, Jr.,
i
j 77//?££ WOMEN
;U LI o tioU AWARDS
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NEW YORK—Three
the USO Committee on
to Women and Kiris.
awarded the citation wer Mr
g Lgw
^ of the New Ur
an League; Df Euphemia L
;HayneS ’ MinCr Teachers coll
| Washington, D. C., ’ and
HeIena Coatefi Q the
YDrk Housing Authorities.
The °P erat -°ns of the
, mittee will henceforth be
tried on by the USO
^committee. USO will
serve cadet nurses in
service wives and the
eral thousand Wacs and
J who will remain on a war
tus untl June 30, 1947.
j will remain in operation
the end of that year to
end it is appealing for
000 this fall.
The Federal Crop
ance Corporation paid 34
ored formers of Arkansas $18,
578.77 last year for crop
according to James P.
field officer of the field,
branch.
Strengthened Ft. Val. StafF|
FT. VALLEY, Sept. 12-
President C. V. Troup has an¬
nounced the addition of the
following teachers to the fac¬
ulty of the Fort Valley State
College: iM
Rev. Marcus E. Cook, A. ^
Morehouse, B D., Howard, dean
of men; Louis A. Hansborough.,
B. S., Howard, M. S., Chicago^
Ph. D., Harvard, biology; W. F.
McKinney, A. B., Fisk M. B. A.,
New York University, business i
education; Arthur J. K. Cole¬
man, B. S, Hamp'.on, lnj
trial arts; Nnoau J. Okong
A. B., Lincoln iPa.), M. A., Cp->
lumbia, Ph. D., New York Um»
versity, educat'on; Miss Rpxi’di'
B. Butler, A. B., Morris Brdwn,,
M. A., Ohio State, home eco¬
nomics. jg?
A. T. Wilson, Jr., B. S„ Iterfc
Valley, assistant superintendent
of buildings and grounds and :
assistant in industrial arts;
Miss Marian J. Gard ner, B. ,
S., Hampton; M. A. Columbia,
home economics; George D. \
Adams, A. B , Morris Brown,
band and orchestra; Miss Ho-
mie Regulus, A. B., Clark, B. S.
L S., Atlanta, assistant librari-
an; Mrs Marian W. Starling,
a B ., Hunter, M. A., Columbia,
p d B , New York University,
Bn gi' s h; Mrs. Emma Gregory, j
g g Hampton, home econom-
Continued on page 2 ;
*. .nn ■ mm i»«
Lodges And Chapters Notes:
The Grand Lodge of Virginia
is in session at Richmond tnis
week. Grand Master Dobbs
was nvited to be in attend-
ance. Returning he will stop
in Spartanburg, S. C., where
he will be with the craf. and
He wil1 wiU a5s0 have address t0 be the in phlladel_ *f A ,T'
phia ' ' on the '' 26th
District Deputy D. Thomas
and h ' 3 committee are hard at
,work arranging for the d.strict
meting September 29.
sisters of the Eastern Star will
al<so be in attendance - Sa *
m " St 40 “ S
mg ' y*
, * „
1 Under he b ^ ad of Cbris , ‘
. Ma „ IilU3
; tnous ianity Chas. D. “ nry Freeman, ’ p '
33 . had an illumined ar-
Christianity and every Mason
iS) if he is in real ty at Mason,
a t rue Christian or at least he
\ s -; n reality truly rel’g ous ac-
CALLOWAY, SINATRA
WrCn nrrro nAUIV DAHin jttxul CfOIDT
SCHOLARSHIP
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NEW YORK-Cab Calloway
V, J Frank Ir- Ollinlun Sinatra n are nln plan-
,'ning to establish American a radio schol-
arship in colleges for
the best original half-hour
radio script stressing the idea
of tolerance for all races and
religions. The script
nclude both words and
and the scholarship will consist
of tuition covering one year
of advanced musical or radio
study in the college in which
the winner is attending.
The two artists feel that
form of propaganda should be
utilized to clear the air of mis-
leading information. They
the contest to be a defi-
mte step in the right direction.
'
, CaUoway and Sinatra, along
with the chairman of the de-
partment of radio and musk
each colleF selec ted, wil)
(judge all manuscripts and their
will be final. Re-
turn of faculty members from
their vacations will enable fur-
ther sampling of opinions.
New York University, Univer-
of Chicago and the Univer-
sity of California at Los Ange-
j les have been tentatively chos-
en for the initial tryouts,
THIRTY-FIVE NEW
NAACP BRANCHES
NEW YORK, Sept. 16— As
the Negro people throughout
j the country become
alert to the importance of
a strong drive against
^violence, civil rights violations
SEPT.
cording to his profession x%e- s
ther he be a Jew or Christi^i.
Therefore, the Circle of FTee- 1
masonry has ever been consid- }
ered symbolical of the Dies© 7 ; j -
for as a circle appears to h|ve
neither beginning or end,‘;it
G ™ °d, ay do without ._ con f idered either a beginning j j
of days or ending of years. - it
also reminds us of a future
state where we hope to e« 6 y .
everlasting happiness.” 1 ;
*****
Th’s is the fmi
the dollar for Grand Lodge* re- ’
P° rt - is December 1,
lM6 ' The O'**™ m “f
, ZJOS* . d f °*
^ tei ame ip e '. "F ls he P a sis y able ers at of , | ie
f te !
® ™. ® tor hav " an 1
sponsibility in this coilect pu, f
for the temple when erecl&d
zr.tr-. \ ;
There should be no le L up in
receiving new members. Keep
in mind that blood must '
new
always be added.
.....
and heedless discriminations ■
the ranks of the NAACP have
swelled to over 500,000 mem¬
bers. At the September ) j
meeting of the NAACP nation-
al board current'reports^’ of directors, charted Kloster !
B
^
•
were granted to thirty five j
branches. This brings up the
total of NAACP branches in ac- •
tive operation to 1,149.
Branches chartered were i
Chillicothe, Texas; Milton,
Fla.; Montgomery County, N. -
( (Continued on page three)
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Files of The Savannah A
Tribune
FIFTY YEARS AGO
SEPTEMBER 19, 1896 i
The anniversary of Nicolsdn-
.
boro Baptist church was cele¬
brated last Sunday, Rev. Al^i- ;
under Harris, pastor. The s<ii> ’
mon was preached by Rev.,I.
S. Person of the St. Paul CME
church. ■■
First Congressional District
Convention was held Wednes¬
day in Savannah. J. R. Dele-
gall of Liberty county was
elected chairman and J. E.
Warren of Burke county, secre¬
tary.
Grand Master W. E. Terry of
Columbus was in the city Mon¬
day. A joint meeting of all
the Masons in the city
held. The Grand Master left
Wednesday for Walthourviile,
where the cornerstone of Wes¬
tern Light Lodge was laid, kt 1
The registration books cld|l
Wednesday. At that time 1?
voters were on roll,
tW[f Jtu