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GREENBRIAR CHILDRENS CENTER
The dedication of Greenbriar Chil¬
dren’s Center last Sunday was a signif¬
icant occasion. It was the instance of a
dream come true. It represents a vi¬
sion realized, the goal toward which
many persons have worked untiringly
for a long time.
A group of eight young women, mem¬
bers of Gamma Sigma Omega chapter of
the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, under
the leadership of Mrs. Martha Wilson,
through their earnestness in behalf of
the homeless and neglected children of
this community, attracted other citizens
of like interests and sympathies.
Through wise and disinterested planning,
these citizens have achieved their pur¬
pose. Greenbriar is an affirmation of
their interest in human welfare and is
a demonstration of the ability of people
of good-will to work together to achieve
a worthy end.
To persons of smaller faith and less
patience, the small legacy left by Mrs.
Adaline Graham might have been con¬
sidered too small an amount upon which
to launch a movement for a home for ne¬
glected children of the proportions of
Greenbriar Children’s Center. Mrs.
Wilson and her board of directors con¬
sidered it a challenge which unremitting
effort and Wise planning could meet.
Their unfaltering faith in the willingness
of people to answer the appeal of human
need has been rewarded.
Many citizens, the City of Savannah and
Gamma Sigma Omega chapter of Alpha
Kappa Alpha sorority have, our congrat¬
ulations for the accomplishment of this
fine enterprise. We especially salute
Mrs. Martha Wilson, the affable and ef¬
ficient chairman of Greewferiar Chil¬
dren’s Center
ALL HONOR TO l)R. RALPH M.
GILBERT
Many citizens, church and civic lead¬
ers assisted (he First African Baptist
( hurch in celebrating the ninth anniver¬
sary of Dr. Gilbert’s pastorate at this
old historic church. Nine years is not
ordinarily when a long tenure of service, but
it is realized that Dr. Gilbert pack¬
ed into nine years more outstanding
service to one 'community than most
men put into a lifetime, they embrace a
record of which any one should be par¬
donably proud, and establish a claim to
versatility of a high and unusual order.
The requirement of ministry to a church
of the size and age of the First African
Baptist Church is itself a man-size job,
but add to this, efficient service to the
Red Cross, to the Y. M. C. A., to Green¬
briar ( hildren s Center, and many un¬
published services rendered to individu¬
als, overtaken by misfortunes of various
sorts, and they account for the esteem in
w hich Dr. Gilbert is held by the citizens
of Savannah.
Furthermore, he has been president
of the local and state NAACP for a
number ot years, and has been an un-
comprising but respectful advocate of
equal rights for Negro citizens.
A record of the things for which the
citizens honor Dr. Gilbert, as a preacher,
have not been limited to this immediate
community. He has responded to the
call of other sections of the state and
nation, for his services as a preacher
and platform speaker. Truly his talents
and education have been used without
stint in the service of his fellow’men.
No tribute to Dr. Gilbert would be
complete that failed to recognize the
commendable willingness of his congre-
G. S. C. COMMENCEMT
CALENDAR
The calendar lor August
commencement exercises at the
Georg a State college is as tol- !
lows:
■nn.rsqay, August 11. 9.45 a.
m.— Senior chapel, Meidrim j
auditorium.
Saturday, August 13. 4 to 6 p.
m.— senior picnic, College park.
Sunday, August 14, 5 p. m —
Baccalaureate s:rvice, center
campus, sermon by Dr. Robert!
F. Daniel, president 1 haw uni
vepsitv, Rale gh, N. c.
Tuesday, August 16, 9 p. m.—
Class night exercises, Meidrim
hall.
Wednesday, August 17, 8 to
9:30 P- m.—President's recep¬
tion for seniors, Community
House
Thursday. August 18. 5 p.
— Commencement exercises,
center campus. Address by Dr
Cornelius V. Troup, president,!
Ft. Valley College, Ft. Valley,
Georgia.
gation to share him with any individu¬
al or cause which needed his counsel and
service. The First African Baptist
Church honors itself and the city of
Savannah in honoring its tireless and ef¬
ficient pastor. The Tribune congratu¬
lates Dr. Gilbert and his congregation
on the ninth anniversary of their asso¬
ciation as pastor and congregation.
THE GEORGIA PATTERN
The decision of the State Supreme
Court, in the suit before it to test con¬
stitutionality of the re-registration law,
is awaited with great interest. It will
determine w hether the Georgia plan of
restricting the Negro vote will become
a pattern for the rest of the states de¬
siring to accomplish the same end. The
plans of Alabama and South Carolina
failed of their purpose. The Georgia
plan is the last stand. If it is declared
constitutional, we may expect other
states to adopt it.
But whatever the decision, several fac¬
tors will still be present to effect the
voting of Negroes: intimidation by law¬
less white men, arbitrary power in the
hands of registrars, and the inertia of
Negroes themselves. These factors will
operate with varying degrees of effect¬
iveness, depending upon the location in
the state where Negroes will try to
register. In urban centers, re-registra-
tio of Negroes will be limited by their
apathy. They will disfranchise them¬
selves as effectively as any law will, if
what is happening in Savannah and
Chatham county can be taken as a sign.
It is not entirely the fault of the mass¬
es of Negroes that they are apathetic.
Their immediate leaders must bear a
large part of the blame. Plans have
been worked out. and wjiys of carrying
them out have been suggested by sev¬
eral committees, but ministers, clubs, and
society leaders have for some reason
failed to carry out the suggestions, or
follow the plans in any way.
In rural sections we have reason to
believe intimidation and arbitrary ac¬
tion on the part of registrars will, as
usual, keep the number of Negro regis¬
trants down to a minimum, and there
isn’t much that can be done about it.
So far as the situation in Chatham
county is concerned, we might as well
admit that iNegroes stand to lose much
of v hat they have gained within the
last two or three years. In fact they
have already lost. They have lost the
opportunity of having a committee of
Negroes to confer with the reigning
•administration as to the needs of the Ne¬
gro citizens, and the trend toward im¬
provement in recreation facilities has
either stopped or slowed down very ma¬
terially. Complaints about Laurel
Grove Cemetery' from a people who will
not protect their citizenship by register¬
ing will continue to go unheeded. The
extent to which sidewalks, paved
streets, lights in dark places, and im¬
provements in the cemetery are matters
of politics, they constitute reasons why
Negroes should register and be prepar¬
ed to vote in coming elections. Those
who fail to register and re-register are
saying that they do not wish to be cit¬
izens. They are repudiating the efforts
of those who have been battling for
years to secure their right to participate
in government through their vote. They
are disfranchising themselves as effec*
tively as any effort, the governor of
the state could make. The Georgia pat¬
tern needs go no further. Negroes are
disfranchising themselves.
While Teachers Cleared of Cheating
In South Carolina Examinations
COLUMBIA. S. iANP)—
White teachers were cleared ot
cheating on the state exami-
nations for teachers, when Dr.
If no^ene'e
f 0Unc ] l0 support such an al¬
legation.
Dr. Cowles is the senior pro¬
ject director of the National
Testing service which admin¬
isters the exams taken here.
The question of whether the
white teachers had cheated on
the tests was brought up in
connection with the alleged
cheating bv an estimated 600
Negro instructors.
Last week 21 colored teach¬
ers had their licenses revoked
in connection with these tests.
denied charges ‘ but waiv *
ed bearings,
Dr. Ellison Smith of the
1
state investigation committee j
pn this case said: "An exten-
sive recheck of answer sheets
the examination in Feb¬
was authorized last week
the stat; board of education
its members heard Dr.
testify that ‘spot check¬
had revealed no whites in¬
The board asked Dr
to make a thorough
of all white candidates.
Speaking of the 21 suspen¬
he said: “Evidence of
participation in the
was furnished by the
testing services. Tie
prepared by Dr.
showed conclusively the
between the
key and the exami¬
answers of the 21 tea¬
Weights and measures are
to have been introduce^
Pheidon, tyrant of Argus, in
B. C.
Sea ea c jnacjic
By George Matthew Adams
Anyone who has spent much time on
the sea is fascinated by its mystical and
magic beauty and pow er. Even in
storms it exemplifies its character as
much as it does in days of calm. Its
sea there is a comfort for one that can
power of supremacy is always there.
And in the calmer moments of days at
be gained at no other place. The blue
of the water, the constant movement, be
it ever so small, and the healthful per¬
fume of the salt air.
One of the finest descriptions of a
storm at sea is to be found in II. M. Tom¬
linson’s ‘ The Sea and the Jungle.” One
of the finest painters of the sea was
Winslow Homer. A later one, howev¬
er, 1 have always admired, is Waugh.
But both got the spirit and moods of
the sea as few ever have. They were
both masters.
I have stood and watched the pound
and dash of the sea against the nicks
along the Pacific shores, and against
those of that almost unbelievable shore
of continuous rocks, at Peggy’s Cove, in
Nova Scotia. "You are spellbound as
as it lashes inward from the sea. Its
you watch that power and that beauty
effect is hypnotic. At times it is a
gentle play, and at others it is full of
violence, and sometimes of terror.
Sitting or standing at the edge of the
sea, however, upon a cool sunny day or
night, three is a soothing effect that
comes over one, like the sound of a
beautiful poem. That ceaseless ebb
and flow of the tide, and that comfort¬
BETWEEN THE LINES
By Dean Gordon B laneock l'or ANP
SAINT OR SANTA CLAUS?
When Negro worshippers of former years
sang “It’s not my brother but me my Lord,
standing in the need of prayer.” they must
have had premonitions of what was to
come upon our nation, This nation of
ours stands in need of prayer and deepest
sympathy, if not indeed pity. The reac¬
tionary anti-Negro elements in Congress
are giving this country some very unwhole¬
some advertising in the eyes of the world.
The things which are happening before
our eyes are known in the uttermost parts
of the earth and we cannot escape the ap-
prebium that comes of hypocrisy. Presi¬
dent Trumnn’s civil Tights program has
been scuttled- Every Congressional measure
designed to obliterate segregatichal lines is
doomed to defeat even before the vote is
taken. We may as well face the fact that
racism and racists are running the govern¬
ment of the United States however, repug¬
nant their course to the common people.
And for one to imagYie that these congres¬
sional reactionaries are representing the
will of the people is to disregard pugnant
facts to the contrary. 1
Tire heart of this country is on the right
side of the reactionary Dixiecrats and
grouchy Republicans would give it expres¬
sion. If there is ifej lgressional aid for edu¬
cation it is going to be conditioned by Dix-
iecratic influences. Any housing program
that faintly promises a non-segregational
aspect is doomed even as other civil rights
measures have been p|id will be doomed
Talmadge and his Georgia assembly would
make as good showing in the yes eyes of
the world as the current Congress is mak¬
ing.
In fact, it is safe to say that the Georgia
sentiment is the sentiment of Congress, if
its reactionism on racial matters is made the
criterion. In fact the Washington of to¬
day and the Georgia of today are about
equal in their bad impressions on the civil¬
ized world. They lynch physically in Geor¬
gia and they lynch spiritually in Washing¬
ton. Race prejudice is running at large in
Georgia with its club foot In full view- in
Washington it masquerades with a certain
degree of respectability because it is in¬
cubated in the capitol of the United States.
It is true we cannot stem the tide of Dix-
ing feeling that is the result-r-how very
wonnderful!
Literature is filled with marvelous
stories of the sea. Joseph Conrad wrote
most of his novels about the sea. He
wrote from practical experience. So
did Melville. They knew the sea in all
its moods.
Once a lover of the sea has taken it
up as a life occupation, it is difficult to
abandon. Talking with such a man
recently, he told me that though he had
abandoned the sea for work upon the
land, he wanted to be buried at sea when
his time came. He had an affection
for it that he told me he could not ex¬
plain. But it was there.
Then there is that other fascinating
occupation in the stdy of the products
of the sea. My friend Captain Young
has devoted a large part of his life to
the capturing of sharks. And many a
scientist and writer has devoted long
years to the study of all life within
these great waters. One of the finest
writers of them all is William Beebe,,
whose recent “High Jungle’’ has been
published. His former books have been;
about the animal life about the sea, with
emphasis upon the study of fish, birds,
and insects, and he has travelled over
a great part of the world to gain the
knowledge that he hands to us.
There is nothing static about the sea.
It is all magic and full of wonderment.
And there is no vacation so restful and
profitable as one spent near its borders
or upon its ever interesting surface.
ieism that is flooding Georgia and Wash¬
ington; neither can we stem the tide of dis¬
respect ;(id suspicion that we are facing
because the nations of the earth are secret¬
ly spurning our vaunted hypocrisy- They a
are asking the bread of justice and decency
and democracy and this nation is offering
the stone of national hypocrisy by preach¬
ing one thing and living another.
If we elect to pursue such course in this
critical period of human history we must
abide the consequences and these are not
different from these which have come to
mighty nations in the past. It is a histor¬
ical theorem that when evre a nation de¬
parts from the ideals that have made it
great and powerful it declines in spite of
its power and pomp and grandeur. It is
a super tragedy that we who could be the
standard bearer of a new world order are
flagrantly casting away the greatest oppor¬
tunity ever presented to a 'nation. The mat¬
ter is serious and it is later than we think.
Our nation is in position to be canonized
among the nations as a saiht, but we are
instead becoming an international santa
claus The nations love us for what they
get out of us and not for what we are! Bet¬
ter a thousand times that we were a pauper
nation with our soul saved than “the rich¬
est nation on the face of the earth” with
our soul lost. When we think on what
ue are giving in exchange for our national,
soul, our position becomes more pathetic.
Of course we must not blind ourselves as
Negroes to our own faults. Intra-facial hy¬
pocrisy and deceitfulness and duplicity
and jealousy are quite as bad as that of the
dominant white man who through Congress
is thwarting the ends of justice and dem¬
ocracy.
Negroes must never forget that the white
man’s sins however glaring do not prove our I
own righteousness. Every jealous, under¬ !
mining. envious double-dealing Negro is an
ally to the forces which are destroying our h
nation's influence for good in the world. !
Every Negro hqnor-maniac who owuld sub¬ I
vert his influence to gain place and pref¬ S
erence is allied, with the reactionary cohorts
•who are scuttling the civil rights program.
Our nation is a santa claus when it ought j
to be a saint.
HOME EDUCATION!
DAVID GETS A NEW SLANT
ON OWNERSHIP
Jane Carpenter
Child’s First School
the Family”—Froebel
Issued by the National Kin¬
Assoc.ation, 8 West
sfreet, New York city.
articles are appearing
in our columns.
“Mom, will you lend me fifty
“David Bristol! Dad gave you
allowance last night; why
you take w'hat you need
that?”
“Oh, I suppose I can, but—”
"But what?”
' W 11, it’s this way. I’ll have
pay what I owe to Sam
he tires me out asking
h's dollar and ten cents all
time. I’ll never borrow
‘him again. Now, I ow:
Torrett more than 1
Sam, but Charlie never
the loan. He’s a real
But I ought to pay him
little.”
“Why do you borrow so
David? Why don’t you
your spcnd.ng w.ith'n
allowance?”
“It isn’t enough. Mom. Ask
to increase it; will you?”
“I’ll see what I can do. You
to have to borrow.
Why do you need fifty |
“All the boys are contribut¬
toward a new baseball out¬
"Very well, but don’t ask me
any more money this
“No, Mom, I won’t.”
The moth r watched her tall
son as he strode I
down the path. ’ He’s I
a dear!” she mused. i I
That evening, as the family
three sat together in the 1
ROAD TO HEALTH
Vlarence A. Lucas, Xi/. D.,
Ind anapolis, Ind., for ANP
A doctor’s 1 fe is always a
one, but one midsummer
last year seemed a par¬
busy one for me when
continuous stream of pati¬
all suffering from various
of mishaps, came to my
Old Mr. Bailey had sunstroke
mow.ng the grass in the
heal. Georgie Gorman
a severe case of poison
Phil Smith sprained his
playing tennis. And vic¬
of other accidents con¬
to come.
It occurred to me then that
summer seemed to bring
accidents than other times
the year. With vacation
at hand, chances of ca¬
both nrnor and
serious ones, seem to in¬
Cuts, scratches and smaJl
are common these days
children, now playing
constantly out of doors
little protective clothing.
matter how small the
it should be cleansed
with mild soap and
with antiseptic salve
lotion to prevent infection.
Sunburn is severe, the doctor
be called immediately.
the application of a good
for minor bums or of
jelly, will relieve the
of ordinary sunburn.
A serious case of heat- stroke
sunstroke demands the
attention of a doctor.
waiting for the doctor,
a person can help the
of sunstroke by placing
m on his back in a cool, [
place and putting cold
to the patient’s
Outdoor swimming accidents
of course, most frequent in
summer months. The lives
many victims of drowning
living room, Mrs. Bristol said,
“Tom, could you increase Da¬
vid’s allowance? He has to
borrow, and I don’t think he
should do that.”
Tom was a good-natured
husband and father, tHit he
was having Lnancial worries,
too.
“Two dollars a month is all i
can afford, my dear,” he ans¬
wered. “By the way, havte you
paid Jack Harris, the grocer?”
“No, Tom. I was going to
ask you for some more money.
You see, I had to have a new
hat on account of the PTA
meeting on Monday.”
“I can’t give you any more
until n.xt payday, Edith. I'm
afraid you w.ll have to ^send
hat back. I'm sorry.
“Send the hat back!”
“You wouldn’t want to ask
Mr. Harris to lend you money
for a hat, would you?”
"Ask Mr.—Harrs?”
“My dear, you couldn’t taka
the money from tiim without
asking, could you? That would
b^ ste—well, anyway, the facts
are these. He trusted us and
sent us the groceries, .# aqd and
they’ve all b en used up.
send them back, so-
"Yes, 1 see,” answered his
“It must be the hat.
send it back tomorrbiv.”
David walked quietly ifp to
In the morning his moth¬
handed him a hatbox that
carefully addressed.
■ Not ce where to take tijiis,”
said. ■ • out
“Yes, Mom, he answered.
Th n he hesitated, put his
in his pocket and d*rew
the fifty cent piece that
had given him the dayibe-
Tako it, Mom,” he' tehid.
earn some money; I’ll pay
debts and I won’t borrow
more. I've made up my
have been saved by artificial
respiration. When a drowning
person has been rescued and
his breathing has stopped),-ar-
’ be
tif c al respiration must
immediately if it is to
effective.
During the summer months,
poison ivy, oak and sumac
bloom are frequently in areas
children play and peo¬
ple hike and picnic. If the
poison plants come in cdntiact
and irritate the skin,- the
parts should be wash¬
immediately with soap and
hot water. This will' remove
oily resin left by tjjo plants
irritate the skin and
it to itch.
For all severe accidents, or
ones which might lead
to complications, the doctor
be called immediately.
it is well to be prepared,
during the summer
meet emergencies and to
what to do until the doc¬
comos. A knowledge of
aid can help prevent se¬
complications of many
of accidents and even
lives.
This article is co-sponsored
the National Medical Asso¬
and the National TUB
Association in thf
of better health of the
al
YOUR
VOTE! s'
IT?
Unless you rc-register the
of next year will find
votcless.
The re-registration office'* is
the -northwest corner:,; of
Avenue and Bkr-
streets.
Re-registration doesn’t take
time now- but when the
minute rush comes it,may
more time than many
will be willing to j.glve.
people will become vote-
and have no voice in se¬
governmental officials.
The thing to do is to
REGISTER
and
DO IT NOW!