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69 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF LX IX -mmm .3sH • MT. ZION REDEDICATED—Scenes from the rededicationai ser¬ vices at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, last Sunday. Top picture—Pastor Joh' i Q. Adams, at pulpit, and his board of deacons, Simon Bussy Jas. J. Welcome, Harry Gould, Claud The Mt. Zion congregation, whose first leader was the Rev. Mack D. Spencer, had as its first place of worship a church Community Chest Drive Off to Fine Start Tenn. To Set Up Jim Crow Higher Education Founder's Dav Speaker ........... vlker' \pr. Buell G. Gallagher, Talladega for- president of vfoiiege, now Special Consul¬ tant to the Commissioner, Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, Washington, D. C., will be the Founders’ Day speaker at Talladega Col¬ lege on Sunday, November 5, Continued on Page 7 Winner of Covenant Cases Into New Home __ Pfc. Joseph Bland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marcellus Bland, 906 West 51st street, who is now in Korea with the tank division. which stood on the spot now occupied by the Star In 1912 they purchased their | present edifice at West Broad KNOXVILLE, Tenn— (ANP) The state of Tennessee is work¬ ing frantically to set up some type of jimerow system for education of Negroes in grad¬ uate and professional fields, it was reported here last week. The state, however, has failed to act on applications of theree Negroes for admission to the University of Tennessee for courses not taught at the Negro Tennessee State College. Key man in future plans is Gov. Gordon Browning who will have the final say on what the state does about Negro graduate students. The white school has a split- university plan which would raise the Negro college to the university status. Details of this program, however, were not given. If Tennessee State is expand¬ ed then it will present gradu¬ ate courses. Speculation has it that probbably the school will operate with graduate courses at first taught by professors (Continued on Page Three) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn—( AN- P)—Mrs. Camille Keller, recent winner of a racial restrictive covenant case against whites, finally has moved into her new home. She bought the home May 1, but had to wait until last week to move in because of court action. The former owners, Mr. and , Mrs. Silas Paulson, through 1 ! court action had tried to void the sale on the grounds that | ! the place They was accused not be sold the' to real a Negro. ; estate agent, William Cassius, of fraud in sellng to Mrs. Keller. I When the case reached court, however, Judge Theodore Knudson threw the case out of court. He said Mrs. Keller's race was ^material; and no ev >' had been . cle nce of fraud given 1 " Page 7 continued on Roberts, Joseph Ferguson, Janies Butler, William Nichols, Mar¬ cus Bailey, Richard Denny. BOTTOM—A port on of the congregation. • —Photo by Sam Williams j street and Waldburg lane, from the Rev. William Durden and his congregation. This structure which was built The Negro division of the 1951 Community Chest appeal, backed by some of the top lead¬ ers of the local colored com¬ munity, kicked off its share of the current Red Feather cam¬ paign last night, and the entire campaign is now in full swing. Under the chairmanship of Walter S. Scott, the Negro divis¬ ion is contacting Red Feather contributors in Negro business establishments, schools, and residential areas. A. L. Sampson, executive with the Afro-American Life Insur¬ ance Company, spoke to the division on appreciating the value of services rendered by the agencies making up the Chest. He said that a proper appre¬ ciation of these values would maxe division workers and con¬ tributors more receptive to ac¬ cepting their proportionate share of Chest responsibility. Prof. Gadsden, retired school Continued on_ Pjige 7 To Visit Local NAACP Mrs. Ruby Hurley, national j 1 youth Association secretary for of the the Advance¬ National ment of Colored People, New York City, will visit the local NAACP youth council on No¬ vember 1-3. She is making a tour of many of the youth councils and college chapters in the southeast. The youth secretary directs | the activities of approximately 350 youth councils and college chapters of NAACP with a membership total of more than Continued on Page Seven SAVANNAH, GEORGIA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1050 NAB KIDNAPPERS OF DOCTORS 2 CHILDREN j by the Rev. Alexander Harris, | an d his followers and was Continued on Page 7 Beach Honor Students Principal O. L. Douglas announces names and averages of pupils at Alfred E. Beach High School making honor roll for first six weeks of this school term as follows: Gerald Haven, 10B-4 class, 90 percent; Thomas Evans, 12B- 2, 96; Julia Hendrix, 12B-2, 92; Ellen Glover, 12B-2, 91; Annie White, 12B-2, 90; Laura Solo¬ mon, 10A-2, 93; Bessie Capers, 10A-2, 91; Jean Orr, 10A-2, 91; Frances Reynolds, 10A-2, 90; Prince Rivers, 10B-3, 01; Robert Farley, 10B-8, 90; Theodore Teachers Make Plans For Coming Events 'the Chaham County Teach-; ers Association held its regular meeting at the West Broad St. YMCA on Tuesday riight, Oct. 17 with President Otha Douglas presiding. The three main topics of in¬ terest were: The Referundum, American Educational Week and Appointment of Standard Committees. The plans for the Referundum were outlned as follows: a mass meeting to be held at one of the leadng churches, a radio skit, contacting friends and fellow-teachers over the state to vote yes on November elect¬ ion, and a speaker’s bureau to contact churahes and civic clubs throughout Chatham County. The group also made plans for the observance of American Educational Week. Radio pro¬ gram, school visitation, window exhibits and daily articles to appear in local papers through¬ out the week were plans form- Continued on Page Seven L. G. C. Prexies Aim For : I New Concept in Education j WASHINGTON—(ANP)— New concepts for the education of Negro college students were ad¬ vocated here last week at the 28th annual meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Negro Land Grant colleges, j The new ideals called for changes in Negro college pro¬ grams to keep pace with the U. S. Supreme Court decisions giving Negro students greater opportunities to study at the graduate and professional lev- els. MONTGOMERY, Ala.—(ANP) —Friday, the 13th, was a bad day for Eugene Smith, Jr., 20, and John McIntyre, 18, .both taxi drivers. On that day, they engineered the kidnapping of the two children of Dr. R, E. Tisdale for a *2,000 ransom.. Two days later they were arrested and now are reported to have admitted the crime. According to police, the well- known Dr. Tisdale’s children— Jean Carol, 7, and Raphael, 5— were at the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament school on the “bad luck” day. Smith called the school from McIn¬ tyre’s house and said: “I’m Dr. Tisdale. I will pick up the children soon and take them to the office.” A short time later, about 10:30 that morning, the two men picked up the children in a cab and took them to the Oakwood cemetery. McIntyre remained with the chldren, while Smith telephoned the Tisdale resi¬ dence. Mrs. Tisdale said she was told, “If you don’t come to the cemetery and bring $2,000 with Continued on page Seven Smith, 10B-8, 90; Velma Horne, 12B-6, £0; Marie Wilcox, 12B-6, 90. George Johnson, 11B-1, 92; Ro§g M. Johnson, 11B-1, 92; Doris Singleton, 11B-1, 90; Ca¬ rolyn Scott, 11B-1, 90; Gloria Spaulding, 11B-6, 90; Amos Davis, 12B-1, 91; Queen McGee, 12B-3, 93; Jewel Grant, 12B-3, 93; Es’tella Daniel Burns, 12B-3, 91; Hill, 12B-3, 90; Blanche Flipper, 10B-5, 90; Lillian Wright, 10B-7, £0; Armania Henry, 9A-1, 92; Sarah Davis, 9A-1, 90; Florence Bodison 9A- 1, 90. NAMED TREASURER—Dr. Phillip W. Cooper, who recently opened his dental office at 530 West Broad Street, has been named treasurer of the Savan¬ nah Branch of the National Association for the Advance¬ ment of Colored People. He Continued on page Seven Members elected the folow- ing officers for the coming year: President C. V. Troup, Fort Valley State College, Georgia; vice president, E. B. Evans, Prairie View College, Texas; secretary, R. B. Atwood, Ken¬ tucky State College, and treas¬ urer, Felton G. Clark, Southern University, Baton Rouge, La. Dr. Will Alexander, Chapel Hill, N. C., vice president of the (Continued on page Sixi Univ. of Miss. May Be Next to be Asked to Discard Racial Ban JACKSON, Miss. — (ANP) — students will probably be for admission to the of Mississippi law- within a short time, ac¬ to the Jackson Advo¬ local Negro weekly, here week. Tire paper based its predict¬ ion upon the failure of Negroes to pass the state bar examina¬ tion held here in July. A check of bar admission board’s records disclosed that of 53 persons taking the exam¬ ination, 43 failed. Of the fail¬ ures, five were Negroes. The weekly indicated that the Negro applicants were not sat¬ isfied with having taken the examination, but would rather attend the university. Gradu¬ ates from the institution do not have to take state bar exam¬ inations. Given a Harvard Professorship CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Oct. 25- Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, Nobel Peace Prize winner for his work as U. N. mediator in Palestine, has been appointed professor of government at Harvard Univer¬ sity. The announcement was made today by Provost Paul H. Buck. Bunche, a Detroit orpran at 14, will be the second Negro to hold a professorship at Harv¬ ard. Another Negro, Dr. William Augustus Hinton, retired last year as professor of bacterio¬ logy at the Harcard Medical School. SSC Observes A-V Week In keeping with the celebra¬ tion of “Audio-Visual Educa¬ tion Week” throughout the U S. A , Savannah State College is conducting its annual “Aud¬ io-Visual Education Week” Oct. 22-28, under the direction cf Maurice S. Stokes, director of the college AV center. The pur¬ pose of the week is to show and acquaint the general public with audio-visual aids, and their use as educational devices. On Tues¬ day, Oct. 24 at 11 55 a. m. the members of the “Audio-Visual Materials and Methods of In¬ struction” class conducted a panel in Meldrlm Auditorium “Understanding Audio - Visual Aids.'’ Participants included Miss Helen Fuller, Miss Ruby Wright, Jos. Williams, Messrs. Robert Mobley and Joseph Jackson, chairman. On Thursday, Oct. 26 in Mel- drim Hall, T. C. Meyers, dean of faculty, presided over a sym¬ posium on "Better Education (Continued on Page Three) Closing Date Kiddies Kontest Extended The cosing date of the Kid¬ die’s Kontest sponsored by Gamma Sigma Omega chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha so¬ rority has been extended from October 28 to November 4. Member Audit Bureau Circulations Price 7c Norfolk Coun¬ cil Becomes Democratic NORFOLK, Va. — (ANP) — Norfolk's city council has adopt¬ ed a new democratic attitude in the opening of its meetings. In the future a Negro minister will open the meeting with prayer every fourth week. The first Negro minister was the Rev. Richard H. Bowling, pastor of First Baptist church. He opened the Oct. 3 session. In the past only white min¬ isters were invited to open council meetings. Rev. Bowling’s church, First Baptist, recently observed its 150 anniversary. He succeeded Continued on Page Six Atlanta Teachers Continue Fight For Equal Pay ATLANTA — (ANP) — Negro teachers of Atlanta will appeal to the state board of education in Georgia for equal pay to that given white teachers, it was announced last week by A. T. Walden, lawyer fighting their case. This action is being taken in conformance with a recent U. TO APPEAR NOVEMBER 6—Introducing to the lovers of find entertainment in the city, the Women’s Auxiliary to the; South Atlantic Medical Society is presenting Pearl Cox, of Washington, D. C. popular and greatly admired artist in the field of dramatics, at Tremont Temple Baptist Church, No¬ vember 6th at 8 p. m., assisted by outstanding local vocalists. Her performances for this season included appearances in the leading cities from Ohio to Louisiana before coming to Savannah, as a guest in the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Jam-, erson of East Henry street. Advance tickets may be secured from the wives of the doctors, dentists, and pharmacists and members of the Pas¬ tor's Aid Board of Tremont Temple Baptist Church. Wjj NUMBER 3 NEW PRESIDENT OF HAITI— Recently elected president of the Republic of Haiti was Col, Paul Magloire, member of the Continued on Page Seven S. Supreme Court action. The court had refused to hear the teachers’ appeal because the teachers had not used all their administrative remedies within the state before taking their case to court. The state board is authorized Continued on Page Blx