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“It is probable that most children who
have racial prejudices have acquired
them at home. It is more probable that
the foundation for tolerance and good
will is most often and most enduringly
laid in the home.”
The last Grand Jury took note of the
fact that the Maple School building is
still used even though it has been con¬
demned for school use. It. also brought
out into the open the question of the
ability of the Board of Education to
condemn property for school purposes.
This question has been answered rather
conclusively by the attorney for the
board. Now that it can condemn prop¬
erty, lack of school sites can be no long-
! er pled as an excuse for not building
schools for Negroes. However, we note
that Chatham county was not listed as
among counties seeking priority for se-
• curing buildling materials for school
buildings. We shall be disappointed great-
ly if our board of education doesn’t be-
gin at once to do something about build¬
ing schools to remedy conditions in our
schools, which should be given priority
in the expenditure of any funds that are
available or soon to become available.
EFFORT NOT TIME
Miss Cornelia Otis Skinner has stated
very simply the cure for prejudice. She
has said what two schools of thought
have held about the cure for prejudice
over a long period of years, what two
schools of thought have held about solv¬
ing the question of prejudice as it con¬
cerns Negroes and whites in America.
These two schools of thought have ex¬
isted, and still exist, even among those
who desire to see an improvement in
the status of Negroes. It is not unnat¬
ural that reactionaries and bitter-enders,
who are determined to maintain the
status quo, and the timid and secure
(?) to wish the burden of solving pre¬
judice on the shoulders of Father Time.
The advocates of this line of thinking
are always ready to counsel “wait on
time,” “change can't come over night.”
Actually time and experience prove to
the contrary. Timid friends and tra-
ditionists say the cure for prejudice can
not be found in effort-legislation and
protest and court suits, but the argument
is all against them. The record of vic¬
tories of NAACP in its long and persis¬
tent fight against unequal educational
facilities; against the white primary,
against segregation on public carriers,
for justice in the courts is imposing
and should silence those who chant the
old refrain, “time is not ripe.” Some
one has said, “Our race problem cannot
be put into cold storage until times arc
more ‘normal.’ Rather, what the Ameri¬
can people now do about race relations
may w r ell be the crucial test of democ¬
racy, not for ourselves only but for the
world.” Miss Skinner’s assertion that
children should be cured of prejudice at
an early age, is in conformity with th8
thinking of many thoughtful and hon¬
est people. Its significance is revolu¬
tionary. It means that parents and
school teachers have a tremendous re¬
sponsibility of keeping children uncon¬
taminated with other parents and teach-
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TO DIRECT
SEMINAR—Charles J.
III, Journalsim instructor,
will serve as director for
Second Annual Florida A
M. college interscholastic
Workshop the third weekend in
January, 1952.
The youthful
though in his mid twenties,
in his Ilth year in the field,
ng gotten his initial baptism
during his junior year in high
school. Since that time Smith
has worked on the staff of the
student newspaper at Tennes-
see State Unversitv,
(four years'; The Daily
Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post
office at Savannah, Ga., under the Act of
March 3, NT ,9_
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582 Fifth „ Ave.
New Y orJc 19 New Yort.
ers who themselves were taught at
home and school to regard Negroes as
inferior in soul and body, or that they
belonged to a race superior in all respects
to other races.
We know that both time and effort
must continue to be used. We recog¬
nize that effort also includes requests
and petitions, discussions and conferen¬
ces where they can be held, and agree¬
ments, and the courts and legislation
where the former are unavailing. Ef¬
fort, not time, will cure prejudice.
THE IHOSS BOWL GAME
We are gratified that the second at¬
tempt to hold or institute an annual
football classic here has met with en¬
couragement from the entire communi¬
ty. The alumni of the college should
feel proud of this first attempt on their
part to do a big thing in the way of
athletics for the eventual benefit of the
college. We certainly hope the effort,
properly assessed, will be the beginning
of something that will help greatly to
increase the feeling of Savannahians
that the college is our college.
In our opinion, much of the credit for
the success of the game this year can
he ascribed to the wide and generous
publicity given it by all of the city’s in¬
formation agencies, because of which
a large and appreciative crowd of fans
was induced to witness a well-played
and well-managed game. We hope tha
alumni association will use the experi¬
ences gained in this effort to lay the
foundation for the continuance of the
Moss Bowl Game.
WELCOME NAACP
The convention of state branches of
the NAACP will open in Savannah, Fri¬
day, December 7. The convention will
bring together state leaders, and it is
hoped that some of the leaders from
the national office will be in attendance.
The Tribune welcomes the convention of
state branches. We are sure Savannah
will be the usual cordial hostess and
make the visitors feel at home. We do
not know how Savannah ranks with oth¬
er cities in point of membership in the
NAACP, but we are certain we can prof¬
it by the inspiration and encouragement
which the convention will bring. We do
not tire of paying tribute to the NAACP.
It has been a real blessing to oppressed,
confused and disadvantaged Negroes.
It has been an ever ready friend at court
in numerous instances when others hes¬
itated to offer assistance because they
were afraid or because they did not know
what to do.
All of us are under obligation to the
NAACP for what it has done for us, di¬
rectly or indirectly. We are obligated
because its work is a prophecy of what
the future holds for us, and indeed for
disadvantaged people the w'orld over. It
is the most alert and most militant
champion of human rights in the world,
and if real democracy is ever realized
in America, it will be due in no small
measure to the work of the NAACP,
the outstanding advocate of democracy
in practice.
State University of Iowa (one
and as an edition sports
editor of The Quest. University
experimental newspaper; two
years as adviser to The Tigers
Roar, student newspaper. Sa-
vannah State college: and Is J
now in his second year as ad
viser for tho Famcean, A*<M
student paper.
Smith recived the A B. de¬
gree from Tennessee State in
the liberal arts, and the master
of arts degree in journalsim
from Iowa.
In the practical field of
j journalism he is a former
sports columnist for the Savan-
nah Tribune and Savannah
Herald. In addition, he has
done free-lanee reporting and
photography for some of the
j nation’s Aside leading from weekly teaching news !
papers.
: journalism Smith is director of j
athletic publicity for Faincee, a
position which has resulted in
his name being a familiar byline 1
on many of the nation's
pages. Prior to joining the
statt at Famcee, he was di- j
rector of publicity and publl-
cations at Savannah State
college from September of 1948
until August of 1950.
West Broad St “Y*
Program For Week
A candlelight vesper
will be held Sunday, December
9 6:00 p . m. at-the West
street branch YMCA by
Junior hostess committee.
Beach high -----
partment. Prof. Clifford Hard-
wick, native Savannahian,
plv teacher at Savannah State
college and mathematics In-
structor at the Negro vocational
school, will be the guest speak-
er. Hostesses appearing on the
program include Bernice
Charlesetta Myers and others.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the last vesper ser
vlce sponsored by the
hostess committee this year.
Miss Wlllle Mae younge is ad-
viser
A Bobbie Sox dance will
by the junior host
for all ervlcemen at the
Saturday night. The Bob-
Sox dance group from Al-
fred E. Beach high school will
be the guest artist fori this oc-
This group is under the
of Instructor Euris
SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
BETWEEN THE LINES
By DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK for ANP
FROM STATESMAN TO DEMAGOGUE
Vlrlginla and North Carolina among the
southern states have been spared the dema¬
goguery that his scourged South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Virginia
has never boasted to counterpart to Ben
Tillman, Cole Blease, Hoke Smith, Tom Wat¬
son, Harrwick, Heflin and Bilbo to say noth¬
ing about the Talma dges.
Carter Glass was Virginia’s nearest ap¬
proach to the demagogue, and he was a
more refined type than those mentioned
above. But that Carter Glass was a Ne-
grophobe there was little or no reason to
doubt yet he was something of statesman,
He decidedly colored the politcal texture
of his times and not altogether for the
wrse. His Influence In the establishing oi
our Federal Reserve System was overmaster*
ing and stands probably as his crowning
achievement. He was a stickler for gov¬
ernment economies and on the whole ex¬
ercised a wholesome influence on the fl-4
nances of the nation in spite of the fact
that he was a Negrophobe.
When Glass moved on, Harry Flood Byrd
moved up as his rightful successor and the
mantle of Glass fell upon the not Incapable
shoulders of Sen. Byrd.
Everybody knows that Senator Byrd is
no particular friend of the Negro
race in its aspirations for fullfledged cit¬
izenship. He would seek rather to perpe-
uate the southern tradition of keeping the
Negro In his place and that Is a place of
step-citlzenship. Although a refined kind
of Negrophobe, Senator Byrd could always
be counted on to oppose any government
measures that even remotely promised good
to Negroes.
It has come about that since Harry Tru¬
man has stood so staunchly for civil rights
and the advantages they would bring to
the Negro citizens of this country, Byrd
has become his implacable enemy and re¬
fuses to lay off. He has hounded Truman
from the very beginning albeit he was ra¬
ther quiet while Roosevelt was around.
It has been wisely said that when the
tomcat is away the rats come out to play.
It Is even as with politics. When Roose¬
velt had closed his eyes Byrd stalked forth
MAKING SHAME
Many years ago when the writer was a
student in one of the northern universi-,
ties, there was some trouble in finding suit¬
able and satisfactory rooming place for thq
..egro students.
There was a gracious old white yanked
woman who never drew the line. Her hus¬
band was killed in the Civil War and she
never remarried; but her hme was a ha¬
ven for the Negro students. She told u4
once the epic story of her life. Said she:
"I am poor now but I might have been
rich. If you will note the mansion of the
coal dealer, you will see where I might havq
lived. The owner of this coal yard and I
were lover from childhood. We were en¬
gaged and he begged me trust him, and I did,
‘'Soon I found myself with child and
hurriedly called him. He came and we
went over the situaton and decided upon
marriage at the earliest possible date. Hq
saw his responsibility and was ready to
measure up to it.
"However being the son of a wealthy
widow, he had to consult his mother. Thd
mother objected to her son marrying a
pregnant woman and I was asked to waitl
until the child was born. I waited Impa¬
tiently for the birth of my son.
"When notified of the birth of the baby
the fiance came and brought his mother
with him and after observing the Infant
decided that it had the family marks and
that the next thing was a hasty marriage.
My fiance was very contrite as he asked
to accompany him to the altar.
"I spurned his offer and as he pleaded
I spat In his face and said, you dirty cur,
you would let me bear my shame alone and
now you come to marry me. I would ra¬
ther marry a dog than you for you are low¬
er than a dog to allow me to vear my shame
alone.”
Her eyes filled with tears as she told hen
mournful story. But for her pluck and
moral courage, the little college town
crowned her as with many crowns. Her;
friends took her along as before and the
j university family never once withdrew from
her the hand of fellowship.
Unto the day of her death she was one
of the best beloved citizens of that college
s as (n ' ,s
~ Basketball, floor
f tennis uf leb hobblPS « a ^; P^g 3 00-10:00. pong^paddle
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James Wiley's dance class 3.30
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Wednesday: Savannah Christ-
i* an Council 12:00 noon, Hub
j luncheon meeting 1:30. “Y”
Board of Management monthly
meeting 8:00, NAACP luncheon
meeting 8:00; Royal Brothers
and Sisters 8:00; Arthur Jack¬
man's social club 10:00.
Thursday— Basketball, floor
shuffleboard, ping pong, paddle
tennis, hobbies, 3:00-10:00;
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Friday—NAACP State
vention registration 3:00. Kow-
boy, Kowgirl party 4:00-7:00;
to prey upon napless Harry Truman
was committed as best he could to the pros¬
ecution of the Roosevelt program.
But Byrd has never laid off. At every
turn of tha political road, Byrd could al¬
ways be counted on by the disgruntled and
grouchy Republicans to thwart the Truman
program. He and his political cohorts have
succeeded astoundlngly In keeping the na¬
tion morally Bhackled In that no legislation
can be passed that would liberate Negroes.
Within recent weeks Byrd has taken to
the stump in the South and what once
seemed promising statesmanship has been
turned Into demogoguery of the Ben Till¬
man type. He Is shaking civil rghts ri
the face of the South just as a red hand¬
kerchief is flaunted In the face of an angry
bull.
Tire extent that Sen Byrd would use the
civil rights issue to Inflame the Imagination
of the retarded South is the extent to which
a once promising statesman has turned
demagogue and becomes Just another mill*
stone upon the neck of the struggling South
There were those of us who had hoped
that the South might be spared further re¬
tardation that comes of these demagogues
who have been such afflicted since the Civ¬
il War. But our hopes are not being ful¬
filled when men of Senator Byrd’s proven
ability turn demogogue to Incite fear and
frustration In the hearts and minds of tho
South.
Sen. Byrd ought to know by now that th#
civil rights Issue Is before this nation and
will be until It Is settled right. He should
further kno wthat the Negro's restlvenesd
under the present step-citizenship status 1$
one of the finest things In the life of tha
nation. It wuold be a great pity If tha
white South were let alone with its studied
attempt to eternalize the subjugation of Its
Negpo cilzens.
The South needs restless Negroes more
than it needs its Talmadges, Byrds, Strom
Thurmons and Fielding Wrights. The Ne¬
groes who are fighting for their rights ar#
one of the South’s greatest moral assets
even as the Byrd's are one of Its greatest
liabilities.
SHAMEFUL
town. He spunk won for her the plaudits
of the people. Her womanhood had be
come a symbol of integrity. Although
6he was poor, she was revered by wealthy
and poor alike. She spat in his face.
Dr. DuBois has been exonerated. News
accounts have It that he wept upon hearing
the directed verdict “not guilty.” The 15,-
000,000 Negroes have held their breath
these months the trial has been pending.
There is a shout in the heart of Negroes
everywhere for DuBois has long been ouc
symbol of manhood and integrity. He has
shown in a thousand ways that he is the
ablest champion of the Negroes’ yet unreal¬
ized full citizenship. It was a shame that!
Dr. DuBois, the Negro champion .almost
had to bear his cross alone.
Negroes who might have helped him and
held up his hands followed afar off. This
writer was humbled to see in a list of Ne¬
groes petitioning President Truman for ex¬
ecutive help so few Influential Negroes. In
other words the important Negroes of this
country, the headliners, the highly position¬
ed, the degreed Negroes stayed off the pe¬
tition by droves.
Negroes who claim to be race champions
and crusaders and fighters and leaders
and uncompramisers to the last ditch ac¬
tually deserted Dr. DuBois in the hour of
his greatest trial.
It is doubtful if there has ever been in
this country such flagrant display of moral
cowardice as that shown toward Dr. Du¬
Bois as he was seriously charged before the
courts of these United States. There were
those of us who havenever doubted the loy¬
alty of Dr. DuBois, but we did not have the
moral courage to say so. We preferred to
sit back and see what happened.
Now that this venerable champion of a
race’s rights has been vindicated I would
guessg tthat hundreds and hundreds of
telegrams have been congratulating the Old
Warrior on his exoneration. These prof¬
fers of' good will do but serve to make a
race’s shame more shameful.
I did not have the courage to send one
before the trial and I shall not try to cover
my shame by sending a word now. In the
premise Negro leadership was pitiful. God
help ungrateful, cowardly Negro leaders.
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Established Scholarship Fund
at Prairie View
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas—(AN-
P)—A $25,000 scholarship fund
for Negro women interested in
preparing themselves for the
field of nursing has been es¬
tablished at Prairie View A&M
college.
Funds for the scholarship
were made through the Houston
Endowment, Inc., a philanthro¬
pic organization endowed by
Mr and Mrs. Jesse Jones. The
A. Jeanette Jones Nursing
varsit y basketball practice 7:00-
9 00.
Sathrday — NAACP State
Scholarship was named in hon¬
or of a cousin of Jones.’
The new program will oper¬
ate much like the current Jesse
and Mary Gibbs Jones scholar¬
ship funds of $25,000 each which
were established in 1948 for ag¬
riculture and home economics
students.
Prairie View has the only
School of Nursing ior Negroes
in the Southwest.
Youth conference sessions (All
day); James Wiley’s dance class
10:00-1:00; Bobbie Sox dance,
music by Bob Mumford and his
Bobcats. ...____i a
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THUR8., DECEMBER 6, 1951
HOME EDUCATION
Issued by the National Kindergarten Association, 8 West 40th
Street, New York City. These articles are appearing weekly In
onr columns.
“THE CHILD’S FIRST SCHOOL IS THE FAMILI”—Proebel
TIME FOR CHRISTMAS I
Lucia Mallory
“It’s wonderful to have time
for Christmas this ye4r!” ex¬
claimed my friend, Evelyn
Woodruff.
The December evening was
cold, and Evelyn had come to
my apartment for a cup of hot
cocoa. We had been attending
\ rendition of Handel’s "Mes¬
siah,” which is given annually
by the combined choirs of our
city.
“I mean that It’s wonderful
to have time to enjoy such
things as the oratorio in an¬
swer to the puzzled look I must
have given her. "Last year I
didn’t hear the Messiah. I
thonght I couldn’t find time for
it.”
“That was my first thought
with regard to myself when you
suggested our going this even¬
ing,” I answered, "but I decid¬
ed one should devote more
time than is usually done to
those things which are inspira¬
tional—especially at this
Christmas season.”
“If we miss the songs and
stories about the birth of
Christ we’re missing Christmas
itself,” Evelyn declared. "I found
that out last year when I al¬
most let trivial affairs prevent
my attending a program at the
high school on the Friday be¬
fore Christmas.
“When the girls were starting
for school that day I was sitting
at my desk, checking over a
list of things that had to be
done before Christmas. ‘You’re
coming to our program, aren’t
vou?’ Jean asked. ‘It begins at
half-past two.’ ‘I’ll come if I
have time,’ I answered absent-
mindedly. ‘Please try to come,
Mother,’ Rose urged. ’The pag¬
eant is so lovely we don’t want
you to miss it!’
“The list on my desk was appal-
lngly long. There were gifts,
letters or cards to be sent to
a host of relatives and friends,
elaborate decorations to be put
into place, and food to be pre¬
pared—enough for a multitude.
Alfter working feverishly
through the morning I decided
in the afternoon to do a little
shopping.
“On my way downtown I
came to the high school. It was
just the hour for the Christmas
program; I had almost forgot¬
ten about It. I was sure I did
not have time to Join the
throng of people streaming tn
at the door, but I knew the
girls would be disappointed if
I were not there. I decided to
go in and listen for just a few
STATE 4-H CLUB CONGRESS TO CONVENE
AT 4-H CAMP IN DUBLIN
Achievement winners repre¬
senting the fifty thousand Ne¬
gro boys and girls in the 4-H
clubs in Georgia will meet at
the State 4-H Club Camp, Dub¬
lin, Georgia, on December 13
and 14.
Thursday, the 13th, will be
devoted to individual and team
demonstrations covering the
projects in which these young
pepole have excelled during the
year. The demonstrations will
include Tractor Maintenance,
Home Improvement, Achieve¬
ment, Poultry Achievement,
Gardening, Dress Revue, Meat
Animals, Canning, Dairy
Achievement, Soil Conservation,
Field Crops, Health Improve¬
ment and Forestry.
On Friday morning, the 14th,
awards will be made to these
leaders recognizing the excell¬
ence of their work throughout
1951. These incentives have
been made possible through the
National Committee on Boys
and Girls 4-H Club Work, The
American Oil Co., The Colonial
Stores, The Sears-Roebuck
Foundation, Dearborn Motors
Corporation, Allis - Chambers
Manufacturing Company, Sim¬
plicity Pattern Co., Inc., Keer
Glass Manufacturing Corp., Led-
erle Laboratories Division, Kel-
vinator Division of Nash- Kel-
vinator Corporation, The Spool
Company, Firestone Tire
Rubber Company, International
Harvester Company, Kellogg
Co., American Turpentine
Farmers Association, Hastings i
Seed Company, Rich’s Inc., Sa-1
and then come out and
downtown.
“The auditorium was dark¬
ened when I slipped into a ba£k
seat, and the orchestra was
playing Silent Night. It was strains good
to rest and listen to the
of Christmas music. In a fejv
minutes the curtain rose to
show the beautiful matter
scene, and from the baldony
above me, where Jean and Rdse
were singing with the capella
choir, rang out the triumphant
words, 'Joy to the world, the
Lord is come!” From the first
joyous chorus to the last note
of the solemn postlude I sat In
reverent wonder as the immor¬
tal Christmas story was 'uil-
folded on the stage and the
choir and orchestra poured
forth the glorious Christmas
music.
"My heart was filled with
peace and joy as I walked out
of the school building and pro¬
ceeded downtown. I wished that
all of our Christmas celebration
■ould be like that pageant—a
ommemoratlon of the birth
if Christ. Even as I made'thfit
"lsh, I knew that I could make
t come true. I realized that my
’hlldren would be more lasting¬
ly enriched by the evidence of
my faith than would be possible
by all the costly gifts and lavish
/e nterj aining my overworked
hands could provide. I made a
quick decision, turned around
and started home, my Heart
growing lighter with evefy
step. I was confident we could
have a happy Christmas with¬
out the elaborate preparations
that were depriving me of the
blessings of the day.”
■ And you did have a happy
Christmas last year, Evelyn?” I
questioned; and the answer I
read in my friend’s face before
she spoke.
“Yes,” she replied, “the hap¬
ever! We simplified’"'otir
even to each other,
and I do not think our friends
suffered any lack because we
expressed our good wishes to
them in less wearisome ways
than we had lone in former
years. The consideration Of in¬
dividual preferences, in plan¬
ning simple holiday menus,
brought more pleasure to our
household than a lavish display
had ever done. Also, because
the expense was so muchnless,
we were enabled to afford, in
several cases, contributions to
families whose meals would
otherwise have been un-Christ-
maslike and scanty. We’re going
to have a happy Christmas this
year, too.”
vannah Sugar Refinery, Geor¬
gia Cotton Producers Assenta¬
tion, The Atlanta Journal, Durr-
Schaffner Hatchery, Southern
Iron and Roofing Co., Calumet
Baking Powder Co., Bankers
Health and Life Insurance Co.,
and Wilson Company and con¬
sist of cash awards, scholar¬
ships, war bonds and medals,
Officials from the Georgia
Agricultural Extension Service
and other agricultural leaders
will observe this program as
well as representatives from the
city of Dublin and Laurens
County. At the annual banquet
on Friday afternoon the annual
awards in the 4-H Community
Improvement contest sponsored
by the Atlanta Journal will be
presented. More than thirty
communities scattered through¬
out the state have turned in
records in this contest. The
fifteen winning communities
will have representatives at the
annual banquet.
One of the highlights of the
two-day session will be the
presentation of the nationkt ^i-
tation to H. H. Dudley to/ out-
standng service to 4-H club
work at the conclusion of the
banquet. This citation teas
made at the annual 4-H Club
Encampment which was heldf at
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, last sum¬
mer, but since Mr. Dudley was
unable to go there to receive it,
it is being presented to him at
this time. Regional representa¬
tives are expected to be present
for this presentation. ,,