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“These truly are the Brave,
These men who cast aside
Old memories to walk the blood stained
pave joining the solemn . tide ,.,
Of sacrifice, suffer and to (ho
That moves away to
For-freedom-when their own is yet de¬
nied! they
O Pride, O Prejudice! When pass
you by, for cru-
Hail them, the Brave, you now
cified ” —Roscoe Jamison
“And very early in the morning the
first day of the week, they came unto
the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
And they said among themselves, Who
shall roll us away the stone from the
door of the sepulchre? And when they
locked, thpy saw that the stone was
rolled awav: for it was very great. And
entering into the sepulchre, they saw
a voung man sitting on the right side,
clothed in a long white garment; and
they were affrighted. And he saith
uuto them. Be not affrighted; Ye seek
Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified;
he is risen; he is not here: behold the
place where they laid him.”
THERE IS SOMETHING IN A NAME
A democrat is one who believes in the
sovereignty of the people; who believes
that other people of a different color, or
creed are just as good as he; who be¬
lieves they are entitled to all the rights
and privileges he is entitled to; who
judge's people on their individual worth;
who rotfbgnizps the dignity of human
beings. A Dixie-erat is a “sport” or
variant of a Democrat, whose habitat is
south of the Mason-Dixon line, general¬
ly speaking, who places loyalty to an
undemocratic and outworn tradition above
Icyalty to democratic ideals and the
spirit of the Declaration of Independ¬
ence and the Constitution of the United
States. Four years ago the Dixie-crats
did less effectively and less violently
what their forefathers did 90 or more
years, and almost for the same reason.
It is mainly a question of civil rights
■which has caused the southern Demo¬
crats to split away from the national
Democratic party. It is this question
which still threatens to maintain the
rift. It is plainly stated by one of the
Dixie-crat leaders that the possibility of
a southern bolt still exists ‘if Truman
was renominated and a strong civil
rights platform (is) adopted by the
Democrats.” This meaps that the
Dixie-crats are still opposed to anti-lynch,
anti-poll tax, and fair employment prac¬
tices legislation, and yet, leaving these
things out, “ ‘The Democratic party now
has a wonderful chance to write a plat¬
form and choose the candidate with the
nation’s future in mind. If they write
the platform and choose the candidates
with the welfare of the nation in mind,
then all sections of our country can unite
on candidates and a platform.’” Such
a platform and such candidates that ig¬
nore the rights of more than fifteen
million people can not worthily lead a
great nation “conceived in liberty nnd
dedicated to the proposition that all men
are created equal.” Yes, there is some¬
thing in a name. The name Dixie-crat
is a dilution, and democratically speak¬
ing, is a monstrosity.
THE LIST LENGTHENS
Before Branch Rickey ventured to sign
Jackie Rotbinson with the Dodgers, no
visible Negro had played in Major League
baseball. The fact that Negroes had
participated in big time sports with un¬
usually fine records, seemed not to have
influenced baseball magnates. The pub-
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lie outside of the South had shown its
acceptance of Negro professionals entertainment )n
other sports and in the
world, and that it is skill and talent in
performance and not color which at¬
tracts it and receives its support. Base¬
ball, in a way, remained the aristocrat
of the sports world which, however, took
into its fold any component of the popu¬
lation, however unpronounceable their
names, except Negroes. There is no
wonder that a great swell of pride and
satisfaction possessed Negroes across the
country, when the Brooklyn Dodgers
signed Jackie Robinson who became in
baseball what Joe Louis and Dr. Ralph
Bunqhe became—symbols of hone and
asjdratibn-examples of the possibilities in¬
herent in a democracy. The entrance
of Negroes into big league baseball hast
tremendous significance not only because
it has opened up a lucrative vocation to
them,'but' also because It has broken
down another barrier to discrimination
in employment and has discredited fab-
prophets who predicted dire happenings
if Negro and white athletes played to.
get her, or against each other. None ol
their prophecies from simple incompat¬
ibility to riot and bloodshed have come
true. The whole country knows what
has happened, and even in Dixie. The
procession which began with Robinson
has lengthened and includes Negro
players in fi big league clubs and many
minor baseball associations, many of
whom have reached stardom, all of whom
have proved their worth to their respec¬
tive clubs. They have justified the faith
of the officials who gave them the op¬
portunity to show what they could do.
The fans have more than amply shown
their approval of Negro players who are
now regarded as just other athletes ac¬
cepted 'because of their ability and not
because of their color. The woods—the
learns—are just getting full of them:
Burton, Trube, Crowe, Black, Jones, Wil-
more and Reedy are some of the newer
ones, the la Iter two of which have
played in Grayson Stadium against white
competitors, and Reedy has the distinc¬
tion of having played with the Savannah
Indians against the Philadelphia Ath¬
letics, and the skies did not fall, no blood
was shed, and the “Savannah River still
runs to the sea.” Nothing is more cer¬
tain than change.
REGISTRATION’S THE WORD, NOW
Only four weeks remain before the reg¬
istration books will close. We feel that
our energies should be spent during this
time trying to get every eligible person
registered. We hope registrants will not
let themselves become confusd by would-
be leaders who are already running about
spreading misinformation and sewing dis¬
cord among some Negro ■voters. People
who have not kept up with events during
the last few years will do well to consult
those who have their feet on the ground
and who have always been known to be
without an axe to grind; who have al¬
ways put the interest of the people first
in their thinking. Unfortunately, now
and for sometime to come, Negroes are,
and will be, denied participation in the
council, where issues and candidates are
decided upon. Until they have such
participation, Negro voters will have to
think first and chiefly of issues and
candidates favorable to them and their
welfare. It will be foolish for Negroes
not to support candidates who have shown
their willingness to extend the participa¬
tion of Negroes in governmental activi¬
ties.; who have shown their intention to
prevent any outbreak of any reactionary
groups. Anyone who is misled by lit¬
tle self-seeking ward-healers wants to
be misled.
Shown, —’ —- left to — right, are;
Tithes and offerings
day Adventists contributed
ing 1950 were the largest in the
history of the church. The
tot-al of *45,908.057.73 includes
$27,728.250 32 tithe, $9,998,658,32
mission offerings, and $8,181,-
149.09 missions and loe*l church
donations. This is a per capita
gift of $73.60. Members in
North America contributed
35 , 898 . 651.91 in tithes and o f
ferings, a per capita gift °*
$150.87.
THE GOLDEN ROD CLUB
The Golden Rods met March
24 at the home of Mrs. L.
President Mrs. Annie
presided. jjicoiucu. The me club tiuu extended caichucu
death of her husband.
Next meeting wtl lbe at
home of Mrs. M. J. Perry,
Whitaker St.
SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
THEY WONDER, IF THERE IS A UNITED NATIONS
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PRINCIPALS AT COLLEGE PRESS INSTITUTE—Directors and consultants at the Press Insti¬
tute at Savannah State College, April 3-4. Editor, The Savannah Morning News;
They are, left to right. William Fielder. Managing Journalism, Jefferson City, Mo.;
Dr. Armistead V. Pride, dean, Lincoln University School of
William Battle, director of public relations, A1 oany State College, Albany; Miss Luetla B.
Colvin, Instructor in languages and literature, Savannah State, and co--cordinator of the in¬
stitute; Marion Jackson, sports editor and associate editor, The Atlanta Daily World, Atlan¬
ta; Charles J. Smith, III, instructor in journalism, Florida A. & M. College, Tallahassee; and
Wilton C. Scott, director of public relations, £>annah State.
(Savannah State P-R Photo by W. H. M Bowens)
May the 20th Annual State-
wide Interscholastic Press In¬
stitute be as successful as the
first one.” Thus spoke Dr. Arm¬
istead V. Pride, dean, Lincoln
University School of Journal¬
ism, Jefferson City, Missouri,
one of five visiting consultants
■ at the closing session of the
First Annual Statewide Inter¬
scholastic Press Institute, the
first institute of its kind to be
j I held for Negroes in college, Georgia a, April! at
Savannah State
I j 3-4. sored The by the institute Savannah was spon-j State j
! student newspaper and the
Office of Public Relations. |
I 1 The institute which was a.t- j
tended bv approximately 60; [
I j high school students and teach-
ers representing 5 high schools, 1
j was held of providing for the primaiv the staffs pur-j of j
j pose
Georgia high school newspapers
with a larger store of knowledge j
about the important medium of
,
communication that is journal-
ism.
Visiting consultants for the
institute were Dean Pride;
William Fielder, managing edi¬
tor, The Savannah Morning
News; Charles J. Smith. Ill, in-
structor in journalism, Florida
a\M college, Tallahassee, Fla.:
Marion Jackson, associate edit-
I 0 r. the Atlanta Daily World, At-
j lanta; and George Hoffman.
Dixie Engraving Company. Sa-
vannah. Schools sending repre-
sentatives to the institute Training! were
Sc re ve ns County
school. Sylvanla; Alfred Eri
Beach high and Cuyler junior |
high, aavannan; nee «rcei'
school. Blackshear: and Lucy '
Laney high, Augusta. j
! The institute got underway \
Thursday morning at 9 ’ocloek j
with registration in Boggs Hall I
I conducted by Nannette McGee
and auu Robertia iMjui-iua Glover, uiu\n. urcuiuci*! members
iting students were conducted j
on a tour of the Savannah
I State campus by Hosea J. Loft-
on, editor of the SBC student
newspaper, and Ann R. Howard,
associate editor.
At 12:20 a general session, at
which all participants in the
institute were present, was con¬
ducted in eldrirn auditorium. A
special welcome was given the
group bp President W .K. I
were Payne, introduced visiting to the consultants session j '
by J. Randolph Fisher, acting j
chairman, Department of Lang-,
uages and Literature at Savan-1
nah editor State, and of the Eddie 1952 T. Tiger Lind-j 1
sey, ,
the presented Savannah the first State copy yearbook, of the j
1952 Tiger to President W. K.
Payne- Dean Pride was princi-
pal speaker for the occasion. |
At 2 00 p m another general j
sess j on was held in Room 5, '
e j dr j m jjjjj a t which time a
panel discussion on “The Nature
and purposes of Journalism
and its Related Activities in the
High School,” was held. Mem¬
bers of the panel were Dean
Pride; Charles Smith. HI. Wil¬
liam H. Bowens, assistant in j i
public relations at Savannah
State; Marion Jackson, and Sa-1
vannah Dean of Men. William |
J. Holloway. At 8:00 p. m„ mem-
bers of the institute were guestsi
of the college during the Sa-
vannah State Drama Guild
presentation of “Here We Go
Again,” a three-act comedy, in
Meldrim auditorium,
0n Fridav morning at 9 00
©-dock a discussion on “Editing
and R ,, n the News -' was
heldln Room 4 , Boggs H all.
h Hosea j Lofton as man-
ager Leading the discussion
were Dean Pride. William Field-
er, and William Battle, director
of public relations, Albany State
college. At the same hour a dis- j
cussion on “Sports -------------<=• Writing.' was |
Jackson and Charles Smith as
consultants.
At 10:00 a. m. discussions
were held on "Feautre Writing,
Editorials and Interviewing,”
and Albertha Boston, instructor
in secretarial science at SSC, as
consultants.
At 11:00 a. m. Wilton C. Scott 1
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director ol public relations at j I
oil,., State; t*—„— Franklin Carr
istant professor sv .< business ,
as of
at Smith; SSC; E. Dean A. Pride, Bertrand, Charles j
SSC'
comptroller; Marion Jackson I !
and Dean Holloway conducted a
discussion on Financing the
student Publication,” in Room
4 , Boggs Hall. Raymond Knight,
business manager of the SSC
student publication, was chair-
man of the discussion,
At 1:30 the group saw two
films on journalism, “Journal-
ism,” and “Democracy’s Diary,”
in the SSC audio-visual aids
laboratory.
At 2:30 a discussion on “Kinds
of Student Publications,” with;
special emphasis on the Year¬
book and Magazine, was held
in Room 4. Boggs Hall, with
Dean Pride, Marion Jackson
and Luetta B. Colvin, instructor
in languages and literature, and
advisor to the SSC student pub-
lication, as discussion leaders,
Also at 2:30. in Room 11, Boggs
Hall, William Bowens, George
Hoffman, and Charles Smith
served as leaders in a discussion
on “Photograhy, Art Work, and
Engraving.”
At 3:30 p. m., a practical
session, in which visiting stud¬
ents wrote news stories and
had them evaluated by Dean
Pride, Marion Jackson, Charles
Smith and Luetta B. Colvin, was
held in Room 4. Bcggs Hall.
institute .
At 4:30 p. m. the the •
institute with and an prospects evaluation or 0 1 e *! j
bv the consu an s an j
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record as favoring a statewide 1
association of high school edit-
ors and advisors.
THttttDAY, APRIL 10, 1952
HONORED—Truman K. Gibson, |
Sr., pre;i.dent of the Supreme ■ j
Liberty Life Insurance Co., was
honored in Chicago, Saturday,
They March sponsored 22, by a group dinner of friends, at the j
a ■
Blue Room of the Parkway :
ballroom commemorating the j
42nd anniversary of Gibson’s
insurance career. i
A graduate of Atlanta and j
Harvard universities, Mr. Gib-;
son began his long career in At- j
lanta. He is a award past for winner business of j
the Harmon
CHURCHES
Ministers Wives Alliance
The Ministers Wives Alliance
held its regular meeting at the
home of Mrs. Birdie
After the formal, opening, bu i-
ness was conducted with the
president, Mrs. C. P. Hobbs, pre¬
siding.
Those who heard from their
secret pals wore Mrs. Hobbs,
Mrs. Gibbs, Mrs. Carter, Mrs.
Brown and Mrs. Benton.
Mrs. Cleveland celebrated
her birthday at the meeting.
She received many lovely gifts
after which a delicious repast
was served.
Next meeting will be held
• be home of Mrs. G. W. Carter.
Mrs. B. M. Burke is reporter.
Homecoming Day Sunday
At Mt. Tabor
Mt. Tabor Baptist church will
observe its annual Homecoming
Day and communion service
April 13 at 3:30 p. m. The pro¬
gram will be as follows: Out of
town members, Mrs. Lucile
Smith; solo, Miss Avalon An-
drew; sick members, Mrs. Estel-
in la tjoriin,,. Badley; . solo, cr>ir> Miss Mable
Moore; deceased , , members, . Mrs.
Rachel Sutton; paper, Mr* A1
berta Gotild - calling of church
roll. Miss Ella C. Brunson. The
sermon will be delivered by Pas-
tor J. M. Martin.
Mistress of ceremonies, Mrs.
N. L. Tolbert.
St. Luke Bapt. Church
At St. Luke Bapt. church. 512
Berrien street, Rev. W. E. Cun¬
ningham, pastor, Sunday school
met at its usual hour with Dea.
W. L. Perry, Supt., in charge.
The attendance was very large;
The brotherhoo dwas in charge
of the morning service. Dea. P.
M. Shorter was master of cere-
monies. Visitors that took part
on the program were H. Smith
and Master Gussie Brown. The
address was delivered by Joseph
Adkins, after which two select¬
ions were rendered by the Gates
of Harmony.
The order of service was
carried out all day by the
brotherhood chorus with Dea.
Chas. H. Baker, director of the
music and Bio. Earl A. Perkins,
pianist.
At 8 p. m. visiting friends
that took part on the program
were Master Jesse Brown, Dea.
W. E. Lampkin and Dea. Nelson
Brown. The address was deliv¬
ered by George Fuler. The holy
com munion was administered
a j- 3-15 p m.
jTnv»i~crM' l FTY
The Roval societv had a tea
nice Williams. 8i4 Bolton
St. Much discussion was e
on tire topic, What s
achievement, and is also foimcj-
er and president of the Sup-
reme Life and Casualty corn-
pany of Ohio.
In his private life he serves
on the boards of a number of
social service and civic agen-
cies, is a member of Good
Shepherd Cong’l. church, be-
longs to Alpha Phi Alpha fra-
ternity and Sigma Pi Phi pro-
fessional fraternity, and also i>
a member of the Bankers club
of New York and the City club
of Chicago.- < ANP i
St. Thomas AME Church
At St. Thomas A ME church,
49th and Burroughs streets,
Sunday was; a very high day
bcginninjgwith Sunday .chop!.
The subject of the lesson was
“Early Followers of Jesus .” The
lesson was reviewed by the
tor.
At 11:3(1 a. in. the enior
choir rendered the music. Pas¬
tor Stripling delivered the mes¬
sage. At 6 .p. m. tjje regular local
league w r a?,..femed ija^one by its presi-
dent, Lee Hynes,
The tonic \va -What Is Holy
Week?” *fhe secretary reported
that $6.25 was raised from tljc
weiner roast, on March 26. At
7:30 p. m. the- senior choir fur¬
nished music with Mrs. Strip-
ling at the piano. Immediately
after the sermon communion
was served.
An Easter egg hunt, for the
Sunday school will be held
Easter Monday. Tuesday night
is regular class meeting night
at ft n. m.
WSC Holds
District Meeting *
The Woman’s Society of
christlan ServiC) , convm .
Mar. 27-29 at Baxley. Ai 7:30
o'clock, March 28, the executlvo
Board met and planned rec-
commendations and at 9 a. m.
an impressive devotional service
was had, followed by the busi¬
ness session with the president,
Mrs. Iona Wilcox, presiding.
Local presidents’ reports showed
progress.
The service bracelet ceremony
was effective, and each society
was asked to observe it locally.
The department secretaries ill¬
ustrated their work which was
helpful. A short, impressive me¬
morial service was held for Mrs.
Anna Brown who died this year.
At the evening service the pres-
ident’s addre-s was one of the
highlights. A life membership
was given Mrs. Ophelia of
Blackshear, a veteran worker.
As the president was retiring
a copious handkerchief shower
from the societies and a train
case from the district officers
were presented her. The newly
elected officers were installed
by Dihtrict Supt. Rev. W. H.
Brown, using the new installa¬
tion service.
Mrs. A. E. Parker and Miss C.
E. Lewis were the delegates
from the WSCS of Asbqry
church to the convention. Miss
Lewis is district and local sec¬
retary of publication and lit¬
erature and Mrs. Parker is pres¬
ident of the WSCS of Asbury
church.
meaning of being Royal?” Each
member is asked to be present
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' Mrs. Lula Mosely is president
Eliza b e th Williams, Sec.-