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Tki il FOITB §Iif $wavmh frilmne Established 1875 By J H. DEVEAUX 60L C. JOHNSON Editor and Publisher MRS. WILL A A JOHNSON. Asst, to Pub. & Mgr. J h BUTLER Asso. Editor PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 1009 WEST BROAD STREET Telephone, Dial 5338 Subscription Rates In Advance One Year S3.00 Six Months ... - $2.00 tr-:-.- .-...---•r— Remittance must be made by Express, Post Office Money Order or Registered Mail. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Savannah, Ga., under the Act of March 3, 1919 “We can not have freedom by destroy¬ ing it. . . When threats of blackmail come, we must keep a cool head and re¬ mind ourselves that we must be devot¬ ed to the Constitution guarantees even though they fail to measure up. Love them, cherish them, and keep them in¬ tact despite the fact that they are dis¬ torted, for to keep this a better country we must have those guarantees." j_— Ralph MagiII THE NEGRO PRIVATE COLLEGE Almost before the smoke from fra¬ tricidal battle fields had lifted, private colleges for Negroes were established, mainly in the South. They were es¬ tablished by church groups and The American Missionary Association. The AMA founded many such schools and colleges at a time when many people pretended to doubt that Negroes, the newly emancipated slaves, could learn Very much. It is difficult to imagine what would have become of the race if it had not been for t he many consecrat¬ ed men and women who came from the North to. teach these hapless and unhappy people. Some southerners were among the number of persons who ran the risk of ostracism to help in the work of educating the former slave. For the first 25 or .'50 years, life for these colleges was fairly simple: living was cheaper, support from the North was easier to get, curriculum offerings were fewer and instructional costs were low. Simple and inexpensive, as was the education these colleges offered, the spirit and ideals underlying the work of these colleges in their earlier years were rich and abundant and became a great heritage. Despite* the fact vhati during the early 1‘JOO’s it appeared that the sources of funds were going dry, these private institutions stood heroical¬ ly by the purposes of their founders; they maintained the pursuit of their ideals. They were dedicated to the task of training leaders for the race. This ideal was one side of a sharp con¬ troversy as to the kind of education Negroes should be given, but as the conviction grew that Negroes were hu¬ man beings with abilities and capacities like other human beings, the contro¬ versy began to lose point and new s o u r c e s of support were found. In spite of the state supported colleges, the private colleges have followed effective¬ ly the aims and course set by their founders and are still the institutions to whom we must look for leadership training attained in an uninhibited, unre¬ pressed and unintimidated atmosphere, where students, instructors and presi¬ dents can take part in community ac¬ tivities without hazard to their status in the institution. In our state, within the last three or four years, two college presidents have been let. out. It has been reported that they were let out without being presented with the charges against them, except of course, that they overspent their budgets, ht one ease, a college head was the victim of an unverified and irresponsible charge of communist leaning, and of sympathy with the NAM'D. In the other case no “bill of particulars” was given at the time of the dismissal of the college head. General opinion is that the real cause for getting rid of these men was that they were too intimate with activi¬ ties not in conformity with the tradi¬ tions the South holds dear.” The ef¬ fect, as intended, is to inspire fear into Negro college presidents. The private college preserves the freedom in admin¬ istration that is necessary for the de¬ velopment of independent thinking. De¬ spite the belated effort of the states to provide equal and adequate school, and college facility the private college will continue for a long time to be the Negro’s chief source of courageous and intelligent leadership. THE OLD MARE There is no denying the fact that segregation is a matter of national con¬ cern. Of course it is of greater concern to the South because it is important towards maintaining the “customs,, tra¬ ditions and ways of living the South holds.” 11 substitutes well for other issues of the past on which Southern politicians rode regularly into office, state and national. Many politicians in the past used the Negro problem—keep¬ ing him in his place, denying him po¬ litical. social and economic equality—as a pony on whose back to ride into office. The poll tax. lynching, maintenance o the white primary, the county unit sys¬ tem of voting, have been the issue with¬ out which many a Southern politician would have remained "unwept, unhon- National Advertising Representatives Associated Publishers 31 West 46 Street New York 19, New York Whaley-Cahlli Company 6513 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles, California Whaley-Cahill Company 440 Russ Building San Francisco, California ored and unsung." The race issue,, however, has been becoming progres¬ sively less effective as a vote determi¬ nant. There are several reasons for 1 his. The level of literacy is higher and the “wool hat hoys” (the tribe is thin¬ ning out) are less easily diverted from more important questions by it. Church groups and the League of Women Voters have thrown the weight of their influ¬ ence against injecting the race issue into politics. Of course, some civil rights questions remain unsettled and will become campaign “chow” yet awhile. The school segregation question seems to he cutting Georgia politics down the middle; the Governor and the amendment to abolish the public schools, to be sub¬ mitted to the people, on one side; on the other side all the candidates that have so far announced their candidacy, the Macon News, and the League of Women Voters. This is an interesting development, ft is a sign that there are people in Georgia who do not like the Governor’s plan of schools saving that the schools by built abolishing a't them, of ef¬ have been up great cost fort, planning and money. themselves 'The can¬ didates have committed against the plan, but for segregation. We could expect nothing else. Candi¬ dates for office in a democratic country, running on a platform designed to dety or circumvent the law IK. S. Supreme Court decisions become law) must pre¬ sent a puzzling spectacle to the rest of the world. After all. the race issue is not as pop¬ ular as campaign fodder as it used to be. The song goes, "The Old Gray Mure ain’t what she used to be.” SOL C. JOHNSON Sol C. Johnson has passed, and the community has lost a good citizen, hi- church a devoted member and sincere leader, and the Masons and their aux¬ iliary and subsidiary bodies, a loyal broth¬ er and wise counselor. No civic move¬ ment within the last fifty years has been projected that did not have his en¬ couragement and moral and financial support. His church, which he served as clerk and chairman of the trustees over a period of more than tiltv years, will miss his ungrudged contributions of time, advice and money. The late Sol (", Johnson had several loves. Among them were his church, the Masons and The Savannah Tribune. All who knew him, felt, no doubt., that these were close to his heart. He was Grand Secretary of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge more than fifty years and was organizer of the Grand Chap¬ ter OKS which he served as Grand Patron many years. As owner, editor and publisher of The Savannah J ribune, the Negro n e w s p a p e r with the longest continuous publication in the country, Mr. Johnson was a quiet, modest benefactor of young people, especially t hose who were fortunate enough to serve him on the Tribune staff. For all the years the paper has been most of the time conservative, sometime becomingly ag¬ gressive, but all the time a stabilizing influence in the community which ho loved. His friendship was a tenacious and thoroughly dependable relationship, worthy of anyone’s possession. The First Congregational Church, the Masons, the Klks, the entire community, and we of the staff particularly, sustain an ii- reparable loss in the* passing of Sol C. Johnson. AND DR. J. E. FONVIELLE So appropos is the following from a speech by John Bright that we quote it; “The angel of death has been abroad throughout the land; you may hear the boating of his wings." Along with others, he tapped the shoul¬ ders of three prominent Negro citizens of this community within two weeks and ushered them into the company of the eternal. The passing of Dr. Fonvielle leaves the Negro community so much poorer. A successful citizen ot Savannah for more than 80 years, hr endeared himself to a host of friends and made for himself and his business, an enviable standing among businessmen in his city. His dependability so im¬ pressed itself on the community that he was often requested to be a worker in community chest drives. He was a charter member of the Citi¬ zens Committee for Negro Social Service and of the West Broad Street YMCA We pay this tribute to a dutiful father and husband and valuable citizen, and acknowledge his passing as a positive loss to which we bow with humble res¬ ignation. i THE RAVANNAH TRTBT7NB ONLY FULL INTERGRATI0N IN THE ARMED FORCES, CAN REMOVE THE V f. ■■ r- ^ WILL IT BE WMm Cr‘. L-yG.;; . ms mu m WAR m m < ............ Mas NEaao WORLD l WAR BETWEEN THE LINES f!v Dean Gordon It Ihincuct (m \M’> BASHED BUTTONS The school readers of yesteryear carried a little truism to this effect: ‘‘For the want of n nail the shoe was lost; for the want of ;; shoe the horse was lost; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost—all for the want of ahorse- shoe nail.” The lesson taught here is the close connec¬ tion between humble causes and great effects. Here is taught the important lesson of looking well to details. The writer sat recently and saw a fine bas- Imll team lose, because they could not shoot the fouls. So many football games arc decided by the margin of one point. When teams can¬ not shootthe fouls and when they cannot kick the extra point they lack fundamentals of detail. Foothiill teams concentrate on rushing the ball to the goal; but all too often, the Other team can rush the ball too, and the deciding factor is not brute strength but the subtle skill of kicking the football between the uprights. Skill in this particular may negate touchdowns. So in basketball; sharp-shooting from the outer court is line and spectacular and so the fine looking lay-ups. But all too often the game is won or iost at the foul line, where -uperior shooting still stands the player and his team in good stead. The foregoing is a prelude to a word of warn¬ ing' to Negro business. As an exponent of the Douhle-Duty-Dollar doctrine, this writer views with genuine uneasiness the shoddy methods too many Negro business men employ with seeming certfide.nce. The race issue is so strongly dilineated that ihe race appeal alone is sufficient to insure the Negro entrepreneur of considerable patronage. But the race appeal has its limits beyond which it is strictly good business or bankruptcy. In u certain city of the South a good laun- diy customer took bis laundry from a white laundry and gave it to a newly organized Negro laundry company. Why '? Because of the race appeal. The Negro laundry went big for a cou¬ ple of year;- and then began to be in financial difficulty and after a run of three years bankruptcy resulted. Our good customer returned his laundry to the white firm where it remained for many years. But within Ihe past few years another Negro laundry cropped up with the finer r OMEGA OBSERVES I [ j . | | i . 1 , j ‘ ] i 1 I ! ■ Continued from Page 5) by Soror Delores Perry Soror E v am. Icrre! spoke on the His- ton of the Organization and a sextette composed of Sorors Marian Roberts, Agatha Curley, B \NKHUITCY equipment and plant. The proprietor and his wife did such excellent work in their home that capital was extended in the amount of fift;, thousand dollars and one of the finest and most commodious establishments was set up. Our Negro customer once again withdrew his Patronage from the white laundry and gave it to the new Negro laundry that was doing such rushing business. Things went big for a few months and then article after article was lost with no adustment. Whenever a complaint was lodged the customer was always politely ad¬ vised, "We'll check on that." Then it happened that ever.', v.ecl; most of the customer’s shirts were returned with the buttons of left cuff bashed. Evidently this was Complaints were made to authorities and there was the usual assurance that the matter would be ‘checked. On one occasion while re¬ ceiving laundry at the desk a helper was in charge, and mention was made of the fact that great inconvenience and annoyance were caused by rushing into a freshly laundered shirt to 1 find the button bashed. Customer asked what was he to do in a case like that? The helper smartly replied, ‘.lust sew it on. A tew weeks ago the fine business , possibility went into bankruptcy. j I here was evidently some connection between the hashed buttons and bankiuptcv. it repre¬ sented a way of doing business that just can¬ ; not stand up in these times of keen competi¬ tion. The good customer has since been using the ( hinesc laundry, and the service is all that could bo expected. No missing buttons, bashed buttons. No failure to make adjust moots in case of loss or damage. The point here is, Negroes do the work ill the Chinese laundry just as in the case of the j Negro laundry, Negroes can make the Chinese laundry go, win is it the Negro laundry can¬ not avoid bankruptcy? These are questions need¬ ing <i studied answer. Ihe time is at hand when Negroes must cease to make excuses for Negroes who do inferior work and who employ inferior methods in deal¬ ing with the public. Bushed-in button methods today mean bankruptcy tomorrow. The .Negro’s ; '-•pKr.rlid fighting spirit cannot atone for bash- ! button procedures and practices. Mary vIcDew. Violet Singleton. Mvrt ’ m James and Johnnie supplied the mus. ■ . :h g^ rors Marian Roberts and j 0 mmie Fiuker as soloists The entire chapter -tela a || Q j£ EDUCATION Issued bv the National Kindergarten Association, 8 West 10th Street, New York City. These articles are appearing weekly in our columns. “THE CHILD’S FIRST SCHOOL IS THE FAMIL Y”—FroebeJ ARE YOU GUIDING l'OUR CHILDREN? Helen Gregg Green This is sometimes called the age of tension. How important it is for parents and teachers to do everything within power to offset the tensions that pile up around children, The wrong type, of television program excites the young with wild and daring stories. Just few days ago our home town morning newspaper related the story of a four-year-old who begged his father for a rope "like the cowboy on television had." The father refused to get the rope. Several days later, however, lookiing out of the window, ho observed with horri¬ fied alarm, his son's small feet dangling in the air. The child had found a rope in the base¬ ment and had tied it to a porch bannister. It was necessary to rush him to the hospital. In too few homes is there s I eons'ruefive effort to keep a 1 day-in-day-out attitude o' j | peaceful, happy, gentle living For pood emotional health then | is, among all ages, too muck lcaning on the excitement ol outward stimulation and toe j Jitf lr Cultivation Of inner re- sources. As, recently. I waited for a bus tt beautiful throc-ycar-old with long, curling lashes beggged his grandmother. "Please put on my cowboy belt!’ When she suggested doing i late’- he ran up to me with pleading blue eyes, holding oui the belt which had a holder for a. large play knife. When wo boarded the bus his grandmother adjusted the belt and a piping voice announced, Now i might kill someone!" Shocked, the grandmother hushed. "Oh no!" as the wide- eyed little cowboy flourished his knife in his best. wlld-Wcst manner. Today's young children seem always to be imitating some- Rummage Sale Then will he a Rummage Sale held on Saturday, March 6th, at the corner of Carnald and State Streets sponsored by the Council of "Women’s Clubs of Savannah.' The time early C> A.M.- until our bargains are gone. Quantities are j limited, so be smart, be early, j This is a sure way of getting j your Easter outfit at rock-bottom prices! Not only will you he able to do your Easter shopping but I there will also be many bouse-1 hold items that you have been wanting to have but c'dViid 'riot j afford. Black Creek HD Club TAe Biacif Creek Home Dem- : onstration cutb met at the j home of Mrs. Bessie Groover. Much business was discussed J The Farm Bureau will have get-together meeting March 5 , at the Pembroke high school. Report from the project chair¬ man was made for the month. Refreshments were served. The next meeting will be March 10. Home Demonstration Agent, Miss Lenoa Bacon; Presirent, Mrs. Bessie Groover; Secretary, Mrs. Carrie B. Smokes; Report- or, Mrs. Lois A. Cross, On Feb. H the club met the home of Mrs. Rebecca Bur- gess and the ladies framed pictures with glass and card board. Refreshments Local SSC Alumni Chapt. To Meet Sunday President L. D. Law, reports that the regular meeting the local chapter of the Savan- ■ nah State College Alumni will be held Sunday, Mar. 7. at 4:00 p. m. at the West Broad street YMCA. He is asking all local alumni to report their donations to the scholarship drive at this meeting in order for re- ports to be ready for the State meeting which will be held Sunday. March 14. at the ool- lege. Send The r f RIBUNE To Your Friends renew t ense of love and loy- alty io the ideals of Alpha ] Kappa Alpha ar.d hopes that! those who shared Founders Day >* ith as aii-ht some of the spirit of our inspiration. THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1354 thing they saw or heard or read about When 1 was a child and there were no televisions radios I used my imagination and made my own run. To me is important to ge; our chiid- ren interested in something to which they can contribute—not copy or imitate. The cre- ative urge is in ail of us, but 11 not encouraged it wll never grow beyond a weak little sprout. The same is true ol ail skills and abilities, they need the atmosphere of a gay, happy home, in which youthful, active minds are encouraged to think, originate, develop, and express ,hemsclves We must also teach our child¬ ren not to take failure too seriously. It has* been wisely ;aid that wo often learn more from failure than we do from succsss, since failure is only the opportunity to begin again more .nteliigentiy. It is the not trying our boys and girls must know, or the half-trying which they .bould avoid , It. is needful for every young- .,ters grow th and development Joat some real, worthwhile interests be encouraged. Arc ;ou, parent reader, guiding /our children in this respect, or are you permitting them to trift and imitate? Whatever vc do. let. us avoid a sheep-like :onfortuity in our homes and personalities. A.. rents, we must dare to b our civ. * or we cannot teach our children to think and act independent¬ ly. Yet such independence is necessary if they are one day to reach an emotional and spirit¬ ual maturity that will make them adequate and happy adults. Wo must tench our up- and-coming boy and girl that they owe it to themselves to gain a full reals, -.mon of all their powers What every mother should know about CUTS and SCRAPES DON’T Hood a large cut with harsh antiseptics. This can damage tis¬ sue, retard healing. DO bandage cut loosely with ster¬ ile gauze smeared with ‘Vaseline' Petroleum .lolly. See your doctor to prevent complications such as tetanus. DON'T neglect ;. ?m;nl cut. DO use iodine or other antiseptic. When bleeding stops, spread on a protective film of ‘Vaseline’ Petro¬ leum Jelly. Bandage loosely only if cut will be exposed to dirt. DON'T bandagi a scrape before cleaning with mild soap and water or mild antiseptic. DO use ‘Vaseline’ Petroleum Jelly to promote healing, prevent a hard scab. No family should ever be without ‘Vaseline’ Petroleum Jelly! Used in hospitals and clinics, it’s medi¬ cally approved for home first-aid. Put a jar or tube of ‘Vaseline’ Petroleum Jelly in your medicine chest today. S,m P le ' safe ‘ soothing FIRST-AID KIT