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A COOLING-OFF PERIOD
According to the custom and prac¬
tice of tin* l S. Supreme Court, interest¬
.
ed individuals expected the court to
render its decision on the segregation
cases on the first Monday in March. It
did not happen. While nobod;i knows if
tin" court has arrived at a decision, vet
most ut those who have ommented on
the matter assume, for various reasons
that the ( onrt will outlaw segregation.
M hili* they wait tor the decision, their
reactions seem to cool-oft. Kor instance,
a recent statement of the most ardent
advocate of segregation omitted to m»
t.ion “riot and bloodshed" and there is
evidence that the anticipation of it is
not popular. Concern now seems to be
the court renders “adverse decision,"
whether it will call for overnight or
gradual conversion. A new note is being
sounded with increasing I requen, v. It
is being suggested to “faithful and up¬
standing Negro teachers that an adverse
decision will bring about their displace¬
ment; that it will mean "an end to much
of the progress the Negro has been
making. With the shortage of teachers
now existing, which is expected to in¬
crease year by year in the future, the
prediction that thousands of Negro
teachers will lose their jobs is insincere
and sinister. I lie talk about Negro’s
progress and tin* maintenance of his
economi , cultural and educational op¬
portunity is interesting. Negroes have
made remarkable progress in the ‘Ml rears
ot their freedom due partly to the good¬
will of a very small minority of Southern¬
ers, partly to court decisions and partis
to the schools and colleges founded and
supported b.v Northern missionaries and
Northern funds. Hut in a large sense.
Negro progress was made in spite ot
Southern inditterence and obstruction.
Given anything like equal opportunity
tor education, fair employment, partici¬
pation in politics, this progress would
have been more remarkable. We hope
enough time will elapse before a decis¬
ion is handed down to permit more cool-
ing-otl. It may be the talk will turn from
doing away with our public schools as
a means of evading “an adverse de is
ion" of the Supreme Court, to developing
ways ot adjusting to the new era which
the decision will usher in.
Unfortuatelv for some of us, politi¬
cians and publicists will not let the world
forget or lay aside, even temporarily,
consideration of the effect they expect
"an adverse decision of the Supreme
t ourt will have upon the country. tin'
South in particular. They look with
alarm and dark foreboding upon what
will happen to the customs and traditions
ot the South. I’hev appear genuinely
concerned about this. Customs and tra¬
ditions that had their origin in the
institution of slavery, in the slave-
master relationship, wore needed to keep
alive the concept of superiority and per¬
petuate the practice ot keeping the Negro
down “in his place." The morality and
righteousness ot the concept and prac¬
tice were never questioned. Keen now the
question is not w hether the Court’s de¬
cision is right <»• democratic, but whether
the decision will upset the customs and
traditions of the South. It they are wrong
(and they are), customs and traditions
that are based on wrong and injustice
should be Upset. We believe the Supreme
Court could do something far worse. One
writer has pointed out that, besides
amalgamation or mongrelization which
he calls repugnant, three solutions have
been suggested at various times, and
that the South chose to adopt "tin* mly
ieiisibk pr-oCi' d o!uf!*•« **gr‘*ge-
tion in social relationships while, allowing
development of parallel civilizations. We
assume the writer includes in social
relationships, education, politics, employ¬
ment. recreation, medical care, transpor¬
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tation and nearly every other relationship
possible for the two races. This conforms
to the usual line of thinking on the
question. He adds;
“Under the solution adopted by the
South, the Negroes have made enor¬
mous progress. They have been
trained for I heir trades and (heir pro¬
fessions in (heir own schools, and
they have had (heir own organizat¬
ions in which to work after they have
received (heir training. In this they
have been able to maintain a self-
respect and a racial integrity that.
li rnvise would have been imposs¬
ible."
This conforms too, and is a polite
way of saying there is a place in America,
apart and different from that which
other citizens occupy, out of the stream
of American life and culture. Neither he
nor any other writer tells how his "paral¬
lel civilizations” can exist in a demo¬
cratic society and not have the evils of
segregation with its discriminations and
the stigma of inferiority which Negroes
are expected to accept. The South is
faced with making a choice between
maintaining its traditions or maintaining
democracy as a wav of life. History
proves that it can not do both.
-4 CHALLENGE TO OUR YOUTH
Kvtiry literate* person in the world
is awart> that we live in a time of crisis
»1 one kind or another. The problems in
our country alone are many, and more or
less intimate to every citizen however
humble or high, and no matter what his
age is. I he future of today's children is
at stake. The responsibility as to the
nature of their future rests heavily upon
the shoulders of today’s adults. Many
of our problems are problems of human
relations. It is the responsibility of
everybody to do his part toward making
and keeping them good. We have our
problems in this city and state that
affect human relations and that are
affected by human relations. For in¬
stance. we are anticipating a derision on
school segregation from the U. S. Sup¬
reme Court that will affect the citizens
<>t Georgia, regardless of what the de¬
cision will be, and whether they make the
most of the decision depends upon
their attitude toward it and the benefits
it is designed to bring. Those to be most
affected by the decision are the youth.
Correspondingly, they face the respon¬
sibility of doing their part toward pro¬
moting and maintaining good relations
with (fll people. Therefore our young
people must be led to realize that they
do have this responsibility and that their
public behavior will show how well thev
shoulder it. It must not be overlooked
that one’s behavior determines his social
acceptability. Nobody desires and accepts
contact or relationship with ill-mannered
individuals. We regret to have to admit
that many of our young people arb care¬
less of behavior on the streets, in movie
theaters, and in other places where they
meet in numbers, if there is any doubt
about this, go to any movie theater, or
witness any parade, as we did last week,
or observe'the behavior of boys and gil ls
on any school day as they go along West
Broad Street. Ones does not need to be
over sensitive to be shamed at what he
sees and hears. While every school child
is not guilty of misbehaving, and while all
the misbehavior is not attributed to
school children, we feel a campaign for
good behavior can be waged in the
schools with great benefit. There are
gangs of wolves that haunt various spots
along West Broad Street that the schools
and churches can not reach. Street boys
make up these gangs, but we believe
with the co-operation of the proprietors
of barber shops, and pool rooms, these
gangs can Ite cleaned up or cleaned out.
This problem is one for all agencies that
are designed to serve and help our youth.
It demands attention now. It demands a
continuing patient and consecrated ser¬
vice. Without such service, we are going
to lose our youth to delinquency files
and improvement in race relations will
be .slowed down. Racial self-respect "id
be more difficult to attain and maintain.
The situation challenges our youth. It
challenges all who must share the re
sponsibility guiding them.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
ire h News
%*V N* •!•%* N* V V*!* %*VV N*
Bethlehem Bapl. Church
All services Sunday at Beth¬
lehem Baptist church were
! full of inspiration beginning
| with the Sunday school with
Supt. Bennett in charge. At
| the "morning worship Pastor L.
S. Stell spoke from the theme,
; ‘‘What we see depends the"'communion on what
| we are.” At
J service at ?: 30 p. m. his sub’
j ject was “The Courage of Con
j viction." The evening worship
| was largely attended Seven
j were baptized. The pastor’s
j sermon was very impressive.
The • Johnson Singers will ap-
! pear at’our church on April 19
and a fashion revue, sponsored
i by Mrs.. Elease Miller and Mrs.
Naomi Hayes, will be given on
April 21. The 48 states wedding
i will be given by the Young
People's choir on Monday night,
March 29, with Mrs. L. S. Stell,
director. Our church is obser¬
ving the 2nd pastoral anniver¬
sary of Rev. Stell all of this
week, closing out Sunday af¬
ternoon with Tremont Temple
Baptist church.
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Bethel AME Church
Crusade with Christ for a
Better Bethel" is being mani-
tested around Bethel AME
church. Sunday school was
held at 9:50 with Miss Julia
Mae Goethe, superintendent of
the Primary Dept., presidin
At the morning service Pastor
F. D. Jaudon spoke on tire
theme, “The Certain Man, the
Fig Tree, the Vineyard" The
BJP usher board served all
day and the Senior choir rend-
cred music. In the afternoon
the stewards sponsored a silver
; tea at .the YMCA. On Saturday
| evening^ the trustees sponsored
I an oyster roast at the Scout
Rooms just across from the ;
\ church. Ch last Monday even-
ing Evangelist Polite presented
’ .several groups of singers in a
’ battle of for the benefit
| song
of the stewards. Sympathy to
I the family of Mrs. Fannie Rey-
nolris-who passed on Saturday
and also to Mrs. Edna S. Ad¬
kins and Mrs. Reialia Wright in
the passing of their uncle and
cousin, respectively, in Hardee-
ville. S. C. on Saturday night..
Happy to see so many of the
members who were recently
shut-in out again, among them
Mrs. Mable Middleton. Mrs.
Frances Oliver and Mrs. Lillian
Outlet Those still in are Mrs.
Mary Jones. D. W. Hooks and
I Abraham Bryant,
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Metropolitan Bapt. Church
Sunday services at First Met-
ropolitan Bapt. church were
well attended. Pastor L G.
Gibbs in charge. Sunday school
met at 10 a.m. and at 11 a. m.
the pastor delivered an impres¬
sive sermon. At 3:30 p. m. Rev.
G. W. Jordan. Atlanta, pastor
of Olivet Baptist church, was
the speaker He was accompan¬
ied to tlie service by Rev. Miller.
Rev Jackson and Rev. H Wil¬
liams Our revival meeting wii!
be held April 5-23 preaching
by the pastor.
Pembroke Siadent Wins
Essay Contest
The essay. written by
Bunch, a senior at Pembroke
high school, won first place
over six other schoo's in the
' n > 01 ta; ’ e; ‘‘ a J’-
' "Religion, Key to Better Living."
Jbe Second \e ->'.ay District will represent in the
the stab
1 in Macon on April 2.
For the first time our school
f vos represented in the District
Fine Arts Festival. Tim play
rresented by our school won
, , 1 he
im ' title of the
p!ay was “ The Room Up Stair
The characters were; Gertie
Carter, Mary Smokes, Joe
Brown, Therneil Bacon, Eloise
Smith, I uethal Garrison and
Freddie Black.
Amis Dixon, a 10th grade
student, entered the spelling
eontesj and won third place
in the sixth school contest from
the district.
The school chorus will enter
the district musical festival at
Soperton on Friday, March, 28.
The PTA sent two delegates
to the PTA District Convention
at Perry Elementary school.
Brunswick. They were the lo^al
unit secretary, Mrs. Thelma
Fields, and Principal Leon
Dinsdo.
The Frocedure Book of Pem-
broke high school won first
place in the high school group
from 16 other counties repre¬
sentecl in the district. Other
delegates attending the meet-
'mg from Erven County were
Mrs. Camo'felJ. G. W. Carver
school: Mrs, Jennie Mae Moore
of Mil! Creek school; Mrs.
Clara Garrison, president of
Bryan County PTA Council.
The next district meeting will
be held in Wavcross, first week
in March, 1955.
Mrs. Mary Bush, president, of
the local unit, will represent
our unit at the State PI A
Convention to be held in Sav-
annah the week of April 12.
The Brvan County PTA C onn¬
f ‘il met at G. W. Cdrvcr school
Friday. March 12. Mrs. Gani;.-
on. president of the Council.
presiding. Mrs. Garrison was
elected delegat to represent tn<
Council at the State Convent-
ion in Savannah.
Mrs. Patterson and Mr.
c Pc Featured
(Continued from Page Five)
Stephen Lamb of Norfolk, Vir¬
ginia; Ernest Hays of Hampton
Institute, Hampton, Virginia.
He was a soloist with the choir
and male glee club.
He has studied voice in Le
Havre. France, with M. Tan-
bran, former French Cpera con-
dm tor He appeared m the
role of the messenger in the
opera Aida, at the Brooklyn
Academy of Music, with the
American Opera Company. H
has appeared in concert from
Connecticut to Mobile. Alabama.
He is at present an instruct¬
or at Savannah State college
and minister of music at But¬
ler's Presbyterian church.
Pennsylvania Hospital in
Philadelphia, is celebrating its
202nd anniversary. It is the old¬
est general hospital in the U. S.
l-IFers To
Participate In
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!
W. Bennett, poultryman for the
Extension Service.
The chicks arrived soon after,
and the 4-FI boys and girls be¬
gan carrying out the steps
outlined by Mr. Bennett in the
schools.
The project, sponsored by
the Sears, Roebuck Foundation,
calls for each participating
county to receive $40 to be used
as awards. The awards will be
made this fall when county 4-H
i poultry shows climax the year's
| work Counties in the chosen project. for the chain
this year, their county agents,
j and club members carrying the
project are as follows;
Bibb—J. M. Hill, county agent;
Anthony Jackson, Willie Col-
\ lins, Joe Collins, Andrew Bank
and Willie Patterson; Clarke—-
L. C. Trawick, agent;
| Brown, Buddy H. Freeman, Wil¬
lie Lee Mathis, Benjamin Smith
land Sarah Rucker; Decatur
K. S. Strong, agent; John Ar¬
thur Brown, Thomas E. Jasper,
Amos Breedlove, Jr.. Ernest
Tyler and Therman Sanders;
Emanuel — Woodrow Wilson,
agent; Marion Baldwin, Walter
Baldwin, Roosevelt Stokes,
Frank Culbreth, Jr., and Clar
ence Culbreth; Jenkins—E. R.
Gay, agent; Willie Mack Odom.
Clyde Way, Samuel Odom, Jr.,
J. B. Whitehead and McKinley
Williams.
Laurens — Luther Coleman,
agent; Leroy Stanley, Spincer
Edwards, James Baker. Ulysses
Banks and John Tillman;
Lowndes — J. W. Saunders,
agent; William Cooper, Willie
T. Small. A. J. Copeland. Tur¬
ner L. Williams and Ethridge
Williams; Walton—C. L. Lasse-
ter. agent; Gene Autry Brown.
John Bess, Mary Helen Bess.
Eugene Allen, Oscar Broughton,
Melton Head. D. B. Broughton
and Rutie Griffie: Brooks — J
B. Stevens, agent; Felton Val-
ease Thomas, Donal Hoilis.
Geggie Golden. Peter Jones and
Ralph Berry. Terrell County
also will be included in the
poultry chain,* but names of
participants are not yet avail¬
able.
Citizens Com¬
mittee Seek¬
ing
(Continued from Page One)
fraternal organizations and the
like, have ail been invited to
give their support to the “get
registered-to-vote" drive.
Committee Chairman Law is
urging the general public to
accept the challenge of the
Alt-Citizens Registration Com¬
mittee to enroll in an all out
effort to increase the number
of Negro voters. Since the time
is short, the public ,is invited
and urged to come to the meet¬
ing on next Wednesday night.
THURSDAY, MARCH 25, i ,;j-
Negro Newspaper Week Award
Edward R. Murrow, CBS Radio and CBS Television newseaMcr
(center left), receives one of the ten annual Russwurm Awards <>i
the National Newspaper Publishers Association from Dowdai II
Davis (center right), chairman of National Negro Newspaper Week
tin a CBS Radio broadcast Chicago Defender editor Louis Mai
tin (left) and New York Age general manager Julius J Adams
(right) join in citing Murrow as "an undeviating champion of those
high principles of citizenship and of true democracy that have made
the United States great" and for keeping “men constantly reminded
of their duty to decency and to destiny." Among other recipients
of the Russwurm Awards are President Dwight Eisenhower and
the Legal Dept, of the NAACP.
THE BUTTERFLY’S TRAIL
i Continued from Page Five i
Young appreciates the kind thoughts of his triends so
Mrs. Anita M. Stripling who has been confined to
gestures and are also looking forward to his recovery.
Charity hospital following an operation is now ut her
'on West Victory Drive and is recuperating nicely Her
friends also have showered her with many kind gesture
They have helped to speed her recovery.
Mrs. Henry Artis underwent an appendectomy last w<
j and is recuperating nicely.
Mr. Walter Hartwell is ill at his residence on W.
j street. X-Ray
Mrs. Josephine Chaney had to have an of one
her feet.
Mrs. Mattie Bell Curry of 139 President has broken her leg
Mrs. Roberta Spencer. R. N„ 1102 West Victory Drive
improving rapidly after a recent eye operation.
CORRECTION
We erroneously stated the rank of Lt. Clementine turner
; She is First Lieutenant and not .Second. She received
rating of First from the start of her careeer.
MRS. CAROLYN HAWKINS JOINS HUSBAND IN PI ! ILK)
Mrs. Carolyn Scott Hawkins left Savannah on
March 6, to board pianes at Jacksonville and Miami, Fin. on-
route to Puerto Rico to join her husband. A2-c John
j In a letter to her parents, Carolyn stated that cloth'
shoes are low priced but food and rent are high The
is beautiful and there is no segregation, said she. 'Jack"
stationed at Rerny Air Force Base, 2nd Crash Boat Flight.
Mrs. Emma Myers, Carolyn's grandmother, who has
making Philadelphia her home is now making her home her
in Savannah with her daugter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Thomas W. Scott, Jr. lAlzatac
MANY IIAPPY RETURNS
Mrs; Mattye Leftwich and Mrs. Helen Weathers :vi. brut
cd their natal days on March 13 and March 10 res)) ’ivcly
Here's wishing for them Many Happy Returns of the Day.
BLESSED PIUS X TO STAGE PASSION PLAY
The first Catholic Passion Play in many year to be
in Savannah is in production by students of Blessed Pius
High School, 703 E. Anderson. "Innocent Blood" is a Holy
drama never before presented in this area. Rich in
costumes of the earliest Christians, played before original
settings, and steeped in the story of Love and Sacrifie •
permeates all of Holy Week and Easter, the drama is
propriate to the Holy season.
The first presentation will be made on Passion
evening, April 4. at 8 p. m. on the stage of the City
Other performances will be announced later. The
of Blessed Pius X, under the tuteledge of Father
Burke, s. M. A., principal and the Franciscan Sisters who
the school, are in the final stages of rehearsal for the
ing play date. Tickets may be had at St. Benedict’s
556 E. Gordon, Phone 2-7251, or any member of the Parish.
ESTHER DeLOACH WATSON TO APPEAR IN RECITAL
Esther DeLoach Watson, Dramatic Soprano, will appear
concert recital at Second Baptist Church on Friday
April i), at 8 P. M. Do put this affair on your “Must
Her wonderful display of musical versatility and remrakable
cal grace wall be bound to make her appearance the hit
the season. This mother of three children studied at
Boston Conservatory of Music with the late Nellie
Reynolds and the Hartford Scho,J of Music under, Ivan
ikaniff, head of the voice department.
DELTAS PLAN FOR JABBERWOCK PROGRESSING
Many have begun asking about tickets for the
Jabberwock presented b.v the Deltas So. avoid the rush
securing tickets earlier The Jabberwock will be si
the vast audience. Many surprises are in L
date is April 23. A special door prize, a 21-inch TV set
be given at this year's performance. Any adult present
be eligible to receive this prize. Be sure to attend.
SORORITY LEADERS
HELP KNOXVILLE
(Continued from Page One)
of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.
Dr. Woolridge spoke on The
Giant Step" at Logan Temple
AME Zion church. While in
Knoxville she was guest of Mr.
and Mrs. James Hardy. Mr.
Hardy is principal of East Port
elementary school of Knoxville.
— (ANP)
MISS CHURCH TO AR-
DRESS ADULT GRADS
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ization.
Miss Church was the first
colored American woman to be
elected to the Republican State
•Executive Committee of Ten¬
nessee. She is the daughter of
the iate Robert R. Church, Jr.,
of Memphis, Tenn., widely
known Republican leader.
Some 54.000 towns and villages
in the U S. depend on highways
alone for transport service.
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