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FROM HERE, WHERE?
The election is over and viewing the
results from one point of view, one could
say that it was a dog fall, (hat is, the Re¬
publicans won the executive and (he Dem¬
ocrats won the legislative department of
g'overnment. While we are pleased that
Eisenhower and Nixon Were so handily
elected and proud of whatever small part
we had in it, we are disappointed that, the
«l<>feet ion of the Negro vote toward the
Republicans in certain pivotal states was
not large enough to win control of both
Houses of Congress. This situation could
result in a stalnialo to accomplishing leg¬
islation that is for the best for the coun¬
try.
Of course, we think of the possibility
♦ hat reactionary Southern politicians may
si ill haw an unhampered hand in defeat¬
ing civil rights legislation. That this has
been a likelihood all along during the cam¬
paign is tin' cause of our belief that Ne¬
groes outside the South, generally do not
appreciate the fact that the defeat of civil
rights legislation affects them almost as
much is it affects Negroes in the South.
However, (boro is left the hope that both
Republicans and Democrats will remem¬
ber the platforms they adopted at their
conventions and their campaign promises.
I loth declared themselves in favor of act¬
ing for the best interest of all the people.
airil <jjf equal opportunity and. treatment
for an Americans. They each boasted of
what they had done for Negroes. Negro
leadership. Republican and Democrat, has
an opportunity it has seldom, if ever, had
before to display its statesmanship. It ap¬
pears to us that intelligent leadership,
based on sincere interest in the .welfare
i»f Negro citizens, can bring about sig¬
nificant changes in the status of their peo¬
ple during tlA> next four years. Tty the
same token Negro leadership in the South
has good reason for trying, at least, to
convince the South that it can gain its lost
prestige and power in the Democratic
power by winning and keeping the Negro
voter for itself. From four to six million
Negro votes in the South, a potential
growing more and more interested and
mature, is a source of strength which
e.ithef party should court. It should he
quite clear that the Negro vote is becom¬
ing less and less in the bag. Where we ge
from here depends upon what happens in
the 85fh Congress.
EDUCATION WEEK
Then* has never been a time, when the
celt'll rat. ion qf Education Week was more
opportune and seriously necessary. There
are very many reasons why this is so. One
is, a significant section of the greatest
democracy on earth has committed itself
to the task of keeping alive a concept of
human relations that is contrary to the
purpose of education itself in a de¬
mocracy. And this concept is written into
the curricula of schools and colleges, sup¬
ported by the states, taught by precept
and example on the part of those who
plan-and carry out the policies governing
education, from the top administrators
through all levels of instruction and su¬
pervision, till of which seems to say educa¬
tion is against itself, abortive of its own
pit rpose.
Another reason perhaps for the first
time a mtvjor campaign issue in an elec¬
tion has been education. Roth parties have
jsiven considerable time to discussing the
High School Students
Attend Symphony Concert
The Savannah Symphony Or¬
chestra opened its fourth con¬
cert season Monday night with
a program, devoted entirely to
operatic music.
Chauncey Kelly, the director,
and all the musicians in the
orchestra received enthusiastic
applause for their unusual per¬
formance.
William Lewis, the guest tenor
soloist, won th# audience with
his rich voice which combined
volume and sweetness in an
exceptional manner. Mr. Lewis
sang Mozart's II mio tesoro
from ' Don Giovanni", Rossini’s
Languor per una bella from
'The Italian Girl in Algiers”,
Puccini's Recondito annonia
from "Tosca”, and Che gclida
marline from "La Bohcrjje”. As
an a encore, he sang Verdis' “La
donna < c mobile" from Itigolet-
to. t and 'Die Last Goodbye” by
Lewis-Wild. l
Tlic orchestral numbers on
th° t program included Rossini’s
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importance of education and the failure
of their opponents to provide adequately
for school needs. Doth parties include
planks dealing with it:
“The Republican Party is determined
to press all such actions that will help in¬
sure that every child has the educational
opportunity to advance to his own great¬
est capacity.” full
“Every American child . . . has
right under the law and the Constitution,
without discrimination, to every educa¬
tional opportunity for developing his po¬
tentialities . . Democratic platform.
The Republican Party “accepts the de¬
cision of the Supreme Court that racial
discrimination in publicly supported
schools must he progressively eliminated”
to he accomplished "with all deliberate
speed.” The Democratic Party asserted
that every American child, irrespective of
race or national origin, economic status
or place of residence, has full right under
the law and the Constitution, without dis¬
crimination to every educational opportun¬
ity for developing his potentialities.” and
“rejects all proposals, for the use of force
to interfere with the orderly determina¬
tion of these matters by the courts.”
Of course these platforms and state¬
ments wore made by platform committees
and concurred in by the convention with
reservations by certain representatives
from deep Southern states. These things
and the fact that there is great and grow¬
ing need for new classrooms—152,751 in
the South alone—give an importance to
education that has never been so widely
recognized before.
While local communities may focus
their attention on such important things
as the immediately visible outcomes of
teaching, curricular and extra curricular,
they may well consider means for carry¬
ing over some of the interest and enthus¬
iasm shown this week to the not too dis¬
tant time when fund.-, will have to be pro¬
vided to meet the needs for all our chil¬
dren in order that they, all of them, may
be prepared to assume their role as Amer¬
ican citizens, free, full and uninhibited.
We hope party platforms will be imple¬
mentation, that they will be more than
just words to lure voters with during the
campaign.
“ATLANTA NEGRO. ETC.”
East Friday night, the first Negro art¬
ist to sing a leading role with Metropoli¬
tan Opera, appeared as Hilda in Kigolotto.
Not only was Mattiwilda Dobbs the first
Negro artist to win this distinction, but
she was also the first Georgia woman to
have attained such eminence. She was
called back again and again to receive en¬
cores and received the unanimous acco¬
lades of music critics. Her triumph was
the coming true of the prophecies of her
first teachers, the fulfillment of her as¬
pirations and thi 1 reward of hard work
and study. It seems to its that one whose
performance merited the critics’ com¬
ments: “a beautiful voice,” “enchanting,”
ft voice of substance and quality,” "it
great artist,” deserved a better newspa¬
per headline. “Atlanta Negro in Leading
Role With Metropolitan” was a subtle de¬
precatory slant unworthy of good journal-
ism.
Miss Dobbs is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Wesley Dobbs tit Atlanta, to
whom we extend our congratulations upon
the signal achievement of Mattiwilda.
Magpie”. Wolf-Ferrari's
nezzo II from "The Jewels
the Madonna",
Polonaise and Waltz from
gene Onegin”, Wagner's
fried's Rhine Journey from
Twilight of the Gods”
Massenet's Ballet Suite
Le Cid "
The audience was
composed of white
However, the presence of
five colored students from
■Jasper county High School
Ridgeland, South Carolina,
companied by their
Paul Stewart, all sitting in
body partly made up for
lack of interest shown in
type of cultural
by Negro citizens.
mately twenty colored
of Savannah were present
cluding tctochers of
State College and
tives of the Savannah
Mrs. Turner Buries
Brother In Pennsylvania
Mrs. Clara H. Turner
to the city last week from
burgh, Pennsylvania, where she
buried her brother. She hist saw
this brother alive during her visit
to Washington last September.
The brother was born in Savan¬
nah about fifty-seven years ago,
thirty of which was spent in Pitts¬
burgh where he was known as
“Uncle Squatty." In order to pay
their last res put, several business¬
men closed their shops during the-
funeral. Last March he received a
watch for twenty years service at
Pittsburgh Coke and Chemical Co.
"Uncle Squatty” was noted for
| giving donations to the less fortu-
] nato and several youngsters owe
their success to him.
Besides his sister, he is survived
t by a niece/ Mrs. Maggie V. Gra-
| ham of Savannah; and a nephew,
| Michael Anglo Graham of Wash-
j ington, D. C.
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DeRenne School
DeRenne’s School Council
ficers, Chorus Members,
Scouts, Brownies and
who participated in the
Council Installation Services
tober 19.
Installation services at
were very colorful this year.
Leon D. MeCormae made a
to the officers and to the
audience while explaining
gavel and in administering
oath of office.
The work of the council has
ways I);■ i outstanding and th
year it. promises to lie be'tor
ever, The Girl Scouts and
play an important part on
program in general.
The main objective of
Brownie oommitie is to set up
program that will fill the
of each girl through; 1.
ing self confidence; 2.
progressive interest develop activities and as change; the
Develop leadership ability; 4.
velop -respect for the ability
others less gifted than herself;
Develop the ability to work
groups; ami 6. Develop the
to share with others.
New W. Sav’h School
AN ERA OF PROGRESS
The West Savannah School ha-
progressed from a long way. Wc
might compare ourselves with the
horse anil buggy days of yester¬
day to the streamline age of today.
A little less than twenty years
ago, \V-t t Savannah was a frame
building consisting of seven class¬
rooms and eight teachers with
meager conditions in comparison
with the conditions of today. The
pupils and teachers of this early
era had the desire to learn and to
better themselves. Even in thB era
with the slightly meager condi¬
tions special attention good was given
to the development of citizens.
Within the little frame building,
heat was evolved from round-
belly coal stoves. Situated inside
these seven rooms was dial) fur¬
niture. The pupils were taught to
appreciate the many wonders of
Mother Nature when brightly col¬
ored paints of green and yellow
were applied to the furniture and
many pretty plants were added to
the classrooms. This addition, even
though slight, denoted progress.
Four years ago a brick building
was constructed. This was surely
a dream come true. In addition to
the seven classrooms in the frame
building, we now have ten class¬
rooms; an all-electric kitchen ad¬
joining the all-purpose room which
had a two-fold use. cafeteria, as
well as assembly room; a double
office for the principal; a health
clinic; a teachers’ lounge and a
beautiful foyer at the entrance of
the main building. This bit of
progress was a God send. The
teachers and pupils made an all-
out effort to show their apprecia¬
tion for the beautiful building. If
a person visited the school they
were quite pleased with what they
saw for there was an aim of sin¬
cere hospitality and vivacious per¬
sonalities were hurstin gout all
over. Here was a three-fold prog¬
ress — construction, instruction
and personal development.
In the year 1956 our first school,
the frame building was demolished.
This was a time of mixed emo¬
tions with sadness for seeing a
replica demolished and gladness
for seeing a much needed building
being constructed. Teachers and
ihipils both cooperated beautifully
during this time. The purpose of
having a school and importance
of going to school was not forgot-
ten. Conditions were congested hut
the known outcome and the de-
sire to reach that outcome cause/1
the teachers and pupils to not lose
sight or forget that life-long de-
sire of self heterment. This one ex-
perience caused everyone to be
very much close to each other.
It is amazing how well the fam-
ily at West Savannah gut along
Gloria Harris, Chairman;
Shirley Gaither, and
Kubye Wright.
GIRL SCOUTS — United
Girl Scouting in the
j i States was organized for girls of
[age. from seven to eighteen years is
The Intermedia e program
j designed for girls from ten through
j I fourteen years of age. It was
founded in Savannah, Georgia,
by Mrs. Juliette Low, on March
I 12, 1912, with these objectives in
| mind: 1. To promote finer womanhood
I
| of girls from of seven 2. through To promote eigh¬
teen years age;
I self reliance ;n each girl; To
j In lp each girl become aware of her
j I abilities vclup skills and in talents; handicrafts 4. and To de-
na-
| lure study; 5. To help each girl
' become useful citizens in the com-
| J ihunity teous, by loyal, being friendly, trustworthy cheerful, com -
thrifty, clean, a d obedient.
Levincey Wright, chairman;
Drucilla Walker Hargreit
Nancy
! STUDENT COUNCIL:
The student council is such an
j I important school aspect and in in the the lives building of the of
ogetner during this time. One
tilling that was very significant
was the fact that everyone was
learning to instill within •them¬
selves the desire to be good citizens
which is a great necessity if we
expect to have a stronger Amer¬
ica and a world united in peace
On November 2, 195(5, our new
addition was complet'd; Tu teachers
and pupils entered it bubbling over
with joy and excitement. In this
addition we have a spacious li¬
brary; a beautiful multi-purpose
room and seven beautiful pastel
colored rooms.
The library is certainly wonder¬
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THIS IS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO:
1. Get permission from your parents to let you be a newsboy.
2. Come to the Savannah Tribune, 1009 West Broad Street, and apply for a job
selling the Tribune every Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
3. Ask all your friends, neighbors, teachers and schoolmates to buy a Tribune
from you every week.
THAT'S ALL TO IT
You will make money every week and have a chance to own this beautiful Schwinn
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THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
1009 West Broad Street
pupils, we contemplate the follow¬
ing objectives: 1. To develop lead¬
ership; 2. To develop good citizens:
3. To develop fair play; 4. T<
share responsibilities, activities and for 5. the To
he able to plan school.
improvement of the
Doris M. Hicks, Chairman
Lillie Linder, Secretary
Nancy Walker, Advisor
Jettie Adams, Advisor.
The third grade class of Mrs.
Grace Jenkins conducted assembly
! Wednesday, October 31. The pro-
I gram was centered around the sea-
| sons with emphasis on autumn and
I the various October events. Songs,
j poems, skits and dialogues depicted
) the events. Judith Ann Wilson
was outstanding as mistress of
| ceremonies. She sang, “Can A Lit-
j tie Child Like Me,” with the class
| singing the chorus. Our Rhythm
Band played “The Dance of Mex¬
ico.” Gloria Walker and JaCquelyn
Fuller played main parts on the
tambourines. The program ended
with a parade of Hallowe’en cos¬
tumes. Prizes were awarded for th,e
-Photo by Cecil
ful and much -needed addition.
The re are rows and rows of shelves
for many wonderful information
books. The room, itself, has an aim
of spaciousness, which is partly
manifested by the beautiful furni¬
ture and arrangement. This marks
our latest achievement in progress.
From the frame building to the
present building, West Savannah’s
foundation lias been based on God
and prayer with this great rev¬
erence for God, we feci that wc
have, been blessed with/the abun-
| dant progress that has been made.
^lAtTRDAY, NOV. 17, 1SS#
funniest. Our guests were children
from Jerusalem Kindergarten all
costumed. Mrs. Rouse and Mrs.
Beech were with them. Many of
>ur parents were present.
The regular P.T.A. meeting was
held on last Tuesday night with
the vice president, Mrs. Mary Mc-
Dew, presiding. Reports were made
of the.P.T.A. District Workshop,
which was held in Brunswick on
(Saturday, October 20 by the dele¬
gates, Mesdames Mary Matthews
and Drucilla Hargrett. Mrs. Lewis
announced that the Auxiliary of
Disabled Veterans will give a
scholarship to the Hbppy Home
School for mentally retarded chil¬
dren. Mrs. Laura Webb’s class re¬
tained the banner for having the
largest number of parents present.
Inez Burns and James DeLorme,
Jr., of the Public Relations Group,
accompanied by their advisor, Mrs.
Sadie Cartlt'dgc, attended a meet¬
ing at the T.B. Association Head¬
quarters on last Thursday.
The Gra-Y boys of DeRenne held
their installation services in the
school’s auditorium on Thursday,
November 8, with James Holmes
serving as master of ceremonies.
The address was delivered by Nor¬
man Elmore, principal of Gadsden
School. Mr. Elmore placed empha¬
sis upon the important role of
Christianity in the Gray-Y pro¬
gram.
DeRenne Students
Visit Tribune
The editorial staff of tlie
DeRenne Dispatch visited the
Savannah Tribune on Tuesday
of this week. The group was
composed of eighteen students
representing the third through
the seventh grades at DeRenne
Elementary School and their
three advisers, Mrs. Sadie
Cartledge, Miss D. Hicks and
Miss D. Wells.
A brief history of the Tribune
was given the students by the
oubtisher before they toured
the plant and saw the many
activities that go into the print¬
ing and publishing of a news-
naoer. ;
The next issue of the Dc-
Renne D ! 'natch is due Novem¬
ber 20th. This is a sturlen'
publication in mimeographed
form.
Morance PTA Holds
Meeting
Florance Street School PTA
held its November meeting on
'ast Tuesday. The program con-
■iisted of a playlet centered
around American Education
Week by Mrs. M. L. Hart's 7th
grade class. Theme, “Schools
tor a Strong America,” was por¬
trayed with speeches and songs.
The boys and girls of Mrs. S. J.
Reeves' class of Alfred E. Beach
tigh school presented a pane!
discussion on 'Juvenile Delin¬
The students stressed
importance of unity in tire
school, church and com¬
in combating delinquent
Miss Annette Kennedy
as narrator. Other pan¬
members were Laura Greene,
Simmons, Juanita
Wilma Rhaney and
Carter. Following the
there was a question
answer period.
Mrs. Hait’s class won the ban¬
for the largest number of
present.
G. Haynes FTA
Oldest In Georgia
Alfred E. Beach High School
it gratifying to have the dis¬
of sponsoring the oldest
Club in the state of Geor¬
The charter for the dub was
on November 16, 1918.
The Future Teachers of Amer¬
movement grew out of the
Mann Centennial in 1937,
it was established by the
Assembly. It is carried on
a cooperative project by the
and its affiliated state and
associations.
Students who become members
the club are encouraged to pur* /
courses of study and to cuIti-W
qualities of personality and *
which are necessary to
successful teachers. The
enables the teaching profes¬
sion to develop selective recruit¬
programs, to offer potential
cache is appropriate experiences
0 help jJwm develop readiness for
pjRgrams of teacher edu¬
and to achieve and main¬
a balanced supply of qualified
W. Dickerson Donnelly pioneer¬
'd in the establishing of the club
Alfred E. Beach and became its
, irst adviser. The club was named
or the late Martin G. Haynes who
-erved as an instructor and prin-
ipal of the former Ucaeh-Cuyler
1 igh School. Raymond Knight was
iie club’s first president. Mr.
tonnelly served as adviser until
ic culminated his teaching career
t Alfred E. Beach. Mr. Don-
iclly, who became alumni secrc-
irv at Fisk University,, wa.-j, sqe-
eeded by Mrs. Esther B, Ijardcn
s club adviser. , , ,,
Officers of the club for the
• resent school year are: President,
Elizabeth Pryor; Vice-President,
letty Williams; Secretary, Fran¬
cs Andrews; Historian, Frankie
.Villiams; Treasurer, Wilhelmina
Vnderson; Chaplain, Gug. Joliuspn;
teporter, Doris Knight; Adviser,
Csthcr B. Harden Principal, O^-L.
•ouglas.
Former members of the Martin
j. Ilaynes Club have been active
their college and the State
Program, since completing
heir high school work. These stu-
lents have begun what promises
o be very successful careers in
teaching profession.