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(Editor’s Note: I he guest editorials below were written in interest of American Edu¬
cation Week, November 8-14, in which Chatham County Public Schools will participate.
See pages 6 and 7 in this issue). ,
THE CHILD-THE VALUE OF EDUCATION TO HIM
Hy Mrs, Irma S. Fields »
Jeanes Supervisor, Chatham County Schools
I share the belief that every child is
made in the image of C.od—and, is entitl¬
ed to the kind of educational opportuni¬
ties that will allow him to grow intellec¬
tually, culturally, and spiritually to the
limits of his capacity.
We live in an age when formal educa¬
tion is more important, more significant
than at any time in recorded history. In
mor-' and more occupations and vocations,
a college dogree is a requisite for the be¬
ginner. This is an age when knowing
how to get along with others is a kevnote
to success. This is an age, too, of nu¬
clear weapons and satellites.
The child of todav is the greatest pro¬
duct of this age. Tt is he, not his sires
nor grandsires, who will inherit everv
snark of good and evil which th f * present
dav nuclear weapons and satellites pro¬
duce.
11 iW WHAT’S GOING
>Jr , ON IN YOUR SCHOOL TONIGHT?
Jon iiy Rev. P.
E. Quarterman
Harcing .something to do. preferably for
profit, is a leading motif in American
culture. This holds true for most men
?nd women for some period of their lives.
Plavbovs and ladies of leisure are sus¬
pects in a social order which has no use
for “drones.” The Paradox for the old¬
er worker is that this is the role which
has been established for them. When
a man or a woman reaches a certain age
often times he or she is compelled to re¬
tire fmm competition.
Here-to-fore there has been scant at¬
tention paid to the economic and social
changes thaf^ are taking place around us.
Thpre are going on now some encouraging
signs that educational groups have sensed
the trend and have started ways to he
of help to those who have not com¬
pleted their education. Education in it's
real meaning today is a process which
aids human beings of all ages to adapt to
other human beings and to the demands
of cation society. Up to a few vears ago, edu¬
has been used primarily in the
formal sehool systems to prenare vouth
for adulthood. The use of education in
a less formal way, to help adults adjust
to the changing pattern of their envir¬
onment and to continued growth as indi¬
viduals, is a new frontier.
More and more people are learning that
learning is not a static nroce«s and that
thev must keep up the learning process,
or thev will lose out. They must learn
in order to cope with the new scientific
developments that are making their job
and their lives more complicated. Learn¬
ing helps men and women to get along
with other people in their own family, in
the next house, in the next block and on
the next continent.
One of the finest things that our ed¬
ucational system has realized has been
our need for adult education. The
public school adult education program has
as its goal an unceasing effort to improve
the quality of American citizenship. There
are classes, forums and lectures on civic
affairs. There are also classes on Amer-
Russia Discussed
ATLANTA, (ANPi— If
who have espoused communism
knew what Huas.a is ra.„ y „ko.
they would find that the things
which they are fighting for do
not exist in Russia. John II
Johnson said at the Atlanta
University Charter convocation .•
____ Whatever the difficulties , r*, the al--
America^ NegrOnha^^mey ^are
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JUI111SUI1 Tnhnson Publishing ruuuaimiE, company ^ * J
stated
Basing u- his conclusions nn insioms on on his his
observations on his recent trip
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vene Nov. 28 on the campus of
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An educated child will be a ready
competitor for his inheritance, because
he is miraculously made. He is a com¬
plex of all that is good and much that
is bad. He takes life as he finds it. and
fashions it to suit himself, unless he is
carefully trained or directed.
Without guidance or an education, by
the time he reaches adolescence, he rush¬
es into unexplored depths of self destruc¬
tion. He pursues, with feverish haste,
alluring nnths of forbidden pleasures.
The child who is adiusted to life, nre-
Par»d vocationally, able to do critical
thinking, equipped to employ his talents
and timo educated for peace and leader¬
ship, will assume responsibility gladly
along with hi« seniors in helping to bet¬
ter world conditions.
An EDUCATED CHILD is one of
America’s needs.
icanization for the foreign-born for eiti-
zenship and other valuable community
services.
Each year, thousands of voting neo-
pie “drop out” of school before finishing
high school. The adult evening school
affords them an opportunity to complete
their education. In the study of the
Liberal Arts, an adult learns to under¬
stand himsdf and the universe in which
he lives. Philosophy, psychology, science,
anthropology, literature, fine arts, histo¬
ry, economics, foreign languages are
parts of the adult education programs.
Older people who have been busy
oarnir" a living or rearing their families
are able, under the public school adult
education, to improve their ability to
keen un with technological advances in
their fields or learn new skills. These
new skills take (he place of abilities
which are no longer in demand. Young
adults are learning a trade to become
more useful to themselves and to society.
Thev have become aware of the great
peed for vocational training in a rapidly
changing technical age.
There was a time mature people dread¬
ed the idea of growing old and useless,
biit our spplnr citizens pm learning to
eniov “The Golden Years.” There is
open to our senior citizens opportunities
to learn new skills. Thev can learn leath-
erwork, furniture repairing, wood carv-
i”g. dressmaking, iewelrv making, nee¬
dlework, model building, ceramics, plastics,
notterv making and manv other skills.
We are told that age is relatively unim¬
portant for the man or woman who de¬
sires to learn new trades.
You can do something about your own
personal educational needs. Investi¬
gate. “WHAT’S GOING ON IN YOUR
S( HOOL TONIGHT.” Make known your
.own need and desire for further educa¬
tion. The principal or any of the teach-
ers can help you in your search for new
skills or the completion of your education.
to Russia where he
nied Vice President Nixon’s
*. aohnaon tottnd man,
ceptions about the status of
American Negro in Russia.
I ter ter Interviewing interviewing Negroes Negroes
had gone to live in Russia,
i decided it took long for
as
Negro to +/, become U -- ..... - a - plain
] nan as i^did^him to
reasons I'pasnn? to tn fr\r try to in 'mnpnwn improve
picture ' of * the colored
throughout , the , world. , . Even
France Fiance and and in in South Smith America
where there is supposedly
ter is Beta Phi, located on
campus.
\y oman Judge
.
JWOrn III
PHILADELPHIA,
Juanita Kidd Stout,
nia’s first Negro woman
discrimination on the bas’
p s tlon hol ds » >»-.!
j ’ * the poor-;
es . , ,aclt !
' ,0 s ’ education,
The The American American Negro _____a! must
I make American svstem ! ;
work rather than ' trv y to lo p get a, 1
new system, . according to John-! 1
son. ^“We must work IndMdu-
done ^ being!
- ____ now about , racial prob-1
lems here line than man ic IS being done j
about .
any sochl probD '
I ““’’l P r01 >iems In ■
other parts of the world,” he ;
said. |
was court sworn bench in to the Municipal|
recently.
The Oklahoma born Mrs.!
Stout, wife of professor at!
Maryland State university. Dr.
Charles O. Stout, was appointed!
by the governor to fill the va-j
eancy caused by the death of
Judge Herbert E. Millen.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
Close The Link in America and Latin America Will Then Understand
Hesburgh Urges Racial Accord
CHICAGO (ANP)—
President Eisenhower has
civil rights the greatest
issue confronting the
Fr. Theodore M. Hesburgh,
’ * P ro ’ sident N°t re
ame un versi y anc a menu
of the U s. Civil Rights * ig h s
issued * ut u a u pom . c ,
- for - interracial justice in
speech before the Catholic
of Chicago Sunday.
Addressing a capacity audi¬
at the 12th annual commu¬
breakfast of the Council in
grand ballroom of the Sher¬
Towers Hotel, Father Hes¬
called upon Americans in
and Catholics in parti¬
to practice And riot mere¬
preach the doctrine of broth¬
love. He drew this analogy
Christianity in theory
practice in the area of social
“I have always found it
that so many
can' be so good in
causes and many ways;
to their- wives and chil¬
yet so unconcerned and
wrong about social justice.”
He was also critical of those
who want to accept
but not all of Catholic doc¬
rejecting its demand for
for all. “No one has to
to the Catholic faith,”
stated, “but if you do, you
lief fow. take all — 11 of it, not _ nt part. , . „
Must Must Learn i.earn To To Live l ive Together Together
In the warm and illuminat¬
extemporaneous speech, he
no reference to the ac¬
work of the Civil Rights
instead centering his
on Christian principles.
quoted often from the Bi¬
ble, noting that Christ spoke
Between The lanes
Bv Gordon Hancock (For Associated Negro PressJ
Task Of Negro Leadership
It is more than passing
that the cradle of
enterprise was not in
“Freedom’s Birth place,”
was forcing upon them
were very heroes who laid
foundations such of the Negro en_ !
as once fa¬
True Reformers. They,
111 ..-] „,!a with v, an - a. amazing ___ display;
^’ X WhiCh
c d
app P |'Qo , j*p a g of Negro cn-i
which is sorely needed,
, o" Those foundations' men and . women:
“ laid a d the the fou " datlons of of 1
vigor.
Just as the True Reformers;
built by a great Ne-;
leadership, it failed for the
of great leadership. At
writing the old True Re-'
hall in Richmond is
razed.
The once Great True Re-
words of brotherhood .at the
first communion breakfast the
night before he died.
Father Hesburgh drew ap
piause when he told how he
braided a young woman
objected to Negroes
! Notre Dame. “Notre
the woman had said, “was
good for Negroes.” But
Hesburgh reminded her
heaven is “the best place”
Negroes arergoing there
as to Notre rx„ Dame. - TT- He told
breakfast audience:
“You better think about
ing with Negroes all around
you are going to be awfully
happy when you get to heaven,
Also appearing briefly on
program was U. S. Sen.
Douglas of Illinois, who
FathRr Hesbur gh for his
ership and sound
, which , . , resulted
I in an
unanimous report of the
commission. In a proposal to
commission last spring,
Hesburgh recommended
Negro and white realtors
on real estate boards
to solve racial housing .prtob-
lems, through negotiation,
derstanding and good will
Another leading
was Father John La Farge,
J., 79, priest-author, and found
er of the Catholic
movement. He and two
1 , received the Council’s
Thomas J. Crowe awards f
outstanding work, in the
o frace relations. The
were State Sen. John P. Meyer,
39, of Danville, 111., who
honored for his fight on
of an FEPC bill in the
Senate, and Michael E.
21, a Notre Dame law student,
formers organization is but
memory of its glory of being
first great example of the Ne-
pro's organizational ability
which will not fade from
MTS
were matters of leadership.
c AmA VAOr , atrn
” ^
union offered un extension
course in social psychology in
Suffolk. I was sent to give
thp the' flk^L^revealed
folk,
^ the banks several mi
Hons of dollars. There arose
O a elnmnur cia mour fnr ior n a Mpprn Negro honk Dante +n to
handle some of the Negroes’
monev The organization euTcted of a
bank was
the matter of president was
soon forced to the fore.
A successful business man
was proposed, but turned down
forthwith because of his
ed knowledge of handling
ey. The principal of the el-
ementary school was proposed
and he was voted down for
reason. The city’s only
for promoting a program for ra¬
cial understanding.
Wants Anti-Bias Groups
In _______ accepting the award, neeV Fath-
e r La Farge cited the for
i southerners to fight hostile lo.
| cal legislation with “integration
! councils,” to be formed under
, Providentially appointed integra-
llon committees.
| In some Catholic circles, he 1
said broader policy ^ needed, 1
a _’i
both on the nat j ona ] and par
levels He specifically j-g.
ferred to the Knights of Co.,
‘ lumbus, parishes in northern
j metropolitan areas and hospi _
,
tals and sch0ols for nurses .
j training. Concerning the I
Knights of Columbus, he said:
“We badly need a new and
j enlightened f policy on the part j
0 the 1.000 000 national C-atho-
. bc organizations ....even though,
j some fragments of its honor are
j saved by the interracial mem
i | b ership of some of its individu-
a! ] oca j c0UnC ii s »
Father Gerald Lewis, S. V. D.,
! who made headlines some I
I mont hs
i white Catholic parishioners
from saying Mass in a church
al ^ esud Bend. La., said the
g race before breakfast.
prior to the breakfast, coun¬
j c n members and friends attend-;
pd a solemn High Mass cele-
lhr ' brate „ t - d H by hv «»,. Msgr. Daniel nn „ iBl M. i\/r cant- rant | 1
well. chaplain of the council, in
Hol Name cathedral. I
1 ;
[ Music for the communion-,
breakfast was provided by the
Alvernia high school glee club, i
which performed splendidly un-'
der the direction of Sis. M. Mar- 1
cena, O. S. F.
physician proposed and al- 1
was
so voted down as being well-,
skilled skilled in in medicine the knowledge but poorly of; j
_ ;
handling their million dollar
enterorise ^ ' | I
,./ Tne bp board boa rd of of directors Rectors final- final
d cidpd , , f , lla ^ nl V j
'
j one ' Cgro in Suffolk the p
’
b .. .
j ™ 1 course, the bank came to |
1 have' :
i ^-------- grief and what y-------------- more could
een expected a board of
Trustees so naive as to elect a!
| janitor as president, because he!
knew banking as a result of
whitebTilt Ch ° reS ar ° Und
J We have today about the coun-!
| I 1 tl 1 y y many fine examples of sue-
cessful Negro banking. The
, -
I success snoops'; of 01 thpse tnese hanlra bangs is is n a mat mat-| |
| ter of Negro leadership. In the 1
past much of the Ne-ro’s en-
terprise has been rooted in the
Negro’s resentment of segrega-,
tion and its evil concomitants.
other words in the past the
Negro’s frame of reference has
been segregation, just
as our nation’s gre a t est
frame of reference has
been the doings of Soviet Rus-1
But what we must bear
in mind is that race pride as
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1959
Taxpayers Association
October 31, 1959
Mr. John W. Carswell
Chairman
Savannah Improvement
Committee
220 E. 45th St.
Dear Mr. Carswell:
The Directors of the Tax
Payers Association of Chatham
Conuty have instructed me to
write you this letter.
As you know, our association
is deeply interested in any tax
matters which concern this
community.
In spite of those who dislike
us, we are r.ot aligned with any
political organization.
We probably have made mis¬
takes. That is a human error.
But what mistakes we have
made, have been mistakes of
the heart.
We have no quarrel with
you individually. We recognize
your ability, your sincerity and
ycur integrity. We realize that
you honestly feel it is for the
best interests of this commun¬
ity that the bond issue pass.
We have reached no conclus¬
ion yet because the answers
which we have propounded to
the Mayor and Aldermen ten
days ago remain unanswered
and unpublished.
Without detracting from
your acknowledged ability, we
feel that having devoted stuff/
to the tax problem for many
years, we certainly know at
least as much about the finan¬
cial problem of Savannah as
ycu or any member of your
Committee.
We recognize that you have
wie'ded together two powerful
political machines to aid in the
bond election. However, neither
force nor pressure will swerve
us from our purpose to present
the facts to the people of Sa¬
vannah and if we conclude that
the 1)01111 issue is not for their
best interest, we shall do as we
have done heretofore and
fight entrenched power, if
necessary. Those who know us
know the truth of this state-
m ent.
We have very patiently awai-;
Aldermen ted a reply but of time the Mayor is running and J
out In order for people to in- |
telltgently vote on the bond;
issue, they must have the facts. |
There are other issues in a
bond issue besides the question
as to whether the money is
needed. There are questions
whether the person borrowing
the money can afford to bor¬
row it, whether they have the
capacity to repay it, and whe¬
ther their spoken woed can be
trusted. We asked the Mayor and Al- j j
dermen such questions as j
these: j
1. Do you propose to charge!
us again like you did last time j
for managers to make sure that j
the count . is . an , honest . one. |
The last bend issue shows the
necessity neceaSliy of 01 having MVin f such sucn a a
group ' Certainly, the Mayor
and A Mermen by their recent
tactic ' s in tr ymg to pressure
and frighten the Clty em'ploy-
ees 111 voting t be bond issue
have shown that they are too
partisan to be entrusted with'
P lc kmg disimeiested managers
r - ection tb ey had three man-
welJ prejudice . be
as race can an,
effective frame of reference. 1
Building up and maintaining!
resentment against prejudice!
and segregation ought to be
but building up a race
pride as well as race prejudice |
—
—a,, pride ? at a ev^tuates ------a in a to _ .. Ne. |
gro enterprise ought not to be j
left undone - ,
Tbose bl S league Negro base-f
Players who participated so j
0 ^ 00 ? olhy 1 played to [
opposition from scoring but 1
w ent about scoring them-j
and covered themselves j
baseball glory Neal and
two homc runs in one e ame
not a defensive matter but
offensive one.
All of the energies of current
are concentrated on
a resentment of seg-| I
but the race needs
leadership in the ways and j
of earning and spending j
Negroes need Negro-!
job opportunities and i
in thrift and efficiency.|
Whose business is this?
agecs and finally gave us one
at our expense.
2. We asked other questions
like, how much money do you
owe banks? How much bond
and revenue certificates do you
now owe? How much do you
now have to pay annually to
amortize the same? How much
money have you already bor¬
rowed for u. ban renewal and
how much money do you in¬
tend to use in that particular
group? And such other perta
nent questions the people in
Savannah are enitled to know.
In this bond election although
the Mayor says he is only bor¬
rowing $300,000 for urban re¬
newal in the designation of
improvements for streets, water
and sewe.age, we notice that
about half of that money is
also going into the. urban re¬
newal area. In other words, the
City is plowing in over a mil-
| lion dollars cf proposed bond
money into urban renewal ar¬
rangements instead of the
$300,000 that they are adver¬
tising they are borrowing.
We are addressing this letter
to you because we trust that
you have the authority to com¬
pel the City to make a full
disclosure of what we want.
Also, for the City to decide
whether they wish to give
those who question them the
j right to rep esentation in the
boxes to see that repeating
and ringing is kept at a mini-
mam and that the count is an
honest count.
One of the evils that follow
in the wake of political ma-
chines are ballot manipula-
tions and we wish to avoid this
in Savannah, if we can.
The truthfulness and the
sincerity of the answers to our
questions will dete mine whe¬
ther Savannah is to have a
bond issue without opposition
or a bitter fought bond elec¬
tion.
Perhaps the Mayor and Al-
dermen are smug and feel that
they can ram this bond issue
through by seeing that pub¬
licity to its opponents is smo-
thered. Today, news can be
distributed to the public, with-
out the use of the newspapers
if necessary,
We feel that if America is
to have a free press, then the
news columns should be free
to both sides, something which
is lacking here at the present
time.
We shall take to the ai;, to
the streets and shall button-,
hole the citizens if necessary
in their homes and on the
highways to carry o,ur message
to them if we are forced to do
this. This is not a thr eat. I
cannot .speak for the Tax Pay-
ers Association. I do know they
are keenly interested in this
election and feel that they
would like to have this infor-
mation ,. . before „ making , . the de-
cision.
I am writing you in a spirit
of candor and sincerity be¬
cause I accept your statement
that you wish this bond elec¬
tion to be fairly and honestly
held and the votes cast fairly
counted without any if's and’s,
or but’s.
Ycurs very truly,
AARON KRAVITCH
Atty. for Tax Payers Assn.
Qmeffas Plan .
p. December , Conclave ,
DURHAM, N. C. (ANP> -The
Hotel New Yorker will be the
slte of the meeting when del-
egates of the Omga Psi Phi fra-
tSTSSZZ SSi It
cessfty.” » « I
Speakers during the four day
meeting will be Dr. I. G. New-
ton, grand basileus who will
preside at the formal opening
of Tndianap!
olis, who will speak at the
plenary session; H. Carl Moul-
trie III, national executive sec-
retary, and the Rev. H. Father
Farrell who will conduct
special memorial service.
SSC Practical Nurses
Meet at YMCA
The First District Practical
Association will meet
Nov. 11, at 6 p. m.
the West Broad Street YM
Plans will be made for the
workshop. Mrs. Edna
is president.