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WASHINGTON, D. C. — The
252 chapters cf Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority are speeding
money and gifts to Petersburg.
Virginia, where their national
public service Sorority will hold
a Christmas pa-ty for the 57
members of “The Lost Class of
Prince Edward County High
School.”
This ‘lost class” which Delta
honors is the county’s senkr
class, among the 1700 Negrc
pupils left schoolless this year
when county officials closed
public schools rather than obe\
the 1954 United States Supreme
Court integration order.
Highly critical of the injus
tice dealt the students, Delt r
is giving the party to express
appreciation for the valiant j
efforts and sacrifices of the
children and parents of Princr
Edward County High School.
The party is also Delta’
means of honoring its nation¬
wide responsibility and com
f mitmcnt to democ'atic and or
V derly methods of achievin'-
.human rights for ail pecole
said Dr. Jeanne L Ncble. Del
tas national president, who i
alro an associate professor ir
the Guidance and Human Rr
lations Department of Nev
York University.
Christmas before last Delt'
gave a party for the nine stu¬
dents and Mrs. Daisy Bates whr
braved the Little Rock schoo’
integration crisis.
Last Christmas the 25.000-
merwber sorority gave a party
to launch a national drive tr
equip a maternity wing for
Chania Medical Center, Afri¬
ca's first- native-operated hos¬
pital, located in Kenya,
Supporting Scholarship Fund
High Court 'Gives Nod* to
Nashville's Plan
WASHINGTON, D. C.— (ANPi
— The “year-by-year” school
desegregation plan initiated by
the Board of Education of
Nashville, Tenn., has in effect
received the nod from the
United States Supreme Court.
The District Court’s approval
of the plan was allowed to
stand when the high court re¬
fused, Monday, to review the
appeal. While the Justices
agreed that the District Court
retained jurisdiction cf the ac¬
tion during transition, three
members of the high tribunal
contended that they should hear
arguments on the Constitution¬
NEWLY ELECTED officers
the Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools are
top row, as they assembled fol-
lowing the banquet session
their 26th annual
in Louisville, Kentuckyr
ly. From left they are
HFRRY CHRIiHIY« TO II ■
This year's party is expected
be even more successful than
others.
Approximately 300 persons
been invited to attend the
event to be held Sunday, Dec.
20, at Gillfield Baptist church
in Petersburg.
Chartered buses will trans¬
port the students from an as¬
sembly point in Farmville to
the Pe’ersburg party scene.
On hand to greet the stu-
lents ar.d parents will be p.o-
ninent individuals from Virgin-
a ard elsewhere, including in¬
structors who taught them at
he new closed Prince Edward
County High School—and also
elected prominent high school
trdents frem Petersburg to
-erve as hosts.
Arriving simultaneously with
the gifts from Delta chapters
will be chapter donations for
the Scholarship Fund for Vir¬
ginia Students.
This fund was spearheaded
by the National Council of Ne-
;ro Women to help defray
->ducaticnal expenses of Prince
Edward County students anc
others in Virginia when faced
by similar school closing.
Twenty-seven members of the
lost class” are working toward
O’T'p'et'cn of their high school
studies at Kt'.treu rubege ir.
North Carolina. Most of them
ire being f'nanced by the
Tince Edward County Chris¬
tian Association, which was
formed to meet the school cri¬
sis.
The Association's president js j
the Rev. L. Francis Griffin of
Farmville, who will deliver j j
greeting remarks to the stud-
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al validity of the plan.
Three Justices Dissent
These three dissenters—Chief
Justice Earl Warren and Asso¬
ciate Justices Douglas and
Brennan — were specifically
concerned with the Constitu¬
tionality of that provision of
the plan which stated that it
“explictly recognized race as an
absolute ground for the trans¬
fer of students between schools,
thereby perpetuating rather
than limiting racial discrimin¬
ation.”
The 6-3 denial of the petition
Continued on Pagp Four
W. E. Combs, specialist, secon-
dary education, Department of
Education, Tallahassee, Fla.,
first vice president, Dr. S. M
Nabrit, president Texas South-
ern Univeisity, Houston; sec- j
| ond vice president, S. A. Cain.!
| principal, Morristown, Tenn.,
New Made at Charity Hospital
I)r, I. D. Williams
Superintendent
Dr. S. M. McDew, Jr.
Chief of Obstetrics &
Gynecology
At the December meeting of
Hospital ““ tne following staff of appoint- Charity j
ments were made: !
Louisville Lawyer
Honored by ABA
iLOUISVILLE— < ANP 1 — Atty.
S. A. Burnley, prominent Negro
lawyer of this city, was recently
named a member of the Hear¬
ing Examiners committee of
the American Bar Association
for 1959-60.
Burnley who has practiced
law in Kentucky for many
years, is grand chancellor of
the Knights of Pythias of Ken¬
tucky.
He was also appointed an
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and secretary-treasurer, Dr. L
S. Cozart, president, Barber-
Scotia College, Concord,
Carolina. In bottom panel is Dr
Kenneth I. Brown, standing,
executive director, Danforth
Foundation, St. Louis, as he ad-
dressed the banquet session .
Dr. H. M. Collier
Chief of Staff
Dr. It, \Y. Moore
Asst. Chief of Surgery
Chief of Staff, _ Dr. H.
Collier, Jr.; Chief of Surgery &
Secretary, Dr. Carl R. Jordan;
chief of Medicine, Dr. Clarence
Prince Hall Masons
To Attend Pres. Tubman’i
inauguration in Liberia
NEW ORLEANS — (ANP) — |
Announcement was made this.
week by O. C. W. Taylor, direc¬
tor of public relations for the
Prince Hall Masons conference
grand masters and Supreme
that Prince Hall Mas¬
would have official repre¬
sentation at the inauguration
President William V. S. Tub-
and Vice-President Wil¬
R. Tolbert, Jr., in Monro¬
Liberia, on January 4.
will be the fourth term
President Tubman.
Both President Tubman and
- President Tolbert are
Hall Masons. The presi¬
had the thirty-third de-
iContlnned on Page Four 1
Seated from left are Mr. combs,
retiring president. Dr. James A.
Colston, president, Knoxville
College, Tennessee; Dr. Benja-
j min E Mays, president, More-
house College, Atlanta, who in-
traduced the speaker, and Dr.
D r. Cozart.
Dr. Carl K. Jordan
Chief of Surgery
and Secretary
Dr. W. G. Tyson
Asst. Chief of Medicine
Gosha, Chief of Obstetric ■
& Gynecology, Dr. S. M, Me-1
Dew, Jr.; Assistant Chief of
Surgery, Dr. R. W. Moore; A
PRESENTS CHECK — In the
above picture Loui: P. McLen¬
don, chairman of the Child
Welfare Committee of the Wil¬
iam P. Jordan Post 500, Ame¬
rican Legion, is shown present¬
Phi Beta Sigmas
Meet Dec. 27-39
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Phi Beta Sigma fraternity, na-
tiionally known Greek
organization, will hold its 45th
annual conclave here in the
Nation's Capital, Dec. 27-30 at
he Willard hotel.
The convention speaker
be the Hon. Arthur 3, Fleming,
of the Department of I
Health, Education and
He will address a public melt¬
ing Sunday, Dec. 27, in Rankin
Memorial chapel Howard Uni¬
versity and he will speak on the
fraternity’s conclave theme
“Preparation for Economic and
Social Security in an integrated
A meeting of the General
Fkard has been called for De¬
26 at the Willard ho¬
tel. headquarter; of the group.
The conclave will open Sunday.
December 27, when delegate.-)
will make a pilgrimagi to the
graves of Founder A.
Taylor and charter member M.
T. Walker, at the Lincoln Me¬
morial cemetery.
Immediately following the
Public Meeting Sunday the
delegates will be feted with a
“bait-a-Date" party.
Business sessions will begin
Dr. Clarence Ft. Gosha
Chief ul Medicine
Dr. S I Frazier
Asst Cbiel of Obstetrics
& Gynecology
sistant Chief of Medicine, Dr.
w. G. Tyson; A i.slant Chief
Continued on Page. Four)
Photo by Ben law
a check to a upie mtative
ul the Cliri. tma Storking Fund
to help them In their assist¬
ance to needy families during
the Christmas season.
1 i 2<l with an
hr , ion planned for 1:30 p. m.
On Tue ,uay, Dec. 29, business
sc- duns will Include national
Continued on Page Seven
THE WORLD FAMED track and
Olympc- • t,ai, Oven;, sec¬
ond from right, wa, guest
;(maker at tin Norfolk. Gridiron
Bportc rnan.. Clubs annual ban¬
quet recently honoring the area
high school football champions
The Alonzo F. Cathey Memorial
NAACP to Hold 50th
NEW YORK Executive Sec¬
retary Roy Wilkins and other
NAAf't’ staff members will re¬
port on the As ,Delation’s activ¬
ities during 1959 at. the 50!h
annual meeting of the Nation¬
al l\ -soeiaUon lor the Advance-
merit of Colored People here,
January 4.
The meeting, open to officers
and members of the Associa¬
tion, will bo held In the audi¬
torium at the NAACP national
office, 20 West 40th street, be¬
ginning at 10 o'clock In the
morning.
The mpoi I,, will cover the
program and activities of the
MAAOP during its Golden An-
niver ary year of 1959. In ad¬
dition to Mr. Wilkins, other
staff members making reports
Include Robert L Carter, gen¬
Brutal Attack by Rapists
Draws Ire .
NEW YORK i ANP) —A local
jurist, angered over what
de.X'iibcd i ;i brutal attack
upon two white girls by two
Negro rapists, hot.lv termed the
assailants “savages” and order¬
ed them held without bail for
the grand jury.
The assailants, Dwight Tip-
pin 25, formerly ol Atlanta,
and Willie Walker. 22, both la¬
borers, reportedly raped the
igirs, age:. 211 and 111, In a se¬
cluded .alia in the GtarrUs'in
Beach section east of Coney
Island.
According to police, they ac-
co .trd the girls outside a Brook¬
lyn hospital prior *o tile as¬
sault The girls had gone to
the hospital to visit a sick rel¬
ative.
live IMF College
Choral 1900 Groups to Open
ABC Series
NEW YORK—Student choirs
from Living.,tone, Clark and!
Bishop Colleges and Johnson
C*. Smith and Dillard Universi¬
ties will present the first
broadcasts of the New Year on
the AUG Radio Network pro¬
gram ' Negro College Choirs,"
The radio ..eric, features cho¬
ral groups of member schools
of the United Negro College
Fund.
“Negro College Choirs" is
carried by ABC affiliated radio
stations throughout the coun¬
try on varying days and at
different hours. Check local
newspaper listings lor air-time
in specific areas.
The choir of Livingstone
College, Galls bury, N. C, will
p’i rut the first program of
i960 the week of Jan. 3, Mrs.
Myra M. Thomas directs the
group.
Atlanta's Clark College Choir
v.'d! be heard thp week of Jan.
iph, shown in photo, donated
the Norfolk Cot a -Cola Bott¬
Work,, inc., was won for
second straight time by the
Washington High
drool. From left are tlidnef
club president; Qtis
eral counsel; O^OKter B cur¬
rent. director of branches;
Clarence Mitchell. director,
Washington bufdau; Herbert
Hill, labor secretary; James W.
Ivy, editor, 'Hie Crisis;” James
Farmer, program director; Rev.
Edward J. Odom, Jr, church
eerrtary; Jack E Wood, special
assistant for housing; John
Brooks, director, registration
and voting; and Henry Deft
JVtoon, director, public relations.
During the meeting, ballots
In the election of 16 members
of the board of directors will
be counted and the results an¬
nounced.
Following thf annual meet¬
ing, the board of directors will
hold Its regular monthly meet¬
ing at which time officers for
1960 will be elected.
Police Mid Tlppmi Field a
knife at the eitWafs throat as
they entered the girls’ car, Hu
then drove the car to the se¬
cluded ares Where he .attack¬
ed one girl, robbed the older
gtrt of $10 and sent Walker to
buv a Iwlile of liquor. Tip-
plns also attempted to rape
the other girl. H* also forced
the girls to commit unnatural
■icts, the report stated.
When Walker returned with
the liquor, Tipping allegedly
forced the girls to drink. Then
he began Co renew Jils assaults.
But Walker by now, had seen
enough and told Tlppms not to
bother the girls again They
argued with drawn knives, and
the girls sllpjied away and cull-
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10 under the direction of J.
deKoveu KUUlngsworth.
During the week of Jan. 17,
the Dillard University Choir,
New Orleans, La., presents its
first broadcast under its new
direr tor, John M. KUypcr.s. The
choir of Johnson O. Smith Uni-
veisity, Charlotte, N. C., with
Christopher W Kemp, direct¬
ing, will be heard tile week of
Jan. 24.
The final January broadcast
on the 31st will feature the
choir of Bishop College, Mar¬
shall, Tex., directed by J.
Harrison Wilson.
HOLIDAY DRIVING TIPS
Tips for a safe and sound
holiday trip—Don't try to cover
too many miles; be prepared
for heavy holiday traffic; get
an early start and pause to
rest occasionally; don't speed:
don’t drink before driving; be
courteous on the road.
Thompson, account associate
for Coca-Cola, Kendrix Organ¬
ization, Washington, D. C., who
presented trophy; Owens, and
Coach Albert “Jim” Overby,
who accepted trophy for tha
Fighting Bookers."