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f?i 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- ____________________________ Continued on Page Four ; 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 (Continued on Page Seveni 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- iContinued on Page Twoi 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."