Newspaper Page Text
pace six
History Week, February 7 -13
Negro History Week
Highlights Career of
Booker T. Washington
By VICTOR CALVERTON
per Associated Negro Press
Celebration of Negro
We.ek Feb. 7-14 is designed
bring to the attention of the
ples, of the world the record of the
Negro to show that he has played
a significant role in the advance¬
ment °f the human race.
Few white people and too few
Negroes know the history of the
Ndcro. Thousands of white.s and
Negroes in Ame'ica know too little
niiTM.it the contributions of Negroes
to the advancement of American
c : y?it*at ! on. One might pick any
Negro of prominence and renown
and few Negroes or white would
be acquainted with him.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
PIONEER
The subject of this article is
Booker T. Washington, founder of
Tuskegee and the early apostle of
industrial education. He was once
judged the greatest man born in
the South said General Robert E.
I,ee, and a white man made this
appraisal.
John Spencer Bassett, who from
189,3 until lOOti was professor of
history at Trinity College in North
Carolina, got himseif in hot water
when he wrote in The South At¬
lantic Quarterly of October, 1903
under the title “Stirring Up the
Fires of Race Antipathy” that
Booker T. Washington taken “all
in ail" was “the greatest man,
sdTd General Lee, tiorn in the
Smith in a hundred years.”
When the wrath of almost all
North Carolina and other Negro
haters was apparent, Bassett back¬
tracked a little, explaining that he
meant Washington had done more
whb his limited opportunities than
any southerner other than Lee in
« century. And immediately, he
submitted his resignation to the
Trinity College hoard of trustees.
Booker T. Washington was the
main attraction at the cotton
states Exposition. His address on
Sept. 18, 1895 was widely public¬
ized in the newspapers, and the
A*tlpnta Const'tution said editorial¬
ly that Mr. Washington’s address
was the greatest attraction of the
exposition speeches.
Going to Tuskegee. Ala., on July
4, ! 1881, Booker T. Washington
Pembroke Hkh School
According to the office of
Principal Leon Dingle, the fal¬
lowing students are listed as
honor students for the third 6
.weeks at Pembroke High
school:
Jst grade, Channielee An¬
drews, Linda Bacon, Beretha A.
davis, Catherine Foxworth. Cal-
\nn Groover, Phillis
At n d r e w s, Leroy Groover,
ffary A. Lawrence, Rosalyn Ol¬
iver, Catherine Smokes, Aline
Stewart, Kevin Lanier, Sheila L.
Fields, Juanita Baker, Lydia
Bawls, (jurtis Emma Jean Johnson,
Bacon, & Shirley Evans,
j 2nd grade, Mattie C. Hines,
Elizabeth Hill, Charlesetta Fox-
iforth, Juanita Fabin, Delois;
Williams, Deloris Bryant, June
Jphnson, Agnes Geiger, Sally:
cjook, Camella Bacon and Mary
Ivey.
3rd grade, Robert Santy, Jr.
Gerald Roberson, Barbara A
Bush, Mavis Bulloch, Mary,
rfcutcherson, Brenda Groover,
^riscilla ! Carroll, Hazel Linda Foxworth. Bunch
4th grade,
Douise Carroll, vernita Lawary,
Alethia Carroll , Jeannette
Edna Louise Stephens, Annie
Gertrude Williams, Edna Yvonne
Owes, and Betty A. Baker.
T 5th grade, Mary Smokes, Ar-
i in Barnes. Thuman Phillips,
(lelestine Smokes.
6th grade, Willie Branner. Rex
(iross, Josephine Goldware,
< larolyn Roberson, Linda Shell-
i aan and Edsel Williams.
7th grade, Shirley Groover
i nd Johnnie Bing. j
| 8th grade, Helen Clanton.
Joyce Clanton, Anna Cochran.
Lucy Groover, and Shirley San-
f gth and 10th grades, Gloria
i> Foy, Marian Baker, Mary L.
Clanton, Willie J. Lavant, Fran¬
ks Fields, Jr., Dorothy Eden-
field and Mildred Bulloch.
11th grade, Rudolph Hines
jtnd Curtis Murchison. Black.
* i2th grade, George
Mary Moody, Richard Groover,
Gertie Edenfield, Barbara Car-
roll, Grade Reese and Gail Fra-
gier.
founded an institution which
to attract the attention of the
world for its nnioue program of in-
dusft-ial education and philosophy
of taco relations.
Mr. Rassett. who was the first
editor of the South At’ant-c Oust-
teriv. was rrrofe-«or of hHtorv at
Trinitv College re— rtuke TJ l ntv<'"-
sity at Durham. N. C. from 1893
to 1900. The historian had a
time weathering the storm. Ever"
other member of the faeuHv at
Trinity College wrote his resigna¬
tion and sealed it in an envelope
to be opened in the event Mr. Bas-
<ett should he accepted,
CALL RASSETT ARTICLE
“UNFORTUNATE”
The hoard of trustees called M".
Bassett’s article regarding Booker
T. Washington’s greatness “unfor¬
tunate” hut gave him their sun-
port. The trustees a No gave Presi¬
dent John Carlisle Kilgo, who had
| been dragged into the controversy.
I a vote of confidence. The board
also endorsed a declaration of ara-
t demic freedom which has become
| a historic document.
Thus Booker T. Washington.
| horn a slave in a log cabin 14 by lfi
feet on a plantation in Franklin
County, Va. on April 5, 1856, be¬
came the rallying point around
which a new spirit of liberalism
was horn below the Mason and
Dixon Line.
Clifford Dowdoy, Richmond, Va.
novelist, wrote an interesting ar¬
ticle on Booker T. Washington
which Was published in the. Rich¬
mond Timex-Dispateh Sunday,
Sent. 4, 1949. He reviewed the
life and accomplishments of the
founder of Tuskegee. His greatest
tribute to Mr. Washington is
found in these words:
TRIBUTE BY NOVELIST
“No Virginian who /successfully
made the climb had further to
come or more dislocation to over¬
come than Booker T- Washington.”
Tlie climax of Booker T. Wash¬
ington’s career and achievement
was the selection of this educator
and leader in race relations for a
nlaee in the Hal) of Fame at New
York University in 1945. He is
the only Negro in the Hall of
Fame.
The seventh grade chapel
program was held Friday Jan
29, under the direction of their
teacher, Mrs. Alberta Manzo.
The program consisted of poems,
songs and other activities in
connection with the month of
January. An educational bul¬
letin board was displayed thru-
out the month.
The sixth grade class is hap¬
py to have their classmate, Bob¬
by Berry, back with them. He
has been ill for two months
with a fractured leg.
G. W. Carver School and the
Pembroke High school played a
benefit game for the New
March of Dimes, Monday, Feb.
\ Carver girls won 31-25;
Boys 32-27.
Principal Dingle attended the
Spring Conference,G. I. A., Dis¬
trict 2.
Pearl Lee Smith School
An impressive Founders’ Day
program was presented at Pearl
Lee Smith School during the reg¬
ular P.T.A. meeting on last Tues¬
day evening.
Mrs. Juanita Cogswell served
as coordinator for the skit, “A
Light for Tomorrow.”
The following participated: Miss
M. Wright, teacher; Mesdames K.
Hills and E. Mainer, parents; R.
Tilson, Rosa Mary McKenzie,
Frances Banks, Ora Belle Bennett,
Carolyn Hipp and Herbert Wilson,
pupils.
Mesdames Editta Gill, Richar-
dine Mingo and parents prepared
■i beautiful Founder’s Day Cake.
After the meeting the second
P.T.A. project, annual chicken
dinner, was climaxed.
Mrs. J. Cogswell’s sixth grade
class presented a program on Mon¬
day morning, 9:30 A.M. in celeb ra-
tion of National Negro History
Week which included songs, scrip-
two reading, invocation and a
round table discussion. Partici-
pants were Omega Norton, Betty
Ruthledge, Lillian Bryan, Earl
Perkins, Barbara Hills, Patricia
Smith, Mary Jane Eady, Don Min-
cey, Henry Cook, William Mobley.
David Robinson and Irene Moreil.
Mrs. Sadie L. Cartledge, is
principal of the school.
Did you know,
The new nation of Ghana is
named after a mighty kingdom
that flourished from the early
part of the Christian era for a
1,000 years At one time it had
an army of 200,000,
M i
;
A Negro, P. B, S. Pinchback,
was Governor of Louis.L>na for
43 days to fill out the term of
the previous governed, imme¬
diately following the Civd Wan
SPENCER’S PTA PRESENTS FOUNDERS DAY PROGRAM
The P.T.A. Founder’s Day pro-
gram of Frank W. Spencer School
was presented to a capacity crowd
on February 2, in the school’s
cafetorium.
James Cobham, P.T.A. president,
presided over the # busino- portion
of the meeting.
Spencer’s Glee Club and Girls’
Ensemble rendered four selections:
The Lord’s Prayer, Brown Ril'd
Singing, At Dawning, and In a
Monastery Garden.
“The P.T.A. Ait Gallery, ! a’
FL0RANCE PTA OBSERVES FOUNDERS DAY
An inspiring Founders’ Day pro
gram was planned at
School by a committee headed by
Mrs. Sara D. Herring. This
sentation was held at the regular
P.T.A. meeting in the Cafetorium
of the school. Mrs. M. Patterson
served as mistress of ceremonies.
Miss Julia A. Lowe presented
Mrs. M. V. Hannar, organizer of
Florance P.T.A. and now a retired
teacher of Chatham County school
system, as the speaker of the eve-
ning. Mrs. Hannar reviewed the
history and purpose of the organ-
ization. She urged the members
to participate and support the pro-
gram. Tribute was paid the past
presidents of this organization,
Mrs. E. Garrison responded to the
address for the association. The
P.T.A. Chorus accompanied hv
Mrs. Lucile Johnson rendered n
BOYS WANTED
TO SELL TIIE
Savannah Tribune
WEEKLY: Thursday — Friday — Saturday
Good Pay
APPLY: 1009 WEST BROAD STREET
Savannah, Gvcrjria
Ti l I I Iff tttt-H- I I "*” * "*” 1 -* *** 4
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
Five thousand Negroes fought-
in the Revolutionary War. Two
Negroes accompanied George
Washington at the crossing of
the Delaware River. Christmas
1776.
;
'itr
The first successful operation
on human heart was perform¬
ed by a Negro surgeon. Dr.
Daniel H. Williams in 1 893 , an
instructor of anatomy at
Northwestern University.
skit paying homage to of
the P.T.A. was portrayed by 15
parents. Parents participating
were: Mrs. Dorothy Cohen, Mrs.
Marian Simmons, Mrs. Willie Mae
Robinson, Mrs. Ida Anthony, Mrs.
Sailie White, Mrs. Vivian Prince,
Mis. Mercelle Johnson, Mrs. Lo¬
retta Reese, A. L- Richardson, Mrs.
Helen Hayes, Mrs. Marie Pollen,
Mrs. Bertha Curry, Mrs. Irene
Johnson, Mrs. Mutual Stevens, and
James Cobham.
James Hamilton, a fifth grade
selection,
Th(1 prcsi dent, Mrs. Mamie Jack-
^ ’ prcsided over the business
sps jon M ,. s Lillian MoNichols ex-
|i) ( . ; e(J appreciat i on to the group
fnr t he fine support given the
mothers during the March of
Dimes drive; Florance having te-
ported the largest amount of
money to date from the schools.
N. B. Elmore, principal, urged
the parents to contact the teacher
concerning the progress cauls o f
their children or any phase 01 the
school program that needed tlaii
fication. He solicited the coopera-
t ion of parents in ‘Save the Chil
dren Federation Drive. He an-
nounced that the pre-school surve;.
conducted by the teachers "ouk
begin February 8th and end on the
12th. The purpose of this surve?
is to get in touch with all pupil
Robert Rillieux, a Negro from
New Orleans, invented an
evaporating pan that revolu¬
tionized the refining of raw
sugar in the 1840's, establish¬
ing the principles of industrial
evaporation.,
The great American naturalist
and painter, john Audubon,
was born in Haiti. His mother
was a Haitian Creole and his
father a French admiral.
by drawing life-like pictures of
the P.T.A. founders.
Mrs. Ayler M. Lovett, the prni-
cipal, acknowledged the presence
of Mrs. Ainta Bryant, Spencer’s
first P.T.A. president.
A social hour was enjoyed after
the program. Mrs. A. S. Rich¬
ardson was in charge of the birth¬
day cake.
Mrs. Emma Underwood was pro¬
gram chairman and Mrs. Lucy G.
Solomon, P.T.A. chairman.
who will begin the first grade next
year.
Mrs. Marie Stevens’ sixth grade
-lass won the attendance award.
A social hour was held after the
meeting highlighted by the annual
Founders’ Day cake cutting.
STRIPS
?<* TOURS
I,I timmpt • (Ml * (»<«XiW
CtMwefc •**•••» • AlkU*U t< art*
Orc**)*W. CM m TMrkml T#*n •
RTER BUSES
Savannah Trailways
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO CHURCHES & CLUBS
MOTORCADE
Trr*«J emwaicady T 0 ** big
Go aod come whec too w mat «►—**
K« lax arioai cream »od crimaoa
TRAILWAYS aseerriry buaea.
courrtoui driver*. Friendly, plea****
aervica.
REASONABLE RATES
f«r C»—»i!i*a WmnEm. htmm m ha
SAVANNAH TRAILWAYS
Dial A Dams 2-2451 or A Hams 3-5076
746 WHEATON STREET
SHORT OR LONG TRIPS
OAT OF NIGHT SERVICES
Of the 21 raiders with John
Brown at Harpers Ferry on Oc¬
tober 16, 1859, five were Ne¬
groes. Two were killed, two
were executed and one es¬
caped*
Dr- George Washington Car¬
ver, born of slave parents, was
20 years old before he could
read or write. He became one
of the greatest leaders in the
field of Agricultural Science.
TOMPKINS ELEMENTARY PTA OBSERVES
THREE IN ONE FOUNDERS DAY
Last Tuesday evening at 7:30,
the Tompkins Elementary P.T.A.
observed Founders Day in the
school auditorium. A capacity
audience was in attendance, at
which time an impressive candle
lighting ceremony was held honor-
; ng the founders on the national,
state and local levels.
Mrs. Valaree Howard, P.T.A.
president, lighted the first candle
| honoring Mrs. Selena S. Butler,
! now residing in California,
founder of Ga. Congress of Col-
or< d Parents and Teachers 34
vears ago. A letter from Mrs.
Butler was a i so read to the par-
ents.
Mrs. Naomi Stevens, proxy for
the vice-president, lighted the sec¬
ond candle honoring the other pres¬
idents of the Georgia Congress of
Colored P. T. A., namely: Mrs.
Sarah Fisher Brown, deceased,
Mrs. Pearl Smith, Mrs. H. M.
Reese, deceased; Mrs. J. S. Mor¬
gan, Mrs. E. W. Knight, Mrs. C.
W. DuVall, Mrs. E. R. Gay, and
presently, Mrs. M. J. Woods.
The third candle was lighted by
the Treasurer, Mrs. Ruth Daise.
It represented those from Savan-
nah-Chatham County who have
contributed on a local level, as
well as to the state, and
levels. Mrs. Mary L. Ayers, moth¬
er of the publisher of the Savan¬
nah Tribune; Mrs. Josephine Brin¬
son deceased, Mrs. Sarah Glover,
In 1862 a Confederate gun¬
boat was captured by a group
of Negro slaves and piloted to
the Union command off Charl¬
eston in one of the most dra¬
matic naval exploits of the
Civil War.
24,000 Negroes served In the
U. S. Merchant Marine in
World War 11. Four Negro cap¬
tains commanded L i b e r t y
Ships with mixed crews.
deceased, and mother of a
member, Mrs. Ellen Glover Man¬
ning, Mrs. White, deceased; Mrs.
Carrie Moore, Chatham County
Council president; Mrs. M. V.
Hannar, chairman of character and
spiritual Education; Mrs. Mildred
Hutchins, secretary of the Execu¬
tive Committee and Chairman
the Program Committee; Mrs. So-
phronia Tompkins, principal emer¬
itus and general advisor to our
P.T.A.; Mrs. Mattie Ansfield, who
along with many faithful and loyal
citizens, labored that we might be
able to appreciate and enjoy the
growing organization which we
now point to with pride. A play-
ette, the “Four Corner Stories,”
was impressively portrayed by
members of the P.T.A.
The Attendance Banner was won
J
FOR YOUR 'i ....
PLEASURE q
,.y
If
* ’t V
p
....
Feb. 12—Womanless Wedding by Young People’s .....
and the Deacons of the First Congregational ■?
Church, at the First Evergreen Baptist Church. . U 1
Progressive Club of 1st Evergreen Baptist Church. ;r
Donation 50c.
Marak Feb. 15—46th Baptist Church. Anniversary celebration of St. Mark II I
Feb. 1G—Adele Addison, Meldrim f.
soprano at Audi¬
torium, Savannah State College. Gen. public $1.00.
Feb. 19—Afi Oyster Roast at 405 W. 40th street by
the Coronet Social club. Tickets 50c.
Feb. 26—FSshion Show at Garvin Temple Baptist * *
Church by Usher Board NO. 2. Tickets 40c.
Feb. 28—-Big Battle of Songs at New Zion Baptist
Church, between the Spirits of Harmony of Augusta,
Ga., and the Savannah Travelers of Savnnh, Ga. Ad-
mfssfon 73c.
Feb. FA*fhlbnetta at Flamingo Ballroom pre¬
sented hy Garfirna Sifcma Omega Cha'pter, Alpha Kap¬
pa Alpha Sorority. Donation BOc.
March 1—Louis Johnson and Dance Company of
New Vink City at Beach High School Auditorium.
Admission 90c.
March il—Anrfbal Smorgasbord at Butler Presbyte¬
rian Church bv tlhe Variety Garden Club. Donation
rim
March 11—The Louis Johnson Dance Group at Al¬
fred E. Beach High School by the Woman’s Auxiliary
of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church. Donation 90c.
March 13—popularity CohtVst at F. B. B. Church by
the Brotherhood.
March Extraordinary at St. Philip A. « » ►
U5—Concert
M F. Church, jfcahirihg Donation Miss Juanita $1.'00. Moon, soprano, S1.25.
student, S. S. CoHt*e. Patron
Sni RnW. FEBRUARY 13 , \WA
Iotas To Observe
Negro History Week
Nu Chapter, Iota Phi Lambda **
Society will hold its annual oh- t
servance of Negro History Week *
with a tea on Sunday, February *
14, five o’clock, at the home of 4 ’
Soror Josie B. Seasoms, 740 West *
15th Street. The program this «
year is unique in that the emphasis J
on .Negro History is specific. The ,<a
feature of the program is a panel *
of sorors who will review the latest £
History of Iota, released in Augu-it, -t
1959. This wifi he o'f particular'*
interest to people interested in
business and to all prisons who"'
are interested in the progress of
‘he Negio in America.
This affair promises informa¬
tion, inspiration and entertainment
and all friends of lota Phi
Lambda are cordially invited to
attend.
The Spencer Log
The faculty of Frank W. ,
Spencer school had an impressive
and informative inservice meet¬
ing on Wednesday, February! 3.,
Mrs. Ann Stevens led the grefup
in a discussion on the topic,
“Planning By School and Indi¬
vidual Staff Members””
The bulletin boards were de¬
corated by the second grades
for this month. Scenes of Val¬
entine, George Washington and
Abra’ham Lincoln’s birthdays
are being displayed.
Miss Mildred Thomas is a
student teacher in Mrs. Mildred
Young’s sixth grade.
We had a successful PTA
meeting this fnonth. A beauti¬
ful Founder’s Day program wAV
enjoyed Tuesday evening Feb¬
ruary 2.
Tiie primary department is
looking forward to the grand
opening of Room 6’s Super¬
market. This activity' is'guid¬
ed by Miss Barbara Burke . and
her second grade. u
Mrs. Edith Jones, Mrs. Juani-.
ta Williams and Miss Carrie An¬
derson are ill.
The Old Fashioned Minstrel
is well on its way. Don’t miss,
the treat of your life pn Feb¬
ruary 19. You will see Miss
.
Augusta Pettie doing a Hawaii¬
an dance.
by Mrs. T. K. Maynard and-her
first grade class, who had 23 par
| ents present. Mrs. Countgss J ■
Cox is principal.