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,4,.. THE' Monitor I NEBRASKA’S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor $3.00 a Year—5c a <£ c OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1925 Whole Number 526 Vol. XI—No.5 HOWARD UNI HEAD DM S ALUMNI FIRE NEGRO STUDENTS OPPOSED TO WAR ARD MILITARISM Intercollegiate Annotation Holds Im portant Conference and Dele gates Express Their Opinions 18 COLLEGES ARE REPRESENTED Ife»*iand Hotter Trained Leadership and Advocate Stronger Facul ties and Also Higher Standards (Associated Negro Press.I New York. IS. Y\, Aug. 7. -In Nyack, the Intercollegiate Association, an asso ciation of Negro college students and sradsates, held a student conference on Saturday and Sunday. It brought together a representative body of young men ami tvoaen. There were frtxty-two students and graduates present, representing eigh th*?* institutions, among them being the hading colleges and universities of the roMUry. They discussed grave and vital problems, and went down on record as Iwrtng opposed to war and militarism, limy d emanded better trained leaders, ad vocated stronger faculties for Negro col leges, condemned fraternities and sororities ainsrig Negro students, as in most cases not living up to their standards. Before the conference adjourned, it sent memor to the Chinese students, commending their stand against foreign interference, and to France deploring the brewing war in the Riff. There was a Japanese present, repre senting the University of Chicago, and one white delegate that came from the Univer sity of Missouri. 5onie of the causes of student unrest wore mentioned as faculty interference; the question of discipline; the question of curriculum; and the crushing of initia tive on the part of the students. Cleveland C. Allen, representing New York Univer sity, said that Fisk University was a fine example of the failure of the faculty to understand the student point of view. Eugene F. Corbie, representing City Col lege, struck out at the fraternities among Negro college students, and said that they ware not living up to their ideals. He said as they exist at present they should b«* abolished. George Hall, representing Haward and New York Universities, said that it had been his observation tfiat white presidents of Negro colleges were paternal in. their attitude. He said that Negro colleges with white president Sou Id demand of them the highest schol arship and fitness. W. T. Andrews, rep resenting Columbia University, scored the fraternities for their indifference to many •f the vital problem* of lift'. PI AYCKOl M)^ AND RECREATION AL CENTERS DEVELOPING MUSICIANS (Associated Negro Press.) Richmond. Va„ Aug. 7. Kemurkalde in toot is being shown hern in the musical pvsgram which has lieen developed as a part of the activities of the seven play grsaioU conducted in the colored district •f the city. Youngsters and their elders have entered into the rmnmunily songs sod the various dratnatie activities roon ••tled with them with a vim and zest. Last week. George I.. Johnson, musical tor and organizer of the National PUygro und and Recreational Association *4 America, who also is one of the Race’s bast tenors, came to the city to conduct a Maher of song services at the play arsands. Mr. Johnson’s appearance met with a hearty response and he made a Imling impression on Richmond’s music lover* while sharpening the ambitions of ?b*se who have been regular participants >• ibe community wide efforts. His work was of a highly specialized type and he caaght the fancy of the crowds who joined ia the singing of such numbers as the Nc 9M National anthem with vigor, drawing it sat of the usual humdrum hymnal type ol aong as it has been sung by most of <>m group and giving it a martial effect. Authorities are predicting that many fine voices will he discovered through the sing uq) (las sen conducted at these and similar phygrounds elsewhere, and point to the fact that singing properly conducted is oh of the most popular of recreational activities. FIANCE denies riffs equality ■ew York, N. Y„ Aug. 7.—The hitch in peace negotiations between the French and the Riffians seems to be on the point as to the comparative equality of the French sad their antagonists. The French have so far refused to admit the Riffs their ogaala, and, as a consequence, the Riffians, though holding the upper hand in the fighting, hare been adamant in their re ftftal to consider peace terms. France wants to treat Abd-El-Krim as a rebel TUa does not indicate an early peace in Morocco unless the tribes affiliated with the Rifiana become panicky at the exten sive military operations which are under way. MOSAIC TEMPLARS OF AMERICA IN MONSTER CONVENTION ' , I (Associated Negro Press.) Little Rock, Ark.. Aug. 7. In a conven tion tense with interest and attended by the largest delegation in its history, the Grand Lodge of the Mosaic Templars of America adjourned Saturday night after a meeting which was notable because of the amount of beneficial legislation passed. The 3.500 people who were brought to the city as a result of the quadrennial session turned Little Rock into a gala city dur ing their stay and crowded to capacity at all times the Mosaic Temple at 9th and Broadway, in which the meeting was held. National Grand Master Dr. S. J. Elliott ( who presided and National Grand Scribe A. E. Bush headed the slate of officers who were reelected with ucclaim. Score j | tary Bush reported 106,000 financial mem- i hers on the roll and assets in excess of j one million dollars. The body agreed to begin at once a campaign for 20.000 mem bers open to those between the ages o! 16 and 30. Bishop W. T. Vernon of Kansas deliv-1 ered the principal address and among ( other things stressed the advantages of America. “There is no better place in the world for the Negro than in America,” ‘ Bishop Vernon declared. “I have trav-! eled all over the globe, and I know Amer-i ica is the greatest country in the world. ] This is our country to protect with our lives, if need be.” Ill** convention voted to purchase the copyright of the ritual from the Bush furn ily, thereby ending the issue raised by Atty. Scipio Jones, who received admin-j istration support in re-election to bis of- j fice of Grand Attorney. Among the state! grandmasters present were William J. Mor sell, Illinois; A. W. Weatherford, Texas; L. L Powell, Alabama; H. S. Davis, I-oui* iana; W. E. Davis, Florida; D. M. Mc Queen, Nebraska; H. E. Stewart. Ken-; tucky; Dr. .1. W'. Goodgame, Alabama; G. B. Bryson, Kansas; E. W. West, W. £• j Dancer, Florida; T. J. Mosel, Oklahoma, J and John Reddick. Tennessee. N. A. A. C. P. SECRETARY ADVISES CLEVE LAHD LABOR COMM. OH RACE RELATIONS In response to a letter from Clark L. Mock, labor commissioner of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, ask ing for advice in dealing with race relations in that city, James Weldon ! Johnson, secretary of the N. A. A. C. P., recently forwarded a statement' of general principles to be observed! in that field. I Mr. Mock asked what means could be taken to reduce the excessive rent charges to colored people with result ant overcrowding and disease. He al so inquired about the problem of schooling for colored children newly arrived from the South. And he asked whether residential segregation was to he recommended. Mr. Johnson’s reply, as it relates to the problems mentioned by Mr. Mock, is as follows: If you will look into the matter you will evidently find that the number! of houses in Cleveland available for colored people is limited. It is then' necessary to go into the causes of this limitation. Why is it that colored people cannot get houses in which to live at the normal rents charged to other people'.' I think an investiga tion of this matter would reveal the fact that the basic cause is race preju dice. Probably there is a general shortage of houses in Cleveland but you will evidently find that this gen eral shortage is decidedly more acute where colored people are concerned; and this, I am confident, is due to race or color discrimination. Of course if colored people had the priv ilege of renting houses without any limitations of color being imposed up on them, this abnormal shortage, and also high rentals, would immediately disappear. You state: “Experience here seems to show that colored children from the South generall' make slower progress in the school than local children,” etc. What you state evidently does give rise to a problem, but it is not so “serious” a problem as you appear to think, nor is it at all permanent. Colored children who come up from the South snake slower progress in the Cleveland schools not because of innate mental .deficiencies, but be cause of an almost 'complete lack of proper school training and facilities in the localities from which they have come. When you consider that three to four months is the average school term for colored children in rural dis tricts of the South and that even for those three or four months they got very inadequate training, there is lit tle to wonder.at in their being back ward when they are entered in such | schools as you have in Cleveland. A colored child coning up from the ; backwoods of the South and entering upon a Cleveland school not only finds himself far behind pupils among whom he is thrown, but because of his prior lack of training, finds him self older in years than those in the particular class he is assigned. This naturally begets a sense of embar rassment and humiliation, which adds another handicap to his progress. The question of segregated schools should not for a rpoment be consid-1 ered. Segregated schools are not on- j ly out of place in a state like Ohio, because they violate the spirit of de mocracy and true1 Americanism, but j also on the ground of pure economy.' They cost too much, and not alone in money. As to residential segregation that is an institution belonging to the dark ages. There are still vestiges of it in certain backward parts of the world but it is not for a progressive and enlightened city like Cleveland to think of. You are seeking practical means to overcome, or at least re duce, excessive rentals, over-crowding and spread of disease among colored people. Enforced segregation will simply magnify conditions which you wish to abolish. Moreover, enforced segregation is contrary to the Consti tution of the United States. In New York City, where there is a larger Negro population than in any equal area in the world, the whole question of race relationship is ad justing itself upon a .^ound and im partial basis. Although the great mass of Negroes in New York live in one section it is chiefly because they have bought up that section and made their homes there; but in New York City, the Negro, in a higher degree than in any city in the country, I feel, is regarded as a citizen of New York and not as some separate en tity. And so, conversely, the Negro regards himself as a citizen of New York. This matter-of-fact relation ship between white and colored peo ple in New York, particularly in the Harlem section, is maintained with out the efforts of inter-racial com mittees or any other intermediary groups. It is based upon the idea of common citizenship. I believe this is the only true basis upon which these apparently perplexing and serious conditions can be adjusted. I am not speaking specifically for Cleveland. I am laying down some general prin ciples which are bound to work if they are given a fair trial. ....... RACE NOTABLES IN LIMELIGHT g ——7£ .4 3 No. 1: EDOUARD SCOTT. No. 2: ROBERT L. VANN. No. 3: MISS HALLIE Q. BROWN. No. 4: WILSON LOVETT. No. 5: EUGENE KINCKLE JONES. § mmmF ammzmmstmm, | 5 ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey —Arrangements have now been completed for what is probably the most distinguished reception committee that has ever greeted girls of our Group in American history. With the acceptance of Mr. Wil son Lovett, distinguished Bank President of Louisville, Kentucky, a total of five truly notable in dustrial and professional leaders have signified their intention of greeting Miss Golden Brown of America and her sister beauties, in this city on October 9th and 10th. Mr. Lovett, who is one of the financial leaders of our race, was one of the principal speakers at the recent celebration at the dedi cation of the new office building of the Supreme Life and Casualty Company, at Columbus, Ohio, and is in constant demand as an after dinner speaker. Miss Brown, who is as well known in Scotland and England, as in the United States, is one of the most distinguished educators and forceful Chautau qua speakers among our Group. Besides her great work in the cause of temperance, and her fa mous “Sunday lectures," Miss Brown has endeared herself to thousands by her arduous and long continued labors as a member of the faculty of Wilberforce Col lege in Ohio. Mr. Edouard Scott, another member of the International Golden Brown Beauty Committee, has been asked to serve by Madame Mamie Hightower, be cause of his well known achieve ments as a Rembrandt of race ar tists, a master wielder of brush and pen, whose love of beauty and high ideals are apparent in every one of his master pieces. Mr. Eugene Kincklf Jones, the Execu tive Secretary of the National Ur ban League, is too well known as a publicist and writer for further comment to be necessary, and his recent acceptance of Madame Hightower’s request to serve in the cause of beauty assures both his fellow judges and the fortu nate girls who win the Golden Brown Beauty Contest the rare privilege of association and con tact with one of the most intel ligent and earnest men of the Race. From the Fourth Estate comes the famous fifth member of the committee, Robert L. Vann, a member of the legal staff of the City of Pittsburgh, and the Editor of the great Pittsburgh Courier, which both because of its definite and determined editorial policies and its excellent news service, has become a part of the daily life of thousands of our Group, both in the City of Pittsburgh itself, and in surrounding towns in Pennsyl vania and Maryland, and still fur ther away. Besides the quintet of race notables, the five girls receiving the highest number of votes in the National Golden Brown Beauty Contest will be seijt to Atlantic City by the Golden Brown Chem ical Company, and will each be given a gorgeous trousseau. The girl receiving the most votes dur ing the entire contest, which ends September 16th at midnight, will be crowned Miss Golden Brown of America, and will win, besides the trip and the trousseau, a luxurious Hudson Super-Six Coach. According to terms of the con test, the next forty-eight girls (the leader in each State in the Union) will each receive a dazzling dia mond ring. The idea of the contest was con ceived by Madame Hightower, in order to find the most beautiful girls of our Group in every State of the Union, and to suitably honor them and pay them homage. From 50 to 100 votes are packed with each of the Golden Brown Beauty Preparations (which have been Such a boon to the girls and wo men of the Group in the further most corners of our country, as well as in the teeming centers.) Lately, further interest among the hundreds of lovely girls en tered has been stimulated by the announcement of Madame High tower of a number of cash and other valuable snecial weekly prizes each week beginning July 20th. The whole nation seems to be talking of this crowning suc cess of Madame Hightower’s long career. POSTHUMOUS AWARD OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS TO COLORED MEDICAL OFFICER (Associated Negro Press.) Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 7.—Notification of the posthumous award of the Dist inguished Service Cross to Lieutenant Ur bane F. Bass, medical corps, 372nd regi ment, 93rd division of the A. E. F., was received by relatives of the deceased in this city Wednesday. Lieutenant Bass was mortally wounded while rendering first aid in an advanced position under heavy enemy fire at Men tions, France, October 6, 1918. Both legs were shot away at the hip by an explod ing shell. He died on the way to a hos pital. Later his body was returned to Raleigh for burial, and was interred in the family lot here. The recipient of the award studied med icine at Shaw University here, and was practicing his profession in Fredericks burg, Va., at the outbreak of the war, when he enlisted. He married Miss Maude L. Vass of Raleigh. His brother-in-law. Dr. R. S. Vass. a prominent Negro physi cian here, was also attached to the 372 regiment, and was stationed in a field hos pital a short distance back of the lines when Lieutenant Bass was killed. When Bass was living in this city, he was Jim Crowed just like other Negroes and the newspapers were disrespectful to his wife when they referred to her. Nev ertheless, he went to France and gave his life to protect his country. TURNS TABLES ON ACCUSER (Associated Negro Press.) Salem, N. J., Aug. 7.—George Jackson, who pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempting to rob Charles Newkirk, white, in the latter’s small store near the foot of Second street, was held for a further hear ing. In his plea to Judge Mecuin he declared that he was in Newkirk’s place to buy liquor and that he was a regular customer. Further questioning by the police resulted in an immediate raid on Newkirk’s place, where much moonshine was seized. And I now Newkirk is held under $500 bail on the charge of selling liquor. KLAN PARADE CALLED OFF (Associated Negro Press.) Washington, D. C., Aug. 7.—The Widely advertised and much protested Ku Kiux Klan parade which was expected to be the crowning feature of the forthcommg meeting of the klan here August 8, has been called off. The decision of the or ganization was not due to the protest of any particular group or organization but to factional fights within the Klan. Few things have attracted more attention and drawn more fire than did the announce ment some time ago that the Ku Klux Klan was going to parade at the nation's capitol. Protest after protest was sent to the director of public buildings, parks, etc., and to President Calvin Coolidge. It was even reported that violence hail been threatened. HOTEL PATTON ARRIVALS W'. Grace, Aurora, III.; Mrs. Dora Rob ertson, betroit, Mich.; J. W. Tompkins, St. Louis, Mo.< L. Jenkins, Kansas City, Mo.; J. O. Henry, Los Angeles, Cal.; C. Thompson, Memphis, Tenn.; R. Stanton, Lincoln, Neb.; H. Jackson, Chicago, 111.; Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Shannon, Denver, Col.; J. M. Martin, Chicago, III. FAUVERJOHNSON At a simple home wedding at the resi dence of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Johnson, 2416 Maple street, their daughter Blanche was married Monday night to Forest Fauver of Wichita, Kans., by the Rev. C. A. Williams, pastor of St. John’s A. M. E. church. After a short visit to Denver, Colo., the young people will be at home in Omaha. MUSICIANS HOLD NATIONAL CONVENTION IN INDIANAPOLIS (Associated Negro Press.) Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 7.—The annual convention of the National Association of Negro Musicians was held in this city last week. There were more than three hundred delegates, representing every stat in the Union. Greetings were re ceived from Roland Hayes. The annual address of the president, Nathaniel Dett. made a great impression on the assembled delegates. The convention voted to con tribute to the Madame C. J. Walker schol arship fund. MILES RAISES *20,000 Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 7.—The drive for *20,00 for Miles Memorial College, Vinesville, ended this week. Three-quar ters of the money was raised by the Col ored Methodist Episcopal church and the rest came from outside sources. Bishop (Trades Henry Phillips, who has meant so much to the cause of education among Negroes in the South, was the leader of the forces and the drive was also greatly assisted through the efforts of Mrs. Walter DISMISS DOCTOR DURKEE, DEMAND HOWARD ALUMNI Vigorous Campaign Launched Against Retention of the Presidency of Institution by Present Incumbent PROMINENT MEN LEAD FIGHT Field Secretary Smith and Moreland, Member of the Board of Trus tees, Are Also Under Fire Washington, D. C., Aug. 7.—At a meet ing of Howard Welfare league at New Bethel Baptist church Thursday evening. July 30, resolutions asking for the dis missal of Dr. J. Stanley Durke, president of Howard university, were passed. Emory B. Smith, alumni field secretary, and Jesse Moreland, member of the trustee board, were also vigorously attacked. The speak ers were Dr. George Frazier Miller, presi dent of the General Alumni association, Brooklyn; Arthur W. Mitchell, president of the Welfare league; Neval Thomas, N. A. A. C. P. official, and Armond W. Scott, past grand exalted ruler of the Elks. The high spot of the meeting was the presence of Emory Scott, who is said to have disregarded the advice of friends and to have gone to the meeting “to show thal he was not afraid.” He is reported to have endeavored to heckle Dr. Frazier Mil ler, drawing from the latter the caustic personal sally that Smith “had a face that only a mother could love.” Arthur W. Mitchell stated that he ac cepted the presidency of the league be cause he was compelled to remove his son from Howard on the request of the boys’ mother, a graduate of Howard. He stated that this action was due to “in tolerable conditions at the university.” He said in proof of this statement: “During this administration there have been two serious strikes of the student ^ody, said to be due to maladministration, and another strike of students is threatened at the be ginning of the fail term.” Communications were received from At tomeys Isaac B. Nutter, Atlantic City, and Thomas Dyett, New York City. The res olutions adopted were signed by the com mittee: ftev. W. D. Jarvis, Thomas Frazier and George D. Parker. About 800 at tended the meeting. CALL NEW YORK WORSE THAN AFRICA (Associated Negro Press.) New York, Aug. 7.—In an interview given the New Aork World, Dr. and Mrs. Amthur L. Piper, who have just returned from 12 years work in the so-called bar baric Masumba district of the Belgian Congo, teaching natives how to dress and live morally, expressed themselves as be ing “shocked and mortified” at the im modesty of the girls and women here. ‘‘Why, there isn’t much difference after ill between America and Masumba,” ex claimed Mrs. Piper. “In Masumbaland we tried to teach the women that they should wear something more than beads, palm oil and sunshine. But here we were shocked and mortified to discover that the girls and women wear only paint, pow der and suggestion. Clothing and danc ing in this civilization is worse than in Africa, for there the natives are unmoral, while here they are immoral. “It's hard to believe that the world has gone backward so fast. In the Congo we are trying to make the women wear clothes and we have succeeded to the extent ot having them wrap the middle of the bodies in cloth, while in the white man’s land the women are slowly divesting themselves of clothes. What would the natives say if they saw some of the things we have seen since we left Africa-!1” HAMPTON AND TLSKEGEE ALUMNI CONTRIBUTE HEAVILY (Associated Negro Press.) New York, Aug. 7.—An active response has come from the alumni of Hampton and Tuskegee Institutes in the undertaking to raise 15,000,000 for the two Southern Ne gro institutions, according to a recent statement by Chellis A. Austin, treasurer of the Hampton-Tuskegee endowment fund. Gifts from the alumni have come from every state in the country and from every foreign land where Hampton-Tuske gee graduates live. Of the former students and graduates of Hampton and Tuskegee 2,368 have al ready made pledges totalling 9152,158. The entire number of donors to the fund up to date is 9,200, the alumni thus repre senting more than 25 per cents of the givers. A NEW FEATURE “Aunt Mandy’s Observations” is a feature begun in this week’s issue. Aunt Mandy is a real character, a resident of Omaha.—Born a slave in Mississippi, nearly eighty years ago, she uses dialect, but has plenty of common sense. What she says is worth reading.