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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1926)
; THE MONIT OR 1 __ I A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERKS1S OF COLORED AMERICANS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA, BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter July 2, 1915. at the Postoffice at Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3, 1879. I WRlvrJOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS-- •••• f<*Kor ) w W MOSELY, Lincoln. Neh-- Associate Editor ) LUCINOA w. williams_— ---—Business Manager ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $*.00 A YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates F irnlshed Upon Application j Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 > .... i*. i^ ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE ;; UNITED STATES J| Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged ;; All persons bom or naturalized in the United States, < jbject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the 11 i States and of the State wherein they reside. No ;; ithall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the ;; ■ges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor . iny state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- ; vithout due process of law, nor deny to any person ; i its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. i 1 1 1 — 1 1 '■■■ Our Choice for President in 1928 is WALTER W. HEAD of Nebraska An Astute, Able, Clear headed Business Man THAT SCHOOL MANAGER THE Monitor is opposed to the em ployment of a school manager. We believe that any functions he may be assigned are or can be successfully managed by the present superintend ent of buildings, Duncan M. Finlayson, who has been serving in that capacity for twenty-five years. It has been an nounced that the Board of Education has not enough money to finance the summer schools which have been growing in favor for many years and have proven very beneficial to a large number of students. Pupils who desire to attend summer school must pay from $10 to $18 fo rthe eight weeks’ summer school, according to the number of studies carried, because funds are short and yet in the face of this fact, the Board has the un conscionable effrontery to want to employ a school manager at $10,600 per annum and an assistant at $7,000. Cut out the school manager and use the money that would be squandered by employing him and his assistant in financing the summer school. It is outrageous to demand that an extra fee of from $10 to $18 be paid for pupils attending summer school. What is the matter with Omaha’s Board of Education anyway? GOSSIP ONE of the most prolific sources of evil is gossip. It separates and estranges friends, breaks up families, wrecks business, bankrupts character and raises the devil generally. Only empty-headed people gossip. They who have their minds filled with worth while knowledge find better employment than indulging in gossop. HOW MUCH DO YOU SPEND? HOW much do you spend with le gitimate business enterprises which are being conducted by our people? When you need a taxi, for example, whom do you call? When you need a pair of socks or suspenders, a hand kerchief, a necktie, a shirt, a spool of thread or some like necessity, where do you make such purchases? t ;; THE NEGRO S CONTRIBUTION NOT NEGLIGIBLE \ X « . - \ \ X !! A moment’s thought will easily convince open-minded X ! ! persons that the contribution of the Negro to American £ !! nationality as slave, freedman and citizen was far from £ '> negligible. No element of American life has so subtly and ■ > yet clearly woven itself into warp and woof of our thinking % ■ ■ and acting as the American Negro. He came with the first '• explorers and helped in exploration. His labor was from j ■ • the first the foundation of the American prosperity and | ■ * the cause of the rapid growth of the new world in social and •{• <» economic importance. Modern democracy rests not simply 2 ' ’ on the striving w hite men in Europe and America but also £ < > on the persistent struggle of the black men in America for £ < > two centuries. The military defense of this land has de- j* < > pended upon Negro soldiers from the time of the Colonial y ;; wars down to the struggle of the World War. Not only does | ;; the Negro appear, reappear and persist in American litera- ? ;; ture but a Negro American literature has arisen of deep y < ’ rignificancet and Negro folk lore and music are among the | !! choicest heritages of this land. Finally the Negro has played X ;; a peculiar spiritual role in America as a sort of living, t 1 ’ breathing test of our ideals and an example of the faith, £ 1 ’ hope and tolerance of our religion.—Du Bois, “The Gift of | i I Black Folk.” £ WHY THIS DIFFERENCE? OMAHA has been graced for a few days with the presence of one of the most outstanding women of the race in the person of Mrs. Mary Churcn Terrell and yet comparatively few knew of her presence. No mention was made of her in the daily press. Whose fault was it? In Des Moines, Iowa, one of the leading dailies had an editorial about her and she was invited to address the high schools of that city and also the Chamber of Commerce. In Lincoln, Neb., she has been invited to address the students of the State university. Why this difference? Did somebody blunder? GET BUSY IF we are to have teachers ap pointed by a reluctant superintendent and school board this year, it is none too early to make our demands known. Team work and a united stand will get the recognition we ought to have on the teaching corps and in other de partments. PHILIP RANDOLPH SPEAKS AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Oakland, Cal.—At the invitation of a professor and students of the de partment of political science, A. Phil ip Randolph, editor of The Messenger, and general organizer of the Brother : hood of Sleeping-Car Porters, spok' \ on tlie subject of the “Black and White Workers of America,” at the University of California, March 2. Mr. Randolph pointed out that the modem world made it imperative that i the Booker T. Washington doctrim of industrial education for the Negro be supplemented, and re-enforced b\ the doctrine of industrial organization as expressed through the movement to organize the Pullman porters. He maintained that the notorious St. Louis riot was not racial, but econom ic. He expressed great hope for the economical future of the Negro and for better relations between the black and white workers as the Negro w'orkers become a more active facto’ in the American trade union move ment. Many questions were asked by the students ami professors. Greai interest was shown in Mr. Randolph’ advocacy of the abolition of the tip ping system and for a living wag' for the Pullman porters with a view to preserve their manhood and self respect. Mr. A. Stewart, 1800 North 24th street, who has been ill, is able to be out again. LINCOLN, NEB. Mr. Harry Franklin underwent an other surgical operation last week for appendicitis which proved successful after several attempts by doctors. He is yet confined at the hospital, criti cally ill. The chicken supper given at the Mount Zion Baptist church Thursday night by the Utopian Art club was a booming success. A green supper was given at the A. M. E. church Thursday night by the ladies’ aid. The Heroines of Jericho will cele brate Palm Sunday at Masonic hall next Sunday at 2:30 p. m. The M. M. Mission was entertained by Miss Singer at the home of Mrs. E. J. Griffin’s Monday night. The Utopian Art club will be enter tained by Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Forbes at their home, 2410 Holdredge street, Thursday night, April 1. A grean supper will be given. Mr. B. K. Mosby of Coffeeville, Kans., spent several days here with his wife and her sisters the past week. Mrs. Mosby is reported convalescing from an illness. Mr. William W’oods is able to re turn to his work. Mrs. Ray of South !Hh street is still confined indoors with sickness. Mr. William Scott of 2443 South 9th street is reported somewhat bet ter at this time. MONUMENT FOR (01.. YOUNG SPONSORED BY OMEGAS — The Omega Phi Psi fraternity, by edict from their national organiza , tion, sponsors the placing of a monu ! ment over the grace of the late Col. ; Charles Young, in Arlington ceme tery'. Hundreds of visitors to Wash ington make a pilgrimage to the 1 grave of Colonel Young. The Asso- i J riated Negro Press hag been asked by ] ; scores to urge the erection of a suit able monument. The subject has been discussed much, but it has remained , for Omega, which organization keeps fresh the memory of the colonel, to j definitely to seek to raise funds for a monument. Major West Hamilton of the Washington Sentinel, • leading* Omega, will conduct the raising of $2,500 necessary. The public is in j vited to join the fraternity. March ■ 10 was the birthday of Colonel Yousg. -- TWENTY-ONE ST. LOUIS GROUPS BAR NEGROES A concerted effort by 21 organiza tions in the city of St. Louis, to es tablish exclusion of Negroes from residential districts with definitely fixed boundaries, is being met by the local bianch of the National Assooia tion for the Advancement of Colored People, which has organized a special committee to obtain members, and raise funds to meet emergencies as they may arise. James H. Tanter, secretary of the St. Louis branch, writes to the national office of the association in New York: “There has been instituted propa ganda to prevent the Negroes from occupying premises in certain local ities in St. Louis. Boundaries have been formed and a perfect organized effort has been established to accom plish these aims of the white real es tate agents. Twenty-one organtza tlons have banded themselves with well-laid plans to keep Negroes from 1 purchasing or renting houses only in j the localities they have selected for them. This organization is composed of real estate men, merchants an 1 business men of every profession. “The agreement as laid out, or in other words, the constitution of the organization, is in our hands. . . The executive committee (of the branch) has authorized a committee and that committe has worked out a plan to comb the city for membership and defense funds to be used as emergency arises.We have something like 30 organizations. All are willingly desirous of working with the association’s branch.” “JAMES WELDON JOHNSON LIBRARY” IS DEDICATED - .i Atlantic City, N. J.—The seventh grade classes of the Indiana avenue school in this city have founded a library, which, at recent exercises, was dedicated as “James Weldon Johnson Library,” being named aftei the secretary of the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored People. Professor Montgomery Greg ory, foremrly of Howard University and now supervisor of the public schools in Atlantic City, was the prin cipal speaker at the dedication exer cises which closed with the singing of the Negro National Anthem. ...•“! FLOWERS for Easter Order Early j , 403 So. 15th Ja. 0132 , ♦x~x~xk~xk~x~x~x*<~x~x~x~x*: * THESE HOMES ARE FOR SALE X l 2515 Binney street. 5 rooms strictly X * modern, full cement basement, oak X w finish, 6 lar^e rooms. Built-in fea- X 1 • tures. Now vacant. X 2911 North 27th street, 6 rooms X modern, full cement basement, oak y finish. 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