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TIh® ^f®5<s® PUBLISHED WEEKLY “Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great people Rev. Melvin L. Shakespeare Publisher and Editor Business Address 2225 S Street Phone 5 649) 11 No Answer Call S-7S0B Bubie W. gtn»—OHvrttgttvy and Business Manager Charles 1-i.y flggnrriote Editor, Y.M.C.A. Lynwood Parker.....Associate Editor, on Military Leave Rev J B Brooks ___Promotion Manager Mrs. toe Green_ ■ ...... . -Circulation Manager Member”oT the Associated Negro Press and Nebraska Press Association_ tnterea as Second Class Matter, June 9. 1947 at the Poet Oliice at Lincoln, Nebraska under the Act ot March 3, 1679 _ Tireor suoscnption-1X500 Single copy-5c EDITORIALS The views expressed in these columns are those oi the writer and not necessarily a reflection of the policy of The Voice.— Pub. mnomi fD/WM/M 4SSOC/4nflH^ FEBRUARY MEN February has given us so many notable statesmen and philos ophers that its “Hall of Fame” exceeds all others. Benjamin Franklin was undoubtedly the outstanding personage of the rev olutionary period in science, statesmanship, and civic leader ship let’s toss in humor too) but George Washington is the most famous, for we append to him most of the basic tradition of our country—truth, courage, accuracy and strength in personal charac ter, sound judgment and goodwill as revealed in his time. He didn’t believe strongly in the right of the people to govern themselves, but he gave them a chance to prove it anyway and they’ve done a good job, for the most part, these 174 years. LINCOLN ELECTIONS Candidates are already begin ning to file for municipal posi tions in Lincoln. Voters should know one thing by now—that you can't elect men who don’t believe in the American ideal of democ racy and expect them to act dem ocratically or as moral Christians. Just because campaigners point out what they think should be done doesn’t have anything to do with how they plan to do it. Start looking these men over now. Don’t elect meft who will not act in the interest of the whole community. Again, Mr. Voter, it’s up to you. Brass Facts By M. L. Shakespeare. Not so long ago I visited an old landmark in. Nebraska City. It is pointed out as a station on the once heralded underground railway. This a supposed cabin of the late John Brown, a great humanitarian of yesteryears. As to the authenticity of the cabin this I cannot say. But this I do know if it is as advertised it served a noble and Godly purpose. As I viewed the cabin I could not help but think of the one who once lived there. For here was a man that not only said with other liberals, that all men are created equal but gave his life to that end. Again some of our legislators give the sad alibi that you can not legislate love into the hearts of people, a££i again I agree with them. That is why we have city, county and state institutions of confinement for the violator of , the law. But there is one thing sure we can do, we can let evil know that it cannot go unopposed. We that have a spark of human kindness can pass righteous laws QUALITY PHOTOS Lower Prices—Faster Service PHOTO NOOK • k m to t p.m. mm Sndojro 1443 “O'* Street Lincoln, Nctr. CLEANING and SANITATION SUPPLIES All Type* Brooms—Furniture Polishes Mops—Floor Seal and Wax Sweeping Compounds Mopping Equipment Kelso Chemical 117 North 9th St. 2-2434 and stand behind them to see that they are carried out. I do not say that men will stop violating the law because of these institutions but I do say that they are subject to the penalty for the violation. Nor do I say that by passing a F. E. P. C. bill that it will wipe out racial and class prejudices, but it will make the offender be outside the law. My hat goes off this week to ten men of the state legislature, who had the foresight as well as the courage to vote for Fair Em ployment for all men regardless of Race, Color, Creed or Religion. Truly this was the spirit of the late John Brown. Peace, *if possible, but the truth at any rate.—Martin Lu We Invite You 1 - . * 9 ' * < To Use Our Service ’ » t%\ . i • , * h IAMBS C. OLSON, SufxrtnUndtnt ITITI IIITOIICU SOCIBYT The celebration of the Uni versity of Nebraska’s 80th birth day on February 15 cannot help but cause thoughtful Nebraskans to reflect on the great progress made by the institution in the short span of four .score years. That progress is even more not able when one considers the small uncertain beginnings which are a part of the university’s early history. A study of the first faculty re veals much about those begin nings. Including the chancellor, it consisted of five men. To calm fears that the university would fall under the domination of one religious sect or another, great care had been exercised to choose men representing various religious faiths. The chancellor, m addi tion to his administrative re sponsibilities, occupied the chair of “intellectual and moral science.” He also taught Latin, Greek, and history on the side. Allen R. Benton, the univer sity’s first chancellor, was a man of considerable abilities. Although by temperament more suited to the calm of the classroom than to the arena of rough-and tumble frontier administration, be capably and conscientiously guided the university through its first perilous years. One of his colleagues wrote of him: “So varied was his scholar ship that he was equally at home in almost every department of college work. .. Nothing slov# enly ever appeared from his tongue or pen. . No fact or state ment was ever colored by him. Every member of the faculty, every citizen who formed his acquaintence ,at once trusted im plicitly every word that he ut tered.” A member of the first faculty who made a particularly deep impression on the people of the state was Rev. Samuel Aughey, professor of natural sciences. Professor Aughey was indefatig able in his efforts to demonstrate the agricultural possibilities of I PHILCO I Freezers—Rodios Refrigerators FRIGID SERVICE, INC. 1619 "O” St. *-t»ll =—. - -—, Nebraska, and his work, possibly as much as that of any other man, helped dispel the myth that Nebraska was part of the “great American desert.” Another well-known member of the first faculty was Rev. O. C. Dake, professor of English literature. Noted for his “Legend of the Weeping Water,” and other poems, Professor Dake has been called, “the first Nebraska au thor.” All in all, the members of that first faculty, and those who suc ceeded them, were men of con scientious competence who laid for the University of Nebraska a solid foundation on which it has been possible to erect one of the nation’s truly great institutions of higher learning. We Saw You There If you who are described in the following paragraphs can successfully identify yourself to the editors of The Voice, you will be awarded a coupon, which will be redeemable at some well known place of business. If some other individual is able to reach us before you do, we will award him a one dollar coupon. You were observed Sunday. You are a lady about 5 feet, 4 inches in height. You were wear ing a three-quarter length Hudson Seal coat over a rust dress and a black velvet hat. You were seen riding away from church in a Pontiac. Your name is. Well, you tell us and collect a $2 coupon to be used at The Lady’s Best Beauty Shoppe, 2215 S street. (Call 5-6491 or 5-7508.) Negro at St. Louis Uni. Honored ST. LOUIS, Feb. 19.—Theodore McMillian, 30 years old, St. Louis University law student, today be came the first St. Louis Univer sity Negro to be named to Alpha Sigma Nu, national Jesuit honor society. 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