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VOL. 7, No. 1____Lincoln 3, Nebraska—Official and Legal Newspaper November 6, 1952 AKA’s Present $2,000 to Howard Medical School WASHINGTON — (ANP) — Mrs. Laura T. Lovelace of Cin-J cinnati, O., national president of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, last week presented a gift of $2,000 to the Howard university College of Medicine. The gift, set aside at the 1951 boule which convened in Balti more, is designated to aid a child development project by the college in co-operation with the staff jf Freemen’s hospital under the di-^ rection of Dr. Roland Scott, noted pediatrician. The grant is a continuation and extension of the National Health Program of AKA, established in 1934. The program was first or ganized as the “Mississippi Health Project” under the direction cf Dr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee, now president of the National Council of Negro Women and former national presidnt of Alpha Kappa Alpha. For several years, during sum mer months, mobile clincs and a volunteer staff provided basic health service in Bolivar county, Miss. As a demonstration project, the clinics won an enviable posi tion in public health circles. Following World War II, em phasis on the national health pro gram was shifted to the promotion of health education programs x> be sponsored by each chapter. A permanent health office was es tablished in New York City in 1945 under the direction of Mrs. Estelle Massey Osborne. For seven years a full-time ex ecutive secretary for the health program and staff, worked to as sist chapters in promoting pro gram and staff, worked to assist chapters in promoting projects and services which would meet needs of local communities. The gift Mrs. Lovelace pre sented was the first of a series to be distributed under the reorgan ized health program. The project which will benefit is a long range study already in progress. Mrs. Lovelace made the pre sentation #to Dr. Joseph L. John son, dean of the Medical school, in the Maria Baldwin hall on the university campus. Nigerian Woman 1st Negro to Attend Baptist School LOUISVILLE, Ky.-(ANP) When the Baptist Women’s Mis sionary Union Training School here voted last spring to admit Negroes, its first colored student was Mrs. Adeola Adejunmobi Adcbite, 32, of Nigeria. Prior to coming here, Mrs. Adebite at tended Virginia Union. She left her homeland some four years ago when her daughter was only four months old and her son was 3 Ms years old. When she returns to Nigeria, she will teach at the Lagos Baptist Academy where her husband teaches. Mrs. Adegbite also will do Women’s Missionary Union work. Mrs. Adegbite said that the “Ade” before all her names means “crown,” which indicates that somewhere in her family tree she is connected with an African royal • family. * An indication of her westerniz ation is the fact that she is called “Mrs.” Meharry Installs 1st Negro Pres. By Carter Jewel NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ANP)— The first Negro president of Me harry Medical college was in stalled here recently. He is Dr. Harold D. West, a biochemist with a high reputation as a scholar. Many high ranking educators were on hand for the inaugural ceremonies for the fifth president of the institution which has trained more than one-half of the Negro physicians and dentists in the United States. Meharry is one of the schools earmarked by the sponsors of the regional school program for the education of Negro doctors with a view to preventing Negro students from seeking entrance to white institutions for medical training. They also plan by this regional system to meet the equal facilities for training which the federal courts have ordered in several suits against southern white grad uate schools. Dr. Robert A. Lambert, chair man of the interim committee for Meharry after the resignation of Dr. Don Clawson as president in 1950, presided at the ceremonies. His comment on the new presi dent was: “Dr. West is one of America’s greatest scholars.” It was understood that plans would be mapped out for greater financial support of Meharry which has in certain years oper ated on insufficient funds. Clair to Represent Central Jurisdiction on Committee ST. LOUIS, Mo, (ANP)—Bishop Matthew W. Clair Jr., resident pre date of the St. Louis area of the, Methodist church, recently was! elected the Central Jurisdiction! representative on a subcommittee; of the Committee of 50. The new{ bishop was named to the Admin istrative Committee. The Committee of 50 was or dered at the General Conference in San Francisco to “inaugurate,1 implement and carry out” Ameri-! can Methodism’s share of the 1953 world-wide evangelistic program, j FORUM SPEAKERS Charles Dennis (left) publisher .of Liberia's only daily news- 1 paper, "The Listener,” and William S. Paley, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Columbia Broadcasting System, were both speakers at the 21st Annual New York Herald Tribune Forum at the Waldorf Astoria, New York. Said Mr. Dennis: "Your country and mine have a long historical association. Liberians are proud and happy that our great friend, the United States, has always been at our side. Said Mr. Paley: “It is not just humanitarianism to talk about wanting other nations to match or better our growth. It is sound business and political sense . . Both addresses were also heard over the CBS Radio Network from New Tort J 1 -- ' — Elect Mem* ^ f o Trustee Board of Nat'l U. League H. McDaniel, Actress, Dies HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Hattie McDaniel, 57-year-old veteran of stage and screen, and star of the “Beulah” show of radio and tele vision, died Sunday at the motion1 picture country home in San Fer-* nando valley after being ill with* cancer for more than a year. The good-natured actress, whose jovial personality gained heri millions of fans, had been in re-i tirement for 18 months, although* recorded programs of the “Beulah” show were heard over the air this season. Best known for her radio role, Miss McDaniel also was prominent in pictures. She was the only Negro ever to win an Academy Award, a coveter prize which she earned in the role of Scarlett O’Hara’s mammy in “Gone With the Wind.” Her film career took in some 300 pictures, among them “Re union,” “Saratoga,” “Goodbye,” “Flame” and “Song of the South.’ During her long illness the actress was cheered by a con stant stream of messages from well-wishers throughout the coun try and friends said that the star remained optimistic and looked forward to the time when she would resume her career. Her radio role was taken over this week by Louise Beavers, who has played Beulah on the cur rent television show. Often during her career, which began when the actress was still in her teens, Miss McDaniel was the subject of repeated criticisms for her numerous appearances in “mammy’ roles. Most of this criticism came from other Negroes, Miss McDaniel said. However, never one to back away from the fight, the actress staunchly defended the right of Negro actors and actresses to make a living in what she termed “the only way open to them.” All Interested I Nation-Wide Essay Contest In Progress NEW YORK—(ANP)—A na tionwide essay contest on the Point IV program with prize awards totaling $1,800 began Sat urday, Nov. 1, the National Coun cil of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., sponsors of the. contest, announced. March 31, 1953 is the, closing date. Any American between the agesi of 15 and 23 is eligible to compete1 for the prizes which will be awarded in two categories — high school pupils, 15 to 18 years old, and college students, 19 to 23. Names of winners will be an nounced about May 15, 1953. Besides the first two prizes of $400 each, there will be two sec ond-place awards of $200, two third prizes of $100 each, andi some 20 other prizes of $25 each.' “The United States and the Un developed Areas” is the subject [of the essay which must be kept within 1,000 words. Basic pur pose of the contest is to stimulate active interest of young Ameri cans in the problems of the Point IV program and America’s rela tionship with the economically less developed countries of the world. Made possible by the Zelah Van Loan Fund, the contest has been [officially endorsed by the Coun cil’s United Youth Movement. Contest instruction leaflets and i posters concerning the contest will be sent upon request by the Point IV Essay Committee, National Council of Churches, 79 E. Adams St., Chicago 3, 111. Annual Diabetes Detection Drive To Be Observed The fourth annual Diabetes De tection Drive sponsored by the Nebraska State Medical Associa tion will be held November f6-22, 1952, it was announced Thursday by Dr. Morris Margolin, Omaha, Chairman of the medical associa tion’s Diabetes Committee. Dr. Margilin stated that the purpose of the drive is to find Nebraska’s unknown and un treated diabetics. He added that the detection program will be held in conjunction with the na tional Diabetes Week. National Ditbetes Week, he continued, is held each ^year to give special em phasis to the finding of the 1,000, D00 Persons »n America who have diabetes and do no know it. “Diabetes is said to be a dis ease of complications,” the med ical association chairman related, “since the person having it is an easy victim for many other dis eases. Our main objective in Ne braska is to find these unknown patients so that they can place themselves under proper medical care. “In order that they be found, the Diabetes Committee of the Nebraska State Medical Associa Nebraska State Medical Associa tion urges that every Nebraskan go to his family physician for a simple test that will determine (Continued on Page 3, Col. 3) ii Program Robert W. Dowling, president >f the National Urban League, this veek announced the election of wo new members and re-election af a third to the borad of trustees if the nation’s oldest voluntary Interracial service agency. Newly-elected members are Robert B. Smallwood, president of the Thomas J. Lipton, Inc., pack ers of Lipton tea and othe# prod ucts; and Benjamin Wood, vice president and member of the plans board of the William Esty Com pany, Inc., well-known advertis ing agency. Re-elected after an absence from the board caused by inability to attend because of a Washington assignment was John S. Stillman, attorney, business man, and director of the Hudson Valley Aluminum, Inc. Mr. Smallwood’s term expires in 1954 while the terms of the others expire in 1955. All three newly-elected mem bers have been keenly interested in the program of the National Urban League which works for Equal economic opportunity for | Negroes in all fields of endeavor. With national offices at 1133 Broadway, the League has a Southern Field Division in At lanta, Ga., and a Western Field Office in Pasadena, Calif., to service affiliates in 00 cities in 30 states. Lester B. Granger Is executive director of the League which is a participating member of the United Community Defense Serv ices, Inc., and is affiliated with the National Social Welfare As sembly, the National Conference of Social Work and the United Defense Fund. African Head of LU (Pa.) Senate LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. (ANP)—Kalu Ezera, a senior from Nigeria, West Africa, has been elected president of the Student Senate at Lincoln (Pa.) university here. Many will recall Ezera as one of ; the principal speakers at the “Free World Speaks” dinner sponsored by the Fellowship Commission and Fellowship in Philadelphia. In his address at that time, Ezera, a tribal leader, urged that Africans be given an equal voice in world affairs. He shared the speakers’ table with Clement R. Attlee, former British prime min ister; Carlos R. Romulo, Philippine ambassador, and Joseph S. Clark Jr., mayor of Philadelphia. Other senate officers elected were: Adolph Johnson, Kansas City, Mo.; Eugene Brockington, Philadelphia; Frazier Taylor, Bos ton; and St. Elmo Taylor, Brook lyn, N.Y. Students appointed to serve on faculty committees included: Per sonnel—Samuel Dismond, Harris burg, Pa.; Benjamin Johnson, Philadelphia. Athletics — Charles Sexton, York, Pa.; Clayton Cor others, Erie, Pa.; Joseph Kennedy, Summit, N.J. Religious Activitie* —Joseph Daniels, Linden, N.J.; Herman Graham, Baltimore. Health—Russell Carter, Wilkee Barre, Pa., and Richard Holme% Orange, N.J.