The Monitor A National WeekJy Newspaper Devoted to tbe Interests of Colored Americans __ Published Every Thursday at Omaha. Nebraska, by The Monitor Pub lishing Company __ Entered as Second-C;ass Mail Matter July 2. 1915, at the Postoffice at Omaha. Neb., under the Act of March 2, 1979. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Editor and Publisher. Madree Penn. Associate Editor Fred C. Williams. Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES, S2-00 A YEAR: *1.25 6 MONTHS; 50c S MONTHS Advertising Rates. 75 cents an inch per Issue. Addre-s. The Monitor. 9M Kaffir Block. Omaha. 5eh. Telephone Douglas 3224. k -7 ■ OATH OF COLORED AMERICAN YOUTH ‘1 will never bring disgrace upon ray race by any un- | worthy deed or dishonorable act; I will live a clean, decent, g manly life, and will ever respect and defend the virtue and | honor of womanhood; I will uphold and obey the just laws of g my country and of the community in which I live, and will | encourage others to do likewise; I will not allow prejudice, | injustice, insult or outrage to cower my spirit or sour my § soul, but will ever preserve the inner freedom of heart and 1 conscience; I will not allow myself to be overcome of evil. | but will strive to overcome evil with good; I will endeavor § to develop and exert the best pow ers within me for my own | personal improvement, and will strive unceasingly quicken | the sense of racial duty and responsibility; I will in all | these ways aim to uplift my race so that, to everyone bound § to it by ties of blood, it shall become a bond of ennoblement, | and not a byword of reproach.” IfS THEBE A XT BIFT IX THE (LOI DI DO YOU see any rift in the cloud of race prejudice which- lowers 'so darkly and ominously over the land?” The speaker was a well known and substantial citizen of Omaha, the owner of a beautiful home and other property, is happily married and is rearing a family, giving them good educational advantages. He is a stu dent and a very thoughtful man. There was a note of pathetic ear nestness in bis voice when he ad dressed this question to us. Our own heart beat in sympathy with his. for optimist though we be, we have been compelled to acknowledge that a cloud of race prejudice, ominous and dark, hovers threateningly over the land. We gain nothing by ignoring this fact. If it presages a storm, we should know it and be prepared to seek shelter. If perchance, and God grant that it may be so, the genial sun of fraternal righteousness shall dispel the lowering cloud of fratrici dal strife, then we sbould be prepared to play our part in the enlarged sphere of social and industrial use fulness w-bicb will fall to us by rea son of these changed conditions. The cloud is there. No student of affairs can deny it. It overshadows us as a racial group, and some of us fear as we enter into the cloud. Comes there any voice out of the cloud, bespeak ing courage and hope and good cheer? In the language of our friend, is there "any rift in the cloud?" We believe there is a rift in the cloud. The fact that by its over shadowing we are being driven into a recognition of our own power, strength and resourcefulness and fired with a determination to be sat isfied with nothing less than our full manhood rights illuminates the cloud and are the pencilllngs of light which will dispel the cloud. Moreover, this sense of power and inherent strength, voicing itself in sane demands for justice and a square deal Is finding a response in the hearts of more of the dominant group than some of us are inclined to believe. We are ab solutely confident that if we as a race of people do not become weary in well-doing and refuse to become sor did and mean, or revengeful and vin dictive, and will not ‘‘allow prejudice, insult or outrage to cover (our), spirit or soar four) soul, but will ever pre serve the inner freedom of heart and conscience," the ominous clouds which lower will bring upon ns showers of blessing. Thic in substance was our answer to our friend’s question, which ques tion we now pass on to our readers and would be pleased to have their reply. “Do you see any rift In the cloud of race prejudice which lowers so darkly and ominously over the land?” join 50W!! You who have faith in girlhood and young womanhood, make your faith strong by taking out a membership in the Young Women’s Christian Asso ciation. The city wide drive for mem bership is now on and will continue until July 15, 1920. The aim of the association is to de velop the highest conception of Chris tian womanhood and to aid girls and women in realizing this conception by all-around development, by utilizing every available resource of the com munity for their interests, and by offering itself to be used by the com munity in co-operative service for women. All girls and women are eli gible for membership who believe in the purpose of the association. To associate young women in personal loyalty to Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord; to promote growth in Christian character and service through phys ical, social, mental and spiritual train ing, and to become a social force for the extension of the Kingdom of God. Plans are being perfected by which full possession of the Center located at Twenty-second and Grant streets is expected some time in July. Let us celebrate our formal opening with not less than 500 strong and wide awake members. ALL TOGETHER NOW FOR THE W. C. A. Memberships for the year. $1.00. Girls from 12 to 18 years. 50 cents. The committee is at work. Help them. MRS. D. W GOODEN, Chairman of Membership Committee. MISS FRANKIE B. WATKINS, Branch Secretary in Charge. IN MLM0RI4X Dedicated to Mrs. A, W. Parker, who died June 23. 1919. "A year ago, dear little mother, You quietly fluttered away; There never can be another Such a heartrending, solemn day. * r*« "Your memory will live on forever. For the bonds that we cannot sever, But blest be the tie that ever will bind Me to you still. Mother Mine." EMMA PARKER. BAPTIST ASSOCIATION HOLDS CONVENTION Editor of The Monitor: Please permit me to speak through your valuable columns of the Negro Baptist Association of Nebraska, which met with the Pleasant Green Baptist Church. Twenty-second and Paul streets. Omaha. Neb., beginning last Monday. June 14th, and closing its session with a meeting of the Ex ecutive Board Monday of this week. This Association, starting with three churches at first, now has ten churches in its third annual session, and nearly four thousand members, represented by delegate# from Lin coln. Beatrice, Hastings, Grand Island, Council Bluffs, and the churches of Omaha. Neb. The Rev. W. F. Botts, D. D„ is Mod erator of the Association, H. L. An derson. secretary; the M. D. U. is led by tbe Rev. M. H. Wilkinson, as pres ident; J. W. Andrews, secretary Women’s Educational, Home and For eign Convention; Mrs. G. Allen, pres ident; Mrs. A. B. Safold, secretary S. S. Convention; H. L. Anderson, presi dent; Mrs. Mary Dallas, secretary B. IT. P. U.? Mrs. Harris, president. Each of these auxiliaries was given a day for Individual sessions. Sunday features were a model Sun day school in the morning, and in the afternoon a mass meeting of Bap tists. Among the many visitor* who ad dressed the association daring its ses sion was Dr. Ray E. York, state secre tary of Nebraska Baptists who said that "the Negro Baptiat association is the fifteenth or one of the fifteen Bap tist associations of the state of Ne braska. but in numerical strength and church property it stood second, and by the next session he expected to see the Negro Baptist Association in first place.” Quite a number of visitors were present, some from as far south as Texas and as far north as Minne sota, from the east and from the west. Owing to the rapid growth of the association, the S S. School Conven tion and the B. P. Y. V. will go to themselves next year, and will meet with Mt. Zion, Lincoln. Neb. The as sociation with remaining auxiliaries will go to Pilgrim Rest, next year. Rev. Wm. Franklin, pastor. The reports showed marvelous growth among the churches. For the , most part, the churches are all en I gaged in building or buying church homes, and have raised, within the last occasional year, amounts ranging from $500 to more than $1,300 each. That is to say, that one church has raised S1.300, another *6,000, another *4.000, etc. The session closed amidst a galaxy of brilliant addresses, papers read and expressions of Joy and inspira tions. Total amount raised during session is *970. J. D. CRUM, Press Reporter. RESOLUTION Whereas, Three members of our race have been lynched at Duluth, Minn, on the I8tb inst., one of whom died proclaiming his innocence. Therefore be it Resolved, that the Negro Baptists of Nebraska, in asso ciation assembled, do hereby most sol emnly protest against such lawless ness. Be it further Resolved, that we mos1 earnestly appeal to the Christian world to arouse to the utmost the forces of Christ to action till public sentiment shall overwhelm and crush out such lawlessness. J. D. CRUM, Press Reporter. 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