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THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor
$2.00 a Year r,c a Copy OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 3rd, 1922 Vol. VII—No. 35 Whole Number 346
OUR COLORED CITIZENS PAY DIRECT TAXES ON PROPERTY WORTH $2,500,000
NEGRO EDUCATION
PAYS BtVIVIDENDS
declaeVyrerts
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'I he Ijiml-Grant Colleges 1 % ’ored
People Need Many More '1.
Teachers For the Rapildy
Developing Work
6GVERNMENT CO OPERATING
.Southern State legislatures Make
Larger Annual Appropriations
For Educational Work
Among Negroes
(Special to the Monitor)
Hampton, Vu., Mar. M—The out
standing need of the land-grant col
leges for colored people is a supply
of trained teachers who can uphold
high standards and who can give their
pupils what those pupils need. This
fact was made clear at the recent
Nashville meeting of the heads and
other representatives of the colored
land-grant colleges, called and pre
sided over by Dr. John J. Tigert, U.
S. Commissioner of Education.
Hon. J. B. Brown, State superin
tendent of public instruction for Ten
nessee, in his address of welcome, ex
pressed the greetings and interest of
Gov. Alfred A. Taylor. He stated
that 101,000 Negro children in Ten
nessec, of 160,000 who are of school
age, are enrolled In school.
Leaders Face Big Problem
Dr. Tigert emphasized the value of
the human clement in National pro
gross, He declared that Negroes
should be given freely the education
which they need and should have.
Dr. A. C. True, director of the
States Relations Service, U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, brought the
greeting of Secretary Wallace. Doc
tor True stated that it Is important
that the Negro Colleges should get a
correct idea of their obligations to the
people whom they serve, since their
work is one phase of a world-wide ed
ucational movement for vocational
education.
“There are still comparatively few
goml instiutions for vocational train
ing,” declared Dr. True. “As long as
industries were simple and labor was1
both cheap and plentiful, there was
comparatively little progress or need j
of skilled workers. The human ele- J
inent in industry is now tremendously 1
Important, and prosperous industrial
communities demand trained workers.
Education is Needed For All Groups
"Vocational education is not nar
row; It must include the principles
and fundamentals of the business and
its relation to community life.
“Negroes need, of course, a certain
number of persons who will be pro
fessionally trained, as well as me
chanics and farmers. There will be
gifted Negroes in music, In art and
in literature, who must have the
training that is suited to their needs.
As with other races, however, the
majority will be engaged in the more
mechanical pursuits.
Negro Farmers Are Assets
“There are 925,000 Negro farmers
in the United States, or 15 per cent
of the total number of farmers. Over
700,000 of these are tenants or oper
ators. There are about 218,000 farm
owners.
“There are about 160 Negro farm
demonstration agents and about 80
home demonstration agents who are
working under the United States De
partment of Agriculture. There are
also two Negro special agents.
“The U. S. Department of Agri
culture would like to develop this work
further. Vet, even if the Congress
should give us a larger fund for tills
purpose, our greatest difficulty would
be to find people with the requisite
training and experience. Therefore,
the land-grant colleges should try to
turn them out. They need more
money for this purpose.”
Teacher-Training Interests Officials
Chas. H. Lane, chief of the agricul
tural education service of the F’ederai
Board for Vocational Education, out
lined the progress which has been
made under the Smith-Hughes Act,
passed in 1917, in teaching boys and
girls in school and in helping farmers
and housekeepers through.funds which
are entirely In the hands of State
boards of vocational education.
Educattan for Colored Home-Makers
Miss Anna E. Richardson, chief
of the home economics service of the
Federated Board for Vocational Edu
cation, paid a tribute to the excellent
work of the home economic supervis
ors who are at work in the Southern
states. “There arc three things which
are to be done,” she said, "by land
grant colleges for colored girls: train
home-makers, train for occupations
connected with home-making work
and allied activities, and train teach
ers. These teachers must have a good
general education and a good teclud
cal or professional training.”
Negro Institutions Win Public Support
William J. Hale of Nashville, pres
ident of the Tennesse Agricultural
and Industrial State Normal School,
stated that in 1919 three white and
one colored normal schools were es
tablished In Tennessee. The first
year $16,000 were given by Tennessee
for its colored land-grant college,
while last year $66,000 were given—
and In addition $75,00n were given for
houses.
J. S. Clark, president of Southern
University, which is located six miles
out of Baton Rouge, La., declared that
"the colored land-grant colleges have
been called on to do almost every
thing.” He stated that T. H. Harris,
State Superintendent' of Public in
struction, und (iov. John T. Parker
have been outstanding figures in
Louisiana’s educational program.
The first year $10,000 were appro
priated for Southern University. The
last Legislature appropriated $267,000
for Southern University and also $80,
000 for a school for the Negro blind,
which has been built on the Southern
University-campus. Today 1000 col
ored people own their own homes in
the neighborhood of Southern Univer
sity.
1223 Rosenwald Schools
The Conference sent a resolution of
appreciation to Julius Rosenwald of
Chicago for his interest and coopera
tion in the rural school-building cam
paign which is going on throughout
the South. Today there are 1223
Rosenwald schools, with a teacher
capacity of 2812, built at a total cost
of $4,012,923, which has been con
tributed as follows: Negroes $1,139,
165; whites, $277,668; public funds,
$1,840,210; and Rosenwald aid, $755,
880.
Dr. Walton C. John of Washington,
D. C., specialist in land-grant college
statistics, U. S. Bureau of Education,
who served as the executive secretary
of the Conference, stated the princi
pal objects of this meeting of leaders
in colored land-grant college work:
the revision of courses of study in ag
riculture and home economics; the im
provement of equipment; the develop
ment of higher standards; and the
stimulation of more interest so as t
secure more adequate financial sup- i
port for colored land-grant colleges.
INTERNATIONAL Y.
SECRETARY VISITS
OMAHA FRIENDS
—
Robert B. DeFrance Spends Several
Days in City in the Interest of
Effort to Organize Local
Colored Branch
Ilobeit B. DeFrantz, international !
secretary of the Young Men’s Chris
tian Association, with hearquarters ini
New York City, is spending several
days in Omaha this week in the inter
est of the effort to organize and es
tablish a branch of this organization |
among the colored men and boys of
the city. This movement has been
under way for some months, an active
committee has been at work and a
secretary in the person of J. Fletcher
Bryant has been on the ground, sur
veying the field and organizing und j
directing such activities as the tenta
tive plans and circumscribed situation
would permit. The work thus far has
ls*en primitively experimental because
of unfortunate limitations, but some
progress has been made. Mr. De
Franze has been busy holding confer
ences with the special committee and
also the officials of the Central
Branch, whom the Monitor considers
rather luke warm over the proposition
and is (fuite sanguine of the success
ful development of the Branch. He is
particularly well pleased with the cal
ibre of our own committee who have
the matter in hand. Mr. DeFrantz
leaves Saturday morning for Des
Moines. While here he was the guest
of Dr. W. W. Peebles.
PROMINENT BASEBALL MANAG
ER STRIKES OUT
(Associated Negro Press)
Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 3—C. I
Taylor, owner of the A. B. C. baseball
club, one of the most prominent busi
ness men in the country, died at his
home here after a ten days’ illness,
Thursday morning at 10:20 o’clock.
He was taken ill with the influenza
and his condition became so serious
that two doctors and two nurses at
tended him constantly. He was fifty
years old and came to Indianapolis
from Birmingham, Ala., some years
ago. His affable manner and business
traits caused him to be successful and
the name of the A. B. C. baseball
team which he headed is known all
over the country.
PRESIDENT HARDIN6
DIVES FARM MATTER
DUE CONSIDERATION
Favorably Receiver Committee Which
Lays Before the Chief Executive
Peculiar Difficulties of the
Colored Farmers
FAVORS A LIBERAL SUPPORT
Provisions of the Federal F'arm Loan
Act Should be Impartially and
Equitahly Applied to Meet
Needs of Negroes
(Special to the Monitor)
By Walter J. Singleton
(Staff Co rrespondent)
Washington, D. C., March 3.—At
the recent National Agricultural Con
ference, held In Washington, the race
was recognized as a factor in agri
cultural industry. A committee on
Negro Farm Problems was organized,
and a report was prepared and sub
mitted, officially to the Conference.
The personnel of the committee was
as follows: Benjamin F. Hubert, of
Alabama, chairman; Chas. E. Hall of
Illinois, secretary; W. S. Scar
borough, of Ohio, and It. W. Westber
ry, of South Carolina, members. The
Conference adopted the report in its
entirety. Facts of momentous interest
to colored farmers and particularly
to those of the western states, were
brought out and should encourage ;
those who contemplate entrance into
this field of industry, as well as
those who arc already so engaged, j
The difficult and all-important prob- ;
lem of finances is made easier than j
ever before in the history of the j
country. The Federal Loan Act fa
cilitates easier and more practiable
terms than ever before.
The committee, introduced by Sec-!
retary Wallace, of the Department of
Agriculture, was received at the
White House by President Harding,
who expressed a lively interest in its I
work and high approval of the promo- !
tion and stimulation of agricultural
activity among the people of our race.
The committee was enthusiastically j
received on every side. It is hoped j
that the participation of the race in
agriculture may be extended and
stimulated as a result of the better
opportunities now offered. The eco
nomic world offers no finer pursuit
for the home-loving element of our
race than that of farming. The for- j
mcr is most vital and necessary to i
the country, No occupation offers |
greater stability of citizenship or se- I
curity in home and living. The far- |
(Tier’s standing in the community is :
on the ascendency and his influence |
in politics is beginning to be felt.
Outstanding paragraphs in the re- j
port of the committee follows:
There is a special need for a more j
favorable application of the Federal ■
Farm Loan Act in its relation to col- j
ored farmers so that they may be able j
to obtain all of the assistance that;
may he had through this helpful !
source and be relieved from the tou
frequent pressure of local money
loaners.
There is much dissatisfaction
among the rural districts on account
of poor school facilities, which, in
mapy cases have been the cause for
a general migration from the farms
to the cities. Because of this we urge
a more liberal support from the state
and local governments.
There should be a more adequate j
distribution of federal funds than are J
allotted to the different states under)
the Smith-Lever and the Smith
Hughes Acts so that Negro farmers
may receive a greater benefit, to the j
end that we may have a larger num- j
her of well-trained men and women to !
advise and to work in the rural dis
tricts. This is especially necessary
because of the fact that this class
of our farming population has had
less advantage than most of the other
farming groups.
VETERAN EDITOR VISITS TUS
KEGEE
—
Tuskegee Institute, Ala., March 3—
Mr. J. H. Murphy, editor of the Afro
American, Baltimore, Maryland, was
among the prominent visitors at the
Tuskegee Institute, during the past
week. During his stay Mr. Murphy,
who Is, perhaps, the Dean of Negro
editors, spoke to the students and
faculty upon two occasions, pointing
out the good of industrial training and
urging the students to strive to press
forward at all times. He was enter
tained at dinner by the Twentieth
Century Club, on Monday evening.
Mr. Murphy was accompanied by his
son, D. F. Murphy, and is enroute to
Florida. While at the Institute, he
was the guest of Dr. R. R. Moton.
DESDUNE’S BAND
SCORES ANOTHER
GREAT TRIUMPH
Famous Musical Organization Gives
Most Pretentious Program in Its
Eventful and Highly Success
ful Career
—
Despite severe cold weather which
made shivering Omaha reluctant to
leave its fireside, an audience of over
1,600 braved the elements Monday
night to attend the concert given by
Dan Desdunes famous band at the
City Auditorium. The audience was
well repaid for its attendance, the band
delighting it with the best rendered
and most pretentious program in its
eventful, successful and pleasing ca
reer. Numbers like the Tannhauser
Overture by Wagner, accounted by
critics the highest and most difficult
composition written; and the Barber
of Seville by Rossini, played faultless
ly, will give some idea of the charact
er of the program, and the excellence
of its rendition. The program was
exceptionally well balanced. In at
tack, rhythm, phrasing and interpre
tation every number approached per
fection. “The Sheik,” by Ted Snyder,
hut especially arranged by Desdunes,
elicited high praise; hut this is equally
true of every selection. The numbers
by the large chorus showed good
training and were well received. As a
comet soloist Jeff Smith well sustain
ed his national reputation. Messrs
H. L. Preston, baritone, and Levi
Broonfield,. tenor, were in good voice
and sang well. The star of the solo
ists was Madame I-ena Curry, who
has a cultivated soprano voice of high
register and great sweetness. She
was forced to respond repeatedly to
encores.
The concert was given for the ben
efit of St. John’s A. M. E. church, and
was under the direction of Mr. William
'Lewis, manager of the band, and the
Rev. W. C. Williams, pastor of the
church. Mrs. G. B. Riley and Rev. J.
Fletcher Bryant assisted in training
the choir.
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MARYLAND LADY’S
VIEWS REGARDED
WITH DISFAVOR
State Senators Would Deny Admission
of Mrs. Hooker Into State Capitol
Because of Her Sentiments
on Intermarriage
HAS VERY DECIDED 0PIHI0H
Declares Belief That Inter-Racial
Marriages Are Justifiable When j
Founded in lx)ve and Would
Lessen Other Evils
Annapolis, Md., March 3—Declar
ing that Mrs. Donald It. Hooker,
white, of Baltimore, was a “red” and
a "radical” for advocating intermar
riage of the races, senators urged that
she be denied the privilege of enter
ing the state Capitol February 22. j
Mrs. Hooker’s ideas would destroy
Maryland’s miscegenation laws, de- J
dared Senator Robb, of Allegheny
county, who criticized Mrs. Hooker’s
attitude, but offered no facts to prove
the falsity of her statements.
W'hat Mrs. Hooker Said
The cause of the senatorial ebulli
tion was the following remark of Mrs.
Hooker, who is an ardent champion of
woman’s rights, before a meeting of
the Just Government League in Bal
timore a few days previous. Said
she:
“Intermarriage between white wom
en and Japanese, Negroes, Hindus or
members of any other race is justi
fiable, provided the union is founded
on love.
"Too often,” said Mrs. Hooker,
"marriages are founded on considera
tions which have little to do with love.
When mutual affection is taken as a
basis for marriage, unnatural selec-1
tion of mates disappears and the sit- j
nation is as nature intended it to be. j
The present intermingling of races j
exists without being sanctioned by law.
“There are Negro half-breeds and j
Japanese half-breeds and half-breeds
of other races. The great hordes of
these tragic souls would diminish con
siderably, in my opinion, if women
would mate merely for love, for I do
not believe that there would be an in
termingling of a superior race and an
inferior race if that were the case.’’
_
HAVE YOU THIRTY-FIVE CENTS
WORTH OF RACE PRIDE?
—
The Kaffir Chemical Laboratories,
located at 817 North Sixteenth, where
it can be visited and inspected by
evehybody interested, is a race enter
prise and manufactures Dentlo, one
of the best tooth pastes on the mar
ket. This tooth paste retails at thirty
five cents for a full two-ounce tube. |
Just suppose that 1000 of the 12,000
colored citizens of Omaha, would buy
ONE TUBE a month, how long do
you think it would be before the Kaf
fir Chemical Co. would have to enlarge
its plant and give employment to hun
dreds of our people. Have you enough
race pride to spend just 35 cents for
a tube of Dentlo, a pyorrhea preven
tive tooth paste, an article which you
need and should use, to help build up
a creditable business enterprise in
your community? If you use a tooth
paste, why not use Dentlo? Buy one
tube at least.
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HOWARD PREPARES FOR INTER
COLLEGIATE DEBATES
Washington, D. C., March 3—Un
dergraduate life at Howard Univer
sity is now centered in the coming in
tercollegiate debates to be held in the
spring with Lincoln University, Vir
ginia Union University, and Atlant
University. Howard last year enter- I
ed into a trianglar debating league
with Union and Lincoln Universities
and the same arrangement will hold
for this year. Lincoln will debate
Howard in Philadelphia and Union
University at Richmond. Howard
will meet Union at Washington. On
the same night each of the three col
leges will have two teams debating its
rivals on opposite sides of the ques
tion. This triangular debate will be
hehl March 21, 1922. The proposition
to be discussed is: “Resolved, That j
the Open Shop policy should prevail
in American Industries.”
In addition to the triangular de
bate, Howard will also meets its an
cient forensic rival, Atlanta Univer
sity, in Washington two weeks prior
to the triangular debate. The sub
ject of the debate will be: “Resolved,
That the United States should cancel
the war debt of the Allies.” Howard
will uphold the affirmative and At
lanta the negative.
NEWS OF A. & T. COLLEGE
Greensboro, N. C., Mar. 3—Sunday,
Feb. 19, Mr. C. H. Ireland, a very
prominent business man of this city,
gave us a very interesting talk in
connection with his travels.
Thursday evening, Feb. 23, Presi
dent Dudley and Mrs. Dudley held a
quiet observance of their fortieth
marriage anniversary at their home.
Friday evening, Feb. 24, Mr. Ed
ward Brigham of New York City,
a basso profundo and famous dra
matic reader, performed in our aud
itorium. Mr. Brigham is an artist of
rare power.
Under the management of Mr. A.
F. Morse the candidates for baseball
have begun their practice for effic
iency in their respective positions.
Prospects for good teams the ensuing
season are fine.
CRISPUS ATTUCKS
CELEBRATION IS
PLANNED FOR CITY
Preparations Are Nearing Completion
For Fitting Observance of Anni
versary of Death of Proto
Martyr of Revolution
Preparations have been completed
for Omaha’s participation in the ob
servance Sunday of Crispus Attucks’
Day, which will be duly celebrated in
many cities throughout the country.
The purpose of the day’s observance
is chiefly educational and to call at
tention to the part played by colored
Americans in the history of the coun
try. The chairman of the committee
of arrangements, Mrs. J. Alice Stew
art, announces the following program
for the exercises which will be held
in Pilgrim Baptist Church, 25th and
Hamilton streets, ^ half past two
o’clock: “America,’" by the audience;
Invocation, the Rev. W. F. Botts; in
troduction of chairman, Dr. W. W.
Peebles, by chairman of committee,
Mrs. J. Alice Stewart; eight minute
addresses by Rev. Russell Taylor and
Attorney Amos P, Scruggs; instru
mental solo, Miss Hazel Roulette;
vocal solo, by Rufus W. Long;
paper, Miss Gertrude Lewis; eight
minute speeches by Rev. W. C. Wil
liams and Rev. William Saunders;
vocal solo, Mr. H. L. Preston; paper,
Miss Eliona Mitchell; eight minute
speeches by Attorney H. J. Pinkett
and the Rev. Mr. Lawrence; recita
tion, “Paul Revere’s Ride,” by Miss
Frankie B. Watkins; address, “At
tucks, Rioter or Patriot, Which?” by
Rev. John Albert Williams; vocal se
lection by the Taylor Quartette; ben
ediction, Rev. J. D. Crum.
The committee of fifty, members of
the G. A. R., Spanish-American and
World-War veterans, and Crispus At
tucks chapter of the Red Cross will
occupy center section of the church;
the Palatine Guards and Ladies Drill
team will occupy the east section;
the Boy Scouts will act as ushers.
The audience is urged to be prompt in
assembling.
MEMBERS OF SCHOOL
ORCHESTRA
Lyla Johnson and Evelyn Battles
are members of the students’ orches
tra at the Howard Kennedy school.
Lyla is the pianist and Evelyn plays
the violin.
The Ocawasin Campfire Girls held
their regular meeting Thursday night
with Miss Alma Webster.
OMAHA’S COLORED
CITIZENRY ALIVE
AND PROGRESSIVE
Numbering Over Six Thousand Souls
It Constitutes More Than Six Per
Cent of Total Population and
Is Doing Its Share
MART MERCIES ARE ACTIVE
Interesting Facts Concerning Many
Churches, Clubs, Lodges, and the
Various Organizations That
Function in City
i Brief Sketch by J. H. Pinkett)
The colored people of Omaha num
ber about twelve thousand souls.
Two-thirds of this number live in a
section of the city where they con
stitute more than one-half of the pop
ulation, and the other third lives in
various parts of the city.
What this group, living where
paved streets are the fewest and the
lights less bright than in more fav
ored sections, is doing, with its ever
increasing numbers in the North,
should be the concern of all thought
ful elements of both races.
What is so strange about this
group, among us and of us, concern
ing whom we know so little? They
are thought of as a happy, care-free
group, given to pleasurable and, some
times, too much play, but rarely ser
ious. In the community at large, in
deed, little is known about them as
they really are. The group, neverthe
less, has its own agencies through
which it works and servies its own
and the bigger, outer world.
Of these agencies the church is pre
dominant both in numbers and in
fluence. There is a total of eighteen
churches with an enrollment of about
five thousand members. Several
hundred thousand dollars are invested
in this property. For greater effect
iveness and usefulness, these minis
ters haxe joined together in an al
liance which holds weekly meetings
and discusses various questions for
the betterment of their churches and
the racial group which they serve.
Several of these ministers are pro
ducts of the best theological semin
aries. Others, through hard work,
have become leaders in their field.
Aside from the churches, the fra
ternal organizations, the Colored Com
mercial Club of Omaha, the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, the Y. W. C. A., the
Y. M. C. A., the two weekly papers,
the musical organizations, the Med
ical Society, and the smaller organ
izations are doing their share in
their spheres.
The fraternal organizations are
composed of about three thousand
members and they operate along lines
usual among such societies. Many of
i the chapters own their assembly
rooms.
The Colored Commercial Club, at
2414 Maple Street, is fostering many
activities of a helpful nature. Per
haps the best known of these is the
Free Employment Bureau, which
makes an effort to select and place
responsible parties in positions, and
follow up each case where possible.
During a period of slightly more
than a year, this bureau has placed
one thousand two hundred persons in
positions of various kinds. It has
also co-operated with labor and labor
agencies here and in the South and
East to avoid overcrowding the labor
field in Omaha. Its primary aim has
been to serve Omaha citizens. Among
other things, too, the Club investi
gates all cases brought to its atten
tion of colored persons who seek fi
nancial contributions from the pub
lic. Those persons who are found
worthy and who represent worthy
causes are endorsed and others refua
ed endorsement. This plan operates as
a protection to both races.
In the club rooms, the Roosevelt
Post of the American Legion, com
posed of colored veterans of the
World War, makes its headquarters,
as do the Boy Scouts. Here, also, is
a branch of the Omaha Public Library
which is well patronized by the resi
dents of the vicinity.
The club seeks to encourage and
co-operate with all helpful agencies of
the community. Its membership is
made up of men engaged In small
businesses, ministers,, doctors, den
tists and lawyers. It Is seeking in
every possible way to harmonize all
differences between the white and
colored groups of Omaha by con
structive effort, and to establish a
point of contact to this end.
Other agencies, serving a useful
purpose, which have been referred to, ,
are the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
which seeks to secure for the colored
citizen justice before the law; the Y.
W. C. A., which is doing good work
among the women and girl* of the
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