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$2.00 a Year. 5c a Copy ‘ OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1924 Whole Number 457 Vol. IX—No. 41
“GO TO HIGH SCHOOL
COLLEGE CAMPAIGN
SET FOR MAT 4-11
Alpha I’hi Alpha to Beach Five Mil
lion Persons—Educational Message
to he Broadcasted and Adver
tised on Large Scale.
MOVEMENT FMTU 6M0WIN6
Campaign Will Be More Effectively
Organised and Vigorously Pushed
Than in Former
Years. ______
Washington, D. C., April 11.—"Go
to High School—Go to College Week”,
pronounced by leading educators as
the most forward-looking movement
ever inaugurated by a group of col
lege students will be observed this
year throughout the United States
during the week of May 4-11, in
clusive, by the fifty odd chapters of
the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Kach
year this movement Is making a
deeper impression upon the Negro
youth of America and its influence
has been noted in the increase In at
tendance of Negro students at the
various high schools and colleges of
the country.
Thia year marks the fifth annual
conduct of this great nation-wide
education campaign to encourage Ne
gro youths to continue their educa
tion. During the year 1923, more than
three million parents and students
were reached through circulation of
literature, the display of placards,
through the press, and the holding of
meetings by the chapters and mem
bers of the Fraternity in the various
sections of the United States.
Message to Be Broadcasted by Badto
The campaign to be waged this year
promises to he more effective than
those of previous years. In addition
to the meetings to be held in the
various cities of the country, plans
are under Way to have the gospel of
•‘Stay in High School and Go to Col
lege” broadcasted from the important
radio broadcasting station in every
large city In America.
Fraternity Hopes to Beach 5 Millions.
Details regarding other unique fea
tures to be used In bringing the move
ment to the attention of as many as
five million persons will be published
later, according to a statement Issued
by Norman 1* McGhee, of Washington,
D. C., the National Secretary of the
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
National President to Direct f'ainpadirn
The campaign this year Is under
the immediate direction of Raymond
W. Cannon, of Minneapolis, Minn., Na
tional President of the Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity. Mr. Cannon states
that from all indications the message
of ‘‘Go to High School—Go to College”
will be heard in every state of the
Union as there are now chapters or
members of the Fraternity in prac
tically every city of Importance in
the United States.
Committee Compiling Statistics.
A committee, headed by Oscaar C.
Brown, editor of the official organ of
the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Is at
work upon the preparation of plac
ards, posters, pamphlets, and other
literature giving statistics and im
portant data showing the advantages
of education. This literature will be
distributed through the country by
the chapters of the Fraternity during
the week of May 4-11, 1924.
RACE VOTERS INCREASE
33,786 IN FOUR YEARS
IN CITY OF ST. LOUIS
(Preston News Service)
St. Louis, Mo., April 11.—There has
been an increase of 33,786 in the num
ber of qualified Negro voters resid
ing in St. Louis, a survey completed
last Thursday by Hon. John Edwards,
chairman of the Board of Election
Commissioners, disclosed. The total
Negro registration at the last presi
dential election was 30,378, and it is
estimated that it will reach 64,164
this year, or more than double the
1020 registration.
It is said that Mr. Edwards used
these figures in his talk before the
Lion’s Club in discussing the horrible
housing conditions in Negro districts
here. He pointed out that these new
ly enfranchised voters were largely
newcomers from the South and the
increase is believed to be tantamount
to that many more Republican votes.
He said the investigation disclosed the
fact that practically all the Negroes
voted the Republican ticket.
WHITE DEGENERATE
ATTEMPTS RAPE ON
SMALL RACE CHILD
(Preston News Service)
Wheeling, W. Va., April 11.—Ne
groes of this city were incensed when
they learned that an unidentified
white man lured a six year old color
ed girl into his automobile. Accord
ing to residents of Chapline street,
last Saturday night a little six-year
old colored girl was playing with a
rubber ball in Chapline street and
missed catching it. At the time a
well dressed white man, walking down
the street, caught the ball and lured
the child along, holding the ball out
playfully with the child innocently
following, until they had passed the
Pythian Temple when he seized her
arm and pulled her into an automo
bile.
Having disarranged his clothing, he
attempted to do likewise with the
child’s, who became afraid and yelled
and managed to get out of the auto
mobile. She ran to her home and
told her mother who rushed out to in
vestigate, only to find that the man
had disappeared. The mother imme
diately notified the police, and an
hour later an officer appeared on the
scene. It is alleged by Negroes of
the city that the delay in the arrival
of an officer was probably due to the
color of the child, as it is said the
first question asked by the officer
wus the color of the child.
COOLIDGE TO ATTEND
OPENING GAME IN D. C.
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(Preston News Service)
Washington, D. C., April 11.—Pres
ident Coolidge has given definite as
surance to Congressman Gieorge
Welsh, of Pennsylvania, that he will
attend the opening game of the sea
son between the Washington Poto
macs and the Cuban Stars. This game
will be played at the American Legion
Park, April 24.
A gold pass, designed by Abey and
executed by Murray, will be present
ed to President Coolidge by George
Robinson, of Philadelphia, co-owner
of the Washington Potomacs.
Congressman Welsh from the Key
stone State and other notables will
accompany the Chief Executive of the
Nation to the game and attendant
features.
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A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM RACE
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’ /"'V GOD, who haat made man in Th‘ne own 1‘keness and *
x I 1 who dost love all whom Thou hast made, suffer us not, V,
J; because of difference in race .color or condition, to v
separate ourselves from others, and thereby from Thee; but |
! I teach as the unity of Thy family and the universality of <\
\ I Thy love. As Thy Son, our Savior, was born of an Hebrew j;
[ mother and ministered first to His brethren of the House |
! ‘ of Israel, but rejoiced in the faith of a Syro-Phoenician wo- ?
! | man and of a Roman soldier, and suffered His cross to be 3!
;; carried by a man of Africa, teach us, also, while loving and %
<* serving our own, to enter into the communion of the whole j>
!! human family; and forbid that, from pride of birth and j!
11 hardness of heart, we should despise any for whom Christ 11
;; died, or injure any in whom He lives. Amen. j;
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What is the Matter With Christianity Today?
There is Something Wrong About It? What is it?
(An address delivered by the Rev.
Francis J. Grimke, D. D., pastor of
the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian
Church, Washington, D. C., at the
Seventh Annual Convocation of the
School of Religion of Howard Uni
versity, Washington, D. C. It was
this address which so offended' cer
tain Southern Senators that they
withheld the appropriation for How
ard University.
(By the Associated Negro Press.)
PART III
I have very little faith in the
Christianity of Mr. Woodrow Wilson;
but what he says in his article, "The
Road Away from Revolution,” in the
August number of the Atlantic
Monthly, is well worth careful con
sideration. “Our civilization,” he
says, “can not survive materially un
less it is redeemed spiritually. It can
be saved only by becoming permeated
with the spirit of Christ and being
made free and happy by the prac
tices which spring out of that spirit.”
True, true; but how(can our civil
ization become permeated with the
spirit of Christ, when professing
Christians, like Mr. Woodrow Wilson
and Mr. William Jennings Bryan, out
standing figures in the church, go on
preaching and practicing the kind of
Christianity which they represent?
How can our civilization become per
meated with the spirit of Christ, when
the Church itself the visible repre
sentative of Christ, is not permeated
with it? In the cowardly roll which
it is playing today; in the ignoble sur
render which it is making to the
forces of evil, it is not only playing
false to Jesus Christ its Lord, but is
also imperiling the most sacred inter
ests of humanity. Its value to the
world is and will be just in propor
tion as it is loyal to the spirit, the
principles, the ideals and principles.
It must accept all of them or none of
them, the whole of Christ or none of
Christ, if it is to do effectively the
work to which it is called of God.
That is the way I feel about it. I
may be all wrong, of course; Jesus
Christ may never have intended His
followers to follow Him, to conform
to His spirit and teachings; He may
have meant for them simply to look
over His scheme of life and pick out
of it so much of it as suits their fan
cy their whims and caprices, their
likes and dislikes, and let the rest go.
If so, then the present-day Christian
ity is all right, and things will go on
as they are, will never be any better
than they are. A cowardly, time
serving, unbrotherly, stiff-necked, un
circumcised, color-prejudiced Christ
ianity can never save this world, can
never bring It to Christ—a world two
thirds of the inhabitants of which are
not white but colored.
A man said to me not long ago—
we were studying a book, Money and
Acid Test—"Doctor Grimke, so far as
the white man’s religion is concerned,
the acid test is not money, but his at
titude toward the colored man.” And
what he said is true. The white man’s
Christianity will never be what it
ought to lie until it is big enough,
broad enough to forget the color of a
man’s skin or his race variety, until
it rises superior to the spirit of col
orphobia, with which it is at present
afflicted. And there is no better place
to hold up that fact than here, no
better place from which to send out
a message like that than here, in con
nection with this convocation, held
under the auspices of the school of
religion of this university. It is a
shame, a burning shame, that we are
under the domination of a Christian
ity that discriminates against human
beings, made in the image of God, and
for whom Christ died on account of
race and color. And as a convocation,
let us say so, and say it, not with
bated breath but boldly; say it in the
fear of God; say it as ambassadors of
God. The heathen may rage; but we
know, as well as we know anything,
that this attitude of present day
Christianity is wrong, abominably
wrong, and that God can not and
does not approve of it. And if we
fail to say so, and fail to do all we can
to bring about a change, we, too, are
traitors to God and to humanity, we,
too, are utterly unworthy to bear the
name Christian.
I know, of course, what will be
said: You are a pessimist. It may
he that I am. Isaiah was, doubtless
regarded as a pessimist in his day,
when he lifted up his voice like a
trumpet and cried aloud:
“What unto me is the multitude of
your sacrifices? said Jehovah; I have
had enough of the burnt offerings of
rams and the fat of fed beasts; and I
delight not in the blood of bullocks,
or of lambs, or of he-goats. When
ye come to appear before me, who
hoth required this at your hands, to
trample my courts? Bring no more
vain oblations; incense is an abomin
ation unto me; new moons and sab
baths, the calling of the assemblies,
I can not away with iniquity and the
solefnn meeting.’
John the Baptist was, doubtless, re
garded as a pessimist when he said
to the scribes and Pharisees, the of
ficials of the Jewish church, who came
out to hear him, “Generation of vipers
who hath warned you to flee from the
wrath to come. Bring forth fruits
mete for repentence.” , And Jesus
Christ himself was, doubtless, regard
ed as a pessimist when, in that mem
orable address of His, in the twenty
third chapter of St. Matthew, he cried
out: “Woe unto you scribes and Phar
isees, hypocrites, for ye compass sea
and land to make one proselyte; and
when he is become so, ye make him
twofold more a son of hell than your
selves.”
ELECT AARON MALONE
CONVENTION DELEGATE
(By the Associated Negro Press.)
St. Louis, Mo., April 4.—Aaron Jfi.
Malone, president of Poro College;
has been elected delegate to the Re
publican National Convention to be
held in Cleveland, from the eleventh
district. Mi\ Malone served as a
member of the executive committee
of the Republican State Committee
during the campaigns of 1920 and
1922.
CITIZENS MILITARY
TRAINING CAMPS
Chicago, 111., April 4.—Efforts are
being made to get young colored men
to enter the citizens military train
ing camps this summer. Under the
provisions of the National Defense
Act, the United States Government
holds each summer a series of mili
tary training camps in the nine Corps
Areas known as for the young men
of the country between the ages oi
17 and 24. It is the privilege of
every young man between these ages
to take advantage of the invaluable
training, which is planned to build
better manhood and to instill highei
ideals of citizenship. This is brought
about by a wonderful training in dis
cipline, morality and physique and
is given without any expense what
ever to the applicant. The omy re
quirements are that each applicant
be of a high type of character and
physically fit.
SOCIETY LEADERS FREED
Asbury Park, N. J., April 11.—Mrs
Bertha E. Stewart and Mrs. Mabe'
Hendrickson, society leaders here
who were arrested for attending th<
show of the white business men her*
last week, were dismissed after be
inj£ taken to the station house in t
patrol.
WENDELL PHILLIPS
QUINTET DEFEATS K. C.
LINCOLN TIGERS
(Preston News Service)
Kansas City, Mo., April 11.—Wen
dell Phillips quintete of Chicago, in
vaded the lair of the Lincoln Tiger,
here Monday night, choked its snarl
and drew its claws, and when the bat
tle was over, trotted of the floor with
the big end of a 23-13 score.
The lads from the Windy city eas
ily outclassed the Tigers. More than
6,000 fans saw the game in the huge
Convention hall. The game was a
thriller from start to finish. Scott
and Berry were the outstanding stars
of the game and played asuperior
brand of ball all through the fast
and furious contest.
The Lincoln Tigers never overcame
the lead the Wendell Phillips boys got1
on them. This is said to have been
one of the most largely attended
games ever staged in Kansas City.
Spectators came here from all parts
of the Kansas Cities and the surround
ing territory to see the contest.
It is said that the wide publicity1
given the contest by the Kansas City
Call prior to the game is responsible
for the large attendance.
SHADE TO BATTLE
SCHLAIFER HERE
MONDAY, APRIL 21
Morrie Now a Middleweight. Will,
Try to Win in Third Fight
With Shade of New
York
MONROE FIGHTS SEMI-WINDUP
The battle of Omaha fight history.
Such is the name given to the fight
on Monday evening, April 21, between
Morrie Schlaifer of Omaha, who has
recently graduated into the middle
weight class, and Dave Shade of New
York City, also a middle, who has de
feated Morrie a couple of times in
Omaha, these defeats, however, com
ing before the recent great improve
ment in the fighting of the Omaha
mauler.
Morrie, it is said by his rotound
manager, Pat Boyle, has had a hank
ering for a return battle since the
last defeat at the hands of the Yonk
ers boy, and when Rufus Long, pro
motor and matchmaker for the Theo
dore Roosevelt Post of the American
Legion approached him with an of
fer for a match with Davie, Schlaifer,
the home-loving young Hebrew, grab
bed at the chance, and thinks that it
will be his best chance to convince
Omaha fight fans of the great im
provement in his style of fighting.
This match ought to draw like
spilled sugar draws flies, and seacs
will go like hot dogs on carnival day.
Better get a hump on and lead
yourself into one of the ticket vend
ing establishments or you may miss
getting a ducat to one of the choic
est bits of fistology in the history of
the old fight sheds.
Battling Monroe, the bronze pan
ther, will probably be seen in the
semi-windup with one of the bright
lights in the light heavy division.
Other preliminaries are promised to
be good, and in all it will be a great
program, and remember that the net
returns go into the treasury of the
Theodore Roosevelt Post of the
American legion.
Colored people should get behind
this fight from the start and give
the veterans of the great war some
thing to carry on their mumanitarian
and welfare work among their fel
lows.
Seats will be at popular prices, and
tax free.
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COLORED WOMEN’S
COUNCIL MEETS
! Cleveland, Ohio, April 4. —The
members of the Council of Colored
Women, celebrated their third anni
versary at East Technical High
School, Monday evening, March 17.
, This was a gala occasion for the
1 council, which under the presidency
, of Mrs. Elmer Boyd is so success
i fully meeting such crying need
i among the delinquent girls of Cleve
. land. The immediate aim of the or
i ganization is the erection of a Home,
and a large part of the funds are
DAHLMAN SLATE
CARRIES CITY
KITH LARGE VOTE
Present City Administration Seems
Acceptable to Omahans,
Judging by Election
Re tarns.
BABNETT WINS NOMIIATIOI
Ware for Municipal Bench Makes
Good Showing in Battle of
Ballots—Election
Spirited.
Locally great interest centered
around the race for city commission
ers, In the primary election, Tuesday.
Two distinct slates, one headed by
Mayor Dahlman, and the other by
Commissioner Dan Butler were ia the
field, with twenty-seven other as
pirants running independently. The
! Dahlman slate contained the names of
six of the present commissioners,
Butler's name being left off. Butler’s
I slate contained five names. Judging
' from the returns the electorate is ap
parently well satisfied with the pres
ent city administration for they lead
the field with votes running from
21,200 for Dahlman, the high man, to
16,235 for Butler, the low man of the
city hall seven, who was more than
8,000 votes ahead of Ray J. Sutton
who landed in eighth place.
The votes received by the success
full fourteen, of whom seven will be
elected in May, are as follows:
James C. Dahlman .21,205
Jo8ep B. Hummel .21,021
John Hopkins .20,883
Dean Noves .20,823
Joseph Koutsky .17,495
Henry Dunn .16,751
Dan B. Butler .'.16,235
Ray J. Sutton . 8,037
Thomas F. Stroud . 7,714
Thomas P. Reynolds. 7,686
George Kiene . 6,493
Ross McGowan . 6,332
Leo Rosenthal . 6,305
Charles R. Courtney. 6,274
Two of our own people filed for
elective offices, Attorney N. W. Ware
for municipal judge, and F. L. Bar
nett for the legislature from the Tenth
district. Baruett won the nomination,
defeating his competitor, Boyles, by
about 100 votes, and Ware made an
excellent showing, receiving approxi
mately 4,000 votes.
To the surprise of many Charles
Unitt, county commissioner from the
fifth district who has been capable and
fair, made a poor showing receiving
only 888 votes, as against 2,100 cast
for Harry Counsman. S. E. Klaver
who made a vigorous campaign for
County Assessor was defeated by Sam
K. Greenleaf by 3,500 votes.
All the present members of the Dis
trict bench were nominated but
among the surprises was the vote re
ceived by Judge Troup, one of the
oldest and best known members of the
bench, as compared with that of two
or three younger and less well-known
candidates.
Alan Tukey defeated Fred D. Wead
for the Public Utilities District which
has charge of municipal water and
gas. He is a competent young busi
ness man who had the backing of
the American Legion.
Congressman Sears received the en
dorsement of his constituents by re
ceiving the largest vote cast for any
candidate in the district
Calvin Coolidge, Senator George W.
Norris and Adam McMullen carried
the state with handsome majorities,
the two former receiving majorities
around the 40,000 mark. Charles A.
McCloud was chosen as national com
mitteeman over Robert Druesedow.
ADDRESSES THE WHITE
SOUTHERN STUDENTS
(By the Associated Negro Press.)
Greenville, Miss., April 4. —The
white boys of this section heard Wm.
H. Holtzclaw, principal of Utica In
stitute, in an address last Sunday
night. On Saturday he had spoken
to the students of Mississippi Col
lege, a leading white school of the
state. These appearances in what
the Negro is doing and thinking in
this section indicate a growing inter*
est.