THE MONITOR A WHIT mnWAFm DMTOTMD frimarii.t to thi intkrmts OF COLORHP AMERICANS HBUMBD fflT FRIDAY AT OMAHA. NEBRASKA. BT THK _MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY _ Man4 aa Seeond-Claaa Mail Mattar Julr 2.* lilt, at tha Maffla at -- NSimU. —Sar tha A at at Hunk I, Iff*.__ _ T«B RBV.-JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS-Z--Xditac W. W. MOSBLY Llnooln Nab--„A7~L*^I ed'I^ LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS-.--- Bualnaaa Malta Bar m B, BUTTON.Clrculatioa Maaaaar SUBSCRIPTION RATES, SESS A TEAR; »1J» • MONTHS; Tie 3 MONTHS _Advartlalng Rataa Fumtabad Upaa AppllcaUan_ AMna, The Mortar, Postoffles Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbater 4243 m . » a ima—i in i i i i i : i i THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK If there be some weaker one, Give me strength to help him on; If a blinder soul there be, Let me guide him nearer Thee. Make my mortal dreams come true, With the work I fain would do; Clothe with life the weak intent, Let me be the thing I meant; Let me find in Thy employ Peace that dearer is than joy; Out of self to love be led, And to heaven acclimated, Until all things sweet and good Seem my nature’s habitude. —John C. Whittier. j ** ■ NOT DISCOURAGED _ rT,HERE is decided disappointment A that Superintendent Beveridge, ; who has been given chief authority in the recommendation of teachers,1 failed to recommend the appointment of the two well-qualified applicants of our race for positions in the public schools. The two applicants are Mrs. Grace M. Hutten, an experienced teacher of several years’ standing and Miss Dorothy E. Williams, who grad uated last year from the Primary-Kin dergarten Department of the Univer sity of Omaha, receiving her first class teachers certificate from the state and this year received her A. B. from the university. The applicants are admittedly qualified. That as tax payers and citizens we are entitled to recognition on the teaching corps of over 1,400 any fair-minded person will admit. Other cities from Maine to California where they have mixed schools give employment to qualified teachers of color in these schools and they are making good. Omaha has had them and they made good. Is the citizenry of Omaha less progressive, less fair-minded and just than Bos ton, New York, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles and other cities that can be named? What retroactive force is at work here which has changed conditions since the days of Superintendents Marble, Puree and Davidson? Is the Board of Education composed of narrower-minded men and of lower ideals of Justice and fair ness than in former days? Where is the trouble? Let there be no passing of the buck, when a real issue is At the bar. The cause Is not yet lost. There is still time for favorable action. We are not asking for colored teachers to teach colored pupils, as erroneously etated in the daily press as quoting the chairman of the teachers commit tee, but for the appointment of teach ers to teach any pupils that may fall to their lot. We are simply asking for the appointment of our young women who meet the qualifications upon the same basis as others. Our request Is fair and reasonable and we are going to win ultimately. We are not discour aged or dismayed. The Issue must be met. We will win because our cause Is Just. — STANDS FOR A SYSTEM rJ'HE MONITOR welcomes communi cations from our readers on sub jects of interest. We wish that the department of this publication, “Let ters from Our Readers’’ were more generally used than it is. We are, therefore, glad that our editorial of last week, captioned “Segregation” has elicited a letter which we gladly give place In this Issue. Ojir corres A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM RACE :: prejudice :: By Morney Williams J! (For the Associated Negro Press) ;; OGOD, who hast made man in Thine own likenesB and < who dost love all whom Thou hast made, suffer us not, ; because of difference in race ,color or condition, to ; < separate ourselves from others, and thereby from Thee; but • > > teach as the unity of Thy family and the universality of ! ; Thy love. As Thy Son, our Savior, was born of an Hebrew ; 1 mother and ministered first to His brethren of the House < - ' of Israel, but rejoiced in the faith of a Syro-Phoenician wo- ! I man and of a Roman soldier, and suffered His cross to be I carried by a — of Africa, teach us, also, while loving and ; mi i j|i| our own, to enter into the communion of the whole • > human family; and forbid that, from pride of birth and ! hsrdntgir of heart, we should despise any for whom Christ ; died, or injurs any in whom He Uvea. Amen. ..*...^ . pondent does not agree with our view point. His letter implies that he fa vors segregation, inasmuch as he rhet orically asks, "are there not grounds for believing that its (segregation’s) advantages from a practical stand point are greater than the theoretical disadvantages?” Evidently he believes that there are “practical advantages” which overbalance and compensate for! the “theoretical disadvantages” of the I system, and it must be borne in mind ! that the word “SEGREGATION” def-, initely understood and specifically and j technically applied in the United States stands for a SYSTEM, which enforces by sentiment, practice, cus- j tom, understanding, agreement, coer cion, law, the separation of one group! of people from another upon the basis of their undesirability of association with or proximity to the presumed su perior group or class. It is in this sense, specific and well-defined, that the word is used. The intransitive sense of the verb from which it comes is pushed into the background by popular usage. Usage of words and terminalogv de termine their meaning. We did not, therefore, err in our usage. Volun tary association, which is regulated by social instinct and: the law of racial attraction is one thing; segregation, or involuntary herding is quite an other. Of course the Negro is not the only group who is segregated. There are other “undesirables” like the Jews and various foreigners who cannot buy property or reside in certain sec tions of American cities. But that does not make it right- Our conten tion is that segregation, which stands for a definite thing in the United States, on the sole or primary ground of race, creed or color is contrary to the genius, letter and epirit of the Constitution of the United Stateg and a virtual denial of one-s manhood rights and citizenship. Can any tem porary advantage, pecuniary or other, compensate any individual or group for this denial of these constitutional rights? Some of our people think so. Evidently our correspondent is of this opinion. We are not. May we also re mind our correspondent that Francis J. Grimke is a product of Harvard and Dr. Alexander of Oxford university, England, where being treated and trained as men they were prepared for the leadership which they exer cised and the influence which they ex erted. “UNITED WE STAND” QF COURSE you have heard of the practical demonstration of the strength of unity given hy an old In dian chieftain to his sons whom he de sired to teach an important and needed lesson. He handed each of his sons a small dry twig and told them to break them. The twigs snapped like pipe stems under very slight pres sure. He then gathered several of the same kind of twigs into a bundle and handed this bundle of twigs to each one in succession and bade him use his strength to break them. Each tried in vain! but could not break the bundle of twigs. He then told two to try their strength in breaking the bundle of twigs but even then they could not break them. "Single twigs you see are v^ak, my children, and can eaelly be broken; bound into a bundle they are strong and cannot be broken.” The lesson was well learned. And this is the lesson, we as a people, need to learn. United, intelligent action up on our part in almoBt any community can secure anything within reason and Justice we desire. United support of worth-while business ventures among our people will rapidly develop econ omic independence. America’s motto should be our motto and slogan: “Uni ted we stand.” Division means weak ness. Union means strength. “Sin gle twigs ’are weak and can easily be broken, but bound into a bundle they are strong and cannot be broken.” “IN CASE OF WAR WITH JAPAN” SA!D a thoughtful young man to us recently, “In case of a war with Japan wouldn’t it cause confusion and consternation if our people took It In to their heads to side with Japan?” Of course it would; but there is not much likelihood of our people doing such a thing in an eventuality of this kind. The chance remark sbows how some people are thinking. BEING PLEASANT AND COURTEOUS ’J’HERE are a good many grouchy people in the world. Some are constitutionally so. They are to be pitied. What the world needs is more of human sunniness and kindness. One of the best health tonics is pleas antness and courtesy. Strive to be good-natured, sunny-tempered, pleas ant and courteous and you will enjoy living. PUBLIC DEFENDER ^J'HE Public Defender is paid a sal ary to give legal advice and to help people who are unable to pay for le gal services. A hint to the wise is sufficient. Letters From Our Readers Short, timely letter* are Invited. W« prefer that writer* fIcti their names, hut in al! cases letters signed with a nom de plume or as "Reader,” “Sub scriber," etc., muBt be accompanied by the name and address of the author for the editor's information. Segregation Not Always Compulsory Nor With Sinister Motives. Editor Monitor: In your editorial in last week’s issue on “Segregation” you did not maintain your usual spirit of breadth and fairness of view. Per haps lack of time and space are ac countable causes. Inasmuch as some very pertinent things may be said con trary to your position I beg space to continue the discussion from another angle that all possible light may be shed on this mooted and vital question. In the first place the verb “segre gate” ig both transitive and intransi tive. You, in common with the usual custom, have considered it transitive ly only. A person or group or “herd” that separates from others voluntarily is as truly “segregated” as is a per son, group or “herd” that is so separ ated by force or compulsion. The earliest case of enforced segre gation known to history was at the tower of Bebel and under the com mand of Jehovah. FTom that day tc the present the peoples of the world have lived in groups bound by certain common ties. When the Church wap In Its infancy we find the Greek Chris tians complaining because the Hebrew deacons discriminated against them in the distribution of the charities with the result that Greek deacons were chosen to administer the charities tc the Greek Christian. it seems to be according to the Di vine plan that these groups should exist. For the Apostle Paul in the memorable address on Mar’B Hill after declaring that God had created all men of one blood, follows up by the declaration that He has determined their times and places. But I soar too high. Let’s get back to earth and commonplace affairs, lot us look the facts squarely in the face. Singularly, of all the racial groups in America, ours is the one howling most incessantly about segregation. As a matter of fact, the Indian is the only nationally segregated race in America. To him alone has the gov ernment of the United States said on this spot of ground yon and tby kin dred shall ever dwell. True, a few states have declared by way of legis lation that in the use of certain public utilities the Negro be segregated. Whatever elBe remains In the nature of segregation comes for the most part on social grounds and this is common to all people. Even among us are our "Blue Veins” and “Four Hundreds.” The fact that some schools, perhaps the most of them, are inferior in equipment and effl riency should not be charged entirely to segregation. Most Negro schools are in rural districts and all rural schools suffer in comparison to city schools. When we think of Fisk, How ard, Lincoln, Wilberforce, when we consider the splendid work of the pub lic schools in St. Louis, Kansas City, Atlantic City, etc., we discredit our race when we declare them to be in ferior in any sense of the word. When CHICKEN :: DINNER ii EVERY SUNDAY At 2210 O Street MEALS 40 CENTS;; BEVERAQE8 OF ALL KINDS !! Sacred Music All Day Sunday < > Blxer A Bizer. Props. • > CORN HUSKER CAFE Z LINCOLN, NEBRASKA ♦ we think of the influence of a Francis Grimke, Alexander Crummell, Dr. Bo wen and a host of others who have come to their eminence through the fact of segregation, are there not grounds for believing that its advant eges from a practical standpoint are greater than the theoretical disad vantages? RI SSELL TAYLOR. BETHEL A. M. E. CHURCH Rev. Fred Pivers, Pastor. Future vision is what we hopefully build our civilization on. Our yester day’s task may not have been as won derfully achieved as to merit the hosannas of the grand stand, but where the program is for good, some good is achieved. Increase in attendance each Sab bath is what we are pleased to note. Adult’s Bible class has now found its development. The campaign for mem bers will close June 22. The dele gates chosen to attend Sunday school convention in June will put forth a special effort to help raise their ex penses Wednesday, June 18th, in the form of a Japanese social. All mem bers are asked to give what assistance they can to the young people. Sunday afternoon is our third quarter. The public is invited to wor ship with us as this is probably our last Sunday quarterly meeting before conference. The presiding elder will preach for us morning and night. Rev. E. W. C. Cox, D. D., and his choir will be with us in the afternoon at three o’clock. COOLIDGE SPEAKS AT HOWARD (By Associated Negro Press) Washington, D. C., June 13.—“Ra cial hostility, ancient tradition and so cial prejudice are not to be eliminated immediately or easily, but they will be lessened as the Colored people by their own efforts and under their own leaders Bhall prove worthy of the full est measure of opportunity,” declared President Coolidge in making the com mencement address at Howard Uni versity Friday. The President, in bringing his hes sage to one of the largest graduating classes in the history of the univer sity, referred to the unique and mar velous position of the Negro among the peoples of the world, pointing out that In the sixtv-year period since slavery the Negro, as a race, had shot forward with lightning speed in the march of progress, a feat rendered re markable in comparison with the gen eral slow and painful progress of hu manity. Slavery, according to Mr. Coolidge, while wrong as a system, was prob ably a boon to the Negroes of the world, in that it brought a portion of them into contact with the more ad vanced peoples of the world and cre ated an interest in Negroes to awake and get into line with moving, spir ited people. Africa would now be scarcely seeing the light if it has not been for that great period of trial through which the Negroes of America went, he declared. Negroes have now progressed to the point were they should realize the ne cessity of self-help and the more ad vanced members should work strenu ously to bring up the straggling rear to the end that Negro communities in America may become stronger and stronger, Mr. Coolidge asserted in closing his speech. TEXAS COLLEGE GIVEN STATE RECOGNITION Tyler, Texts, June 13, 1924.—Just as the most brilliant commencement exercises in the history of Texas Col lege were In progress there came a telegram from the Department of Ed ucation stating that the institution has been put on the accredited list of schools. When this information was announced by President W. R. Banks the vast audience of friends and stu dents went wild with enthusiasm and cheers. It has been, indeed, a task before the institution to meet the qual ifications outlined by the Department of Education. Now that those who fin ish here are entitled to a state certif icate, already there is every indication of an unprecedented enrollment. At the spring meeting of the Gen eral Education Board of New York City $20,000.00 were appropriated for the $100,000.00 administration hall now under construction, on condition that the school raises a similar sum. The trustees and friends throughout the state of Texas are determined to use every means in securing money enough to make the appropriation available at once. Texas College has just closed the most successful school term in Its history. The summer school and nor mal opened Monday with a splendid enrollment. PEPPER POT CLUB The Pepper Pot Club met Tuesday, June 10th, at the residence of Mrs. Lavinia Rose, 1303 North Fiftieth avenue. Brief important business matters were discussed. Everyone en joyed a delightful time during the social hour. Refreshments were served by Mr. Charley Howard, assisted by his aunt, Mrs. Rose. The Sunday morning breakfast which was to have been held June 8th was postponed. Club members and friends were enter tained in the afternoon at the res idence of Miss Ida May Jackson, 2735 Caldwell street. Covers were laid for eighteen. Appetizing menu was pre pared and served by a committee of girls. Next meeting will be held Tues day, June 17th, with Mr Owen Speiae, 1923 North Twenty-seventh street. ALLEN CHAPEL A. H. E. CHURCH 25th and R Streets, Phone MA. 3475 O. J. Burckhardt, Pastor. Sunday marked the third quarterly meeting. Presiding Elder Hicks preached two excellent sermons at the morning and evening services and at 3 p. m. Rev. W. C. Williams preached from Jno. 14-1. "Let not your heart he troubled.” The visiting ministers present were: Rev. W. C. Williams, F. Divers, R. E. Ewing, Streeter, Majors, tiroes, Har ris, Alexander. Sunday will be Children’s Day. A great program will be given by the children. Mr. Clay is still confined to his home. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Kinney united with us Sunday, also Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Simm from Muskogee, Ok. WHY “ART” LARSEN SMILES — Arthur Raymond Larsen, Jr., is the name of a very valuable addition to the large and happy family of the Waters-Barnhart Printery. His fath er is the Gordon pressman. “The fin est boy that ever was” came to glad den the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Larsen June 2nd and Art has the smile that won’t come off. | U. S. Annuls Citizenship Granted by Confederacy New Orleans.—After residing In New Orleans virtually all his life, be lieving himself to be an American and exercising a citizen's suffrage, William D. Seymour has learned In Federal court that he Is a British subject. Seymour was horn In Mexico of British parentage and his father waa naturalized by the Confederacy during the Civil war. The discovery that he was n British subject was mnde when Seymour at tempted to obtain a passport to visit Europe. It was denied by the State department on the ground that he could not prove his American citizen ship. At the same time It was held that rights granted by the Confederacy were not legal. Songs of Nightingales Heard on English Radios London.—Thousands of persons who hud never listened to the DOtSS of a nightingale heard the songs of these shy little birds broadcast from I he depths of u Surrey wood late one night. These birds were tempted to sing at the right moment by notes founded on a cello by a musician seat ed in the wood, It having been found that they respond to musical tones re sembling those with which they habit ually begin their songs. A sensitive microphone and amplifier were used | to transmit the notes to the London broadcasting station. Sacramento, Cal.—Entrance to the Y. M. C. A. building was blocked for more than an hour recently when « swarm of bees congregated on the awning over the doorway. The bees held the fort until an nnldentifled man, armed with a torch and neces ■ary equipment, induced the queen bee to take up quarters In a hive. The rest of the subjects followed the queen. Penny in Her Throat Eecanubu. Mich.—A specialist re moved a penny from the throat ol | Mildred, three-year-old daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. Windham Winkle. Thf coin bad been lodged in the cklld'> 1 throat for nearly five days. I Nebraska Civil ' Rights Bill Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights—Enacted in 1893: . Sec- 1- CIVIL RIGHTS OF PERSONS. All persons within this state shall be entitled to a full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of inns, restaurants, public conveyances barber shops, theatres and other places of amusement • subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to every person. Sec. 2. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF PRECED ING SECTION. Any person who shall violate the fore going section by denying to any person, except for rea sons of law applicable to all persons, the full enjoyment of any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities or privileges enumerated in the foregoing Bection or’bv aiding or inciting such denials, shall for each offense be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, and pay the costs of the prosecution. “The original act was held valid as to citizens barber shops can not discriminate against persons on account of color. Messenger vs. State, 25 Nebr Paw 677. N. W. 638.” ’ ’ 1 ge “A restaurant keeper who refuses to serve a colored person with refreshments in a certain part of his res- i taurant, for no other reason than that he is colored, is civilly liable, though he offers to serve him by setting a table in a more private part of the house. Ferguson vs Gies, 82 Mich. 338; N. W. 718." "guson vs. i THE HARMONY FOUR PLEASE The Harmony Four appeared In a recital at Bethel A. M. E. church Thursday, June 12, before a very pleasing audienee. Special solo work was rendered by Mrs. V. Parker, Mr. John Griffin and Mr. H. 1* Preston, Miss Otis Watson accompaning. Mr. Geo. Griffin and Mr. H. Sherwood, who are the two other members of the quartet, were given special mention for their effective voices. It Is being planned to take the group to one of the leading whl|e churches of Council Bluffs in the near future. :: SIX ROOMS and DOUBLE | | GARAGE | 1 * Strictly modern six-room home. .L y all on one floor. Well located. Just y off buBy Twenty-fourth street cor- y T ner. Besides a good home this v if property has fine speculative value ¥ t for business property. Price $4,500, y T on easy terms. Evenings call TED ¥ X PITKIN. HArney 7540. 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