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WIILLIAM VAN DERZEE
'J’HERE recently passed to his re
ward at Topeka, Kansas, a man
whose life was an inspiration to all
who knew' him and who wrought nobly
despite a great physical handicap. We
refer to the Rev. William H. Van Der
zee. Blind for years, he was a suc
cessful pastor. No word of complaint
escaped him. Sunny, cheerful, bright,
he radiated sunshine wherever he
went He was deeply interested in
young people and many who are fill
ing useful careers owe it to the in
spiration and encouragement they re
ceived from this lover of mankind. He
reared a family of sons and daughters
who are filling useful stations in life.
Proud of his race, he urged them con
stantly to seek the heights which are
achieved only along the pathway of
righteousness of life and faithful ser
vice to mankind and in this he set a
shining example. The world is richer
for the life of William Van Derzee.
A WIDE-AWAKE NEWSPAPER
have come recently to our
desk several copies of a well-edited
and live-wire race weekly published in
Los Angeles, Cal., by Fred C. Wil
liams, formerly of Omaha. It is the
Pacific Defender and the manner in
which it has gone after certain mat
ters of racial interest in the City of
the Angels sustains its title of “De
fender,” but the adjective “Pacific”—
which means “peaceful”—is hardly
applicable. Many Monitor readers
will recall the interesting series of ar
ticles that Mr. Williams wrote for us
during an extensive southern trip
some years ago when he made The
Monitor a household word from Ok
lahoma to Louisiana. Mr. Williams is
blind, too, and yet he manipulates a
typewriter well and has a vigorous
and delightful style. The Monitor
wishes The Pacific Defender a long
and prosperous life.
TWO EXAMPLES
JT IS RATHER remarkable that two
of our editorials should be about
men who have lost their eyesight and
yet who did not give up to idleness or
despair, but have devoted themselves
to useful service. How their example
should shame those who possessed of
all their faculties are so prone to
whine and complain of their lack of
opportunity. The two men to whom
we have referred are striking exam
ples of what men can do in spite of
physical limitations.
NEBRASKA WILL BE IN IT
—
republicans have nominated
(Joolidge and Dawes for standard
bearers. The democrats, if they are
wise, will not overlook Nebraska in
their quest for presidential material.
Governor Charles Bryan is being
groomed and he is not a bad bet.
While no mention has been made of
him in that connection, Gilbert M.
Hitchcock is a man of presidential
dimensions. Keep your eye on
Charles Bryan and Gilbert M. Hitch
cock in the New York convention. Our
guess is that New York and Nebraska
will be the combination.
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
'J’HE national republican platform is
picturesquely platitudinous, pleas
ingly passive, perspicuously placid in
its presentation of political problems
and perplexities which it proposes to
propound to the profound perspicacity •
of the polygeneous populace for the
promotion of peace, prosperity and
plutocracy.
BOOK ON BEAUTY CULTURE
BY WELL KNOWN OMAHAN
Mrs. Kathryn Wilson, who has for
several years conducted one of the
most successful and popular Beauty
Culture Parlors in Omaha, and who
has been much in demand as a teacher
of the art, has just published an at-1
tractive book, entitled “The Success
ful Hair Dresser, a Complete Course
in All Branches of Beauty Culture." j
It is the text book of the California
Sun Parlor, which is the name of her
school. The book contains twelve les
sons, dealing with the care of the hair,
of the face, hands and feet, as well as
practical suggestions on operation and
shop management. What will make
the book popular with the average
woman, is the fact that it teaches her
to marcel her own hair. This Beauty
Culture Text Book, which is unique in
its class, should have a large sale.
THE WEEK’S EDITORIAL: WHITE
PRESS.
(From the Indianapolis Star, of
June 4.)
NEGRO PROGRESS FOR YEAR
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, with
: headquarters in New York, is an or
ganization whose purpose is in a legal
and orderly way to secure members
of the colored race the protection of
law when discrimination is threatened
or accomplished and by the promotion
of good citizenship to secure inter
racial harmony. Its annual report, a
summary of which was recently pub
lished, shows activity along various
lines and that considerable progress
has been made in securing peaceful
adjustment of wrongs.
Though the Dyer Anti-Lynching
Bill has not yet been made a law, the
fight made in Congress and the pub
licity given to the lynching evil have
had their influence through the reali
zation by the public that it is not the
lives of Negroes alone that are con
cerned, but the honor of America and
the brutalizing effect of the crime on
the white race. Known lynchings de
creased in 1923 to twenty-eight from
sixty-one in 1922.
Among the forward steps noted is
the action of the unanimous vote of
the Harvard board of overseers that in
the administration of rules for admis
sion Harvard college maintain its
traditional policy of freedom from dis
crimination on grounds of race or re
ligion. This was in opposition to Pres
ident Lowell’s policy of exclusion. One
curious episode was that of the es
tablishment of a government hospital
at Tuskegee, Ala., for the care of Ne
gro veterans. It was not at first pro
posed to place it at Tuskegee, and the
authorities there did not want it, but
opposition to it was so great in white
communities that on government re
quest 300 acres were set apart for its
use on land of the institution, Dr. Mo
ton, head of Tuskegee, first stipulat
ing that at least a part of the staff of
physicians and nurses should be Ne
groes.
It is by systematic, orderly methods
of securing justice to the race that re
forms will be brought about in the
surest way, and the association, which
is large and evidently wisely managed
is proceeding on a proper course.
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A MAN FULL OF FAITH
AND GOOD WORKS
The Rev. William Henry Van Der
zee, a former resident of Omaha, and
well known to many of the older in
habitants, died recently at his home in
Topeka, Kansas, as a result of in
juries received when he fell into a
sewer ditch that was being dug.
The Rev. Mr. Van Derzee was bom
May 1, 1850, at New Baltimore, Green
county, New York, and fell asleep on
April 24, 1924. He was married to
Matilda Ann Adams at Providence, R. j
I., to which union was bom three girls
and two boys, all living. He came to
Omaha, in 1883, engaging in his busi
ness of contracting and building. In
1888, his eyes, which had always been
poor, failed him and he yielded to his
conviction of long standing to enter
the ministry. Altho, as a boy of 15,
he had given his heart to God and had
surrendered his all—when eyesight
failed, he faced a new surrender,
learning that faith really begins where
sight, physical or mental, ends. His
His first pastorate was the white
Methodist church at Norfolk, Nebr.
He later united with the Church of
Christ and served for six months as
an elder, following this with a two
years’ pastorate. In 1895, he moved
to Lincoln, Nebr., where he opened the
first colored Christian mission in Ne
braska, devoting his whole time to
this work without remuneration. This
mission was later organized as the
Third Church of Christ. He laid his
wife to rest in 1904 and was obliged to
resign the pastorate in 1905 on ac
count of failing health.
In 1913, he was united in marriage
to Mrs. Melcenah Davis, of Keokuk,
Iowa. In 1914, he accepted the pastor
ate of the Atchison Christian church.
Since 1917 he has resided in Topeka,
where he has served as senior elder in
the congregation. He leaves Mrs. Mel
cenah Van Derzee, his wife, Topeka,
Kans.; Mrs. Anna R. Coffee, a former
teacher at Tuskegee, later in Topeka,
now of Frankfort, Kans.;Mr. Perry F.
Van Derzee, a radiotrician of Boston,
Mass.; Mr. William E. Van Derzee, a
baker of Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Ruth
E. McWilliams, musician and teacher,
now of Bigelow, Kans.; and Mrs. Alice
C. Burton, also a musician and teacher
of Ashtabula, Ohio.
The Rev. Mr. Van Derzee in spite
of his blindness, which he insisted was
no real handicap, had travelled exten
sively, preaching and lecturing, going
alone a great deal of the time. He
also wrote many poems and gospel
songs. Recently he has been an ac
tive agent of the Comer Mfg. Co., in
addition to his work of religious lead
er, so active, in fact, that an especial
expression of regret was read at the
cemetery service by the field agent of
the company, commending him for his
extraordinary work under physical
handicap. The Rev. Mr. Van Derzee
had used a typewriter for ten years,
which enabled him to keep up with a
heavy correspondence.
Beautifully impressive were the fu
neral services, held at the West Side
Church of Christ, the sermon being
preached by the Rev. W. S. Sims, pas
tor, assisted by ten of the city pastors.
The musical offering consisted almost
wholly of the compositions of the de
ceased and the following one of his
poems was read:
“Thy Will Be Done.”
Thy will be done, dear Lord, I pray,
For Thou hast taught me this to say;
And as my lips these words express
Grant that my heart shall acquiese
In nothing more and nothing less.
Thou art my friend.
Thy will be done, for it is best;
In doing it there comes a rest, •
A peace that stills the troblous wave
That drives the darkness from the
grave
And reassures Thy power to save.
Give me that peace.
Thy will be done, nor is it sealed
But to the world Thou hast revealed
Infinite plan that shows Thy care
Infinite wisdom everywhere,
Infinite heritage, I share.
Oh, blessed hope!
Thy will be done and be Thou still
The Custodian of my will;
Keep it in accent with Thy love
True to the pattern Thou hast shown
And flexible to Thine alone.
And all is well.
Then as we serve in fullest trust
Wavering not, for He is just,
We may expect a constant Friend,
One who is able to defend
And to preserve us to the end.
His will be done.
The lives of his children and of his
innumerable host of friends have been
immeasureably enriched by his indom
itable courage and extraordinary
sweet spirit; he inspired many with
his graciousness and his usefulness to
a higher plane of living. The Upper
Room Bible Class which he had organ
ized in North Topeka and taught for
two years, received a great share of
his careful instruction and loving care.
The class was strictly non-sectarian
and had members from all denomina
tions. Their text book was the ible
alone. Many through his example and
teachings have caught a greater vision
of the Master.
His home going brought to a close
an eatrhly life or rare beauty and
sweetness; his falling asleep was a
conspicuous triumph of faith and hope.
MnmB ovm inmnnMi
FINDS RADIO WAVE
SLOWER THAN LIGHT
Navy Astronomer Offers an
Amazing New Theory.
San Francisco, Cal.—The discovery
that the radio wave travels slower
than light was announced by Oapt.
J. J. See, profes^r of mathematics
in the United States navy, government
astronomer at Mare island navy yard,
and well known authority on the
theory of ether.
According to Captain See the radio
wave travels around the globe with a
velocity of 106,000 miles a second,
while light travels 186,000. Captain
See considers thai his discovery In
the velocity of the propagation of the
radio wave about the earth may prove
the most notable step In the develop
ment of the wave theory since Roo
mer's original discovery of the velocity
of light In 1075.
Outline of Theory.
An outline of the chief conclusions
communicated to the London Times la
condensed below:
“1. The mean velocity of the wire
less wave was found to be shout 173,
000 miles per second. This figure i»
about 13,000 miles per second less than
that of light, but ten years ago we did
not suspect the cause.
"2. In March last a wireless signal
was sent from the sending station near
New York to Warsaw, Poland, and re
flected back In 0.064 of a second of
time. The double distance Is 8,500
miles, and the transmission comes out
about 158,000 miles per second.
"3. The mean of the two Independ
ent determinations of the wireless
wave Is 165,500 mllps per second.
Phenomenon Is Explained.
“4. What Is the cause of this!
The aetheron or particle of ether Is
only one-four thousandth part as
large In diameter as the hydrogen
molecule, so that compared to ordi
nary molecules of the size of orangea
the aetherons would be like smoke
from a cigar, anti moving with a ve
locity of 204.000 miles per second.
The wave travels through the solid
earth as well as through the air and
free space above the air, but Is much
resisted In the solid globe. As the
ether Is 089,321.«Ml,000 times more
elastic than air in proportion to Its
density—thus almost Infinitely elastic
—the medium cannot suffer a break In
Its continuity, yet the movement above
the earth Is held hack by the slower
movement of the wave In the earth.
The resistance In the globe thus acts
as a drag on the wave at Its base.
The result Is that the wave bends
around the earth, as long known yet
heretofore not generally understood.
"5. This bending Is quite analogous
to the change of form of water waves
as they run ashore—the top of the
wave gains on the base.
“The results are of Interest In con
nection with the wave theory of mag
netism and the cause of universal
gravitation, because they bear on the
cause of the flucaaatlon of the moon's
mean motion.”
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Insanity More Frequent
Among College Students
Washington.—Going to college Is
among the dangerous occupations, ac
cording to Information presented be
fore a Joint conference of the Nation
al Research council and the Personnel
Research federation by Dr. Donald A.
Laird, associate professor of psycholo
gy at Colgate university.
One man out of every 1,400, between
the age of twenty and twenty-four,
goes Insane, according to the latest
census reports, while only one woman
ont of 1,800 of the same age loses con
trol of her reason. Doctor I.alrd has
found that among college students the
Incidence of mental disorder Is much
higher, being one out of every 1,000
of students In the colleges he studied.
"There may be more mental break
downs among college students,” Doc
tor Lslrd said, "because they live a
competitive Intellectual existence, and
any mental handicap is quickly no
i tlced.”
Gives Antitoxin Forcibly
to Cut Diphtheria
Lebanon, Pa.—Having forcibly ad
! ministered antitoxin to members of the
! faith tabernacle, a cult of faith curers,
local health authorities are hopeful of
checking the spread of diphtheria,
which In three weeks Uas caused the
deaths of nine persons. All the vic
tims were members of families of the
faith tabernacle and all, the authori
ties declared, had been denied medical
attention.
Five of the deaths occurred In the
family of Mrs. Charles Roth, her hus
band and four children dying since
April 21. One of the children died
while the funeral of another was be
ing held. Mrs. Roth had refused medi
cal treatment for her family. She end
four surviving children were Inoculat
ed, although she would not give verbal
consent, but submitted without pro
test.
Find Bones of Miocene
Mammal in California
Bakersfield, Cal.—What are believed
ta be the moat complete portions ever
discovered of a squalodent, a mammal
that existed In the Miocene age from
one-half million to two million years
ago, have been fonnd by Chariee Mar
rice, a student of prehistoric Ufa, on
Shark Tooth mountain, near the Kara
river oil fields. Reconstruction of the
equalodent, Morrlce said, has base
made In Germany, Asstralla and Eng
land from much loos portions of the
mammal than ha baa fonnd.
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MAKE SURVEY OF
PENNSYLVANIA NEGROES
(By the Associated Negro Press.)
Philadelphia, Pa., June 20.—A sur
vey of conditions affecting the Negro
race in this state has been started by
the state department of welfare, un
der instructions from Governor Pin
chot. Two Negro educators, Forrester
B. Washington and Prince L. Ed
woods, have been appointed to go over |
the field and report to the governor.
Work will be started at once. It is
planned to improve living conditions
among our people in this state, en
courage them to go on farms, increase
their educational facilities and avoid
the clashing of Negro and white inter
ests.
INSURANCE WORKER
SCORES 1007a PERFECT
(N. A. A. C. P. Service.)
St. Louis, Mo., June 20.—Edward L.
Snyder, local representative of a large
insurance company, in a recent course
pursued in the New York insurance
school, was graded 100%.
Nate Hunter left Thursday for Des
Moines, la., to attend Grand Com
mandery. He will return Saturday.
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Nebraska Civil
Rights Bill
j 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 p. 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 rear
sons of law applicable to all persons, the full enjoyment
of any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or
privileges enumerated in the foregoing section, or by
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., Page
677. N. W. 688."
“A restaurant keeper who refuses to serve a colored
person with refreshments in a certain part of his res
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. 858; N. W. 718“
MALONE 18 CHOSEN TO
NOTIFY PRES. COOLIDGE
Cleveland, Ohio, June 20.—Aaron
B. Malone, president of Poro College,
St. Louis, was chosen by the Mis
souri delegation as Missouri’s official
representative to notify President
Coolidge of hi® nomination for Presi
dent of the United States by the Na
tional Republican Convention.
This duty is regarded as a signal
honor in as much as only one per
son from each state makes up the
committee which notifies the president
of his selectfon, and a like number
is chosen to notify the vice-president
of his selection.
Crucifixion Victim’*
Foot Found in England
London.—Gruesome proof of tbs
practice of crucifixion among the Ro
mans has Just been bared at Folke
stone by excavators ut the site of the
Roman settlement there. The bone of
a foot dug up has a hole through It
us if pierced by a null.
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