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THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor.
$2.00 a Year—5c a Copy* OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1926Whole Number 555Vol. XI.—No. 37
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YOUTH MOVEMENT
OBJECTIVE BETTER
WORLB RELATIONS
Young Men and Women of Many
Races Believe That Security of
the Future Rests With
Youth
SHERWOOD EDDY GIVES VIEWS
Interprets International Unrest as
Revolt Against Autocratic
Absolutism and Sordid
Materialism
New York—The clarion of the "re
volt of youth” was sounded at the
Community c h u r ch, Thirty-fourth
street and Park Avenue, when repre
sentatives of twenty-five American
youths’ organizations and of foreign
countries spoke in a symposium on
the pice of youth in the new age. The
meeting was held under the auspices
of the league of Youth of the Com
munity church, of which the Rev.
John Haynes Holmes is pastor.
Among those who gave brief talks
were an East Indian follower of
Ghandi, two German representatives
of the German youth movement, a
Chinese student, a French girl, a
Filipino and delegates from several
Negro organizations. All were eager
for a world brotherhood of youth to
stave off a future w’ar and to rescue
the nations of the earth from mater
ialism and conservatism.
For the first time in the history of
the Community church, a Catholic
priest spoke from its rostrum, when
the Rev. Dr. J. Elliott Ross, repre
senting the Newman Clubs of Ameri
ca, pleaded for a closer brotherhood
of youth.
Sees Youth Learning Lesson
"I hope a meeting such as this
means that we are all getting togeth
er to a far greater extent than ever
before In the past,” Father Ross said.
"I hope that out of the stirring of
youth there may come a brotherhood
close to that which exists in some
of the great universities of the
country'. Youth is learning the great
lesson that we can all live together
and work together as children of a
common Father—God Himself."
The chief speaker of the evening
was Dr. Sherwood Eddy, who return
ed recently from an extended trip
abroad which took him to Russia, and
the Far East. On his trip, Dr. Eddy
said he had observed signs wherever
he went that a revolt of youth was in
the air.
“What is youth revolting against?"
he asked. “The answer is threefold.
In the first place, it protests against
the sordid materialism so evident
everywhere since the World War. In
the second place, youth revolts against
autocratic absolutism and domination
in all its forms—political, industrial,
racial and intellectual. Thirdly, there
is all over the world today a passio
nate revolt against militarism. It lies
in the power of youth to stop war,
just as slavery was stopped sixty
three years ago.”
The new social order which will
arise from youth’s revolt, Dr. Eddy
continued, must be based on "spiritual
vision and dynamic.” “You cannot
build up any youth movement on ma
terialism,” he said. “In place of au'o
cratic exploitation you have got to
have democratic co-operation. Final
ly, in place of militarism we must
all go forward and launch our great
offensive of faith and hope and love.”
“We are leading the world in wealth
and in invention, it is true?’ he con
cluded, “hut we are not leading it in
thought or In moral courage.”
Others who spoke included the Rev.
Shelton Hale Bishop of St. Philip’s
Episcopal church; Eugene h. Corbie
of the Abyssinian Young People’s
League; Stanley High, writer and lec
turer; Lewis Fox of Princeton, who
organized the recent intercollegiate
conference on the World Court, and
the Rev. W. W. Van Kirk, represent
ing the Federal Council of Churches
of Christ in America.
Ulaine, infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. O. Walker, 3124 Maple street,
who has been ill, is improving.
WINS FIRST PRIZE IN
CAKE BAKING CONTEST
Forty-five cakes were entered in
the cake-baking contest which closed
the Omaha Daily News free cooking
school last Friday. This is an an
nual event conducted by this enter
prising newspaper for housewives of
of Omaha and is open to all who de
sire to attend. Several women of our
group availed themselves of this op
porunity thus offered to become more
proficient in the culinary art. The
first prize in the cake-baking contest
was captured by Mrs. Russel Taylor,
wife of the Rev. Russel Taylor of 2628
Charles street, who was the only col
ored woman to enter the contest. Mrs.
Taylor’s delicious white cake of three
layers with cocoanut frosting was
unanimously chosen by the judges as
the first prize winner. Mrs. Taylor
received as a prize a direct action gas
range, equipped with a Lorain oven
regulator donated by the Union Out
fitting Company.
The second prize was won by Mrs
Robert Hagg, 1521 South Sixth street,
Council Bluffs, whose devil’s food
cake won a Eureka vacuum cleaner,
donated by the Eureka Vacuum com
pany; and third prize was captured
by Mrs. O. A. Scholm, 1223 South
Twenty-seventh street, who received
an aluminum griddle and a sack of
flour.
COLORED LABORERS STRIKE
Consliohockcn, Pa.—A walkout occurred
here at the mills of the Alan Wood Iron
arid Steel Company's plant as the result
of the failure of the firm and Negro labor
ers to agree on the wage question.
ZAHA TEMPLE GIVES A
GET-TOGETHER FEAST
All of the 100 nobles who gathered
around the oasis on Wednesday night,
March 24 at the Masonic hall to join
In an old fashioned Love Feast and
get-together meeting left with a new
| spirit of co-operation and the deter
; mination to do big things in 1926.
| Slate Deputy Dr. J. A. Singleton, who
presided, told of the value of the
Shrine, and the great work to be
done; Past Deputy Nathaniel Hunter
i spoke in words of praise and outlined
a program which will bring success.
Other speakers were: Past Potentates
Dr. J. W. Scott and Chas. M. Sim
mons, F. L. Harnett and Thomas F.
Scott, who told of the great need of
work and praised such a representa
! tive gathering.
111. Potentate John O. Wood spoke
of the value of true Masonry, and
said in part that merely devising
plans and talking about them would
not get results, but only be hard work
would promises be realized.
BISHOP M. W. CLAIR TO
BE OMAHA VISITOR
Bishop Matthew W. Clair, D. D.,
LL. D. of the Covington area of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, will be
in Omaha, Friday, April 9, on a busi
ness trip in the interest of Grove M.
E. church, Twenty-second and Seward
street, of which the Rev. J. H. Ellis,
is pastor.
Rev. B. R. Booker, district super
intendent, will return to the city to
i assist In the business of the church
1 which is to come before the commit
; tee, which is composed of members of i
1 Grove and a group of white Method
ists.
A feature of the program will be a
dinner served in the lecture room of
the church at 6:46 p. m. Friday night,
at 49 cents a plate. Several citizens
; of both groups will make short talks |
i during the dinner hour and at 8 J
o’clock Bishop Clair will deliver an !
address on Africa from which he has I
recently returned. The public is in
vited to call Webster 6119 for tickets
for the dinner and to remain for the
lecture for which no charge is made
but a silver offering will be taken.
MRS. TERRELL VISITS LINCOLN
Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, of Wash
ington, D. C., one of the foremost
scholars .thinkers and orators of the
race, came to Lincoln last Thursday
under the auspices of Delta Sigma
Theta sorority. At 6:30, Mrs. Terrell
was entertained at dinner at Quinn
chapl, A. M. E. church, where, at 8
o'clock she delivered an instructive
and interesting lecture before a large
and appreciative audience. On Fri
day at 11 o’clock, Mrs. Terrell spoke
Vfore an especially arranged convo
cation at the University of Nebraska.
After this she was honored guest at
a luncheon in the university cafeteria j
attended by a mixed group of univer
sity women. After luncheon, Mrs.
Terrell went on a sight-seeing tour
after which she was entertained at
dinner at the residence of Mrs. O. W.
Ferguson, whose house guest she was.
She left at six o’clock for Minnesota
I’ll ILLY TO ARM
POLLS WITH WORKERS
Philadelphia, Pa.—(By the Associ
ated Negro Press)—An army of 1,492
volunteer inspectors will be on duty
at polling places in the city registra
tion day, Wednesday, April 14, to
combat frauduent registration. These
workers constitute the Registration
Board’s newest weapons to prevent
the names of “phantoms” from get
ting on the lists.
GOVERNOR GIVES BOY CHANCE
Columbia, S. C.—(By the Associ
ated Negro Press)—A boy, 17, who
was scheduled to die in the electric
chair this week has been granted a
reprieve until April 23, by Governor
Thomas MacLeod. The boy, whose
name is Guy Edens, was sentenced to
death after it was alleged he was
found asleep under the bed of a
white woman.
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BISHOP SHAYLER CONFIRMS
CLASS AT ST. PHILIP’S CHURCH
Palm Scnday services at the Church
of St. Philip the Deacon brought out
large congregations at all services.
At the morning service Miss Vera May
Walton was baptized.
The Rt. Rev. Ernest V. Shayler,
bishop of Nebraska, made his annual
visitation at 5 o’clock, confirmed a
class of sixteen persons, addressed
them, and preached, as usual, an ex
cellent sermon. Before his sermon
lie congratulated the congregation up
on becoming a parish and other evi
dences of prosperity, shown in the
very beautiful new chancel, carpet and
other noticeable improvements. Those
confirmed were Grace Brannon, Julia
Brannon, David H. Butler, Chas. Dick
erson, jr., Margaret Belle Dickerson,
Mrs. Henry Gaston, Dr. William D.
Fountain, Gordon Hopkins, Marguer
ite Frances Howard, Albert Wells j
Johnson, Ellen Terrell Richardson, !
Ruby Robinson, Celestine Smith, Ed
ward Wiggins, Herbert Wiggins, Jr.,
and Vera May Walton.
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MRS. PHILIP LETCHER
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA !
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Mrs. Elizabeth Letcher, wife of
Sergeant Philip Letcher, died at the
family residence, 3415 North Twenty- J
eighth street, Tuesday night, after
nine days’ illness with pneumonia.
Mrs. Letcher, whose maiden name was
Eilzabeth Galleis, was bom in Mobile, j
Ala. She was married to Sergeant:
Letcher of the Tenth U. S. Cavalry
at Huntsville, Ala., in 1899. Upon
Mr Letcher’s retirement in 1907, tney
came to Omaha where they have re
sided since and made many warm
friends. The funeral will be held
at half past 3 o’clock Good Friday
afternoon from the Church ot st.
Philip the Deacon, of which she was
a communicant. Interment will be in 1
Forest Lawn. The deceased is sur
vived by her husband, one daughter
by a former marriage. Mrs. Joseph j
Williams of Los Angeles, Cal., four j
grandchildren; and a brother in Mo
bile, Ala.
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT ISSUES
DISCRIMINATORY ORDER
AGAINST NEGROES
Tia Juana, Mexico.—Racing circles
here were stirred last week by the is
suance of an order by the Mexican
government singling out Negro em
ployes and requiring that they fur
nish bond for their return to the
United States, hoding their employers
responsible for their returning. The
result of the order has been the less
ening of employment for colored men (
both because of the barriers imposed j
and the disinclination of owners to !
shoulder the burden of responsibility, j
as well as the unwillingness of the
colored men to be registered and I
checked in and out, since the order ;
applies to no other race. Represen
tations will be made to Secretary of
Labor Davis at Washington in an ef- j
fort to have the practice stopped.
RENAME DAYTONA
COOKMAN SCHOOL
Daytona, Beach, Fla_The trustees of
the Daytona-Cookman Collegiate Institute
• met in annual session here lately. Prob
ably the most important action was the
; changing of the name of the school from
\ Daytona-Cookman Collegiate Institute to
Bethune-Gookman College. This action
was taken upon recommendation of the
Women’s Advisory Board, who had, from
the beginning of the merger, urged it as
the recognition due the president and
founder of tho institution, Mary MacLeod
Bethune.
BISHOP LEE DIES.
Wlberforce, O.—Bshop B. F. Lee,
senior foishop of the African Method
ist Episcopal church, died March 13,
at the age of 85. Bishop Lee was ele
vated to the episcopacy more than 34
years ago and had presided over
every southern state but Georgia. He
was at one time editor of the Chris- I
tian Recorder, and at another, presi
dent of Wfeerforce. In 1924 he was re
tired from active duty on account of
his age. Funeral services were held
Sunday.
S POSSIBILITY OF
ABOLISHMENT OF
SCHOOL SEGREGATION
Curtis-Reed Bill Now Before Congress
Being Opposed on Ground That
It May Eliminate Separate
Schools
CONSIDEREED POLITICAL MOVE
Supporters of Bill Marshall Great
Array of Astounding Facts
Revealing Southern
Illiteracy
Washington, D. C.—The Curtis-Reed
bill now before the United States
Congress, which many whites fear
may lead to the abolition of separate
schools for colored and white chil
dren, is causing considerable unrest
among certain factions of the United
States legislature.
Causing Upheaval
There have been introduced in Con
gress, by interested Republican legis
lators, and referred to the Committees
on Education of the United States
Senate and House of Representatives,
respectively, Bills S. 291 and H. R.
5000, which provide for the creation
of a Secretary of Education, to be
appointed by the president. Although
all arguments for and against the
bill have not been completed, start
ling facts have been adduced regard
ing the meascre.
Fears Mixed Schools
Representative M. E. Tydings talk
ing before the Twelfth Ward Women’s
Club of Baltimore, Md., recently
stated:
“Seventy per cent of the members
of the House and Senate come from
States which do not maintain separ
ate schools. In time of political need
it is not at all unlikely that to obtain
some advantage a party would wipe
out distinction of race in our schools.
“In that case we should be power
less for we would not have but thir
ty per cent of the votes in Congress.
"In practice the Sectretary of Edu
cation would not 'be an educator, but
merely a big Repulican or Democrat.
Do you want such a man, who would
be entirely beyond your control, to
tell you how your chid must be ed
ucated?”
1,210,690 Illiterates
Supporters of the bill in their argu
ments revealed astounding accounts
of the high illiteracy rates of Negroes
in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mis
sissippi, North Carolina, South Caro
lina and Virginia.
An estimate of 210,690 was made as
to Negro illiterates in Alabama; and
in the seven states named the illit
eracy total among the colored people
is slightly over one million, two hun
dred thousand, or nearly three times
what it is among the whites.
Proponents of the educationad leg
islation have also shown that the av
verage teachers’ salary in Mississippi
is $291 per year, as compared with
$976 for New York. ' .her compar
isons give Massachu' s $858; Illi
nois, $778; Texas, ini'!; and South
Carolina, $315. The vast rural areas
in the southern states, in which thou
sands of Negroes live, minus long
term schools and adequatey trained
and paid teaching forces are the chief
contributors to the high .illiteracy
rates of the seven states named.
DEFEATED IN COURT
BATTLES, TEXAS LAWYER
JOINS N. A. A. C. P.
New York—The Texas County pros
esutor who conducted the case against
Luther Collins, a colored man con
demned to hanging and saved by ap
peals and retrials, has joined the
Houston, Texas, branch of the Nation
al Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, after the branch
vanquished him in court battles and
saved Luther Collins from execution.
The Texas prosecutor addressed the
March mass meeting of the Houston
N. A. A. C. P. and took out a mem
bership in the branch not only for
himself but for his wife and his
brother as well.
The comment of the secretary of
the Houston branch is: "Going some,
by gum!”
