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^ The Monitor =5 m NEBRASKA’S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS | THB REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor. $2.00 aY«r -5 Cents a Copy. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SEPTEMBER 3, 1926 VoLXIL—No. 10 Whole Number 580 — i 1.1 S .. NA HAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION HOLDS SHCCESSFDL MEET s' Delegates, Numbering Nearly 2,000, Representing Practically Every State in Union Present. WELCOMED BY MAYOR OF CITY Philadelphia, Pa.—-The thirty-first an nual session of the National Medical as sociation was a most colorful gathering. Doctors, deatists, and pharmacists from pructicaly every state in the union were present, numbering nearly two thousand. Monday night the Hon. W. Freeland Kendrick, mayor of Philadelphia, wel comed the large number of delegates fo the “City of Brotherly Love”, asking them to return again, believing that the visit will be helpful to both the city and the association. The mayor expressed the de sire to have the persons present know the sincerity of his welcome, anil paid a high tribute to the men representing this branch of science. At this time addresses were delivered by Dr. I. M. Lawrence, i who expressed welcome on liehalf of the professions of Philadelphia; Isadore Mar tin, chairniah of the Citizens’ committee, who spoke on behalf of the citizens of Pennsylvania, and Prof. John Miller Mar quess. who on behalf of the citizens, com pletely electrified his audience by (mint ing out what the Philadelphia Negro has done for this commonwealth along scientific lines. I)r. George W. Bowles, of York, I’a., made a most fitting response to what May or Kendrirk had said. Dr. Bowles let it lie understood that there is no place in American life for any (Caucasian who is so mean, so low, so narrow, and so full of prejudice that he would limit the pro gress of those of a particular racial group. Dr. Valter G. Alexander, the president, read his annual address. Interesting feat ures of this meeting were several selec- ! tions rendered by Carl Ditnn, tHe well known pianist-eom|M>ser. Mrs. Clara Koma Peters of Washington, D. and the Coleridge Taylor society rendered selec tions. An ovation greeted the announcement that Mariap Anderson, the famous con tralto, would sing. Miss Anderson was in fine voice and had to respond to an encore, which went even better than her first number, it being several minutes liefore the presiding officer could restore quiet. Mayor Kendrick was particularly well pleased with Miss Anderson’s sing ing. A capacity crowd greeted the medical men at the Union Baptist church Tuesday evening, when a testimonial in honor of the unique service rendered by Dr. Wal ter G. Alexander, was given. Addresses were delivered by Dr. Garland I. Penn, founder of the National Medical associa tion, and Dr. C. V. Roman, of Nashville, Tenn., who delivered the chief oration commemorating Dr. Alexander’s twenty years’ service to the National Medical association. The feature of the testimonial was the presentaton to Dr. Alexander by E. T. Belsaw, D. I). S., of Mobile, Ala., of a quarter-century gold cane, as a mark of esteem. Dr. Alexander made a touching acceptance of this token. ■ Interesting Meetincr ami Cl.iNtcs The session of the National Medical association was marked by a number of interesting clinics and demonstrations which were held throughout the entire session in hospitals, and at the sesqui centenniak The Chevalier Jackson Oper alive clinic held in the amphitheatre of the Jefferson hospital was perhaps the most interesting and outstanding. Several important exhibitions were also held, especially at the headquarters of the association. Many notable manu facturing chemists and medical and drug companies staged huge demonstrations of ibier products. Interesting papers were read on the jiart played by the X ray in diagnosis, and Dr. W: H. Henry, of Philadelphia, said to he one of the best informed medical men ■ m the use of the X-ray, opened the dis mission. The dental section was equally interest ingn. anil modern methods used in the correction of defects of the mouth and teeth were demonstrated lry prominent dentists from various sates. There w is also a surgical section, and I ifter a rather spirited time at this meet I no, member* nf the profession went to i the Phipi>* Institute, University of Penn vlvauia. anil from there to the Jefferson i hospital where clinic* were held. Important Feature* of the Session At a session of the National Medical issociation the question of hospitals was discussed, and there was considerable talk IS to the best means of arousing interest in the we|fare of racial hospitals. At this meeting. Dr. Doone, superintendent of the Philadelphia General hospital spoke I NEGRO CULTURAL SETTLEMENT HOLDS FORMAL OPENING Over 200 people attended the opening of the Negro Cultural Center at 2915 R street last Tuesday evening. Mrs. L. M. Lord, president of the So cial Settlement, under whose auspices the center has been organized, presided. Rev. O. J. Burckhardt made the opening prayer. The chief addresses of the evening were made by Rev. John Adams, presiding elder of the A. M. E. Church in Nebraska and Kansas, and by Mr. S. S. Caldwell. Miss Lois Patrick, the recently appoint ed director of the Center, from Atlanta, spoke on the program of clubs and classes which the Center will soon start. Mrs. Lovetta Busch, president of the West Side P. T. A., spoke on the plans of the P. T. A. to organize adult study clulis at the Center. Miss Helen Gauss, head worker of the Social settlement, in her remarks paid par ticular tribute to Mrs. Busch and Miss Patrick. Had it not lieen for their faith and optimism and hard work, with that of the friends they rallied around them, the Center would not be open today, she I stated. She said further thut the un 1 usually generous co-operation of the com munity at large was a tiling that augured well for the future of Omaha. Acknow ledgments were due to the South Side merchants who gave building materials ut cost, to the colored men and women who donated all labor, anil to the city departments which helped so generously. Dean Noyes, street commissioner, has been an interested helper from the start. Com missioners Hopkins and Hummel have supplied light and gravel for the bark yard playground. Other departments have helped in other ways. The program was made particularly delightful by several numbers rendered by the male quartet of St. Johns church. Boy scouts in uniform served as ushers. The Goiter, to which people adjourned after the hour’s program in Bethel Baptist church, was brilliantly alight from attic lo basement. Flowers were in every room, with young women acting as hostesses, to show the guests almut. Among the guests present were Mrs. C. A. Campbell, and Miss Gillins from the Y. W. C. A„ Mrs. L M. Lord, Mrs. Har old Gifford, Mrs. J. J. McMullen, Mrs. George Buckland. Mrs. J. B. Porter, from the Social Settlement Board of Directors,, Mrs. Sarah C. Joslyn, Mr. Joseph Koptetz, Miss Gertrude Lucas from the City Wel fare department und Mr. Dean Noyes of the City Street Maintenance department. CRITIC PRAISES NEGRO DRAMA Ixis Angrles, Cal.—“If that play could be seen by every white person in the United States, it would lie the greatest means ever usd to modify the inter-racial relations between black and white and would be a revelation to the Caucasians.’1 ' So spoke a prominent white citizen of Los Angeles, who is widely quoted critic of dramatic art and music. The occasion was the presentation of “Easy Money” on August 23rd at the Gamut auditorium. It was written by Vivian Temple, and staged by the Neigh borhood players. TO WRITE NEGRO REVUE New York—J. P. McEvoy, the success ful delineator of the vagaries of the Amer ican business man of Caucasian extraction, is, according to well-supported reports, to engage himself in the production of a new revue which is to lie flavored heuvily with the tang of life as it is in Harlem, and is to be called “Hallelujah, Get Hot ’ The settings are pi be designed by the young and brilliant Mexican, Cevarrubias, the accompaniment is to be gathered from every posible source of Negro music, he einning with spirituals and ending with jazz. i ♦ $ Nebraska Civil Rights Bill | Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights X Enacted in 1893 X Sec. 1. Civil Rights of Persons. All persons within this state •f shall be entitled to a full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, Y advantages, facilities and privileges of inns, restaurants, public con X veyances, barber shops, theatres and other places of amusement; sob X ject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and ap X plicahle alike to every person. X Sec. 2. Penalty for Violation of Preceding Section. Any person X who shall violate the foregoing section by denying to any person, ex X cept for reasons of law applicable to all persons, the full enjoyment of X any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges enum X erated in the foregoing section, or by aiding or inciting Buch denials, •|* shall for each offense be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined X in any sum not less than twenty-five dolld-g, nor more than one hun X dred dollars, and pay the costs of the proseution. I _ ' * X “The original act was held valid as to citizens; barber shops can X not discriminate against persons on account of color. Messenger vs. X State, 25 Nehr. page 677. N. W. 638.” X "A restaurant keeper who refuses to serve a colored person with X refreshments in a certain part of his restaurant for no other reason X than that he is colored, is civilly liable, though he offers to serve him X by setting a table in a more private part of the house. Ferguson vs. X Gies, 82 Mich. 358; N. W. 718.” X t* ______i M\NY NEGROES IN COLLEGE New York—According to an article in the August "Crisis", mure than {4.000 Nr gro students were enrolled last year in American colleges and universities, over 7.000 of this number being in Negro col leges and 1,600 in white institutions. The former conferred degrees on more tnan 1.000 students, 33 of whom received the degree of Master of Arts, 519 that of Bach elor of Arts, and 173 that of Bachelor of Ccience. There were 100 graduates in medicine, 72 in dentistry, 38 in pharmacy, 37 in law, and 47 in theology. In addi lion, the big northern universities c* 3 ferret! degrees on about 300 Negro stu dents. Several received the degree of Ph. I). and a number were elected to member ship in Phi Beta Kappa. The number graduating last year was about three times as great as that five years ago. TEACHERS TO STUDY NEGRO TRAVEL CONDITIONS Atlanta, Ga.—The transportation com mittee of the National Association of Col ored Schools recommended a program that was adopted by the association in its twenty-third annual session at Hot Springs, Arkansas, looking toward improving the conditions under which colored people travel throughout the south. The pro gram provides for an annual Transporta tion Improvement day. The first Monday in March of each year was designated by the teachers’ association as Travelers’ Im provement Day. On this day local com mittees in various states will seek con ferences with railroad officials as well as officers of the interurban and bus lines and present before them such unsatisfac tory conditions confronting the colored people who travel as occasion the greatest inconvenience and discomfort. SECOND BOOK OF NEGRO SPIRITUALS PRINTED SEPT. 1 The Second Book of Negro Spirituals, arranged by J. Rosamond Johnson, with introduction by James Weldon Johnson, secretary of the N. A. A. C. P., is being published on .September 1 by The Viking Press, .30 Irving Place New York City, it was announced recently. This book includes 61 additional songs not published in the first book. The new collection nincludes among others, "Some times I Feel Like a Motherless Child,” "Zekiel Saw I)e Wheel”, “Sinner, Please Don't Let Dis Harvest Pass”, “Walk in Jerusalem Jus' Like John”, the fumiliar version of “Nobody Knows Do Trouble I See” and “Jubulee”. GIRLS LIVE LONGER THAN ROYS; EOl ND TO Ol TNI MBER THEM Durham, N. C. A recent survey con ducted among the approximately 15.< M)0 Negroes in this city revealed that there are more girls thun Isiys, there being 108 girls to every 100 Isiys. The girls also live longer. Eight men die while six woman are dying. The average age at which the males die, between 3 and '£) i 21 The average aye at which the females die, between the age of 3 and 29 years, is 19. Ninety per cent of both sexes die between 17 and 25 years of CONGREGATIONA LISTS CONGREGATE IN 11TH BIENNIAL CONVENTION Keynote Address Is Delivered by the Assistant Moderator of the Na tional Council of Churches. Detroit, Mich.—“Religion is a trans cript of the emotion or vision of the hu man soul when standing alone before it Maker.” This definition was given by Rev. W. L. Cash in an address Tuesday evening at the opening of the eleventh biennial session of the Nationul Convention of Congregational Workers Among Colored People. Mr. Cash, who is pastor of Cent ral church, New Orleans, La., is president of the convention and also assistant mod erator of the National Council of Con gregational Churches in the United States. The convention is being entertained by Plymouth church, Detroit, and is meet ing in Masonic Temple, 632 Livingstone street. A vision which bears fruit in service, Mr. Cash emphasized, is characteristic of the Christian religion. “When man climbs the mount,” he said, “and looks into the face of his God, he is forthwith driven from the mount into the plain among the people. Christian character knows no other secret than this, vision and service." “It is an interesting fact that man’s ev ery physical activity is an effort to ex press in some tangible way in the world without, as much as possible as that which is going on the world within. The meas ure of every man is measure of his vision. The man who is most likely to be lovable and apreciative of the worth of others is the man who has the largest worth in himself; the man whose vision is the widest “What the world needs today is a clearer and deeper vision of the Lord Jesus Christ. In order to speak boldly and work earnest ly for His kingdom, men and women must see the glory of the Christ.” COLORED CIRI.S WILL FILM PICTURE IN AFRICAN INTERIOR New York, N. Y.—(Pacific Coast News Bureau.I—Undaunted by the hardships encountered by two lone girls in 22 weeks of touring foreign countries, Emma Mait land and Aurelia Wheedlin, two American colored girls who have just returned to New York, announce theii^ intention of returning to Africa after the first of the year in an attempt to film a motion picture in which natives of the interior will pro vide the background. MUses Maitland and Wheedlin departed for Paris October 29, 1924 to fill theatri i al engagements under a contract obtained through Hilly Pierce, colored New York hooking agent. At the expiration of the contract Miss Maitland took charge of the business end and established a record heretofore unecpialled in bookinig herself ami partner as a team doing a novelty boxing anil dancing act, without any agent, manager or personal representative for engagements covering one year and ten months In Paris. Milan, Rome, Turin, Genoa, Verona, Belgium, Holland and Switzerland. COOLNESS AND WIT SAVES NEGRO WORKER FROM IMMINENT DEATH Fellow Workman Also Nearly Loses Life in Attempting Rescue of Man Buried in Sand. New’ York, Sept. 1—What seemed an imminent tragedy was turned in a tremen dously human drama by the wit and cool ness of William Clark, Negro, employed on a huge concrete mixer used in a new subway construction. Clark fpll into the hopper of the huge mixer while seeking to remove unwanted pieces of wood from the concrete mixer. The sand seemed to afford secure footing. Clark leaped into a veritable death trap and found himself sinking into the funnel. A workman shouted for the engineer to stop the mixer. And on the street level, Hans Schultz, truck driver, heard his ap peal. As the machinery stopped Schultz ran to a water hose and cut off a 12-foot section. He climbed to the top of the pit and let down one end of the hose to Clark. “You sure have got a head on you. white man," called Clark, now huried to the shoulders in the sand, which had ceased to flow. He reached for the end of the hose which meant the breath of life, should he sink deeper. Schultz then lost his balance and fell with the other end of the tubing. There was another slide and Clark was huried, while Schultz sank to his waist, several feet above him. From the other end of the hose came the voice of the huried Negro: “I ain’t gone yet. white man." he shouted. “Get some shovels, men! [ don't crave to stay down here no longer than I positively lias to." W hen Superintendent Groves, iiV charge of the work, poked his head over the edgf* I of the bin, he saw Scultz still holding up the hose, while Clark was singing. BIG $10,000 DRIVE FOR DOUGLASS HOME GOES OVER Oakland. Cal. According to an an nouncement made by Mrs. Sallie W. Stew art, Evansville. Indiana, the $10,000 fund to be known as the Mary B. Talbert Mem orial fund for the maintenance of the Douglass Home at Anacostia, D. C., had l>cen raised. With the goal set in 19294 at the Chi cago meeting of the National Association j of Colored Womens* Clubs, and Mrs. Stew art as the chairman of the drive committee j the machinery was set in motion in the various states and at the recent meeting here in Oakland the committee reported $9,436.28 had l>een raised and with pledges in hand the fund went over the $10,000 mark. The ten leading states and amounts contributed were as follows: Indiana, $1,004; Pennsylvania, $803: Kentucky, $623; Michigan, $592; Uabarna, $432: Missouri. $381.20; New Jersey, $379.38: Virginia, $337.10; Kansas, $198.15, and Florida, $181. i NEGRO ADDRESSES KU KLUXERS; DENOUNCES ORDER Los Angeles, Cal.—The unusual action of u Negro being taken to a klan meeting then asked to speak, occurred to Titus Alexander, candidate for assemblyman of the 76th district for the next election. Mr. Alexander was asked by a white klansman friend to attend the meeting of the klan as his guest. It was held out in the open in the hills, and was attended by hun dreds of l^e hooded knights. During the course of the meeting, Alexander was asked to speak. He mounted the rostrum and lashed forth a vindictive tirade de nouncing the klan as un-American and cowardly. TREASURY ROBBED; KLAN YIELDS CHARTER Jackson, Miss.—The local body of the Ku Klux Klan, one of the largest in the state, has surrendered its charter. Many reasons are given for the disbandment, hut the paramount one, given out by those on the inside, is that a good brother who has acted as treasurer for several terms “went south” with four thousand dollars of the treasury. New Orleans, La—The National Negro Insurance association has selected Mem phis, Tenn., for the next meeting which will be held the third week of April. 1927. ANTLERED HERD HEADSHIP AGAIN GOES TO WILSON Elks Almost Unanmously Endorse Successful Administration of Grand Exalted Ruler OTHER ELECTIONS SPIRITED Cleveland, Ohio—In a convention which, counting delegates and friends, is said to have attracted nearly 50,000 persons and is said to have been unequalled in the long history of the Elks in excitement and the dramatic highlights of a convention of its nature, the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World began pulling up thir stakes here Friday afternoon, changed the “Hello Bill!” to “Goodbye Bill", and these thousands be gan the journey hack home to talk over what might have been. • There was a regular election of officers and in this election there were disappoint ments, hut no surprises. The disappoint ment was probably most keenly felt in the camp of the followers of the two flashy easterners. Judge Edward Henry, political leader and adopted son of Philadelphia, who, it had been charged, was to have been made grand exalted ruler of the order at any cost, if the money of certain Jews could do it, and Harry H. Pace, the distinguished and politic Neiw Yorker, who made a long and spirited fight to be elected secretary of the order. f inley Vt ilson, the idol of the ordinary Elk. of whom there are many and are hound to he more, came through with his colors flying. So badly did the Phila delphia entrant fare from the start that he early caused to be thrown into the election ring the towel he had used in the heat of the fight, and Wilson’s elec tion was unanimous. The stampede for Bates of New Jersey whom Pace had sought to dislodge was al most as glorious from the standpoint of Bates and his friends. Mrs. Ella Berry of Chicago, was elected to succeed Mrs. Laura Williams as the leader of the Daughter Elks. Carter of Richmond, \ a., was re-elected grand treasurer. There was not much of a fight for his job. A large amount of constructive work for the Order was taken up during the convention, the principal of which was the educational program, under the matchless leadership of Judge William Hueston of Gary, Indiana. This was work which was horn only last year, and that the Cary man has developed beyond the wildest dreams of his brothers. The Elks are now contributing funds which are divided into scholarships, provide radio lectures, and many other things calcu lated to inspire the desire to learn and and learn and learn. ^ BISHOP GREGG SAILS FOR FRANCE New \ork, N. Y.—Bishop J. A. Gregg, resident bishop of the A. M, E. Church in South Africa, sailed September 1st, aboard the French liner, De Grasse, for Havre, France, after a stay of several months in this country, most of which time was occupied in the nation-wide cam paign which his church has been making for missionary work. Bishop Gregg has been designated by the Bishop’s Council to represent the church at the Internation al Missionary conference which will bo held in I.eZoute, Belgium, September 14 to 21. This conference which is to be made up of representatives of all the protestant churches of the world promiset to be one of the most far reaching mis sionary gatherings in recent years and and it is felt that the bishop's wide ex perience in the field will make him a potent factor. BISHOP TUTTLE SCHOOL FOR TRAINING IN SOCIAL WORK Raleigh, N. C.~To prepare social and religious workers for the most effective service the Bishop Tuttle School for So cial Training will open its second annual session here on September 22. The course of study covers two years. In addition to classroom work, provision is made for prac tical experience in the courts, hospitals, state institutions, churches, and Sunday schools. Two years of college work are required for entrance. •
