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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1927)
j"""the MONITOR.I t > _._ .... .- - .- --- < ► 1 ' A WISELY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS < ' » _ OF COLORED AMERICANS ' > < > ___—- < ► PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY AT OMAHA. NEBRASKA. BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY ; | ' ' Entered u Becond-CUea Mail Matter. July t. ltll at the Postoffiee at Omaha. ' ’ i Nebraska, antkr thm Act of Mardi 1. If7t._ ^ ( • ' THE REV JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS -- Editor < • « ' W. W. MOSLEY. Lincoln, Nab. - - Aaaociata Editor < • 1 tUCWDA W. WILLIAMS . - Bnolnooa Manafar J > ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES. SS.00 PER YEAR; SIRS • MONTHS; 75c a MONTHS <• J Advertising Rates Furniahad Upon Application J ’ 3 Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. 33 3 3 Telephone WEbster 4243 | < A ; AN IMPORTANT WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS. | The postal regulations require that for newspapers to £ 3 3 be sent through the mails subscriptions must be paid in 3; advance. A reasonable time, thirty daySj is allowed for ; • «; renewals. At the expiration of this period, where sub- 3 3 3 3 scriptions are not renewed, the paper must be stopped. 31 3 3 If this is not done, postal privileges are denied the publi- ;; ;; cation. Tnose, therefore, who desire to continue receiving 3 3 3 3 The Monitor must see to it that their subscriptions are 3 3 3 3 paid, as the law requires, in advance. Statements are be- ;; ;; mg sent to all those who owe, or our collector will call— 3 3 3 and unless your subscription is paid we will be compelled 3 3 3 to cut off your paper which, of course, we do not want ; ; :; to do. ; ; ;; We, as publishers, MUST comply with the law or < > pay the penaRjr. < > <i «• < > LET’S NOT SLEEP AT THE SWITCH We have hitherto made the mistake of waiting until too late to bring our demand, a reasonable and just demand, before the Board of Education, for the employment of some of our people in the public school system of this city, for which we pay our proportionate® share of the taxes. We want to begin now in importuning the Board of Education for the employment of some of our young women as teachers in the public schools. Several have applications on file and we hope others who measure up to the required standard will also file, so that at least somebody may be appointed. We have been told by certain members of the Board that they are favorable to making such appointments as soon as funds permit. No doubt in June new teachers will be elected and among the number there ought to be some young women of our race. It is time Omaha was getting on the map as a liberal-minded and pro gressive city in this matter. Let us not go to sleep at the switch now. TIME TO WAKE UP! It is time for the Omaha Chamber of Commerce to wake up and protest against the eco nomic loss which the city is re ceiving at the hands of some of the railroads. This may seem like a small matter, but is it? A year or so ago, the Northwestern-Union Pacific de cided that the terminals for a large number of its waiters and cooks should be Chicago and Oakland. This compelled more than 200 substantial colored citizens to give up their homes here and remove to Chicago or Oakland. Little as may be thought of it this meant a sub stantial financial loss to the city. Now the same road is substituting Chinese por t e r s on its buffet cars. How many city residents this will affect we do not know. Some cer tainly. How much money will these Chinese porters spend in Omaha? A JOURNALISTIC TRIUMPH We doff our hat in admira tion to the Nashville Globe, Tennessee’s leading race jour nal, which covers Tennessee like the morning dew,” upon its splendid—no, we’ve made no mistake, this is the right ad jective to use in this case—spe cial Christmas edition. It con tains eight sections, totalling sixty-four pages, one of which is a beautiful photogravure sec tion, with a full page cut of the late Rev. R. H. Boyd, founder of the National Baptist Publish ing Board’s printing plant. The edition is well illustrated with cuts of leading citizens, attract ive homes and business institu tions. It contains several two page and whole-page adver tisements, after the fashion of leading metropolitan dailies. Its new columns and feature articles are of the highest or der. In its beautiful Christmas edition the Globe has undoubt edly scored a journalistic tri umph, upon which we extend sincere and hearty congratula tions. THINK IT OVER Chicago has just appointed a colored woman as principal I of one of her largest schools, (the Keith, which has a large enrollment of pupils of our race. Omaha is not asking for principals YET, although that ought to come in the course of time, but for teachers in some of the grades. Chicago, De troit and many other northern cities have colored teachers on their corps, why should Oma ha remain a back number? * A * * A A A M ARROWS By R. A. Adam* Literary-Commercial Bureau 634 Franklin Ave, Kansas City, Kans. (For Preston News Service) MY BEST If I rnay not do the great things, That win unmeasured praise, If it be mine, by word, or deed. Some fallen soul to raise, To help some wandered astray, To find again the righteous way, Or friends estranged to reconcile, I shall have done some things worth while. If I may not on battle field Win honor and renown, Or by some deed illustrious Merit a victor’s crown, If my own spirit I control, Win mastery of my own soul, I’ve conquered a dread enemy, And won a glorious victory. If I cannot do what I would, Reach heights I would attain, If, in my efforts to be great, I struggle but in vain, When I shall do the best I can, In interest of my fellowman, I shall have wrought in noble cause, A work that merits Heav’n’s applause. So I shall always strive to do Whate’er my hands may find, Whether the tasks be great or small, With heart, and soul, and mind, And strive, in ev’ry given test, To give unto the world my best, That may be said, “For human good, He did and gave the best he could!’’ —R. A. ADAMS. * * * * WE SPEND OUR YEARS The thing of which the author was writing w„s the period of human longevity which is commonly called life, and which is chronologically di vided into years; and the thing which he affirms of years is that we spend them. Now, spend is a verb in the active voice and is equivalent to use; so we might as appropriately read, we use our years. The term years is modified by the adjective “our” and is significant of the fact that these years are ours and it is with us to determine how they shall be spent, or used. Moreover, it indicates neces sity for the proper utilization of these years. Forceful are the sayings, “Not days, bu deeds;” “We live in deeds, not years”; “It matters not how long we live, but how.” In this connec tion, one thing is certain, we cannot hinder the passing of the years; we cannot prevent spending our years; we can only determine the nature and character of life’s activities. One might spend his money for trash, for paste diamonds, for unsat isfying pleasures, bringing penury, regret, and remorse, or he may spend it for things substantial and benefi cial—since it is his money, as these are our years! On the other hand, one may spend his years—his life—in idleness, friv olity, or in destructive pleasures, or he may spend these years in useful ness, in service to mankind, thus add ing to the sum total of human weal and happiness. Let is be considered that WE, do this spending of our years; we deter mine what shall be done and how; we control our actions; we decide our destiny! Fate is a myth; fortune is an illusion; good luck is a mirage; we sow and we reap; we surrender to the highest or the lowest in us; we waste or conserve; we live or just exist; our efforts, activities, and our accomplishments decide our fortune rather than the signs of the zodiac; we spend our years, we determine our destiny! t The complete sentence reads: “We spend our years as a tale that is told.” —that is, every life has its story with the beginning, period of develop ment ,its climax—its end. In a story, the end, whether happy or unhappy, is the result of the activities of the characters, especially the chief char acter, during the period covered by the story. And so it is with life! We who live now are spending our years, living our lives, utilizing or wasting our opportunities, making our lives worth while or useless; and when we face the setting sun and view the shadows gathering, our peace, our comfort, our contentment, our hope, and our hold on things eternal will depend on HOW WE HAVE SPENT OUR YEARS! Another year of our life has pass ed into eternity; we are face to face with a new one, bringing new oppor tunities, new duties, new responsibili ties; and this may be the last of “Our Years.” So let us profit by the mistakes of the year now passed and strive for greater accomplish ments during the New Year! Mrs. B. B. Cowan returned Mon day from Pratt, Kans., where she was called last week by the illness of her sister, Mrs. Ruth Tanner. K. U. STUDENT WINS CUP WITH "NEW NEGRO” ORATION Lawrence, Kans.—Charles Stokes, Pratt, Kansas, a student of the Uni versity of Kansas, won the third an nual campus problems oratorical con test held at the university recently and was awarded the loving cup of fered by the Women’s Self Govern ment association of the university. Mr. Stokes was one of the eight speakers selected from the twenty four who competed in the prelimin ary contest. He was the only color ed speaker. He chose for his sub ject “The New Negro.” CHURCH OF ST. PHILIP THE DEACON The Christmas services at the Church of St. Philip the Deacon con sisted of the midnight mass Christ mas Eve; holy communion at 7:30 a. m.; church school at 10; choral eucharist with sermon at 11, and evening prayer at 8. , The children of the church school had their Christmas tree Wednesday night, the Feast of the Holy Inno cents. Each child received a present and a generous box of candy. The adults present were also presented with boxes of candy. 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