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MORE FRIENDS THAN FOES
Every time you hear some
foolish members of our race
make the statement that all
white people are enemies bf
colored people, rebuke them
and nail it as a lie. Were it
not that our people have thou
sands of friends among the
white people our case would be
hopeless. Millions of dollars
are contributed yearly by gen
erous-hearted white people for
the betterment of our race.
These contributions are for ed
ucational, religious, charitable
and general welfare purposes,
to say nothing of the encour
agement which is given to in
dividuals by sympathetic inter
est, counsel and advice, by em
ployment and gratuities. Think,
too, of the personal service
which is being rendered and
has been rendered by the white
people of America, not only of
the North but of the South, to
our race.
If we were all as true to one
another as many of our white
friends are to us, we would be
much better off than we are,
don’t you think so?
One of our own poets has
beautifully voiced a truth
which we do well to remem
ber:
“Though ills have been and ills
there are
That we have still to face;
We have more friends than
foes
Within the Anglo-Saxon race.”
NICARAUGUA
Will some one please tell us
what business the United States
has in Nicaragua? We admit
that we are somewhat dense
when it copies to certain gov
ernmental policies, but we can
not see what real business this
country, which disclaims imper
ialistic tendencies, has either in
Nicaragua or Haiti. Are we
there to protect American cap- j
ital or for altruistic reasons?
CARRY ON
There is a spirit of hopeful
ness in the air which seems to
bespeak prosperity for the
New Year. Let each one of qs]
pick up our task, whatever it
may be, cheerfully, and do our
level best unto the end. Let!
there be no shirking of duty.
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TALKING IT OVER
By Roy Wilkini
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For the new year—what?
Well, for the new year, there is!
very nearly the same advice as for
the old year. We need to keep “plug
ging away” at some of the same old !
things.
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The most serious problem confront- j
ing the Negro today is that of secur i
ing regular employment. This prob- j
lem is not local. The National Urban ;
league reports that never in its his-!
tory have such intensive efforts to i
get jobs for Negroes secured suchj
few results.
In a bread line in Chicago the oth- ]
er day I noted that one third of the !
men awaiting the soup and sandwich
were colored. Of course, there is un- j
employment among whites, also, and |
their condition is serious as well.
But with Negroes, because they are!
the last hired and the first fired !
some special attention must be given j
the correction of their condition.
Whites will find jobs as soon as con
ditions become better—Negroes, may
be.
So in 1928, it would be wise for
Negroes first to get jobs, or hold the
ones they have, then work steadily
and faithfully as never before and
lastly, save some of what they make.
You can’t solve the problem of
unemployment by carousing all night,
coming late or laying off the next
day or poking out your mouth at the
boss because he checks up on the
quality of your work. There are too
many Negroes and white men waiting
for your job. He does not have to
argue with you. With the crook of
a finger or ten words in a classified
ad section he can bring to his shop a
flock of hungry, willing men. So
hang on to the job and work.
And then for 1928, take a new grip
on yourself and your race. Look a
little higher ard strive a little hard
er. Be proud of yourself, your color
and your achievements, but don’t
brag and boast, because measured by
what other men have done, yours is
not by any means the widest, the
deepest nor the straightest furrow in
the field.
We are to be thankful that after
many years Negroes are becoming
proud of being themselves, less an
xious to hide the fact that they are of
black or brown ancestry, more will
ing to teach their children to love and
respect black and brown people and
their exploits. For 1928 we need
more of this and yet more. We will
reach our place in the sun when we
realize that we are entitled to it be
cause we are what we are rather
than imitations of someone else.
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Now, there are other matters to
which we might address ourselves in
1928 as we have done in years past.
These need little more enumeration.
Resolutely, unitedly we must fight
lynching, housing segregation, dis
criminatory school provisions, flag
rant injustices in the courts and all
the thousand and one petty irrita
tions which have become our daily
lot. Not only must we talk about
; these conditions and draw up resolu
tions upon them, but we must pay the
price, in money and time, that it
takes to remove them.
For the paler brethren, 1928 is
ijust another year for them to see
; how far they may go—how more
magnificent mansions they may build.
' For us, it is twelve months ahead
“of struggle—struggle not only to
get ahead, but to get ahead while
I still being black. But—on with the
'struggle!—Kansas City Call.^
OUR FIRST PRINCIPAL
Chicago citizens in general, and in
i educational circles, in particular,
i were pleased to have learned of the
j appointment of Mrs. Maudelle Bous
! field, dean of girls at Wendell Phil
| lips High school and teacher of math
I ematics in that intsitution, to the
j principalship of the Keith school,
Thirty-fourth and Dearborn streets.
Mrs. Bousfield has earned her pro
motion on merit, genuine scholarship
and high efficiency in her chosen pro
fession and her unselfish interest in
the civic affairs of the community;
to which she has unselfishly contrib
uted much.
Not only our own group, but our
best citizens, of all groups, sanction
the wisdom of her selection and kp
pointmen by the department of edu
' cation as our first representative to
this position of honor, trust and re
sponsibility.
Her achievement should be an in
spiration to our girls and women,
: as it marks an advance to a high peak
i of achievement in the school system
of Chicago for the first time, mark
ing a distinct epoch that will be in
corporated as a very important part
of the history or our advancement in
educational circles here.
Mrs. Bousfield is to be both com
mended and congratulated upon her
perseverance and her triumphs. Her
achievements reflect honor and credit
upon the race as well as merited dis
tinction upon herself.—The Chicago
Bee.
SECOND TO LINCOLN
IN SERVING NEGROES
Julius Rosenwald of Chicago has
rendered the greatest individual serv
ice for the Negro race since that ren
dered by Abraham Lincoln, in the
opinion of Channing H. Tobias, senior
secretary of the colored men’s de
partment of the National Council of
the Y. M. C. A. in a report just
issued.
“Not only has he made possible
nineteen modern Y. M. C. A. build
ings, four Y. W. C. A. buildings, and
nearly 4,000 rural school buildings,
but he has so conditioned his gifts
that the two races are drawn into co
operative effort in securing the build
ings and into co-operative operation
and control of them after they are
built,” declares Mr. Tobias.
Data on new buildings for colored
people shows that a $200,000 build
ing at Buffalo is nearly completed, a
$195,000 building for Dayton, Ohio,
is under way, and funds have been
pledged for a $150,000 building in
St. Loujs, and $655,000 for one in
New York City. It is stated that
these are the second buildings in the
two latter cities to be erected in part
with funds given by Mr. Rosenwald.
Buildings campaigns are in pros
pect at Evanston, Illinois; Hartford,
Connecticult; Harrisburg, Pennsyl
vania, and Jacksonville, Florida.
The buildinlg for colored men and
boys at Los Angeles, Cal., completed
in 1926, is regarded by some archi
tectural authorities as the most beau
tiful Y. M. C. A. building in the
country. Designed by Paul Williams,
a Negro graduate of the University
of California, its combined beauty
and practical character were such
that Williams was called upon to de
sign the association building planned
for Hollywood.
Buildings devoted to service for
colored men and boys are located at
some twenty points. Altogether, Mr.
Rosenwald has contributed $500,000
toward the erection of Y. M. C. A.
buildings for colored men.—Denver
Young Men.
LETTERS FROM OUR READERS
Improving From Operation
Missoula, Mont., Dec. 30, 1927.—
Editor of the Monitor: Kindly see
that this notice gets in the next edi
tion of your paper.
Mrs. L. S. Shellman, nee Corrinne
Horne of Missoula, Mont., is recover
ing from the serious operation that
was performed on her December 18.
She expects to be home January 2nd.
Many thanks.
MRS. L. S. SHELLMAN,
359 West Front Street.
TRUE FRIENDS
I care not for the shake of hand,
The kindly speech, or costly gift;
That come when I have gained a
stand.
The man I value, helps me lift
The weight of care, he heeds my call
And hears me when I’m small.
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Most men rush out to help the crowd
Cheer on the man above their need.
They blow their brazen trumpets
loud.
No soothing word for hearts that
bleed;
And want may from them seek in
vain,
A crumb to lessen hunger’s pain.
Give me the man and woman true
Who lend a hand and help em do
My part in life. Whose noble heart
Can recognize in me a part
Akin. Who when I sound TRUTH’S
call
Can hear me when I’m small.
—Drusilla Dunjee Houston.
(For the A. N. P.)
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