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“NO” SAYS TELEPHONE
COMPANY
The committee from the
Ministerial Alliance which re
cently waited upon the North
western Bell Telephone com
pany, respectfully requesting
them to give employment to
some of our young people as
operatives or in some like ca
pacity were given their answer
Thursday morning. The an
swer is a positive refusal to do
anything of the kind, so we
have been informed. This cat
egorical negative was not what
the committee expected. It
had hoped that the officials of
the company would have found
some middle ground, at least,
upon which this reasonable re
quest for employment could
have been granted. The bru
tally blunt refusal and appar
ent disposition to give our peo
ple no consideration in the
premises was not anticipated.
There is no fairness or jus
tice in the attitude of the Tele
phone company into whose cof
fers our group in the city pays
many thousands of dollars
yearly. We deserve better
things at the hands of this com
pany. As little as they think
about it, and as incredible as
may now appear, the day may
come when even the powerful
Telephone company will need
our services which they now
seem to scorn.
An appeal to their sense of
economic fairness and right
seems futile. Would an appeal
to their pocketbook prove more
effectual? Possibly so.
Despite the tremendous in
convenience it would entail,
we wonder if there could be
found among the several thou
sand telephone subscribers in
our city 500 or 1,000 of our
people who would be willing
to make the sacrifice the exi
gency of the case seems to de
mand? We simply ask the
question. Think about it.
There is one man whom we
know, amply able to pay for a
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telephone, who had his remov
ed some three years ago and
took the stand that he would
never have a telephone put in
until some colored people were
employed by that corporation.
“Crank.” Perhaps. “A damn
fool.” Mebbe. But if there were
only 500 more “damn fools,”
as consistent and determined
as this man, we might get some
tangible results and favorable
consideration even at the
hands of a powerful and hard
boiled corporation.
BEST WISHES, “MET.”
We have noted with pleas
ure that our warm personal
friend of nearly forty years of
ever- deepening friendship,
Richard L. Metcalfe, “Met”, as
he is familiarly called, has
been drafted, yes, that’s the
proper word to use, by hun
dreds of friends and admirers
who signed his petition — to
seek the nomination on the
democratic ticket for United
States senator from Nebraska
at the April primary.
We venture the prophecy
that he will not only seek but
find the nomination when the
returns from the primary are
in. And in our humble judg
ment, in the event of his nom
ination and election, which is
by no means an impossibility
even in republican Nebraska,
Richard Metcalfe will honor
the senatorial toga, by serving
conscientiously the highest and
best interests of all the people.
“Met” is built that way.
He is a man of decided intel
lectual ability and culture;
idealistic, some call him, yet
practical; a trained journalist,
he has a grasp and understand
ing of public affairs which such
a career gives, and then, too,
he has rendered valuable pub
lic service to his country. How
ever, what we prize most high
ly in him is his warm-hearted
ness, his keen sense of justice,
and his broad sympathy for all
mankind. These are the traits
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which would be valuable even
in a United States senator. We
have known him for nearly
forty years and he has rung
true and that is why we sin
cerely wish Richard L. Met
calfe success in his political ca
reer.
LEST WE FORGET
Lest we forget that black man who
graduated from West Point and rose
to the rank of colonel in the regular
army who did not become a general
only because of the prejudice of the
Americans whose government he serv
ed to the bitter end. Lest we forget
that man who overcame prejudice be
cause he would not let prejudice over
come him, whose soul was invincible;
that brave man, who to show his sol
diers that a horse would not trample
them if fallen, threw himself on the
ground in front of his troop and per
mitted half a hundred charging horses
to pass over his prostrate form. That
man who in the Philippine insurrec
tion led his men during a terrific
tropical storm, wading a river, clothes
tied in a bundle on his head, revolver
held high, through a hail of bullets
from both banks to the rescue of oth
er troops with food supply and am
munition. Lest we forget that man,
who during the world war, when or
1 dered into retirement for alleged phy
| sical disability flung himself into his
saddle and rode from Xenia, Ohio, to
Washington — a sick man — while
thirty-seven officers junior to him on
the active list were promoted to the
rank of general officers. Young was
then placed back on active duty. Lest
we forget that the authentic military
map of Haiti is the work of his hands.
Lest we forget the strains of sweetest
music which he could extract from so
many varied instruments. Lest we
forget his shining example of per
severance under persecution while at
West Point and throughout his bitter
career. Lest we forget his spirit of
uplift as shown by his aiding needy
students while stationed at Wilber
force. Lest we forget his scholar
ship which enabled him to converse
so freely with foreign visitors in the
Texas camp to the chagrin of many
there present. Lest we forget his
manhood — which never faltered.
Lest we forget Colonel Charles
Young, all chapters are requested to
hold memorial services on the Sun
day preceding or following March 12,
the anniversary of his birth—Reprint
ed from February Omega Bulletin.
THE REAL “NEW NEGRO”
According to Prof. Melville J.
Herskovits (white), professor of an
thropology at Northwestern univer
sity, the real “new Negro” is a phy
sical reality rather than a being mere
ly possessing new mental aspects and
ambitions; for, says Prof. Herskovits,
“80 per cent of the American Ne
groes are mixtures of white, Ameri
can Indian and original Negro stock.
My studies have shown that between
one-third and one-fourth of the Ne
groes measured have American Indi
an ancestry in addition to the well
established fact that many of them
have white heritage,” said the anthro
pologist; “and,” he continues, in his
new book, The American Negro,
from this mixture, white, negroid,
and mongoloid, three widely diver
gent bloods, there is being welded
and is already discernible a different
physical type which may be called the
American Negro. The American Ne
gro has found himself a black man in
a white culture, and has consequently
sought to adjust himself as best he
can,” concluded Prof. Herskovits.
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The vesper service program held
j Sunday, February 26, at North Side
j Branch, Y. W. C. A., in charge of
Mrs. Ricks and the retiring member
j ship committee, with Mrs. Randall
! presiding, was a rich treat and was
, highly enjoyed by the 63 persons in
| attendance. The next vesper service,
March 11 th, at 4 p. m., is looked for
ward to with great interest. The re- j
ligious and general education com- j
mittee, with Mrs. Hiram Greenfield,
! chairman, will have charge of an
other one of their soul inspiring pro
grams. The subject, “What Kind of
Service Should I offer God,” will be
discussed as a topic, by the audience,
together with a wide awake sacred
i program of musical and literary mer
it. Program in full in next issue of
The Monitor. Plan now to be on
time and talk about our “Y”. You
will be uplifted.
The religious and general educa
tion committee is planning an excur
sion to California starting the last of
March. Liberal stopovers allowed.
A wonderful educational feature.
Watch for the details.
Mrs. Minnie Dixon, who was for
merly chairman of the fellowship
committee, is now secretary of the
committee of management.
Seven members of the Girl Re
serves of North Side Branch, and two
of the sponsors, with the branch sec
retary, Miss R. O. Collins, attended
the Girl Reserve conference held at
Central building last week-end. The
girls rendered two Negro spirituals,
and received very high compliments
for their performance. Many inter
esting features discussed by the girls
from visiting towns were accepted
and are to be put into practice.
The Elite Whist club met at the |
residence of Mrs. H. J. Pinkett, Mon
day afternoon, at which a program
and discussion on the history of the
Negro was held.
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