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Entered u 8«ond-Ck»« Mall M«tter, July 2. Itlfi at the Pomtoffic* it Omaha 4 *
, , Nebraska. under the Act of March S. 187* * |
THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS _ Editor
W W MOSLEY, Lincoln Neb Associate Editor
LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS _ __Busmens Manager %
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Our Choice for President
in 1928 is
WALTER W. HEAD
of Nebraska
An Astute, Able, Clear
headed Business
Man
TWO FACTS TO CONSIDER
It is gratifying to note that
increasing numbers of our stu
dents at Central High school
are winning and being awarded
honors. This shows tw'o things:
(1) The fact that our youth,
as we have always contended,
ha\-e the ability, the same as
representatives of other racial
groups who attend our public
schools, to do outstanding work j
and demonstrate scholarship,
initiative, character and lead
ership; and (2) The fact that
whenever they prove their
worthiness for any coveted ■
honor for which they compete
the school authorities, so far as
Central High is concerned, will
not withhold such honor when
fairly won.
Knowledge of these facts
should stimulate our students
to always do their level best
anci to enter willingly, cheer
fully and enthusiastically into
all school activities. This is the
ideal we have always tried to
keep before our youth. P»me,
and these not a few to whom
we have spoken, advanced thej
idea that there was no use to !
try because that even though
they did their best some sub
terfuge would be used to cheat
them out of it. We have never
encouraged this attitude be
cause it generates an inferior
complex which palsies effort.;
We have urged that it was a
duty to always do one’s best,!
let the results be what they
would and that the satisfaction
of honest, earnest, conscien-;
tious hard work would be to
their advantage whether given
recognition or not.
Concrete illustrations like
those brought to our attention
lately of honors wron by race
students should and doubtless
will act as an inspiration to
others. Central High has given
opportunity to race students to
win commissions in the cadet
regiment, honors in athletics,
none barred, and in other
school activities, as well as in
scholarship, so there can be no;
excuse for our students at Cen
itral for not doing their part to
attain and maintain the highest
standards in deportment, schol
arship and all school activities.
All cannot attain the same
heights, but all can do their
best to climb as high as their
strength and vigor will allow.
The important thing is to climb.
Let your motto be “Excelsior.”
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IS IT TRUE?
We have been told that the
number of gambling houses al
I leged to be run by Negroes in
Omaha is not nine, but at least
| fourteen including South Oma
ha, and that instead of there
being only six on North Twen
ty-fourth street there are eight.
Again we ask, is this true?
A publication of the names of
these places and their propri
etors might prove a startling
revelation. Pitiless publicity
may be necessary’ to close them, i
Such places do our race no
good but a vast deal of harm.
So do the bootlegging joints of
which it is alleged that there
are at least fifty in the north
ern part of Omaha. We have
our own decided suspicions
about some of these places. •
but not. absolute knowledge or
proof. The Monitor only
speaks positively when we have
facts that can be fully substan
tiated. People who have posi-1
tive knowledge of such places
not guesses or hearsay, but
knowledge, should give it to
the authorities; for seriously,
we as a race are already under
a heavy handicap in every com
munity, without the added bur
den and menace of gambling
dens, buffet flats and bootleg
ging joints. No sensible person,
even though he be the propri
etor of such a place, will con
tend that they are a help to
our race or of any real benefit
to the community.
Is it true that these condi
tions obtain in our city?
IMPROVING HEALTH
An authority on vital statis
tics gives the gratifying infor
mation that there is steady im
provement in the health of the
race and a corresponding in
crease in life expectancy. The
scourge of tuberculosis is less
ening, necessarily so, with im
proving sanitary surroundings.
The greatest menace now is
from venereal diseases which
shows the need for positive,
plain teaching concerning sex
relations and sex-morality.
Parents, pastors and physicians
have an important, but sadly
neglected duty to perform in
this matter.
WHAT OTHER EDITORS SAY j
Negro to Succeed Madden j
One effect of the death of Repre- ^
sentative Martin B. Madden seems in- <
evitable. He will be succeeded in |
congress by a Negro. Nothing wrong J
in this, for the district is overwhelm- '
ingly populated by Negroes, and it is J
but natural that they will want to be ■
represented by one of their own race, ■
now that the man they esteemed so J
highly has passed. Election of a Ne- J
gro to congress from a great north- «
ern city will provide a distinct con- i'
trast to the policy that prevails in the J
south. Down there the Negroes are •
in the majority in many districts, but ■
they are not allowed to express any J
political choice at J.he polls. In Chi- ; J
cago it is different. Just as it is in >
Omaha, where two districts largely \
inhabited by colored voters are rep- J
resented in the legislature by Ne- •
groes. Political equality means one •
thing in one part of the country and [
something else in another. — The J
Omaha Bee-News. [ ■
CLAIMS PULLMAN PORTERS ^
IN FAVOR OF STRIKING
A nationwide strike of 7,300 Pull- |*j
man porters is inevitable within a *
very short time if the Pullman com- ^
pany persists in its refusal to recog- i
nize the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car jr
Porters and to negotiate on wages •:<
and working conditions before the £
United States Mediation Board, Roy V
Lancaster, general secretary and ■
treasurer of the brotherhood is quot- .
ed as stating recently. The brother- ]
hood asks $150 a month for 240 *
hours and no tips. At present they «
are receiving a minimum of $72.50 !
per month of 11,000 miles with tips. ]
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