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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1928)
Ttm >ttt ii it i tntut i iiittrt*^*************6**" The monitor § <i _______<( '! A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS JM J | _or COLORED AMERICANS_\ 1j ' ! PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA. NEBRASKA, BY THE J | MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY _ ; ; : ' ' Entered u Second-Clue Mall Matter, ^uly 2. 1*15 at the Poetoffice at Omaha. J ’ i , t Nehruka, under the Act of March I, 187*. , , I I ! THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS --— — Editor \ | ; , W. W. MOSLEY. Lincoln, Neb._—-- Aeeociate Editor , , ,, LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS-- Bueinete Manager 0| ' ’ SUBSCRIPTION RATES, *2.00 PER YEAR; »!.25 6 MONTHS: 7Sc 3 MONTHS i t Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application. 4 t • 1 Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. <•, ! I Telephone WEbster 4243 <! AN IMPORTANT WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS < > 4. ;; The postal regulations require that for newspapers r 3; to be sent through the mails subscriptions must be paid 3; -! in advance. A reasonable time, thirty days, is allowed ! I ;; for renewals. At the expiration of this period, where I; 3; subscriptions are not renewed, the paper must be stop- 3; ■ > ped. If this is not done, postal privileges are denied the !! publication. Those, therefore, who desire to continue X 3! receiving The Monitor must see to it that their subscrip- 3; ;; tions are paid, as the law requires, in advance. State- 3** < ’ ments are being sent to all those who owe, or our col- X !! lector will call—and unless your subscription is paid X 3; we will be compelled to cut off your paper which, of 3*3 3 3 course, we do not want to do. ;; We, as publishers, MUST comply with the law or X !! pay the penalty. X 3; £ Our Choice for President in 1928 is WALTER W. HEAD of Nebraska An Astute, Able, Clear headed Business Man LOOKING TOWARDS MERGING The Methodists, both black and white, in their respective general conferences now as sembled, are to be commended for several things. Chief among these are the stand they are taking w’ith reference to divorce, which is one of the greatest menaces of the day, and another is their attitude towards union. Both the A. M. E. conference, in session in Chicago, and the M. E., meet ing in Kansas City, the one a distinctive and powerful Negro organization, the other a gi gantic and influential mixed organization, embracing all races of mankind, have taken high grounds for the sanctity of marriage and against the evils which endanger this safe guard of the family. Both, too, look with favor upon a merger of denominations. The Negro Methodists, who it would seem have the easier task, are favor ably considering a union of all Negro Methodist bodies, such as the A. M. E., the A. M. E. Zion, and the C. M. E. These all have the same polity and the same faith and the advan-j tage of merging into one great j ecclestiastical body ought to be apparent and doubtless is be coming more and more so to the outstanding and thoughtful leaders among them, and no doubt to the rank and file of the laity. Were there marked differences in their faith and polity such a union would pre sent greater difficulties. These difficulties have to be considered with the proposed union between the white Meth odists and the Prebyterian and Congregational bodies. The polity of the Presbyterians dif fers from that of the Metho dists and from that of the Con gregatioualists. There are only minor differences, however, of faith. Neither polity nor faith, however, offer insuperable bar riers and that there was such an overwhelming vote of the Methodists favoring overtures looking towards such a union is a significant indication of the changing sentiment among Christian folk. How the atti tude of the Methodists will be met by the others in their Gen eral Assemblies and Conven tions remains to be seen. If church unity is ever to come, and come it undoubtedly will, it will be brought about by the great Protestant bodies, like those under consideration, whose differences are so slight first uniting. This will pave the way for union between those like the Roman and the Greek Catholics and Anglicans whose faith and polity are sim ilar, remote as that possibility may seem, followed by a co alesence of Catholics and! Protestants in fulfilment with i the Founder of Christianity’s High Priestly prayer, “That I they all may be one, even as j Thou and I are one, that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me.” That these great bodies are willing to consider such a movement is not without signi ficance. HOW ABOUT OUR LOCAL BAPTISTS? While reading about these gestures towards mergers be tween these great denomina tions our thoughts turned quite naturally to the unfortunate situation which exists locally with reference to our Baptist brethren. We consider it tra gic that there should be some eight or ten Negro Baptist con gregations within a radius of as many blocks, all save one, heavily burdened with debt and struggling for life, when two or three would take care of all present members and pro vide for growth. We have said this before. Some weeks ago we were invited to a meeting where this matter was dis cussed and several expressed themselves as favoring a mer ger of Baptist congregations. We wonder how this movement is progressing? RACE STUDENTS IN STATE UNI. GRADUATING CLASS Lincoln, Neb., May 15. — Of the forty-six race students attending the University of Nebraska, five will be graduated this June. They are Zelma Nichols of Lincoln, Millard Woods of Lincoln, Cleopatra Rose of Lincoln, Shumpert Logan of Omaha, and William Miles of Kansas City. Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority will give their first annual stunt night, Friday evening, May 18th, at the Bancroft auditorium. The new officers of the Eta chap ter of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity for the coming year are John Adams, jr., Omaha, polemarch; Henry Gordon, Omaha, vice-polemarch; Marcellus Ritchie, Omaha, steward; and Harold Adams, Omaha, keeper of records. An unique feature about the officers for the coming year is the fact that all of the men are from Omaha. Three coeds were initiated into the Omicron chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority Saturday, May 12th. Those initiated were Consuelo Cross, Teresa Liverpool and Glenna Fae Roan. The officers elected for the coming year are Corinne E. Fergus on, president; Consuelo Cross, vice president; Teresa Liverpool, secre tary; Zelma Nichols, treasurer; and Glenna Fae Roan, reporter. Maxine Holmes gave a delightful May morning breakfast Sunday, com plimentary to Consuelo Cross of Omaha. A large floral bouquet of uridal wreath formed the simple but effective table decoration. Covers were laid for eight. The remainder sf the morning after the three course j breakfast was spent informally until ! ;he departure of Miss Cross for her iome. The Pyramid club, the pledge or ganization of Delta Sigma Theta sor >rity, entertained the members of their sorority and other Greek oreali zations at a delightful spring party Saturday evening at the Masonic hall. The decorations were quite in keeping with the spirit of Nebraska univer sity. The sorority colors of scarlet and cream were carried out in artistic paper decorations, lights, favors and punch. One feature of the collegiate party was a prize waltz in which Stan ley Madison and his partner, Thelma Hammond, carried off honors. Music was furnished by Harold Jones, who is a very popular pianist, and played over radio last summer in Sioux City. The chaperones were Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Holcomb, Mrs. Cruz-Fair, and Mr. O. W. Ferguson. Thirty j couples were present. — Alpha Kappa sorority has elected •he following girls as officers for the j coming year: Katherine Thompson,; president; Dorothy Dixon, vice-pres ident and secretary; and Thelma Hammond as treasurer. Helen Price, Thelma Hammond, Dorinne Ferguson, Zanzya Hill, La irerta Pyle, LaLeta Washington, Dor-1 Dthy Dixon, Joy Conrad and Char- ; lotte Loving with as many white girls, enjoyed themselves at the annual in terracial staff picnic of the Young Women’s Christian association last Wednesday on the agriculture college campus. This commission was estab lished here several years ago in an effort to better conditions among the white and Negro girls on the campus of Nebraska university. The group has been able to kill several minor attempts at segregation on the campus. The group is a very popular one, being evinced by the large crowd that attended their tea which was given late in the fall. Miss Erma Appleby is the sponsor while Miss Juliette Derricotte of New York City, a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, is the inspiration for the group. It was while Miss Derricotte was lecturing in the city in the in terests of the Y. W. C. A., that the idea originated. Miss Cleopatra Elaine Ross, a sen ior in the school of fine arts, will give her graduate recital in voice and organ Tuesday evening, May 18. Members of Delta Sigma Theta gave their annual May Educational week program Sunday evening at the Mount Zion Baptist church. Rev. H. W. Botts delivered an inspirational educational sermon which was well i received and enjoyed by a full audi torium. xkk~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x*x~x~x* | Bloom Auto Co. ? 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He is the only colored man to have ever held such a posi- j> tion here. _ W. G. Morgan, Attorney at Law 1J NOTICE To Howard B. Williams: Non-resi dent defendant: j| You are hereby notified that on the 28th day of November, 1927, Em- <. ma D. Williams filed her petition in the District Court, Dov. 243, No. 355, ‘ J the object and prayer of which is to secure absolute divorce from you on the grounds of extreme cruelty. ^ You are required to answer said J* petition on of before the first (1st) 1! day of July, 1928, or the prayer of ij said petition will be taken as true J1 and the relief therein prayed for will '• be granted. i| 4t-5-18-28 EMMA D. WILLIAMS. !; Per W. G. 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