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When Diplomas ! Unfurl In June • By Mias Sarah T. Nm. kyrarau t»ae from the Mth District, tilth Sea don, Nri>ruka Legislature Mho Matr Ht head of the English department h the Lincoln high arboei She dimow a subject of nheml Interest after having made a our*m of the Itcas poets for the rmpto'mcnt of the grad oaten) What to to becr'.nt at the young men ;tnd women who about June 1 «r mm thereafter, will be graduated from the colleges and universities all over the country? We are used to the Jests about them and have smiled comfort* My at cartoons which show them, rib boned diploma tn unraUouaed band standtoig before the Industry or busi ness of the piofwertom. broadly urging the world to a faster spin That was the fear before last. We smiled at them with this easy tolerance because we knew tn our hearts (hat these same high-held heads would see farther than some of thorn very elders who were pictured, with forced fierce ness. barring the door of the future to them. This year the problem of unemploy ment to acute, and the solutions offer ed do not take this new harvort of graduates Into account at all "Declare a moratorium oa lawyers." says one authority, adding. "We have too many now The country reached the satura tion point when last year’s classes had been turned out. Stop the mill We don’t need the new crop.” "All the young engineers working for their diplomas tn the universities of the United States ought to give up their plans to build dams, make tele vision practical, rear hydro-electric power plants, harness power to do the world’s work,” says another expert, "and go back to the farm” This last they add for lack of any other place to put them. Physicians wave back the oncoming tld'- "No more The physicians we now have fill every possible niche open to their services.” Crowded to the Door* In a word, every business, every in dustry, every trade, every profession is crowded to the doors. Nobody needs or wants the services of these young minds that we have been at such pains to train. Ask the chap who brought you your •'chicken fried” steak at the restaurant this noon what he Intends to do when this year is over? He will say, "I am a senior in the engineering college, and I'd like to get a job in the Westing house Electric company or the Gener al Electric. I’d like it li I could find a berth with the telephone company here in Lincoln. What I'll probably do”, he will admit as he wipes of! a splash of coffee from the saucer, ‘‘is to go back to the farm. Trouble Is. they don't need me out there and cant pay me.” The girl who is about to finish her course in Teachers’ College has visions of teaching domestic science in a high school near McCook. As the situation now stands there are already a few score of seasoned teachers of domes tic science who have fallen back on the family kitcherv range as their only laboratory. What foothold can she hope to find? When men and women with families to support are searching for work—any kind of work—there seems to be scant time to spend in worry over what future awaits college men and women. It is cheering to find, un der such circumstances that ptent* of fattier* u'jA mothers are continuing to sacrifice. knowing that in then boy* and girls rests (he only real wealth ol the country Suppose we say. CVwe sc hoots, put the young men and women to work: science, teaching, medicine and inven tion have gone far enough What is good enough lor us is good enough for the next generation We must have :<wd and clothing What do we need of a device to transmit the likeness at. wen as the voice over the telephone? what do we care for cures for cancer? why seek new commodities for produc ing beat, when there are coal and oil mnd gas enough to last out our life time?” Near ihe museum in the Yosemlte valley park stands a cross-section of on• of those superb old trees that buf feted the gales for thousands of years before it was laid low. Scientists can trace its life history in the size and shape of the rings which lie exposed for even unscientific eyes to see Here was a year when the water supply wtjs low and the winter severe Witness the thinness of that ring. A mild year and plenty of moisture have caused the next ring to grow wide and uncramp ed Every sort of weather has left its mark in the fiber of the tree The Tell-Tale Truth These last years, marked depres sion". are leaving their mark on the fabric of many live*. Surely we cannot afford to have the eyes of later years trailed upon this particular period of our structure and see the tell-tale truth. That was the period, shall we permit the future to say, at which we shut off progress because we let no new blood into our research, our busi ness, our professions, our industries? Suppose we shut the doors in the faces of our college graduates of this year and offer them no chance to do the work for which they are specially fitted? It looks as if two results would be inevitable: one immediate; one ul timate A few who have money will go on into graduate work, perfecting their , talents against the better time when their chosen fields will be open to them, A very few of the most fortu nate may find coveted berths in spite of our failure to welcome them in. Many, the largest number, will work on farms, wait on tables in restau rants, do odd jobs in gardens and kitchen*, take care of their fathers’ books or mothers' housekeeping, or just mark time This large group will inev itably force out of work less skillful men or women who In better times filled these comers acceptably, and drive the latter Into still greater drudgery or unemployment Threat to Morale These are the immediate results. It will be noticed that the writer has not paused to consider the possibility that some of these eager young beginners, denied a chance to put into practice the noble ideas simmering In their heads, may be added to the already large throng of those who have tried to take short cuts to wealth, and there by constitute one of the sorriest of all the hazards of these last disturbing years. That Is another side of the story. These are the prospects which we face today. What about the ultimate (Continued on Page 4> REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE We Write All Kinds of Insurance Phones B-0190 — B-2084 McW'I' MAMS AND WOODS DRINK CITY CLUB WITH YOUR MEALS CITY CLUB SALES CO. Distributor R. H. HUDSON. Max. 900 No. 10th St. Phone B-7063 LINCOLN, NEBR. Station L-R-S-C j Broadcasting TO RADIO OWNERS OF Lincoln! We have equipped our studio with the best and most up- ; to-date equipment that can be found. All of our Radiotri- s eians are certified and our work is guaranteed. Save This Ad—It Is Worth $5.00 In Discounts. for the Next 60 Days! We will call at your Horn*' or Business, check your Tubes \ and Set FREE of CHARGE and you are under no obliga- ] tion to purchase merchandise, but if your Radio needs re- * pairing we will give you 10'< discount on Tubes, parts and } labor. ALL WORK GUARANTEED When in trouble call M 2870 Day, Night or Sunday. Lincoln Radio Service Club | 1016 No. 66th St. Phone IV! 2870 j A Social Chat With Loretta Owing to the death ol Mrs Frances Taylor beloved daughter of Mrs. Jack Gslbreaih, well known social leader | of Lincoln, society happenings for the past week have been very quiet. Mrs j Taylor's body arrived Wednesday morning from Brooklyn. N. Y., and ] was taken to Alba Brown's funeral 1 parlors, where services were held on j Thursday afternoon Mrs Roy Howard, a patient at St. Elizabeth Hospital for some time past, will be operated on Wednesday morn ing Mrs Maymr Todd received painful bums about the chest and arms when she fell across the gas stove at her home last Saturday night. Mother Davis, who but recently cel ebrated her 90th birthday, was honor guest last Sunday evening at the New man church of which she is a devout member People who have known this grand old lady for years responded to brief talks and a nice sum ol money was taken up for her Mr and Mrs. Lyle Crews ol 931 No. 22nd street were hosts to a newly or ganized club. “The Good Fellowship Club” a social club oi the elite, which meets twice a month with a covered dish luncheon. Mr. Trago McWilliams, Jr., is president. Miss Thera Crews viqe president. Deimar Woods, secre tary. and Mias Ruby Webb, treasurer It's present membership is 16 of our foremost young men and ladies, and we feel sure that they will soon make the public sit up and take notice. As a starter, they are sponsoring a large musical program some time next month. It will be the talk of the ♦own. Watch for the date. They are rearing to go, and how! Mr Dacus, state president of the B Y. P. N and a resident of Omaha, was a visitor of Mt. Zion Baptist church B Y P N last Sunday evening _ ___ Here And There Mr Mumoe Williams J. who has spent the winter in Grand Island has returned home. Word comes from Honolulla that Mr Wilbur Woods, former Universi ty of Nebraska graduate is at the head of physical education in that city. Eddie Tolan. fastest human being and winner of two most important Olympic events is wwking as filing clerk at Detroit. Mr. 8humpert Logan, another of the graduates of the University of Neb raska is business manager and pub licity man for one of the largest beau ty manufacturing concerns in New York City. Mr. Logan, former Pole march of Zotan Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, taught in the south before entering the business world at New York. Mr. ZaZa Westerfield is president of the Commercial Electrical Co. of New York City, a commercial enter prise composed of prominent Negroes of the Metropolis. Mr Westerfield is one of the parly Race men to com plete college work at the University of Nebraska. Mr. Milton Bledsoe who finished his Journalistic work at Nebraska U in 1926 is making good with the Kansas City Call. Mr. Swingler who graduated in the same college two years later is City editor of the Atlanta Georgia's leading Race paper Mr. Harold Adams and wife are still carrying on at Tuskegee Both are Nebraska U graduates. t We hope to present letters to our readers in an early issue from Miss Mary Nelson an<j Miss Aneitha Miller, bolh graduates of the University here and teaching now in the south. -o Handicap Aftcrthfct, Stirred by the Sermon of The Rev. Jones, M. E. Church Last Sunday evening the Reverend Jones of the M. E. Church preached one of the most sou) stirring sermons I have ever had the pleasure of hear ing, and it was a pleasure indeed. The Reverend Jones is one of Lincoln’s leading pastors, a light in the religious world. It would have been a blessing if every living person in Lincoln could have heard this sermon. He talked of the handicaps of this life, some by be ing ugly, are handicapped by their so cial ambition, others by the color of their skin. Some by the loss of a hand, a leg or an eye. Still others, by their dispositions are barred from their goal. Last, but by no means not least are the ones that are han dicapped by the gossipers and scan dalmongers, who are continually peek lng into some one’s closet i other than their own) for the skeleton that MIGHT be there, hoping that it will be there, so they can go forth and spread the gossip. Always looking for the destructive pari instead of the good. As I listened I thot of a young col ored girl, a very dear friend of mine. She came from a small town to Hvp in a large city. Her parents were so cial standards In their community, above reproach in every respect. Leaving that environment and enter ing a locality that knew aught of her character she secured a good job, be came a member of one of the churches, made a citizen that any one might CORYELL 70 Is Better feel proud of, and arose from one po sition to another until now she holds one of the highest positions that oru* of her race ran attain (Handicap* This girl Has made friends among all that she meets, she has endeared her self to her employer, she ts Intelligent and deserving of something better, but her color Is her handicap and she can never reach the peak of the ladder on account of It. I watched this gtrl In her climb to success, rung ty rung she climbed, overcoming all obstacles as they appeared, fighting adversity and temptation at every turn, but the one handicap that she couldn't fight was the gosslpers, they came as a thief at night to steal away her character, to batter her down, by fair means or foul to prevent her from reaching the goal of success, but her character and her will power was so strong that she has Weathered the storm of the gosslpers and now the handicap of color has her stopped dead still. As I write this a scripture comes to mind "The one among you with out sin, let her first cast a stone.” "The one among you without a Skel ton In your closet, let her first look for a skeleton In some one rise's cioset." Rambling Thoughts By REV. L B. SMITH The thinker last week wandered into the realm of Silence, and he discoursed about the beauties thereof, so this week the Rambler turns hts footsteps into the busy walks of existence, THE HOUR The hour is coming when men's holy Church will melt away in ever widening walls and be ‘ for ALL man* kind. And In Its place, a mightier Church will come, whose covenant word shall be the deeds of Love. Not "Credo"—I believe—then. "Amo" — I love — shall be the password through Its gates. Man shall not ask his brother any more, 'Bellevest Thou?" but 'Lovest Thou?' till all shall answer at God's altar, 'Lord I Love!' For hope may anchor, Fiith may lead, but Love, great Love alone, Is the captain of the 8oul.” The above statement was written by a man with a keen vision named, Alfred B Henry, six or seven years ago BROTHERHOOD “In every patch of timber you Will always find a tree or two That would have fallen long ago, Borne down by wind or age or snow. Had not another neighbor tree Held out its arms in sympathy And caught the tree the storm had hurled To earth. So. brothers is the earth. In every patch of timber land Samaritans of forest land, Tlie birch, the maple, oak or pine, The fir, the cedar, all the line; In every wood, unseen, unknown, They bear the burden- of thir own And bear as well anothei form. Some brother stricken by the storm Shall trees be nobler to their kind Than men, who boast the noble mind? Shall there exist within thfr wood 'rhis great eternal brotherhood Of oak and pine, of hill and fen And not within the hearts of men? God grant that men are like to these, And brothers brotherly as trees.” The rambler in his mental circum ambulation has run across a quota tion form the pen of Rabindranath Tagore, the Indian Sage who visited this country several years ago. For fear that some of our readers may not know much concerning this truly great man, let me say that when it is known that he was to read Divine service in the largest church in Calcutta, not only was it crowded, people even standing in the windows , but the streets we.e almost Impassable, because of the people anxious to hear him. He possesses the rare quality of one ness with Nature, the hem of the gar ment of the Creator, which makes squirrels come from the boughs and climb onto his knees and the birds alight upon his hands. •LOST’ When the Creation was new and all the stars stioije In their first splen dor. the gods held their assembly in the sky and sang.Oh. the picture of perfection! The joy unalloyed! But one cried of a sudden—It seems that somewhere there is a break in the chain of light and one of the stars has been lost. The golden string of their harp snapped, and they cried in dismay— Yes. that lost star was the b?st. she was the glory of all the heavens! From that day the search is un ceasing for her, and the cry goes out from one to the other, that in her the world has lost its one joy. Only in the deepest silence of night the stars smile and whisper among themselves—'Vain is this seeking! Un broken perfection is over all!" There is a saying that the Lord tempers the wind for the shorn lamb, and it is exemplified in the mildness of the winter that Is now passing into history. I will now "sign off" by say ing "Au revoir" —-o Imagination is a wonderful thing, as A. B. Ferguson of Los Angeles now realises. Missing his falst teeth, he thought he had swallowed them. A sudden feeling of uneasiness in his stomach seemed to confirm his fears. He rushed to a hospital and just as he was being placed on the operat ing table his wife telephoned that the missing terth had been found in his home. Colored Given Places In University Play The play. '‘Porgy" which depicts the life of a certain class of Negroes will be given by the University Play ers during the first week in Febru ary. A colored rhorus directed bv Mrs. Merle Deane will furnish all of the music for the production Mrs. Dean not only possesses musical talent, but she has had extensive training and a great deal of experience in this type of work With the excellent volunteer support that Mrs Deane has, there I3 every reason to believe that the un dertaking will be nothing but success ful. Speaking parts have been assigned Claude Gordon, Dedmar Woods and J R Dillard Mr. Dillard is a senior student in the fine arts department of the University and is a member of the University Players His work in plays that have been held before thin season certainly merits his being awarded one of the most Important roles in "Porgy." Since this is strictly an ameteur or g&uiation those taking part will re ceive no financial renumerattjn How ever. two organization of acknowl edged Importance to the welfare of the colored people of Dtncoln will be donated liberal sums from the week's proceeds, at the will of those taking part In the production. The Home Benevolent Charity Club and the Presbyterian Bible Institute are the two organizations to be ben efited. ■O' Church News Quinn Chapel Stewardess Board No 2 met Thursday at 8 P. M in the prasonage Quinn Chapel Allen Christian En deavor League will use lor the Topic next Sunday evening at six thirty P. M. "What good Is the church doing.” Mrs. Halite Brunnon of North Plr.tte, Nebraska was a worshipper at Quinn Chapel Church Sunday Mrs Brunson U a sister of Mrs Mabel Galbreath, 2521 So. 8 St. Cuthbert Taylor Lincoln Visitor Cuthbert Mack D. Taylor of Brook lyn, N. Y., was a visitor of Lincoln the past week He was the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Galbreath, 2521 South 8th street. Mr. Taylor's visit to Lincoln was oc casioned by the death of his wife, Mrs. Prances Hill Taylor, formerly a Lincoln girl, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Galbreath, who was burled here last week Mr. Taylor attended the University of Nebraska in 1926-27. He was a pre medic student and a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. He is at present employed by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey as informa tion clerk in New York City. He com pleted a leal estate course in the Col lege in the City of New York and, to gether with his sister, operates a grow ing real estate business. Mr. Taylor says he likes Lincoln very much and plans to visit here again within a very short time. _n_ Third Christian Church Sara J McWilliams, Pastor. Sunday services were well attended, especially the Bible school. Mr. Perry Stepney Is much improved and we hope and trust that he will be able to be with us again soon. Mrs. Phannle Corneal, who has been teaching a Bible class at Lancaster, will have charge of the morning serv ice at Third Church January 29th. Mr. Henry Tway has volunteered his services for two days In helping with the basement of the church. Miss Helen McWilliams, who brought a visitor nearly every Sunday last year, is making an effort to better her record in 1933. Mr. Gus Harding is showing much improvement and Is able to sit up a short time each day. Mr. and Mrs Harding wish to thank their many friends for their many kindnesses dur ing the illness of Mr Harding. The Garden club of the Third church will meet with Mrs. Sarah McWilliams Thursday evening, February 2nd, and plans will be made at that time for the planting of shrubs and the beauti fying of the church grounds, which have already been graded. Mrs Mamie Todd was painfully burned last Tuesday afternoon while engaged about household duties. Al though Mrs. Todd Is unable to be at the University Club where she is em ployed, it is thought that her injuries, though painful, will not prove serious We learn upon reliable authority L. Lotman’s GROCERY and MARKET 626 No. 22nd—B-1477 Blend, 2 for _ Sr Robert’s Sweet Cream Blitter 12c BISCUIT FLOUR 1-2-3 Large Package _2Sc Apple Cider, per gal. ISc bring container Hams, Picnic smoke 6Vic Neck Bones, meaty 6 lbs 16c Pork Roast, per lb ...B^c Beef Roast, per lb _ 7ki<* Reef Steak, tender, 2 lbs Us Bacon, sugar cured, lb Sc Pork Chops, 3 lbs 26r Potatoes, per peck __ lie Spare Ribs, lb_ Sc “The Nations! SHOE REPAIRING SHOP Fred Hock. Prop. Shoe repairing of the hotter kind; work called for and delivered. Phone B-7850—92ft O St. Lincoln, Nebr. SPECIALS! Friday and Satnrday $1 Half noles. Men's nr ia Women's, pair 4«fC Sire (ioodjrear Rubber Heels. A J Men's, pair ZAC Hr I Julies' Heel | A ufto I4C HOCK'S SHOE SHOP 142 NORTH 12TH Specials (or Saturday 48 !b sack of Flour . 8§c 11 lb Pork Roast_7Vic 1 lb Milady Coffee 3Sc 1 lb Sujrar Cured Karon 15c 1 qt. Sauer Kraut free with each Two Ihs Small Weiners _25c Vine St. (irocery & Market. 2148 Vine Bt. — B-6200 : ! CEDAR CREST RECREATION PARLOR 215 No. 9th Street Barber Shop — Billiards Confections .1. W. THOMAS, Proprietor. that Mr. William Hightower, who pur chased the American Cafe, has taken in a partner in the person of Mr. Guy Wiley. Rev Jones, chainnan of the scout troop No. 60, called a meeting of the committee last Wednesday evening at the Bancroft school and important matters pertaining to scouting were taken up. Another meeting is to be held in the near future. The Zero Hour According to advices from Lincoln, the hour for the supreme test of the sincerity of the democratic party is fast approaching. It is the acid test for the minority as well as for the crisis in this state and the nation demands unselfish courage and true patriotism from every citizen. The lawmakers, many of them untri ed and unaware of the pitfalls of leg islation. have been taken from their humdrum tasks and placed in seats of power. More than that, they are sur rounded with splendor almost oriental, tawned upon by sycophatic tax eaters Small wonder that some might turn from the path of public duty and hearken to the siren call of the selfish interests. This is no time to be cajoled into dallience with the forces that counsel delay. The people are in earnest about tax reduction They mean to have sal aries reduced Public sentiment is in such u state that it behooves the legislature to have something more than oratory to place before the people on Abraham Lin coln's birthday. -o-i PATRONIZE Ol R ADVERTISERS #»»»>>>>>> ^>»>>> ^VV ^V> WV >VvW BAR-BE-QUE MEATS, STEAKS, CHICKEN, ( HOPS (itand Opening of the New .Mttdern Rock Island Barbecue Inn [ J. \V. (Bill) Nelson t SUPPERS BY APPOINTMENT ‘ >2ti No. 19th St. Lincoln. Nebraska 223 North 9th Street, Lincoln = Under New Management. Watch for Opening Date!
