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Negro r $ Attends House Reception
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For Athletics
Faculty representatives tabled a
Nebraska Student Council request
that action be taken to remove
the racial discrimination provi
sion from the conference consti
tution.
Under the provision, Oklahoma
«md Missouri universities may
refuse to entertain Negro athletes
at Norman, Okla., and Columbia,
Mo., respectively.
It has served to prevent Ne
I groes from competing at any
member school. However, Colo
rado, a new member, has a Ne
gro star on its track team.
While the Big Seven continued
its racial ban, the Missouri Valley
conference wiped out its Negro
bar and closed the gates to “ath
letic tramps.”
Also meeting in Kansas City, the
Valley conference decreed that no
* senior college student may trans
fer from another school to a Val
ley school and participate in ath
letics. ,
It also moved to end all racial
discrimination in conference ath
letics by September, 1950.
It Junior college transfers will be
eligible as in the past.
But, as an example of the new
ruling, an athlete who transfers
from the- University of Nebraska *
to Creighton will be ineligible for
athletics at Creighton.
The ban will begin with the
fall semester of September, 1948.
The end for racial discrimina
tion was set for 1950 in order to
give members time to adjust their
local conditions.
At present, only Oklahoma A.
and M. and Tulsa do not compete
against Negroes at home.
The Valley Conference also
voted to go along with the NCAA’s
new “purity code."—Selected.
Fraternity Drops
Exclusion Clause
OMAHA. (£*). The words “Chris
tian Caucasians” are to be de
leted from the by-laws of a pro
posed Omaha university frater
nity which has been the center
of a month-long controversy.
University officials Sunday an
nounced acceptance of a proposal
by the Delta Beta Phi fraternity
to delete from its by-laws the
words which were interpreted as
limitations on membership.
Dean John W. Lucas said the
faculty committee on student ac
tivities now has voted to recog
nize the fraternity. University
President Rowland Haynes said
the faculty committee will go
ahead with the study of national
fraternity affiliations at Omaha
university.—Selected.
Students Took Part
In ‘Messiah’ Dec. 14
The “Messiah" was presented
Sunday, December 14, at the Col
iseum. Some of the participants
were: Robbie Powell, and Flor
entine Crawford as altos; Mrs.
Edith Hill and Mrs. Eugenia
Brown as sopranos; and Mr. Fos
ter and Grandville Coggs as
tenors.
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N.A.A.C.P. Elects
Officers
The N.A.A.C.P. met at the Ur
ban League December 12 at 8
p. m. These are the officers for
the following year.
Rev. R. L. Moody was re
elected president, Lynnwood
Parker, secretary, Mr. A. E.
Simms, treasurer.
The meetings are held the first
Friday in each month. They want
all members and friends to at
tend these meetings. Let’s not wait
until we want definite action to
join this organization. Attend it
now. It is good to be a member
but it is better to attend and help.
Mrg. Arthur Patrick
Has Extended Visit
Leaving Sunday before Thanks
giving for Chillicothe, Mo., Mrs.
Arthur Patrick joined her daugh
ter Bettye, who is teaching in
Kansas City, at a family reunion
given by her sisters, Mrs. Myrtle
Sayers and Mrs. Birdie Phillips
and her brother, Virgil Hillman.
Mrs. Patrick then accompanied
her daughter to Kansas City to
visit her school before visiting
her daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Francis Thomas of Oma
ha. She remained several days
in Omaha while Mrs. Thomas
was recuperating from a tonsil
ectomy. >
Russian Scientists Seek Clue to Origin
Of Beautiful Girl Frozen 2fi00 Years
MOSCOW. (UP). Soviet scien
tists are probing with X-rays to
solve the mystery of the origin
and history of a beautiful young
girl and a young man whose pre
served bodies were found in a
two thousand-year-old “refriger
ated” tomb in southeastern Si
beria.
Her hair had been cut off and
was folded in small envelopes.
She wore finely prepared and
dyed furs. In her tomb was a
leather bag containing a mirror
of silverlike alloy, an iron knife
with gold ornamentation, gold ear
rings and small carved wooden ta
bles.—World Herald.
Boy Scout
Troop 60
Wins Honors
Boy Scout Troop 60 won sec
ond place in attendance at the
Eagle Scout Court of Honor De
cember 8.
Troop 60 is being organized into
a patrol. They are working on
their 1st and 2nd class require
ments.
Joseph W. Adams, 2225 S, is
Scout Master for the group.
Methodist City
Union Meets
The Methodist City Union had
their meeting at St. Paul Method
ist church Tuesday. Members of
the Union who belong to New
man Methodist Church are: Mrs.
V. V. Powell, Mr. M. M. Adams,
Mr. Charles Sawl, Mrs. R. W.
Shepherd and Mr. Andrew Fields.
Mr. W. A. Fry is president.
Newman will have their Christ
mas tree, a special Chri
ferine: and program an
her 21.
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Three Editors
Among 2,000
Honored Guests
WASHINGTON. (ANP). Mrs.
Alice A. Dunnigan, Washington
bureau, Associated Negro Press;
Louis Lautier, chief, National
Newspaper Publishers association;
P. L. Prattis, editor of the Pitts
burgh Courier and Washington
representative of Our World mag
azine, and Mrs. Prattis were
among the 2,000 members of the
press, radio and photographic as
sociation who attended the annual
reception given by President and
Mrs. Truman at the White House
Tuesday evening.
The “ladies of the press” in
their gay gowns of shiny satin,
rich velvet and draping crepe,
trimmed with ruffles, bustles and
sparkling sequins, and the “press
gentlemen” in their “tux” and
“tails” were received in the blue
room by the President and the
First Lady. Afterwards they #
passed through the red room into
the state dining room where
punch was served.
In addition to the members of
the newspaper fraternity, there
were also present members of the
President’s cabinet.
Among distinguished guests
who attended the reception were
Secy, of Labor and Mrs. Lewis
Schwellenbach, Secy, of the
Treasury and Mrs, John Snyder,
What’s Doing
In Alliance
BY BEA MOTLEY.
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Matthews and
Miss Audrey McWilliams of Sid
ney and Charles Cunningham of
Denver were visitors at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Snoddy.
Sunday services were held at
the St. James A. M. E. Church
Sunday afternoon. The services
were conducted by Rev. J. L. Joy
of the First Methodist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie McClean
and son, Bobby Warren were
overnight guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Snoddy.
Mrs. Rudolph Ealy and sons
Billy and Robert have returned
home after a short visit in Lin
coln and Kansas City, Missouri.
They were visiting Mr. Ealy.
Jessie Watson of Omaha won
Candlelight Service At
Ml. Zion Baptist Church
The candlelight service by the
Mount Zi.on Baptist choir will be
presented Sunday evening, De
cember 21 at 8 o’clock. Some of
the numbers featured will be .he
quintette, solos by Winifred
Winston and Ralph Wilson. Car
ols wili be sung by the audience.
I’he rest of the program will be
given by the choir.
Dear Santa:
Could you add one more to
your shoppping list? I know a
little boy who won’t have a very
nice Christmas unless you do.
He doesn’t have any father
and his mother has been in the
| hospital and is not able to work.
He would enjoy toys, but he
needs so many other things. Per- -
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