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Ralph J. Bundle Principal
Secretary of Commission
♦* A tan leather dispatch case,
bearing the name of Ralph
Bunche, looks simple enough on
a desk at United Nations Head
quarters. But it carries some of
the world’s most important
DR. RALPH J. BUNCHE
papers—U. N. plans for the fu- j
ture of Palestine as separate1
Jewish and Arab states.
The owner of that dispatch j
case, a stocky, athletic-looking I
man with an easy smile, will be
a key figure during the months
ahead when the U. N. Palestine
Commission sets up the unprece
dented new nations in the Holy j
Land. For Ralph J. Bunche, prin
cipal secretary of the Commis
sion, is the Commission’s right
hand man, executor of its deci
sions and director of its staff. j
With a vitality stemming from !
college athletics, the 43-year-old
international civil servant
pitched into his new work on
Palestine. In time more than a
month, he has completed the or
ganization of his staff, begun
making careful plans for U. N.
work in Palestine and is already
aiding the Commission in its
meetings. m
Ij. Dr. Bunche — he holds a Ph.D.
from Harvard university — has
been working with the Palestine
problem since it was brought be
F. C. Curtis Had
Beaten Handicap
Fred C. Curtis, who was found
dead at his home 669 So. 20th,
had overcome the handicap of
blindness with which he had been
afflicted since the age of 15.
A music teacher, Mr. Curtis
had lived alone and was active
until the time of his death. He
had lived in Lincoln 60 years.
Only known survivor is a sister,
Mrs. Ida Curtis; 3 nieces, Mrs.
|f Vella Curtis, Mrs. Novella Curtis
also of Oakland; Mrs. Mabel
Hawkins, Chicago; one nephew,
Wendell Curtis, Lincoln. Fu
neral Wednesday at Umbergers.
Observes Religious
Emphasis Week
WASHINGTON. (ANP). Re
ligious Emphasis week was ob
served at Howard university last
week with Dr. Harry V. Richard
son, chaplain of Tuskegee insti
jf tute, as principal speaker.
More than 25 clergymen and lay
I leaders participated in a series of
j| campus meetings and all-univer
sity services which began Mon
day with an address by the Rev.
Charles Beckett, executive secre
tary of the Washington Urban
league.
I fore U. N. last year. He served
then in an important post with
the U. N. Special Committee on
Palestine, whose report was the
basis of the decision to partition
the Holy Land.
However, Dr. Bundle's regu
lar assignment is in what he calls
his outstanding specialty—prob
lems of non-self-governing peo
ple. He is Director of U. N.’s Di
vision of Trusteeship, which
deals with Trust Territories.
Ever since he was an under
graduate (and an outstanding
basketball, football and baseball
player) at the University of Cali
fornia at Los Angeles, Ralph
Bunche has been studying inter
national relations and colonial
administration. When he was
working on his advanced de
grees, however, he explored a
new field in political science by
actually studying the cultures
and lives of colonial peoples ap
praising the impact of colonial
policies on them. The result was
a blending of anthropology with
political science.
His studies as both student and
teacher took him to far comers
of the earth to Africa, the South
east Asia and Europe. In 1928,
he became head of the Political
Science Department at Howard
University in Washington, from
where he has been on leave of
absence for six years.
Dr. Bunche left Howard to
work in the United States Office
of Strategic Services and later in
the Department of State and
participated in the all of the pre
paratory conferences of the
United Nations. He then joined
the U. N. Secretariat.
When he is not putting in long
hours on his U. N. duties, Dr.
Bunche enjoys the company of
his family, which includes two
daughters and a son. He enjoys
dramas and musical comedies,
likes the music he began to ap
preciate in'a musical family dur
ing his childhood and favors his
torical novels and detective
stories.
-—Courtesy of Lincoln
Farm and Home News.
Write Your
Senators Today
Write the two Senators from
your state TODAY and ask them
to vote for S. 984 the bill against
discrimination in employment.
This is an election year. FEPC
can be passed at this session. But
a good bill will not be passed un
less the people speak out. So take
time out and write a penny post
card. Ask the Senators to act on
FEPC early, to put it high on the
calendar.
The address: Senate Office
Building,
Washington, D. C.
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Birthday Party
For Children
All children whose- birthdays
come in February or came in
January please phone 2-1407. It
is desirable that each child bring
his or her scrap book. A scrap
book of the month will be
chosen. Some of the things you
might have in your scrap book
are: picture of yourself, your
family, friends, interesting things
you have done, programs you
have been on, souvenirs, place
cards, your first ribbon and any
thing that might be interesting.
Get your mother to help you
with it.
Urban League
Annual Dinner
Is a Success
The Urban League annual din
ner meeting was quite a success.
About 250 persons attended.
The rhythm band rendered two
numbers accompanied by Miss
Ruth Norman. The girls’ chorus
consisting of twenty-two girls and
directed by Mrs. Eugenia Brown
sang two numbers. These girls
certainly have a future.
Dr. John L. Knight, chancellor
of Nebraska Wesleyan University,
gave the annual address. He spoke
on the committee’s report on civil
rights.
Eight members were elected to
the Urban League Board of Di
rectors. They were: Joe Fenton,
Jewell R. Kelley, Karl M. Arndt;
B. T. Jefferson, Mrs. J. R. Ed
wards, Mrs. Roberta Molden, Mrs.
Grace Hadsel and Mrs. Estelle
Davis.
Phyllis Bradford presented Mr.
Malone, executive secretary, with
a brief case from the Urban
League auxiliaries. It was in rec
ognition of his five-years’ service
as executive secretary.
The tables had been beautifully
decorated by Mrs. Sarah Walker.
The hostesses, two to each table,
were dressed in formats and added
much to the effectiveness of the
dinner. Mrs. F. Gibbons and Mrs.
Dorothy Lewis had charge of the
hostesses.
Night Classes
Opening Near
Lincolnites will have an oppor
tunity to learn how to write fic
tion, speak better English and
Spanish, to type and to be better
informed on the United Nations
through night classes starting this
week.
Miss Ona Wagner, directing su
pervisor of general adult aduca
tion in the Lincoln schools, said
folders will be sent anyone call
ing 2-1681 and requesting them.
A small tuition fee, payable in
advance, is charged for the adult
classes, she said.
Mrs. F. C. Radke will conduct
a class in creative writing Thurs
days at 7 p. m. Miss Esther
Montgomery will have two class
es. One in American literature
will be at 6:30 p. m. Tuesdays and
another in English grammar and
vocabulary building will be
Thursdays at 6:30 p. m.
Juan Padin, Puerto Rican stu
dent at the University of Nebras
ka, will initiate a course in con
versational Spanish at 7 p. m.
Mondays. If enough persons reg
ister for advanced Spanish, Miss
Wagner said, another class will
be offered.
On Feb. 23, Rev. Lowell Bryant,
pastor of the First Christian
church, who has attended United
Nations sessions, will start a U.N.
class.
Anyone wanting to join a class
may register any afternoon or
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or
Thursday even at the general
adult education office, 305 public
schools administration building,
720 So. 22nd, where classes are
held, Miss Wagner explained.
Joe Nathan McWilliam
Wounded by Gunshot
Joe Nathan McWilliam was ac
cidentally shot Friday evening,
January 30 by Cecil Hatcher. He
is reported resting well at St.
[Elizabeth Hospital.
Four Mid-Year Graduates
Receive Master Degrees
MRS. KATHRYN T. FAVORS.
Mrs. Favors received her Master
of Arts degree from the University
of Nebraska. She is a graduate of
Fisk University and spent two
summers at Creighton University
of Omaha. She is teaching in the
Omaha Public School System.
REVEREND JOHN S. FAVORS.
Rev. Favors received his Master
of Arts degree from the University
of Nebraska. He is a graduate of
Bishop College in Marshall, Texas.
Rev. Mr. Favors is pastor of Mt.
Zion Baptist church, 12 and F, and
is teaching in the Public School
System of Omaha.
MR. OBBIE Z. BROWN.
Mr. Obbie Z. Brcrwn re
ceived his Masters in Second
ary Education from the Uni
versity of Nebraska. He is now
teaching chemistry in Wiley
college at Marshall, Texas.
MRS. MARGARET BROWN.
Mrs. Margaret Brown re
ceived her Masters in Home
Economics, Education Psy
chology and Measurement. She
will teach at Texas College, in
the Home Economics depart
ment. She will also supervise
the Nursery department on the
campus.
World Day of
Prayer to Be at
First Presbyterian
World Day of Prayer will be
observed on Friday, February 13
at First Presbyterian 17th & F
church.
The theme of the day will be
“The Lord’s Prayer’’ which will
be sung by George Randol.
Mrs. Estelle Davis and Mrs.
Jennie R. Edwards are partici
pating in the morning program
which begins at 10:30 a. m.
There will be an afternoon
service immediately following
lunch.
The Lincoln Council of Busi
ness and Professional Church
Women club will sponsor a ban
quet to be held at the First
Christian Church, 16th and K at
6:30 p. m.
Everyone is urged to attend
one or all of these in observance
of the World Day of Prayer.
Schools’ Racial
Barriers Eased
In Two States
The segregation issue in south
ern universities was kept in the
public eye Saturday when the
Universities of Arkansas and Dela
ware both claimed ot be first to
relax rules against Negoe students
and an Oklahoma newsman’s bid
for entry into a Negro law school
was again rejected.
Dr. William S. Carlson, presi
dent of the University of Dela
ware, announced in Newark, Del.,
that the board of trustees had
ruled that a Negro can enroll in
any course of study at the uni
versity which is not provided at
the Delaware state college for
Negroes at Dover.
Thus, he said, Delaware uni
versity becomes “the first among
17 southern universities to lower
voluntarily” admission barriers
against Negro students.
In Fayetteville, Ark., Univer
sity President Lewis Webster *
Jones said that special facilities
had been established in the grad
uate law school to accommodate
Clifton Davis, Little Rock Ne
gro who applied for admission
several months ago. Again the
“first” claim was made.
In Oklahoma City the appli
cation of Walter M. Harrison, 57,
prominent white Oklahoma news
paper man, for entrance to Lang
ston Negro university’s school of
law was rejected for the second
time by Dean Jerome E. Hemry
on grounds that the school was
for Negroes only.
Earl Perry, Sr.
Dies in Omaha
Earl Perry, Sr., died in an
Omaha hospital Tuesday, Jan
uary 27 after an illness of sev
eral years.
He had been in the trucking
business since he left Lincoln
about 15 years ago. He is sur
vived by his wife, Daisy, one
daughter Lynelle of Omaha and
a son, Earl Jr. of Los Angeles.
Mrs. Edgar Foster, Mrs. Woody
Cooper of Lincoln and Mrs. Wm.
Triggs and Mrs. Lillie Mae Hard
erman of Los Angeles are sisters
in-law.
I PANAMA! /****!& ||
Explorers of the New World satisfied their
quest for a short overland route across
the Americas in 1513 when Vasco Nunes
de Balboa sighted the Pacific Ocean from
a hill in what is now PanamA. Today, the
Republic of PanamA still furnishes the
_quickest ocean-to-ocean route by the
United States-operated Panama Canal. From the ten-mile wide
Canal Zone can be seen Panama’s varied land, from jungles to high
mountains. Many of her 640,000 people work in agriculture and
forest industries in" her 33,660 square miles. Her Representative at
United Nations headquarters is Roberto de la Guardla. The Pan*
amanian flag has white, red and blue squares and a red and a blue star.