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Entered as Second Class Matter, Tune 9. 1947 at tbe Post Office at Lincoln,
Nebraska under tbe Act of March 3, 1879. __
Democracy in Action
It has long been recognized by many eminent sociologists and
psychologists that many of the manias that plague Americans in
general have arisen because we are taught in the school and church
that man has a common spiritual father, that all are equal before
the law and possess equal opportunities to advance through an open
class sScio-economic system. And yet a great mass of American
culture traits, mostly taught thru the home, refute the ideals of
our republican democracy as sanctioned by the Christian theology.
The character of these traits, which differ from section to section
of our land, are not based in logic or knowledge but in fears stem
ming from the separation of racial and economic groups. In the
Southern states this separation is most apparent and finds perpetua
tion in state-sanctioned violence. In other parts of the country this
separation takes on more subtle forms that give the appearance of
equality on the surface but which may be as cancerous within as
that which the south exposes for all to see. For example, many
eating places in Lincoln overspice food or give purposely sloppy
service to their occasional Negro patrons, others refuse them serv
ice altogether. Many areas of employment are also closed to qualified
local Negroes and the written and unwritten restrictive codes ol
realtors deny freedom in the mode of living.
It is significant, however, that all are not blind, for the spiritual
influence of the church and the universal expression afforded in
the arts, and in particular music, have their effects on closing the
gap between the philosophy of “liberty and justice for all” and the
suspicion-breeding demarkation injected by the amoral and anti
democratic elements in our community. The thousands of people
that attended the Hub of Harmony concert of April 18th, no doubt
left feeling that the message and rhythm of the-spiritual expressed
something of their own responses to the joys and sorrows of living
. . . that they liked them, not because it wras Negro music but be
cause they were an expression of the American soul, as is the cow
boy or the mountaineer’s song. This communication between man
and man is one of the strongest forces that will bring about the
realization of the spiritual and democratic ideals of brotherhood—
not only between segment and segment of our own community, be
tween section and section of our country, but between the nations of
the world as well. Democracy begins with the individual.—C.M.G.
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Our Children
By Mrs. W. B. Davis.
At a very early age children
sometimes show a tendency to
dawdle over the simple tasks
given them. The “time bank” is
one of the best w-ays of creating
interest and stimulating the child
to work more speedily. The “time
bank” works as follows: Allow
the child a certain amount of time
on a given task according to his
ability to perform it. If fifteen
minutes is allowed and the child
finishes in ten,- a slip of paper
with the extra time marked on it
is placed in a bank. At the end of
a week open the bank, count the
hours (if any) and allow the child
to choose an activity you will par- j
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This training should begin as
soon as the child is old enough to
make disorder. This training will
teach him to be neat, economical,
and appreciative.
Interracial Frat Opens
At Los Angeles College
LOS ANGELES. (ANP). A lo
cal chapter of the interracial fra
ternity, Alpha Psi Omega, was
chartered last week at the Los
Angeles City College. Repre
senting the national group, C. S.
Carlson flew to the city to wel
come the new Epsilon Chi chap
ter. James McDaniels is the new
unit’s president.
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The Book Shelf
By Gladys P. Graham
The distinguished attorney, i
Louis Nizer, who has authored
several splendid publications, has
achieved a singular triumph in
his pithy, current, literary con
tribution, "Between You and
Me.”
The attractive, well printed
edition, is divided into five rela
tively compact, parts. Part II,
“Looking at the Neighbors," vig
nettes some 40 internationally
known personalities who have
played stellar roles in the vari
ous phases of the professions in
which they have achieved marked
success. Eleanor Roosevelt, w’ife
of the late Frankline Delane
Roosevelt, Ted Lewis, Nelson A.
Rockefeller, Mayor William
O’Dwyer, Albert Einstein and Irv
ing Berlin are among the notables
nigh-lighted.
Quite apropos however (with
the return of the Brown Bomber
from a six weeks’ exhibition tour
in Europe), is the homage paid
Joe Louis, the world's heavy
weight champion, in chapter nine.
Says Mr. Nizer, "Pnze fighting is
the most exciting of all sports be
cause it represents the most prim
itive method of beating an adver
sary. Now a great champion has
contributed something new to an
ancient are. Joe Louis is the firSt
shuffling type of champion we
have had. He does not rush for
ward like Dempsey and other
aggressive fighters who * find
themselves tied up in clinches
after the first blow has been
struck or avoided.” The author
goes on to cite other splendid
qualifications devised by the
champion in his inimitable rise
to fame.
“Between You and Me,” is a bit
choppy, and the social-minded
' legalist has^ attempted to cover
a huge amount of territory in
the field of human relations in
some short 302 pages.
Be that as it may, this review- |
er is of the opinion that the inti
mate chat with his- readers at
tempted by Mr. Nizer, and his
sincere efforts to put across, the
necessity of respecting a man for ,
what he has achieved, regard
less of what he is or where he
comes from, is the vital point in
our human relations with our fel
lows. Ultimately this sense of ap
preciation enables us to gain a
“richer life more consonant with
the dignity of human experience.”
BETWEEN YOU AND BE. by Loui«
Nizer. Beechurst Pres*. 302 pages. Prlc*u
S3 75.
Studepts Sing With
University Chorus
CHICAGO. (ANP). Five Chi
cago Negroes are members of
the Northwestern University
Mixed chorus of the Chicago
campus which gave a successful
concert April 25 before a
packed house at Thorne hall.
The five singers were Mrs.
Mayme Grossley, a psychology
major; Mrs. Mildred Hawthorne,
an education major; Donald
Dade, political science; Mrs. Lu
cretia E. Marshall, physical edu
cation, and Joseph W. Sheridan,
speech.
Missouri Forms
State Civil
Rights Croup
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ANP).
—A last minute resolution intro
duced by Rep. Josiah Thomas of
St. Louis in the Missouri house
of representatives was passed
last week and established a state
civil rights committee.
This group will be known as
the “Missouri Equal Rights com
mittee” formed to “investigate
and determine how to implement
provisions of the 1945 constitution
to make the practice of democ
racy consistent with its pro
nouncement of equality.” •
Five members of this commit
tee will be selected by Speaker
Murray E. Thompson. This group
will be authorized to hold hear
ings and use services of the
legislative research committee on
the rights and status of minorities
in Missouri. It will report its
findings to the house later for
legislative action.
Now Look at Churches
Over one-third of our churches
reported no baptisms in 1946.
The average Baptist church
has 200 members.
The average church has 53 in
active members.
It erases the names of 4 mem
bers each year.
It baptizes 7 new members each
year.
It receives 7 into membership
by letter of experience.
It requires 27 Baptists to win
1 person a year.
And you? Have you won any
one to Christ this year?
Congratulations
to
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Mr. and Mrs.
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“Voice of America”
Tells Italians How
Negroes Built Hospitals
OKLAHOMA CITY. (ANP).
‘ Voice of America,” the U. S.
State department’s sponsored
broadcast, beamed an overseas
program to Italy Sunday to give
the people proof that frfegroes
have opportunities in America.
The proof was in the form of how
a Negro couple built a $431,000
U. S. hospital here.
Principal figures in the cast
were W. J. Edwards, 55-year-old
junk dealer, his 50-year-old wife,
and the U. S. government. Ed
wards had reaped a fortune in
the junk business, but when his
wife was stricken with a serious
illness, he found that the only
hospital m the city available to
her had only one ward—crowded
with five other patients.
He took his wife to the Mayo
clinic, Rochester, Minn. Sunday,
however, a 105-bed hospital,
patterned after the Mayo clinic,
wras dedicated in the city—the
same day on which the Italians
voted in their crucial election.
The government provided about
$42,000 of the costs for construc
tion. The Edwards paid the rest,
and even took up duties as fore
men to speed up the work which
started 18 months ago.
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