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Democracy in Lincoln
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applicants seem to find no dif
ficulty in getting teaching berths.
In sharp contrast to the public
school system, not a single pri
vate school in the city will accept
Negro pupils.
Of the five hospitals in the city
only two will accept Negroes.
There are no Negro nurses and
no available facilities for training
Negro nurses. It was impossible
to ascertain how many applica
tions had been made for such
training. Negro physicians cannot
interne at the University of Ne
braska Hospital nor any other in
town. It is reported that the
Methodist Church Board warned
the director of the Bryan Me
morial Hospital that the institu
tion was likely to have its funds
curtailed if it persisted in bar
ring Negro internes and resi
dents. Nevertheless there are
none there.
Right to Vote
Politically the Lincoln Negroes
have no complaint, All who want
to vote can do so. There is one
colored policeman, a man in
charge of a comfqrt station and
some Negroes working in minor
positions in most departments
Local Negroes call this “token”
employment.
When it comes to the right of
residence, the Lincoln Negroes
have none to speak about al
though the recent U. S. Supreme
Court decision may make a dif
ference. As it is, they can neither
rent nor buy outside a prescribed
area. The banks, the building
and loan associations and the in
surance companies all combine
nefariously to maintain the ghetto
policy. A proposed housing proj
ect for Negroes was killed by
real estate interests. Interestingly
enough some 80 percent of the
colored people own their own
homes.
Interracial Work
It is a hopeful sign that there
is some worthwhile interracial
work being done to bring Lin
coln close to the ideals of the
sainted Emancipator. The Lincoln
Council of Church Women is ac
tive in trying to broaden employ
ment opportunities for colored
people. Working in the same di
rection is the Social Action Coun
cil consisting largely of college
people and with which some of
the unions are cooperating. The
latter grouj> is also campaigning
against the barring of Negroes
by some restaurants. Its mem
bers visited five restaurants in
the community and were success
ful in getting them to change
their anti-Negro policies.
Ne^ro Members
St. Paul’s Methodist church,
the Catholic church and the Uni
versity Episcopal church all have
Negro members. The Nebraska
State Holders Association is a re
ligious interracial group with a
colored man on its board. The
Holiness, Methodist, Evangelical
and other churches in the city
have had Negro guest preachers.
Race relations generally are
cordial within the set pattern.
The Indians in the community
identify themselves with the Ne
groes as has been historically the
case almost everywhere in the
country. The white people are
chiefly of Russian and German
extraction, and they compete for
lowly jobs with the Negroes. As
a result Negro employment in
one of the big department stores
declined from twenty-six to four
in maid jobs.
Well-Paid Job
In contrast, one of the oddities
of life on Lincoln’s interracial
front is the fact that George Ran
dol, veteran New York actor, who
starred in “Anna Lucasta.” is di
rector of the Circlet Theater, a
little theater group which has a
membership of white people. This
is a well-paid job, and perhaps
the only one of its kind held by
a Negro in the U.S.
Independents Have Win and Loss,
Blackbirds Flatten RR Men?s Lassies
By Virginia Botts.
Hello again, sports fans. This
week finds us with more games
than 'usual. The RR Men’s Social
club girls team and the Inde
pendents both met plenty of op
position last Friday. The girls
played the Blackbirds on the
North diamond. There were some
good hits in the game, but our
girls lost. Delores Bowen was in
the pitcher’s box and Emma White
wore the mask behind the plate.
Hazel Wilson is a swift little
left fielder. That girl sure makes
some good catches. Third base is
held down by Betty Wilson, who
can really scoop them off the
groun<|. She really hustles that
third base. On first Foma Hen
derson makes some plays like
Holcomb. She catches everything
that is within reach and is a hard
hitter too. Next week we’ll talk
about some of the other girls on
the team.
The Independents won over the
Freadrich Bros, squad, 13 to 7.
This was a good game with the
score the same as for the first
game between these two teams.
On Thursday, however, the odds
were against our boys. They lost
their game to Reinhardts. Just a
streak of bad luck, but they will
be right back Tuesday, fighting.
Let’s wish them better luck this
time.
Dick Holcomb, first sacker, has
been down with the asthma this
week and the railroad got Johnnie
Vaughn. These two regulars were
really missed. Thursday (tonight)
there will be an exhibition game
between the Independents and the
Goodyear nine. Let’s all go out
and cheer for the team. Good luck
boys! That’s all for this week, see
you at the diamond.
Out of old Nebraska. .
By Janies C. Oison
Super!ntmd^nt. St»te Historical Society
One of the earliest inventions
ever produced in Nebraska was
the “roadometer,” a device de
veloped in 1847 by the Mormons
under Brigham Young, making
their long trek from Winter Quar
ters (now Florence, a suburb of
Omaha) to Utah.
Those pioneer Mormons who
struck out from the Missouri in
the spring of 1847—Wednesday,
April 14th, to be exact—were sure
that they were the first of a great
| throng who would cross the plains
and mountains to the valley of
the Great Salt Lake. Holding
these views (which proved to be
absolutely correct), they were ex
ceedingly anxious to provide in
formation as accurate as possible
for those who would follow.
Particularly concerned was El
der William Clayton, who as clerk
of the company kept a detailed
journal on the trip. He believed it
especially important to maintain
an accurate record of mileage,
and out of that belief the roado
meter was developed.
At first Elder Clayton content
ed himself with estimating the
distance travelled each day. He
found this unsatisfactory, though,
because others in the company
also estimated distances and al
most invariably believed that his
estimates were too low.
Being a patient, conscientious,
determined man, Elder Clayton
decided that he would remove all
doubt by an exact calculation. So
he measured the circumference
of, “the nigh hind wheel of one
of Brother Kimball’s wagons,”
being the one in which he slept,
and calculated the number of
revolutions it would make in a
mile. He found it to be exactly
360, which, as he wrote in his
journal, “somewhat astonished”
him.
Having done that, the good El
der proceeded to count every rev
olution made by Kimball’s “nigh
hind wheel.” Imagine, if you can,
marching along, day after weary
day, counting the revolutions
made by a wagon wheel!
This method silenced Elder
Clayton’s critics, but it was weari
some almost beyond endurance.
Consequently, he kept urging that
some member of the company rig
up a device that automatically
would count the number of revo
lutions made by the wheel.
Finally, on May 17, the roado
meter was completed and attached
to the wagon. It was an ingeni
ous device consisting of cog
wheels made of wood which not
only counted the wheel’s revolu
tions but registered the distance
travelled. It must have been with
a great sense of relief that Clay
ton wrote in his journal, “We are
now prepared to tell accurately
the distance we travel from day
to day which will supersede the
idea of guessing, and b$. a satis
faction not only to this camp, but
to all who hereafter travel this
way.”
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and fundamental American principles—- the
right to full and equal political participa
tion; the right to equal opportunity of
employment; the right of security of
person, and the right of equal treatment
in the service and defense of our nation.
Jean Kennedy of Norfolk, al
ternate for Mr. Ritchie, cast a
negative vote at Mr. Ritchie’s re
quest. No one pays any attention
to Mr. Ritchie anymore because
he has become a Jackal unequal
in Nebraska’s democratic history.
| Sports Scope I
Olympic Team Sails
The U.S. Olympic team sailed
for London last Friday, but ex
perts seem agreed that it is not
the best team we could have sent.
The 'Olympic committee, at its
two-day meet, made no allowance
for two of America’s thinclads
having an off-day. Charles Fon
ville, who has* consistently won
the shotput this p*st year, was
out-tossed for his berth by a mere
58 ft. toss. Fonville was suffering
from a shoulder injury. The other
disappointment of the meets was
Harrison Dillard’s failure to place
in the hurdles. Dillard quit the
race after knocking over four hur
dles to suffer his first loss after
82 wins in a row. However, he
did win a berth for the sprints
along with Mel Patton and Barney
Ewell.
9 of 11-Woman
Team Negroes
PROVIDENCE, R. I. (ANP).
Three records were overshadowed
in the course of the women’s
Olympic tryouts and Negro com
petitors gained 9 of the 11 places
on the squad selected to represent
the U.S. in the Olympic games in
England.
Selected for the squad were:
Audrey Patterson, Tennessee State
College, who won the 200 meter
dash and placed second in the 100
meter dash, and Mable Walker of
Tuskegee, 1936 Olympic competi
tor, winner of the 50 meter dash
at Milwaukee last week, and win
ner of the 100 meter. She won
with a tremendous driving effort
then was so overcome with happi
ness that she broke down and
cried in the middle of the track.
Others taking berths for the games were
Nell Jackson. Tuskegee; Bernice Robinson.
Chicago; Theresa Manuel, Tuskegee; Alice
Coachman, Albany State College, Ga.;
Emma Read, Tennessee State; Lillian
Young, Chicago; Mae Faggs. Police Ath
letic League, NYC, and two matrons who
were outstanding in the Milwaukee meet,
Frances Kaszubski, Cleveland, and Doro
thy Dodson. Mundelein, 111.
Alice Coachman drew the at
tention of every spectator in the
gathering darkness as she sur
passed the American high jump
record and was about to attempt
the Olympic record, but decided
not to try when officials had to
light matches in order to set the
bar.
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