Omaha Woman Admitted To Bar Mrs. Elizabeth Davis Pittman Will Be First Negro Woman To Practice In Nebraska Mrs. Elizabeth Davis Pittman, recent graduate of the Law College of Creighton University, was admitted to the practice of law by the Supreme Court of Nebraska on Sep tember 15, 1948. Mrs. Pittman is the first Negro woman admitted to the bar in Nebraska since Miss Zanzye Hill passed her exams in 1929. However, Miss Hill did not practice in the state, according to the office of the Supreme Court Clerk. Mrs. Elizabeth Davis Pittman Mrs. Pittman is the only Negro woman attorney in Nebraska at the present time. She will form a partnership with her father, Charles F. Davis, who has prac ticed law in Omaha for many, years. In addition to her Bachelor of Law degree, she also holds a Bachelor of Science degree, with a major in political science and history. Mrs. Pittman was an honor graduate of North High school in Omaha, Neb., and upon her graduation received a Regents Scholarship to the University of Nebraska where she completed a portion of her undergraduate work. Later she attended Creigh ton University where she was also an honor student and received her two degrees. She was chosen the Law School Princess last spring, for the 1948 Creighton Junior and Senior Prom. Mrs. Pittman is the wife of Dr. A- J3- Pittman, one of Omaha’s leading veterinarians, who is now in the process of building an all modern veterinary hospital. They have a year and a half old daugh ter. Mrs. Pittman is very active on the civic and social scene in Omaha in addition to being a Vestry member and Secretary of St. Philip’s Episcopal church, an officer of Delta Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sororify, a member of the Y.W.C.A., Cherokee Temple No. 223 and the Nebraska Kennel Club. Mr. Davis brings many years of experience in fraternal and civic affairs to the new law firm of Davis & Pittman. He has been Exalted Ruler of Iroquois Lodge No. 92 for the past twelve years, the first Polemarch of the Omaha Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fra ternity, Assistant Grand Legal Advisor of the National Elks Lodge, Legal Advisor of the Omaha Branch of N.A.A.C.P., only Negro member of the May or’s City-wide Planning Commis sion, founder and Secretary Treasurer of the Carver Savings & Loan Association, and founder and President of the Carver De velopment Company. The “father and daughter” part nership marks one of the few of its kind in the nation among Ne groes and the first association of this type in Nebraska. f Fall Opening is Success Al Lincoln Urban League Approximately 250 persons filled the Urban League audi torium last September 24 to at tend the Fall Opening. In greet ing those attending, Mr. Clyde Malone, executive secretary, ap pealed to the community for voluntary workers for the vari ous League activities. Mr. Doo little led the community singing and Miss Virginia Seiler played the accordion. Barbara Moody and Phyllis Bradford played a piano duo. The Girls Glee Club sang a group of five numbers under the direction of Mrs. Eu genia Brown. Howard Univ. Treasurer ■Resigns WASHINGTON. (ANP). Vir ginius D. Johnston, 52-year-old treasurer of Howard university, ended his 17 years of association with the school here last week by handing in his resignation. Al though no reason was given, it is believed the separation is a result of a rumored shakeup in the ad ministrative set-up of the insti tution. For some time, it has been ru mored that the position of treas urer would be abolished and that of a comptroller substituted. Fred erick Stanton, an assistant in the office of President Mordecai John son, is said to be considered for the new post. Johnston formerly was secre tary of the Victory Life Insur ance company, Chicago, before coming to Howard. He holds a master’s degree in business ad ministration from Northwestern university, and did his under graduate work at Virginia State college and Virginia Union uni versity. Married, he plans to open a real estate office in Washington. Chicago Doctor Named To Expert Medical Group CHICAGO. (ANP). Dr. Roose velt Brooks, senior attending sur geon at Provident hospital, was notified here last week that he has become the fifth Negro sur geon from Chicago to be admitted to the American College of sur-'' geons in the last five years. Dr. Brooks will be formally inducted into the college on Oct. 22 when it meets in the Biltmore hotel, Los Angeles. Oneof Chicago’s leading ophthal mologists, Dr. Brooks is a gradu ate of the University of Illinois college of medicine, where he is also an instructor in ophthalmol ogy. In addition he is certified by the American Board of ophthal mology, and is a member of Chi cago Ophthalmological and Inter national Congress of ophthalmol ogy. The American College of Sur geons was organized in 1913 and is composed of the leading sur geons in both the United States and Canada. The late Dr. Dan Williams was a charter member, but no other Negroes were ad mitted until recently. Launch Campus Magazine JERRERSON CITY, M. (ANP). William L. Watkins Jr., former student of journalism at Lincoln university, is now editor and publisher of a new collegiate publication, Campus Magazine. It will be issued nine times a year, October through June, and will contain news and features of interest to all collegiate minded readers. Over 114 Negro schools of higher learning in the United States will be represented each month. Watkins is offering salesman ship experience to needy stu dents and has established bon NAACP To Launch Fall Drive With Dinner And Rally Oct. 1 —Couri..-> ot ii.c Lincoln Journal. Mr. Weaver Mr. Arthur J. Weaver, City Councilman and Chairman of the Nebraska Delegation to the Republican Convention, who will be one of the four speak ers at the NAACP rally. Bishop Walker To Hold First Conference Bishop D. Ormonde Walker. The Rt. Rev. D. Ormonde Walker, presiding bishop of the Fifth Episcopal District of the AME church, will open his first annual conference in Nebraska on October 6, at Omaha, Neb. The conference which includes parts of Kansas and Nebraska will convene at St. John African Methodist church of which the Rev. E. B. Childress is the pas tor. The former dean of ' Payne Theological Seminary at Wilber force, Ohio, was elected to the Episcopal office at the last Gen eral Conference of the church held in Kansas City, Kas., last May. uses ranging from $1 to $300 for campus circulation representa tives. Campus magazine is also in the market for short stories and newspictures. The debut issue will be re leased next month from Lincoln university here. It is the only publication of its kind devoted to Negro colleges in the States exclusively. The Lincoln Branch of the Na tional Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People will begin its Fall membership drive October 1 with a big Citizen Rally. The program will begin with a citizens dinner at 6 p. m. which will feature tender young Nebraska turkey. Following the dinner at 7 p. m. four men will present the platforms upon which their party candidates are seeking election November 2. The rally will stress the importance of vot ing (without reference to any par ticular party) and will urge every registered voter to exercise his privilege and duty, to himself and his community, by electing hon est, competent, responsible per sons to public office—local, state land national. The speakers are among the ablest obtainable. In an interview with a Voice staff member, Rev. Robert Moody, president of the local branch pointed out the importance and necessity of every citizen voting. “In the South, people are beaten and killed for exercising the right « and privilege of voting. Western (Continued on Page 2, Col. 4) Dr. Joseph Johnson Heads ‘Emergeney*’ Committee For DuBois By Conrad Clark. NEW YORK. (ANP). An “Emergency Committee. To Pro tect the NAACP Action Against Dr. W. E. DuBois” was announced here, Friday with Dr. Joseph Johnson, dean of the Howard University School of Medicine, as chairman. The committee, with head quarters at 49 West 44th St., or ganized with the view that the NAACP’s action against Dr. Du Bois wras unwarranted and merits further consideration since Arthur Spingarn, NAACP president, himself declared DuBpis is “one of the greatest leaders of his race.” The committee, whose member ship includes Shirley Graham, author of the Frederick Douglas biography, “There Was Once a Slave” and Atty. Archibald S. Pinkett of Washington, has sent telegrams to many NAACP mem bers throughout the country in viting them to join the committee in protesting the ouster of Du Bois. The committee will recommend that the ouster oirder be re scinded, and already other sub committees are being organized in other cities and states. The action taken by the NAACP’s board of directors Sept. 13, which followed Dr. DuBois’ criticism of Walter White for tak ing the post of consultant to the U. S. delegation to the United Nations, was that of relieving him from his duties with the or ganization when his contract ex pires on Dec. 31. In the ouster charge, the NAACP said that Dr. DuBois had given a memo to the press on the dispute before the board had had time to study the DuBois charges.