Volume 3, No. 6 Lincoln 3, Nebraska Thursday, November 4, 1918
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Duffy Stars As
UCLAWins27-15
2 Sepia Players Add Spirit .To
Western Squad; Huskers Rally
In Finale But Jinxed 4tli Time
By Charles Goolsby and Bill Broden
Last Saturday, approximately 36,000 fans jammed the
stadium at the University of Nebraska to see one of the
hardest-fought games of the season. The game climaxed a
weekend of Homecoming activities and thousands of people
from all over the land were on hand to witness all the color
and pageantry of the Fall holiday season.
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Above, Duffy (18) is tackled by unidentified Husker player as
Toogood (64) closes in. Prastre (69), Uclan tackle comes to his
aid.
On the gridiron, just a bit
damp from last Thursday’s rains,
the UCLA Bruins lined up to do
a bit of pigskin battling with
Potsy Clark’s crimson Husker
tide—a game they will no doubt
remember. Unlike other teams
playing Nebraska in Lincoln this
year, the Southern California
squad included two Negro boys
who certainly turned in a credit
able performance during the
afternoon. v
Willis “Bill” Duffy, the fast
little halfback, turned in some of
the best running for the Bruins
and carried or received.the ball
across N. U.’s goal line for two
of the Westerners’ TDs. The first
score was made when Nagel got
off a flat pass to Duffy, who was
waiting uncovered in the end
zone. The second time, he ran
across the field from the Ne
braska 5 yard marker to score on
his feet. By the end of the third
quarter the Bruins led 21 to 0. It
wasn’t until late in the fourth
quarter that Potsy’s boys began
to click—but then it was too late.
After getting two points free
from a Uclan safety, the Husk
ers began a rally, sparked by
Dick Hutton, that lasted until
game’s end. Hutton turned in a
good performance, especially
when he got away for a 61 yard
dash to score on play from
Fisher. In the last 5 minutes of
the game the Huskers made two
touchdowns to surprise many
fans who had begun to leave, and
fix the final score at 27 to 15 in
favor of the UCLAns. Also unex
pected with the pugilism that
marked the spirit of the game
ending. Fisher socked Duffy in
the teeth because $he latter had
picked him up and dumped him
when the ball was in his pos
session. Five men were dismissed
from the game for slugging each
other and police had to restrain
crowds of curious spectators that
attempted to swarm down on the
field.
Although the Cornhuskers
tried gallantly, they were jinxed
into losing their fourth straight
game. (Why doesn’t Coach Clark
put some of his other good ma
terial in sometimes, like Bert
Cooke, four-year all-state paro
chial high school star w’ho is
spending his second year on the
freshman team.)
Willis Duffy hails from Santa
Ana, California, is 5 ft. 8 in., 21
years old and a sophomore in
pre-Dentistry. He likes mathe
matics and socializing and plans
to go to the USC Dental college—
provided he says, that he gets a
berth with some pro team.
Harry Thompson, the other
Negro player, is a junior in pre
Law. Among his interests are his
membership in Alpha Phi Alpha,
progressive college fraternity. He
said he likes the girls here and
that the Nebraska team had
shown “pretty good” sportsman
ship.
Eleven Inducted
Into American
Surgeons College
LOS ANGELES. (ANP). Eleven
Negro surgeons were formally in
ducted into membership in the
American College of Surgeons at
its annual session in the Biltmore
hotel here last week.
The new members are Drs. Jesse
Green, George Thorne, Robert
Wilkinson and James Wilson, all
of New York; Albert Jackson, H.
Welcome, H. Higgins, from Balti
more; William A. Finkler and
Henry Hampton, both of St. Louis;
J. A. Mahone, Tuskegee, Ala.;
and Roosevelt Brooks, Chicago.
Following the ceremonies, they
were honored at a banquet given
by the Southern California Medi
cal Dental Pharmaceutical so
ciety. They were among the 42
special guests.
FEPC Is Success In Conn.
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Court Order
Asked to End
Segregation
OKLAHOMA CITY. (ANP).
For two weeks, G. W. McLaurin,
the first Negro to be admitted to
the University of Oklahoma, has
been trying to carry on his
classwork under a segregated
status, but last week he rebelled
and petitioned a federal court to
order the school to lift its restric
tions on his activities as a stu
dent.
Testifying briefly concerning
classroom, library and dining
room facilities accorded him
since he enrolled last Oct. 13 as
a student in the graduate school
of education, he said he has been
laboring under a “strain and hu
miliating conditions.”
In the classroom, he is seated
in an anteroom adjoining the
regular classroom. He has a sep
arate place in the library and eats
at a separate table in the Wood
row Wilson dining hall.
“It is necessary to look at the
professor and blackboard from a
greater angle than the other stu
dents,” he said. “It puts me
under a strain and humiliating
conditions, and handicaps my
work. I cannot concentrate as I
should.
“I feel there is something ir
regular in that I can’t sit with
other students.”
In the library, his desk is on
the floor above the librarian’s
desk and he must walk down
stairs to check out books. He is
then required to return to his
desk, which he described as “be
hind the stacks,” to study while
white students have the freedom
of the building. McLaurin is
working for a doctorate in educa
tion.
Rumor Bunche
May Quit Job
As UN Mediator
PARIS. (ANP). Persons close to
the situation say that Dr. Ralph
Bunche had been on the point of
resigning if the security council of
United Nations adjourned without
acting to restore peace in the Pal
estine debacle. He was said to
have written a note to one dele
gate saying “this is the end of the
truce.”
Dr. Bunche is reported to have
felt strongly that unless the coun
cil backed up his demand with a
strong resolution, the situation in
Palestine would explode again into
a general war.
Several Jewish leaders in the
United States have criticized Dr.
Bunche for submitting and stand
ing by the report of the late Count
Bemadotte who was assassinated
by persons as yet uncaptured and
unpunished.
Dr. Bunche blamed the Israeli
for failing to give adequate protec
tion to the mission and because of
this, he was severely criticized
by American Jewish leaders also.
When Count Berandotte was
slain, Dr. Bunche was named in
temporary charge of the commis
sion to the vexatious Aram-Israel
controversy.
Patronize Our Advertisers.
Employers Accept Act; Show
Voluntary Compliance; No
Formal Hearings Necessary
Human Rights
Council Gives
Three Awards
WASHINGTON. (ANP). Miss
Norma E. Boyd, Congresswoman
Helen Gahagan Douglas and Sen.
Wayne L. Morse were awarded
citations by the American Coun
cil of Human rights at the inau
gural dinner given at the Willard
hotel last week.
These awards were presented
by Mrs. Edna Over Gray, presi
dent of AKA, in recognition of
the splendid efforts made by
these people in the cause of civil
rights. Miss Boyd and Mrs. Doug
las’ citations were made in absen
tia, but Mrs. Douglas sent a mes
sage which was read by Mrs. Ann
Arnold Hedgeman.
In accepting his award, Sen
ator Morse said these citations
should go to those unsung heroes
in the field of human rights who
have taken it upon themselves to
test the laws on civil rights by
taking their cases into court,- in
spite of the unfavorable publicity.
“We are a people just professing
a bill of rights and a constitu
tion,” he continued “but are
barely putting it into practice.”
This council which now has
Elmer W. Henderson as its direc
tor, is composed of the Alpha
Kappa Alpha, Alpha Phi Alpha,
Delta Sigma Theta, Phi Beta
Sigma, Sigma Gamma Rho and
Zeta Phi Beta all joined to
gether on an equal basis.
The purpose of such organiza
tion is “to secure the extension
of fundamental human and civil
rights to all citizens with in the
United States and to contribute
to the promotion of these rights
for all people throughout the
world.”
Kansas City
Baritone Gives
Recital Here
Last Friday night, Leroy Gay
den, baritone, Was presented in
recital by Mt. Zion Baptist church.
He was accompanied at the piano
by his very accomplished wife,
Camilla Gayden.
Exceeding expectations based on
his appearance in Lincoln several
weeks ago, the Kansas City singer
showed excellent control of breath
and a good resonance. His style
was such that all Lincoln would
have enjoyed hearing him. The
program follows:
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The Lord la My Light.Allitsen
He That Keepeth Israel.Schlosser
The Twenty-third Psalm .Mallotte
Star of God .Coates
II.
Repent Ye .Scott
If Christ Came Back.O'Hara
There Is No Death.O'Hara
Recessional.Dc ICoven
Intermission
III.
Until . Sanderson |
Five Little White Heads.Bischoof
Who Knows .Ball
LIT Boy . Hazzard
IV.
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless
Child . Burleigh
City Called Heaven. Johnson i
Sweet Little Jesus Boy.MacGlmsey
Honor! Honor! . Johnson
As encores, Mr. Gayden offered
\‘The Lord’s Prayer” (Mallotte)
and “It’s Cool Down Here” (Spir
itual). The song “Li’l Boy” was
dedicated to Master Tommy Bbvis.
HARTFORD, Conn. (ANP). The
Connecticut State Interracial com
mission experiences no difficulty
in administering the provisions of
the new Connecticut Fair Employ
ment Practices act, according to a
report made by the commission to
the governor recently, covering
the first year of operation of the
law. The report stated that em
ployers and labor unions volun
tarily complied with the FEPA
law and that the commission did
not find it necessary during the
period July 1, 1947 to June 30,
1948, to hold formal hearings or
take court action to settle any of
the formal complaints received.
Of 64 complaints, 48 were filed
by individuals, and 16 initiated by
the commission. Numerous other
complaints were filed and settled
informally. Complaints filed
against manufacturers totaled 25.
There were eight against mercan
tile establishments, nine against
labor unions; five against public
utilities; four against hospitals;
two each against employment
agencies, schools, laundries, res
taurants; and one each against
agriculture, club, dairy, munici
pality and trucking company.
The end of the year showed that
31 of the complaints were satis
factorily adjusted, in 13 cases of
which the complainant was offered
employment and in the remainder
where no individual complainant
was available but the policy was
corrected; 16 were dismissed for
no violation; two were withdrawn;
and 15 are still pending.
Seven violations under the
state’s public accommodations
statute were reported but all were
adjusted without court action be
ing taken. The statute defines
places of public accommodations
as being restaurants, hotels, etc.,
and provides a $25 to $1,000 fine
or 30 days in jail or both for de
nying full and equal accommoda
tions in such places to anyone be
cause of his race, color or creed.
In Norwalk, repeated refusals of
service to Negroes in restaurants
had created much tension. Last
spring, the mayor sent a letter to
the restaurant proprietors, advis
ing them of the statute and warn
ing that violations would be
prosecuted. After this letter, only
one violation was reported. In this
case, the owner refused service
even after being warned by a
policeman that he was violating
the law. He was subsequently
fined $25 in the city court.
The report also said that
Negroes are still excluded from
the state national guard, a condi
tion laid to the policy of segrega
tion dictated by army regulations.
Governor Shannon wrote the sec
retary of defense in June asking
that the policy of segregation be
dropped, but has not received a
reply.
Sen. Vandenberg Given
Freedom ftousc Award
NEW YORK.—Sen. Arthur Van
denberg was the winner of the
1948 Freedom House award. The
bronze plaque was presented to
Vandenberg by Sumner Welles,
former undersecretary of state.
Roy Wilkins of the Crisis and
acting secretary of the NAACP
was among the dignitaries on the
dais at the Waldorf Astoria event.
—(ANP).