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About The voice. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1946-195? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1948)
1" ' 1 ” "s Hull • NjT«nbmi, m» Hub of Harmony on Six-State Tour m*. m n THE HUB OF HARMONY CHORUS, composed of eight Union College stuaents, unaer me direction of Coach Wayne Hooper, left Friday morning on a singing tour to include Iowa, Missouri, Minne sota, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. The singers, with their organizers and director, Frank W. Hale, jr., a senior majoring in speech and religion, will be gone until December 1. All of the members of the organization have had radio and stage experience and their natural rhythm and keen in sight of music are familiar to music lovers all over the city and state. They sing with their ‘'Hearts, j Heads, and Hands.” The tour is sponsored by Union College, and is the first in a series of artist tours by student groups. Church Women Resolve to Support FEPC “Negroes proved that they have the qualifications to hold many jobs during the war, but now that we are at peace, their help doesn’t seem wanted,” declared Rev. John Lepke, Congregationalist student pastor. He continued his talk before the Lincoln Council of Church Women Nov. 16 by point * ing out that the economic discri minations faced by various minor ity groups is holding back the eco nomic advance Of the people as a whole. Following the talk, Mrs. Ned Darlington, the Council’s chair man on race relations, presented a resolution which stated that sound fair employment practice legisla tion is needed in Nebraska. Such legislation as was so effectively operated by the Roosevelt admin istration, has since been adopted in several eastern states and in our largest cities and is operating in the best interest of all the peo ple. The resolution was unani y mously passed by the 200 ladies attending the meet at Tabernacle Christian church. After the passage of the reso lution, Rev. J. B. Brooks was and several others were designated to present the resolution to a group that is preparing support for such legislation from other groups, with the hope that it would be presented to the mayor with the idea of a mayor’s committee be ing formed to study local dis crimination. Later the Council heard Miss Theresa McKenna, Lincoln YWCA director who told of her expe riences with the reputation of American democracy in Europe, pointing out that the gap between ( ideals and reality must be closed, she declared that brotherhood should begin in the community VOC Dates Named By National UL The National Urban League an nounces its 17th Vocational Op portunity Campaign, March 13-20, 1949. As before, the campaign will be under the joint leadership of Ann Tanneyhill, director of Vo cational Guidance, National Ur ban League, and George Edwards of the Southern Division of the National Urban League. The Vo ( cational Opportunity Campaign, popularly known as the VOC, will j channel the thinking of people j along the lines of a job choice and stress the need for preparation in keeping with the campaign theme and slogan: “The Future Is Yours—Plan and Prepare.” UNCHR OK’s Women's Right To Marry PARIS. (ANP). Despite objec- j tions to various sections by the United States and Great Britain and by Roman Catholics, the U.N. ■ Commission on Human rights' adopted a plank advocating equal j rights for women including the' privilege of marrying persons of any race they chose, last week.1 The United States and England 1 opposed Russian proposals which gave women equal rights “both 1 during marriage and at its disso lution” and protecting the family by society and the state. Both amendments were approved oy th® body, however. Catholics originally objected to the use of the word “divorce” in the resolution. In its place the word “dissolution” was substi tuted. In the final vote for the com plete plank, the United States and Britain voted in its favor. The completed statement reads: “Without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion men and women of full age have the right to marry and to found a family and are entitled to equal rights as to marriage. “Marriage shall be entered into only with the full and free con sent of the intended spouses. Men and women shall enjoy equal rights during both the marriage and its dissolution. “The family is a natural and fundamental group unit of so ciety, and is entitled to protec tion by society and the state.” The later two paragraphs were the controversial planks in the resolurtn. Negro Doctor to Study At Louisville Hospital LOUISVILLE, Ky. (JP). Louis the first time in the hospital’s his tory. *Dr. M. F. Rabb, 40, is a staff ville General Hospital officials revealed Thursday that a Negro physician is taking training for t "■ 1 — ■ — DL anbiffivincj (jreetincji | VojUt FROM ALL OF US THE STAFF . American Girl Enrolls in Freetown University College FREETOWN, Sierra Leone. (ANP). Mi^s M. Weller, a daugh-j ter of the Rev. and Mrs. Sailman W. Weller, Waterbury, Conn., is enrolled as a freshman in the Church Missionary Society Uni versity college of Fourah Bay, it was disclosed here recently. Miss Weller is studying for a bachelor of arts degree from Durham uni versity, England, to which the college is affiliated. She came to Freetown last Oct. 16 from the United States, via Britain, with her elder sister who became the bride of Dr. John Karefa-Smart last March 27. Dr. Karefa-Smart, a mis sionary doctor, recently com pleted a year’s postgraduate work in Harvard university, returning home via Amsterdam, Holland, where he attended the World Conference of churches. _Mrs. Karefa-Smart, the former Miss Rena Joyce Weller, is a graduate of Connecticut State Teachers college and Yale Di inity school. The couple lives in the town of Rotifunk where the doctor is in charge of the United Brethren Mission hospital. Her sister is a resident student at Fourah Bay college. member of Red Cross Hospital for Negroes here but had no op portunity there to study profes sional use of anesthetics. Courtesy Omaha World Herald. Great Inspiration Results From United Church Women s Group Delegates Pledge Themselves To Take Lead In The Eradication of Racial Segregation By Rubie W. Shakespeare. The Fourth biennial United Church Women’s Council, composed of delegates from 44 states and a number of for eign countries, which met in Milwaukee November 15-18, went on record as favoring proposed legislation which would aid in the realization of Christian principles. Mrs. William Byron Davis, corresponding secretary for the Lincoln Council and delegate, termed the convention Hunter Is Victim of The Hunt A rabbit hunt was brought to a near tragic close Sunday after noon when Mr. Sonny Austin, 1946 “U” street was accidentally shot. Austin had been out hunt ing with five companions about 22 miles south of Lincoln near Ben net, Neb., and was apparently un der the impression that he had unloaded his gun, as the party be gan loading up for the trip home. As Austin entered the car, owned by M. C. Tarpley, his gun dis charged, the bullet passing very near to a jugular vein. He was then rushed to Bryan Memorial hospital where, Sunday night, he was reported as resting “comfort ably.” Lt. L. Parker . Manages PX At Fort Dix Lt. Lynnwood Parker, associate editor now on leave, has been made manager of the Army Ex change store the 365th Infantry Regiment at Fort Dix, N. J. The store serves approximately 3,500 men and has cafeteria facilities, watch repair, jewelry and notions departments and a four chair bar ber shop. Loss of Farms in Germany Brings Need for C.R.O.P. LINCOLN.—“There is a con stant and continuing need in Eu rope for projects similar to the Ne braska Goodwill Train,” Dwight Dell, state Christian Rural Over seas Program director stated to day. “Scattered reports have put doubts in some peoples minds as to conditions in Europe,” Dell stated, “but the weight of evi dence in statements made by men and women who have lived in Europe or visited there recently shows the majority of people in war-ruined countries to be in piti ful condition.” The state C.R.O.P. director, now in the midst of preparations for the Nebraska Goodwill Train which leaves for Europe December 10 cited Germany as ah example of the effects of the war on foreign economy. Germany, he said, has been forced to import as high as 40 percent of its food require ments for many years. Never a self-sufficient nation, the Ger mans lost a great portion of their food producing territory through the Potsdam agreements. This fact coupled with the entry of 11,000,000 additional citizens as displaced persons after the loss of one-fourth of its territory has completely disrupted the German economy. i me most successiui ana con structive that she has witnessed in recent years. Other persons elect ed delegates included Mrs. M. C. Leonard, Mrs. Viola Hackman, Mrs. Lacy Belnap and Mrs. E. S. Wegner. Mrs. Davis spoke first of the hospitality which she received and the beautiful spirit of Christian brotherhood that was evident throughout the meeting. Shetalked at length about the number of MRS. WILLIAM B. DAVIS ' delegates who publicly pledged ! themselves to return to their j homes, in Southern states particu larly, and use their influence in the elimination of the States I Rights Program an5 the entire eradication of racial segregation I at home and in the armed forces. ! Legislation on FEPC and Federal • Aid to Education were approved i by the body. The council pledged themselves to “Clean-Up” Washington, D. C., j which may be called the center of discrimination and racial seg regation. Mrs. Mary Bethune and Dr. Howard Thurman were both prominent figures at the council. Nurse Admitted To NCLNE DURHAM, N. C. (ANP). Miss i Esther P. Henry, director of the department of public health nursing of North Carolina col lege, was recently admitted to the North Carolina League of Nurs ing education. She became the first Negro accepted by this or I ganization. Mays Is Mum on Hampton Hitch NEW YORK. (ANP). When asked to give a statement con cerning his accepting the presi dency of Hampton institute this winter, Dr. Benjamin S. Mays, president of Morehouse college, feplied “no comment.” In the city for a two-day speaking engagement, Dr. Mays said that he preferred the state ment should come from the school’s board of trustee* rattier i than from himself.