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Dr. Frazier 1st Negro to Head
American Sociological Society
CHICAGO. (ANP). A new first
was achieved last week when the
American Sociological society, the
nation’s leading professional group
of sociologists, elected Dr. E.
Franklin Frazier, a Negro, as
president in its 43rd annual con
vention held here at the Congress
hotel.
This marked the first time in
America that a Negro ever headed
a national professional scientific
society.
Dr. Frazier heads the depart
ment of sociology at Howard Uni
versity. In 1935-36 he was direc
tor of the economic and social
survey of Harlem for Mayor La
Guardia’s Commission on Condi
tions in Harlem. He also was a
fellow of the John Simon Gug
genheim foundation to study the
Negro family in Brazil and the
West Indies in 1940-41.
His learned writings include
“The Negro Family in the United
States”; “The Negro Family Jn
Chicago”; “Negro Youth at the
Crossways” and “The Free Negro
Family.”
Besides Dr. Frazier, 9 other
Negroes attended the meeting,
they were Dr. Harry Walker and
Dr. Frank Dorey, Howard Uni
versity; Dr. and Mrs. John Alston,
Wilberforce State College; Dr.
Charles S. Johnson, Fisk Univer
sity and former ^ice president of
the group; William Hale, Atlanta
University; Prof. A. F. Yarbor
ough, Wilberforce State College;
Theodore Blackburi?, Flanner
house, Indianapolis, and Sydney
I 1 " ...HI
. Williams, Executive Secretary,
Chicago Urban league.
Dr. Frazier, Dr. Walker, Dr.
Joseph D. Lohman of the com
mittee recently making a report
| on segregation in Washington,
D. C., and Jitsuichi Masuoka of
Fisk spoke at the meeting.
In his speech Dr. Frazier traced
various race theories and ex
plained the ones that worked
against good race relations. He
welcomed bi-racial organization
and activities and urbanization as
I breaking down racial barriers. He
! also praised the integration of
Negroes into industry and labor
organizations.
In his discussion Dr. Frazier
introduced the general topic of
the meeting, “Race and Culture
Contacts in the Modern World.”
Dr. Johnson of Fisk was elected
as a member at large to the
executive committee.
Dr. Walker in his talk divided
Negro-white relations activities
since the Civil war* into three
periods: the adjustment state fol
lowing the war; segregation era
during which Negro leaders acted
as liaison men between the two
races, and the integration period
still in prograss in which Negroes
want equal participation in activi
ties with whites.
A paper, .“Negro leaders in a
Southern City” by Masuoka, ex
pressed this hope:
“We may eventually come to
learn to see other men as men
and not merely as a sample of a
race, a nationality or a creed.”
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»TATI HISTORICAL SOCIRTT
Convening of the 61st session
of the legislature at Lincoln this
week calls to mind that Nebras
ka’s capital city was the scene
of its first legislative session in
1869, just 80 years ago.
Although that meeting was
known as the first regular ses
sion, it actually was the fifth ses
sion of the state legislature. Four
sessions were held in the old ter
| ritorial capitol at Omaha while
I the new state capitol was being
constructed.
In his message to the legisla
ture, Governor David Butler re
viewed Nebraska’s progress in
little less than a year of state
hood, and outlined what he con
sidered to be the most important
problems facing the lawmakers
convened in Lincoln. In certain
j respects they were problems
which are faced by today’s leg
islators—schools, support of the
state government, and care of the
dependent and unfortunate.
They had other problems which
Nebraskans do not face today.
One of these was protection
against the Indians. The governor
urged that provision be made for
a regular militia, so that “those
who go out upon the frontiers
should be made to feel that the
strong arm of the State will be
swift and constant to extend to
them full protection.”
Another problem facing the
legislature in 1869 was the man
agement of the Lancaster County
salt deposits. These were expected
to become large producers of salt
and were one of the reasons why
the state capitol was located at
its present site. While still optim
istic, Governor Butler was dis
turbed at the rate of progress be
ing made.
The fault, according to his an
nual message, seemed to lie with
the company developing the de
posits. Governor Butler told the
legislature: “So far has it failed
that the local demand for salt
has not been supplied, and that it
has been unable at times to sup
ply even a single bushel for home
consumption.”
Probably the most exciting
feature of the legislative session
of 1869 was the election of a
United States senator to succeed
Thomas W. Tipton. After a spir
ited contest, Senator Tipton was
re-elected.
Probably the most notable and
enduring legislation enacted in
1869 was the establishment of
the University of Nebraska. The
act was signed February 15—
celebrated each year as “Char
ter Day.”
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Well, here I am again. Rather
late, aren’t I? I guess I should
make a few apologies. I’ve
thought about “Dark Merit” so
often and wished I had time to
contribute. I am a housewife now
and all of the ladies understand
just what that means. Well, when
the New Year comes, the reso
lutions come rolling in. Yes, I’m
making them too. Besides con
tributing to the “Voice,” I’ve re
solved to work more in the Y.W.
C.A., to play ping pong more, to
study ceramics at Tech’s adult
night school, to take a course to
j refresh my French at any school
I here which offers it, and all in
all, to get more done in 1949. And
! say, do you know what else has
eaten up so much of my time?
Well, I’m writing a book. It’s a
big job and requires much re
search. You should see this stack
of books I’ve been reading to find
out more information. It’s so
much fun and maybe I’d better
resolve to finish it in 1949. With
teaching, working as school li
brarian working in the Y.W.C.A.,
playing ping pong, studying cer
amics, studying French, writing
a book, and DOING HOUSE
WORK, I’ll be one of those hard
shelled objects which you eat
at Christmas by the time the
year is over. I left out something
too — important things like my
church work which I am going to
find even more time for.
Well, readers, after all of that
I guess you’re waiting for “Dark
Merit.” Well, we’re moving
along now. Soon we’ll be at the
part I like best—contemporary
personalities. When we get to
that I’ll be able to use many in
teresting books, but for history,
(and I’ve looked high and low),
I just can’t find a book to equal
Carter G. Woodson’s “The Negro
in Our History.”
One cannot afford to have one
ounce of race prejudice when you
think of all of the people of the
Caucasian race wrho fought so
hard to free the slave and some
who gave their lives for that
cause. In the South there were
such people who wanted to free
the slaves but because of their
location, they could not. They
left their homes and moved to j
territories in the Northwest prin
cipally to offer their services.
Many of these ideas were carried
to students as the students of
Maryville College in Tennessee.
By 1841, more than half of the
students were anti-slavery. Berea
College in Kentucky actually
opened their doors to Negro stu
dents. It’s charter contained these
words: “God hath made of one
blood all nations that dwell upon
the face of the earth.”
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