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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
“Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual
life of a great people.” ___
Rev. Melvin L. Shakespeare
Publisher and Editor
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Rubio W. Shakespeare_Advertising and Business Manager
Charles Goolsby....Associate Editor, Y.M.CLA.
Lynwood Parker_Associate Editor, on Military Leave
Hev. J. B. Brooks_.Promotion Manager
Mrs. loo Green:. .- , „—Circulation Manager
Member ol the Associated Negro Press and Nebraska Press Association
Entered as Second Class Matter, June 9. 1947 at the Poet Office at Lincoln
Nebraska under the Act ol March 3, 1879
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EDITORIALS
The views expressed in these columns
are those ol the writer and not necessarily
a reflection of the policy of The Voice.—
Pub.
BRASS FACTS
By M. L. Shakespeare.
The Latest big Sale was held in
Washington, D. C., when the Tru
manites sold out to the Dixiecrats
and the Republicans. With some
of our good. Nebraskans on the
buying side.
They say that there is more im
portant legislation to come before
the house than the rights of hu
man beings.
Yes, down the river went an
other chance of the most blessed
nation to do the thing that is
light.
While the Dixiecrats plead as
well as fight, for state rights they
lose no time in making laws to
disfranchise the Negro. After one
hundred years the south still asks
the world to let them solve their
own problem. Well, take a look
at the state of Georgia and see
how they are solving it.
With Mr. Talmage at the helm,
the K.K.K. has an open season.
Lynching is on the up, and that’s
“What’s Good About the South.”
It isn’t any wonder that the rest
of the world doubts them about
doing what is right.
OUR CHILDREN
BY MRS. W. B. DAVIS
Discipline: What Is It?
Do not confuse discipline with
punishment. Many parents think
of discipline as punishment or in
terms of “making” a child obey,
making a child mind or making
n child behave. But discipline
and punishment are not the
same. Neither is discipline con
cerned with “making” a child do
something.* The aim of discipline
is to develop a self-reliant child
who can become a self-controlled
adult. If we think of discipline
in this way, we will try to find
methods of control and guidance
which put the responsibility
upon the child as he gradually be
comes ready for it. In this way
we help him to control himself.
YWCA Convention Reports Improvement
In National, Foreign Work
SAN FRANCISCO. (ANP). An
upswing in interracial activity
within the Young Women’s Chris
tian association was reported here
last week before a meeting of
2,000 delegates at the 18th Na
tional YWCA convention in the
Civic auditorium here. Making the
report was Miss Myra Smith of
the executive program subject de
partment.
Her report showed that in 1948
there were 132 interracial boards
as contrasted to 103 in 1945 and
74 in 1942. In the Southern sec
tion of the country, the rate of
change was higher than in the
country as a whole with 3 boards
in 1942; 5 in 1945; and 14 in 1948.
“While we value this data,” she
said, “we know full well that it
is the spirit behind the practices
that really counts. People may be
together in increasing numbers,
but are they comfortable and at
home with each other?
“People who really work togeth
er will learn to forget skin color
and other superficial differences,
to develop real acquaintance in
the common task.”
She said that in 1941 Negro
women and girls made up 8.6 per
cent of the educational-recrea
tional constituency, a figure which
went consistently up to 9.8 in
1945. It dropped to 8.8 in 1946
and to 8.6 in 1947.
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our appre
ciation and to thank our many
friends for their thoughtfulness
during the illness and the death
of our mother, Mrs. Hattie Wil
liams.
Mrs. Zora Adams—Daughter
Mr. Ralph Campbell—Son
Mrs. Mary Allen—Daughter
Mr. Frank Campbell—Son
b JAMES C. OLSON, Superintendent
•TATI HISTORICAL AOC1STT
By Janies C. Olson.
Supt., State Historical Society.
Although the name “Nebraska”
itself is adapted from an Otoe
word descriptive of the Platte
river, and Omaha, the state’s
metropolis, is named in com
memoration of an Indian tribe,
the Indian influence in Ne
braska’s place names is not as
marked as one ordinarily would
think it to be.
This is particularly true with
regard to the names of counties
and towns. Of Nebraska’s 93
counties, only five are named In
dian tribes: Cheyenne, Dakota,
Otoe, Pawnee and Sioux. Three
others—Loup, Red Willow, and
Nemaha—are named for streams
whose names, in turn, have ab
original derivations.
Nebraska’s towns show a simi
larly small proportion of Indian
names. A few chieftains are
recognized in such names as Red
Cloud, Yutan, Osceola and Te
cumseh. Omaha has been men
tioned as commemorative of a
tribe. Among other towns simi
larly named are Arapahoe, Kiowa,
Ogallala, Pawnee, City and Ponca.
As is true of the counties, cer
tain Nebraska towns are named
after streams which in turn bear
Indian names. In this group are
such towns as Niobrara, Wahoo
and Weeping Water.
If Nebraskans were not prone to
give Indian names to their towns
and counties, they retained similar
names for several of their rivers,
and if you look on a map of the
state you will observe that a num
ber of the important streams carry
names adapted from the aborigi
nal.
Among these, the Missouri
stands out particularly. Opinions
vary regarding the origin of the
word as applied to the river, al
though probably it was named
after the Indian tribe bearing the
same designation.
The French, who were among
the earliest map-makers of this
region left their imprint firmly
on the names of our streams. Loup
is a French translation of the
Pawnee word “skidi,” signifying
wolf. Platte, mentioned earlier, is
similarly derived.
One French designation which
didn’t stick was L’eau qui Court,
“running water.” We have applied
Niobrara, an approximation of the
designation by several Indian
tribes, to the stream. The original
name given the county embracing
the mouth of the river also was
L’eau qui Court, but more prosaic
generation changed it to Knox.
If your merchant does not
advertise in The VOICE, ask him
to place an ad.
Klique Klub Entertains Mothers At Beautiful Tea
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These young ladies wanted their mothers to become better acquainted so they invited them to tea, and
« most delightful afternoon was had by all. They are reading to right, Robbie Powell, Betty Wison, Doro
thy Greene, Jeanne Malone, Freddie Powell, Phyllis Holcomb, Delores Bowen, Florentine Crawford and
Joyce Williams. Betty Bowman is not shown hi ihe picture. The tea was given Sunday afternoon at the
* home of Mrs. M. L. Shakespeare. •
About Your Future
Presented as a special service
by this newspaper in co-opera
tion with the National Urban
League’s Vocational Oppor- I
tunity Campaign.
Cyril Dolly—Successful Salesman
You might never think that
training in physics and mathemat
ics would help to promote the sale
of fountain pens, mechanical pen
cils and electric razors, but Cyril
Dolly, top sales representative for
Eversharp, Inc., says, “the scien
tific method fits neatly into a good
selling program.”
After coming to America from
his native Trinidad, British West
Indies, Cyril Dolly attended *I.igh
school in New York City and .then
majored in physics and mathemat
ics at McGill University in Can
ada. Today, his sales representa
tive position with Eversharp, In
corporated—the largest manufac
turing concern of its kind in the
world—is a direct result of his
early preparation for a satisfying
career. His job is varied and in
teresting and involves work with
dealers in all neighborhoods.
One dealer needs help on the
matter of utilizing his counter
space to the best advantage; an
other is worried about decreased
sales. His employers have learned
that Cyril Dolly can handle these
prohlems with skill and efficiency
and both his salary and promo
tions testify that the quality of his
work is high.
A college major in science plus
courses in Business Administra
tion have been of direct help in
his present job. Excellence in
mathematics makes it easier to
deal with facts and figures, and
training in the sciences helps
greatly when one has to determine
the exact amount of space needed
for the displays of merchandise
or how to place the new exhibit
so as to attract the most customer
attention.
The exciting years that he spent
in the British army in France,
Africa and Burma were also a
help to Cyril Dolly in his career
as a sales promoter. He met all
types and races of people and
learned to get along with them.
He also discovered that whatever
job he finally chose would have
to involve meeting new faces and
situations.
During a recent radio broad
cast, Mr. Dolly said, “When I ap
proached the Eversharp people for
a job, they asked only one ques
tion: What are your qualifications
for the job? My answer was my
college education, training and
desire for interesting and chal
lenging work. I have learned that
with Eversharp it is ability and
not the color of a man’s skin that’s
important.”
Cyril Dolly’s success with the
Eversharp Company is no acci
dent. In school, he majored in sub
jects that he knew would help his
career; he took stock of what he
liked to do and selected a job that
would give him a chance to use
his skills.
Because he planned and pre
pared for his career, Cyril Dolly
has made an outstanding success
of his job as sales representative.
George H. Wentz
Inc.
PLUMBING & HEATING
1620 N Phone 2-1293
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MONTE & SONS
Body and Radiator Shop
Expert Wrecked Car Rebuilding
Body and Fender Repairing
RADIATORS—
Cleaned, Repaired and Recored
Complete Paint Jobs
2222 O St. Phone 2-5097
PHILCO
Freezers—Radios
Refrigerators
FRIGID SERVICE, INC.
I61» •O” St
For Everything in
HARDWARE
Baker Hardware
101 No. 9th 2-3710
QUALITY PHOTOS
Lower Prices—Faster Service
PHOTO NOOK
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144) O” Street Uneota. N«*t.
PIANOS RADIOS
SEWING MACHINES
WASHERS SWEEPERS
Gourlay Bros. Piano Co.
212 So. 12 2-1636
Smith Pharmacy
2146 Vine
Prescriptions — Drugs x
Fountain — Sundries
Phone 2-1958
Gilmour-Danielson
Drug Co.
PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS
142 So. 13th St. 2-1246