NU To i under Rights
Constitutional Assembly Passes
Rights Bill, Amendment Aimed
At Uni Campus Discriminations
Representative students at the [
University of Nebraska com-!
pleted the job of writing a new
constitution for its Student Coun
cil last Friday night, May 13.
Some 100 students from social, re
ligious and service organizations
had spent six days formulating
the new document which must be
approved by the administration
and students before it becomes
effective.
On May 11, the group adopted
a new Student Bill of Rights guar
anteeing the rights of free speech,
press and assembly and freedom
from discrimination because race,
religion or nationality, introduced
by Eugene Berman.
The following day an election
system using the “single trans
ferable vote” whereby students
may show the order of preference
for a candidate was adopted. This
is in favor of good men in small
parties.
On May 13, the assembly ac
cepted the following amendments
presented by Charles Goolsby and
co-authored by Bill Broden, both
University Y.M.C.A. delegates.
They read:
No organization under Student Connell
aupcrvUion or occupying university build
ings or property, which discriminates
against students because of their race,
religion or national origin, aba!| receive
the approval of the council after one
year following the acceptance of this
section.
No organisation or group shall be de
nied existence and participation in the
student body activities because of their
rate, religion, national origin, or for
political views not denied by statute.
The couneil shall not discriminate
against organizations because all or a
part of Its members belong to any j>ar
ticular race, religion or national origin.
No activity of a college or department
which discrimlnatee against students be
cause of their race, religion or national
origin, shall receive the support of the
council.
No activity or project of an adminis
trative section nr operating unit of the
university, employing or accommodating
students, which discriminates against stu
dents because of their race, religion or
national origin, shall receive the support
of the council following the end of the
semester In which this section is ac
cepted.
As mentioned previously, the
new constitution must receive ad
ministration approval and popu
lar student approval. Ted Sor
ensen, law student, moderated the
assembly; Bob Wallace was parli
amentarian and Miss Jan Lind
quist was secretary of the con
vention.
Mixed Marriage Ban
Violates Constitution
Says Law Reviewer
“The Nebraska legislature might
do well to take another look at
the ancient provision on our stat
ute books,” says Theodore Soren
sen in the March issue of “The
Nebraska Law Review.” The pres
ent law, which was last amended
in 1913 reads in part:
“Marriages are void when one
party is a white person and the
other possessed of one-eighth or
more Negro, Japanese or Chinese
blood.” (Nebraska Rev. Stat.
(1943) 42-103).
“Despite everyday application,
this law has never been inter
preted or tested,” says Sorensen.
“All state regulation must pro
vide equal protection of the laws,
as guaranteed by the 14th amend
ment. This Post-Civil War
amendment was adopted especial
ly to prevent state legislation dis
criminating against individuals on
the basis of color. So one simple
test of constitutionality that the
amendment provides is whether
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Dr. L. S. Goolsby
Marks 40th Year
In The Ministry
COLUMBIA, Mo.—Rev. Lewis
S. Goolsby, pastor of St. Paul
AME Church hero will celebrate
his fortieth anniversary in the
ministry on Sunday, May 22.
The Rev. Dr. Goolsby began
his ministerial work in the Geor
gia Conference of the AME church.
He served many years in Califor
nia at pastorates in San Francisco,
San Diego, San Bernardino and
others. In 1936 he was pastor at
Pueblo, Colo., and came to Lin
coln as pastor of Quinn Chapel
church in 1941. In 1945 he was
made Presiding Elder of the
Omaha district and supervised the
churches in Nebraska and north
ern Kansas. In 1947 he trans
ferred to the Missouri conference.
Dr. Goolsby received his A.B.
and B.D. degrees from historic
Morris Brown college in Atlanta
and did graduate work at the
University of California. In 1946
the degree of Doctor of Divinity
was conferred by Western Uni
versity in Kansas City.
A reception is planned by the
church officers and members in
the lecture room at 5th and Park
| streets.^
Congressional
Committees Hear
Civil Rights Bills
WASHINGTON. (ANP). The
much talked of civil rights bills
are now bobbing up here and
there on Capitol hill, in spite of
the dreary outook on the possi
bility of getting favorable action
in this session of Congress.
Poll tax hearings began in the
committee on House administra
tion last week, while hearings on
the FEPC bill scheduled to be
gin May 3 were postponed until
May 10, and the federal anti-lynch
bill which passed the Senate Judi
ciary subcommittee last week is
now resting in the full committee
pending action. The committee re
ported last Thursday morning that
it had no idea when the full com
mittee would take a vote on the
bill.
—Courtesy the Uncota Journal
Pictured above is the house of Mr. and Mn. Walter Young, 417 No.
22nd Street. It was the winner in the Urban League beautification
and cleanup contest. See story on page 2, ,
I Luke Easter Is
Legend With
Coast Teams
SAN DIEGO. (ANP). Power
Hitter Luke* Easter, sensational
first sacker for the San Diego
Padres, a Cleveland farm team, of
the Triple-A Pacific Coach league
has a serious knee injury that
pains him to even walk to the
plate, but he is still being used
as a pinch hitter.
All he has to do is stand there
and threaten to hit a home run.
Last week against San Francisco,
he hobbled to the plate in the
eight inning to pinch hit for John
Ritchey, Negro catcher. With the
count three to two and the bases
loaded, Pitcher Dempsey blew up
and walked the crippled man to
score the tie-breaking run.
Previously against Portland, he
limped out in the ninth inning to
pinch hit for Pitcher Lyman
Linde and rapped out a good
double, although his ailing leg
stopped him at first base.
The tremendous batting power
of Easter has become legend not
only among the fans, but among
the players—-if Pacific Coast
pitching is'a yard stick.
3 Sepia Co-eds
Participate In
U. of N. May Rites
Tradition was the watchword
on the University of Nebraska
campus Saturday, May 7, as the
May Queen reigned over the 49th
annual Ivy Day festivities.
Among the Senior women in
the Ivy chain was Miss Celestine
Lightened, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Lightener, Omaha. In
the Junior women’s daisy chain
were Miss Jeanne Malone,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Malone of Lincoln and Miss
Delores Wightman, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Wightman of
Omaha.
B. Conway Opens
13th Street Parlor
Mr. B. Conway, a former mem
ber of the Progressive Syndicate,
has announced the opening of a
shine parlor under his manage
ment in Frank’s Shoe Repair, 240
North 13th street. He points out
that it is convenient to the campus
and downtown areas and that he
will be glad to see new and old
acquaintances.
R. Hurley, NAACP Youth
Secretary, Here May 22nd
On Sunday, May 22, Ruby Hurley, youth secretary of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People will visit Lincoln
to confer with NAACP officials and interested citizens and a meeting
has been arranged at the Urban League. Miss Hurley is particularly
interested in the college group and in establishing a youth council for
boys and girls of high and junior high school age.
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—Townsend Photo.
REV. GORDON LIPPITT
Uni. YMCA Secy
Resigns, To Head
TSEA Training Lab
Gordon Lippitt, Executive
Secretary of the University of
Nebraska YMCA, announced at
the University YMCA Board of
management meeting, Tuesday,
May 9, his resignation" to take a
position with the National Edu
cational Association in Washing
ton, D. C. His resignation at the
University YMCA will become
effective on August 31st of this
year. Mr. Lippitt will assume
the duties of co-ordinator of the
National Training Laboratory on
Group Development, sponsored
by the National Educational As
sociation and the University of
Michigan. The laboratory serves
as a training experience for so
cial workers, teachers, ministers,
psychologists, industrialists, and
others interested in the field of
group dynamics. The laboratory
becomes a full-time program this
year through a recent Carnegie
Foundation grant to the sponsor
ing groups.
In addition to his responsibili
ties at the University YMCA, he
has also been active in com
munity affairs. He is past
president of the Lincoln Social
Action Council and under his
administration much of the
ground work for the recent
FEPC campaign was done. Last
fall he figured in mediating cases
involving the discrimination by
certain restaurants.
He is also Secretary of the
Lincoln Chapter of the American
Christian Palestine Committee,
member of the Nebraska Family
Life Council; the Group Work
Council of the Council of Social
Agencies, Official board of St.
Paul’s Church, College NAACP,
Ass’n of Group Workers, the
Lincoln Co-op Club, and the
Leadership Committee of the
Boy Scouts.
Mr. Lippitt has also served as
part-time chaplain at the State
Reformatory for Boys for the
past two years and has also
served as Supply Pastor of Em
manuel Methodist Church. Also
a member of educational and
sociology honoraries, he is com
College chapters were estab
lished by the association two years
ago and have been accepted in 69
colleges and universities in 23
states and the District of Colum
bia. Approval of a college chapter
is still pending administration ac
tion at the University of Nebraska.
Other schools in the north-central
area which have recognized chap
ters are Cornell college and Drake
university in Iowa, and the Uni
versity of Wisconsin.
An “Encampment for Youth” is
being held by the NAACP from
July 1 to Aug. 23 at Fieldston
school, Riverdale, N. Y., this year.
Other summer training projects
include the Eastern Co-operative
Recreational school at Goddard
college, Plainfield, Vt., Aug. 14-27,
and the College Summer Service
group in New York City. Addi
tional information is available
from Charles Goolsby, college
chapter president.
Youth Fraternals
PlanAmateurShow
The youth fraternities, Junior
Eastern Stars and Masons, will
have an amateur show at the Ur
ban League, Friday, May 20, at
8 p. m. There will be prizes and
awards for participants and every
body is cordially invited to attend.
Mrs. Maude Johnson and Mrs.
Dorothy Lewis are in charge of
the show.
Duke and Duchess
Revue Coming Up
The annual Duke and Duchess
Revue will be observed Monday
night, June 6 at the Urban
League. Miss Bettie Rose Huston
was the Duchess of 1948 and Al
bert Bowen, the Duke. Who will
be the Duke and Duchess of 1949?
“More details later,” says Mrs.
Sarah Walker of the Urban League
staff.
Cubs Get 1st Prizes
At Hobby Shotv
The Cub Scout pack of Troop
60 was awarded two first prizes
at the hobby show held at the
fair grounds, Saturday night. The
youngsters had an attractive dis
play and were commended highly
for their enthusiasm. Mrs. Dor
othy Lewis is Den Mother and
LaVerne Perkins is Cub Master.
pleting work for a doctoral de
gree.
In leaving, Lincoln loses an
other of its good citizens who has
worked earnestly and effectively
for brotherhood and democracy,
one who has tried to bring into
focus the many areas where men
may work effectively together.
Lincoln also loses a wit. He has
an appartnely indominatable
sense of humor. Mrs. Lippitt and
their three daughters will pre
cede him to the East on June 1.
A personnel committee consist
ing of Coach Harry Good, chair
man, Bill Reuter and Charles
Putney have been named to se
cure a successor to Mr. Lippitt.