Official and Legal Newspaper Thursday, Deeember I, 194»
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Hundreds of Linrum I ktJ M .. .
love good music, thrilled to the j
golden tones and affluent per
sonality of America’s No. 1 Ne
gro tenor and one of the greatest
interpreters of the vocal art of
our time, when Roland Hayes
appeared in recital at St. Paul
Methodist church November 21.
Roland Hayes exhibited a
subtleness of interpretation that
was simple yet eloquent in its
expressiveness; his wonderfully
[ . clear lyric tenor voice still dis
playing the highest type of per
formance and repertoire, even
though his hair is more grey than
steel.
Despite his age and long serv
ice on the concert stage, Mr.
Hayes rendered the “My Best !
Beloved” with the combination of t
reverence and perfection of style
that few_ tenors could equal.
The manner in which Mr.
Hayes could turn from the quiet
moments of an old English song
like “Have You Seen a White Lily
to bravura, dramatic
recitation as in the tour de force
of Saint-Saens "Tournament” or
to the frills of the classic mas
ters is hardly surpassible.
It is equally as remarkable
how he could change his style
from the deep emotions of a song
by Henri Tomasi which he ren
dered in almost perfect French
diction to the melancholy of Ne
gro spirituals from the deep
south. The entire program in
cluded:
AH' Aquisto dl Gloria, A Scarlatti.
Come and Trip It, Handel.
My Best Beloved. J C. Bach.
Have You Seen But a White Lily Grow
(old English).
Song of the Muses. Schubert.
The Foe. Richard Trunk.
Dance Song. Richard Trunk.
Thou Has ueft Me. Tomasi.
Tournament. Saint-Saens.
Tc a Sparrow, Reginald Boardman.
Every Time I Feel the Spirit (spir
itu »I).
Mother to Son. Percival Parham.
Work songs: Get Up. Chillen. Go
'Round de Wall, and La»rd, How Come
Me Here* arr. i-rederick Hall.
Don't Mind What Satan Say. arr.
Rolind Hayes.
Spirituals: Prepare Me One Body. I’ll
Go Down and Die; Sister Mary Had
But One Child; Little Boy. How Old Are
You? Plenty Good Room: And He Never
Said a Mumberin' Word; Ezkeiel Saw a
Wheel; Were You There?
Anna Hayden
Williams in
Concert Dee. 16
Mrs. Anna Hayden Williams,
talented soprano, will be presented I
in a recital at the Urban League
on Dec. 16.
Mrs. William became noticed as '
a singer as early as 1940 while
still in high school, she won first!
place in the “Golden Voice” con
test in Dallas, Tex., where she
represented the college as a solo
ist on many occasions.
She has also studied under Con- |
rad Boos at the Juilliard school j
of music and at present is study- :
ing under the direction of Dr. j
Arthur Westbrook at the Univer- !
sity of Nebraska. Mrs. Williams
has given numerous recitals
throughout the country and was
second place winner of the “Voice
of Tomorrow” contest, the annual
midwest music festival for 1947
and 1948.
The recital is sponsored by Mt.
Zion Baptist church.
Troop 60 To Be
Ready for I tan
Court of Honor
Boy Scouts of Troop 60 are pre
paring for court of Honor to be
held at St. Paul Methodist church
Dec. 5, according to Joseph Adams,
scoutmaster. The scouts have been
working on camping equipment
for the spring.
Mr. Adams said the Boy Scout
40th anniversary membership
drive will end in December and
urges all boys 11 and over, and
parents interested in scouting to
call 5-7508 for further informa
tion.
" Heads Freshman
Class at Columbia
NEW YORK. (ANP). The
freshman class at Columbia col
lege, the undergraduate school at!
Columbia university, named Vic
tor E. Chrichton, 22, president, j
it was announced last wreek. It
was the first time in the history j
of the college that a Negro hasj
been elected class president.
Young Chrichton who lived at ’
1501 Boston road, the Bronx, is!
preparing for study in the grad- j
uate school of engineering. He!
is also a member of the fresh
man football team.*
Mrs. Mary Niel
Mrs. M. Niel
Gets Nursing
Certificate
Mrs. Mary Niel, 2233 T street,
has successfully completed the
course in practical nursing offered
by the Lincoln Institute of Chi
cago. She enrolled in the course
in January and in late November
received her cap, pin and certifi
cate on completion of the require
ments. She is now receiving ad
ditional training in infant care
and business practice.
Mrs. Niel, a native of Missis
sippi, attended Rust College, Hol
ly Springs, Miss., and Lane col
lege in Jackson, Tenn., before
coming to Lincoln.
Alpl las Attend
Interfrat Meet,
Hear Gustavson
Monday, Nov. 21, the first post
war edition of the Interfraternity
Council dinner on the Nebraska
campus and BB chapter of Alpha
Phi Alpha was represented for
the first tune since its recognition
on the campus in 1927. More
than 400 collegians heard Chan
cellor R. G. Gustavson who
termed life in organized houses as
one of the best experiences in col
lege life. Speaking of the ways
that fraternities could contribute
to democracy in country and on
campus, he pointed out that they
could recognized the fact that
every individual is different in
some way, but they can and do
all contribute toward the attain
ment of group goals. He thus sug
gested that racial and other dif
ferences should be ignored. He
also rapped those who would join
organizations that “are afraid to
show their face in public."
Walter White Is Speaker
At U. of N. Convo Friday
Truman Signs
Bill For Public
Housing Loans
WASHINGTON. (ANP), Presi
dent Truman has signed the
housing bill authorizing loans for
public housing and the Public
Housing administration took the
first step toward making it be
come a reality last week by an
nouncing loans to 108 communi
ties to get the housing ball rolling.
The loans authorized by Presi
dent Truman amount to $20,375,
400 and will be participated in by
27 states. The South, as is usual
whenever federal grants are
available, will be well represent
ed. So will a number of cities
where there are large and grow
ing Negro populations.
New York City got the most
money, $2,180,000 with which to
plan projects having 20,300 units.
Newr Jersey was second, $2,055,
000, for 10,550 dwellings in 14
cities. Chicago is preparing to
build the most low-rent housing.
Its planning program for which
it will receive $720,000 calls for
21,000 new dwellings.
4,000 Attend
Interracial
YWCA Vespers
WASHINGTON. (ANP). An in
terracial gathering of 4,000 peo
ple who attended the vesper serv
ices at the Washington cathedral
in the nation’s capital last Sun
day afternoon, presented at the
altar a total contribution of $145,
945.37 for the world service
movement of the Young Women’s
Christian association.
At the same hour this service j
was being conducted, the 1043 j
YWCAs in the United States were
holding vesper services in their
own communities as an official
opening of the annual YWCA
Week of Prayer and World fel
lowship.
YWCAs throughout the world
are observing this week as one of
prayer and consecration to the
cause of good feeling among the
peoples of the earth. ^
The contribution received at the
Cathedral in Washington will be
used to promote world fellowship
through aid to YWCAs in the 66
other countries where they are
organized.
Dr. Buuclte One
Of Authors of
‘Peace on Earth’
NEW YORK. (ANP). Ralph
Bunche is one of the authors who
have written a chapter in the
challenging new book, “Peace on
Earth.” Other distinguished con
tributors include Eleanor Roose
velt, Herbert V. Evatt, Benjamin
Cohen, Carlos Romulo, Charles
Malik and Sir John Boyd^Orr.
The foreword is by Robert Sher
wood.
Walter White, Executive Secretary of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People, now
on a year’s leave of absence from the association, will ad
dress a University of Nebraska convocation at 11:00 a.m.
tomorrow (Friday) in the ballroom of the Student Union,
it was announced by the university public relations office
last week.
A fluent writer and holder of
many honorary degrees for his
leadership. Dr. White has been a
constant fighter for equal rights
and especially for the rights of
Negroes since, as a boy, he re
members how an angry Georgia
mob descended on his father’s
home, and they barely escaped
with their lives. He became inter
ested in the work that the Na
tional Association for the Ad
Courtesy Lincoln Journal
DR. WHITE—Champion of hu
man rights.
vancement of Colored People was
doing, and succeeded James Wel
don Johnson, composer of “Lift
Every Voice and Sing,'” as its
executive secretary, a post he has
held since 1921.
Under the direction of the
board of directors, made up from
among the nation’s most noted
industrialists, jurists, congressmen,
and others who have successfully
pursued their aims in life, he has
built the NAACP into the efficient
group it is, fighting for the legai
rights of colored people through
out the land. Dr. White came un
der attack from some quarters of
the NAACP about a year ago over
the dismissal of Dr. W. E. B. Du
Bois, the associations representa
•
tive to the United Nations assem
bly, but only recently has been
accorded a vote of confidence by
the directors.
His topic in Lincoln will be “Abe
Lincoln’s Unfinished Business’’
and his lecture will be open to
the public.
SCAD Reports
NEW YORK. (ANP). During
the first 10 months of 1949, 83
cases of discriminatory patterns
of unemployment were adjusted,
according to Edward W. Ed
wards, chairman of the State
Commission Against discri’mina-.
tion, here last week.
All told, 254 complaints were!
filed. Of the total, 77 percent
were on grounds of race, 13 j
percent, creed; and 5 percent, j
national origin In the remain
ing 5 percent, it was alleged that
illegal inquiry as to these mat
ters was made on employment
blanks.
The sole case necessitating a
public hearing involved $3,000
in back pay to a discharged Ne
gro construction worker.
Jackie Robinson
Gels Freedoms
Foundation Award
VALLEY FORGE. Pa. (ANP).
Jackie Robinson, baseball's 194*
“Rookie of the Year” and second
baseman for the National league's
champion Brooklyn Dodgers, was
given one of the ten special un
classified awards of $1,500 by the
Freedom’s foundation here Last
week.
The awards are the first to be
made by the foundation, and con
sists of $70,000 in cash and gold
medals to some 200 Americans.
A non-profit, non-political, neo
sectarian group, it was set up to
encourage a greater understand
ing of the American way of life.
The awards were presented by
General Eisenhower in a con
verted barn, half a mile from
Gen. George Washington's storied
headquarters in historic Valley
Forge.
RICKEY GETS PAINTING
ST. LOUIS. (ANPi. Branch
Rickey, president of the Brooklyn
■ Dodgers baseball club, recently
was presented a painting of Jackie
; Robinson by a young St. Louis- art
j student, it was announced last
week.
The oil painting was by Lyle S.
Suter, jr., 24, who won a $300
second prize for it last year in a
national contest of the Amman
Heritage foundation. At that time
he was an art student at Pratt in
stitute in New York.
He is now studying for a BA
in fine arts at New York univer
sity. He is a former cartooru-t for
the Paris edition of the army
newspaper. Stars and Stripes,
Nehru Tells People of
India of His V rsit ^ ith
American Negroes
NEW DELHI. India. (AKP).
Prime Minister Jawaharlai Nehru
of India who has just returned
from an extensive though rapid
visit to the United States during
which he traveled over much of
that country, told some of his im
pressions Wednesday. Among
these were his experiences with
American Negroes, a point of con
siderable interrest among the
brown skinned people of Inch*
who have heard much of treat
ment of minorities in the United
States.
Nehru said he had met a num
ber o 1-Negro leaders in the United
States “who told me of both die
great progress they had made and
the great disabilities they sell
suffer.”
•Some, ’ the distinguished In
dian leader said, “were satisfied
with that progress, others wee
impatient for greater progress,
the same as the people of India."
While he was in the United
States and after the close of cus
official visit, Nehru asked spe
cifically that a conference with
American Negoes be arranged He
had not had an opportunity far
any close contact with fter.
previously during his stay other
than the occasional Negro wughir
at one of his receptions