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EDITORIALS
The views expressed In these columns
are those of the writer and not necessarily
a reflection of the policy of The Voice.—
Dub.
Dusting Off The Truth
We have been asked by friends
to write some more articles to
the papers. This is usually done
when some certain truth moves
us to write.
The Truth is known to be a
thing much enjoyed, so long as it
does not rub the listener the
wrong way. Everyone has ideas
(some reserve the right to express
them, and even to live them)
whether those ideas be right or
wrong. May it, how'ever, be from
a sincere conviction of Truth,
that we write since we are not
inclined to write like the back
scratching type. People have
often been deceived by that type.
Let us merely dust off the known
truth. If that be resented, noth
ing more may be expected.
There are those who resent
necessary laws and common cour
tesies. When they are urged to go
forward, they at once go into re
verse; when they see the sign “No
Smoking,” they light up; if the
sign reads “Keep off the grass,”
they will go on it. Such people
must ever be explaining to
themselves why they think it is
right to be wrong. If it is be
cause Qf their attitude, let us be
careful not to become sour or cyn
ical too.
This time we write on the
subject “Work.” In this year,
1950, much work is to be done
in our land and in our world. In
this first week of the year the
President of our nation has out
lined a program for the country.
In other words, with such a grow
ing nation as ours, there are also
increased demands upon us. Much
more is expected as the years
come on.
Before the birth of Jesus Christ,
this, the middle of the century,
would have been regarded as a
year of no work but a year of
Jubilee unto the Lord.
In thinking of the invisible
highways of the world—the re
ligious, the civic, the economic,
the political, the social—all with
a great many branches, let us
consider the religious highway.
“Go ye into My vineyard,” are
the words of Jesus. The vine
yard, then and now, is a place of j
service. Thousands are hesitant
to work; some look upon it as a
distasteful necessity, others as a
privilege and a pleasure, still oth
ers see it to be a duty.
In the church there are those
who resent working if they are
not permitted to write their own
orders. The more efficient usually
stand idly by while the work begs
to be done. There are those in
church and in state, who refuse to
work until a tailor-made job
can be found, a job that precisely
suits them. What would happen
if all withheld their labors?
In the ministry are those who
do not w'ant a job unless it is
one from which they can take
more than they can produce. If
the job is not liked by them they
withhold their best efforts. Too
often churches and communities
suffer a setback because men
through their “pull” get big posi
tions. That works like a small
man buying a custom made suit.
When the suit is too large for
him, he has it cut down to his
size. Some officials of churches
are reluctant to see their mem
bership increased, especially with
migrants. They become excited
over new blood and fear that
the church will grow out of their
control.
If we go into God’s vineyard and
work, we will get God’s pay.
REV. L. S. GOOLSBY,
A.B., DD„
St. Paul A.M.E. Church,
Columbia, Mo.
Bias to Be Key Topic
At NSA Meeting
MADISON, Wis. (ANP). Dis
crimination on college campuses
and w'hat various colleges are
doing to halt bias will be the key
discussions at the 1950 meeting of
the National Student association,
the NSA executive decided last
week at its five-day meeting.
The NSA national convention
will be held Aug. 24-Sept. 1 at
Ann Arbor, Mich., the campus of
the University of Michigan.
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One of the most noted charac
ters on the far Nebraska frontier
was DSc W. F. Carver, hunter
and trapper known throughout the
world for his prowess with the
rifle.
A feat which helped to clinch
Doc Carver’s reputation was his
victory over Buffalo Curly, alias
Jack McColl, in one of the
most spectacular buffalo hunting
matches ever staged on the west
ern plains. The story was related
at a meeting of the Nebraska State
Historical Society in 1928 by
Charles R. Nordin, the noted
Omaha collector, and published in
Nebraska History.
According to Nordin, 1873 the
question of who was the champion
buffalo hunter of the plains re
sulted in a match for a $500 stake
between Carver and Buffalo
Curly. At the time, both had
outfits on the Frenchman killing
buffalo «n contract. Carver hunted
on foot, an easier method but one
on horseback, but Curly’s men
hunted on foot, an easier method
but one which was not particu- 1
larly successful in the presence
of skilled horsemen like Carver.
As the story goes, Curly chal
lenged Carver to shoot it out for
$500 and the championship of the
plains, the winner to be the man
who killed the most buffalo on
one run.
News of the impending match
spread throughout western Ne
braska and when the day of the
contest arrived one of the larg
est groups ever seen on the
Frenchman had gathered. There
were Pawnee and Sioux, trappers,
wolf-poisoners, and a detachment
of troops from Fort McPherson.
The troops were there ostensibly
to keep order among the Indians,
but in all probability their real
object was to enjoy the fun.
Site of the match was a buffalo
watering-place on the Frenchman.
The shooting was to start when
the first of the herd plunged into
the water. A pistol shot stampeded
the herd, and the hunt was on.
From the beginning the show
was all Carver’s. His first shot,
fired 50 yards from the herd
dropped a young cow. Mounted on
his big white horse, “Surprise,”
he kept shooting far out on the
prairie, his trail littered with dead
buffalo. Long before Carver had
stopped shooting, Curly’s horse
ruptured1 a blood vessel and he
was out of the race.
When the shooting had stopped,
| ITs New al N.ii. |
By Charlene J. Colbert
John C. Foster, a senior at Ne
braska University, was elected
last week to the office of presi
dent of Beta Beta chapter of the
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. He
will serve for a term of one year.
During his attendance at the
Booker T. Washington High school
at Sapulpa, Oklahoma, Foster was
a member of the National Honor
society. He liked baseball, basket
ball and football. He also played
right end on the football team
there.
Foster spent four and one-half
years in the army, one month of
which he served in North Africa,
three months in Sicily and thir
teen months in Italy. During his
stay in the army, he passed a spe
cial transmitting and receiving
test and was thereby exempted
from code practice. Within ten
months, Foster completed thiee
communication courses, after
which he received two certificates
in radio and telephone communi
cation and a certificate of pro
ficiency in semaphore communi
cation.
Foster served in three cam
paigns; in the last one he partici
pated in five major attacks, win
Nordin tells us, Carver had killed
a total of 160 buffalo, and no
doubt had put on the greatest ex
hibition of shooting ever witnessed
on the plains.
The match was a grudge con
test in every sense of the word.
Curly, it is reported, took his de
feat very badly, and had it not
been for the intervention of the
soldiers, would have taken Doe
Carver’s life right there on the
spot. As it was, he swore to take
the life of Carver and every long
haired man on the plains—a threat
he didn’t make good.
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ning three battle stars and was
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