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For the Hassel Building fund;
Date Set For February 14th
On Tuesday, February 14th, the Civic Committee is
sponsoring a dinner at the Urban League for the benefit of
the fund to rebuild the house of Mrs. Ida Hassel.
“The home, a frame structure, was a total loss in a J
fire last November. The flames also destroyed the clothing
of her daughter, Mrs. Cecil Jones, and Mr. Jones and their
Boy Scouts
Observe Tlieir
Fortieth Year
The 40th anniversary of the
Boy Scouts of America will be
observed Feb. 6 to 12 in every
part of the nation by more than
2,300,000 boys and adult leaders.
“Strengthen Liberty” is the birth
day theme. The Boy Scouts’ “Cru
sade to Strengthen the Arm of
Liberty” continues through 1950.
During Boy Scout Week, Units
will hold “Crusade Night” meet
ings when 1949 Crusade Awards
will be presented. Representing
the 12 Scout Regions, 12 outstand
ing Boy Scouts will make a “Re
port to the Nation” at Washing
ton, D. C., where the Movement
was incorporated Feb. 8, 1910.
They will also take part in an
impressive ceremony at Inde
pendence Hall in Philadelphia.
The highlight of 1950 will be
the Second National Jamboree
which will see 40,000 Scouts and
Leaders camping together at
Valley Forge, Pa., from June 30
to July 6, including Scouts of
other lands.
Since 1910 more than 16,500,000
boys and men have been identi
fied with the * Boy Scouts of
America.
In Lincoln, scout troops are col
lecting a fund for a statue of Lib
erty for the city of Lincoln, ac
cording to Joseph Adams, Scout
master for Troop 60.
Bert Cooke
To Play For
Tillotson
Mr R. Bertram Cooke has been
offered a full athletic scholarship
by Tillotson College in Austin,
Tex., according to a letter from
J. T. Braxton, athletic director.
The college is a member of the
American Missionary association.
Cooke will play football and bas
ketball in addition to pursuing
his studies on the scholarship
valued at $500 a year.
Bert Cooke established an envi
able record in his two main sports
while a student at old Cathedral
high school here. He played on
the first string football and bas
ketball teams all four of his years
there where under the coaching
of Sandy Silverio, he made the
“mythical” All-State high school
line up three of those years. In
1944 and 1945 he was selected
All-State end and in 1947 he was
'T chosen halfback in the All-State
lineup.
Cooke also holds four Co-op
club Certificates for Excellence in
Athletics, two for football and
two for basketball.
After his graduation from
Cathedral in 1948, the 6 foot 2
inch athlete entered the Univer
sity of Nebraska where his 225
pounds gave his frosh team mates
a bad time. However, frosh Coach
tour daughters whose ages range
from 9 months to six years. Mr.
Jones, a laborer at the Havelock
shops, has been out of work for
some time. He is a veteran of
World War II,” said Mrs. Bell.
Mrs. Hassel has been active for
many years in Quinn Chapel
where she sings in the choir and i
plays for the Sunday School. She !
has also fostered a group of girls
for a YWCA swimming class.
Because Oi a ruling on fund
distribution, the dinner is not be
ing sponsored by the NAACP as
previously announced.
Reservations may be had by
phoning Mrs. Walter Bell, 5-5531,
or Mrs. Robert Moody, dinner
chairman, 2-4376.
Assistant
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CHARLES GOOLSBY.
Charles M. Goolsby, was
awarded a graduate assistantship
in the Department of Physiology
and Pharmacology by the Board
of Regents last week. He will as
sist in the laboratory and with
class room demonstrations in
physiology and public health with
a stipend of $375 for the second
semester.
Collage Prayers Precede
World Prayer Day
Looking forward to the obser
vance of the World Day of Prayer,
Feb. 24, the Lincoln Council of
Church Women has established a
number of “prayer centers” about
Lincoln where dozens will gather
each Friday in February for cot
tage prayer meetings.
Of interest to many of readers
will be the centers in the homes
of Mrs. R. Eugene Edwards, 2420
P street and Mrs. Alfred E.
Simms, 1947 S street on Feb. 10
at 10 a. m. Mrs. Edwards and
Mrs. James Fuller, 2244 S street
on Feb. 17 at 10 a. m. The pub
lic is invited to attend.
“Pop” Klein didn’t like his brand
of ball so Cooke was never al
lowed to play, even in a fresh
man game.
Bert is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Horace Cooke of 2001 S street
and is at present employed by
Burlington Lines.
Although Braxton urged Cooke
to come as soon as possible, Cooke
will not join the Texas squad
until September.
World Affairs Conference
To Seek Peace Roads
DR. A. H. ROSENTHAL.
DR. R. G. GUSTAVSON.
DR. CLYDE MITCHELL.
The disclosure of the H-Bomb and the Administration s decision to construct the
new mass-destruction weapon has already had its world-wide repercussions. It has made
even more acute the problem of atomic control and the prevention of war. On the other
hand, the signing of the Atlantic Pact last year has offered some measure of arms pro
jection and an eastern extension of America’s Eastern frontier.
February 10, 11 and 12, the Lincoln Conference on World Affairs will conduct a
series of panels and lectures at Love Library auditorium under the theme, “How Can
America Best Promote World Peace?” The series is under the auspices of the American
Friends Service committee and numerous civic groups, including the Urban League, and
individuals, under the chairmanship of Dr. George W. Rosenlof.
Display To
Feature Child
Health Aids
Beginning today, Feb. 9, the
Lincoln Public Schools are ex
hibiting a display of educational
aid-pamphlets, posters, models,
etc. Since the term health includes
the areas of emotional and social
health as well as physical health,
the display is arranged to be of
aid to parents as well as teachers,
counselors and organizations.
There will be some free ma
terials from the display which will
deal with child guidance in the
home, health instruction in school,
and topics for discussion by youth
groups.
According to Walter N. Foster,
director of Health Education and
Health Services and Geneva Bus
cher, health education co-ordi
nat'- * the exhibit will open Mon
day through Friday from 9 a. m.
5 p. m. and evenings from 7-9
and- Saturday 9-12 noon in the
Public School Administration
building auditorium at 22nd and
l M Streets until Feb. 18th.
Our Honor Roll
The following are some of
those who are New Subscribers
or have renewed their subscrip
tion to THE VOICE.
How does your subscription
stand?
Mrs. Ralph E. Dunn, St. Louis, Mo.
Miss Thelma Stevens, New York,
N. Y.
Mrs. W. Harold Allen, Bassett,
Nebr.
Mrs. L. W. Horne
Mrs. Henrietta Bell
Mrs. Donald C. Helmsdoerfer
Willie L. N. Rutherford, Boston,
Mass.
Mrs. Beulah Gary, Phoenix, Ariz.
Mr. T. W. Hudson. /
Mrs. Ed Buxton, Omaha.
Mrs. Ollie Colley.
Mrs. Rebecca Hopkins, North
Platte, Nebr.
During the first year of a child’s
life he grows more rapidly than
at any other time.
Two Girls Are
1
First Negro
Residents
The Board of Regents abandon
ment of their discriminatory policy
regarding the girls dormitory last
fall opened the way for two Negro
girl students to avail themselves
of the University accommodations.
They are Wiliene Brown, comely
and personable Omaha miss, who
entered the University last Sep
tember and Peggy McRuffin, at
tractive Dallas, Texan who is be
ginning her first semester on the
Cornhusker campus. Both girls are
freshmen.
Membership
Drive On At
Quinn Chapel
A drive to increase church
membership has been announced
by the Department of Christian
Education at Quinn Chapel church,
it was revealed by Rev. J. B.
Brooks, pastor, last week. The
program, which includes survey,
study and personal contacts, has
been planned to give new interest
to inactive members and to ac
quaint non-members with the pro
gram of the church. Charles
Goolsby, Christian education di
rector, said that the Missionary,
Evangelism and Sunday School
departments were spearheading
the drive that will be member
ship-wide.
U. N. Asked To
End Labor Bias
LAKE SUCCESS. (ANP). The
World Federation of Trade Unions
asked the UN last week to take
“concrete measures to end dis
criminatory labor practices in the
United States, France, New Zea
land, and in a dozen British and
Belgian colonies and territories.
The labor agency in a 45 page
memorandum, pointed out ex
amples of practices which it
maintained were carried out
against workers because of their
Speakers and panel discussants
will be Dr. Clyde Mitchell, Dr.
Reuben G. Gustavson, Dr. Al
bert H. Rosenthal, Elmore Jack
son and Edward M. Martin.
Dr. Mitchell is recently re
turned from Korea where he
was administrative head of the
industrial and agricultural redis
tribution project and is chairman
of the Department of Agricultural
Economics at the University of
Nebraska.
Dr. Gustavson is chancellor of
the University of Nebraska and
noted biochemist atomic scientist
and member of the U. S. commis
sion of UNESCO.
Dr. Albert Rosenthal is di
rector of the school of public ad
ministration at the University of
Denver and a member of the
U. S. delegations to the Interna
tional Conferences of UNESCO at
Mexico City and Paris.
Elmore Jackson, New York
City, is liaison representative of
the American Friends Service
Committee at United Nations and
widely read author.
Edwin M. Martin is Director,
Office of European Regional af
fairs in the state department and
holder of several key administra
tive positions during the war.
Friday and Saturday, Feb. 10
and 11, lectures will begin at 8
p. m. On Saturday and Sunday,
Feb. 11 and 12, panel discussion
will be held at 3 p. m., on “Amer
ica and the Future of Europe”
and “Constructive Action for
World Cooperation.”
Since peace is a matter of con
cern for all Americans,' it is ex
pected that the series will be well
attended.
race or color. The Economic and
Social council was urged to take
“imperative immediate and ef
fective action.”
One of several labor organiza
tions recognized by the UN as a
consultive agency, the federation
claims a membership of 70,000,
000 workers. Members from the
United States, Britain and some
other Western European coun
tries withdrew in December after
the group was accused of being
! “Communist controlled.”
