Official and l-cgal Newgo*™*- Thursday, June 29, 19S0
Receives Ph.D From Northwestern
Prof. Armistead Scott Pride, dean of the School of Journalism at
Lincoln university in Jefferson City, Mo., received his doctorate de
gree in English and Journalism at Northwestern university in Evans
ton, 111., Monday. Dr. Pride is the first Negro elected to membership
in the American Society of Journalism School Administrators. His
dissertation was on “A Register and History of Negro Newspapers in
the United States: 1827-1950. (ANP).
Mrs. Houchins Elected To 3rd
Term As Gr. Worthy Matron
Amaranthus Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star,
held its 27th communication for Nebraska and Jurisdiction
in Omaha at the Masonic Hall, 26th and Blondo Strs., June
21 to 23.
One of the highlights of the brilliant Wednesday, eve
ning reception was the awarding of a $100 scholarship to
William Gaines, Omaha Central high school graduate. The
award goes each year to the Negro
high school student having the
highest scholastic average.
Mrs. Houchins Re-elected
Election of officers for 1950 saw
Mrs. Mayme Houchins, 505 No.
20th St., named for the third time
to the order’s highest state post,
Grand Worthy Matron. During
Mrs. Houchin’s administration,
Eastern Stars have made signifi
cant gains in the jurisdiction.
Grand Patron for the coming
year is Mr. I. S. McPherson,
Omaha, who begins his second
term in that high post. Others
elected were:
Grand Associate Matron, Mrs. Edith
Wheatley, Omaha.
Grand Associate Patron. Mr. Charles
Goolsby, Lincoln.
Grand Secretary, Mrs. Vera Harris.
Omaha.
Grand Treasurer, Mrs. Josie Moore,
Omaha.
Grand Conductress, Mrs. Viney Walker,
Omaha.
Grand Associate Conductress, Mrs. I. S.
McPherson, Omaha.
Warder, Mrs. Elam, Omaha.
Sentinel, Mr. Walter Carter.
Grand Trustee (3 year term), Mrs.
Venus Starms, Omaha.
Lincoln residents holding other
offices are:
Miss Prances Lewis. 1971 T St., Grand
Martha.
Mrs. Dorothy Lewis, 1971 T St., Grand
Marshal in the East.
Mrs. R. G. Huston. 24 20 Holdrege,
Ways and Means, Lincoln.
Mrs. Maude Johnson, P.G.M., 648 So.
2<>th. Grand Trustee.
Other Lincoln residents attend
ing the sessions included M. W.
G. M., Clayton P. Lewis of the
Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of
Nebraska, Prince Hall Affiliation,
who brought greetings from that
body. Also attending were Mrs.
Fred Nevels and Mrs. Harry B.
Davis.
Youths Participate
Members of the Lincoln youth
fraternity, Rising Sun No. 2, par
ticipated on a special program on
Thursday afternoon. They were
Bettie Rose Huston, Princess Ma
tron, Donovan Gaddis, Prince Pa
tron, Paul Lewis, and Ida Adkins.
All-State Chorus
Officers Elected
The 180 members of the Univer
sity of Nebraska all-state chorus
elected Stella Marie Woodley, 16,
of Alliance, as president. She is
the daughter of Mrs. Beatrice
Woodley.
Other officers are:
Vice president, A1 Cook, Scotts
bluff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake
Cook.
Secretary, Janice Harrison, Fre
mont, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
H. L. Harrison.
Members of the chorus are high
school students who are selected
on the basis of musical ability to
attend an intensive three-week
summer cpurse at the university.
Set S"w«3i»cfs Jim Crow
Am .s fo Draft Bill
Quinn Chapel
Will Observe
Woman’s Day
•/
Mrs. Jennie R. Edwards has
been named general chairman
for the annual 'Woman’s Day
services to be held at Quinn
Chapel A.M.E. church Sunday,
July 9. Mrs. J. B. Brooks and
Mrs. Sara Walker are in charge
of arrangements. The morning
sermon will be delivered by
Evangelist W. M. Farmer of
Omaha, who will be supported
by a group of singers accompany
ing her.
Three services have been
planned for the day and dinner
will be served immediately fol
lowing morning worship.
Professional women of the city
will be special guests of Mrs. J. B.
Brooks for the afternoon and eve
ning services. •
Mrs. Clyde W. Malone, Mrs.
Eugenia Brown, Mrs. Clifford
Harris and Miss Barbra Kelley
will assist with the evening pro
gram which will feature the
young people of the church, with
special emphasis on professions
The senior choir will assist in the
morning and afternoon. Crusading
for Christ is the general theme
for the day.
[Two Delegates
To Convention
In Kansas City
The Quinn Chapel Sunday
school elected Betty Wilson and
Dorothy Greene to be delegates
to the Sunday school and Allen
Christian Endeavor League con
vention of the Nebraska confer
ence to be held July 5, 6 and 7
at Allen Chapel in Kansas City,
Kas.
Miss Wilson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Wilson, 1923 T
street, is a teacher of the In
termediate class.
Miss Green, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Green, 2221 S
street, is secretary of the Sunday
school, teacher of the Primary
class and superintendent of the
Junior department of the Sunday
school.
Miss Frances Lewis is the su
perintendent of the Sunday school.
Purity Club Install*
Officers At Church
The officers of the Purity Club
were installed Sunday afternoon
by Mrs. Lenora Letcher, at the
Church of God in Christ. Officers
are: Miss Mary Scott, president;
Miss Samella Chappie, vice presi
dent and program chairman; Miss
Mollie Chappie, secretary; Miss
Henretta Scott, treasurer, and
Miss Shirley Cason, publicity and
entertainment.
Wife Goes With Seretse
SEROWE, Bechuanaland. — Ac
companied by his English white
wife, Ruth, and one-month old
daughter, Bamangwato, Prince
Seretse Khama left here last week
for exile in Lobatsi, a small fron
tier town on the border of the
I Union o£ South Africa. i
Southern Democrats Solidly
For Amendment; Defeated
WASHINGTON. (ANP). The U. S. Senate last week re
jected two amendments to the proposed draft bill to con
tinue Jim Crow in the services. Senators voted 47 to 29 and
45 to 27 against proposals presented by southern white
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Dennis Brown was awarded a
bachelor of arts degree cum laude
in June from the American Inter
national College, Springfield,
Mass.
Mr. Brown has been attending
the University of Michigan Grad
uate school of Social Work since
completing his work at Springfield
in January. Upon completing re
quirements for his Masters Degree
he plans to go into psychiatric so
cial work.
He is the son of Mrs. Mary E.
Brown, Maywood, Illinois and
husband of the former Miss Leona
Lilly of this city. The Browns have
made their home in Springfield
with Mrs. Hattie L. Martin for the
past two years. They are now re
siding in Detroit.
Arndt Will Join
Truman’s Staff
Prof. Karl M. Arndt has been
granted a year’s leave of absence
from the University of Nebraska
college of business administration
to serve as a senior staff member
with the presi
dent’s council
of e c o n omic
a d v i s o rs in
Washington.
Arndt is “now
in Washington.
His leave is
effective as of
Sept. 1.
Cons idered
an ex. client
and p opular
teacher by stu
Karl Arndt A „ „ . „ A
dents Arndt
Courtesy of
uncoin journal has been a uni
versity faculty
member since 1926. He was ad
venced to the rank of full pro
fessor of economics in 1945. Be
fore coming to the university, he
taught for a year each at Creigh
ton university in Omaha and at
Canisius college in Buffalo, N. Y.
He is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Notre Dame and pur
sued advanced study at the Uni
versity of Louvain in Zelgium.
On the university staff, Arndt
became associated with Dr. John
D. Clark, former dean of the col
lege of business administration,
who has been one of the presi
dunt’s advisors since 194G.
supremacy senators.
The first proposal, presented by
Sen. Richard B. Russell, Georgia
Democrat, would give draftees the
right to say they would like to
serve in units of their own race.
If an officer did not place these
men in such units he would be
subject to court martial for con
duct unbecoming of an officer and
a gentleman. Furthermore, such
men desiring a segregated outfit
would have the right never to
serve in a mixed outfit through
out their periods of service.
This amendment was defeated
42 to 29 with the southern Demo
crats sqlidly for it and Republicans
except four. It had been approved
by the Senate armed services com
mittee.
Refusing to give up his fight for
segregation, Sen. Russell followed
this with a proposal calling for a
poll of men on this question:
“Do you desire to serve with a
unit composed only of persons of
your own race?"
His proposal further stated that
if 36 states approved of segregated
units after a six-month poll, the
inductees would have the right to
serve with their own race. It also
called for court martial action
against officers who did not carry
out this principle.
Senators were even more de
cisive this time, they voted 45 to
27 against it. Republicans voting
for Jim Crow were Sens. Gordon,
Ecton, Gurney, and Watkins.
Southern Democrats presented a
solid front against the bill except
for Sen. Graham of North Caro
lina.
This action by the senate paved
the way more clearly for the
armed forces to continue its pres
ent program of gradual integra
tion of all groups in the service.
Sen. Scott Lucas of Illinois de
clared, “The racial issue has no
place in this bill." He added that
the armed forces were doing a
“very creditable job" of solving
the racial problem under Presi
dent Truman’s executive order.
Sen. Herbert Lehman of New
York said, “I know of no discrimi
nation which is more inexcusable
than discrimination in the armed
forces where all men are expected
to assume equal risks of life and
limb.”
Leading the fight for the
amendment, Sen. Russell said:
“It is not fair to take young men
from the homes and put them in
the army to live under conditions
to which they have not been ac
customed in civilian life."
Sen. Maybank of South Caro
lina, a Dixiecrat, raved:
“If the army adopts a policy of
forcing our white boys to serve in
mongrelized units it will stir up
such racial strife as can never b«
overcome in a decade.”
Only positive action taken by
Congress on a draft bill has been
a two-week extension of the pres
ent draft law. Both the senate and
the house have passed separate
draft bills.