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Tib® V@n<£® PI!MASHED WEEKLY “Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great people Melvin L. Shakespeare Publisher and Editor Business Add res.-- 2225 S Street Phone 2-4085 U No Answer Call 5-7508 KuDle *. Shakespeare...Advertising and Business Manager Dorothy Greene ...Office Secretary Mre Joe Greene ..Circulation Manager Member ol the Associated Negro Press and Nebraska Press Association ..Entered as Second Class Matter, June 9, 1947 at the Post Office at LmcoixT Nebraska under the Act of March 3. 1879. _1 »•»*• suhecnntioa.. -12.00 8lng!e copy.be EDITORIALS The views expressed in these columns are those of the writer and not necessarily a reflection of the policy of The Voice.— Pub. Brass Facts When some of the members of the city government voted down the federal housing project for the city of Lincoln they left the people with the idea that the situation weuld be cared for by a new firm that was to come into existence and save the day. Since that time I have toured the city with com mittees to see if there could be found one trace of property pur chased by this new company that we might report to the people some progress and thereby give them a spark of hope. The council spoke and I am sure that the people believed and have waited but in vain. So as one who ; knows the housing situation in Lincoln from personal observa tion and believes that a low rent federal housing project is sorely needed, I ask the questions: Where are the houses that were promised by the council? Also where is the company that was supposed to build them? Are the people sup pose to continue to double and triple up in their small homes in order that families will not have to stay out of doors? Must the people continue to live in garages and basements through another winter? Again I say did the coun cil speak for the people? M. L. SHAKESPEARE. Wake Up and Live Alter viewing the automobiles involved in the recent two-car crasn on No. b highway just wesi of Greenwood in which three per sons were hospitalized, I was re minded that while the war in Ko rea is exacting a toll from our fighting men, travel on our high ways is making ah inroad which comes second only to war. Time was when you passed an occa sional sign along the road mark ing the spot where some traveler had learned the “great secret.” Now they dot the highways on either side, flashing out their warning to those for whom the time has not yet run out. Yet despite the warnings, the speed signs and the patrols, mo torists rush madly along, disre garding every law of safe travel. We had occasion to check the number of cars between Lincoln and Omaha that have been in volved in recent wrecks resulting in injuries, and the number was appalling. Along a highway lined with cars coming and going in both directions, the driver will swerve his car in and out, cutting in here, going around there, in a mad rush to get there fast. Time after time he has to pull in to avoid an oncoming car, but he tries again. After miles of travel he may head the caravan and reach town before the last car. | Perhaps his haste is necessary but in his mad rush he has endangered the lives of dozens of persons. The majority of accidents which take the lives of motorists could have been avoided. Selfish driv ers and speeders are the two 1 greatest offenders on the high way. Until we all have a whole some regard for the other fellow’s rights on the road, the little mark ers with their warning “THINK” will continue to mount in num bers along our highways. THE LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN. Strong Glass Glass fibers are drawn out from big glass balls at a speed faster than a mile a minute. Such a strand may be 15 times finer than a human hair and yet be stronger than steel, it THE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE Notice to Contractors Sealed bids will be received at the office of the Department of 1 Roads and Irrigation in the State Capitol at Lincoln, Nebraska, on September 14, 1950, until 10:00 i o’clock A.M., and at that time publicly opened and read for SAND GRAVEL FOR SURFAC ING and incidental work on the CERESCO-ASHLAND Patrol No. 21035 State Road. The approximate quantity is: 1,685 .Cu.Yds. Sand Gravel Surface Course Material - The attention of bidders ig* di rected to the Special Provisions covering subletting or assigning the contract. Compliance by the contractor with the standards as to hours of labor prescribed by the “Fair i Labor Standards Act of 1938,” ap- \ proved June 25, 1938 (Public No.! 718, 75th Congress), will be re quired in the performance of the I work under this contract. The minimum wage paid to all j skilled labor employed on this! contract shall be one dollar and five cents ($1.05) per hour, except that a minimum wage of one dol lar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) per hour shall be paid to: Crane Operators Dragline Operators Pow'er Shovel Operators The minimum wage paid to all intermediate labor employed on this contract shall be ninety-five (95) cents per hour. The minimum wage paid to all unskilled labor employed on this contract shall be seventy-five (75) cents per hour. Plans and specifications for the work may be seen and informa tion secured at the office of the County Clerk at Wahoo, Nebraska, at the office of the County Clerk at Lincoln, Nebraska, or at the office of the Department of Roads ’ and Irrigation at Lincoln, Ne braska. The successful bidder will be required to furnish bond in an amount equal to 100% of his con tract. As an evidence of good faith in submitting a proposal for this work, the bidder must file, with his proposal, a certified check made payable to the Department of Roads and Irrigation and in an amount not less than one hundred (100) dollars. The right is reserved to waive all technicalities and reject any or all bids. DEPARTMENT OF ROADS AND IRRIGATION F. H. Klietsch, State Engineer Earl A. Morin, County Clerk Saunders County *J. B. Morgan, County Clerk Lancaster County You can’t visit the campus of Doane college at Crete without coming to the conclusion that Thomas Doane and his associates knew what they were doing when they selected that precise spot, back in 1870, for the Congrega tional college they hoped to build in Nebraska. Standing on the hills overlooking the valley of the Blue, Doane college is part of prairie scenery at its best. Doane college, the oldest of Ne braska’s church colleges, has had a long and distinguished history. Incorporated in 1872, it took over Crete academy, founded by the Congregational church the year before. Actually, the history of Congregational education in Ne braska goes back considerably be yond 1871—at least to old Fon tenelle university, founded in 1858. Compared with earlier attempts at college building in Nebraska, Doane started on a relatively firm financial footing. It had the re sources of Crete academy includ I ing its building, and in addition I possessed 600 acres of land, 50 , town lots in Crete, and cash sub scriptions totalling about $30,000. Doane opened its preparatory department in the fall of 1872, wdth Rev. David Brainerd Perry, who had been active as a mis sionary on the Nebraska frontier, as president. During that first year he was also the only teacher, and there were only 13 students. At the end of the year, five of the students w'ere sufficiently well prepared to en , ter the freshman class of the col 1 lege, and an additional instruc tor was employed. The middle Seventies—Doane’s formative period—were years of deep depression in Nebraska. The triple menaces of drouth, grass hoppers and low farm prices made life itself almost impossible in the new state. Their effect on a strug I gling young college can easily be . imagined. Despite adverse circumstances, however, Doane college not only kept alive but it continued to grow'. There was a steady in crease in both faculty and stu dents, so that by the late 70’s the old academy building was out grown and the college felt an acute need for more space. To meet this need, the trustees set about raising funds for the erection of a new building, to be called Merrill hall, in honor of Rev. O. W. Merrill, a devoted friend of the young college. The campaign was so successful that by the spring of 1879 the trustees were able to began the structure. The building was dedicated at commencement in the spring of 1880. Merrill hall still stands on an imposing eminence overlooking the Blue Valley. Although nu merous other buildings have been added, the old hall remains the administrative center of the col lege. I am sure, too, it serves to remind the present generation of students that they owe a great debt to the pioneers who made possible college development in Nebraska. Slate Fair Hoard Slate Fair (iroumlw Lincoln. Nebraska Sunday, Sept. 3, will be the opening date of what State Fair Board Secretary Ed Schultz is calling the best Nebraska state fair in history. And, he might add, indications are strong for the 1950 state fair being the big best in its 81-year history. The fair attendance record is in serious danger of being shat tered this year, with advance ticket reservations flowing into the fair board office at a faster rate than ever before. In addi tion, livestock are expected to be shown in greater numbers than ever before, with the swine and beef cattle classes leading the field. “Our stock housing facilities, even though they are greatly in creased from 1949, are going to be filled and running over this year,” Schultz said. It’s no wonder that so many more people are planning to come to Lincoln for Nebraska’s biggest outdoor show. In addition to the state 4-H show'—and the larger number of livestock entries, the fair board has arranged for an outstanding program that will in clude just about every form of entertainment one could expect. There will be the magnificent Barnes-Carruthers “State . Fair Revue of 1950,” replete with huge production numbers and scintillat ing specialty acts, which w'ill be presented the first five nights in front of the grandstand. The auto thrill shows of Jim mie Lynch and Joie Chitwood, the Sioux City Shrine White Horse Patrol, Cooper’s Liberty Horses, giant fireworks displays each night, wonderful exhibits, big car and stock car races, a tractor derby, a mammoth downtown pa rade Tuesday, the Midway, Kid dies Wonderland and many, many other fascinating features will thrill and entertain each and every state fair visitor. ’ Truly, the 1950 state fair will be Nebraska’s biggest show. Ally. Siiiii|moii NniiH'd Altrrniih* UN I Megilp WASHINGTON. (ANP). Atty. Edith Sampson, prominent i»iac ticing lawyer for 25 years, was named one of five alternate dele gates to the UN general assembly by President Truman. Her appointment resolved spec ulation as to whether a Negro delegate would be named to take the edge off Russian* propaganda that Negroes are without oppor tunity in this country. Attorney Sampson had been high on the list of possible appointees. Operator of a “legal clinic” on Chicago’s southside, Attorney Sampson has allied herself with numerous civic groups. She re cently returned from a “round the world tour” with America’s Towfn Meeting of the Air, in which rep resentatives of 31 American or ganizations participated and named her president of the tour. She is the first woman to re ceive a master’s degree in law from Loyola university, Chicago. She holds a bachelor degree from John Marshall Law school. She has served as referee of the Cook county juvenile court and was the first Negro woman in Chicago to be named assistant state’s attor ney. Among other activities, she holds the chairmanship of the NCNW’s committee on interracial relations, and formerly headed the American Council on African and West Indian affairs. In private life, she is the wdfe of Atty. Joseph Clayton, promi nent criminal lawyer. Promotions at Tuskegee TUSKEGEE. (ANP). Dr. F. D. 4 Patterson, president of Tuskegee institute, has named Robert R. Moton jr., assistant to the presi dent and secretary to the board of trustees. These two posts were held formerly by the late Albon L. Holsey. Mr. Moton, who is a son of the school’s second president, has been purchasing agent for the institution for the past nine years. Harold K. Logan, who served Tuskegee as treasurer for more than a quarter of a century, has been named purchasing agent. He formerly served as acting business manager in the ab sence of Luther H. Foster jr„ ■ TAILORED > CLOTHES 1233 N STREET u IDEAL Grocery and Market Lota of Parking 27U* and F Street |» ■ — J Be Reody for School Opening ... Get your school supplies Now! NOTEBOOKS—PAPER PENS AND PENCILS RULERS — ERASERS BRIEF CASES # 1124-26 O Street ___ For Everything in HARDWARE; Baker Hardware 101 No. 9th 2-3710 I ^^—m—m—