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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.—Pub.
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King George Dies In His Sleep
England has a new queen with
the passing of King George who
died Wednesday, February 6, in
his sleep. The new Queen is Prin
cess Elizabeth, who with her hus
band, recently started out on a
30,000 mile visit to British hold
ings in various parts of the world.
With the death of King George,
the British now have three queens,
in the persons of Queen Mother
Mary, Queen Elizabeth, the wffe
of King George and Princess
Elizabeth.
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AS REGARDS Negro History
Week, Dr. Woodson gave this ex
cellent counsel:
“The celebration of Negro His
tory Week is no occasion for glos
sing over the tribulations and
trials which Negroes have suf
fered because of man’s inhuman
ity to man, but the desired end is
more easily reached by showing
the achievements of the Negro in
spite of these handicaps.
“The purpose of all such efforts
is not to ignore facts but to pre
sent the facts in a dispassionate'
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way so that facts properly set i
forth may tell their own story.
Men are not won by abuse and
vituperation but by bringing men
together to hear truth and rea
son.”
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NAACP CHARGES Eisenhower,
Taft and Kefauver are biased, and
that’s not to be regarded as a joke,
son. Even Truman, according to
Clarence Matchell, NAACP Wash
ington Bureau head, is not doing
as much as he could. No doubt
I about that, folks, but for whom,
then, shall one vote?
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AMERICANS should have
greater confidence in each other
—“race with race, creed with
creed, and color with color,” pro-1
claimed the Rev. Billy Graham
last Sunday in Washington, D. C.
White Church Goes Out
To Get Negro Members
BROOKLYN — (ANP) — For
the first time in the 60-year his
tory of St. Paul’s Evangelical
Luthern church, Negroes were
admitted to membership last
week.
The new members inducted bv
the Rev. Vincent L. Hawkinson
were Oscar Johnson, his wife,
Henrietta, and their three chil
dren, Deanna Louisa, 6; Pearl, 4,
and Janis Marie, 3; Mrs. Helen
Scott, and Andre Kappel.
Rev. Hawkinson said the service
marked the beginning of a pro
gram of expansion in the com
munity and development of an in
clusive congregation.
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The University of Nebraska
counts February 15th as its birth
day, for it was on that day, back^
in 1869, that the legislature
passed the act which established
the University. Each year the
University celebrates Charter
Day with appropriate ceremonies,
raditionally including an address.
On Charter Day in 1881 (just |
i decade, lacking a few months,
ifter the institution first opened
ts doors to students), Dr. Samuel
\ughey, first professor of natural
sciences at the University and a
most remarkable man, delivered
an address on “The Ideas and the
Men that Created the University
of Nebraska.”
He pointed out that the settlers
of Nebraska were by no means
unanimous in their desire to es
tablish a university. Some argued
that the state was too poor to af
ford such an institution. Others j
pointed to the lack of preparatory
schools and argued that the build
ing of a university should follow
the growth of a system of sec
ondary schools. Still others be
lieved that higher education
should be wholly under the con
trol of the churches as it had been
in the eastern states.
Against these arguments, men
came forward to urge that a new
state could not too early establish
institutions of higher learning.
Others felt that the time had
come for the establishment of a
university controlled by the peo
ple for the benefit of all. Many,
while realizing that the prairies
had to be subdued, appreciated
the fact that there were other in
terests besides that of the dollar.
There was a recognition that cul
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| INSTITUTE, W. Va.—(ANP) —,
Two local persons were named
last week recipients of the first
two $500 scholarships to he
| awarded by the newly-founded
Education Foundation of West
Virginia.
They are Mrs. Mary V. Harris,
a teacher in Hinton, W. Va., who
is seeking a master’s degree in
ture was something desirable for
its own sake and that a univer-j
sity would aid in the development
of a cultured citizenry. Still
others argued that a university
would be a good advertisement
for the new state and would serve
to induce settlers to locate in Ne
braska.
Though there was much argu
ment over the University in the
early years of its operation, there
was great unanimity in the legis
lature when the institution was
chartered. The charter bill, intro
duced in the Senate by E. E.
Cunningham of Richardson
County, did not receive a single
negative vote in either house of
the legislature.
Dr. Aughey also called atten
tion to the fact that many of Ne
braska’s leading citizens were
young men, and that many of
them had had the benefit of col
lege education in the East before
coming to Nebraska. They saw
clearly the need for a university
and worked vigorously to bring
jit into being.
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education at West Virginia uni
versity, and J. Reuben Sheeler,
member of the faculty at West
Virginia State college on leave
for research for his Ph.D. in his
tory and political science.
Purpose of the foundation,
which was formed in 1951 by a
Charleston group, is to provide
financial aid to graduate students
of West Virginia university.
Phil Conley, Charleston, is
head of the foundation. Other of
ficers include Virgil L. Flinn, vice
president; Delbert S. Stout, secre
tary, and Earl H. Wilson, treas
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