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are those of the writer and not
necessarily a reflection of the policy
of The Voice.—Pub.
Observes Brotherhood Year-Around
CHICAGO (ANP)—Although
most of the country paused Iasi
week to observe “Brotherhood
Week,” the Kenwood school in
Chicago continued about its usual
practice for in this school brother
hood is a year-round observance.
Serving about 900 pupils repre
senting some 20 nationalities, the
school instills into the young fu
ture leaders traits of friendliness
which cross racial and religious
lines. The atmosphere here ap
proaches what the National Con
ference of Christians and Jews)
strive for during Brotherhood
Week.
Among the pupils at Kenwood ■
are 20 Negroes, 20 Japanese and
Chinese. About 450 of the pupils^
are Jews. “We have no active
discrimination here,” said J. Mel <
O’Bourke, principal of the school. <
Many adults could profit from']
programs at the school. One of (
the songs sung at the school \
stressed the need for all Ameri- '
cans to treat one another as
brothers. 1
“Its American to be a friendly <
neighbor,” children sing daily in
i a favorite ditty in the first grade
t class. Six year-olds sing the words
I and gesture their meaning.
One of the most popular boys
1 at the school is Bobby Gordon, t
1 colored first grade pupil.
“Gee, he knows all about Lin
coln and can sing “Oh! Susanna!’1
said a red-headed playmate.
Located in a neighborhood
which is rapidly changing in
population, Kenwood was organ
ized as a “pilot school,” and is
(trying out special methods to
foster good human relations.
“We cash in on the inate quali
ties of these children to respect
each other,” explained Miss Rose
Schwartz, first grade teacher. “We
teach that each has something to
offer.”
The school’s reaction to preju
dice was summed up by three stu
dents in the fifth grade after a
rejected-child situation was acted
aut. This type of socio-drama is
used extensively by Kenwood
teachers.
“It’s all very silly to act like
that, isn’t it?” teachers asked the
:lass.
The pupils agreed.
200,000 Fewer Vets « .
In School in 1951
WASHINGTON (ANP)—There :
were 200,000 fewer veterans en
rolled in training under the GI
Bill of Rights at the close of 1951 j
than there were a year ago, ac- ■
cording to a survey conducted by
the Veterans Administration.
Nearly 1,500,000 World War II |
veterans were training at the close j
of 1951 as compared to 1,700,000
a year ago, the survey disclosed.
This represented a drop of 16 per
cent.
The decline was appreciably
less than that which occurred
from 1949 to 1950. End-of-year
enrollments in 1950 were 26 per
cent under the 1949 figure of 2,
300,000.
The peak of the huge veterans’
training program came at the end
of 1947, when more than 2,500,000
veterans were enrolled in schools,
on the farm or on the job.
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In the death of Mrs. Eileen
Lytle, the Urban League and Lin
coln lost a person who said little
but did much to solidify true race
relations. Her family and a host
of friends lost the quiet driving,
penetrating spirit of a personality
; as sensitive as she was kind—as
concerned with the welfare of her
fellowmen as she was oblivious to
her own health and well-being.
For Mrs. Lytle it didn’t take a
brotherhood week or a race-rela
tions week to place special em
phasis upon the treatment and
well-being of all races. It took
only a day, every day was that
special day.
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• TIM IIITOBIC A t SOCIETY
There has long^een a tradition
in Nebraska that the census of
1890 was heavily padded, at least
in certain cities. This tradition is
based in part upon the statements
of historians who wrote from per
sonal recollection, and in part on
the great, increase in population
between 1880 and 1890, and the
marked decline between 1890 and
1900. Dr. Edgar Z. Palmer, chair
man of the Department of Busi
ness Research at the University of
Nebraska, looked in to the census
of 1890 recently and published the
! results of his study in the Decem
; ber issue of Nebraska History.
Dr. Palmer found that the fig
; ures were rather startling. Omaha,
for example, increased from 30,
518 in 1880 to 140,452 in 1890, and
then dropped back to 102,555 in
1990. The figures for Lincoln show
a similar trend: 1880, 13,003; 1890,
J 55,154; 1900, 40,169. Other cities in
jthe same category are: Hastings,
Beatrice, Plattsmouth, Nebraska
City and Crete. The figures for
Hastings are as startling as any:
2,817 in 1880; 13,584 in 1890, and
7,188 in 1900.
A part of this change, Dr.
Palmer points out, is but a reflec
tion of the times. The decade of
the 1880’s was Nebraska’s period
of greatest growth, while the
1890’s were years of calamity in
which much of the progress of the
earlier decade was lost. Yet these
conidtions, he concludes, hardly .
account for all of the wide varia- ]
tion observable in the figures of
certain cities.
Devising a test which made use
of the ovte for governor and the
school census as well as the popu
lation, he found a rather close re
lationship between the population
change and the changes in the
vote and school census—except in
those counties containing a sus
pect city: Adams (with Hastings),
Gage (with Beatrice), Cass (with
Plattsmouth), Otoe (with Ne
braska City), Lancaster (with
Lincoln), Douglas (with Omaha)
and Saline (with Crete).
These cities are all in southeast
ern Nebraska, and they include
almost all of the sizable cities in
the area. No city from any other
part of the state seems to be in
volved. The only other city which
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Mrs, M. C. lerrell Praised for
Ending Jimerow in D.C. Store
WASHINGTON—(ANP) — The
recent “Hecht victory" has brought
hundreds of messages of congratu
lation to Mrs. Mary Church Ter
rell, chairman of the organization
that persuaded the department
store to end jim crow at its lunch
counter, it was revealed last week.
Members of congress, leaders in
civic and church affairs were
among those who hailed the suc
cessful end of 11 months of boy
cott and picketing by members
and friends of the Coordinating
Committee for the Enforcement of
the D. C. Anti - Discrimination
Laws.
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
wired Mrs. Terrell:
“Heartiest congratulations on
your well-deserved victory at
Hecht’s.” Sen. Hubert H. Hum
phrey wrote:
“It was kind of you to inform
me of your recent successful ef
forts to eliminate segregation in
Washington, D. C. You know of
my strong efforts toward that sin
gle objection. I now wish you
further success in your court
trial.”
Mrs. Terrell is party to a suit
against Thompson Restaurant
Company charging that failure to
serve “well-behaved persons of
any race” in Thompson restau
rants violates an 1873 statue. A
decision in the case, which, if
favorable may end discrimination
in all Washington restaurants, is
expected later this year in the
U.S. Court of Appeals.
Dr. Dorothy B. Ferebee, Na
tional President of the National
Council of Negro Women, Inc.,
told Mrs. Terrell that the Council j
“joins me in congratulating you
showed a substantial drop from!
1890 to 1900 was Kearney, and
Kearney had a terrific boom in!
the late 1880’s which collapsed!
with devastating effect in the
1890’s.
I
and your committee upon your
fearless battle against racial dis
crimination in the city of Wash
ington in the defense of the dig
nity of man.”
Dr. E. B. Henderson, chairman
of the executive committee of the
Fairfax County branch of the
NAACP said:
‘‘May I congratulate you and
your co-workers upon the bril
liant feat of confounding the pro
ponents of racial fascism and
achieving success in the Hecht
battle?”
Charles R. Allen Jr., assistant
editor of The Nation Magazine,
also congratulated Mrs. Terrell.
He told her the magazine will run
a report on the Hecht victory
shortly.
Other congratulatory messages
were sent by Chris Rasmussen, of
the St. Peter Claver Center; Rob
ert Kelso of the American Human
ist association, Yellow Springs, O.;
and Mrs Gertrude Evans, chair
man of +he Progressive Party for
the District of Columbia.
Mrs. Terrell also reported that
an account of the Committee’s
fight to open Washington res
taurants to everyone, entitled
“Negroes, Restaurants, and Wash
ington, D C.,” by Adolph Schalk,
appeared in the January issue of
“The Catholic World.”
The Committee is currently ne
gotiating with Lansburgh &
Brothers in an effort to get that
store to abandon its policy of dis
crimination.
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