VOI„ 6, No. 20_Lincoln 3. Nebraska Official and I„egal Newspaper ~ March 13, 195*
Dr. Odom Elected Head of
College f und Alumni
NEW YORK (ANP)—Dr. Con
nie R. Y. Odom, medical consult
ant to the Texas state department
of health and an alumna of Sam
uel Huston College, last week was
elected president of the National
Council of the United Negro Col
lege Fund alumni.
Some 51 delegates attending the
sixth annual conference held at
Bethune Cookman College, Day
tona Beach, Fla., elected Dr. Odom
to the post.
“The Alumni’s Stake in the
United Negro College Fund,”
theme of the meeting, was dis
cussed by Mrs. Josephine D. Mur
phy, Atlanta, Ga.
Other speakers at the confer
ence included Dr. F. D. Patterson,
president of the fund and also of
Tuskegee Institute, and Dr. Mary
McLeod Bethune, president-emeri
tus of Bethune-Cookman College.
Besides Dr. Odom, other officers
elected included: First vice presi
dent, Mrs. Ethel M. Johnson, New 1
York; second vice president, Atty.
William M. Lovelace, Cincinnati;
third vice president, Mrs. Leona J.
Williams, Chicago; secretary, Mrs.
Josephine D. Murphy, Atlanta; as
sistant secretary, Walter Washing
ton, Utica, Miss., and treasurer,
John H. Dickerson, Daytona Beach,
Fla.
Cited for February Street
Salesman by the Star
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—Courtesy Lincoln Star.
(Ed. Notel: This article was clipped from
the March issue of the Junior Edition of the
Lincoln Star. ft was written by the street
salesman Bob Patton.
This is Orville Shepard, who
has been picked as street sales
man for the month of February.
Orville is a little- fellow but he
has the zip of many of the boys
twice his size. There is never a
dull moment when Orville is
around. He is a very courteous,
lad, always very neat, in fact
when I told him we were going
to take his picture, the first thing
he said was “Pat can I wash my
face first,” that speaks for it’s
self. He ir very well liked by the
rest of the boys, gets along fine
with all of them. I really enjoy
working with him, he always co
operates Orville is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Shepard of
1929 U street, he is in the fifth
grade at Bancroft grade school.
Orville is saving his money for a
trip to C?mp Schledon this sum
mer and as for a hobby, he col
lects match covers and he has
quite a collection. I feel quite
fortunate having the opportunity
of working with such a fine group
of boys. For a boy 10 years old
and doing the fine work that Or
ville is doing, I know Orville has
a bright future ahead.
BOB PATTON,
Street Sales.
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Mrs. H. O. McField
Volunteer Workers
Start Campaign
Among enthursiastic volunteer
workers for the Red Cross goal of
$119,411 are Mrs. H. O. McField,
Mrs. Clinton Conrad, Mrs. L. B.
Henderson, Mrs. R. W. Johnson
and Mrs. Harry W. Peterson. Mrs.
McField was named lieutenant for
the Lincoln Urban League.
The fund raising campaign was
set for March 12 to 21.
Negro Neivspaper
Week March 9-15
Negro Newspaper Week will be
observed throughout the nation
from Sunday March 9, through
Saturday, March 15. llie celebra
tion is held annually under the
sponsorship of the National News
paper Publishers association, com
posed of the publishers of Negro
weeklies all over the country. This
year, the Negro press is observing
its 125th year.
Themes of the Press week this
year are “The Negro Press Is
YOU” and “125 Steps To Free
dom,” commemorating the 125
years of the Negro newspaper’s
fight for the freedom of Negro
people.
Fisk President Named
To Health Commission
i NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ANP)—
Charles S. Johnson, president of
Fisk Univeristy here, recently
'was named to President Truman’s
Four Negro Schools
Share $1,710,000
Rockefeller Grant
NEW YORK (ANP)—Four Ne
gro institutions of higher learning
recently were named recipients of
grants from the Rockefeller Foun
dation, it was announced last
week.
The schools were Tuskegee in
stitute, Tuskegee Institute, Ala.;
Alabama State college, Mont
gomery, Ala.; Spelman college,
Atlanta, Ga., and Alabama Agri
cultural and Mechanical college,
Normal, Ala.
Some $1,500,000 has been ap
propriated by the General Educa
tion Board of the foundation to
Tuskegee. This amount will go
toward a total of $3,000,000.
Alabama State will receive
$150,000; Alabama A & M will
receive $25,000, and Spelman
$35,000.
Tuskegee will use $500,000 of
its funds for capital funds, endow
ment, and operating expenses on
a dollar for dollar basis as funds
are provided by the institution
from other sources for capital
funds and endowment. The bal
ance of money is for endowment
and is payable in units of $100,000
as the institute obtains equal sums
for the same purpose.
Alabama State received its
money for the erection of a class
room - room - office building, and
| for science equipment and library
! books.
Alabama A & M will use its
money for science equipment.
Both schools must raise two dol
lars for every dollar received
from the foundation.
Additional faculty members will
be employed by Spelman college
with the money it received. Fac
ulty members also will get a raise
in salary.
Another Negro educational or
ganization, the United Negro Col
lege Fund, Inc., received an ap
propriation from the foundation.
It received $25,000 as a contribu
tion toward operating expenses of
the 1951 fund raising campaign.
15-member ^National Health com
mission to study national health
needs.
Dr. Johnson, an eminent so
ciologist, will aid in a study of
the nation’s health needs and;
make recommendations for the
fulfillment of those needs.
4Your Show of Shows’ Into 3rd Year; \
Negroes in Feature Roles With Prgram
NEW YORK CITY—Notwith
standing remarks made by many
people in the television industry
that an audienc could not be held
for an hour and a half, NBC’s
90-minute television musical re
vue, “Your Show of Shows,” starts
its third year on the air with the
broadcast of March 1.
Having consistently placed
among the five top TV shows
since its initial program, “Your
Show of Shows” has continuously
starred Sid Caesar and Imogene
Coca. The program has been
sold out since September 1950, to
; participating sponsors who foot a
sizable bill in time and program
charges for the benefit of the
more than 20,000,000 viewers who
see the show.
The Biiiy Williams Quartet is
a feature that has appeared on the
show since its beginning. With
this sudden rise in national popu
larity, the singing group has been
in constant demand for night ciuo,
hotel and theater engagements.
Max Liebman, producer,
proudly notes that “Your Show of;
Shows” is backed up by a team1
spirit, ana by a platoon of experts
who put together a new musical
review each week by working the
'major portion of the 168 hours
in the week.
On the premiere broadcast Bur
gess Meredith acted as host, Ger
trude Lawrence was the guest’
star, cmd this pattern has been
followed ever since with such
'outstanding stars as Mischa El-j
man, Jose Ferrar, Pearl Bailey,
Melvyn Douglas, Madeleine Car
roll and many others.
Lena Home, celebrated night
club singer who has also been
featured in many motion picture
musicals, is among the many na
tionally famous figures to have
appeared on the star-studded
show as hosts and hostesses.
Annual Meeting Of
LCCW To Be March 18
Mr. Whitney Young, executive
secretary of Omaha Urban
League.
Student Group
Favors End
Of Segregation
CHAPEL HILL, N. C. (ANP)—
[“Repeal of all North Carolina
| segregation laws” was called for
I last week by a student at the
University of North Carolina.
The action was made in the
passage of a resolution, 17 to 4
at a meeting of the Dialectic State
described by the Daily Tar Heel
University of North Carolina stu
dent paper, “the oldest literary
and debating society in the
south.”
One of the speakers at the so
ciety meeting when the resolu
tion was adopted was J. Kenneth
Lee, Negro law student from
Greensboro, who told the group
that Negroes are “not asking for
favors or handouts, but for an op-',
portunity to pull themselves up
from their present status.”
Lee admitted that there might
still be voluntary segregation, but
he pointed out that there is much
difference between voluntary and
forced segregation. He added that (
there would be no absolute legal ,
and social segregation as we have J
today. i
The group by its vote went on ,
record as opposing “any act of
discrimination directed at a fel
low human being because of such
superficial factors as race, color,
creed, or economic status.
Dedication Ceremonies
Pays Tribute to Carver
TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala.
(ANP)—A noted Negro scientist,
the late Dr. George Washington
Carver, was lauded last week
during ceremonies here which
dedicated a new $250,000 research
building.
Dr. Carver was praised at the
dedication services for his part,
in helping to raise the South’s
standard of living. The new build
ing was constructed under the
Carver Foundation program initi
ated soon after the famed scien
tist’s death in 1943.
In paying tribute to Dr. Car
ver, Dr. Henry Gilman, chemistry
professor of Iowa State College
from which Dr. Carver was grad-1
uated, said in part:
“George Washington Carver
was a doer who learned how to
lout his ideas to work.
“This occasion is a thrilling il
’ustration of the fruition of one
;of his dreams.”
The Annual meeting of the
Lincoln Council of Church Women
will be March 18th at the Cal
vary Evangelical United Brethren
church, 11th and Garfield. The
program will begin at 10 p.m.
The theme this year will be
“Climate of Opinion.”
Lynnwood Parker, executive
secretary of the Lincoln Urban
League, will be the morning
speaker.
Dr. Whitney Young, executive
secretary of the Omaha Urban
League will be the guest speaker
at 1 p.m.
The program is as follows:
10:00—Spiritual life, Mrs. L. L.
Belknap, leader.
Program — Lynnw o o d
Parker, speaker.
Music — George Randoll
and Interracial Trio.
Devotions— Mrs. E. S.
Wegner.
12:00—Luncheon.
1:00—Dr. Whitney Young, guest
speaker.
• Luncheon reservations must be
made before noon on March 17th.
Reservations can be made by call
ing 2-4832.
' Dallas Signs
'Negro Player
e DALLAS, Tex.—Ray Neil, In
j dianapolis Clowns second base
s’'man, became the first Negro ever
jf I signed to a Texas League baseball
_ i contract.
Y j R. W. (Dick) Burnett, owner of
Jthe Dallas Eagles, announced the
I signing of the Negro American
'League star infielder under a 30
fday conditional purchase from the
I Clowns.
Neil hit .3^6 in 87 games for the
Clowns last season and led the
league in runs with 77 and base
'hits with 119. He stole 14 bases,
'drove in 62 runs, turned in 52
J double plays and fielded .963.
Has Your Next Door
Neighbor Registered?
We are now facing another city
election, and it is our unalterable
duty to do our part to see that
not only are we as individuals
registered, but that our next door
neighbor is also registered. Ask
yourself the question, “Is my next
door neighbor exercising the right
of a citizen?" Then immediately
answer that question by going to
the home of your next door neigh
bor and repeat to him the question
that has passed through your
mind, and should his answer be
'a negative one, then insist upon
his going to the office of the elec
tion commissioner and do his duty
!as an American citizen by regis
tering.
Registration for the April 1
I county, state and presidential pri
mary election closes March 21.
The office of the election com
' missionei has again pointed out
that omy those who have not reg
istered since 1947 or who hare
moved or changed their name
since their last registration need
I to register now. If you voted at
the last general city election and
have not moved or changed your
name since then, you can vote
this year without additional reg
istering.
Experienced accountants ar«
needed by the OPS in Missouri,
. Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska to
i process the current OPS program.
Starting salary is $5,940 a ymr.