READJUSTMENTS AT HOWARD
TO MEET NEW REQUIREMENTS
New York (CNS) At a special meet
mg of the Board of Trustees of How_
ard University held here at Prince
George Hotel. Fifth Avenue and 28th !
street Monday several important
personnel change* were made in the
administrative offices of the Univers
ity. in lading the abolishment of the
position of assistant to the president;
discontinuing the office of university!
archtect; the printing office; and the
*»• k dor* The offices of the secre
tary -treasurer were separated and Dr.
K J Scott, the only secretary.treas
ure the oniversity ever had. was ap_
ne rted secretary and Mr. Virginias
J hn*cr. present director of the bud.
* V— at the on versi*v treasurer, ef
fective Jarusrv t toil
Dr. Abraham Flexner, chairman of
. the IV ard and the following trustees
were in attendance at the session;
Morderai Johnson, Louise C. Ball,
George W. Crawford, Rolfe Cobleigh.
Juhn H Hawkins, Walter U. Crump
Vc(0r B. Deyber, Albert Bushnell
Hart, C. H. Pope, Sara W. Brown,
Thomas Jesse Jones, Jesse E. Moor,
land. Peter M. Moray, Marcus F.
Wheatland, Charles H. Garvin and
('banning H. Tobias. The executive
committee of the Board was in session
from 8 to 10 a. m. and the full board
from 10 a. m. to 4:35 p. m.
Aft>-r dinner at the hotel at 6 p, m.
Dr Flexner gave out the following
statement:
“The Board of Trustees of Howard
An vrniy, at its meeting on October
21. 1*.*32. adopted new By-I-aws to
P pro id* a simpler and more efficient
s4»:i istrative machinery for the
I’nlver* ty. The principal results of
the new set-up are to redistribute of
ficials functions more in accordance
with best academic practice; to place
official duties where they logically
belong; to reduce administrative ex.
pense- by the careful avoidance of
duplicated functions; to free the pres,
idential office from a mass of admin
istrative dtail which heretofore has
taken time which could be better de
voted to the larger problems of the
University; to centralize in one office
the business functions and affairs of
the University.
“The Board then appointed a Com
mittee to consider an report upon the
necessary re adjustment to meet the
new requirements. This Committee
reported at the meeting held today,
and after f ill consideration of its
various recommendations, the Board
made the following personnel chang
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#s: Dr. Emmett J. Scott was appoint,
ed to be Secretary of the Board of
Trustees and Secretary of the Uni.
versity, effective January 1, 1933. On
and after that date the following
duties are specifically assigned to the
office of the Secretary, in addition
to such others as the Board may here
after appoint: All secretarial duties;
•if the Board of Trustees; all secret
arial duties of the Executive Comm
ittee; official keeper of-the records;
ard archives of the University; in
large of Publicity; maintenance of
a bureau of official information of the*
Jnivers:ty; all arrangements for re.
eption and entertainment of visitors
ml guests of the University; ar
angements for meetings of the
! iard; arrangements for Commence.
■*nt exercises; in charge of promo,
nal activities, especially the devel
■ n ent of a supporting constituency
.<ie from Congressional aid, and aS
t ng and co-operating with the sev.
•i! Schools and Divisions in their
udent campaigns; publication of the
'civersity catalogue, and the bullet
r* of the several Schools and De_
‘*r>ents, ar.d other official docu.
went#.
“There duties, of course, like those
of all other officers, will be under
taken in co-operation with an under
the supervision of the President of
, * he University. Dr. Scott accepted
the appointment to the new position.
“Inasmuch as the bureau of offic
1 'cl information of the University has
, been assigned to the office of the
‘ Secretary, Mr. Emory B. Smith, as
Director of Public Information, has
been tran-ferred to the office of the
•Secretary, and will be under the di
rection and supervision of that offic
' **r. This transfer is also effective as
>f January 1, 1933.
“Mr. Virginius D. Johnson, who is
S at present serving the University as
. Director of Budget, has been appoint,
ed Treasurer of the University, ef_
fective January 1, 1933. A survey of
the Treasurer’s office for the purpose
of internal re-organization conse
quent upon the centralization of all
of the business of the University
therein, is now being made by Mr.
Thaddeus Hungate, Financial Direct
or of Teachers College of Columbia
''niversitv. who has been loaned to
'toward University for this service.
THere will be no internal changes in
tV*is office until the survey by
Hungate has been concluded.
“The position of Assistant tc
President of the University has been
aboli«hed. Mr. Hill who is now tem
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A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR”
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porarily filling this position has been
transferred to the School of Religion.
“At the October meeting, the Board
ordered that the construction of the
three remaining buildings for which
appropriations have been made be
proceeded with at once. Upon com
pletion of these buildings, the Board ,
will in the future relate architects'1
services to building projects as and
when appropriations for the same are
made, and will treat each such pro. j
ject as a separate financial entirety.
Under this policy and in the face of
a large growing deficit, the Board
voted to discontinue the architect’s
office at the close of the fiscal year
in June. 1933. The annual budget for
this department on its present basis
is approximately $25,000. The action
of the Board in respect to this office
is not based on personal considera
tions. On the contrary, it is the dis
position of the Board, other things
being equal, to give the present Uni
versity Architect the preference in
the employment of architectural serv
j ices for future buildings.
“The same necessity for retrench
ment compelled the Board at its Oct.
nber meeting to discontinue the Print.
[ ing Office at the close of this fiscal
j year; and to discontinue and liquid
! ate the Book Store immediately.
“Hereafter the whole roster of ap
pointments to administrative and
teaching positions in the University
| for the succeeding year will be pres.
! ented to the full Board of Trustees at
its annual meeting in April. The
only exception to this rule will be
appointments to vacancies occurring
subsequent to that meeting, and to
offices created thereat, and also to
vacancies for which suitable candi
dates have not been found by that
date. Those exceptional cases will be
left to the action by the Executive
Committee of the Board as hereto
fore. This action does not affect em_
ployees other than administrative and
teaching offices.”
PRISONS AND PRISONERS
by Clifford C. Mitchell
A group of Jackson prisoners re
cently brought much credit to Jack,
son Prison and their efforts have
been published as news in quite a
few daily papers, as well as our own
School News. We refer, specifically
to the debaters who recently won a
two to one decision over a group of
Detroit debater in the auditorium at
the New Prison.
What is written here, therefore, is
*not news but an analysis of the facts
that made the debater’s feat news.
Jackson prisoners have achieved sig
nal success in literary efforts; mus.
ical accomplishments; general enter
taining ability; arts; as inventors;
prize gardeners; agriculturists;
mechanicians and as experts in a
variety vocations, and now as debat
ers.
These achievements have all come
about from the same cause and that
is a policy of educating and encour
aging the prisoners to exert every
effort towards developing any latent
talent that they might possess. And
under such a system it is but a nat
ural result that out of several thous.
and prisoners many individuals will
forge themselves to the front dis.
paying an ability equal to, if not ac_
tually surpassing, that possessed by
others and from all walks of life.
Debater! That's a new one! Who
ever heard of a prison debating team
contesting with a debating team
contesting with a debating team from
the free word? Baseball games, foot
ball games, basketball games and
many other kinds of atlletic sports—
yes, but never a debating outfit be
fore.
But there is no reason why pris
oners shouldn’t develope themselves
into wonderful debaters for in all
prisons are to be found many prison
ers with a magnificent voluble abil.
ity. The only trouble has been in
using that ability in the wrong chan
nel.
Many prisoners have found them,
selves in prison simply because they
possessed the ability to sell the city
hall to some stranger; a masonic
temple to some investor; a Brooklyn
bridge to a speculator; and “gilt
edge” bonds to bankers.
we do not insinuate that any mem
bers of the Jackson debating team
ever possessed such uncanny voluble
ability—we merely mention that
many prisoners in many prisons have
possessed such ability. Imagine what
such ability could do once it is harn
essed up with the right kind of useful
energy ?
Such ability, once the mind has be
such ability not only to teach other
thinking, will carry its possessor far,
for the world today is in need of men
who car not only think clearly but
who can express themselves clearly
to others.
Prisoners need missionaries with
such abiity not only to teach other
prisoners the road they should travel
I Greetings from
Arthur C.
THOMSEN
District Judge
District Court of Nebraska
Fourth Judicial District
Omaha
but also to teach society how it can
best cooperate by so trianirv? the
youth as to avoid the many entangle,;
ments that the youth of today now!
encounter.
In developing this ability the part
icipants must be congratulated for
their willingness to study and master
technique, language and expression
(while others were playing or loaf,
ing) and thus preparing themselves
for an opportunity, such as they re
cently enjoyed, waning laurels for
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themselves and the institution. t
And, no doubt, the University of
Michigan professors who gave of
their time, for months, in coming to
Jackson, teaching and training the
boys in the art of voluble expression,
must feel highly complimented in the
wonderful demonstration given by
their prison-students, and the prof
essors must rejoice with the admin
istration, that their experiment in
this form of education has proved en_
tirely justifiable.
“HOLLYWOOD BLACK-.OUTS”
(by BOB STUART)
Well here goes—HOT off the grid
dle—what the boys and girls in Fol
lywood are doing and why—Let’s
start off by wishing Edward G. Rob
inson and Karen Morely a Happy
Birthday—they probably need it—
All of the girls are anxiously waiting
1 to see the gowns that (M-G.M) Ad.
rian has designed for Helen Hayes—
Looks like Davey (Sonny Boy) Lee
will make a comeback—Good luck
Davey—Warner Bros, are going to
Star Bette Davis in “Ex-Lady”—Oh
yes—Have you tried the latest for
j reducing—if it keeps up we will soon
see Kate Smith playing the part of
a midget—Try it—Just drink your
' self a lot of pomegranate juice and
see what happens—Billie Burke open
| ing in “The Marquise” for a return
engagement—Lon Chaney fans are
| flocking to see the short “The Good
Old Days” in which the beloved Lon
appears—Palm Springs taking on
I the appearance of Bermuda with so
, many of the Stars taking up bicycle
! riding— Maurice Chevalier returned
to Follywood last nite—he starts work
on “The Way to Love” for Paramount
shortly—Big film turnout for the
U S C—N D football game last Sat
urday—Among those present whom I
happened to see—Norman Foster and
the missus Claudette Colbert—Elean.
or (Olympic Games) Holm— Ginger
Rogres—Tom Mix without Tony
Did you know that—Jack Oakie— Al_
an Hale—James (tuf-guy) Cagney—
Pat O’Brien and several others once
I disported themselves as gentlemen of
the chorus on Broadway—They are
going to glorify the one and only
Garbo—Plan to start shooting Feb.
1—Title I hope—“Greta the Great”,
seen and heard at the Mayfair—Dick
Boswell and Mary Brian—Joan
Crawford tossing a natal day party
I for the one and only—Doug jr.
cake and all the fixin’s—Norma Shear
er—Clark Gable—and others helping
them celebrate—Wera Engels—Ger
i man sensation—looking the boys and
girls over. Mrs. Skeet Gallagher and
thirty guests—Looks like Jesse Lasky
will star Leslie Howard in “Berkeley
Square—scheduled to be his fourth
release for Fox—Guy Kibbee has de
cided that he no longer cares to be a
Big Butter and Egg man—wants to
do quieter parts—hobos—detectives
and such—but maybe Jack Warner
and Darryl Zanuck his production
boss will think differently—Dorothy
Wilson RKO’s ex-steno seems to be
| getting the same kind of a build up
that made Joan Crawford a Star
Katherine Hepburn is going to do an
Amelia Earhart—her next part is to
be that of an aviatrix in “A Great
Desire”—Believe it or not—one of
the extras in Paramount’s—“King of
the Jungle” is named Tow Sawyer—
Shades of Mark Twain—One of the
Greatest sights in Hollywood each
year is Santa Claus Lane—the rest
of the year it is known as Hollywood
Blvd—the film capitals main drag—
the stars on each electric light stand
each year it is better—portraits of
ard—Santa Claus himself in the flesh
—leading a big parade each nite—
thousands of different colored lights
festooned across the street—trucks
equipped with big fans throwing
movie snow on the parade—quite a
sight my lads and lassies—quite a
sight—Autograph hounds have found
a new place to hunt—hardly a day
goes by but what some star appears
at one of the Los Angeles courts—
if it keeps up they will have to trans.
fer court trials to one of the studio
sets and sell tickets—Zasu Pitts re.
cuperating after a very serious oper
ation—Warner Brothers used tele
scopic lenses on 14 cameras to shoot
the USC--ND. game—Recent poll of
theatre owners shows Wallace Beery
as greatest male draw—Universal is
sure a stickler for authenticity—Dur
ing the filming of “Private Jones”—
the scene of which is laid during 1918
Lee Tracey had a scene in which he
had to throw a half dollar—Studio
experts finally found one that was
coined in 1918—Another one of
Broadways hits—“Clear All Wires”
—is to be filmed by MGM—The new
board of Directors of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for
1932_33 will hold its first regular1
business meeting tonight— Ralph i
Farnum is organizing a Calif. Polar
Bear Club—idea is to go swimming
all winter at Malibu_hoo— Be sure
and see Brian Foys new picture—“I
am a Fugitive from a Chain Store”
plenty laffs—El Brendel believes that
people who live in glass houses should
not throw parties—Mary Pickford has
a new idea—and a good one—all,
members of her household have a
greed to exchange Xmas gifts. They
are going to take the money and buy
things for the needy—and they say
that Hollywood has no heart—Shar
on Lynne is making a bit hit in Fris
■ co—playing in the Stage success—
; “Brief Moment”—Bill Cocke jr.
present holder of the worlds glider
record is building miniature sets at
Paramount—Ole Man Flu has been
having quite a time around the stud
ios—David Manners is his latest vic
tim—Here is your chance—These are
some of the things the boys and girls
out here would like Santa to bring
them—Marlene Dietrich wants a nice
Island off the coast of Calif—Cary
Grant wants 40 or 50 mystery novels
Richard Arlen— Twenty.four hours
sleep—Stu Erwin wants a shell proof
sense of humor—and poor little Slyvia
Sidney wants a home without a tele_
phone.
TEACHERS OF COURSES IN
RURAL SOCIOLOGY AND
RURAL LIFE
Washington, (CNS) The United
States Department of Agriculture
through the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics Farm Population and Rur
al Life has recently published a dir
ectory of teachers giving courses in
rural sociology and rural life togeth
er with their schools and places of lo
cation.
Among the several hundred listed
are to be found the following:
Alabama: S. A. Haley, A. and M.
Institute, Normal; E. A. Grant and
Jessie Parkhurst, Tuskegee Institute.
District of Columbia: Thomas I.
Brown, Miner Teachers College.
Washington; Henderson H. Donald,
Howard University, Washington, and
Howard W. Thurman, Howard Uni_
versity School of Religion, Washing
ton.
Georgia: Charles Bullock, Spell,
man College, Atanta; V. A. Edwards,
Morehouse Colege, Atlanta; and J. A.
Green, Cark University, Atlanta.
Kentucky: M. B. Lanier, Simmons
University. Louisville; and E. M. Nor
ris, Kentucky State Industrial College
Frankfort.
Maryland: Miles W. Connor, Cop
pin Normal School, Baltimore.
Mississippi: A. A. Latting, Jack
son College, Jackson; and J. C. Mc
Laughlin, Alcorn A. and M. College
Alcorn.
North Carolina: F. L. Atkins; Win.
ston.Salem Teachers College, Win.
ston-Salem; G. Victor Cools, St. Aug
ustine’s College, Raleigh; C. E. Dean
A. & T. College, Greensboro; Streat
or, Olive D., Bennett College for
Women, Greensboro; and H. F. Wil
son. Brick Junior College, Brick, N.
C.
Pennsylvania: Robert M. Labaree,
Lincoln University, Lincoln.
South Carolina: G. E. Nelson and
Josephine Robinson, Benedict College
Columbia.
Tennessee: Norman Frost, Pea.
body College, Nashville; and G. A.
Yates, Tennessee Wesleyan College
Athens.
Texas: C. H. Butler, Guadalupe
College, Seguin; M. C. Butler, Bishop
College, Marshall; and V. E. Daniel
Wiley—Colege, Marshall; W. R. Har
rison, Prairie View State College,
Prairie View and William H. Jones,
Tillotson College, Austin.
Virginia: F. Bouldin, Bishop Payne
Divinity School, Petersburg; Gordon
B. Hancock, Virginia Union Univer
sity, Richmond, Jenkins. F. Raymond
McLaughlin, Union Theological Sem
Hampton Inst., Hampton; H. W.
inary, Richmond and James T. Young
Virginia State College for Negroes
Petersburg.
West Virginia: Preston C. Johnson,
Bluefield State Teachers College,
Bluefield.
LATVIAN CONSUL IN PITTS.
BUGH GATHERS RACE RE
LATIONS DATA
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Pittsburgh, Dec.— John Joseph
Gorrell, Vice Consul of Latvia, in
Pittsburgh, has been supplied with
data on race relations by the Nation
al Association for the Advancement
of Colored People to whom he applied
for information. Mr. Gorrell express
ed deep interest in the “very import
ant and great work” of the NAACP.
and stated that he wished the inform
ation for use in articles which he
writes for magazines and newspapers.
Mr. Gorrell besides being supplied
with publications by the NAACP. has
been put in contact with Homer
Brown, President of the Pittsburgh
branch and with Robert L. Vann, edi_
tor of the Pittsburgh Courier.
Holiday Greeting
Simon A. Simon
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CANDIDATE FOR CITY COMMISSIONER
Wishes His Many Colored Friends
“A MERRY XMAS and A HAPPY NEW YEAR”
“May this Christmas
and the New Year,
Bring You Happiness
and the good things of life.”
Arthur A. Westergard
I AM WISHING YOU A
Merry Xmas
FROM YOUR FRIEND
[ean Moves
STREET COMMISSIONER
Merry Xmas
Joseph Koutsky
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-CITY COMMISSIONER
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Holiday Greetings
TO MY LO^AL FRIENDS
Joseph 8. Hummel
COMMISSIONER OF PARKS and RECREATION
