Nearly $5,000,000 Spent For Negro Education' In South During Last Year
MEHARRY GETS $3,500,000
New York, July 29 (ANP) ——
Appropriations totalling $4,650,
500 were voted for Negro work
last year by the General Educat
ion board in connection with its
program of southern education.
A $3,500,000 contribution to the
endowment fund of Meharry Med
ical college and another of $200,
000 to that of Bennett college were
the major items in this huge sum.
The year’s total appropriations by
the Board amounted to $6,529.
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816. White institutions sharing in
the southern education program
received $848,810.
These figures were made public
in the annual report of the board
announced last week by its presi
dent. Dr. Raymond 3. Fosdiek, the
39th such report since the found
ing of the organization by the late
John D. Rockefeller
Among the more important bene
ficiaries of last year's activities
were the following:
Meharry Medical college, Nash
ville, The report cited the tremend
ous growth of this institution ;-n
its 64 years of existence during
which period 4,420 professionally
trained phjysicians. dentists, phar
macists and nurses have been grad
uated. The $3^500,000 voted by
the board is part of a $5,000,000
endowment fund now being raised
for the maintenance of the institu
tio. Another $200,000 was ap
proved for this same purpose to
be used to match dollar for dollar
that amount above the $5,000,000
that is donated by other sources.
Meanwhile, $160,000 was appropr
iated to meet the current main
tenance expense.
Auama university, uurmg urn*
year the remaining parcel of land
needed to round out the new Atlan
ta university development was
purchased with a appropriation of
$50,000 from the board. The first
of the group of buildings for Clark
College on the site adjacent to At
lanta university is now uiider con
struction and will be ready for oc
cupancy this fall
A final appropriation of $25,000
was voted to the Atlanta School
of Social Work toward current ex
penses pending the successful out
come of the $500,000 endowment
campaign initiated by university
authorities. The school will rec
eive this appropriation on a four
year descending scale.
Bennett college, Greensboro, N.
C-. To give greater stability to th*
education program, trustees of
Bemnett engaged in an effort to
raise $500,000 for an endowment.
Toward this sum the board author
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Bennett operates under the board
of education of the Methodist E
piscopal church and is one of two
four year liberal arts colleges in
the United States exclusively for
Negro women
Tuskegee institute: During the
year the board voted $60,000 of
which $25,000 is for constructing
and enuipping a building to house
the statte’s administrative staff
in vocational agrculture, and $35.
000 for equipment of the school of
agriculture. These two buildings
will bring together the agricultur
al 'activities related to the public
schools and Negro farmers of the
state and provide adequate space
and equipment for satisfactory
service. The additional equipment
will enable Tuskegee to strengthen
its advanced work in agriculture
and vocational education to meet
the increasing demand from Ne
gro students .
In the field of public education
$135,000 were made available for
fVe support of state agents assist
ant agents for Negro rural schools.
This represents a slight reduction
from former annual appropriations
A $1,500 sum made possible a con
ference of state agents to formu
late plans for national defense pro
grams in Negro high and county
training schools.
In addition to all this, goodly
sums w'ere authorized to meet the
current maintenance expenses of
several other colleges, to produce
• films on Negro life, and to support
summer work shops, seminars and
conferences for Negro teachers.
Also 15 grants in aid Were made
varying in amounts from $300 to
$7,500 and totalling $31,096
Thirty five fellowships, includ
ing six renewals, were awarded
and amendments to others were
Inade calling for $60,213. For the
year 1941 the board voted $70t
000 for fellowships.
In his comments, Dr. Fosdick re
ports:
' Last year it was reported that
the General Education board would
shortly bring to a close its work in
the field of general education. The
year 1940 marks the end of this
program, although a few further
appropriations may be made in or
der to meet past obligations.
‘‘The closing of the programs
in general education and child
growth and development leaves in
tacit the existing work of the board
in education in southern states.
It was around this area of inter
est that the board was organized
in 1902, and a consistent program,
in the development of education
in both white and colored institu
tions has been followed for nearly
40 years- In th|e few years of life
that now remain to the board it
would seem probable that its fast
vanishing funds would be spent on
what has been perhaps its central
interest.”
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Bond, 21, of 841 New Jersey Street, Kansas City, Kansas, a graduate of
Lane College, at Jackson, Tennessee, are congratulated by Walter S.
Mack, Jr., President of Pepsi-Cola Company, upon winning 1941 Walter
Mack Job Awards for American Youth. The Job Awards plan provides
business internships for college graduates, in specially created positions
n those fields in which the young people want training, at a salary of
H300 a year. The young people are starting their year’s training with
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' NEGRO COLLEGES PARTIC
IPATING IN 1941 WALTER
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State College for Colored Stud
ents, Dover, Del., Howard Univ
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Teachers College. Washington, D.
C,. Florida Agriculture and Mech
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hassee, Fla., Florida Normal and
Industriol Institute, St. Augustine
Fla-. Fort Valley State College,
Fort Valley, Ga., Morehouse Col
lege, Atlanta- Ga-, Paine College
Augusta, Ga., Kentucky State Col
lege. Frankfort Ky., Louisville
Municipal College for Negroes,
Louisville, Ky-, Xavier University,
New Orleans, La . Morgan State
College, Baltimore, Md., Alcorn
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege, Alcorn. Miss., Johnson C
Smith University, Charlotte, N. C.
Negro Agricultural and Technical
College, Greensboro. N. C-, North
Carolina College for Negroes, l)ur
ham, N. C-. Shaw University. Ral
eigh, N. C., Cheyney Training
School far Teachers, Cheyney,
Penn., Allen University, Columbia
S. C-, Morris College, Sumter, S.
C., State Colored Normal, Indust
rial, Agricultural and Mechanical
College of South Carolina, Or
angeburg, S. C., Fisk Univesitji,
Nashville, Tenn., Knoxville Col
lege, Knoxville, Tenn-, Lane Col
lege, Jaicksofri* Tenn-, Tennessee
Agricultural and Industrial State
Teachers College, Nashville, Tenn-,
Prairie View State College, Prair
ie View, Texas, Texjas College, Ty
ler. Texas, Wiley College, Marsh
all. Texas, Hampton Institute,
Hampton, Va., Virginia Union Un
iversity, Richmond, Va., Bluefield
State Teachers College, Bluefield
West, Va., West Virginia State
College Institute, West Va.
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Answering the oaU of the Doug-1
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an Red Cross for Volunteers for
the city wide preparedness coor
dination program to be launched
this summer, more than 150 wom
en met Friday at the Omaha Ath
letic Club for an aU day institute
under the direction of Mrs. Jack
Abajian, general chairman. Those
in attendance learned of the far
reaching services of the disaster
prepardness program of the chap
ter during the past years from
Miss Risemary Tuttle, executive
[ secretary, and heads of the various
services gtave demonstrations of
the emergency program now un
der way
Edgar C. Burtchard, director of
the First Aid and Water Safety
training courses, announced the
opening of classes this week -to
equip men and women who have
had the training to become in
structors irv the enlarged prog
ram of first aid classes this fail.
He will be assisted by Miss Ruth
V. Thompason.
The scope and diversity of the
volunteer program was revealed
by Mrs. Esther Wellman, assisted
by Mrs. J. H. Weaver, Mrs. Mal
comb Baldridge, Mrs. Earl Mahan
nah. Mrs. Alvin K. Betitnger, Mrs
J'araslav Folda, Mrs. Amos Thom
as, who modelled the uniforms of
the various services. Other unif
orms of the service were modelled
by assistants in the military and
naval welfare service, headed 1. y
Mil’s. Janice Robertson. Models
were Miss Beth Kulakofsky, Miss
Joan Lewis. Miss Elaine Hackett,
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SUE SANTA FE FOR JIM CROW
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TRANSPORTATION
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, July
28 (ANP)—Capt. Raymond Wat
kins of Chicago, an officer in the
184th Field artillery of Fort Cus
ter, Mich., but who has been study
ing at Fort Sill artillery school
near hfere, filed suit for $10,000
in the federal court against the
Santa Fe Railway Co., Tuesday
Capt- Watkins charged the rail
way company with denying him
and his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Mat
kins, lower berth accommodations
from Oklahoma City to Chicago
May 14.
The bill for Capt. and Mrs. Mrat
kins charges that they were de
nied tickets by the Santa Fe ag
ent. calling for first class accom
modations, solely because they are
Negroes and asks $10,000 damag
es on that account.
The state of Oklahoma has a
Jim Crow ^ar law passed in 1908,
requiring separate accommodat
ions for Negroes- Since that time
it has been one of the meaner stat
es in the union insofar as secur
ing decent travel accommodations
s ned- Mr». Watkins was
forced to take la plane from Okla
homa to Chicago to avoid being
forced into inferior accommodat
ions.
The Santa Fe Railway, here and
at other points, has during recent
yenrs showed a tendency to deny
colored passengers first class ser
,ic . Frequently passengers en
route to California are told they
rnrJt secure Pullmans if passing
through Oklahoma
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The Teacher-Students of the
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Mississippi Negro Training School
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Reading from left to right: A.
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Science Department of the School;
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ROOSEVELT LAUDS NATION
AL NEGRO INSURANCE ASSO
CIATION’S DEVOTION TO
NATION’S WELFARE
Durham. N. C. July 27 (ANP)
Through a recent exchange of cor
respcind/hce between (the White
House and A. T. Spaulding, presi
dent of the National Negro Insur
ance association. President Fran
klin D. Roosevelt’s deep apprecia
tion was expressed for the assoc
iation’s “spirit of devotion to the
nation’s welfare”.
Mr- Spaulding’s letter expressed
gratitude for the President’? ex
ecutive order of June 25, instruct
ing official agencies of the govern
ment, labor organizations, and the
defense industries of the country
to practice in America the democ
racy which we have pledged our
selves to defend abroad. In this
letter to Mr. Roosevelt attention
was called to the fact that at the
annual meeting of the association
held in Savannah, June 24-27, ap
propriate resolutions were adopted
endorsing the President’s “val
iant leadership during these try
ing time” and pledging full sup
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port of the more than 50 compan
ies, societies and associations
iomprising the membership of the
association, and representing more
than 2,000.000 policy holders, “in
Ihe defense of our beloved Amer
ica and the noble things for which
she stands”.
The President’s special gratif
ication was expressed for the
good will of the association as in
dicated in the following thought
which closed Mr. Spaulding’s let
ter to him: “May the God of our
fathers guide, sustain, and con
stantly supply you with the nec
essary courage, strength, clarity
of vision, understanding and de
termination to cope with the
many vexatious problems confront
ing you and enable you to rise
that God hath chosen you for just,
such a time as this to lead a nat
ion into the understanding of what
it means to be all for one and one
for all, and to live by the ‘Golden
Rule’
Memphis Prepares
for Business Lg’e
Memphis, Aug. 1 (by Lewis 0
Swingler for ANP)—Memphis. ..
of Beale Street fame and cotton
capitol of the world, will serve as
host to the 40th annual convent
ion of the National Negro Busin
ess league Aug. 27-30. In a joint
statement to this correspondent,,
O. T. Westbrooks, president of the
Negro Chamber of Commerce, host
organization; and T. J. Johnson
executive secretary, predicted an
attendance of 500 delegates and
approximately 300 visitors.
Convention plans will call for a
full discussion of business trends,
analysis an appraisal of the Negro
market during the past year, ed
ucational approaches in the com
mercial field, and the Negro in
national defense industries. Aug
menting these discussions will be
reports ol ofiicers 01 the league,
and the National Housewives’ lea
gue. organized as an affiliated or
ganization in Detroit last year.
Mrs. Fannie B. Peck is president.
Memphis business leaders have
(already quickened the tempo of
preparation to entertain the Lea
gue under general guidance of the
national president, Dr. J- E- Walk
er, who resides in the Bluff City.
With the league convention com
ing to Memphis for the first time
within its long hstory, the Mem
phis Negro Chamber of Commerce
is manifestly inspired to offer to
its delegation of visitors from over
the country the fullest measure of
hjospitality. President Walker has
expressed general satisfaction with
pre-convention activities to date.
He issued the following statement
“More than 100 organizations
”-e nffiliated with the National
Negro Business league, the great
est number in its history- Okla
homa has already promised to send
50 delegates to the convention, Ar
kansas 25, and I am confident oth
er stiates will send delegations of
comparative numbers”.
B. G- Olive- Jr., chairman of the
executive committee, and vetejan,
league leader, who has served on
the national steering committee
for several years, announced the I
appointment of the following com
mittees and chairmen to hjandle the
various phases of activities inci
dent to the session:—
Housing, Eddie F. Hayes, mort
ician and Mrs. Irene Cotton, pres
ident of the North Memphis House
wives league, co-chairman:
Smoker, Irby Fogleman, Esso
Service station owner, and YV. F
Nabors, manager of the Dixie
homes, co-chairmen;
Barbecue and Picnic, T. C. D.
Hayes, president of the National
Progressive Funeral Directors as
sociation and Edward R. Kirk,
prominent real estate man, co
chairmen;
Good Will Tour, Prof. L. C.
Sharpe, principal of Douglas Jun
ior high school, and J. A. Beauch
amp, executive secretary of the
Negro Boy Scout work, co-chair
men;
Public meeting, H. David Whal
um, president-founder of Union
Protective Assurance Company,
chairman;
Dance Dr. Juiian Kelso, vice
president and medical director for
Universal Life, and Mrs- A1 Thom
pson. wife of the LeMoyne Gard
ens project manager, co-chairmen;
Registration, Mrs. Marion Simp
kins. correspondent for the Pitts
burgh Courier, chairman;
Ladies Bridge. Mrs- J. E. Walk
er, wife of the national president,
cUiirman; M/rs. Addie Jones, sec
retary of Manassas high school
co-chairman;
Finance, A. W. Willis, first vice
president of Universal Life Insur
ance Company, chairman;
Publicity, Lewis O. Swingler,
managing editor of the Memphis ■
World, and Mrs. Marion Simpkins,
co-chairman
Albon L. Holsey, of Tuskegee
Institute, secretary of the league, '
and his assistant, R. R. Moton, Jr. <
have been to Memphis on several j
occasions during the year to assist i
the Memphis chamber in its prep
aration to entertain the conven- :
tion. <
READl^rGUIDE 1
NOT ALL SOUTHERN POLICE
MEN ARE HOPELESS
Atlanta, July 23 (ANP) So
many reports of ill treatment by
southern officers are chronicled
that it is a welcome relief to re
member that these do not repres
ent every policemen An editorial
in the Atlanta Journal last week
is a case in point. The Journal
said:
“An automobile containing sev
en Negroes crashed through the
side of a bridge and went into Yel
low Jacket creek, four miles north
of LaGrange at 3:30 o'clock Sun
day morning. Charlie Poythress
was pinned between the wrecked
car and a post of the bridge- 11 is
fellow passengers could not release
him- Along came two troopers of
• he Georgia State patrol. They
could not free him.
“One of the troopers, G. W. Goss
got into the w'ater to support Poy
thress and save him from drown
ing while his partner. Lee Dilling
ham- went for help- For one hour
and a half Trooper Goss stood in
the torrent, water up to his neck,
holding up the head of the injur
ed man- Eventually a truck
equipped with chains pulled the
car so the victim might be liber
ated- He died a few hours later
from loss of blood.
“Trooper Goss told the La
Grange Daily News: ‘I talked to
him on every subject under the
sun, to try to take his mind off his
injuries-1 wish that Negro had
lived. He had as much courage as
any man I ever saw".
“There is only one NegTO prob
lem between the brave and the
honest of the two races. That is
the problem of mutual assistarce
ip a difficult and sometimes cruel
world-"
MEN WHO RUN HOSPITALS
PLAN PROGRAM
Chicago, Aug. 1 (ANP)— Ihe
18t?h annual session of the Nation
al Hospital association will meet
in Chicago, Aug. 17-19 concurrent
ly with the National Medical as
sociation and ail regular sessions
will be held at Du Sable High
school, 49th and State streets.
The opening session will be on
Sunday afternoon, with special
addresses by Dr. Marshall David
son, medical director, Cook county
hospital; Dr- Harry H. Freilich,
director Kenwood Clinic, of the M.
T. hospital; and Rodney H- Bran
don, director public welfare Spring
field, IU.; with a musical program
of unusual interest interspersed.
There will be a twilight garden
p»arty at Poro college, followed
with a sound picture on ‘‘Pysiolo
gical Birth”, Dr. W. E. B- Jones
Meharry Medical college, Nash
ville.
I here will be a special tour of
Provident hospital Monday morn
ing. followed by a similar tour of
Billings hospital- Regular sess
ions of the convention at DuSable
will follow tours.
The afternoon session will open
with a biographical address on the
life of Dr- Daniel Hale Williams
by Dr. U- G. Dailey, Chicago. Mon
ioy at five o’clock there will be a
testimonial banquet in honor of
founders of the National Hospital
issoclation, White’s emporium,
with Dr- John Kenney. Dr. J E
Perry, E. R. Carney and others,
?uests. A mammoth public sess
on will be held in DuSable audit
mum Monday night with Gov.
>wight H. Green, of Illinois, prin
cipal speaker.
E. R. Carney, president. Park
dde hospital, Detroit, is president
>f the hospital association; Dr. S
N. Smith, Chicago, executive sec
retary and editor of the Assodat
on Journal.