Memphis World
Memphis World Publishing Co.
1953-10-27
James H. Purdy, Jr.

MEMPHIS WORLD












"Some Fell On Stony Ground"
In the distribution of our population over the land and especially 
the southland, there is many a lusty lad who would answer 
the description of those of whom our Lord spoke in His parable 
of the sower-"Some fell on stony ground."
There are boys and girls scattered throughout the length and
breadth of the land, many who made bricks without straw, who
came the hard way of privation and even open denial, making a
success in their ventures. These out of sheer push and undaunted
courage must in someway bear the indenture of the struggle
through which they came. That crime-against them is coming to
the surface now to the tune of "one hundred million dollar differential." 

Youth is a perishable commodity; the days of those boys and
girls are spent and no compensation now can be made to correct
the wrongs heaped upon them.
We find in going over the state, here and there a few of the
old time one room shanties, still dwarfing youth and eclipsing
from them the modern trends and facilities in education. Some
are actually attending school in churches, as they did two generations 
ago.
There are the same overcrowded conditions, with the church
benches hardly fit for study comfort. There is the little "pot-belly"
heater perched in the center of the church with rickety benches
all around it for the comfort of a few children.
The "one room" teacher can also be seen, standing by a pupil or at the blackboard, pointing with a "hickory."
Unforgivable recriminations and shame upon the heads of
those who in this late day are still committing the ugly crime
against youth, in an extended penalty upon those Whose forebears
gave to their oppressors years of unrestricted toil.
Some are still out there in the backward waste acres in the
sod and excuseless plight of those who "fell on stony ground."

REVIEWING
THE NEWS
By WILLIAM GORDON
Managing Editor, Atlanta Daily World.
"I came here to live out the remaining days of my life," she
said. Trembling from illness and fear, this elderly woman came
to the only place she knew, a home for the aged in a large southern 
town. She had come there to die and if possible, spend the
few remaining days of her life, in peace and solitude.
Broken in mind and spirit, she perhaps was not aware of the
little peace and comfort she Would find there. This was not because 
of the personnel or the attitude of the people who run the
institution... it was because of the lack of facilities and the steady
increasing patient load. Had it been left entirely to the personnel,
it would have been the most pleasant place in the world to spend
her final days. To get a true picture of the conditions one must
visit the place.
I was on my second trip there within a space of two years and
naturally I expected to see some improvements. There was some.
The director's office, formerly located in a crowded corner of
the main building had been moved to another room. The present
office was a former storage room of old furniture and rubbish.
But it had been painted and was neat in appearance. The director 
and his assistants were responsible for the job.
The kitchen had been renovated somewhat with a secondhand 
refrigerator and a few second hand cooking utensils. There
was not a single room complete in furniture outlay. Tables and
chairs did not match each other. We walked through the building 
where I saw nurses running and hurrying about trying to comfort 
those ho longer able to look after themselves. There was
even a small beauty parlor, packed in what was once part of a
hallway. One of the nurses worked busily at a desk with records
there.
Located in a wooded area, the new director and his assistant
had worked to clean the premises outside. Brush and shrubbery
had been removed and more sunlight could trickle in through the
cracked window panes. The patients were getting more clothes,
but they were coming from people in the community without
charge. They were getting more food, but it was also coming
from store operators and market people who saw the extent of the
need there.
Some things were not improved. The building for example,
cracking in spots, unpainted was in need of repair. There were
other buildings about the premises, all literally in the same predicament, 
aged, depleted and run-down.
I asked the director about other homes for the aged in the
state. He said, "This is the only public one I know of." And it
was constantly filling up. This is being done dally with no visible 
relief in sight. There were some empty building about,
they could not be used by this group of people.
When we finally walked outside of the building, I was glad
to see real sunlight again. It was a depressed feeling to look at
old people living out their last days in over-crowded conditions.
Even though the place was as clean and the personnel intelligent
and efficient, the feeling was the same.
You get to thinking about old people everywhere and the
constantly increasing number. You think about those all over
the country and the fate that awaits many of them. You also
think about the time when you yourself will reach the point of late
evening in life and what the fate will be. Moreover, you begin
to question your own conscience and you examine your soul and
ask yourself if we are really doing our part toward these people.
Actually, we are not.
I also came out of the building realizing that fate had dealt
these people a horrible blow and that it was nothing they could
do about it.
The woman who went to the home for the aged to spend the
remaining days of her life was one time a successful person in
life. She had been an attorney and successful at her profession.
But she had lost everything, even her family and friends. This gives
further proof that we are not conscious of the short-comings of society 
and the inherent cruelties within it. This is also proof that
fate can strike at anyone of us. It means that in order to avoid
such a fate we must fortify our social agencies, support them, give
to worthy causes and guard against becoming the victims of our
own negligence. The Community Chest program is a first safe

guard against letting old people go to an over-crowded haven to
spend the remaining days of their lives.

She Was Old And She Went There
To Spend The Rest Of Her Life
By WILLIAM GORDON
Managing Editor, Atlanta Daily World.
"I came here to live out the remaining days of my life," she
said. Trembling from illness and fear, this elderly woman came
to the only place she knew, a home for the aged in a large southern 
town. She had come there to die and if possible, spend the
few remaining days of her life, in peace and solitude.
Broken in mind and spirit, she perhaps was not aware of the
little peace and comfort she Would find there. This was not because 
of the personnel or the attitude of the people who run the
institution... it was because of the lack of facilities and the steady
increasing patient load. Had it been left entirely to the personnel,
it would have been the most pleasant place in the world to spend
her final days. To get a true picture of the conditions one must
visit the place.
I was on my second trip there within a space of two years and
naturally I expected to see some improvements. There was some.
The director's office, formerly located in a crowded corner of
the main building had been moved to another room. The present
office was a former storage room of old furniture and rubbish.
But it had been painted and was neat in appearance. The director 
and his assistants were responsible for the job.
The kitchen had been renovated somewhat with a secondhand 
refrigerator and a few second hand cooking utensils. There
was not a single room complete in furniture outlay. Tables and
chairs did not match each other. We walked through the building 
where I saw nurses running and hurrying about trying to comfort 
those ho longer able to look after themselves. There was
even a small beauty parlor, packed in what was once part of a
hallway. One of the nurses worked busily at a desk with records
there.
Located in a wooded area, the new director and his assistant
had worked to clean the premises outside. Brush and shrubbery
had been removed and more sunlight could trickle in through the
cracked window panes. The patients were getting more clothes,
but they were coming from people in the community without
charge. They were getting more food, but it was also coming
from store operators and market people who saw the extent of the
need there.
Some things were not improved. The building for example,
cracking in spots, unpainted was in need of repair. There were
other buildings about the premises, all literally in the same predicament, 
aged, depleted and run-down.
I asked the director about other homes for the aged in the
state. He said, "This is the only public one I know of." And it
was constantly filling up. This is being done dally with no visible 
relief in sight. There were some empty building about,
they could not be used by this group of people.
When we finally walked outside of the building, I was glad
to see real sunlight again. It was a depressed feeling to look at
old people living out their last days in over-crowded conditions.
Even though the place was as clean and the personnel intelligent
and efficient, the feeling was the same.
You get to thinking about old people everywhere and the
constantly increasing number. You think about those all over
the country and the fate that awaits many of them. You also
think about the time when you yourself will reach the point of late
evening in life and what the fate will be. Moreover, you begin
to question your own conscience and you examine your soul and
ask yourself if we are really doing our part toward these people.
Actually, we are not.
I also came out of the building realizing that fate had dealt
these people a horrible blow and that it was nothing they could
do about it.
The woman who went to the home for the aged to spend the
remaining days of her life was one time a successful person in
life. She had been an attorney and successful at her profession.
But she had lost everything, even her family and friends. This gives
further proof that we are not conscious of the short-comings of society 
and the inherent cruelties within it. This is also proof that
fate can strike at anyone of us. It means that in order to avoid
such a fate we must fortify our social agencies, support them, give
to worthy causes and guard against becoming the victims of our
own negligence. The Community Chest program is a first safe

guard against letting old people go to an over-crowded haven to
spend the remaining days of their lives.



The Arkansas supreme court upheld the
criminal conviction of Jesse Walts, 38, oil truck driver of Greenville, 
Miss. Walt, was convicted and sentenced to a four-year
term, on a charge of carnal abuse of a seven-year-old Negro girl.
The crime is alleged to have been committed on Dec. 21
while the little seven-year-old girl accompanied by a 3-year-old
boy walked along the Highway near Parkdale, Ark.
A road block was set up after the girl was turned loose and
she told her excited parents what happened and Walts caught and
arrested in Greenville, MISS.
Joe Stubbs,
64, of 515 Virden Street, was in serious 
condition at VA hospital here
Thursday as the result of being hit
by an auto at the intersection of
South Gallatin and Pascagoula
Streets
The police report said Stubbs was
hit by a 1940 Ford driven by Clinton 
Smith, 1615 Meadowbrook.
Smith was charged with failing to
yield right of way to a pedestrian,
according, to police.
Stubbs received hip and face injuries. 

Charlie
(Chock) Thompson, from Carden
Bottom was charged with first degree 
murder this week, following an
investigation by the Prosecuting
Attorney Ed Gordon and Sheriff
Earl E. Ladd.
Thompson is accused of killing
Baldy Tucker about day light list
Sunday on the McClure Farm, near
Dardanelle The two men had been
playing poker and got into an argument 
and fight following the game.
Tucker was shot six times with a
revolver.
James Russell. 
45, is being held in the Raymond 
jail without bond, charged
with the murder of his wife, Al
berta-Russell, 
Sheriff Carroll Robinson 
said.
Russell fatally shot his wife, and
wounded his stepson, 21 year old
Willie Carol, Thursday morning at
their home on the Whitaker place,
five miles south of Edwards.
The two injured persons were
rushed to the hospital in Vicksburg
where the woman died and where
the stepson is still a patient in serious 
condition.
Russell is being charged before
Judge Charlie Montgomery, Edwards 

Preparation 
for homecoming at Philander
Smith College have begun and 
four classes have named contestants
for "Miss Philander Smith". The
Panthers will meet Mississippi Vocational 
College at War Memorial
Stadium, November 7, for their
homecoming game.
All classes except the senior class
chose four candidates and will hold
eliminations alter. Queen contestants 
are Freshman class, Mamie
Johnson, Peggy Lou Sear, Frankie
Wilson and Mae Elva Staples; Sophomore 
class, Doris Redd, Swayzine
Hubard, Sharon Smith and Dorothy
Carter.
Junior class, Martha McQuiston,
Prances Walton, Doris Marks and
Portia Powell. Representing the
senior class is Frances Robins.

WHITE ATTACKER MUST PAY FOR RAPE

The Arkansas supreme court upheld the
criminal conviction of Jesse Walts, 38, oil truck driver of Greenville, 
Miss. Walt, was convicted and sentenced to a four-year
term, on a charge of carnal abuse of a seven-year-old Negro girl.
The crime is alleged to have been committed on Dec. 21
while the little seven-year-old girl accompanied by a 3-year-old
boy walked along the Highway near Parkdale, Ark.
A road block was set up after the girl was turned loose and
she told her excited parents what happened and Walts caught and
arrested in Greenville, MISS.
Joe Stubbs,
64, of 515 Virden Street, was in serious 
condition at VA hospital here
Thursday as the result of being hit
by an auto at the intersection of
South Gallatin and Pascagoula
Streets
The police report said Stubbs was
hit by a 1940 Ford driven by Clinton 
Smith, 1615 Meadowbrook.
Smith was charged with failing to
yield right of way to a pedestrian,
according, to police.
Stubbs received hip and face injuries. 

Charlie
(Chock) Thompson, from Carden
Bottom was charged with first degree 
murder this week, following an
investigation by the Prosecuting
Attorney Ed Gordon and Sheriff
Earl E. Ladd.
Thompson is accused of killing
Baldy Tucker about day light list
Sunday on the McClure Farm, near
Dardanelle The two men had been
playing poker and got into an argument 
and fight following the game.
Tucker was shot six times with a
revolver.
James Russell. 
45, is being held in the Raymond 
jail without bond, charged
with the murder of his wife, Al
berta-Russell, 
Sheriff Carroll Robinson 
said.
Russell fatally shot his wife, and
wounded his stepson, 21 year old
Willie Carol, Thursday morning at
their home on the Whitaker place,
five miles south of Edwards.
The two injured persons were
rushed to the hospital in Vicksburg
where the woman died and where
the stepson is still a patient in serious 
condition.
Russell is being charged before
Judge Charlie Montgomery, Edwards 

Preparation 
for homecoming at Philander
Smith College have begun and 
four classes have named contestants
for "Miss Philander Smith". The
Panthers will meet Mississippi Vocational 
College at War Memorial
Stadium, November 7, for their
homecoming game.
All classes except the senior class
chose four candidates and will hold
eliminations alter. Queen contestants 
are Freshman class, Mamie
Johnson, Peggy Lou Sear, Frankie
Wilson and Mae Elva Staples; Sophomore 
class, Doris Redd, Swayzine
Hubard, Sharon Smith and Dorothy
Carter.
Junior class, Martha McQuiston,
Prances Walton, Doris Marks and
Portia Powell. Representing the
senior class is Frances Robins.

STRUCK BY AUTO;
HOSPITALIZED

The Arkansas supreme court upheld the
criminal conviction of Jesse Walts, 38, oil truck driver of Greenville, 
Miss. Walt, was convicted and sentenced to a four-year
term, on a charge of carnal abuse of a seven-year-old Negro girl.
The crime is alleged to have been committed on Dec. 21
while the little seven-year-old girl accompanied by a 3-year-old
boy walked along the Highway near Parkdale, Ark.
A road block was set up after the girl was turned loose and
she told her excited parents what happened and Walts caught and
arrested in Greenville, MISS.
Joe Stubbs,
64, of 515 Virden Street, was in serious 
condition at VA hospital here
Thursday as the result of being hit
by an auto at the intersection of
South Gallatin and Pascagoula
Streets
The police report said Stubbs was
hit by a 1940 Ford driven by Clinton 
Smith, 1615 Meadowbrook.
Smith was charged with failing to
yield right of way to a pedestrian,
according, to police.
Stubbs received hip and face injuries. 

Charlie
(Chock) Thompson, from Carden
Bottom was charged with first degree 
murder this week, following an
investigation by the Prosecuting
Attorney Ed Gordon and Sheriff
Earl E. Ladd.
Thompson is accused of killing
Baldy Tucker about day light list
Sunday on the McClure Farm, near
Dardanelle The two men had been
playing poker and got into an argument 
and fight following the game.
Tucker was shot six times with a
revolver.
James Russell. 
45, is being held in the Raymond 
jail without bond, charged
with the murder of his wife, Al
berta-Russell, 
Sheriff Carroll Robinson 
said.
Russell fatally shot his wife, and
wounded his stepson, 21 year old
Willie Carol, Thursday morning at
their home on the Whitaker place,
five miles south of Edwards.
The two injured persons were
rushed to the hospital in Vicksburg
where the woman died and where
the stepson is still a patient in serious 
condition.
Russell is being charged before
Judge Charlie Montgomery, Edwards 

Preparation 
for homecoming at Philander
Smith College have begun and 
four classes have named contestants
for "Miss Philander Smith". The
Panthers will meet Mississippi Vocational 
College at War Memorial
Stadium, November 7, for their
homecoming game.
All classes except the senior class
chose four candidates and will hold
eliminations alter. Queen contestants 
are Freshman class, Mamie
Johnson, Peggy Lou Sear, Frankie
Wilson and Mae Elva Staples; Sophomore 
class, Doris Redd, Swayzine
Hubard, Sharon Smith and Dorothy
Carter.
Junior class, Martha McQuiston,
Prances Walton, Doris Marks and
Portia Powell. Representing the
senior class is Frances Robins.

CHARGED WITH FIRST
DEGREE MURDER

The Arkansas supreme court upheld the
criminal conviction of Jesse Walts, 38, oil truck driver of Greenville, 
Miss. Walt, was convicted and sentenced to a four-year
term, on a charge of carnal abuse of a seven-year-old Negro girl.
The crime is alleged to have been committed on Dec. 21
while the little seven-year-old girl accompanied by a 3-year-old
boy walked along the Highway near Parkdale, Ark.
A road block was set up after the girl was turned loose and
she told her excited parents what happened and Walts caught and
arrested in Greenville, MISS.
Joe Stubbs,
64, of 515 Virden Street, was in serious 
condition at VA hospital here
Thursday as the result of being hit
by an auto at the intersection of
South Gallatin and Pascagoula
Streets
The police report said Stubbs was
hit by a 1940 Ford driven by Clinton 
Smith, 1615 Meadowbrook.
Smith was charged with failing to
yield right of way to a pedestrian,
according, to police.
Stubbs received hip and face injuries. 

Charlie
(Chock) Thompson, from Carden
Bottom was charged with first degree 
murder this week, following an
investigation by the Prosecuting
Attorney Ed Gordon and Sheriff
Earl E. Ladd.
Thompson is accused of killing
Baldy Tucker about day light list
Sunday on the McClure Farm, near
Dardanelle The two men had been
playing poker and got into an argument 
and fight following the game.
Tucker was shot six times with a
revolver.
James Russell. 
45, is being held in the Raymond 
jail without bond, charged
with the murder of his wife, Al
berta-Russell, 
Sheriff Carroll Robinson 
said.
Russell fatally shot his wife, and
wounded his stepson, 21 year old
Willie Carol, Thursday morning at
their home on the Whitaker place,
five miles south of Edwards.
The two injured persons were
rushed to the hospital in Vicksburg
where the woman died and where
the stepson is still a patient in serious 
condition.
Russell is being charged before
Judge Charlie Montgomery, Edwards 

Preparation 
for homecoming at Philander
Smith College have begun and 
four classes have named contestants
for "Miss Philander Smith". The
Panthers will meet Mississippi Vocational 
College at War Memorial
Stadium, November 7, for their
homecoming game.
All classes except the senior class
chose four candidates and will hold
eliminations alter. Queen contestants 
are Freshman class, Mamie
Johnson, Peggy Lou Sear, Frankie
Wilson and Mae Elva Staples; Sophomore 
class, Doris Redd, Swayzine
Hubard, Sharon Smith and Dorothy
Carter.
Junior class, Martha McQuiston,
Prances Walton, Doris Marks and
Portia Powell. Representing the
senior class is Frances Robins.

KILLS WIFE; WOUNDS STEPSON

The Arkansas supreme court upheld the
criminal conviction of Jesse Walts, 38, oil truck driver of Greenville, 
Miss. Walt, was convicted and sentenced to a four-year
term, on a charge of carnal abuse of a seven-year-old Negro girl.
The crime is alleged to have been committed on Dec. 21
while the little seven-year-old girl accompanied by a 3-year-old
boy walked along the Highway near Parkdale, Ark.
A road block was set up after the girl was turned loose and
she told her excited parents what happened and Walts caught and
arrested in Greenville, MISS.
Joe Stubbs,
64, of 515 Virden Street, was in serious 
condition at VA hospital here
Thursday as the result of being hit
by an auto at the intersection of
South Gallatin and Pascagoula
Streets
The police report said Stubbs was
hit by a 1940 Ford driven by Clinton 
Smith, 1615 Meadowbrook.
Smith was charged with failing to
yield right of way to a pedestrian,
according, to police.
Stubbs received hip and face injuries. 

Charlie
(Chock) Thompson, from Carden
Bottom was charged with first degree 
murder this week, following an
investigation by the Prosecuting
Attorney Ed Gordon and Sheriff
Earl E. Ladd.
Thompson is accused of killing
Baldy Tucker about day light list
Sunday on the McClure Farm, near
Dardanelle The two men had been
playing poker and got into an argument 
and fight following the game.
Tucker was shot six times with a
revolver.
James Russell. 
45, is being held in the Raymond 
jail without bond, charged
with the murder of his wife, Al
berta-Russell, 
Sheriff Carroll Robinson 
said.
Russell fatally shot his wife, and
wounded his stepson, 21 year old
Willie Carol, Thursday morning at
their home on the Whitaker place,
five miles south of Edwards.
The two injured persons were
rushed to the hospital in Vicksburg
where the woman died and where
the stepson is still a patient in serious 
condition.
Russell is being charged before
Judge Charlie Montgomery, Edwards 

Preparation 
for homecoming at Philander
Smith College have begun and 
four classes have named contestants
for "Miss Philander Smith". The
Panthers will meet Mississippi Vocational 
College at War Memorial
Stadium, November 7, for their
homecoming game.
All classes except the senior class
chose four candidates and will hold
eliminations alter. Queen contestants 
are Freshman class, Mamie
Johnson, Peggy Lou Sear, Frankie
Wilson and Mae Elva Staples; Sophomore 
class, Doris Redd, Swayzine
Hubard, Sharon Smith and Dorothy
Carter.
Junior class, Martha McQuiston,
Prances Walton, Doris Marks and
Portia Powell. Representing the
senior class is Frances Robins.

PHILANDER HOMECOMING
CANDIDATES SELECTED

The Arkansas supreme court upheld the
criminal conviction of Jesse Walts, 38, oil truck driver of Greenville, 
Miss. Walt, was convicted and sentenced to a four-year
term, on a charge of carnal abuse of a seven-year-old Negro girl.
The crime is alleged to have been committed on Dec. 21
while the little seven-year-old girl accompanied by a 3-year-old
boy walked along the Highway near Parkdale, Ark.
A road block was set up after the girl was turned loose and
she told her excited parents what happened and Walts caught and
arrested in Greenville, MISS.
Joe Stubbs,
64, of 515 Virden Street, was in serious 
condition at VA hospital here
Thursday as the result of being hit
by an auto at the intersection of
South Gallatin and Pascagoula
Streets
The police report said Stubbs was
hit by a 1940 Ford driven by Clinton 
Smith, 1615 Meadowbrook.
Smith was charged with failing to
yield right of way to a pedestrian,
according, to police.
Stubbs received hip and face injuries. 

Charlie
(Chock) Thompson, from Carden
Bottom was charged with first degree 
murder this week, following an
investigation by the Prosecuting
Attorney Ed Gordon and Sheriff
Earl E. Ladd.
Thompson is accused of killing
Baldy Tucker about day light list
Sunday on the McClure Farm, near
Dardanelle The two men had been
playing poker and got into an argument 
and fight following the game.
Tucker was shot six times with a
revolver.
James Russell. 
45, is being held in the Raymond 
jail without bond, charged
with the murder of his wife, Al
berta-Russell, 
Sheriff Carroll Robinson 
said.
Russell fatally shot his wife, and
wounded his stepson, 21 year old
Willie Carol, Thursday morning at
their home on the Whitaker place,
five miles south of Edwards.
The two injured persons were
rushed to the hospital in Vicksburg
where the woman died and where
the stepson is still a patient in serious 
condition.
Russell is being charged before
Judge Charlie Montgomery, Edwards 

Preparation 
for homecoming at Philander
Smith College have begun and 
four classes have named contestants
for "Miss Philander Smith". The
Panthers will meet Mississippi Vocational 
College at War Memorial
Stadium, November 7, for their
homecoming game.
All classes except the senior class
chose four candidates and will hold
eliminations alter. Queen contestants 
are Freshman class, Mamie
Johnson, Peggy Lou Sear, Frankie
Wilson and Mae Elva Staples; Sophomore 
class, Doris Redd, Swayzine
Hubard, Sharon Smith and Dorothy
Carter.
Junior class, Martha McQuiston,
Prances Walton, Doris Marks and
Portia Powell. Representing the
senior class is Frances Robins.

MY WEEKLY
SERMON


We went to the country this autumn 
on hillside and plains.
We saw an enchanting scene...
the trees with their leaves... leaves
... some large... some small... some
long... some short... some rough....
some a golden russet. It was a divine 
pattern... an art gallery of
heaven. It seemed that angels had
dropped their paint pots and brushes 
on the forests... the trees.... their
beauty seemed a-fire. We were reminded 
of Moses as he shepherded
Jetho's flock (Exodus 3:2); beholding 
a burning bush yet unhurried.
We felt like uncovering our heads
and unsandling our feet.
Some leaves had fallen and were
being trodden upon to "become a
brother to the senseless clod, and
heir forever with the elements from
whence they came." These faded,
but beautiful leaves made a sweet
psalm... music... a dirge... "We all
do lade as a leaf." A psalm... a
meaningful song as beautiful as
melted pearls and liquid amethyst...
.. reminding us, lest we forget, of
our frailty, our mortality, and then
too, our immortality.
The leaves had done their work
while the green chlorophyl (lifeblood 
coursed through their veins.
Are we doing our work while life's
blood flows through our veins?
The leaves had manufactured
food. They had absorbed carbon
dioxide. They had given off tons,
of water. They had received much
from God. And they, in turn, had
given off much oxygen that people
and animals might live. They had
given fruit... and shade. The leaves
had given and given!
They had done what Jesus, the
Christ, tells us to do... "Freely you
have received, freely give." We
have received so much from God.
We have a Christ to give to those
who know him not... a church to
give to a world that worships him
not. We have money to give...
love to show... help to render to
the helpless. Are we? Are we?
After the work of the leaves was
done, faded and beautiful they fell
to the ground. Some leaves fade
and fall seemingly before their time
... in spring, in summer... waiting
not for autumn with its chilling
frosts and biting winds.
The same thing happens to people... 
"Here is a reaper whose name
is death... and with his sickle keen
he reaps the bearded grain, at a
breath and the flowers that grow
between." Babyhood is not spared
... neither the tender teens, the
teachable twenties, the tireless
thirties, the fiery forties, the forceful 
fifties, the serious sixties, the
sacred seventies, nor the aching
eighties.
How beautiful the autumn leaves
ere their departure! They clothe
the trees in rainbow hue, and then
quietly, contentedly, they slip away.
The sun shining upon the storedup 
materials of sugar, oil, and pignemtation 
in the leaves, changes
the leaves into the beauties of color
... red, yellow, orange, scarlet and
bronze.
We, too, can become beautiful in
character as we grow old. Heed
the psalm of the faded and fallen
leaves. Let God shine upon our
hearts of gold and more beautiful

will we become. Then the sunset
of bur lives will fling to the skies a
golden after-glow... with the
promise of a clear tomorrow.
'We all do fade as a leaf... we
are fading. We shall some day
fall. Let not these thoughts chill
us... for if God in heaven stoops to
touch the dead limbs of a tree... a
barren tree, with the assurance of
another spring.... We are satisfied
that our real selves (our souls) will
not suffer annihilation after they
have left our tenements of clay.
The faded and falling leave sing
to us a psalm. Heed the song of
the fading leaves. Heed the words
of Jesus "Because I live, ye shall
also live."!!

PSALM OF THE FADING
AND FALLING LEAVES


We went to the country this autumn 
on hillside and plains.
We saw an enchanting scene...
the trees with their leaves... leaves
... some large... some small... some
long... some short... some rough....
some a golden russet. It was a divine 
pattern... an art gallery of
heaven. It seemed that angels had
dropped their paint pots and brushes 
on the forests... the trees.... their
beauty seemed a-fire. We were reminded 
of Moses as he shepherded
Jetho's flock (Exodus 3:2); beholding 
a burning bush yet unhurried.
We felt like uncovering our heads
and unsandling our feet.
Some leaves had fallen and were
being trodden upon to "become a
brother to the senseless clod, and
heir forever with the elements from
whence they came." These faded,
but beautiful leaves made a sweet
psalm... music... a dirge... "We all
do lade as a leaf." A psalm... a
meaningful song as beautiful as
melted pearls and liquid amethyst...
.. reminding us, lest we forget, of
our frailty, our mortality, and then
too, our immortality.
The leaves had done their work
while the green chlorophyl (lifeblood 
coursed through their veins.
Are we doing our work while life's
blood flows through our veins?
The leaves had manufactured
food. They had absorbed carbon
dioxide. They had given off tons,
of water. They had received much
from God. And they, in turn, had
given off much oxygen that people
and animals might live. They had
given fruit... and shade. The leaves
had given and given!
They had done what Jesus, the
Christ, tells us to do... "Freely you
have received, freely give." We
have received so much from God.
We have a Christ to give to those
who know him not... a church to
give to a world that worships him
not. We have money to give...
love to show... help to render to
the helpless. Are we? Are we?
After the work of the leaves was
done, faded and beautiful they fell
to the ground. Some leaves fade
and fall seemingly before their time
... in spring, in summer... waiting
not for autumn with its chilling
frosts and biting winds.
The same thing happens to people... 
"Here is a reaper whose name
is death... and with his sickle keen
he reaps the bearded grain, at a
breath and the flowers that grow
between." Babyhood is not spared
... neither the tender teens, the
teachable twenties, the tireless
thirties, the fiery forties, the forceful 
fifties, the serious sixties, the
sacred seventies, nor the aching
eighties.
How beautiful the autumn leaves
ere their departure! They clothe
the trees in rainbow hue, and then
quietly, contentedly, they slip away.
The sun shining upon the storedup 
materials of sugar, oil, and pignemtation 
in the leaves, changes
the leaves into the beauties of color
... red, yellow, orange, scarlet and
bronze.
We, too, can become beautiful in
character as we grow old. Heed
the psalm of the faded and fallen
leaves. Let God shine upon our
hearts of gold and more beautiful

will we become. Then the sunset
of bur lives will fling to the skies a
golden after-glow... with the
promise of a clear tomorrow.
'We all do fade as a leaf... we
are fading. We shall some day
fall. Let not these thoughts chill
us... for if God in heaven stoops to
touch the dead limbs of a tree... a
barren tree, with the assurance of
another spring.... We are satisfied
that our real selves (our souls) will
not suffer annihilation after they
have left our tenements of clay.
The faded and falling leave sing
to us a psalm. Heed the song of
the fading leaves. Heed the words
of Jesus "Because I live, ye shall
also live."!!

Mrs. Ruth Caston

for Dewey.
Mrs. Mueller, who taught for six
years in Mississippi schools and
was a supervisor in Georgia schools
for three years, has been Y. Teen
Director of the Philadelphia YWCA; 
Director of Hope Day Nursery
in New York City; Director of Interracial 
Education at the Brooklyn
YWCA and Supervisor of Youth
Board Centers of the New York
City Protestant Council.
She is how director of the Capitol
Area. Association for the United
Nations and a member of the National 
Association of College Women, 
the Negro Business and Professional 
Women's Clubs, the American 
Association of University Women, 
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
and the National Council of Negro
Women.
A native of Liberty, Mississippi,
Mrs. Mueller is a graduate of Arkansas 
State College and has a
master's degree from New York
University. She has taken advanced 
studies at Atlanta, Columbia
and Temple Universities, the New
York School Work, Vassar Summer
Institute and the New York School
of Social Research.
She is the widow of the late Bernard 
A. Mueller of Philadelphia
and New York.
The Non-Partisan Voters League,
organized by Dr. J. E. Walker for
the past three months has been
conducting a series of meetings
primarily for the purpose of instilling 
interest in voters of the importance 
of registration for the forth
coming election.
At this banquet plans will also
be laid to nut full strength of the
Precinct and Ward organization behind 
the registration campaign of
the non-partisan league headed by
Dr. Walker.

First Direct

the report of the District-of Columtrict 
of Columbia subcommittee.
It appeared highly significant
that the Committee named the two
top flight labor leaders. Walter
Reuther, president of the CIO; and
George Meany, president of the
AFL, to the District, subcommittee
since the hiring policy of the two
D. C. companies in question has
been blamed upon the unions rather 
than the industries. Employees
of the Capital Transit Co., are
members of an AFL union, while
those of the telephone company

belong to the CIO.
Wilkins was mum on a report released 
by the NAACP the early
part of the month, stating that an
investigation of the discriminators
hiring policy at the Atomic Energy
Plants in Aiken, S. C., and Paducah, 
Ky., is now underway.
The third meeting of the committee 
is scheduled for Dec. 1, in
the U. S. Department of Labor

Farmers Made

leges and the significance of the
findings, TVA made a special grant
to finance a regional conference
held at Tuskegee Institute last
June 27, 28 and 29.
The subject of this regional conference 
was "The Utilization of Social 
Science Research in Teacher
Training at the Negro Land Grant
Colleges in the Tennessee Valley
Region."
Mr. Neal reported that a three
year plan of work was developed to
Implement the TVA Land. Grant
College Social Studies project. The
first year will be devoted to organizing 
a committee from the
areas of teacher education agricultural 
education, home economics
and the social sciences.
The second year of the project
will be concerned with the utilizetion 
of the research materials in
the classrooms, and the third year
with an evaluation of this educational 
experiment.
Mr. Neal reported that TVA has
provided funds to finance two more
regional conferences and visits to
the cooperating colleges to assist on
local problems. The visits will be
made by J. H. Daves of TVA.
Dr. E. Franklin Frazier, head of
the sociology department at Howard 
University, reported on the social 
studies projects. Following Mr.
Neal's report, remarks were made
by Dr. Lawrence L. Durisch and
Richard Niehoff, both of TVA. A
discussion of the report was led by
Dr. W. K. Payne of Savannah
(Georgia) State College.
Officers elected for the 1953—54
term were: Dr. Robert P. Daniel,
president of Virginia State College,
president; Dr. B. C.; Turner, president 
of South. Carolina State College, 
vice president; Dr. B. C.
Turner, president of South Carolina
State College, vice president; Dr.
R. B. Atwood, president of Kentucky 
State, secretary; Dr. C. V.
Troup, president of Fort Valley
(Georgia) State, assistant secretary,
and Dr. Felton G. Clark, president
of Southern University, treasurer.
Three new members of the executive 
committee elected were President 
G. L. Harrison of Langston,
Presidents. S. D. Scruggs of Lincoln
(Missouri), and President Rufus E.
Clement of Atlanta University.
Dr. Atwood told the conference
that two astericks are put besides
the name of colored colleges listed
in a dirctory of colleges and universities 
published yearly by the
United States Office of Education.
These asterisks denote that the
students attending the colleges so
marked are predominantly colored.
Pointing out inconsistencies, he
said Howard University is marked
with two asterisks, although it has
more white students than any other 
"colored" institution while Lincoln 
University, Central State of
Ohio, and Wilberforce are not so
marked because they are located in
states where racial segregation is not
maintained.
He also pointed out that Brandeis
University in Waltham, Massa
chuestts— maintained and attended 
by News— has no identifying
symbol.
In view of the rapidly changing
social pattern in education throughout 
the country, Dr. Atwood said,
racial identification of predominant 
students at a school is "confusing, 
incorrect and perhaps injurious." 

Dr. Atwood offered and the conference 
adopted, a resolution calling 
upon the Office of Education to
discontinue the use of symbols in
the directory to designate schools
with predominantly colored students. 

Dr. Daniel explained to the conference 
arrangements for a special
leadership conference audio-visual
education in which the land grant
college presidents accepted an invitation 
to participate last year.
The conference will be held in an
audio-visual education building being 
constructed at Virginia State,
probably in the latter part of February. 
The building will be named
for the late Dr. Luther Foster, who
preceded Dr. Daniel as president

of Virginia State.
Dr. Dunicl said white institutions
have been having such conferences
for several years, but the colored
colleges were never invited to participate 
in such training.
As a consequence, he said, he got
in touch with Teaching Film Custodian 
Inc., an affiliate of the Motion. 
Picture Producers Association
of America and his proposal for an
audio-visual education conference
at Virginia State was accepted.
The land-grant college presidents
approved Dr. Atwood to be their
representative at the inauguration
of Dr. Luther Foster as president
of Tuskegee Institute.
The afternoon session last Wednesday 
was held at the School of
Engineering at Howard University.
Dean L. K. Downing of the Howard 
School of Engineering acted
as moderator of a panel discussion
on "Needs and Problems in the
Fields of Engineering Education
and Employment of Negroes."
Participating in the discussion
were James C. Evans, civilian assistant 
to the Secretary of Defense,
who spoke on "Opportunities in the
Teaching profession;" Benson Dutton, 
director of the division of engineering 
at Tennessee State, "Types 
of Training Programs Best Suited 
to Meet the Opportunities;" J.
H. Daves, TVA, "Opportunity in
TVA and Other Government Projects," 
and Julian A. Thomas, of
the National Urban League, 'Employment 
Trends and Next Steps."
The general discussion was led by.
Dr. Scruggs.
The land-grant college presidents
were the guests at a dinner session
last Wednesday evening of Dr.
Mordecai W. Johnson, president of
Howard University and his admin=
istrative staff, in the Trustees' Dining 
Room at Howard

LAND GRANT COLLEGES

leges and the significance of the
findings, TVA made a special grant
to finance a regional conference
held at Tuskegee Institute last
June 27, 28 and 29.
The subject of this regional conference 
was "The Utilization of Social 
Science Research in Teacher
Training at the Negro Land Grant
Colleges in the Tennessee Valley
Region."
Mr. Neal reported that a three
year plan of work was developed to
Implement the TVA Land. Grant
College Social Studies project. The
first year will be devoted to organizing 
a committee from the
areas of teacher education agricultural 
education, home economics
and the social sciences.
The second year of the project
will be concerned with the utilizetion 
of the research materials in
the classrooms, and the third year
with an evaluation of this educational 
experiment.
Mr. Neal reported that TVA has
provided funds to finance two more
regional conferences and visits to
the cooperating colleges to assist on
local problems. The visits will be
made by J. H. Daves of TVA.
Dr. E. Franklin Frazier, head of
the sociology department at Howard 
University, reported on the social 
studies projects. Following Mr.
Neal's report, remarks were made
by Dr. Lawrence L. Durisch and
Richard Niehoff, both of TVA. A
discussion of the report was led by
Dr. W. K. Payne of Savannah
(Georgia) State College.
Officers elected for the 1953—54
term were: Dr. Robert P. Daniel,
president of Virginia State College,
president; Dr. B. C.; Turner, president 
of South. Carolina State College, 
vice president; Dr. B. C.
Turner, president of South Carolina
State College, vice president; Dr.
R. B. Atwood, president of Kentucky 
State, secretary; Dr. C. V.
Troup, president of Fort Valley
(Georgia) State, assistant secretary,
and Dr. Felton G. Clark, president
of Southern University, treasurer.
Three new members of the executive 
committee elected were President 
G. L. Harrison of Langston,
Presidents. S. D. Scruggs of Lincoln
(Missouri), and President Rufus E.
Clement of Atlanta University.
Dr. Atwood told the conference
that two astericks are put besides
the name of colored colleges listed
in a dirctory of colleges and universities 
published yearly by the
United States Office of Education.
These asterisks denote that the
students attending the colleges so
marked are predominantly colored.
Pointing out inconsistencies, he
said Howard University is marked
with two asterisks, although it has
more white students than any other 
"colored" institution while Lincoln 
University, Central State of
Ohio, and Wilberforce are not so
marked because they are located in
states where racial segregation is not
maintained.
He also pointed out that Brandeis
University in Waltham, Massa
chuestts— maintained and attended 
by News— has no identifying
symbol.
In view of the rapidly changing
social pattern in education throughout 
the country, Dr. Atwood said,
racial identification of predominant 
students at a school is "confusing, 
incorrect and perhaps injurious." 

Dr. Atwood offered and the conference 
adopted, a resolution calling 
upon the Office of Education to
discontinue the use of symbols in
the directory to designate schools
with predominantly colored students. 

Dr. Daniel explained to the conference 
arrangements for a special
leadership conference audio-visual
education in which the land grant
college presidents accepted an invitation 
to participate last year.
The conference will be held in an
audio-visual education building being 
constructed at Virginia State,
probably in the latter part of February. 
The building will be named
for the late Dr. Luther Foster, who
preceded Dr. Daniel as president

of Virginia State.
Dr. Dunicl said white institutions
have been having such conferences
for several years, but the colored
colleges were never invited to participate 
in such training.
As a consequence, he said, he got
in touch with Teaching Film Custodian 
Inc., an affiliate of the Motion. 
Picture Producers Association
of America and his proposal for an
audio-visual education conference
at Virginia State was accepted.
The land-grant college presidents
approved Dr. Atwood to be their
representative at the inauguration
of Dr. Luther Foster as president
of Tuskegee Institute.
The afternoon session last Wednesday 
was held at the School of
Engineering at Howard University.
Dean L. K. Downing of the Howard 
School of Engineering acted
as moderator of a panel discussion
on "Needs and Problems in the
Fields of Engineering Education
and Employment of Negroes."
Participating in the discussion
were James C. Evans, civilian assistant 
to the Secretary of Defense,
who spoke on "Opportunities in the
Teaching profession;" Benson Dutton, 
director of the division of engineering 
at Tennessee State, "Types 
of Training Programs Best Suited 
to Meet the Opportunities;" J.
H. Daves, TVA, "Opportunity in
TVA and Other Government Projects," 
and Julian A. Thomas, of
the National Urban League, 'Employment 
Trends and Next Steps."
The general discussion was led by.
Dr. Scruggs.
The land-grant college presidents
were the guests at a dinner session
last Wednesday evening of Dr.
Mordecai W. Johnson, president of
Howard University and his admin=
istrative staff, in the Trustees' Dining 
Room at Howard

LOCAL PROBLEMS

leges and the significance of the
findings, TVA made a special grant
to finance a regional conference
held at Tuskegee Institute last
June 27, 28 and 29.
The subject of this regional conference 
was "The Utilization of Social 
Science Research in Teacher
Training at the Negro Land Grant
Colleges in the Tennessee Valley
Region."
Mr. Neal reported that a three
year plan of work was developed to
Implement the TVA Land. Grant
College Social Studies project. The
first year will be devoted to organizing 
a committee from the
areas of teacher education agricultural 
education, home economics
and the social sciences.
The second year of the project
will be concerned with the utilizetion 
of the research materials in
the classrooms, and the third year
with an evaluation of this educational 
experiment.
Mr. Neal reported that TVA has
provided funds to finance two more
regional conferences and visits to
the cooperating colleges to assist on
local problems. The visits will be
made by J. H. Daves of TVA.
Dr. E. Franklin Frazier, head of
the sociology department at Howard 
University, reported on the social 
studies projects. Following Mr.
Neal's report, remarks were made
by Dr. Lawrence L. Durisch and
Richard Niehoff, both of TVA. A
discussion of the report was led by
Dr. W. K. Payne of Savannah
(Georgia) State College.
Officers elected for the 1953—54
term were: Dr. Robert P. Daniel,
president of Virginia State College,
president; Dr. B. C.; Turner, president 
of South. Carolina State College, 
vice president; Dr. B. C.
Turner, president of South Carolina
State College, vice president; Dr.
R. B. Atwood, president of Kentucky 
State, secretary; Dr. C. V.
Troup, president of Fort Valley
(Georgia) State, assistant secretary,
and Dr. Felton G. Clark, president
of Southern University, treasurer.
Three new members of the executive 
committee elected were President 
G. L. Harrison of Langston,
Presidents. S. D. Scruggs of Lincoln
(Missouri), and President Rufus E.
Clement of Atlanta University.
Dr. Atwood told the conference
that two astericks are put besides
the name of colored colleges listed
in a dirctory of colleges and universities 
published yearly by the
United States Office of Education.
These asterisks denote that the
students attending the colleges so
marked are predominantly colored.
Pointing out inconsistencies, he
said Howard University is marked
with two asterisks, although it has
more white students than any other 
"colored" institution while Lincoln 
University, Central State of
Ohio, and Wilberforce are not so
marked because they are located in
states where racial segregation is not
maintained.
He also pointed out that Brandeis
University in Waltham, Massa
chuestts— maintained and attended 
by News— has no identifying
symbol.
In view of the rapidly changing
social pattern in education throughout 
the country, Dr. Atwood said,
racial identification of predominant 
students at a school is "confusing, 
incorrect and perhaps injurious." 

Dr. Atwood offered and the conference 
adopted, a resolution calling 
upon the Office of Education to
discontinue the use of symbols in
the directory to designate schools
with predominantly colored students. 

Dr. Daniel explained to the conference 
arrangements for a special
leadership conference audio-visual
education in which the land grant
college presidents accepted an invitation 
to participate last year.
The conference will be held in an
audio-visual education building being 
constructed at Virginia State,
probably in the latter part of February. 
The building will be named
for the late Dr. Luther Foster, who
preceded Dr. Daniel as president

of Virginia State.
Dr. Dunicl said white institutions
have been having such conferences
for several years, but the colored
colleges were never invited to participate 
in such training.
As a consequence, he said, he got
in touch with Teaching Film Custodian 
Inc., an affiliate of the Motion. 
Picture Producers Association
of America and his proposal for an
audio-visual education conference
at Virginia State was accepted.
The land-grant college presidents
approved Dr. Atwood to be their
representative at the inauguration
of Dr. Luther Foster as president
of Tuskegee Institute.
The afternoon session last Wednesday 
was held at the School of
Engineering at Howard University.
Dean L. K. Downing of the Howard 
School of Engineering acted
as moderator of a panel discussion
on "Needs and Problems in the
Fields of Engineering Education
and Employment of Negroes."
Participating in the discussion
were James C. Evans, civilian assistant 
to the Secretary of Defense,
who spoke on "Opportunities in the
Teaching profession;" Benson Dutton, 
director of the division of engineering 
at Tennessee State, "Types 
of Training Programs Best Suited 
to Meet the Opportunities;" J.
H. Daves, TVA, "Opportunity in
TVA and Other Government Projects," 
and Julian A. Thomas, of
the National Urban League, 'Employment 
Trends and Next Steps."
The general discussion was led by.
Dr. Scruggs.
The land-grant college presidents
were the guests at a dinner session
last Wednesday evening of Dr.
Mordecai W. Johnson, president of
Howard University and his admin=
istrative staff, in the Trustees' Dining 
Room at Howard

PUBLISHED YEARLY

leges and the significance of the
findings, TVA made a special grant
to finance a regional conference
held at Tuskegee Institute last
June 27, 28 and 29.
The subject of this regional conference 
was "The Utilization of Social 
Science Research in Teacher
Training at the Negro Land Grant
Colleges in the Tennessee Valley
Region."
Mr. Neal reported that a three
year plan of work was developed to
Implement the TVA Land. Grant
College Social Studies project. The
first year will be devoted to organizing 
a committee from the
areas of teacher education agricultural 
education, home economics
and the social sciences.
The second year of the project
will be concerned with the utilizetion 
of the research materials in
the classrooms, and the third year
with an evaluation of this educational 
experiment.
Mr. Neal reported that TVA has
provided funds to finance two more
regional conferences and visits to
the cooperating colleges to assist on
local problems. The visits will be
made by J. H. Daves of TVA.
Dr. E. Franklin Frazier, head of
the sociology department at Howard 
University, reported on the social 
studies projects. Following Mr.
Neal's report, remarks were made
by Dr. Lawrence L. Durisch and
Richard Niehoff, both of TVA. A
discussion of the report was led by
Dr. W. K. Payne of Savannah
(Georgia) State College.
Officers elected for the 1953—54
term were: Dr. Robert P. Daniel,
president of Virginia State College,
president; Dr. B. C.; Turner, president 
of South. Carolina State College, 
vice president; Dr. B. C.
Turner, president of South Carolina
State College, vice president; Dr.
R. B. Atwood, president of Kentucky 
State, secretary; Dr. C. V.
Troup, president of Fort Valley
(Georgia) State, assistant secretary,
and Dr. Felton G. Clark, president
of Southern University, treasurer.
Three new members of the executive 
committee elected were President 
G. L. Harrison of Langston,
Presidents. S. D. Scruggs of Lincoln
(Missouri), and President Rufus E.
Clement of Atlanta University.
Dr. Atwood told the conference
that two astericks are put besides
the name of colored colleges listed
in a dirctory of colleges and universities 
published yearly by the
United States Office of Education.
These asterisks denote that the
students attending the colleges so
marked are predominantly colored.
Pointing out inconsistencies, he
said Howard University is marked
with two asterisks, although it has
more white students than any other 
"colored" institution while Lincoln 
University, Central State of
Ohio, and Wilberforce are not so
marked because they are located in
states where racial segregation is not
maintained.
He also pointed out that Brandeis
University in Waltham, Massa
chuestts— maintained and attended 
by News— has no identifying
symbol.
In view of the rapidly changing
social pattern in education throughout 
the country, Dr. Atwood said,
racial identification of predominant 
students at a school is "confusing, 
incorrect and perhaps injurious." 

Dr. Atwood offered and the conference 
adopted, a resolution calling 
upon the Office of Education to
discontinue the use of symbols in
the directory to designate schools
with predominantly colored students. 

Dr. Daniel explained to the conference 
arrangements for a special
leadership conference audio-visual
education in which the land grant
college presidents accepted an invitation 
to participate last year.
The conference will be held in an
audio-visual education building being 
constructed at Virginia State,
probably in the latter part of February. 
The building will be named
for the late Dr. Luther Foster, who
preceded Dr. Daniel as president

of Virginia State.
Dr. Dunicl said white institutions
have been having such conferences
for several years, but the colored
colleges were never invited to participate 
in such training.
As a consequence, he said, he got
in touch with Teaching Film Custodian 
Inc., an affiliate of the Motion. 
Picture Producers Association
of America and his proposal for an
audio-visual education conference
at Virginia State was accepted.
The land-grant college presidents
approved Dr. Atwood to be their
representative at the inauguration
of Dr. Luther Foster as president
of Tuskegee Institute.
The afternoon session last Wednesday 
was held at the School of
Engineering at Howard University.
Dean L. K. Downing of the Howard 
School of Engineering acted
as moderator of a panel discussion
on "Needs and Problems in the
Fields of Engineering Education
and Employment of Negroes."
Participating in the discussion
were James C. Evans, civilian assistant 
to the Secretary of Defense,
who spoke on "Opportunities in the
Teaching profession;" Benson Dutton, 
director of the division of engineering 
at Tennessee State, "Types 
of Training Programs Best Suited 
to Meet the Opportunities;" J.
H. Daves, TVA, "Opportunity in
TVA and Other Government Projects," 
and Julian A. Thomas, of
the National Urban League, 'Employment 
Trends and Next Steps."
The general discussion was led by.
Dr. Scruggs.
The land-grant college presidents
were the guests at a dinner session
last Wednesday evening of Dr.
Mordecai W. Johnson, president of
Howard University and his admin=
istrative staff, in the Trustees' Dining 
Room at Howard

RACIAL SEGREGATION

leges and the significance of the
findings, TVA made a special grant
to finance a regional conference
held at Tuskegee Institute last
June 27, 28 and 29.
The subject of this regional conference 
was "The Utilization of Social 
Science Research in Teacher
Training at the Negro Land Grant
Colleges in the Tennessee Valley
Region."
Mr. Neal reported that a three
year plan of work was developed to
Implement the TVA Land. Grant
College Social Studies project. The
first year will be devoted to organizing 
a committee from the
areas of teacher education agricultural 
education, home economics
and the social sciences.
The second year of the project
will be concerned with the utilizetion 
of the research materials in
the classrooms, and the third year
with an evaluation of this educational 
experiment.
Mr. Neal reported that TVA has
provided funds to finance two more
regional conferences and visits to
the cooperating colleges to assist on
local problems. The visits will be
made by J. H. Daves of TVA.
Dr. E. Franklin Frazier, head of
the sociology department at Howard 
University, reported on the social 
studies projects. Following Mr.
Neal's report, remarks were made
by Dr. Lawrence L. Durisch and
Richard Niehoff, both of TVA. A
discussion of the report was led by
Dr. W. K. Payne of Savannah
(Georgia) State College.
Officers elected for the 1953—54
term were: Dr. Robert P. Daniel,
president of Virginia State College,
president; Dr. B. C.; Turner, president 
of South. Carolina State College, 
vice president; Dr. B. C.
Turner, president of South Carolina
State College, vice president; Dr.
R. B. Atwood, president of Kentucky 
State, secretary; Dr. C. V.
Troup, president of Fort Valley
(Georgia) State, assistant secretary,
and Dr. Felton G. Clark, president
of Southern University, treasurer.
Three new members of the executive 
committee elected were President 
G. L. Harrison of Langston,
Presidents. S. D. Scruggs of Lincoln
(Missouri), and President Rufus E.
Clement of Atlanta University.
Dr. Atwood told the conference
that two astericks are put besides
the name of colored colleges listed
in a dirctory of colleges and universities 
published yearly by the
United States Office of Education.
These asterisks denote that the
students attending the colleges so
marked are predominantly colored.
Pointing out inconsistencies, he
said Howard University is marked
with two asterisks, although it has
more white students than any other 
"colored" institution while Lincoln 
University, Central State of
Ohio, and Wilberforce are not so
marked because they are located in
states where racial segregation is not
maintained.
He also pointed out that Brandeis
University in Waltham, Massa
chuestts— maintained and attended 
by News— has no identifying
symbol.
In view of the rapidly changing
social pattern in education throughout 
the country, Dr. Atwood said,
racial identification of predominant 
students at a school is "confusing, 
incorrect and perhaps injurious." 

Dr. Atwood offered and the conference 
adopted, a resolution calling 
upon the Office of Education to
discontinue the use of symbols in
the directory to designate schools
with predominantly colored students. 

Dr. Daniel explained to the conference 
arrangements for a special
leadership conference audio-visual
education in which the land grant
college presidents accepted an invitation 
to participate last year.
The conference will be held in an
audio-visual education building being 
constructed at Virginia State,
probably in the latter part of February. 
The building will be named
for the late Dr. Luther Foster, who
preceded Dr. Daniel as president

of Virginia State.
Dr. Dunicl said white institutions
have been having such conferences
for several years, but the colored
colleges were never invited to participate 
in such training.
As a consequence, he said, he got
in touch with Teaching Film Custodian 
Inc., an affiliate of the Motion. 
Picture Producers Association
of America and his proposal for an
audio-visual education conference
at Virginia State was accepted.
The land-grant college presidents
approved Dr. Atwood to be their
representative at the inauguration
of Dr. Luther Foster as president
of Tuskegee Institute.
The afternoon session last Wednesday 
was held at the School of
Engineering at Howard University.
Dean L. K. Downing of the Howard 
School of Engineering acted
as moderator of a panel discussion
on "Needs and Problems in the
Fields of Engineering Education
and Employment of Negroes."
Participating in the discussion
were James C. Evans, civilian assistant 
to the Secretary of Defense,
who spoke on "Opportunities in the
Teaching profession;" Benson Dutton, 
director of the division of engineering 
at Tennessee State, "Types 
of Training Programs Best Suited 
to Meet the Opportunities;" J.
H. Daves, TVA, "Opportunity in
TVA and Other Government Projects," 
and Julian A. Thomas, of
the National Urban League, 'Employment 
Trends and Next Steps."
The general discussion was led by.
Dr. Scruggs.
The land-grant college presidents
were the guests at a dinner session
last Wednesday evening of Dr.
Mordecai W. Johnson, president of
Howard University and his admin=
istrative staff, in the Trustees' Dining 
Room at Howard

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Alabaman Denies
Try To Evade
Court Ruling
State
Senator James Faulkner has disavowed 
attempts to circumvent a
possible United States Supreme
Court decision banning public
school segregation by turning the
schools over to private interests as
proposed by Governors James F.
Byrnes of South Carolina and Herman 
Talmadge of Georgia.
Addressing the Birmingham Jaycees 
here on October 20, Senator.
Faulkner, a potential candidate for
governor said, as reported in The
Birmingham News: "I do not believe 
that a system of private
schools for our white children is
the answer and I believe if the Supreme 
Court rules for non-segregated 
schools, its ruling will be written
to preclude the Georgia and South
Carolina legislative acts for providing 
private schoos."
In the event of a ruling sustaining 
the "equal but separate" doctrine, 
the senator estimated "it will
cost 150 to 200 million dollars to
bring Alabama's Negro, schools up
to an equals level with the state's
white schools." He also indicated
that it would cost $300 million to
bring the states school buildings up
to the national par

PLAYPEN
A loop
of string dangling from the side of
his playpen became a death noose
for 13 month old Donald Barstow
Dickinson, after, the baby slipped
his head through the loop.

SHOT COST $150
Ben Miller
a bow and arrow hunten loosed a
shaft to scare a bull away from his
car. The arrow did more than just
scare the animal, it wounded it so
badly that a veterinarian recommended 
that he bull be slaughtered; 
Miller bought Fred Arneson
the farmer-owner, a new bull for
$150.

White Warns

mocrats appear willing to make a
compromise with reactionary antiNegro 
elements in the South. Lasting 
unity cannot be built upon the
treacherous quicksands of Dixie
craticism," the NAACP leader said.
"The Democratic party cannot
hope to succeed as a national party
on any basis acceptable to the Byrnes-Talmadge 
axis," he asserted.
"It can, of course, return to its past
and again become a regional party,
the vehicle of racist reaction. To
do so, it will have to turn its back
on Roosevelt and Truman, and on

world opinion."
If the party is to regain power,
Mr. White declared, "it will have
to think more in terms of building
its strength among liberal forces in
all sections of the country rather
than in terms of appeasing the
most backward elements in the
South."
"There are in the South, progresssive, 
forward-looking elements, to
whom the Democratic leaders may
look to rebuild a truly democratic
party in this region," he asserted
These men and women of both races 
are ready and eager to build
here in the South a political party
advocating full civil rights and the
abolition of racial segregation. It
is to these that the national Democratic 
party needs to turn for
counsel and aid if it wishes to be a
national party. The party will not
be able to achieve this goal as the
instrument of the Byrneses, the
Tamadges, the Russells and others
of their ilk,"
The NAACP leader expressed the
hope that "the time is not far distant 
when racial segregation will be
outlawed and that the pattern of
integration will find wide acceptance 
in the South, contrary to the
dire predictions of Governors Byrnes 
and Talmadge."

Police Beat

driving, $51
Clarence Commander, 22, Germantown, 
disorderly conduct $51.
Resisting arrest, $51; profanity, $51.
Viola Aliens, 32, 220 Linden, disorderly 
conduct, $26.
Anna Mae Smith, 37, 220 Linden,
disorderly conduct, $26.
Leroy Rolling, 42, 192 Jackson,
drunk, $21.
George McLendon, 36, 1612 Oriole,
disorderly conduct, $26.
Freddrick Christmas, 22, 163.5 Cardine, 
disorderly conduct, $16.
Bernice Johnson, 20, 3264 Land
N., disorderly conduct, $16.
Ross Commer, 31, at large, drunk,
$16.
Ruth Maxwell, 31, 343 Beale, disturbing 
the peace, $16.
Lucy Jackson, 38, 11 N. Willett,
assault and battery, $16.
Jimmie Johnson, 35, at large,
drunk, $51.
L. S. McGhee, 44, 280 Gayso,
drunk, $16.
Mack Johnson, 56, 927 Seattle,
drunk, $11.
James Kelley, 39, 916 N. Montgomery, 
drunk, $11.
Avell Perry, 31; 784 St. Paul,
malicious mischief dismissed,
John Cutler. 37, 609 Decatur,
drunk, $11; carrying a dangerous
weapon, $51.
Will Conrad, of 1300 Kennedy,
reckless driving, fined $11; no drivers 
license, $26.
Issac Harris, 1440 Lauderdale inproper 
right return, fined $11.
Jack Kortan or Millington, reckless 
driving, fined $16.
Dennis Ford, of 115 Essex, reckless 
driving, forfeited, $51.
Jesse Mae Hunt of 183 Auction,
reckless driving, and no driver's
license, fined $26; on each charge,
leaving the scene of an accident,
fined $51 and held to the state.
L. B. Dillard, of 1094 Chelsea,
failure to obey traffic signal, fined
$21.
Henry Franklin of 1180 E. Charlottee, 
reckless driving, dismissed.
Curtis Pace, of 340 So. Parkway
E., failure to yield right of way,
dismissed.
Nannie Wainwright, no driver's
license, fined $26, reckless driving,

fined $51.
Wnyne Thomas of 1104 Walker,
speeding 42, fined $16.
James Johnson, of Mason Tenn.,
following too closely, dismissed.,
James Cox, of 2020 E. McLemore,
following too closely, dismissed.
James Rogers, of 2121 Carr, failure 
to yield right of way, fined
$11.
Frances Daucum, of 1006 Vollintine, 
failure to set handbrake, dismissed. 

Francis Kennedy, no driver's lie
cense continued October 29, 1953
A pocket knife slashing of another 
resulted in J. W. Hubbard, Negro, 
Collierville, being bound to the
state on a not guilty plea to a
charge of assault and battery.
Sheriff's Lt. J. V. Jowers told
Special Judge Heard Sutton in Sessions 
Court that Hubbard slashed
Buford Spencer of Collierville in
the "Hole in the Ground Cafe"
Collierville, last Saturday night.

CITY COURT
PROFANITY

driving, $51
Clarence Commander, 22, Germantown, 
disorderly conduct $51.
Resisting arrest, $51; profanity, $51.
Viola Aliens, 32, 220 Linden, disorderly 
conduct, $26.
Anna Mae Smith, 37, 220 Linden,
disorderly conduct, $26.
Leroy Rolling, 42, 192 Jackson,
drunk, $21.
George McLendon, 36, 1612 Oriole,
disorderly conduct, $26.
Freddrick Christmas, 22, 163.5 Cardine, 
disorderly conduct, $16.
Bernice Johnson, 20, 3264 Land
N., disorderly conduct, $16.
Ross Commer, 31, at large, drunk,
$16.
Ruth Maxwell, 31, 343 Beale, disturbing 
the peace, $16.
Lucy Jackson, 38, 11 N. Willett,
assault and battery, $16.
Jimmie Johnson, 35, at large,
drunk, $51.
L. S. McGhee, 44, 280 Gayso,
drunk, $16.
Mack Johnson, 56, 927 Seattle,
drunk, $11.
James Kelley, 39, 916 N. Montgomery, 
drunk, $11.
Avell Perry, 31; 784 St. Paul,
malicious mischief dismissed,
John Cutler. 37, 609 Decatur,
drunk, $11; carrying a dangerous
weapon, $51.
Will Conrad, of 1300 Kennedy,
reckless driving, fined $11; no drivers 
license, $26.
Issac Harris, 1440 Lauderdale inproper 
right return, fined $11.
Jack Kortan or Millington, reckless 
driving, fined $16.
Dennis Ford, of 115 Essex, reckless 
driving, forfeited, $51.
Jesse Mae Hunt of 183 Auction,
reckless driving, and no driver's
license, fined $26; on each charge,
leaving the scene of an accident,
fined $51 and held to the state.
L. B. Dillard, of 1094 Chelsea,
failure to obey traffic signal, fined
$21.
Henry Franklin of 1180 E. Charlottee, 
reckless driving, dismissed.
Curtis Pace, of 340 So. Parkway
E., failure to yield right of way,
dismissed.
Nannie Wainwright, no driver's
license, fined $26, reckless driving,

fined $51.
Wnyne Thomas of 1104 Walker,
speeding 42, fined $16.
James Johnson, of Mason Tenn.,
following too closely, dismissed.,
James Cox, of 2020 E. McLemore,
following too closely, dismissed.
James Rogers, of 2121 Carr, failure 
to yield right of way, fined
$11.
Frances Daucum, of 1006 Vollintine, 
failure to set handbrake, dismissed. 

Francis Kennedy, no driver's lie
cense continued October 29, 1953
A pocket knife slashing of another 
resulted in J. W. Hubbard, Negro, 
Collierville, being bound to the
state on a not guilty plea to a
charge of assault and battery.
Sheriff's Lt. J. V. Jowers told
Special Judge Heard Sutton in Sessions 
Court that Hubbard slashed
Buford Spencer of Collierville in
the "Hole in the Ground Cafe"
Collierville, last Saturday night.

OTHER CASES IN CITY COURT

driving, $51
Clarence Commander, 22, Germantown, 
disorderly conduct $51.
Resisting arrest, $51; profanity, $51.
Viola Aliens, 32, 220 Linden, disorderly 
conduct, $26.
Anna Mae Smith, 37, 220 Linden,
disorderly conduct, $26.
Leroy Rolling, 42, 192 Jackson,
drunk, $21.
George McLendon, 36, 1612 Oriole,
disorderly conduct, $26.
Freddrick Christmas, 22, 163.5 Cardine, 
disorderly conduct, $16.
Bernice Johnson, 20, 3264 Land
N., disorderly conduct, $16.
Ross Commer, 31, at large, drunk,
$16.
Ruth Maxwell, 31, 343 Beale, disturbing 
the peace, $16.
Lucy Jackson, 38, 11 N. Willett,
assault and battery, $16.
Jimmie Johnson, 35, at large,
drunk, $51.
L. S. McGhee, 44, 280 Gayso,
drunk, $16.
Mack Johnson, 56, 927 Seattle,
drunk, $11.
James Kelley, 39, 916 N. Montgomery, 
drunk, $11.
Avell Perry, 31; 784 St. Paul,
malicious mischief dismissed,
John Cutler. 37, 609 Decatur,
drunk, $11; carrying a dangerous
weapon, $51.
Will Conrad, of 1300 Kennedy,
reckless driving, fined $11; no drivers 
license, $26.
Issac Harris, 1440 Lauderdale inproper 
right return, fined $11.
Jack Kortan or Millington, reckless 
driving, fined $16.
Dennis Ford, of 115 Essex, reckless 
driving, forfeited, $51.
Jesse Mae Hunt of 183 Auction,
reckless driving, and no driver's
license, fined $26; on each charge,
leaving the scene of an accident,
fined $51 and held to the state.
L. B. Dillard, of 1094 Chelsea,
failure to obey traffic signal, fined
$21.
Henry Franklin of 1180 E. Charlottee, 
reckless driving, dismissed.
Curtis Pace, of 340 So. Parkway
E., failure to yield right of way,
dismissed.
Nannie Wainwright, no driver's
license, fined $26, reckless driving,

fined $51.
Wnyne Thomas of 1104 Walker,
speeding 42, fined $16.
James Johnson, of Mason Tenn.,
following too closely, dismissed.,
James Cox, of 2020 E. McLemore,
following too closely, dismissed.
James Rogers, of 2121 Carr, failure 
to yield right of way, fined
$11.
Frances Daucum, of 1006 Vollintine, 
failure to set handbrake, dismissed. 

Francis Kennedy, no driver's lie
cense continued October 29, 1953
A pocket knife slashing of another 
resulted in J. W. Hubbard, Negro, 
Collierville, being bound to the
state on a not guilty plea to a
charge of assault and battery.
Sheriff's Lt. J. V. Jowers told
Special Judge Heard Sutton in Sessions 
Court that Hubbard slashed
Buford Spencer of Collierville in
the "Hole in the Ground Cafe"
Collierville, last Saturday night.

HELD TO STATE ON NOT
GUILTY PLEA

driving, $51
Clarence Commander, 22, Germantown, 
disorderly conduct $51.
Resisting arrest, $51; profanity, $51.
Viola Aliens, 32, 220 Linden, disorderly 
conduct, $26.
Anna Mae Smith, 37, 220 Linden,
disorderly conduct, $26.
Leroy Rolling, 42, 192 Jackson,
drunk, $21.
George McLendon, 36, 1612 Oriole,
disorderly conduct, $26.
Freddrick Christmas, 22, 163.5 Cardine, 
disorderly conduct, $16.
Bernice Johnson, 20, 3264 Land
N., disorderly conduct, $16.
Ross Commer, 31, at large, drunk,
$16.
Ruth Maxwell, 31, 343 Beale, disturbing 
the peace, $16.
Lucy Jackson, 38, 11 N. Willett,
assault and battery, $16.
Jimmie Johnson, 35, at large,
drunk, $51.
L. S. McGhee, 44, 280 Gayso,
drunk, $16.
Mack Johnson, 56, 927 Seattle,
drunk, $11.
James Kelley, 39, 916 N. Montgomery, 
drunk, $11.
Avell Perry, 31; 784 St. Paul,
malicious mischief dismissed,
John Cutler. 37, 609 Decatur,
drunk, $11; carrying a dangerous
weapon, $51.
Will Conrad, of 1300 Kennedy,
reckless driving, fined $11; no drivers 
license, $26.
Issac Harris, 1440 Lauderdale inproper 
right return, fined $11.
Jack Kortan or Millington, reckless 
driving, fined $16.
Dennis Ford, of 115 Essex, reckless 
driving, forfeited, $51.
Jesse Mae Hunt of 183 Auction,
reckless driving, and no driver's
license, fined $26; on each charge,
leaving the scene of an accident,
fined $51 and held to the state.
L. B. Dillard, of 1094 Chelsea,
failure to obey traffic signal, fined
$21.
Henry Franklin of 1180 E. Charlottee, 
reckless driving, dismissed.
Curtis Pace, of 340 So. Parkway
E., failure to yield right of way,
dismissed.
Nannie Wainwright, no driver's
license, fined $26, reckless driving,

fined $51.
Wnyne Thomas of 1104 Walker,
speeding 42, fined $16.
James Johnson, of Mason Tenn.,
following too closely, dismissed.,
James Cox, of 2020 E. McLemore,
following too closely, dismissed.
James Rogers, of 2121 Carr, failure 
to yield right of way, fined
$11.
Frances Daucum, of 1006 Vollintine, 
failure to set handbrake, dismissed. 

Francis Kennedy, no driver's lie
cense continued October 29, 1953
A pocket knife slashing of another 
resulted in J. W. Hubbard, Negro, 
Collierville, being bound to the
state on a not guilty plea to a
charge of assault and battery.
Sheriff's Lt. J. V. Jowers told
Special Judge Heard Sutton in Sessions 
Court that Hubbard slashed
Buford Spencer of Collierville in
the "Hole in the Ground Cafe"
Collierville, last Saturday night.

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NEW DISEASE PUZZLES
Public Health Service scientists
are puzzled by a new disease which
struck at a private mental institution 
in Rockville, Md. The symtoms 
are "indistinguishable frothose 
of polio," although no 
dence of polio was found. Since July
there have been 30 cases among
staff members and their relatives
at the institution, but no patients
were affected.

NO AMBULANCE NEEDED
After
three cars tangled on the highway
the driver of one of them looked in
to one of the oars and called an
ambulance. It turned out however
that no one was seriously hurt.
Mrs. Darwin Champion, was even
able to smile through her tears as
she wiped red paint from a spilled
can from her hair.
U S. airline traffic is expected to
double by 1960.
Auto sales finance officer see
no saturation point.

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It's easy to get rid of
dirty, itchy head and
crab lice. A-200 kills
these dangerous parasites on contact
... within 15 minutes.
Easy to apply, easy to remover
A-200 is non-poisonous, non-irritating, 
leaves no tell tale odor. Does not
stain or harm clothing. One application 
should do it. At all druggists.