Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1937, Page 6

HISTORY OF NEGRO CITED AT MEETING Mrs. Mary Bethune Calls on Race to Be Heartened by Achievements. In sounding the keynote at the an- Bual meeting of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and His- tory, in session today at the Garnet- Patterson High School, Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, president of the or- ganization, called on her race to be heartened by its thrilling history, more particularly by the remarkable achieve- ments of recent times in the United Btates. . Difficulties and problems confronting Negro writers were discussed inform- slly today at a breakfast held at the Phillis Wheatley Association, Rhode Island avenue and Ninth street N-W. More than a score of writers were present. Dr. Charles H. Wesley of Howard University presided. Visit Colored Schoels. After visiting a number of colored schools, including secondary schools and institutions of higher learning, the delegates gathered for an afternoon session at which John M. Gandy, presi- dent of Virginia State College, pre- sided. The program included an address by Prof. N. N. Puckett of Western Re- serve University on “Negro Names,” d a paper by Dr. George Herzog on “Some Thoughts Growing Out of the Btudy of Native Life in Liberia.” At the session tonight Prof. Loyd A. #Cook of Ohio State University will speak on “Imperialism: An Interpreta- ‘tion,” and Prof. W. Lioyd Warner of the University of Chicago will discuss *The Negro in the American Social Hierarchy.” Addressing the opening session of this national conclave of historians, educators and scientists yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Bethune said of her people: “When they learn the fairy tales o of mythical king and queen and princess, we must let them hear, too, ~of the Pharoahs and African kings and the brilliant pageantry of the Valley of the Nile. When they learn . of Caesar and his legions, we must teach them of Hannibal and his ele- phants. When they learn of Shakes- peare and Goethe, we must teach them of Pushkin and Dumas. When they read of Columbus, we must intro- duce Alonzo Pietro. “When they are thrilled by Nathan Hale, baring his breast and regretting, ‘I have but one life to give for my country,’ we must make their hearts leap to see Crispus Attucks stand and 1all for liberty on Boston Common, ‘with the red blood of freedom stream- ing down his breast.” Has Illustrious Figures, Pointing out that the race has had its full share of illustrious figures in the arts and sciences, in every line of endeavor, from the test tube to the boxing arena, Mrs. Bethune added: “Certainly, too, it is our task to make plain to ourselves the great story of our rise in America from ‘less than dust’ to the heights of sound achieve- ment. We must recount in accurate detail the story of how the Negro Population has grown from 1,000,000 in 1800 to almost 12,000.000 in 1930. “The Negro worker is today an in- dispensable part of American agricul- ture and industry. His labor has built the economic empires of cotton, sugar cane and tobacco. He fur- nishes nearly 12 per cent of all Amer- fcan breadwinners, one-third of all servants, one-fifth of all farmers.” She cited the contributions of col- ored legislators, authors, educators, musicians and artists to American life. Illiteracy in the race, she pointed out, has decreased from about 95 per cent in 1865 to only 16.3 per cent in 1930. She added: “In the very States that during the dark days of reconstruction prohib- ited the education of Negroes by law, there are today over 2,000,000 pupils in 25,000 slementary schools, 150,000 pupils in 2,000 high schools and 25,- 000 students in the more than 100 Negro colleges and universities. 116 Elected to Phi Beta Kappa. “Some 116 Negroes have been elect- ed to Phi Beta Kappa in white North- ern colleges, over 60 have received the Ph. D. degree from leading Amer- ican universities and 97 are men- tioned in ‘Who's Who in America.’” Mrs. Bethune said: “From this history our youth will gain confidence, self-reliance and eourage. We will thereby raise their mental horizon and give them a base from which to reach out higher and higher into the realm of achievement.” Citing the heartbreaking poverty, oppression and lack of opportunity that still shackle her race, she urged her people to summon fresh pride and eourage for the battles ahead. Prof. Lawrence D. Reddick of Dil- Mrd University, in an address on “Race, Cast and Class,” deplored the prejudice of certain school histories which are based on “the pseudo-scien- tific theory that one race is inferior to another.” He added that “truth crushed to earth is rising again in the new school of thinkers who are rewriting thewhis- tory of reconstruction dispassionately.” “These persons,” he said, “not only know the rules of modern historiog- raphy, but they understand also the teaching of science. They are retro- spective, moreover, in that they look back over the distant past and see the rise and fall of man with varying at- titudes of one toward the other. These new thinkers, seeing through the mist, ean discern the revolution against bias and the trumph of truth.” Dr. G. C. Wilkinson, first assistant director of the Cantoren, presented ‘superintendent of schools, presided at the opening session. Mary L. Europe; Everett Lee, violinist, and Vivian Col- lier Douglass, singer. A reception for visitors, who came from Philadelphia, Richmond, New Yorkg Baltimore apd other ‘cities, ‘wi held last night at the Phillis Wheatley Association. Sessions were resumed today with a writers’ breakfast, over which Dr. Charles H. Wesley of How- ard University presided. Sessions will continue until Tuesday night. Delegates are being shown an ex- hibit of Negro peintings at Howard University, with emphasis on the works of the late H. O. Tanner. Prof. J. V. Herring is in charge of this ex- hibit. Carter G. Woodson is director of the assoclation and editor of the Journal of Negro History, bound files of which, together with other exhibits of monographs and books, are on dis- Play during the meeting. GIRL SCOUTS ATTEND CATHEDRAL SERVICE Dr. Stokes Speaks on Significance of Movement as Anniver- sary Feature. More than 1000 District of Oo- lumbia Girl Scouts attended a special service in the Great Choir of Wash- ington Cathedral yesterday afternoon and heard the Rev. Dr. Anson Phelps: Stokes, former secrétary of Yale Uni- versity, preach on the cultural, social and religious significance of the Girl Scout movement, The girls were welcomed by the Very Rev. Noble C. Powell, dean of Washington, in the name of - the bishop and chapter. They sang the Girl Scout anthem as part of the program of worship. Dr. Stokes explained that he would take the Girl Scout motto, pledge, laws and statements of purpose, rather than & text from the Bible, as his theme. These principles, he said, could be reduced to four ideals: loy- alty, resourcefulness, joyousness and service. “Religion,” he told the girls, “is necessary for each and all of these ideals. If a girl believes that she is a child of God, with & spark of the divine light within her heart, she can go forward through life triumph- antly.” The occasion for the service was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Gigl Scouts in Amer- ica by the late Mrs. Juliette Gordon Low. RISKS RANK FOR LOVE Daughter of English Rajah Plans to Marry Wrestler. LONDON, Nov. 1 (#).—Princess Baba, the beautiful youngest daughter of the English rajah of Sarawak, said today she might be disinherited uniess she abandons her plan to many Bob Gregory, 25, claimant of the European catch-as-catch-can wrestling title. The 21-year-old Princess Baba, otherwise known as Valeria Brooke, became engaged to Gregory after a whirlwind courtship. Her father, Sir Charles Brooke, is the only white rajah in the world. He rules a patch of North Borneo. Raccoon Sleeps After Night Out In Police Hands Bob, a rare black raccoon whose Halloween celebrating got him into jail Saturday night, was “sleeping it off” this morning in his home cage. Bob got excited by all the Halloween | revelry and broke off his leash as he was being treated to & walk in Union Station Plaza Saturday night by his owner, John M. Davis of Clarendon, Va. Captured by policemen later in the lobby of a theater in the 600 block of H street N.E., Bob was locked up at the ninth precinct police station. Mr. Davis got him out of jail yesterday. Mrs. Davis said the 5-month-old, 7-pound pet appeared rather tired this morning and crawled off by him- self to doze lazily while the 10 other raccoons in the Davis back-yard cage played alertly. Mr. Davis raises raccoons for the fun of it, and has one black pet on display at the Zoo. Around 27 is a dangerous age Hundreds of young men read- ing this little announcement are warned that around 27 little infections, carelessn: expo- sure and lack of care of hair bring on early baldness. Are you married? Have you a good position? Do you enjoy social contacts? Are you ambitious to get ahead? A good head of hair is a definite asset. That's what other men tell me. It costs nothing to have a consul- tation. Phone National 6081, Fe Do JOHNSON | SCALP SPECIALIST 1051 SHOREHAM BUILDING HOURS ¢ A M.UNTIL T o. M. THE EVENING PEACE TOUR CONTINUES Flying Deputies Take Off From Miami for Havana. MIAMI, Fla, Nov. 1 (#)—Three flying deputies of the People’s' Man- date to End War left by plane today for Havana on the second leg of & 17,000-mile peace tour of the Americas. ‘The three, Mrs. Burton K. Musser of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Ana Del Pulgar De Burke of Washington and Mrs, Enoch Wesley Frost of Texarkana, Ark., left Newark Saturday night with Mrs. Rebecca Hourwich Reyher of New York, who flew yesterday to ‘Trinidad. STAR, WASHINGTON, Illiterate Type-Setter Is Never Tripped Up By 5-Syllable Words By the Assoctated Press. CENTREVILLE, Miss,, Nov. 1. —Charles G. Grubb, owner-editor of the Centreville Jeffersonian, has a type-setter who really “fol- lows copy.” Grubb said Joe Lee, 23-year- old Negro, had been setting type on his weekly for five years, but couldn’t read or write, He fol- lows the shape of each character, and even words like ‘“sulfanil- amide” fail to stump him, ,ON SALE EXCLUSIVELY AT D. U, MOVIE TO OPEN HERE ON VENEREAL DISEASES Drama at Rialto Indorsed by Dr. Ruhland S8hows Havoc Wrought' by Bigotry. Indorsed by Dr. George C. Ruhlend, District health officer, and the Ameri- can Social Hygiene Association, “Dam- aged Lives,” a motion picture drama showing the social havoc resulting from bigotry and ignorance of venereal diseases, will open s week’s engage- ment Thursday at the Rialto Theater. The film, produced in Hollywood and sponsored by Surg. Gen. 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