The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 13, 1953, Page 7

Saturday, June 13, 1953 “COLORED COMMUNITY NEWS WINIFRED SANDS JOHNSON, Editor 12-2826 (CONTINUED) THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page? Commencement At Fameee Attracts Overflow Audience Tallahassee. — (Special — An overflow . audience on successive days heard two of the world’s| “The temptation of Jesus to great citizens - the Rev. Howard | jump from the pinnacle of the high Thurman and Dr. Percy Julian =| eae when invited to do so by deliver the stimulating and provo-|the Tempter since he was the son eative messages to 224 candidates jof God was a natural tendency for for degrees at the Florida A and|each man to think that he is an} M College. | exception to the rule. The tempta-! ‘An audience estimated at 1,800 / tion to bow down and worship the | was present on Sunday, May 31, | Tempter as the price for the trans-| for the brilliant baccalaureate ser-| forming of the kingdom ‘of this | mon delivered by Dr. Thurman, | world into the kingdom of God minister of the famous Fellowship | deals with the natural tendency to Church in San Francisco, from the |find an easy way to get much for subject -- What Shall I Do With |little,” the speaker stated. that they were not of supreme im- } | | i portance,” Dr. Thurman declared. The Douglass School Band 3 Kindergarten Graduates 23 - Graduation exercises were held for.23 members of the kindergart- en class conducted by Mrs. Venora Mingo and Mrs Eugenia Hepburn | of St. Peter's Nursery School. Due. 17 members of the Present to.receive their | Mrs. Hepburn who has more than a able to attend Geraldine Min- . Venora Min- following progr: am was Processional — ‘‘God of Our Fa- "— Graduates Song — “Little White Snow- drops” — School Prayer — Father John Henry in these times of great distress when the world is really lost in a |miasma of bewildering confusion, He was made to know that “war” is always the result. of lacking \faith — a fear that makes men strike out against one another and establish “isms” that result in con< | tinuous confusion whereas civilized People should dwell in peace and unison. Sands went on further to say that he appreciates more and more the spirit of faith as portrayed by the great American poet “Walt Whit- ; man,” x “Whitman”, said he, “Was sym- pathetic.” He told how during the Civil War, Whitman would visit the sick and wounded and often said x he suffered every time that a. visit was made as through sympa- thy he felt the wounds, He admonished people to be sym- Pathetic one to another. He told must have faith in the youngsters who were making a beginning. He asked the adults to dream with jhim and vision great future that My Life? And on. Monday an audience of ome 1,500 persons heard an equal- ly discerning and penetrating mes- gage as Dr. Julian who is direc- tor of research for the vegetable ei} and ‘food divisions of of the Glid- @en Company in Chicago, urged} the candidates to cling steadfastly to the things that are everlastingly right - putting aside those things that are everlastingly wrong --| never making any compromise for | that which is right. Two hundred and eighteen under graduate degrees were conferred by President George W. Gore, at., during the colorful and traditional ites held in the flower-be-decked auditorium of Lee Hall. Six graduate degrees were con- ferred by Dr. Gore. Five were the master of education ~ the first to be given by Famcee -- and the sixth the master of science. The college paused during the commencement ceremonies to pay tribute to 17 of its graduates. Two sons -- Daniel T. Rolfe, M. Das dean of the school of mediciné at Meharry Medical College, and Hi. Jenkins, executive secretary of the Independent Social Center of Hartford, Connecticut -- received meritorious achievement plaques. A third such award was to have been made to Jack E. White, M. | the 12 great ministers in America, |for yourselves but not for your- |selves but for every other living der himself an exception and sup- erior because he had been award- ed a degree, ‘‘No, man cannot live |by. bread alone,” Dr. Thurman |said in closing, and he urged the | class members to live ont only for | themselves but for every other liv- jing soul. “You are about to join the ranks of the most confused society of men and women that ever inhkabit- ed the earth,” Dr, Julian said. “He added that we are afraid of ideals throughout the world be- | cause they may not say what we are and what we have. America | has become the world’s most arch- | conservative ‘nation and its tradi- \tional idealism is at its lowest |ebb,” he stated, | Speaking from the subject --The | Road Ahead of Us’-- Dr. Julian ‘aid -- “As I welcome you into the | society of educated men and wo- | men, I am going to warn you that jyou are entering a bewildered } world and it is up to you to say | now whether you will live in that society or live the remainder of Dr. Thurman who was recently | | cited by Life magazine as one of! | told the graduates”. . .Live things | | soul—” Speaker in brilliant summa- | | tion, advisde again that none of the | class members to live not only for ; D, associate surgeon, Freedman’s | your jives in’ solitude, , .” Hospital, Washington, D. C. but he|"“As the eminent and scholarly was unable to be present. The Pre- | scientist continued he warned the sentation will be made at a later | graduates that they are going out PICTURED is the group of boys and girls who make up the bank of Douglass School. Read- . ing from left to right, they are: First row, Daniel Ashe, Bar- bara Butler, Phyllis E. Allen, John Lord, Leroy Lloyd, Thom- as Chappel, Alveda James, Al- -vilda Sawyer, Richard Ashe and Eugene Butler; second. row: Géorge Dean, sponsor; -Al- phonso Dean, Shirley Butler, Anita Hannibal, Rudolph Man- uel, Alvin Tynes, Sheila Allen, Nadine James and Oscar Rob- erts; back row: Alfred Curry, Walter Ashe, John Haggins, Robert Bennett, Franklin Saw- yer, Austin Butler, Roderick Rolle, John Leland, James Al- len and Joseph Williams —Citi- Louis Thomas Of Key West Among Fameee’s Graduates TALLAHASSEE - (Special)- Sev- | swore > “ enteen graduates of The Florida A| Mrs. Alice Oates Carnbridge, and M College were honored by | daughter of Mrs. Mizpah Oates and } Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Evans, |Sr., are in Miami for an indefinite | Eneas Lane have been in Augusta, Mr. dnd Mrs. David Bain, 223 stay. Georgia, forthe past two weeks Mr. Evans is undergoing surgery | attending the wedding ceremonies for an eye ailment that has made! of their son, Raymond to Miss it impossible for him to see for a| Rosena Lambeck, They - arrived Period of time, He is under the/ along with the couple and Miss care of the eminent eye specialist, |Lambeck’s parents ednesday, Dr. Andrew G. Brown, June 10. é x : their Alma Mater during commen-| sister of Willis Knowles of 719 Mon-| cement exercises here-on Monday, |roe County Lane, was in the city | June 1, |last week attending the graduation Meritorious achievement plaques | °f her brother. were presented to Samuel M. Jen-) ~~~ She Rules kins, executive secretary of the In- dependent Social Center, Hartford, Connecticut, and Daniel Thomas Polfe, M, D., dean of the school of medicine, Meharry Medical Col- lege, Nashville. A third such award was to have been presented to Mrs. Camille Coleman Bethel of| After a honeymoon in Havana, New York City is spending an ex-|Cuba, a reception wiil be given by tensive vacation in Key West with | Mr. and Mrs. David Bain for the her fomily and friends. couple. Invitations will be extend- Reece, Vicar of St. Peter's Parish Song — “Our Father” — Class Pledge to the Flag — Class Welcome — Unison Recitation by the Class. Salutatory — Raymond Navarro Motion Speech — “Ten Little In-| Recitation — Stanford Brown Unison Recitation — Class Group Recitation — Girls Recitation — “‘See Saw” — Boys Group Recitation — Girls - Vocal Solo — Darleen Mack Valedictory — Sheridan Stocker Introduction of Speaker — Mrs. Venora. Mingo date. ‘Two other kinds of awards were made -- the 50 year gold medal to three members of the class of ’03/ and the 25 -year silver medal to 11 members of the class of ‘28. H. Efferson, dean of admin-| Eesaned presented the candidates ) “the ‘achievement plaques and ie i. D. Goode, president of the General Alumni Association, the candidates for ‘the 50 and 25 year awards, with President Gore mak: | e presentation. ai hd semapaceiient activities included ‘the annual Alumni ban- quet during which time wD, Gore delivered the message for the oc- casion -- the Alumni Meeting -- the Alumni.dance -- and President | and Mrs. Gore's delightfully en- tertaining outdoor reception. ‘The latter - given in honor of the seniors, their parents, the Alu- mni, the faculty and friends ~ was held on the spacious front lawn of Dr. and Mrs. Gore's resi- « Sunsiiine Manor. ‘ “] shall let the bias of my life be on the side of the things that feed the mind and the spirit. I shall not expect life to make an exception in my case but shall re- cognize that I am bound by the game mora! and physical laws that bind other men. I shall make the same higher demand upon the environment that I live in that I shall make of my own life. “My destiny is a collective one 1 cannot be what I ought to be until every man is what he ought to be,” thus spoke Dr, Thurman as he began his eloquent sermon- message. “he temptation of Jesus of Na- zareth to turn stone into bread dur | ing the time he was lost in the! 40} nights was a recognition of the) wilderness for 40 days and importance of physical needs but Key West Garden & Lawn Supply Pot Supplies and Garden and Law: Supplies . . . Tropical Plents \'S SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS Ph, 2.4912 — Fleming & Margaret Cornish Chapel A,M.E. Zion Church WHITEHEAD and ANGELA STREETS SUNi. TOOT, 9:45 4M. — VCE. 7 PLM. Worship 11 A.M. and 8 P.M, Prayer and Class Meeting Tuesday, 7:30 P.M. THE CHURCH WITH A WELCOME FoR YoU Rev. A. Franklin Hooper, Pastor | into an age of anxiety and to live jin a world, . .in which humanity ).Will be plunging deeper into con- fusion, The eloquent speaker admonish- | ed the class to maintain the spirit of the pioneer and to keep an abiding faith in the coming of the | light. * “Keep the spirit of the pioneer because you are really in the pioneering stage of your lives,” he said, adding. ‘‘You have not yet ar- rived but you are beginning to ar- | rive and I so would advise that you not become hysterical as you | begia to arrive... . | “Lastly I am suggesting that you keep an abiding faith in the coming of the light. Then shall you know no fear and trembling.” r CORPORAL PETER PIJEAUX, graduate ‘of Douglass School, class of "48, has been in the Army two years, 16 months of which were spent on the Korean war front. He is now honorably discharged and plans to resume his education at an outstanding college in the coming term, Pijeaux has done work at Moore- house College, Atlanta, Georgia | and at Florida A, and M, College, Tallahassee, Florida, He will be at home with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, George Carey, Sr., | until school | 306 Julia Street opens. WILLIAMS’ VARIETY STORE 25 JULIA STREET Will Always Satisfy Blue Heaven Billiards — Bar 723 Thomas Street | Jack E, White, M. D., associate jsurgeon, Freedmen’s ‘Hospital, Washington. However, he was un- able to attend the exercises and | the award will be made at a later date. | The following persons received 50-year gold medals - Mrs. T. I. Lang, Tallahassee; Mrs. Bertha M. | DeVaughn, Lake City, Fla., and Mrs. Willie Byrd LaRoache, Or- lando. These persons graduated from Famcee in the class of 03. " Twenty-five year silver medals were presented to the following members of the class of ’28 -. Miss Miriam Anderson, Tampa; Davis Cady, Pensacola; G. W. Conoly, Miss Modeste Duncan, Tallahassee; S. C. Evans, the Rev. John K, Hall, Jacksonville; Mrs. Edna N. Her- cey, Tallahassee; A. L. Lewis, M. |D., W. M. Hamilton, Tampa; W. 8. | Maxey, and W. V. Nixon, Orlando, The master of education degree was received by the following - Calvin Bexley, Tampa; James Bur- ton, Orlando; Fred Scott Jackson, Monticello, James Gary Reddick, | St. Augustine, and Augustus Rob-) tondanis pe agg lh aie inson, Tallahassee. Mrs, Ella Clay-| to right, Miss Bettie Why vse ton Clark of Tallahassee and Mia-) Joan Allen and Miss Vera Falco. mi received the master of science | degree, | Four students - Rupert Grant| Drill Team MISS ISLAND CITY and her at- | Seals, agriculture, Lexington, Ky. Stella Marie Sheppard, education, Pensacola; Verdell Gaines Sulli- ivan, musie, Jacksonville, and Lillie | Rhuedene Hicks, business #mini- | stration. Maitland - graduated with greater distinction honors. Twenty- three graduated with distinction honors. Louis Thomas, Key West, was among the group which was given degrees in Natural Sciences and | Mathematics. COMING EVENTS | i Saturday, June 13, at 4:00 p. m.- { Wedding of Miss Olga Leggett | and Herbert Thompson New- } _ man, A. M. E Church j Sunday, June 14, at 5:00 p. m.- | Junior Hostess Installation Ser vice Center Monday, June 15 — Dance - vice Center Wednesday, Jute 17, at $:00 p.m Wedding of Miss Barbara Sus Tez and Albert W. Bass Bethe’ A. M. E. Church Ser. Juan Sorriano 101) Whitehead Street MEAT and GROCERIES PHONE 2.6122 NOTICE The Senior Choir ef Cornish Chapet Zien A.M.E. Church will Present a Midnight Show, Friday. dune 19. Come cut and help! We promise you a magnificent Admission SOc érill E School g % director Na el Ingraham, They are, leit beni young beer Hct sore in a popula’ contest the Regular Fellows Club. lagher, io } Cleare and Sawyer and Hattie Senith, Stand- | might lie in store for many of these humble youngsters, He stressed the fact that it is necessary these youngsters to be develop faith in life at a ly stage for if fear is creep in and distort ‘their minds they too might live in world of confusion. In con¢lusion he sounded the word “faith.” The youngsters | beautiful sight dressed in maculate white and colors of blue and white. The girls carried bouquets | aol and fern. i ir a eels if}