The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-11
CALVIN SAYS
ETHIOPIA'S PRICE
BY Floyd j. Calvin

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/ now we have Ethiopia's own tern
or the cessation of hostilities.
Emperor Halle Selassie has al
= thorizzed his delegation to Genel
TO discuss peace on the followin
terms, according to the Associate
Press:
Withdrawal of Italian troop
from Ethiopia, recognition of tn
African empires sovereignty, pay
ment of indemnity by Italy, de
limitation Of boundaries betwee
Ethiopia and the Italian colonie
by a League of Nations commit
tee, and foreign economic admin
istrative and financial aid and ad
vice for Ethiopia only on the condi
ton there shall be no Italian in.
fiuence.."
American Negroes will hail with
loud hurrahs this still defiant at
titude OF the head of the last siza-
BILE Negro government in Africa.
These words from Adds Ababa
were spoken like a real Conquer
ing Lion, and from the most re-
cent reports on the Ethiopian front
the conquering lion is roaring as
becomes the dignity of lion,
nd not purring like a house cat.
Current headlines say Mussolinni
is beginning to make excuses at
home for the delay" in Ethiopia,
md that the Philippians are inflict-
ing defeat after defeat on the Ital-
ians on the northern and south
ern fronts.
Ethiopia's price will yet be paid
in full to Italy, as it was paid 40
years ago when Menilik was EN-
peror.
MARION ANDERSON
Those people Of color" in the
United States who say they are
forever barred from reaching the
higher levels of American recog-
milton are stumped again. Marion
Anderson, as dark as Ethel Waters.
who in turn is known to be no lily.
hailed by New Cork dailies.
not as Negro, but as "an Ameri-
IAN contralto", in announcing her
appearance at The Town Hall.
The sudden "about-face' on col
or really had it's humorous as
ects. Miss Anderson, of humble
Philadelphia birth, and very much
>olored, was pictured in The Sun
lay New York Times as obviously
white, whit the legend beneath
he two-column charming photo
graph: Marion Anderson, Ameri-
IAN Contralto, Who Appears To-
morrow Night at Town Hall After
an absence Of Four Years"
Friends Of Miss Anderson, who
know her well, were astounded at
he "lightness" in this picture, and
lid not at once recognize the like
ness. 1t was only in the formal
advertisement that it was announc-
I'd that she was colored, with the
in this case) facilitating phrase,
American Contralto -. The de-
ilitation was to some degree ne
gated by the quotation immediate
lybelow: zone of the greatest liv-
ng singers. n. Y. Times"
Nor did this "kind" treatment APP
pear in only one paper. In the
highly color-conscious New York
of Saturday, Dec.
2S, appeared on page % three pho
tographs of beautiful women in
a four-column layout. One was
'Kirksten Flagstad, Norwegian
soprano, who will make her first
ppearance at the Metropolitan
or the present season on Monday
evening as Isolde" The second
Rosa Ponselle as Carmen, the la
test portrayal of the Spanish gyp-
in the Metropolitan long ar
ray Of depictions of the heroine
of BiZet's universally beloved op-
Ia. Born in Meriden, Connect
cut, Of italian parents, Miss Pom
selle came to the Thirty-ninth
Street House Of Stars seventeen
years ago" Third Marion An
derson, American Contralto, who
after four years in Europe returns
to the local scene in a Town Hall
recital on Mondey evening""
FACULTY RESEARCH
at is not to be expected that the
faculty Of an undergraduate in
stitution will carry on the re-
esarch activities there are gener-
ally considered to be character
istic of a university" says Presi-
dent John w. Davis Of West Vir-
ginia State College. even in
an undergraduate institution, he
continues, however, a number of
valuable Investigations and out
of-the-class-room projects will be
constantly going on if the faculty
is alive to its responsibilities and
opportunities. Several members
of the faculty Of this institution
have been engaged in such pro-
iects during the last two years"
President Davis then lists pro-
jects by his professors as follows:
r. S. Belcher, English, two three
ct plays written and produced by
dramatic club; G.. ID. Brock, Ply
steal Education, author Health