Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1938-03-01
DR.. CARVER HEARD At PARA
MOUNT THEATRE Nv GREEN
VILE, THRILLS AUDIENCE

Thousands turna gu anmasse to the Paramount
Theatre Friday morning at 10 o'clock to and hear DR.
George Washington Carver world famed scientist of Tus-
kegee Institute Tuskegee, Ala Hundreds were turned
away due the that the seating capacity would not
accommodate all present Joe Robchaux and his orches
tra Orleans La entertained the audience with %
minutes of swing music.
The audience stood and sang the Negro National An
them followed by invocation by Rev. E. Threadgil The
Progress Choir of about voices thrilled those present
as they tremendously chanted Lord l Want To Be A
Christian In My Heart The high school children also
sang song dedicated to DR.. Carver
Levye Capple, who master of ceremonies rose in
his stately manner introduced Prof A. w Curtis
sistant Dr. Carver whom he referred to the Cary
of Tomorrow Prof Curtis spoke briefly the inter
estng of Dr. Carver who despite the fact that he
born of slave parents has contributed what other
has to science Mrs Daisy Armstrong Anderson
beautifully gave organ solo.
Dr. Carver was then introduced by Mayor Milton
Smith with response by Editor Ernest Smith Rising slow
y from his chair Dr. Carver humorousy but ineligently
greeted his audience He stressed his audience these
noted lines, where There Is No Vision the People Per-
sh. To the delight CT many he took the owly peanut for
his main feature and produced things therefrom
q want to see life he said. $50 many of don't
know what life is, when its all about Education is
simply seeing relationships 1t easy if get hold
Of the of seeing relationships. But there to be
place the present currcua for the creative mind
for breaks away, and IS discouraged every hand.
Then Simply and beautifully, DR.. Carver explained
that give his and discuss his discoveries he would have
to walk and talk with the great Creator for few mo-
ments This he did by quoting scrptura apple
able to the discovery of the full of nature and fol-
lowing with questions to NIr Creator which ended with
''the peanut, Mr.. Creator what is it,"
With this preface he launched into outline of many
of his three hundred discoveries, in which, he said he
moved along the path of least resistance Throughout his
program he dropped homey mrhful observations inter-
mixed with his precise scientific Technology.
"Mr. Creator he would say, for instance, Il would
like to help ndviduals and then he would tell of thel
1873 letters OIL he receives day asking advice. Can
make milk out of a peanut Mr. Creator?' And the pea
has flats and gums and resins and oils and pectoss
and pentosis and ALL the Creators evident
in the exhibit and the milk Jersey and not boarding.
house.
In the emulsion group, Dr. Carver exhibited such
peanut derivatives synthetic milk buttermk
and butter, acidophus milk and milk with fruit juice
base of wild blackberry and wild plum.
There followed beVildering array of seeming in
compables their exhibition accompanied by the observa
items that kept the overflow crowd alternately laughing
and in amazed silence There favorng extracts an
Oil shampoo for the scalp creOSOte emulsion which
would not nauseate rritate the stomach.
Leaving the emulsion group, Dr. Carver pulled from
the battered bottles of vinegar derived from peanuts
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