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The Omaha guide., 1939-02-25
BILL ROBINSON REELECTED
IS GUILDS HONORARY PRES.

New York, N. Y. Feb. 16-Bill
Robinson, honorary president of
the Negro Actors Guild of Ameri-
O., was unanimously reelected to
that post last Sunday (5th) at the
organizations annual meeting. 9th
or officers elected to FIJI vacancies
were Laura Bowman and Lester A.
Walton, vice presidents; James A.
6Billboard) Jackson, historian, and
Vivian Harris, recording secretary.
Reports of Fredi Washington,
executive director and secretary,
and w. G. Handy, treasurer, were
delivered to the Membership body.
Winner f. Lucas, certified public
accountant. read the Guilds finan-
cial statements.
AS part of her report, Miss
Washington, introduced the chair
man of the Guilds working COM
mittees, who in turn offered brief
summaries of their work. Such re-
ports were:
Laura Bowman, children's Christ
mas party committee; Whitening
Williams, visiting committee; Edna
Thomas, membership; Geraldyr
DESMOND, publications; Lou Layne
publicity; VIII Vodery, entertain
ment; Eugene Kinckle Jones, social
service, and Commissioner Hubert
Il. Delany, legal advisory.
Elmer A. Carter, chairman OF
tho finance and nominations COM
mittees, delivered the report of the
latter body. A motion from the
floor, recommending that the COM
mittee's recommendations be adopt
ed, carried unanimously, thereby re-
electing Honary President Robin
son and filling the vacancies in
had been created by the deaths OF
officer personnel. Two of these
James Weldon Johnson and Arthur
Schemburg, Sr.
Guest speaker was Frank Gill.
more, international president of the
Associated Actors and Artists OF
America and president emeritus OF
Actors Equity, who was introduced
by Alan Corelli, executive secre-
tary of Theatre Authority.
President Noble Sissle conducts
the meeting, and delivered an ad-
dress in which he lauded the mem
bcrship for it's support of the Gins
CT tho Guild-"to stress the posi-
tion of the Negro in the theatre, to
administer to his needs, and to per-
petuate his accomplishments
The meeting was opened with ar
invocation by the Rev. John N.
johnson, pastor of st. Martins
Church DR.. D. A. Pintner. chap
lain of the Jewish Theatrical Guild
delivered the benediction. A short
musical interlude during the pro-
gram was provided by Lola Hayes
outstanding soprano.
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ing the occupational adjustment
G fNegroes; 2. That citizens in
each community inform themselves
concerning the voeat onal education
needs of Negroes, acauaint them
selves with the provisions of all
Ieloral aid programs fer educa-
ton. and take the necessary steps
to insure that Negroes receive e.
ouitable benefits from such pro-
grams: 8 That schools for Ne
groes institute programs of guild
ence for youth, and extension pro-
grams for the re-education of
adults; d. "That individuals and
groups interested in the provement
OF educational facilities for Ne
groes continue and increase their
efforts to promote equality of ed
ucat'onal opportunity and equita-
BILE distribution of funds without
regard to race or color, especially
with respect to Federal and State
funds allotted to education"
The report gives detailed facts
and statistics concerning vocation
al education and guidance of Ne
groes in high schools throughout
the United States and in the fol-
lowing institutions of higher edu-
cation and States:
Benedict College, Columbia, So.
Carolina; Bennett College, Grenns-
boro, North Carolina; Chaflin.
Orangeburg, South Carolina; Vir-
ginia Union University, Richmond,
Virginia; Howard University,
Washington, District of Columbia;
Morgan College, Baltimore. Mary
land; Shaw University, Raleigh,
North Carolina; st. Paul Normal
and Industrial School, Lawrence
vile, Virginia; Morris Brown Col
lege, Atlanta, Georgia; Selma Uni
yersity, Selma, Alabama; Simmons
University, Louisville, Kentucky;
Howe-Roge Williams Institute,
Memphis. Tennessee; lakewood Col
lege, Huntsville, Alabama; Le-
Moyne College, Memphis, Tennes-
see; Clark University, Atlanta, Ca;
Lane College, Jackson, Tennessee;
Miles Memorial College, Birming-
ham, Alabama; Bishop futile
Training School, Raleigh, North
Carolina; Atlanta School for Social
Work. Atlanta, Georgia; Prairie
View State College, Prairie View,
Texas; Oklahoma C. A. and N. u.
Langston, Okla. North Carolina N.
A. and T. College, Greensboro. N.
c.; Princesse Ann Academy, Prin-
cess Anne, Md; Alcorn A. and M.
College, Etrrick, Va; Alabama
State A&M College, Normal, Ala,
West Virginia State College, In
stitute, W. Va, Florida Ann Col
lege, Tallahassee, Fla, Hampton
Institute, Hampton, Va, Tonnes
see State All College, Nashville,
Tenn; Louisiana Normal and In
stitution, Grambling, La; Arkan-
sas A and M. College, Pine Bluffs,
Ark; oHuston College for Ne
groes, Houston, Texas; Lincoln
University, Jefferson City, Mo-;
Southern University, Scotlandville,
La; Delaware State college, Dow
er, Del; Kentucky State Industrial
Municipal College, Louisville, KY.
College. Frankfort, Ky; Louisville
North Carolina College for Ne
groes, Durham, N. c.; WINSTON
Salem Teachers College, Winston
Salem, N. c.; Cheyney Training
dAo fax. uro.aL.-- rL n. |
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Tuskegee Institution, Tuskegee In
States
Alabama, Arkansas, California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware,
District of Columbia, Florida, Ca,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,
Massachusetts,, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Ten
nessee, Texas, Virginia, Washing
ton, West Virginia, and Wiscon-
sin IUe5 = afnu9 sa19nOs ffefee7
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OFFICE OF EDUCATION RE-
PORTS ON NATIONAL SURVEY
OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
AND GUIDANCE OF NEGROES

Continued from uage II
points out, however, that sit is
well for Negro students, teachers,
and c~ounselors to know that Me-
groes are engaged in many highly
skilled occupations, generally with
success"
Vocational Agriculture
More than half of the Negroes
in the Unietd States live in rural
areas. The study of vocational edu-
cation in agriculture for Negroes
shows decided enrolment increases.
In evening classes in agriculture,
there was an increase in the num-
Der of men enrolled from 5,222 to
$4,000 over a six year period. The
enrolment of women in these clas-
ses increased from 500 to 3,100.
The study indicates that vocational
agriculture is offered in a limited
number of Negro schools. This is
due to a lack of funds and in
some instances a lack of adequate
demand for classes. 1t is reported
that in one state $4,000 Negro
youths settled ON farms after COM
pleting thl sixth grade without
any formal training in agriculture.
The study reveals also that the
majority of Negro children do not
have access to vocational educa-
ton opportunities in high school.
1t is recommended, as a temporary
measure, that vocational guidance
and preparation be introduced in
the upper grades of elementary
guidance and preparation be intro
duced in the upper grades of ele-
lmentary schools for Negroes in or
der to benefit average pupils who
drop out of school early, and in
order to provide vocational pre-
paration for pupils who otherwise
would not receive it.
Home Economies
There was an increase over a six
year period of more than 800 per
cent in the number of vocational
education classes in home econo-
mics for Negroes This is signifi-
can't, the Office of Education study
concludes, because the training
that Negroes receive in these clas-
ses can be put to immediate use
in their homes.p "Home making
education for Negroes is of special
Importance. It's need is shown by
the prevalence Of. poor health, in
adequate housing, early marriage,
g~ainfully employed mothers and
infant mortality among Negroes"
Comparatively few Negroes how
ever, study child care, nursing, ny
giene and parent education. Few
boys are enrolled in home econo-
mics although a large numbers of
Negro men r engaged in occu-
pations, and since the demands in
personal service occupations are
increasing in number and COM
plexity, though home economics in
structions or some other agency
should definitely address itself to
the task of preparing persons for
effective adjustments in these oc-
cupations," it is suggested.
Tradec and Industries
The number of Federally aided
courses in trades and industries
offered in high schools for Ne
groes is limited in comparison
with the total number of courses
offered, and in many of those of
fered relatively few Negroes are
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-25
Z. SIMMS CAMPBELLS
PARENTS OF BABY GIRL

New York, Feb 2s (ANP)-A
girl was born st. Valentines day
at Gotham hospital to Mrs. E.
Simms, wife of the well-known ar
toonist and illustrator. The baby
has been named Elizabeth Ann
Campbell. E
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-25

Philadelphia, Feb. 2S (CNA)-
Described by detectives as a "South
Philadelphia witch DOCTOR Paul
Petrollo, white, was ordered held
without bail this week, charged
with being leader in a tri-state-
murder-for-insurance ring.
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-25
NEW SETBACK GIVEN GAINES
li CASE IN MISSOURI
State Supreme Court Puts Matter
on May Docket

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Feb.
Is (ANP)-The admission of Ne
groes as students TO the university
! of Missouri still remained an i'm
the current school year---when it
wa learned that the State supreme
court had placed the famed U. of
Mo.--Lloyd Gaines case on it's May
term docket.
CourS attaches explained that
Tuesdays action by the court, de-
ferring the case to the May term,
meant a new opinion would be
prepared at that time to conform
with the U S. finding. Notifica-
ton of the decision will not reach
the university until after the May
term action, which means that col
ored students can be denied ad-
mission for the remainder of the
school year.
In its Dec. 8 decision, the high
court o~verruled the state supreme
court and held that Gaines, st.
Louis student, should be admitted
to U of Missouri Law school un-
less the state could afford him e.
quail educational facilities "within
the state" The u. S. supreme
court remanded the case to Mis-
souri,, instructing the state su-
preme court to make a new finding
in conformity with the Washing
ton decision. This is the matter
to be taken up by the state SUI
preme court at its May term.
-oOo-
New York Feb. % (C)-Howard
Barnes, reviewing the new Para
mount talking picture, "St. Louis
Blues" remarks in the New York
Herald-Tribune that "Miss (Doro-
thy Lamour's vocal efforts suffer
seriously in comparison with Miss
(Maxine) Sullivan's." Miss Lamour
Is the white st. Louis star of the
production. The Hall Johnson choir
is in the picture.
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enrolled Among tt courses attract
ing tire largest number of Negro
students in trade and industrial
pursuits are auto mechanics, car
pcntry, masoncry, shoe making end
repairing, tailoring, industrial arts
and mcdaniel drawing. Relat We
ly few students are registered in
trade asd ind ! rial educational
classes in colleges. The possibility
OF increasing the opportunities for
Negroes to receive vocational edu-
cational in trades and industries
should be explored.
Teachers
The Negro survey disclosed that
many of the Negro teachers of vo-
cational education are inadequate
ly prepared and that the handicaps
which their inadequate preparation
places upon pupils may result in
serious consequences for the indivi-
duals concerned. Approximately
ono fourth Of the Negro teachers
in public high schools had two
years OF less of college education.
Salaries of Negro teachers of vo-
cational education range from ST.
o6o to s11, 871 per year, the lowest
salaries being received by teachers
Of agriculture in rural areas.
Guidance
The survey points out that the
kind of home and its upkeep, the
opportunities for study and health
full sleep and recreation, quality
and number of books. magazines
and newspapers available have a
bearing on the pupils ability to
profit by the educational program
provided. This is shown by the fact
that principals of high schools and
university specialists in high school
education ranked home conditions
second in Importance for guidance
purposes in a list of eighteen items
concerned with pupils background.
In this connection, the survey indi-
Gates that slightly nor than one
third of the parents of Negro pu-
pills included in this study owned
OF were buying their homes.
Twenty two per cent of the homes
of pupils did not have electricity,
38 per cent had no bathtub, 26
per cent had no toilet, SO per cent
were without a piano and 80 per
cent did not have radio. Seven
per cent Of the homes did not sub
scribe to a newspaper.
OF the $4,000 pupils included in
tina social and economic back
ground phase of the survey ,appro-
ximately two thirds supported
themselves in part or entirely. The
survey report, prepared by Am
brose Caliver, Office of Educa.
ton Specialist in the Education Of
Negroes, who directed the survey
with the assistance of Harold l..
Trigg, State Supervisor of Negro
High Schools for North Carolina,
answers many other questions such
as the following: What happens to
Negroes who graduate from high
school and those who drop out be-
fore graduation? What occupation
al adjustments do they make?
What relation is there between
school and occupational adjust
ment? What are pupils interest
and in what activities do they en-
gage?
Some significant recommended
tons made as the result of survey
findings are as follows: 1. That Me-
#, gro land GRANT colleges take a
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things YOU
NEVER KNEW
UNTIL NOW
#By Ftaain shrdlu

To whom L Msy Concern
hereby reseind I'll former state
ments concerning Willie F1son.
This is only fair to al concerned.
". f.
y = = j.
Mr.. Frank Williams of Ala.
remarks that the last two preeipi-
tations "were the biggest %frosts,
he had ever seen.p # those were
frosts, | don't want it to snow.
y y y -.
Notice
To the boy who used bad Lam
guage in the show last Sunday.
You should know better. The man.
ager should have put you out.
y y y y
Gratitude
After warming themselves to
the fire after coming to a private
party last Sunday night, some boys
were told to leave. They wanted to
get warm. Their wish was granted.
When they started to leave, the
light was turned on so that they
could see their way out. As they
were going out, one boy said.
"Turn out that d-n light
y y y y
Herman Stevens played his part
of a Russian in the Senior Play
all right. His fright at being hit
over the head with a walking stick
looked like the real thing.
y y y y
Willie Go North, Young Man
Edison, is not going so north after
all.
Or is he? I wonder.
4 r y 4
r. Rice was seer reading the
ether day practicing up on his
technique.
+ + 4
Edith Lewis seems like dashing
M. G. You had better watch out
for L. P. and G. H.
49,
Mary, is it true that a certain
senior brought you a Valentine to
your house, because he was afraid
to trust the u. s. Mail Service
with the precious inscriptions.
The PIE STACKER
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Calvin's Newspaper Service
TESTED RECIPE

TN tribute to the national legend
of George Washington and the
cherry tree. we hold q National
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AROUND
ABOUT
Dinah Mite
Dinah Mite

Mise vedder We is hating? Amt it.
Imagine
Katherine as a seamtress instead
of a Taylor.
Mercedes as less instead o.
Moore.
Frank as red instead of Brown.
Herman as Lincon instead of
Washington.
Joyce as Fremdlt instead of
Blair.
Louise as tan instead Of Gray.
Cibil as Alcatraz instead of Ellis.
Vera as a lobby instead of a
Booth. aspit4
Moon-eye leroy Wright az
wrong instead of Wright..aq
Billy as short instead Of Long.
y aslA.et 8
What won't people think Of next.
Shoe-to chaw on something.
Rust-what you do when you are
tired.
Ate-number between l and 10.
Sheet-what you sitso on when
you go to programs.
Head-word showing p6ssession
(had).
Phone-what a dog has around
his mouth when he is mad.
Money-what a guy ges when
he's in love (Moony)
Faint-what you put ona house.
Rain-melted snow.
Center-the part that is nearer the
bottom than the top is,
'
The Kincaids, Auvern and Col
leen. would like to have their John
Henry's in this column, but we
want to take this opportunity to
tell them that it is impossible to
grant this wish.
You guys had better lay-off
of Willie Edison because he is a
friend Of Yancy's.
James Mosely is changing his
tune again. This time she is a
Little smaller. ~ fy
aH
We wonder if James Williams
brides the Tech New Staff, because
his name is always in the paper.
They all overlook poor little blue
eyed intelligent me every time??
Say, Willard Wright, why didn't
you wait for the girl the other
day when it was cold, instead of
meeting hef1a at her house. Now
was that anyway for o gent to
act. You know you wouldn't freeze,
because you have your flame to
keep you wWaarwmllllll
y
90 This Is sehough water under the
bridge, for the time being so here
is goodbye till the next time.
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The Kineaids, Auvern and Col
leen, would like to have their John
Henry's in this column, but we
want to take this opportunity to
tell them that it is impossible to
grant this wish.
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{ Continued from uage y
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To whom L Ny Concern
I hereby reseind I'll former state
ments concerning Willie Edison.
This is only fair to al concerned.
-
The Omaha guide., 1939-06-10
EDITORIALS
PEACE-THE FIRST OF GLORIES

Memorial Day, instituted in the
teeming times of the reconstruction, to
honor the brave men who died In the
Civil War, has come to be a day of tri-
butte to the dead of all wars, and, in adj
dition, serves to center public interest
more ~intently upon the little band OF
aged men who survive as the final
human links between the present day
and a trigic, but heroic, past.
Few who fought at Appomatox, at
Gettysburg, tie Wilderness or Bull Run
are now alive. Few indeed, are now
alive who have any personal recollec-
ton of those years. 1t will not be long
before all of the survivors of that ira
gle era are gone soldiers of the
North, soldiers of the South, Copper
heads" politicians, army contractors,
camp followers, stay at homes, and all.
And in time, all who remember the
Spanish War will go, and those who
remember the World War will follow.
Death finally comes to heal all wounds
and the cowardlly, the fighters and the
peacemakers, the victorious and the
defeated.
Meanwhile, there is inspiration to
be gained from the sacrifices of the
past and there are lessons to be learned
from the futility of these sacrifices.
While honoring the men who died
three quarters of a century ago on the
soil of our own land and whose blood
soaked the earth of France more than
a score of years ago, we will profit by
keeping in mind the words of the vic
torious Wellington:
"Take my word for it, if you had
seen but one day of war, you would
pray to Almighty God that you would
never see such a thing again." And
from the lips of the vanquished Napo-
leon came his final judgment: "Peace
is the first of necessities and the first
of glories."
The Omaha guide., 1939-06-10
WEDDING ~CELEBRATORS

Weddings r supposed to present
a stately and beautiful picture. Taste
and refinement and culture make them
lovely. The more elaborate ones become
brilliant s~pectacles, which would draw
hearty applause on the stage of thea
tiers. a3
The bride and her attendants are
dressed with all the fashion and taste
that costume artists can devise. Flow
ers create a background of colorfu1
beauty. The masterpieces of the
worlds music library lend their touch
of emotion and romance. The move
ments of the bridal party are SO prac-
ticed as to add the suggestion of drama
and every motion is significant toward
the general effect. Even a very quiet
and simple home wedding has its own
distinct charm.
But what say some hilarious
friends of such wedding pairs? They
are sometimes not SO much concerned
whether this or that detail is perfect,
as to whether the bride and groom are
given the proper hazing.
The right kind to them may be
comparable to the limitations once i'm
The Omaha guide., 1939-06-10
HAPPINESS AND WEALTH

In all societies man feeds more up
on distractions than upon facts. He is
most content who finds his kingdom
in his mind. Sucn was the teaching of
the days when the right to the pursuit
of happiness was written into the De-
claration of independence, and the doc
trine is not yet dead. Yet the tangible
and negotiable things are what appeal
to most people in this age of utility
and comfort.
There are any number of men and
women both young and old, in whom
is happily blended theoretical and
practical factors in the securing Of
happiness.
The right to happiness can well be
viewed through the bestowments
which have come through an era of
prosperity and progress. The ratio of
happiness may not be higher than
when the dictum of the Declaration
was written, but it is certainly just as
high IN some people.
Not all Americans find happiness
in the accumulation of money, in in
creasing their business profits or in
acquiring material possession. 1t is
not uncommon for young men and
women of this severely criticized and
deprecated age to choose that path in
life which gives them the most mental
satisfaction though less opportunity to
amass a fortune. They are the true
creators. (
The Omaha guide., 1939-06-10

it is it in the garze of ringers and
leaners-the amateur is being discour-
aged.
The federal census does not record
how many Sunday golfers have broken
or given away their clubs and retired
from the game with a lifetime average
of liz because they have read too much
about the feats of Bobby Jones or
Lawson Little. It would make an in
teresting investigation.
Now the occasional pitcher OF
horseshoes is treated to the perf0r-
mances of Ted Allen, of Alhambra,
Calf, world champion. Mr.. Allen, who
uses a one and a quarter turn, allows
a man to sit on the stake, and without
disturbing him, proceeds to throw one
ringer after another. He stands a
man with a paper bag on his head in
front of the stage and pitches a shoe
which removes the bag and pins it to
the peg. He allows two men to inter-
pose a blanket between himself and the
stake and losses an infallible success
sion of ringers over it.
Since reading about Mr.. Allen, we
have for sworn horseshoes.
The Omaha guide., 1939-06-10
NOT So GOOD OLD DAYS

Summer wind and electric storms
are the best known cure for the back
wardlookitis. The most chronic case of
wishing for the good old times seldom
survives one good blow or bolt that
lays the wires low or gets the light
and power on the two party line.
An appetite for old fashioned ways
and customs finds little to feed upon in
the up to date world, which explains
the unkind comparisons between pre-
sent and past with the past getting
the worst of it.
One can easily get all sentimental
and sobby reminiscing about the good
old candle light days when the family
gathered around the open fireplace in
stead of scattering among the beer
joints. But let the electric light go out
for one night at the behest of that
boisterous fellow, Thor, and these
reveries about the soft glow of the
candle flame are forgotten in the heat
of indignant conversations with the
light company.
Failure of the electric service for
a few hours is a major disaster in the
modern home. So seldom does it occur
that few homes prepare for the emer-
sercy. Nor can they meet it COM
pktely. ~~gl
There are no candles or oil lamps
to replace the darkened bulbs. The old
fashioned flatiron went for junk
years ago. Cooking, heating, and re-
fr~igeration all depend upon electricity
in countless homes. Even toasts and
soffee are dependent on poles, wires
and generators in most households.
Yes, the good old days and the
good old fashioned ways would be nice
again if we could have them with all
modem improvements.
The Omaha guide., 1939-06-10
WE ARE OFF

With the Memorial Day automobile
casualty lists almost all in and more
and more drownings, appearing in the
public prints as the sun gets hotter
and hotter, we're off! Good old sum-
mer is here, regardless of what the
calendar says, and while some $4,000
will not live through its thrills, the
vacation season will be enjoyed by all
while they last.
Americans are a fatalistic lot and
many of them meet a violent, but
withal more pleasant, end than Euro
peans who give up their lives, volun-
tarily or otherwise, for whacky man.
iacs like Mussolini and Hitler.