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The Phoenix index., 1939-09-23
ATLANTA. Ga.-(SNS)- =

ATLANTA, Ga-(SNS)-
It Is amusing to watch how in
terested Clark followers are talk
ing and praising their football
hopefuls this year. After years of
mediocre material which resulted in
weak teams, the Panthers, this
year, are alive with promising
men.
Through it all, cannot help re-
calling the past condition of many
friends, as well as alumni, desert
ing the fold cf the Red and Black
when their teams failed to hit the
win column, though they really
played brilliant at times, but did
no2 have enough talent ito eX-
pect victory.
/ wonder if the coaching staff
feels compGmented over this new
interest. After all, they were the
real sufferers, who took the knocks
and embarrassing moments when
in the company of friends
I can recall that, at one time,
a very nasty letter was answered by
cne of Clark's most prominent
graduates in the public press,
carefully explaining TO one of the
Panther's "fair-weather friends"
why the team could not break in
to the win column. This man was
Lucius Jones, Sports editor of the
WORLD, who did not mince words
in telling the writer of this ugly
missive why the team was not
winning. He defended Clark's bril-
liant young mentor Ralph Robin
times, the best he. had and ac-
son, by telling the truth-that the
material was not there and said,
under the circumstances, Coach
Robinson had done a good job.
All of this comes to my mind
now and I cannot refrain from
writing line or two about it. After
all, Coach Robinson has brought
fenown of the institution with
sensational basketball teams, be-
cause he had the caliber of men
needed to get results. Lucius, a
loyal alumnus of Clark and one
who did not ut all like to see her
colors trample in the dust, brought
to light the issue with this dis
gruntled alumnus very timely and
masterfully. The young editor
branded this nasty letter as cow
ardly and nothing short of trea-
son. 1t is great to know one who
has the backbone and courage to
defend the weak when they need
ed defending, when their feelings
are unjustly trampled upon.
At no time did the writer defend
Coach Robinson because he felt he
needed defending He gave, at all
cepted his lot His gentlemanly
attitude since he first arrived in
Atlanta, merely slender kid at
Atlanta University, has already en-
deared him to me. He carried that
institution to nationwide renown.
After the school of his choice
merged with the University Sys-
tenn, he went to Fisk, winning more
glory for that institution. When
he returned to Atlanta, he enrolled
at Clark where he graduated.
Many times he had told the
writer there is where his real love
lies. At Clark he won added honors
on the gridiron and helped that
team win it's first championship.
Later he was given his first
The Phoenix index., 1939-09-23
By HERMAN HILL

LOS ANGELES-Har School
boy Mitchell, 21-year- old San
Francisco Junior college tennis
star, scored the upset" of the sea-
son in the tennis world, when he
defeated Jimmy McDaniels Of Los
Angeles Xavier University's ma
tional net king, in a blistering
The Phoenix index., 1939-09-23
SCIENTIST SAYS
SPIRITUALS DIDN'T COME
FROM AFRICA

NEW YORK (ANP) - Negro
Spirituals that have often been
called evidence of African musical
heritage are merely ''reworked ver-
sions of secular or religious folk
songs of the white man." asserted
DR.. George Harzog of Columbia uni
verSity Wednes day before the in
ternational congress of the Ameri-
can Musicological society at the
Beethoven association.
The Phoenix index., 1939-09-23
RESUME WORK ON PROJECT

-(ANP)-Clear sail
ing ahead YVES seen for construc-
tion of the nine-million dollar Ida
B. Wells housing project at 37th
and. South Parkway, when the city
council last Wednesday granted the
Chicago Housing authority permis-
sicu to violate The city's new build
ing code in constructing the homes.
The Phoenix index., 1939-09-23
GETS LIFE SENTENCE

RALEIGH, N. C-tANPJZAl-
ready serving a life sentence for
murder of white farmer in Nash
county, Booker r. Watson, 81, was
given an extra 20-year term last
week in Wake County superior
court by JUDGE N. A. Sinclair for
committing another murder.
The Phoenix index., 1939-09-23
TEXAN KIDNAPPED

SAN ANTONIO-jANP)- Leon
ard Richardson, 33, was recovering
at his home this week after a har-
gowing exper- ence last Saturday
when he was kidnapped by three
Spanishspeaking bandits, carried
IS miles into the country and, aft
CT being robbed, was bound and
gagged ana left helpless iii field,
The Phoenix index., 1939-09-23
Louisiana Larrupers From Monroe
HI Should Aid Morehouse- Watson

seen him lug a pigSkin, although
ne played backfield positions dur
ing his last two years as prepstef.
But I have seen enoughl
GREAT DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Even in '35 as a defensive player
he was deadly and accurate on
every tackle opportunity that came
anywhere within the range of
his swift legs. He could outrun
and tackle the fastest runner.
Playing the end position, he NOV
ed with hghtning-swift precision
to cover long punts by Washington
far into opponents territory.
EFFECTIVE COMBINATION
The pass combination Of Swartz
to Williams was one of the most
effective seen OH any prep squad,
being hampered only by McAdoo's
height (5'7'D.
Although these lads now carry
the Maroon and White banner for
Morehouse College, they are ex-
pected to glorify the Black and Red
of their Alma Mater and the Mon
roe Colored High School Bull
dogs.
The Phoenix index., 1939-09-23

Years, has thrilled thousands OF
STAG fans with his spectacular
running, passing and receiving.
washington, a freshman last
year. was the Maroon Tigers
defensive hope with his timely
and consistent long punts. Wash
ington also played a splendid OF
fensive game.
WILLIAMS MUST START OVER
The Great McAdoo Williams,
known in prep football circles as
Pop Warner" is unknown to
college football fans, but you may
take it from the writer; not very
lono. will he be unknown!
The Phoenix index., 1939-09-23
MADE TEAM IN ONE DAY!

I remember the first day Nc
Adoo donned pair of football togs
at Monroe C'olored High schol. He
made VARSITY that day, and was
a Commute player from that day
ill his graduation. 1 have never
Evening star., 1939-12-10
Russia on Trial

The Council of the League OF Ma
tions has already convened and the
Assembly will meet tomorrow for the
purpose of receiving Finland's appeal
against Russia's invasion. Geneva
halls, strangely empty during the
past hectic year in spite of aggres-
sions against Czecho-Slovakia and
Poland, once more are full Of activity.
Finland has not gone to the League
with any optimistic expectation OF
getting sanctions against Russia, for
the futility of such a procedure is
patent after what happened with re-
gard to China and Ethiopia. But she
does hope to obtain a moral con-
demnation" of the Soviet which, If
voted, viii be the worlds judgment
Of Russia's aggression.
Just as in previous sessions Of the
Council and Assembly, the real
powers behind whatever action Is
taken will. be Great Britain and
France, although there is . strong
movement among some OF the
Evening star., 1939-12-10
THE. BIBLE
BY the Right Rep James Freeman D. d. ILL., D., D. c. H.
Bishop of W1shington.

ton. What the Hebrew people produced
through seers and men of valor is q
record that compels the study and ad-
miration of all men the world over. No
library is complete without it, no life,
however richly cultured, can be deemed
informed without a knowledge of its
sacred contents.
Apart from the Old Testament, what
its second part, or New Testament, sets
forth contains the groundwork, the
basis and the inspiration of what we call
christian civilization" Imperfectly as
this later civilization has measured up
to its ideals, it still constitutes the basis
for all that We hold in our modern world
Of purpose and design. Far short as We
have come of its mighty teachings and
fine precepts, it is true that we recognize
in its Divine Teacher the highest and
holiest this earth has known. High
er has human thought not reached" says
one. He is great with greatness that
crushes me-" says another. To this Mas
ter Teacher who declared Himself to be
''The Way, the Truth and the Life" all
eSnSAISio, P1AAOooPAiSAo dlAu
statesmen have turned AS the polar
star to the mariner, even so Christ has
been to the student of life's sternest
problems. Poet, artist, musician, writer,
historian, all have listened in reverence
to Him who was hailed as the Prince
of Peace, and in His divine presence
they have caught inspiration and
conception of life's meaning that has
been the source of their highest thinking
and service.
The Master of Men still holds His
sovereign place in our thinking, and the
Bible remains unchallenged as the Book
OF Books. Let us with greater devotion
and better understanding give it its
rightful place in our homes, our schools,
our colleges-yes, in our industrial and
political systems. 1t holds today the
solution to all our vexed problems; 1t is
the Word of Truth that dispels the false
hoods and the fallacies that cause unrest,
disorders. hatreds and strife; the key
that opens the door to the more abund-
ant life here, the "Open Sesame to life
hereafter and eternal!
Evening star., 1939-12-10
Building for Prosperity

When the United states nnally
emerges from the depression which
began in 1929 and which, unhappily.
still prevails, there is reason to ex-
pect that large sections of number
of important cities will be rebuilt.
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland,
Chicago and st. Louis are but a few
of the communities in which whole
areas need replacement. In each of
these towns there are entire neigh
borhoods which have become eco
nomically worthless. Little loss would
be involved If they were destroyed.
Indeed, benefit might accrue from
their replacement for park purposes.
But If the land represented is too
valuable to remain unused for hous-
ing it would seem that there ought
not to be unnecessary delay in start
ing the work Of reconstruction. Ex-
pert city planners are available to
explain what requires to be done
and the best procedure to be adopted
In the doing of it. The so-called
garden communities" of England
might be accepted as models. British
methods Of financing also should be
studied. The requisite capital perhaps
could be obtain in some instances, If
not all, through local banks, build
ing and loan associations, insurance
companies. OF course, 1t would be
imperative to provide that there
should be no waste through political
interference.
The task at first glance may ap-
pear to be monumental, beyond hope
of realization. Yet it might be argued
that prosperity could be promoted by
attempting it. Complete recovery in
the United States can be achieved
only by processes of expansion. It
certainly will not be accomplished by
denial Of progress. Those pessimists
who pretend to believe that there Is
no solution for the problems of pow
erty have not travelled widely enough
in their country nor appreciated SUI
f1ciently the prodigious wealth which
now lies idle within It's borders.
Evening star., 1939-12-10
Blockade Unbroken

Germany, it seems, has little chance
for success in her desperate endeavor
to break the blockade which Great
Britain has established around her
ports. A Nazi authority has ad-
mitted that "in a hundred harbors
throughout the world goods and
products now lie idle, partly in Ger
man ships and partly in enemy
hands" The same writer concludes:
Business has come to standstill." !"
But even more convincing evidence
OF the futility of Germany's struggle
to defeat Great Britain at sea was
supplied by Winston Churchill, first
lord OF the admiralty, in his speech in
the House Of Commons on Wednes-
day. "A steady flow Of losses" he
said,' must be expected" Yet the
net marine cost of the conflict during
its first ninety days has been only
sixty thousand tons. The British
Empire still possesses more than
twenty million tons of merchant
shipping.
OF course, it might be possible for
Germany to limit Great Britain's i'm
ports In anticipation of such a
danger vast quantities Of supplies
have been accumulated in England.
But it is unlikely that these stores
ever will be needed. Unless there are
developments through perfection of
new naval weapons, not now antici-
pated, and judging from the record
OF the war in 1914-1918, the ocean
lanes to the British Isles can
not be closed. Mines and sub
marines are not enough. Ger
many began the war too weak in
naval power and too drastically
handicapped by her geographic posi-
ton to achieve victory on the water.
Her people now must realize the
hopelessness of winning an unequal
struggle. Whatever gains they make
necessarily will be accomplished on
land. The question is: Where?
Certainly not on the western front.
Perhaps in Southeastern Europe to-
ward which quarter the index finger
OF fate momentarily appears to point.
Evening star., 1939-12-10

The most challenging and inspiring
book Of the ages is the Bible. It is read
in more languages, in more places and by
more people than any other book ever
written. When Sir Walter Scott was
dying, he said to his son-in-law, Lock-
hart: Bring me the book" Confused,
Lockhart replied: What book, sir?"
To which the great Scotch wizard Of
the north answered: "Lockhart, there
is but one book-bfing me the Bible"
What this book has meant to the
human race, who would venture to say?
Misinterpreted, abused, caricatured, it
stands in all its majesty and power as
the book to which men resort in times
Of difnculty, strain and confusion. To the
ignorant and the learned, the peasant
and the prince, the poor and the rich, it
is the one book that above all others,
furnishes an adequate Interpretation of
life and its true purpose, giving hope to
the disillusioned and respondent. It is
truly Book Of Life. For centuries it
was an unknown book to the masses
It's rich treasures were guarded from
those who most needed them. Even to-
day it is in many places an unknown
and unread treasure house of truth.
Wherever it has gone, wherever it has
been freely given to men, it has emanci-
pated them from the slavery of fear, in
terpreted life's stern experiences and
flooded dark passageways with the light
OF eternal hope. True, there are in it
difficult passages and hard sayings, but
despite these, 1t contains revelations OF
truth that rise above those of the best
and finest in the literature Of the world.
AS textbook, as a piece of literature.
as an Incompatible guide to the student
of the loftiest ideals the world contains,
the Bible towers like some Himalayan
peak above all its lesser rivals. We may
not forget that in the Old Testament it
carries the imagination, the thought and
color Of a people remote in time and
place. and yet, allowing for all this, in
its mighty prophecies, its poetry. its
moral law, its exalted vision and Its
noble craftsmanship, it is alone in the
greatness and uniqueness of its distinc-
Evening star., 1939-12-10

small countries-with whom France
apparently is in sympathy-for the
expulsion Of Russia from Geneva,
where it at one time fostered the
principle of collective security.
The practical effect of ostracizing
Russia from international councils
assuming that the Soviet Union does
not take the initiative by reslgning-
is not likely to be great. Russia has
already foresaken Geneva, in spirit at
least. But the satisfaction with
which large body of world opinion
would greet such step is justifica-
ton for the effort.
An obstacle that may develop
to even moral condemnation is likely
to arise from countries adjacent to
the Soviet Union, which in one way or
another depend upon Soviet good
will or feel that standing with Fin
land might invite Soviet attack.
Particularly delicate is the position
Of Sweden and Norway, which are
striving with utmost energy to pre-
serve their neutrality not only in the
war between the allies and Germany,
but IN Russias conflict with Finland.
The Firms appeal raises the question
for them of whether an affirmative
vote on moral condemnation is COM
patible with neutrality.
Much the same sort of dilemma con-
fronts the Chinese delegate, DR.. V.K.
Wellington Koo. China has been the
recipient, almost from the start OF its
struggle against Japan, of large
quantities of Russian arms, particu-
larly planes, as well as personnel.
Japan and Russia are now displaying
clear evidence of approaching
settlement Of their differences. In
China's mind the question is whether
participation in moral condemnation
would impel Russia to conclude an
agreement with Japan, possibly at
China'S expense.
Barking loudest at the heels of
the Soviet are the Latin American
members, who have reason to fear
not Russia's military strength but
her theology of Communism, and 1t
is this that motivates their demand
that Russia be ousted from the
League.
Evening star., 1939-12-10
Carnegie Exhibit

The annual scientific exhibit of
the Carnegie Institution of WASH
ington is an event Of worldwide
interest.
At this time each December the
greatest research establishment on
earth gives an accounting of its
successes in extending the frontiers
OF human knowledge into the dark
ness OF the unknown. It's conquests
have been many and varied. They
have completely revolutionized many
aspects Of daily life in their practi-
cal application by farmers, engineers
and physicians.
Even more notable are the ad-
vances it has made along lines which
do not seem at first glance to have
any practical Importance, however
great may be their cultural interest.
In this category fall its researches
into the structure of the universe,
the nature and distribution of gal
axies and supergalaxies.
Actually these may be the most
practical accomplishments of all.
Nobody will ever dig gold or set up a
health resort on some planet in an
external galaxy, 1t is true, and not
a day will be added to anybody's life
by researches in the history of Greek
and Roman science. The practical
value of such studies is that they
remove inhibitions from the minds
of men the world over, which set
them free to proceed toward the ac-
complishment of all sorts of prac-
tical things.
Human knowledge in all fields is
inclosed by a great circle OF dark
ness. But there is a good deal OF
evidence to indicate that this may
not be entirely an external darkness.
A good deal of it proceeds from the
mind itself. Researches into the
structure of the universe or the
philosophy of science are like knock
ing holes in the walls which restrain
the mind and installing windows
through which man can survey hith-
srto unknown landscapes Of space
and tina .
Evening star., 1939-12-10

States politically, is not willing to buy
competing products from abroad, and,
economically, is increasingly able to pro-
vide from its own farms and factories
almost all of those things that the
American people want. Consequently, it
is next to impossible to expect this coun-
try to take England's place as the
worlds banker.
The present would seem to be a good
time for Secretary Hull to make grace
full retreat from a position that appar-
emily is going to be next to impossible
to maintain in the period ahead. If that
retreat can be made gracefully, without
appearing to be retreat, the Secretary
of State will maintain his availability
when convention time rolls around next
yeaJ. e..
Evening star., 1939-12-10
The War and the Map

BY careful study Of the map of
Europe Americans may learn much
that is worth knowing about the
strife which has been raging since
September last. The struggle, OBJ
viously, is motivated by the wish of
certain governments to expand their
territorial control. Land and the
products of land are the objectives
of those militant powers which have
Doverrun their weaker neighbors. The
inhabitants of the areas seized are
treated as property. Economic de-
terminism of new variety has ap-
peared in the world.
OF course, this development was
foreshadowed in the political trends
of the earlier years of the twentieth
century. France, for example, de-
sired the return Of Alsace and Lor-
raine not merely for sentimental
reasons, just as later Germany de-
manded the restoration of the Ruhr
and the Saar because of their prac-
tical values. It. may be disconcerting
to read these facts, yet they are true.
But wealth is only a single goal
of national policy. Equally impor-
tant, perhaps, is security. Safety
most definitely was the primary
purpose of France at the Versailles
conference. She sought protection
against the danger Of further attack
from the east side of the Rhine. To
prevent renaissance of Prussianism
Germany was to be surrounded with
independent states friendly to the
victorious allies. Poland and Czecho-
Slovakia were established to, that
end. Similarly, the Baltic republics
of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and
Finland were encouraged to assume
the role Of barrier against Soviet
Russia, and the Balkan kingdoms
were prompted to stand together
Evening star., 1939-12-10

against Russian, German, italian and
Turkish interference.
The best-intentioned plans, how
ever, often fail. President Wilson's
vision of democracy made secure was
destined to fade before civilization
appreciated the need for leagues of
nations and world courts to halt re-
current conflict. Now Europe Is
engaged in another redrawing of the
map. Austria, Czecho- -Slovakia, Al
bania and Poland have disappeared:
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have
been coerced; Finland currently is
fighting for her life against incred-
ible odds; Rumania is threatened
with dissection; Sweden, Norway and
Denmark are concerned with fear
for their existence; Switzerland, the
Netherlands and Belgium compre-
hend their peril as innocent bystand-
ers too close to the prevailing strife
for comfort.
Yet never before in recorded times
has there been a stronger or a more
ardent will to peace among men.
Not even in the totalitarian countries
is there any natural impulse to fight.
The regimented masses must be
coaxed to battle with propaganda.
Freed from compulsion, neither
the average German nor Russian
would choose war. The multitudes
are intelligent enough to know
that their own economic welfare
is not promoted by violence. In
their hearts they understand that
only through universal harmony can
riches be created and distributed
with profit commensurate with the
labor involved.
So another map eventually may
be drawn. Europe, exhausted by
trouble, surely at last will learn the
lesson of experience. The solution
of every problem could be worked out
in mutual good will. Until that tol-
erance is achieved there must be war.