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The Phoenix index., 1940-05-04
Dream Team
OfVa. Union
Honored

RICHMOND, Va. -(SNS)- At
the chapel hour at Virginia Union
University Wednesday, April "a,
the Pyramid Club of Beta Epsilon
Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority honored the 1910 basket
ball team by presenting a trophy
to Captain 'iSoupy" Campbell ito
commemorate the achievements of
the team in the face of difficulties.
and to serve as an inspiration to
those who will follow. Miss Vr-
ginia Howell senior, of Richmond,
and president of the club, made
the presentation. Campbell &C
cepted the trophy mot only as a
tribute to the team but with the
hope that it would inspire others
to seek even greater heights.
A feature of the program was an
address by Miss Elsie Spurlock,
prospective June graduate, on the
subject Perseverance,. Said Miss
Spurlock: 'The most notable
achievements throughout the ages
have been made through persever-
ance. With this trait, one can re-
move all obstacle overcome diff
culties. and reach the pinnacle OF
success. Our own team here at
Union furnishes a striking illus
tration. handicapped by lack of
a gymnasium and with other diff
culties, they scared to the heights
in the C. I. A. A. and landed in a
blaze of glory
Officers of the club are, in ad
dition to Miss Howell: Miss Rozeal
Linnette, Norfolk, Va, vice pres
ident; Gladys Garter. Richmond,
secretary; Grace Blackwell, Rich
mond, treasurer, and Ruby Ellis,
Richmond, journalist.
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STILL SEARCHING FOR CALL
TIME" MILE RELAY QUARTET!

We ran into a group of young
iANoha Phi Alpha collegians last
week who proceeded to ply us with
questions we we're hard pressed III
answering One ran something like
this: "Who do you think could
have taken ROY MORSE, FOW-
ARD P. DREW. H. V. EDWARDS
and IRVING T. HOWE in a $50
yard relay race????" That one
wasn't so difficult we thought and
weighed it with this answer. :.
FULACE PEACOCK, BEN JOHN
SON, EDDIE TOLAN, and MO
EEL ELLEPBE,-from a crop OF
dashers who cropped up during the
1930-40 era. Then without giving
IA 1ellow a chance to catch his
breath, someone yelled out. .....
And who'd lick the last bunch
you just nominated??' Our guess
to that tWister ran something like
this: ANDERSON CUniv. Southern
California;, THOMPSON (JerSey
City,, RALPH METCALFE CXavier
University track coacl), JESSE
OWENS Olympic immortaD
Our personal "all-time' $50 yard
relay combination would be these
and JESSE OWENS. The mile
(All-brown) relay for "all-time"
would shape up as follows: BINGA
DESMOND, ARCHIE WILLIAMS.
JIMMY HERBERT, ana JOHNNY
WOODRUFF Gnaybe we would at
the last moment substitute Phi
3eta Kappa student JIMMY LU- sc
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FORM REVERSAL OF EARRING
TON" AMAZES TRACK SHARPS

WALTER iPanther) ARRING-
TON, hailed a few months ago by
Lawson Robertson, and other ia
nous track coaches as the finest
"all around athlete in this coun-
try, fell down with a bang Satur-
day afternoon, during the run
ming of the KANSAS RELAYS
held at LAWRENCE, the best the
1.-THE bronzed youth from Michi-
gan State could do was to finish
third to Lee Todd Of Boulder,
Col Retaining his last years de-
cathlOn title. Todd (white), ama6s-
ed a point total of 6,730 points or
183 more than his Last seasons
tally. Arlington rolled up 6,225 to
lose out by four points to Uyval
Jones, Wayne university, Detroit,
VINO finished second Before tie
start of the classic games AIRING
ton was a prohibitive favorite
among the boys who never take in
track meets without betting their
money on their "sure thing" ath-
letic performers.
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TSKEGEE RELAYS May II HOLD attention OF SOUTHLAND
Alabama State Wins Own Relay Carnival
Maroon Tigers Capture Mile
Relay; Bubber mitchell Hot

n the pole vault and iavelin
while STAG high jump and broad
Jump marks were tied In last Sat-
urday's meet.
SUMMARIES
1O0@Yard DaSh-Tarrant CA),'
O'NeaI (X), Holmes (F), Mc-
Laurin (A). Time: $50.
400 Yard Run--Mitchell tM),
Baker (x), Johnson (A), Allen
(M. Time: 49.5.
Mile Run-ROgers (F), Smith
F) Leath (A), Brown (T). Time.
1899.
12O-Yar Hurdles-Smith tA).
Mitchell (M, Houston (M, HOOv'
er (S). Time: Is seconds.
2:2O-Yard Hurtles-Amos M,
Smith (A) RObey (A), Houston
(M. Time: 24.4 seconds.
40 Yard Relay Alabama,
Xavier, Florida, Tuskegee. Time:
43:1 seconds
S8O-Yard Relay-Xavier, Florida,
Alabama, Tuskegee. Time: min.
20 seconds. ~ .....
Mile Relay-MOrehOuse, Florida
Xavier, Alabama. Time: minis.
PA seconds.
Two Mile Relay-Alabama, Tus-
kegee, Xavier, Southern. Time: 8
minis. 28.5 seconds.
Pole Vault-Farmer lXJ anG
Brown (S) tied. Foston (AJ third,
Handy (T) Beavers (S), Stanley
(A) Lewis (M, Robinson (T), tied
fourth place. Height: lift, 4ins.
High Jump-Berry Isl, Horton
F), Tarrant (A); Baker (S),
Stanley; (A), Ferrell (A), tied for
fourth. Height: #. S ins.
Broad Jump-Blackett (X), Nit
chell (M, Stanley GAY, Biggs Isl.
Distance: 23 fl. 6 IA ins.
Shot Put-Williams (10, Greene
az, Pryor (X, Scott (A). Dis.
tance AZ feet, 1-2 inches.
Discus-Ijurner (X), Williams
F). Haines CM), Taylor (S). Dis
tance: 1913 feet, inches.
Javelin-Taylor (S), Haincs tM).
Hoover (S), Turner tXl. Distance:
1870 feet, s inches.
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Alabama Proves Rude Host by Coping
Team HOnOrS; Xavier Is Rumer-Up;
Morehouse, Third; Florida, Fourth

120-yard low hurdles and fourth
in the 220-yard high hurdles.
John D. Lewis tied for fourth
place for Morehouse in the pole
vault and James Pinkey) HaineS
had even better luck, placing
third in the discus ana second in
the javelin throw.
ALABAMA'S TARRANT CLICKS
The l00-yard dash provided a
tremendous surprise When Nor
man Holmes of Florida A and M
College. an Atlanta boy who holds
the STAG 100 and 900 yard titles,
was defeated by the twinkle-toed
Leo TarTant of Alabama, With
O'Neal of Xavier seconds, Holmes
third, and McLaurin also of Ala
bama, fourth. The time was an
amazing 90 seconds.
The brilliant Alabama athletes,
under Coach ,'ave Albritton, ex-
TAynple University and Olympic
star, went to town. All told, they
grabbed first places in the 100
i26 yard low hurdles, quarter-mile
relay and two mile relay, While
hogging second, third and fourth
places in the other events.
XAVIER'S CASE UNUSUAL
The showing IF Xavier was es-
recially remarkable in that the
Gold Rush had stars in both the
Penn and Drake Relays at the
same time of the Alabama State
Relays. Tuskegee sent her strong
est representation to the Penn Re
lays. otherwise, the Golden Tigers
would have made much better
showing.
New Southern records were set
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MONTGOMERY, Alas N s.
Alabama State Teachers College
proved a rude host to the first all
nual Alabama State Relays Sat
urday afternoon, April 27, by WIN
ming the coveted carnival from
five strong collegiate rivals with
a team total of AZ rs points.
Following Alabama in place
ment were Xavier with 35 SO
points, Morehouse with 80 25,
Florida with 30 Southern with
20, and Tuskegee with IT'S points
MITCHELL SPECTACULAR
George (Bubber) Mitchell of
Norehouse was easily the individ-
ual hero of the meet. The elongat-
ed senior collegian won the
qllarter mile run in 495 Sec
ends, anchored mis- mates to vic
tory in the classic one-nlile relay,
placed second in the 120-yard low
hurdles, and also finished second
in the board jump. All told, lie
counted for 1925 points to lead
all other athletes in the meet.
RECRUIT COMES THROUGH
Warehouses; first places were in
the quarter-mile run, one mile re-
lay, and the 220 yard high hurdles.
Ulysses Amos won the last named
event in PA seconds, while the
time in which Joseph (Joe) Allen,
William Carr, Amos and Mitchell
tourned the mile relay was 3
minutes, 224 seconds. Geebie
Houston of Morehouse justified
Coach Frank L. Forbes decision
to take him on the trip and leave
some of the more experienced per-
formers by placing third in the
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-04
Golf Meet
At Tuskegee
May 9-1O

Eighteen holes will be played
Thursday morning and eighteen
holes will be played Friday morn
ing.
Each school will be allowed to
enter six women and six men in
competition. You will be allowed
to choose any four out of the six
entries in computing the final
team score.
A prize will be given to the
team having the low aggregate
medal score and also individual
prizes will be given the woman
and man having the low medal
score.
The tournament will be played
on Tuskegee's 3,400 yard par 80
sand green golf course. The fair
way of each hole is crossed by
the small creek, making accurate
shooting necessary.
No entry fee is charged.
The eligibility of each entrant
shall be certified by a qualified
officer of the institution and the
intercollegiate rules of the
Southern Conference shall pre-
vail.
To be eligible for interscho-
lastic competition the following
rules must be adhered to:
Has been in attendance 80 per
cent of all classes for which he
is registered from not later than
the tenth day of the current
school year, and has carried fif-
teen hours of work successfully
within that time.
Is an amateur according to the
accepted Interpretation of the
term.
Has never played under an as
sumed name.
Has not reached twenty-first
birthday.
Is not in ninth semester of
High School.
Has not graduated from a High
School previous to March first of
the present year.
Has never been a member of
a normal school, junior college,
college, or university team.
Is eligible under the rules of
our local association.
IF this tournament is supported
we are sure it will open some of
the closed doors to colored play
ers in the National Tournaments
now held in this country each .
year. Each contestant will be re-
quired to have his own golf bag
and clubs in an effort to speed
up play. Pairing for play will be
made at Logan Hall at 8 pm.
May 8, 1910.
For further information write
William O'Shields, Tournament
Chairman, Tuskegee Institute,
Alabama.
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noon, E.erbe successfully de-
Tended his Penn Relays 100
yard dash title won in SO
seconds last year at Franklin
Field. But his time this
spring was 9.8 two-tenths OF
a second slower than the
1889 performance.
Ellerbe gained the finals
by outsprinting two white RI
walls, Alfred Deibolt of Col.
gate and Lawrence Ridder of
Dartsmouth, in a preliminary
heat. Again, the columns
prediction stood up. Ellerbe's
time was go seconds, three
tenths of a second slower
than his championship per-
folmanoe in the same meet a
year ago.
The 100-yard dash finals
saw Ellerbe threatened Sc
riously by Welby Williams,
sensational relay anchor and
dash man for the great North
Texas Teachers, but the Tus-
kegee flyer had too much re-
serve and literally hurtled
through the final tape a flash
ahead of that gifted sprinter,
who finished second, and
two other classy white boys,
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week. A committee of prominent
artists is Judging the posters sub
nnitted. All entries will become
property Of the Exposition.
The contest was held to select
a poster for nationwide distribu-
ton calling attention to the COM
ing Negro Worlds Fair at the
Chicago Coliseum from July 4
through September q 1t is expect
ed to attract 100000 persons
from all sections of the nation.
Posters were received from such
widely scattered areas as Califor-
MIA, New York, Texas and Florida
Chicago, .--
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COlOred Artists
Vie For $1OO

CHICAGO-tS N S)-Nearly 100
entries from all sections Of the
United States were received at
headquarters of the American Ne
gro Exposition, 1862 So Parkway,
in the national poster contest open
to colOred artists throughout tile
nation which was concluded Mon
day, April is.
The winner, who will receive 800
in cash. will be announced next
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HerscheI Holmes In
Rare Form In 100"

underway to get them to Tuskegee
a few days before the meet to get
in some much needed practice on
the long and troublesome Tuske-
gee golf course. Turner is believed
to be a great medal player, he
handles his irons with all the skill
of a veteran. Coles is better with
his woods and is believed to be
a steady man on the green's where
his putter has been deadly thus
far this spring.
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-04
GROUND BROKEN FOR
PROJECT

RALEIGH, N. C.-Described as
another indication of the social
progress of this city and state the
Chavis Heights housing develop
ment was started last week after
formal ground-breaking ceremonies
with Mr. Robert c. Weaver as chief
speaker.
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-04
BEATING THE Gun
BY All Moses

SUCCESS. D.. means also that. -.
HARLEM CAN RALLY AROUND
ITS OWN AND PUT THINGS
OVER. . thank you fans for heed
ing our last weeks editorial or
The Local Boxing Picture.
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SEND FOR SUSPECT

MONTGOMERY, Ala.-Papers
and Indictment of murder have
been sent to Rochester, NY. seek
ing to have returned Willie Shac-
kleford charged with murder
June /, 1889, in Autauga county.
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vALLE, for DR.. DESMOND Con time
performance alone) for DESMOND,
epitomized the fighting type su-
preme" among all track perform
ers. and this writer must nave
fighters" on anything that would
be our very own. Let lis hear from
OIL fans, for the woods are full of
ectionS,
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Mozelle Ellerbe Of Tuskegee, Barney
Ewell OF Penn State Win 100 Yard
Dashes At Penn, Drake Relays
BIZ LUc1Ns Melancholu Zones

A FEW DAYS AGO this column did treatise on track
athletics in which it expressed the firm conviction Mozee
Eerbe the Tuskegee flyer would be slower sue
cessfu again this year
The words were ruer than anyone dreamed at the time
Catl1r after
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SOUR GRAPES, MAYBE.

front being put up by Negro professional and busi-
ness people For they certainly give outward evi-
dences of wealth sufficient to meet larger share
Of the needs of their people than they show any
inclination to accept
What is this evidence? The parade of expen-
sive fur wraps that make their appearance on the
streets even in southern climes where there is
hardly excuse for those "who have wearing
them the expensive automobiles parked through
out the day in front of Negro private and public
institutions where the top salaries of teachers are
hardly more than the beginners salaries in white
Institutions of similar standing; the palatial resi-
dences supposedly built only by people who could
be able to support them were they to lose their
positions
The higr--swered social life of Negroes evi-
denced by the elsbcirate annual formal dances,
cor ktail parties and bridge tournaments pictured
so vivdly in the society columns of Negro news
paners certainlv reflects wealth not actually there.
CASE IN POINT
There was much indignation expressed year
or ago when public relief official commented
on the validity of large Negro convention meet
ing in ris city and spending enormous sums of
money when so many thousands of Negroes were
on relief Negro college president some years ago
had prominent philanthropst on tour of his
campus. The prospective giver spied expensive
sport ro- dster parked behind rather antique tour
ing Ger and asked the president if it was his-the
embarrassed administrator had to admit that it be-
longed to his student chauffeur
The serors fact here is that Negroes have got
to put more thought on the quality OF goods pur-
chased with their expenditures-they have got to
thrk in terms of accumulating surpluses. In fact
thcy must realize that the majority racial group IS
already expecting them to bear more and more OF
their own financial burdens. AS evidence is the fact
that the philanthropic boards no longer making
outright gifts to Negro educational institutons-
they are requiring Negroes to match funds dollar
for dollar.
,,oitbn do
ever gain the full respect of those from whom
they beg. Beggars are not considered fit for full
participation in citizenship responsibilities Let's
reconsider the value of mot aims but opportunity
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Chicken Picking
Continued from page

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holding the dead bird in the ma
chine, and a third plucking the
long tail and wing feathers. The
Machine does not handle these.
The mechanical chicken-p:cker is
, sheet-steel box with a whirling
Grum in which are set flexible
FINGERS" of corrugated hose. The
fingers, about $50 of them, are
about 4 inches long. and the drum
Thirls them rapidly. A chicken
neld against the flying fingers" is
,lucked clean, even to the smallest
,infeather. -
Mr.. Martin the shop owner, was
enthusiastic about the device, yet
'aid he was sorry it would replace
chicken -pickers. AS he expressed
regret over this angle of it one of
The hand-pickers spoke up quickly.
saying, "Oh, that's all right, poss
he army's going to get us any
1nw."
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is doing the Negro more harm than any other single
factor.
GROUP GROWING
The group among Negroes comprising the "have
nots" is growing each day 1t includes both the rural
and the urban dweller More and more of these dis
possessed people ere destined to remain permanent
ly among the have rots. Added to these individuals
and families who belong TO the "have nots.' Added
to these individuals and families who belong to the
Lave nots" in the dccaying process of becom
ing "have nots" are many of the finer quality eoG-
cational institutions and churches
During the prosperity of the 1920s Negroes
port,lrity" The turned tables described here are
were gaining pride in the motto mot aims but op-
forcing the need Of more alps-alms they are re
gardless of the modernstic names given to various
begging efforts This year finds Negroes asking IN
creasing aims of the majority racial group They
are asking larger appropriations for their Soclal
service organizations. larre endowment funos 1oi
their educational institutions and relief for church
MORTGAGES.
FALSE FRONTS
Those interested members of the majority racla
oroun must be somewhat puzzled at the size ana
number of these requests when they view 'he
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continuation OF the one-party
system.
In rare instances, however, sew
eeal papers have come out for
abolition of the poll tax which has
largely kept Negroes from enjoy
'ing suffrage. Also several news
papers have had their columns
open to Letters to the Editor"
which have blasted poll taxes,
white primaries and every other
thing connected with the dis
franchisement system.
An Atlanta white morning paper
stated in one editorial from which
an excerpt was quoted: From
time immemorial, the basic politi-
cal beliefs of the South, have
been white supremacy, states
rights and low tariff -" This
view expresses that of the ma
jority of the white press, according
to the editorials and news items
quoted
Dean Charles Wesley's foreword
is a brief, but adequate history of
the exercise of suffrage by Negroes
from the time they became en-
franchised at the close of the
Civil War through the fights for
voting rights in Southern primaries
until the present time.
The book should serve as a use
ful handbook of information for
those who want to put their. fin
gers on factual data concerning
attitudes of Southern white news
papers toward Negro suffrage.
. WILLIAM FOWLKES.
THE HISTORY OF THE OMEGA
PSI PHI FRATERNITY by Her.
man Dreer. Published by the
Fraternity. 1910. 331 pages.
The new history published by
omega Psi Phi fraternity is a guide
and handbook flor members of
the order concerning the organi-
zation of the group at Howard Uni-'
versity, Washington, D. c., In
1911 and its expansion to 112
graduate and undergraduate chap
ters in the nation today,
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PLATFORM

To the ccored that they feel
Of and in which they their views all political social
religious and economic questions which face the
To awaken racial especially business the extern
that become job makers as job seekers.
To instruct boys and girls in the art OF thrift
To the Faherhood brotherhood of
5. To build racial foundation posterity.
the cOlored compete
with
dealing with Above all render dependable ef
fcnt that will be able
points the INDEX shall all times give heed and respect
Eestions rendering better service
weekly published in which
national Such
reflect
way opinion of The PHOENIX INDEX.
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were enrolled in aviation trade
courses last year, and congress has
appropriated $5,000,000 for courses
in public schools. We hope to
see many of the Negro schools and
colleges include some form of avi
alton training in their curricula.
Foremost among the colored
schools to take this forward step
is Tuskegee institute. Aviation
mechanics have been included
there for several years, and the in
stitute had achieved highly COM
mendable results with its unit of
the civilian pilots training pro
gram. Such success, in fact, that
most ambitious undertaking is
being planned.
Through popular subscription
the institute is seeking to pur-
chase an airport of its own. We
must not miss this golden oppor-
tunity to further Negro aviation
Their efforts must be backed by
every newspaper and progressive
oganization in the country! The
Tuskegee subscription must be sup
ported until our boys are flying
off that field, and more of our boys
busy about the hangers and shops.
For our efforts ladies and gentle
men of Negro America. we shall
have what only four white colleges
in the land possess-an airport be-
longing to the school, a part of the
campus.
A committee headed by General
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fine FOR KIDNEY
AN DBLkDDER
WEAKNESS
STOP GETTING UP NIGHTS
AND FEEL YOUNGER

Keep your blood more free from waste
matter, poisons and acid by putting
more activity into kidneys and bladder,
and you should live a healthier, hap
pier and longer life.
One efficient, safe and harmless way
to do this is to get from your drug
gst a 35 cent box of GOLD MEDAL
Harlem Oil Capsules and take them
AS directed-the swift results should
delight you
symptoms of kidney trouble may be
backache shifting pains. puffy eyes.
Don't be an EASY MARK and ac-
cept a substitute-Get Gold Medal Haar-
lem Oil CapsuIes-the original and
genuine. Look for the Gold Medal On
the bOX-35 cents.
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-14

Spencer c.. Dickerson and includ-
~ our prominent citizens from
all parts of the country met in De-
troit August 80 to formulate plans
md programs for the subscription.
Committee members include
Claude A Barnett, our chief and
head of the Associated Negro Press;
Oscar De Priest, former congress
man; Mrs. Marva Louis Barrow,
DR.. M. o. Bousfield. Percy R. Hines,
Miss Elizabeth Clemmons, John T.
Sengestacke, Daniel J. Faulkner,
DR.. Metz Lochard, Mrs Eta Moten-
Earnett, Col. John c. Robinson
Mai. VIM. H. Lewis. Brig. Gen.
Clinnin, Benjamin Grant, Aid. Earl
B. Dickerson, DR.. Carl H. Roberts,
Mrs. L. H. Brown, Edward M.
Sneed, and James T. Cooper. A
full report and commentary will
appear in forthcoming issue.
Meanwhile, citizen, ponder this
great undertaking wisely and well,