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The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
DR.. Howe
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Dixie Hospital.
"Our curriculum, generally, has
broadened a long wise and time
ly lines, in freshman orientation,
Negro History, child-care dietetics,
industrial arts, aviation, and in
other ways with which all close
friends of Hampton are familiar.
Student life has ben given
greater expression by the organi-
zation of the Student Council and
the Women's Senate. The Alumni,
for their part, have shown their
abiding loyalty by the fact that in
this time Alumni Chapters have
increased from 19 to more than SO.
CUTS BUDGETS $125,OOO
"It has fallen to President
Howe's lot to be obliged to cut the
Hampton budget by over $125,OOO.
But we may recall that during this
same difficult decade, Hampton
has received $815,000 in bequests,
and has been able to make addi-
tions and Improvements to its
buildings and plant.
I'm closing, Mr.. Scattergood paid
the following tribute to both DR..
and Mrs. Howe for their whole
hearted conservation to the work
of Hampton: We shall remember as
long as any of us now here may
live, President and Mrs. Howe, who
have set for us all an ideal of de-
voted service to great cause'".
President Howe came to Hamp-
ton Institute in January, 1881 from
Dartmouth College. Hanover, New
Hampshire. Previous to that he
had been teacher and chaplain at
the Ioomis School, windsor, Con-
necticut and assistant headmaster
and chaplain at the Taft School,
Watertown, Conn.
AN ORDAINED MINISTER
He is graduate of the Hotch-
kiss School, Lakeville, Conn, Yale
University and Union Theological
Seminary, New York City, and Is
dill OIOdIllCu 1Ill11AoUSA Va VAAS ASo
byterian Church.
In 1911 he was Captain of the
Yale University football team and
head coach of it the following year.
He Is a member of the executive
committee of the Virginia inter-
racial commission; the Cooperative
Education Association of Virginia;
the National Association of Uni
versity Professors; the Virginia
State Teachers Association; the
Peninsula Association of Commerce
and the Rotary Club of Hampton,
Virginia. He is trustee of the CAL
houn School, Alabama, and of the
Penn School, st. Helena Island,
He is a member of the Yale and
Century Clubs of New York City.
He married Margaret Marshall
Armstrong, daughter of the late
General Samuel Chapman Arm
strong, Founder and first Principal
Of Hampton Institute Mrs. Howe
has been actively engaged in affairs
Of the Institute campus and in the
Red Cross, Maternal Welfare and
american Association of Univer-
sity Women program in the COM
munity.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
Plans Vocational
Guidance Program

high schools to the necessity for
preparing themselves for some kind
of job. 1t seeks to impress them
with the need for considering the
kind of vocation they may follow
after leaving school. An attempt is
nade to inform them about the
requirements one must have to
successfully follow the various vo-
:ations, the wages to expect, and
he opportunities offered.
Such topics as how to find a
job how to hold a job, how to
choose a job the positions Ne
groes held in Memphis. the South,
and the nation and others are a
part of the Guidance Week pro-
gram.
L. j. searcy, executive secretary
of the Welfare League (the only
colored agency listed among the
group supported by the Council OF
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PLATFORM

that they feel prou"
Of all political social
religious questions which face the
especially in business to the extent
that we become job as well job seekers
3. boys girls in the art Of thrift
f. brotherhood OF
TO a firmer racial foundation for posterity
of the colored must compete
of
dependable ef
scnt will able
enterprise Therefore realizing these vital
times give heed respect
rendering better service
weekly be published which views
NAV be expressed Such views
opinions shall reflect
way the opinion Of PHOENIX INDEX.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
Waqe-Hour Law Upheld BY NC. Court

FAYETTEVILLE, N. C.-(ANP)-Back salaries
of 1O79 ordered paid to five Negro section hands
by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad here last week when
federal judge Isaac NJ Meekns upheld the wages and
hour law ga valid regulation of interstate COM
merce, and demanded reimbursement of employees who
have been receiving less than the minimum wage of 25
cents per hour.
The court ruled that the wage-hOur law is not in
violation of the due process clause of the Constitution
S charged by the railroad.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
Flush Kidneys OF
Acid and Poisons
Gain In Health And
Stop Getting Up Nights

When kidneys are continually over.
burdened they often become weak-the
bladder is irratated often passage is
scanty and smarts and burns sleep
is restless and nightly visits to the
bathroom are frequent.
A safe, harmless and inexpensive
way to relieve this trouble and help
restore more healthy action to kidneys
and bladder is to get from any drug
gist a 35 cent box of GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules and take as d.
rected-don't be disappointed,
Don't be an EASY MARK and ac-
cept a substitute Ask for Gold
Medal HARLEM Oil Capsules-right
from HARLEM in Holland. GET
GOLD MEDAL-the IOriginal--the
genuine. Look for the Gold Medal
on the box-35 cents.
Remember other symptoms OF
kidney and bladder trouble may be
backache, puffy eyes. nervousness and
leg cramps.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
BY NAT. d. WILLIAMS


"A five-day period designated as
vocational Guidance Week will
be conducted in five of the high
schools of Memphis and Shelby
County, during the week of March
1C through the 18th.
The project will be under the di-
rection and auspices of the Com
munity Welfare League, Memphis
version of the National Urban
League, an organization which
seeks TO improve working condi-
tions for Negroes, find new occu-
paticns for Negroes, and obtain in
creased work opportunities for
members of the race throughout
the country.
The Guidance Week campaign
is an effort to call the attention of
colored boys and girls in the
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
ATLANTA, Ga-(SNS)-

Pride in the record of the past
and confidence in the future were
the themes of the Founders Day
exercises Wednesday at Clark Uni
versity. They were constantly re-
peated thruout the program which
included greetings from represent
tatives Of the Methodist, Church and
the Alumni Association, we'll
rendered numbers by the Philhar-
mOnic Society of the University
and an inspiring address by DR.. f
E. Clement, president Of Atlanta
University. DR.. Clement was in
troduced by DR.. M. S. Davage.
president of Clark University, who
called attention to the fact that
Atlanta is destined to become the
greatest educational center of the
south and as such is attracting the
attention of educators everywhere.
He introduced DR.. Clement as the
leader of this great center which
is now in process of development
DR.. Clement prefaced his address
by extending greetings from the
schools of the Atlanta University
system. He expressed his personal
admiration for DR.. Davage and for
Clark University and congratulated
Clark upon the records of its
graduates in attendance at Atlanta
University. He stressed the unity
of interests of all schools of the
system and declared that all are
working together for the advance
ment of the race and civilization.
Passing then to his address he an
nounced his subject "The Future
of Private Colleges for Negroes. u
In beginning his address,
Or. Clement called attention
to the wcll-known history of
the origin Of the private COL
leges for Negroes in the south, cit
ing particularly the role played
by the churches in that origin.
Three specific contributions made
by the Negro college were cited
First, they have attacked problems
of the race with special emphasis
and have focused attention upon
the study andsolution of such prob
lens. Thus, the Negro student may
best learn of problems of his race
in the Negro college. Second, the
Negro private college has been free
in program and in speech as con-
trasted with state institutions. AT
this point DR.. Clement stressed his
belief in state institutions, but
mah. tanned there will always be a
necessity for private institutions
where freedom of program and
freedom of speech are possible.
Thirdly, through it's GLORIOUS re-
ligious heritage" through its en-
phasis on spiritual life, which led
the Negro college in its early days
to announce as its aim the training
of ministers and leaders" the
private college for Negroes has
trained the leaders of the Negro
race in America. Actual Statistical
study shows that ninety percent OF
the present leaders Of the Negro
race were trained in the private
colleges for Negroes.
What is the present situation
and what Of the future? In recent
years the private college has been
weaker financially because its sup.
porters have been weaker through
the depression years. The state
college, with WPA aid in its build.
ing program and other assistance
from the public treasury, IS offer
ing stronger competition. The fielt
of philanthropy is narrowing, will
great philanthropic organizations
such as the RosenWald foundation
and the General Education Board
being rapidly liquidated. Represen
tativcs of other foundations de-
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Through An Open
Window
Do We Ever Blame Ourselves For
CT

ADO we E3VCA hAeDhC V0A IVA
Our Shortcomings?
Occasionally, I like to read the
anonymous poem often repeated
by DR.. George Washington Carver,
which might be summed up into the
following: 1--WE are born in this
world free; we have two hands,
two feet and two eyes and a head
to use if We would be wise.' Once
once has read it he feels that if he
doesn't get out of the world what
he should, it's his own fault. We
can scarcely meet human being
who cannot give some kind CT ex-
cuse for his not achieving his.
goal in life; but as matter of
fact. there are comparatively few
persons who can offer a legitimate
excuse for not having done so.
We, as a group, believe in ex-
cuses so much until we embed the
habit in our children at a very
early age Some of them believe
that being born black is a natural
handicap or excuse for not ac-
complishing much in life. We hear
our children say every day, IF we
only had this or that we would do
this and So" Without even think
ing that they are not using the
great potential power which they
do possess. We let them go on
thinking that the world owes them
everything and they owe the world
nothing; that things should just
come to them without very much
effort on their part. 1t IS high time
that we begin making a substitu-
ton for this lack of training and
teach our children to meet the
problems of life squarely.
There are many examples that
we could point out to our children
that would make them sense that
no matter what the color Of their
skin might be. there Is great
price to be paid for success.
A young Negro college student
told me this experience which he
had recently: He walked into an
Office Of white business man and
in the course of their conversation,
the race situation came up. The
white man said, ''Yotlr people say
they are as good as any one else,
vet they have poor way of
showing it. How is it that MEM
ber of your race can go to the
same university with other races
and graduate, yet when he starts
business to perfect his skill,
members of his own race will pass
him up and go next door to an
other ship or what-have-you? Your
race doesn't nave to always tell
other people that they are as good
as they are: their actions will
| prove it." The youth answered, "r
patronize the members of my own
race, and I am not guilty of the
accusation" The business mst1 an
swered, you're one out of hun
dred.'' -.
We can name our organizations
something and then we set out to
block the progress Of any other or
ganization without realizing we
are Negroes first, and organiza-
tons last; that when the organi-
ton ceases to function we will still
he Negroes We do need to orga-
nize cur lives into many functioning
organizations, and not Just be con-
tent with the name of the organiza-
tion only until some worthwhile
project begins then come out OF
our Information to kill it.
Why be like the dog in the man
ger? Why not make for unifica-
ton of purposes and struggle along
together toward the perfecting OF
them? If we remain the side
show" in human progress, we can
only blame ourselves for 1t!
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The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02

Social Agencies has led the Or
ganization in the promotion of a
Guidance Week campaign for the
past two years.
Assisted by group of interested
. business men, professional work.
ers and citizens. he visited the
sei.ior classes of various schools in
the city and county. Members of
the group spoke on various topics
pertaining to vocational opportuni-
ties and conditions Of Negroes.
Students were encouraged to ask
questions, and members Of the
group provided the answers.
EXPANDED PROGRAM FOR 1910
The Guidance Week program for
this year will be somewhat differ
ent to these of the past two years.
A group of local leaders desig-
mated as The Guidance Week
Council has worked out a program
which will include a weeks course
in Vocational Guidance. The course
will be presented in the senior
Nl,IooCo VI liVC VI CAAC Cloy oAiN SoeAA
ty high schools, providing it meets
| the approval of local educational
officials and the cooperation Of the
teachers is obtained. On Friday,
| the last day of the campaign,
panel discussion between members
of the Council and the students OF
the classes will be conducted in the
schools.
At that time the students will
hear lectures by persons who have
gained distinction in various fields.
They will be urged to ask questions
based on the results of the four
davs of study and research on vo-
cations for Negroes which the
Council hopes to conduct in the
schools.
A QUESTIONABLE has been pre-
pared by the Council. The students
are expected to fill in the answers,
and thus provide the Council with
an idea. of the vocational outlook
of the students. what they hope to
do after graduation what they
think about the present economic
status Of Negroes, and how they
hope to go about finding jobs ir
their chosen fields.
The Guidance Council is com
posed of the following persons
Mrs. Addie cambridge Jones, Ma
nassas teacher, chairman, Mr.. l..
Y. Searcy, Prof Ashton Hayes
Hamilton of LeMoyne, Mrs. H. c.
Hamilton, Professor Gibson of Le-
Prof. A. B. Bland, Dean H. G.
Moyne, Prof. Branch Of .LeMoyne
Mr.. j. D. Springer, and Nat. Will
liams of Booker Washington High
iSvhoo Miss Williamson of the
Welfare League, Prof. Louis Hob.
son of Manassas High School, R.
L. Prince of Universal Life Insur
ance Company, and Miss Loi
CarneS.
MASS MEETING PLANNED
A city-wide mass meeting of col
ored citizens to climax the weel
| will be staged at the metropolitan
Baptist church on Sunday. Marcl
20, at which tirue DR.. j. H. walker
president of the Universal Life In
4 surance Company and 1910 presi
dent of the National Negro Busi
ness League. will deliver an az
dress. Outstanding students of tn
Y five schools to be visited will b
y on the program and the vccationa
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EDITORIALS
WidowPays
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be in the purse, Mrs. Ragland fell
for the racket, hook, line and sink
er. Her son and daughter didn't
object either.
The slim man with the gold
tooth and the little woman with
the scarf around her head took the
Stockbridge woman and her chill
dren to a corner of the building
and said to her:
'W'ell split the contents of this
pocketbook if you show us you can
be trusted"
They told her that the pocket
book contained "some thousand
dollar bills"
Now it seems that not so long
ago, the husband of Mrs. Ragland
died, leaving her fat insurance
policy. Upon collecting the money,
the widow used good Judgment and
put it In a bank.
DRAWS $1,000 FROM BANK
Not doubling that the tall man
and short woman were takers and
seeing a chance to increase the size
of her bankroll, Mrs. Ragland went
to the Citizens and Southern Ma
tional bank and wrote a check for
$1,000, just to prove that she could
be trusted.
The cashier wanted to know why
and what for when the check was
presented.
Going to do some shopping"
Ragland said.
With $1,000 in cold cash in her
hands, Mrs. Ragland, her son and
daughter, accompanied the "slick-
ers' to new Post Office Building.
Upon entering the building, she
gave the money to the tall man.
He accepted the fifty $40 bills with
a gracious smile and told her to
wait in the lobby while he and the
woman who was wearing the scarf
went upstairs "to see the boss
Well, you know the rest. Mrs.
Ragland and her children got tired
OF waiting and then went to the
Police Station.
In telling police attaches what
happened, Mrs. Ragland said the
woman introduced herself as Mar
garet Jones. Decatur maid, while
the man said his name was Ross
and that he was a butler to man
named Carter.
Detectives assigned to the case
believe the flimflamming couple is
the same wanted for other similar
slick jobs.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02

PHOENIX INDEX connected political party
rulings regula
completely impaially hatred
office
A. M. the
matter be plainly written only side
copy We the rights
Is paid for.
to the INDEX 1914 East Monroe
will no published.
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JOSHUA JONES
Rv L. r. REYNOLDS

Bro. Bell says they say a stitch
in time saves nine but he is going
to be leaving before he needs nine,
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
TuskegeeP People
Turn Attention
To Golf Course

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala
Impatient for the advent of spring
and the call to the great out-of-
doors, Tuskegee's rapidly increas-
ing folo of golf enthusiasts took
advantage of the recent short re-
spite from Dixie's most severe
winter Of many years to dust off
their clubs and pursue thrills af-
forded by breaking par.
The Tuskegee Gold Club used
the ll,ll to promote it's first club
tournament for 1910. To intensity
interest and afford club members
opportunity to reach peak form
early, the club administrators
promoted "Blind Bogey" tourna-
ment. This made it possible for
every member to win as handi-
caps were administered in ratio to
their known abilities.
There were six prizes and the
winners were: First low net. N. M.
Miller; Second low net, Lieut.. 3. o.
Davis; Third low net. l.. A. Rabb.
The latter was also winner Of First
low gross hOnors.
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WOMEN ALSO COMPETE

There were two prizes for wom-
en- with Mrs. c. L. Abbott winner
of First low net honors and Sec
ord place in the same department.
going to Mrs. William O'Shields.
Evening star., 1940-07-28
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

Plans for Crisfeld's 5th annual
fishing fair, scheduled August 10 and
II in the quiet, quaint Eastern Shore
town, have been completed, and the
program mapped out elevates the
big roundup into one of the seasons S
brightest blue ribbon events. Moth
ing has been overlooked to assure
the anglers of thoroughly enjoy
able time
Registrations for the grand con-
test may be made by mail, sending
check or money order to Fishing
Fair, Preston Md, until August s.
The fee is so cents for adults and 25
cents for children. Contestants also
may register in person up until 9
am. August II.
j. Millard Tawes. controller of the
State of Maryland. is president of
the fair and has left no reel unspooled
in an effort to stage the biggest
show in its history A fsh-calling
contest for deep-chested anglers,
scenic tour for sight-seers and eX-
tensive privileges for amateur pho
tographers are on the program.
Oddly enough, the fairs advent
brings on rash of poetry from am
ateur composers who dwell chiefly
on fishing, trout of gold and blue,
sunfish that glisten in the dew.
finny fellows from their homes in
Neptune's keep, etc, etc, and this
year is no exception. Already the
Evening star., 1940-07-28
7e Dds Winning Streak Ends Sickle ump Yonkers Handicap
Williams Not Likely
To Need Louis Help
In Mcdowell Bout
Appears Too Strong for
Bill; Seeondine Champ
To Referee SemifinoI

Not exactly neutral, but no bel
ligerent by any stretch of the imag-
ination, Joe Louis will make another
of his infrequent appearances in a
Washington ring tomorrow night at
Griffith Stadium.
The heavyweight champion of
the world will be in Holman Will
liams' corner when the chocolate
soldier marches out to do battle with
Bill Mcdowell in the featured 10
round argument of the evening.
Before that, he is expected to ref
cree the siX-round semi-final be-
tween Gilbert Mayo of Alexandria
and Vince Truminello.
Louis, of course, will have little
more to do than look pretty in his
bird of paradise regalia and pry
Messrs. Mayo and Truminello apart
every now and then when spon-
taneous combustion doesn't do the
trick. But the fans undoubtedly
are thirsting for another look at
the guy who is carving out a repu-
tatlon second to none and will be
on hand to welcome him.
All in Williams Favor.
Williams is one of those write
your r-oWn-ticket shots against Nc
Dowell. Tall. we'll built and no
slouch in action, the dusky warrior
carries too many guns for McDoW-
ell, who probably will hop on his
bike in the first round and pedal
| furiously III the direction of new
American record. Williams defeated
| Joe Legion, Cuban welterweight
sensation, the night Louis put the
muftler on Godoy. Legion was a hot
hombre direct from Cuba. but
wilted badly after having Williams
on the verge of kayo in the sec
ond and lost the decision.
A couple of years ago he blew
| duke to Cocoa Kid and another to-
Johnny Lucas, but defeats have
been few and far between. 1t is
| possible for Williams to lose tomor-
row night, especially if he has TO
keep coming to Mcdowell. although
he went after Logon, caught him
ShOOE i II up nSideraoly with
potent barrage of body punches.
| Matchmaker Gabe Menendez has
smoked out with his beeg, bleck
ceegahrl a nice supporting card for
the show. Under Mayo and Trumi-
/ nello who are fighting a return bout.
/ are Irish Johnny Dean and El
/ Brookman; Oscar Wright and
Jackie Carter, both FOUNDERS.
Make Long of Dallas, and Eddie
Camps. Allentown. Pa, both light
heaVies, will manufacture another
six after Joe Price and Jimmy
| Green launch the festivities in a
| four -rounder.
! First bout is scheduled for $50.
Evening star., 1940-07-28
Upstream Fractures
Suffolk Record as
Puritan Victor
Triumphs by Neck Over
FeneIon With Burst
Of Stretch Speed
Bv the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
BOSTON, July 27.-Mrs. Emil
Denemarks Upstream shaved a
fifth of a second of the track rec
ord for the Is mile at Suffolk
Downs today as he withstood the
gallant bid of Belair studs Fenelon
to score a neck victory in the $500
added Puritan Handicap.
Upstream negotiated the route in
1:4845 TO shatter the mark of 1:49,
held jointly by Charles S. Howard S
Seabiscuit and George D. Widener's S
Eight Thirty Big Pebble from the
Circle M Ranch, finished third. two
lengths behind the flying leaders.
Three-year-old Fenelon, coupled
in the betting with Belair'S Bosley
cut blistering early pace after
breaking sharply from the gate and
assuming command as the field
swept past the stands.
Strengthening out in the back
stretch. Jimmy Stout opened him up
and the stout-hearted colt held a
three-length lead as they neared the
turn. Upstream, which had been
kept we'll back, started running over
horses at the turn and drew up on
even terms with Fenelon at the head
of the stretch.
AS Upstream moved into the lead,
Fenelon came again and the pair
hooked up in stirring stretch duel
which lasted right to the wire. Big
Pebble made a determined bid in
the stretch but then hung in the
last 100 yards.
The winner paid S2l, $3.50 and 81
across the board Fenelon and Ros-
ley returned S34O and S24O as the
Belair entry and the show price on
Big Pebble was So.
Prairie Dog, another Denemark
steed, captured the secondary fea-
ture, the Rockingham Handicap. a
$4,000 6-furlong sprint.