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The guardian., 1941-01-18

fusion. They have been told that they
have poor heritage, and should not
expect much.
Most white races have been slaves
at some time in their existence. The
Jews were once enslaved by the Egyp-
tians (members of the colored race)
but one seldom hears a Jew mention
this fact. The present British Isles
were once conquered by the Romans
and their people enslaved but English
historians have very little to say on
this subject. Even in this country,
many Of the first white settlers came
here in bondage and had to work for
number of years before they were
free to buy land, vote or exercise the
other prerogatives of citizenship. In
Gorgia especially where General
Oglethorpe brought over a colony of
settlers made up largely of people who
had been imprisoned for debts and
minor offenses was this true, but one
seldom hears such things talked of by
the descendants of these people.
In other words, the whites try to
hold up to their youth the bright and
shining achievements of their race and
try to forget the darkest episodes in
their history. Thus we find white boys
inspired to dare any undertaking while
colored boys early learn that they
haven't much chance in life and soon
lose all ambition to strive for any un-
usual career.
Because of this fact, we think the
time has come for the colored man to
stop reminding himself that he was
until recently a slave. Instead we
should teach our youth that we are
now citizens and that if we act like
citizens and strive to achieve like all
other racial groups in this country,
we'll get somewhere. Be it said to the
credit of our grandparents recently
relieved from bondage, they did not
indulge in recalling the old days.
Rather they rejoiced in their new
found freedom and taught the first
generation removed from slavery to
believe that through the medium of an
education, hard work and ambition,
they could go places and be somebody.
Let's turn our faces toward the
future, rather than turning back each
year to recall the darkest period of our
racial history-NEW YORK AGE.
The guardian., 1941-01-18
RRtRnt EAttnrtal
EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION

EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION
White people like to remind colored
folks that they were only recently
slaves, and considering this fact they
are doing very we'll for themselves
when they manage to exc out an exis-
tence unaided by some white overload
A correspondent to the New York
Times from Atlanta, Ga, recently sent
IN Christmas story of the meeting of
the Ex-slave Association of Atlanta
and OF their prayers for peace. The
members of this organization are said
TO range IN age from 80 to 107 wears
put despite their ages they are said to
have done lot of singing and praying
Tor world peace. 1t was a good story
but to this observer, it just didn't ring
true, for such people know very little
OF world conditionsand because of their
age are certainly unable to do much
singing.
We cite this story to show how
subtly the white South keeps alive tbe
idea that colored Americans are barely
removed from slavery and before that
were uncivilized and unaccustomed to
the ways of modern civilization. Thev
still hold to the idea that colored
people are of lower order than the
whites and should not be treated the
same.
Many colored people, too, aid this
fiction by holding annual celebrations
honoring the signing of the Emancipa-
ton Proclamation which freed them.
These celebrations usually recall the
previous conditions of the Race and
the principal speaker indulges in
flights of oratory to point out the pro-
gress we have made in so short a space
OF time and to tell Of the bright out
look for the future. Instead of being
inspired, many young people leave
such meetings with feeling Of con-
The guardian., 1941-01-18

Representatives from civic and reli-
gious organizations met at the League
of Women for Community Service,
Jan. 13 and formulated plans for hon
oring DR.. Charlotte Hawkins Brown
on her completion of forty years of
service as Founder and President Of
Palmer Memorial Institute, Sedalia,
North Carolina. A testimonial dinner
was planned for February q, in honor
of DR.. Brown, who is a native of Cam
bridge and is well known throughout
New England for her achievements in
the field of education.
Rev. F. Havis Davis of Union Bap-
tist Church, Cambridge, who called the
group together, received the hearty en-
dorsement of the group for the pro
posed celebration. The group selected
the name of "Charlotte Hawkins Brown
Fortieth Anniversary Committee. The
following officers and committees were
appointed: Rev. F. H. Davis, chair
man. Miss Wilhelmina Crosson, vice
chairman; Mrs. Wilhelmina Robinson,
secretary; Mrs. J. Gilbert, treasurer,
Time and Place Committee, Miss w
Crossen, chairman; Gift Committee,
Miss Gladys Holmes, chairman; Pub
licity, Mrs. W. Robinson; Mrs. Rosa
Brown, St. Mark Church; Mrs. Lynch,
Peoples Church; Miss Josephine Sci
don, Twelfth Baptist Church; Miss
Susie Jones, Charles Street Church.
Members of the committee present at
the meeting were: Mrs. Mollie Bell
President of the Friendship Club of
Shaw House; Miss Wilhelmina Cros-
son, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Rev. F. Hayis Davis. Union Baptist
The guardian., 1941-01-18
What Do You Owe?
By DIR. CHARLES STEELE

make your job easier or better. And
YOU owe it to future generations to do
something that will make their tasks
lighter.
Remember that the value of your
life is measured not by its length but
by its quality. Methuselah was the
Oldest man in the world He lived to
be 969 years old. But you may get as
much out of your life in forty years as
he did in nearly a thousand, and you
may put as much into it.
You will meet with opposition
everybody does-but keep in mind that
you never do permanent damage to a
stream by damming it-you sinaply lift
it higher. It's the same way with men.
Opposition deepens life, and produces
power. A man who always has his own
way is sure to become a mere trickle,
and like many streams that were never
damned, he soon dries up.
The guardian., 1941-01-18
S E RRMON E T T E S
Featured by
SHEL0H KHALL'S
ELECTRIC CHOIR
Simpson Turner, Speaker
CUTTING CARDS

God is calling His children out from
idolatry, out from the temples of the
false gods, away from the soothsayers,
to seek Him-and Him alone. When
the veil in the temple was rent in
twain, the door between man and God
was broken down, and now all can
drink freely of that fountain. All can
now sit down and have little talk with
Jesus. You can tell Him about your
troubles, all about your trials, you can
seek guidance through storms of life.
Through the darkness He'll lead you,
for He has promised never to leave you
alone if you live right.
He wants you to bring your problems
to Him, for He alone has a balm for
every aching heart-He alone holds
the handkerchief for every tear that
falls-He alone understands the mo-
tive OF every act. He has promised to
be burden bearer, which means that
He will bear your burdens; He has
promised to be a yoke litter, which
means that He will carry your load:
He has promised to be a light that
shines in the darkness, which means
there shall be light unto your path.
He has promised to carry you through
every storm, which means that there
IS no storm so severe that you will not
be sheltered therefrom.
lie wants you to bring your prob
lens to Him in faith. When you bring
them, leave them-don't take them
back with you. Have faith that He
will and it shall be done. If YOU come
with worry and fret, go back with
ease; if you come with sorrows. 90
back with laughter; if you come with
tears, go back with smiles; if Won
grope your way through the darkness
you can walk back in the light.
God strengthens every back to hold
the load that will mould its soul to
eternity. But through lack of faith.
ignorance and misunderstanding we
take more upon our backs than we can
bear. Then when the back begins to
break, we seek the temples of the
card-cutters, soothsayers, seances in
search of peace and consolation. Rnt
let 1t be known to all men that there
is not enough power or wisdom in hell
10 preserve or protect even as much as
a fallen hair of child of God.
When God is not within, the dark
clouds SI, grow darker and hang low.
Then we, in trying to grope our wav
through, lose our way and awaken to
hnd our souls lowering on the brink of
hell. Petty troubles appear as noun
talns, tear drops seem like floods of
agony, hardships and disappointments
lead to despair of life and we seek to
destroy ourselves. We overlook TO-
days task and scrape the last penny to
peep into a future that may never
come We play our minds on "whys"
The guardian., 1941-01-18
TO HONOR DR.. CHARLOTTE
HAWKINS BROWN

Church; J. Gilbert, President of Lea
que of Women for Community Service
Mrs. Harriet Hall. President Women's
Service Club; Miss GLADYS Holmes, Ma
tional Association of Colored Women's
Clubs; Miss Susie Jones, President
Mass. State Union; Miss Josephine
Seldom, Twelfth Baptist Church.
Other members of the Committee not
present but had expressed their will
ingness to cooperate were: Mrs. jamie
Barry and Mrs. Betty Crutchfeld
aunts of DR.. Brown; Miss Alberta Car
rington, Union Baptist Church, Nal
den; Miss Helen Dane, President Aris-
to Club; Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Hester
Twelfth Baptist Church; Mrs. Olivia
Solomons and Mrs. Lillian Triplett
former teachers at DR.. Browns school
Miss Odell Sweeney, Cambridge Com
munity Center; DR.. Mary Wright, Re
gional Director of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority; Mrs Thelma Wynn, Provi-
dence, R. l.; Maude Trotter Steward
of the Guardian; Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Yancy, Everett; Mrs. Mabel Worthy,
Mass. Democratic Club and school girl
friend of DR.. Brown; Mrs. E. Alice
Taylor, Poro Beauty College; Mrs.
Mary E. Luck, President of Pilgrim
Progress Club; Miss frankie Mae Tay-
lor and Miss Gladys Woods, Delta Sig
ma Theta Sorority, RMS. F. N. Davis,
Union Baptist Church.
Friends of DIR. Brown who would
like to cooperate with the Committee
are asked to communicate with the
secretary, Mrs. W. Robinson, AZ Rut-
land Square. Boston.
The guardian., 1941-01-18

PnRt'a CnrnRr

To soar and maui, anew, the flinty
cliffs
Those saber-toothed sentinels most
stern.
For sprite, upon the sheltered form of
man,
Impatiently this element will rave,
Until, with taunting triumph, it can
fan
The new-turned sod upon the Nor
tails grave.
Ruby Mae Stevenson.
Editors nOte-Miss Stevenson is
the daughter of Mrs. Edward Waters
of AllstOn Gertrude Welles Steven
SOM. She is a senior in high school
and contributes regularly to the school
paper. 1t is her ambition to be a
journalist. The above poem was writ
ten especially as her initial cOntribu-
tiOn to THE GUARDIAN, upon the
invitation to send in pOem.)
The guardian., 1941-01-18
Bv DIR. CHARLES sTELZLE

If anyone tells you that there's no
need to become a better worker and a
clearer thinker because some time soon
there's going to be social revolution
that will usher in the millennium, you
can make up your mind that he's either
a liar or a fool-for no matter what
kind of a social system may develop,
there will still be need for men with
brains-and brains will continue to
rule the world as long as the world
shall last.
If you're tempted to shout about
what the world owes you, just stop
and think about what you owe the
world. You can't do a days work
without getting the benefit of others
sacrifices and labor in the past. In
most cases it means that the thought
and ingenuity of a century or more,
resulting in better tools and devices.
The guardian., 1941-01-18
CITY NEWS

Mrs. Mary Church Terrell of Wash
ington, D. c., who Games to Twelfth
Baptist Church, Sunday afternoon to
speak for the Iota Chapter of the
Delta Sorority, will be the guest, while
in the city, of Mrs. Sopronia Gould
and Miss Caroline Gould of So Dale St.
Mrs. Ethel Wood of 283 Walnut
Ave, still confined at home by illness
is improving.
Mrs. NJ. W. Bullock of Monroe st..
who has been very i'll with the grippe
is now on the road to recovery.
The guardian., 1941-01-18
TlrF ThratrF
FANTASIA AT MAJESTIC JAN. %
Boston first to see film after New York
BY PAUL JORDAN

That much discussed, long-awaited
New England premiere of Walt Dis
ney's revolutionary film, Fantasia" :"
will be held at the Majestic Theatre on
Tuesday evening, Jan. %. After the
premiere there will be performances
at 2:4O and $40 pm. daily.
The opening night performance will
be jointly sponsored by the Institute
of Modern Art and the New England
Town Hall. Society will be present
en- masse, says the advance notice.
The Majestic Theatre on fremont
ST., between fremont and Stuart, has
The guardian., 1941-01-18
MRS. ALEX. ROBINSON
DIED WEDNESDAY
Continued from Page II

St., Jamaica Plain, died at 8:15 pm.
Wednesday at the Massachusetts Cen
eral Hospital where she had been since
an. 3. Death was due to cerebral
Hemmorhage.
The funeral will be Sunday, an. 19
at pm. from the Lewis Jones Funeral
Parlors, 259 Newbury St., Boston.
Rev. D. Leroy Ferguson, officiating.
Surviving besides the husband and
son, Gilbert Robinson, daughters in
law, 2 grandchildren and brothers.
Charles and William.
The guardian., 1941-01-18
Edited by
ANNA B. YANCEY


Ice-laden wind with frigid breath
descends
And hurls itself against the rocks
crag;
Recoiling thence it brazenly contends
For pow'r to makk all mortals cringe
and lag.
With mournful wailing cry it lashes
low,
And rains its fury on the quailing
crowd
Devoid of mercy, it proceeds to blow,
Till all opposing strength is humbly
bowed;
Thus sweeping on it causes countless
riffs.
Not finding these sufficient it will
turn
The guardian., 1941-01-18
IpttPr On Uhp
6narAtatt
ASKS FOR APPLICANTS

ASKS FOR APPLICANTS
Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass.
- January Ia, 1941.
10 the editor of The Guardian:
1t is probable that some of vour
readers would like to be informed of
present opportunities for Government
employment. The Commission would
be glad to have you print the informa-
tion we submit herewith
M. I. Carney, Secretary.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-09
Peace-Seeker Marshall Makes
1t Clear He Means To Fight

nate Davis effort 10 obtain a sum-
mary OF Berlin's peace terms, OF his
success in getting it, of the lust
and honorable nature of the con-
ditionS proposed, OF Davis submis-
sion of them to President Roosevelt
and the State departments course in
smotherIng them instead OF making
them publiC-all according 10 Editor
MarShalls story. He added that he
himself had the terms. in a deposit
box, but wouldn't tell what they
We're. Get en- he shouted to the
correspondents, from the State De
partmcnt.'
Well, the department didn't deny
that II had them, but pointed out
that il has TO conduct important in
tcrnationai affairs through official
channelS"-and Oil Magnate Davis
wasn't official as to whatever he
really may hacc accomplished.
Three or four hours after the Mar
shall interview Senator Burton X.
Wheeler of Montana broadcast his
appeal for an American peace move.
Burton was lorcible, too, but wasn't
quite as exciting oven the radio as
the Iowa editor was, face to face.
As these lines are being written the
editor himself is scheduled for
a radio Grafton. l doubt that he'll be
as thrilling on the air as he was al
first hand, in the oom with him.
Still, he's pretty pungent.
Senator Willard f. Tydings Of
Maryland vas on record ahead Of
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-09

SlIledl himself ana
Davis with nazi-iSm and appeaser-
ism, and explained hat that was why
he was giving them the lie in ad-
vance OF the campaign he antici-
pates.
Though he halls from the Hawk
eye state, Editor Marshall's field
Of anti-War activity has been main
" New York City of late, since,
probably, he considers it the best
neighborhOod from which to publ
Csc 1T. NeWspapermen from all over
ne country are not as tlmerou in
manhattan. however, as they are in
Washington. Accordingly, he visited
the capital some days ago, for the
sake of a wider reportorial audience,
and, heading into the National Press
club, proclaimed himself ready for
a mass interview. He drew a crowd
alright.
What he told the scribes has been
printed already, but no account of
the affair that I've seen gave much
weight to the peculiarly Of his man
ner. Far be ii from me to relate that
he talked like a naZi or an appeascr,
but he certainly did give the impress
sion Of being a s~uper-fanatic. Henry
Ford's peace trip. before the United
States broke into the last war, was
hardly queerer than the ton the
Iowa editor took in his cnat with the
Washington correspondents. Several
of them surmised audibly that he'd
been drinking, which did him an in
justice, he's Il teetOtaler. He simply
is so violently devoted TO his cause
as to seem eccentric-to put it mild
~.
Just and Honorable.
The nub Of his Washington in
terVieW was his account of Oil Mag
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-09

It $ Smart to SHOP For Bargains. Ies-and it's a
lot OF tun too. when YOU do your bargain hunting
At this store. Every floor is crowded with values
1t really doesn't matter what your taste-youll
find 1t here-tFe suite or the single niece Won
want. Come. YOU II DC amazed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-09

naZlS, appeaScra or
otherwise than 100
percent Americans
5 a liar. | heard
him employ that
erm. He spelled it
)ut in the interest
If accuracy and ne
preceded it with =
password.
He remarked that
ne fully expected
that advocates Of
Yankee war parti-
cipation to try 10
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-09
By CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press Columnist

Washington, Jan. 8.-Nernc Mar
shall. publisher of the Cedar Rapids
(IoWa) Gazette and chairman II the
recently organized No Foreign War
Coml-iltee, says that anyone who re-
fers 10 INN and w. 4. Davis. the
,;,l 81 INrr,.,, ~
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-09
Cotton Prices
Are Lower

New York, Jan, 9+~(AP)-Cotton
futures opened 3 lower to | higher.
Around midday, prices We're l TO
4 points lower With March 1880, May
1913 and October 9.8G.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-09

The starting point of Mohammed'S
teaching was the conception OF the
Last Judgment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-06

SMART NATIONS AID SYMPHONY
MRS. SAMUEL L. LANG (eft) and MRS A. +.
GEHRKE snapped their to the breakfast at
Statler launch the Detroit Symphony SOcietys
annual drive to benefit its maintenance fund.
Mrs Frank Bohan Mrs Harvey Freuhauf . Mrs Donald
Doyle Mrs. Charles w. Jinnette all the job.
New 500 Member Broue ht Into Fold
IT WAS announced that Mrs Samuel J. Lang the
first member of the committee bring to the folds
500 member.
Applause.
Mrs. A. L. Barrett's white posy hat admired she
it with trig gray suit
Mrs. A. E. Gehrke chic she in navy. with
her lovely hair tucked into rouge turban that vastly
becoming.
Still others at the meeting breakfast were:
DR.. Fred T. Murphy who stayed but moment.
Mrs Al O'Nei in navy with yelled
black and white chapeau.
Mrs A. W. Humphrey. Mrs. Duncan Bentley.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-06
Orchestra Manager Murray Paterson's Pep Talk

MURRAY PATERSON, manager of the orchestra gave
always enjoyable pep talks to the
couraged upon which they start out
And although Murray joshed about how simple the
whole thing don't know any appreciative
the fine work always done by the of this
committee.
Mrs David B. Moreing in black white and red outfit.
Mrs Walter F. Garstecki and Mrs. John Karmazan both
of whom all the from Crosse lie for the breakfast
meeting
Busy Kntters and Stunning Dresses Attend
MRS EDITH RHETTS TILTON e. whose efficiency this
column always dofs its hat
Mrs George NJ Socum. in good looking gunmeta and
white taileur and a black hat
Mrs. John A. Dodds. who knitted indusrousy all dur
ing the meeting.
Mrs. Dudley Hay. who daily enters into and
philanthropic activities it
The blues and greens her becoming
coloring.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-06
Auxiliary
T O Hold
Luncheon

WON N S AUXILIARY Of
the Wayne County Medical
Society, headed by Mrs. Fred
erick G. Buesser, will give a
luncheon. Friday. at the Detroit
Golf Club, 10 be preceded by
election of officers and reading
of annual reports.
MRS. JOSEPH L. DOSTAL
again has been chosen as chair
man of the Ladies' Spring Lunch
con and fashion parade, sched-
uled for tomorrow at 2:30
o'clock. at the Oakland Hills
Country Club.
THE BOARD Of the Crosse
Polnte Branch of the Woman's
National Farm and Garden AS
ISOLATION met today with Miss
Mercy Hayes of Stanton lane,
Crosse Pointe.
TOM WADE is back today.
wearing a becoming tan. after
his long stay at Miami Beach.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-06
6. W. Lancer Heads
WWs County Council

George w. Lancer was elected
commander of the Wayne County
Council, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
al the annual meeting at the Vet
Grams Building 704 East Jefferson
avenue.
Other officers elected were
Howard Martin. senior vice-com-
mander; H. {. Van Worner, junior
vice-commander; Gilbert p.
Brucker. quartermaster and adj
jutant; Earle Harrington, chap
lain; Eugene Fage, judge advocate;
Michael Theide. surgeon. Trustees
elected were Edward Rockwell,
George DOR and Ellery Arts.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-06
Heifetz and Massey
In Refugee Broadcast

Jascha Heifctz. world famous
violinist, and Paul Lukas and Ray
mond Massey, stage and screen
stars, will be featured in the Call
ing Humanity broadcast to be
presented tomorrow evening by
the United Jewish Appeal for Ref
ugees, Overseas Needs and Pales-
tine.
The broadcast will be heard here
over station WWJ at 11:30 p. m.
Others on the program will include
Chief Rabbi Isaac Halevy HerZog
Of Palestine and Pierre Van PaaS-
sen. author Of Days of Our
Years"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-06
Homeste ad
Won't Look Same

WHEN HAROLD HILL re-
turns today from a business trip
to New York he Will be much
surprised to find that his ener-
bette wife. during his absence,
has moved from Ven Dyke ave
nue. TO their new and attractive
home in Colonial Terrace. DOS
Notre Dame road. Crosse Pointe.
The Hills rented the place last
December but kept il a secret
from their friends. Mrs. Hill.
as soon as her husband departed
for New York, decided to move
over the weekend. And now
she is virtually settled.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-06
Seyb;urn Girls
Planning Book
On Travels
BY BILLY THE BACHELOR


DOWN IN Manhattan, two
elegantly appointed young
women are putting their
smartly-coiffed heads together
anent grinding out a tome re
their travels.
Mrs. Berry Lindley and Mrs.
Eddie MacIlvain jr. (once Miss
Gwcndofyn Seyburn and Miss
Peggy Seyburn, respectively
are about to launch on a liter
airy career and we await with
interest their output of print.
In between chapters, the
LindleyS recently celebrated
their first wedding anniversary,
and their great friends. the Mac
llvains. were on hand, kilograms
of congratulations pouring in
the while.
FROM Way out in Yreka.
Cal. comes a line or two from
your long-miSSing friends, Mr..
and Mrs. Clyde B. Gale, who
prefer. alas, the West Coast to
these parts.
The one-time Helen Shafor
and her husband recently drove
from Los Angeles via the
Feather River highway and oc-
caSionally hurtled through snow
which, in places, was 18 feet
deep.
Did some one say something
about Spring
MR.. AND MRS. JAMES H.
BARNES and Miss Priscilla
Kahn recently left town for the
Copley-Plaza in Boston and to
date have not been sighted here
aboutS.
ROY CANDLES exhibition of
paintings will remain at the
Colony Town Club until this
week Friday and the following
day tea-fror1 3 until 5
o'clock. a collection of the can
vases Of Mrs. Charles Hook
Leah Verify will be shown.
Your chic friend. Mrs. William
JudSon He'll. is chairman of this
laSt-named affair.
THE YOUNG and agile ones
are setting aside the evening of
May 16 for the JIG which Chi
Rho will give at Christ Church
Chapel, we are advised.
Bob Bodycombe is chairman
of this merry soiree and he al
lows the place will be practi-
cally bower of blooms that
evening, what with all the lilacs
and the purity girls.
Bob is being aided and
abetted by Dick Ecker and Dick
Ritzenheim, while Sea" Chris
tiansen will see to the floral
decor.
The Rev. Hills Duggins and
Miss Harriet Quigley are Spon-
Soring it all.