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AURORA HILLS

bedrms., 3 baths, clubroom, garage. etc.
Exclusively furn. immaculate eond.; lease
dnd refs. required; immed. occupancy; 8
minis. to Pentagon. 8 minis. to D; c.
oW. 62oo. '-1S
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

or1ial center-hall home with 3 large bed
rooms. 2 baths on End a.; .stsirwsy to
attic; "a living room with fireplace;
spacious dining room, modern kitchen
and powder room on 1st a.; gas heat:
close to public and parochial sehoolss
open every day 2-6 pm. -
e.. M. FrV. Inc. WI. 6740
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HOUSES FURNISHED tcont.,

Beautiful Estate in Fairfax Co.
furnished: s bedrooms. 2Ia baths; library
study electric kitchen, dishwasher, Bendix
barn with apt. for servants above, lovely
ROMYE LAMBORN, Realtor
Exclusive Agent 1901 s. Arlington Ridge
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400 34th st. n.w.-Immediate occupancy
oil heat, new auto. gas range, new, re-
frigerator, large drawing room and large
dining room, library, stone terrace, deck
porch with awning, 8 bedrooms, 2 baths
servants room and bath, downstairs lava
tory, reception room; built-in garage;
tertaining. $3.50 per month HEIBERG
CO, ZOO Eye st. NV. MA. 6677. IA
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GOODACRE APIS.

| and bedrm. apts. new. mod, lge. rms.
Ven. blinds. parquet fs., stove. retsr.; $50
and S97 80, utll incl: vet. pref some
available now SH. 1914 S6l9 Piney
Branch I'd Silver .SnrlnR. Nd IL,
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AMERICAN UNIV. PARK

sea : fne Ist 4. ef for " entertaining s bedrms..
baths snd a. nice sardssS' sns bos.water nsv Ter
tank: can be purchased with beautiful
furnishinss or unfurnished; priced Tor
immediate sale. diplomat transferred
Exclusive. call Ted Bair Win
JAMES L. DIXON & co.
1929 18th st. NV. ST. 1900. WI. 1894
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and private bath; all utilities furnished
$40 lI93 Giif.Gn H2pSsaEn 81 pE APT in Alex
andria will rent to businesswoman $40
Efficiency APT. quiet apt house: nc nc
1911 isi HI iGLrsoIs se's AVE. N.w.-Master room
next to bath. grill. refsr, double closet
around 80, nondr. and smoke; S5e. GE
301s 1913 BLApENsBURG RID. NE:-2nd -hool
Kitchen, pvt bath; employed couple. TR
Apr. ON BUsLINE-Bedroom: living room
kitchen and bath; garage; silver sprins
iIts' itts AND IL Harvard SITS. N,w-lars'
room for congenial young couple with BABY
seaEs sefvice ffsnsdi fsnndry prRs monsh
Siioi NICELY FURN. APT, consisting of lst'
bath and shower, large kitchen. back porcf
but but dishes and bed linen; s1oo. DE. 1913
41es EMERSON ST, Hyattsville, Md,
Large room and kitchen, semlpvt path; ,i. a.
utilS. furn.; Se5 per mo. r, G. DuNNE
sso4 20 GlGS Z ST. NE rooms, slee. Eetr!se.ra&
Two iTWoo BEDROOMS, living room, large Kit.
stores; empl. cpIes. or or 4 empl
SILVER silver sPRiNtILiv. rm. bedrm., kit.
sss; eise incl; Sa2, Box $44J, si: stsT; -, :,
for 4 young ladies: newly furnished. Il:
lounge stSo BEDS, bath: retfiss5.toT: no no
plate; beaut Va. estate; shuttle bus
blks. to cherrydale; 25 min. downtown
By bus; s10o: Box 237-J, Star Ia
hath. sgls. beds; all utils. furn.; on busline
rm semipvt. bath; for couple; children
sGeep.edn; %s nEnv 81 Es S, ho sn7s. T srs -,2w NV
-3-room and bath apt, newly painted
$ll0 mo. r. A. HUMPHREYS, MA. $3.50
SMALL-ROOM APARTMENT. for lady oil
gentleman employed; gas range, electric
refg.; next to bath; near all carlines
S42 so month. 12s 9th st. Sc. -12
ONE BEDROOM and complete kit, furn.
for .; S65 a month including utilities
Apply 5los 3rd ST. NV. No phone calls
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GEORGETOWN

Exclusive Agent. 1901 8. Arlinst,
Rd., Arl., Va. OF. S5S6-S035.
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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12

group of teachers totaling 6,426 teachers there are only nine
teen of them (3O percent) having masters degrees.
Among the 1854 teachers, white and colored, in our pup
lie schools in Mississippi there are 4,704 whites forming 51.54 per
cent of the total whites having college degrees. There are only
63 colored teachers Cor 1858 of the total coored having college
degrees.
1896 of the the white teachers in our state have three
years college training, or 1880 of the total whites; only BIZ Color
ed teachers or 486 percent.
1852 white teachers, or 1888 percent, have two years OF
college training and 837 colored teachers, or 1902, have the same
amount of training.
538 white teachers, or $50 percent, have one year of col
lege training and 1859 colored teachers, or l64S percent, nave
one year college training. -
There are 418 white teachers in Mississippi schools 4.5Sl
who have only a high school education; there are 2,O62 coloreo
teachers 5000 with only high school training. -,
There are nine white teachers CO9 with three years nlgn
school or less training; there are 1,454 colored teaeners (1zo1l
with three years of high school training or less.
These accurate and starting figures illustrate the crying
need for more training for the majority of our teachers in Mlssls-
sippi. They may even be disheartening.
1t should be noted, however, that in the past few years.
are not SO far down on the list as most believe. Up until recent
ly Mississippi has ranked eighth from the top of the list OF states
in effort expended in the educational field in relation to ability
to pay.
However we have a long way to go yet as the lgures on
Misunderstanding given show. .
The layman, ever conscious of the State Department OF
constant efforts to get more money for the scnoois
the state legislature, is apt to become weary OF the socalleo
lobby"
But we must realize that bettertrained teachers are need
ed and should be demanded in our state. If the level OF pay is IN
creased to the point yhere a teacher is paid in relation to tneH
training, ability and experience as well as responsibility Detter
qualified teachers can be attracted to the field.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12
Better Truined Teachers Needed

With so much public attention directed to regional schools
professional training we should not lose sight of the fact that the
schools training received by our boys and girls in the elementary
and high schools of the state is of the utmost Importance. I'm
less they receive adequate training in the grade and high schools
they cannot be expected to be able to pursue careers in the pro-
LESSONS.
The qualification of the teachers directing classroom
activities is obviously the most important part of an educational
system. The teacher is the heart of the school.
Thus it is interesting to examine the educational training
qualifications of school teachers in the state of Mississippi DUR
ing l94647 as given in a report of the State Department of Educa-
ton. The report was compiled by the Division of Administration
and Finance.
This report shows that out of a total of 1854 teachers in
mississippi including white and colored, only 500 have Masters
degrees.
There are only 5,387 of the total 1854 teachers who have
college degrees.
Teachers having three years college training form I708 of
the total; those with only two years college training number 2,
419; those with only one years college training are 1897.
Those teachers with only a high school education teaching
in our Mississippi schools number 2,48O.
Teachers with three years of high school work and below
number ,463.
In the white group of teachers numbering 9,128 there are
481 teachers with Masters degrees or 527 percent. In the colored
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12
Regional Schools Approved

Governors of thirteen southern states have indicated their
approval of the establishment of regional schools for professional
training for both white and colored students in the south. The
schools will be financed by the combined support of a group of
southern states rather than by individual states.
Obviously the southern states are not wealthy enough to
be able to afford a dual system of professional schools needed by
every one of us. AS a matter of fact many of our southern states
do not have professional schools needed for white students. For
instance, Mississippi has no fouryear medical college. Our doctors
have to be trained out of state and this we are accomplishing by
a number of medical scholarships to qualified students who want
medical training and will return to Mississippi to practice.
The legislatures of the states affected in the regional
school plan must approve the proposed schools. 1t will also be sub
mitted to the national congress for approval.
If the regional schools are approved by southern legisla-
lures as they are almost certain to be then the south will certain
Iy be doing everything within its power to provide equal profess
sional educational facilities for white and colored students. The
Supreme Court edict will have been met in the most practical way
possible and the entire south will be benefited through providing
professional schools long recognized as a need but beyond our
financial reach.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12
NONRESIDENT SUMMONS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
To Parker Wilson, whose p~ostoffice
address and street address are un-
known.
You are hereby commanded to ap-
pear before the Chancery Court OF
the County of Holmes, State of Mis-
sissippi, at Rules day of said Court
to be held on the End Monday of
March, 1948, at the Courthouse
in the City of Lexington, Mississip-
pi, then and there to plead, answer
or demur the Bill of Complaint of
Idela Roberts Sly, ct ais Cause No.
1907, to which you are a defendant.
Witness my hand and seal of Of
flee this 10th day of February, 1948.
(SEAL) PARHAM H. WILLIAMS,
Chancery Clerk. 43-3tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12
Veteran Editor Dies;
Attended School Here

CYRUS Haiden Curd, who for half
a century served Mississippi as an
| editor, educator and legislator, died
at his home in Holly Springs Tues
day. He was IA.
Services for Mr.. Curd will be held
today at the Methodist Church in
Holly Springs with the Rev. w. r.
Lott, of Greenwood, and the Rev. j.
J. Baird, of Holly Springs, in charge.
He was the veteran editor and
publisher of the South Reporter at
Holly Springs until his retirement
in 1914. A native of Kentucky, he
moved to Mississippi at the age OF
II and was educated in the schools
of Marshall county and was a gradu-
ate of the old Lexington Normal Col
lege in Holmes county in the class OF
1890.
Three living native citizens of Lex
ington were in the same class: Miss
Matte Mclean, Miss Viola Lind
holm, and Mrs. Clara Bell 81. 81
Watson. j. H. Caldwell, well known
LAWYER and banker of Charleston
was a member of the same class.
The old Lexington Normal College
under the management of Professors
]. S. and L. T. Dickey and their bro
ther-in-law, B. r. Smith, attracted
a large number of students from over
the state and south. Among the dis
tinguished alumni are Chief Justice
of the Mississippi Supreme Court
Sydney Smith, a native citizen OF
Holmes county and the late sup
rene Court Judge William h. Cook'
of Hattiesburg. Both OF these men
were on the Supreme Court bench
at the same time.
Prof. L. T. Dickey married a Hol-
mes county girl, Miss Pallas Johnson
daughter of Major johnson, a Con-
federate officer. She was also a cou-
sin of the late DR.. Eugene johnson,
famous Memphis surgeon, and a
native citizen of Holmes county, and
a sister in law of the late c. c. Swim
ney of Lexington, long time drug
gist, legislator and former superln-
tendent of education in Holmes CO.
unity.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12
Political Cowurds

The failure of eight southern governors attending the
sent Democratic party as the natural result Of Presidents Civil
Rights program is not surprising.
After all the governors involved are first Of all politicians.
It would have been surprising indeed to have seen them
take a statesmanlike attitude to have seen them put serv-
ice to their respective states and to the south ahead Of their per-
sonal political positions and ambitions.
We must remember these eight men do not want to get
In bad with the Democratic party bgw1gs from whom they mlgnit
want future favors. Most Of them have personal political ambi-
tons in the Senate. One even aspires to the presidency.
All of them are afraid of being cut off from Federal patro-
They are all political towards.
Mississippi can well be proud that we alone of nine south
en states represented at the Florida meeting had a Governor
with intestinal fortitude enough to stand up like a man to the
demands.
Governor Wright proposed a southwide mass meeting to
legislation demanded by President Truman in his Civil Rights
program now pending in Congress. His proposal did not receive
q second.
Represented at the conference were Alabama, Arkansas,
Georgia, Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Maryland, Tennessee and
Instead of taking a profound stand and showing the ele-
ment now controlling the Democratic party that the Democrats
of the south have had enough, these politicians voted to set up a
committee to carry the south's complaint to Washington and to
meet again in forty days to take another look at the situation. The
latter was voted for by eight of the nine governors present.
Cover Governor r Wright did Ea; not Ens.t for the la latter e, proposal: with
what action he might deem necessary to protect the interest of
Mississippi and the south. He can, if he deems it advisable, carry
is probably the wisest move. The politicians are usually behind
time in E keow the 1 Heat F 15s p ss ia wsnt, a feyr Years ago. It was
only My,s after !, the y most yociferio ous. disa ap provo % Of his most t. trusted ste
ing mate and gave his blessing to the protege of the infamous
Pendergast machine. |
Had FDR's advisors not wisely convinced him that he was
no longer popular enough to travel with excess baggage Wallace
that Wallace would not be tolerated by the south then
Wallace would have continued with Mr.. Roosevelts blessing.
We know the people of the south today are more united
in opposing President Truman's Civil Rights program than they
were four years ago in opposing Henry Wallace.
With the proper leadership we believe this revolt Of the
south from the principles and detectives of the present DEM
ocratc party can be used to bring the south out of our present
political bondage to the everlasting benefit of us all white
and black.
We believe Governor Wright can and will provide that
leadership it is up to our people to show they are behind
him. If YOU approve his program let him know about it.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

No. 1899 Letter testamentary hav-
ing been granted on the 22nd day OF
January, 1948, by the Chancery
Court of Holmes County, Mississip-
pi, to the undersigned upon the es-
tate of Lydia Ward, Deceased, notice
is hereby given to all persons having
claims against said estate to present
the same to the Clerk of said Court
for probate and registration accord
ing to law within six months from
this date, or they will be forever
barred.
This the 22nd day of Januay, 1913
AGNES PICKENS, Executrix.
43-4tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12
Letters To Editor
Tupelo, Mississippi

Tupelo, Mississippi
Dear Miss Brarlnon:
I want to express my appreciation
of that fine editorial on Higher Edu-
cation for Negroes" in the last issue.
We need to have these facts put be-
fore our Southern people in the in
terest of fairness and justice to off
set the hot-headed, unthinking talk
coming from politicians. You have a
good paper and l enjoy reading it.
Yours Truely,
MRS. ADELE c. BAKER,
State President, WCTU.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12

Mr.. Tom Shepherd, City Editor for
the Greenwood Commonwealth,
spent the weekend with his family
here.
w. l.. Ellis Jr. went to Memphis
Monday on business.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12

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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-18
Fisk Students Discuss
College Survey

(c) such colleges would be sub
jected to political pressures and
corruption.
Regional schools would be fav-
ored if established on these stand
ards: (a) the federal government
sponsors them on a non-discrimi-
natory system of education; (b)
federal aid to contingent on non
segregation clauses governing their
establishment, and (c) that the
future of the private college, Ne
gro and white, be investigated.
Are you in agreement with the
idea that Negroes should fight I'M
remittingly for admittane to white
schools as the only real method
of securing equality?
Yes. Obstacles are not as great
as imagined and an "unremitting
struggle would overcome them.
Do you believe that Negro stu
dents will be admitted to white
colleges in the south within any
foreseeable time?
Yes. Such action would be
based on the conclusions on the
last two questions of the study.
What do you think of the over
all strategy of Negroes should
be now that some victories have
been won? Shall it be an all out
fight to smash segregation at
once?
Although the inertia of southern
white moves is still formidable the
south is psychologically weaker
than at any previous time. 1.-The
strategy should therefore be all
inclusive and should concern itself
also with the economic condition
| of southern agriculture and indus
try as a prime contributory fac
tor to inequality.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-18
BOOK TELLS
STORY OF BOSTON
NEGRO LIFE.

BOSTON, May 10. (ANP)-
Members Of Boston's most elite
Negro families are as exclusive
as the aristocratic Cabots, Lodges
and Lowells, Dorothy West re-
veals in her first novel, "The Liv-
ing Is Easy" published May 10,
by Houghton Mifflin company of
Boston.
Boston born and bred, Miss
West writes, "They acknowledged
no more than a hundred best fam
lilies in Boston, New York, Phil
adelphia and Washington. Their
lives were narrowly confined to a
daily desperate effort to ignore
their racial heritage"
In her book on g%enteel club
town" society, she tells the story
of a woman whose capacity for
living exceeded her capabilities
for making a good life.
Miss West hit upon the idea of
writing this novel while trying to
write a mystery volume for a pub
Usher. Previously she had always
done short stories for newspapers
ever since she was 16. For a while
she struggled as editor and pub
Usher of a magazine, Challenge.
At Is she left Boston because
she chad reached the age for ex-
pansion." She took studies at the
Columbia School of Journalism,
and at night was super in the
feather Guilds "Porgy and Bess.'
She travelled with this group
to oLndon later. Then she Travelled
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-18
Bishop ConkIing
Condemns Sums

CHICAGO, May II. (ANP)-
Condemnation of racial discrimi-
nation and slums was %forcefully
delivered here last week by the
Rt. Rev. Wallace E. Conkling be-
fore more than 500 delegates,
cleric and lay, from 121 parishes
attending the 111th annual con-
vention of the Episcopal diocese
in st. James church. Commencing
recent advances made by Negro
parishes and missions of the do
cese, the bishop urged church
men to enlist in a fight against
the city slums, especially in those
areas where public schools and
public accommodations were in
ferior and the streets indescrib-
ably filthy.
Special mention was made by
the bishop of St. Edmund's parish,
which will hold it's first service
June g., in a building recently
purchased from the Hellenic Or
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-18

with an acting group to Russia
where they were to make a movie
on Negro life in America. The
picture never was produced.
Five years ago she returned to
Martha's Vineyard, her family's
summer home, and converted it
into a year-around home.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-18

NASHVILLE, Way 10. \AINI
- Under the present setup as
planned by the southern COVER
nors, regional schools should not
be approved, and Negroes should
continue thei refforts to get bet
ter education, Fisk students de-
cided in a discussion of the eight
questions recently submitted to
presidents of Negr colleges in an
AMP survey.
DR.. Charles S. Johnson, presi-
dent of Fisk, presented the ques-
tons to the Seminar on Commun-
ity Education, directed by Prof.
Reginald Barrett of Cambridge
university, England, a visiting
professor, for discussion. Factual
information was provided by DR..
Preston Valien, head of the de-
partment of sociology.
Questions and the students
conclusions were as follows:
To what extent have the re-
cent supreme court decisions and
other factors caused your school
and other Negro schools of the
state to receive additional finan-
cial support?
The decisions have stimulated
Tennessee to try and raise the
standard of the only state Negro
college, Tennessee A & |, to that
of the white schools by building a
100000 engineering building
and a three-story library building
which will include a law library
LUZ d 1uGuIG law SCIlOOl.
How much is spent on white
college students by the state and
how much on Negro college stu
dents?
For the current year of a total
appropriation of 1885, 21, the
state awarded $3,856,021, or ST.
per cent to white colleges and
$542,5OO or 1913 per cent to the
Negro college. This a a per cap
tia rate of $246 per colored stu
dent and 1924 per white student,
What is the ratio or percentage
between white and colored college
students in your state?
Of 1928 enrolled in state col
leges, 1909 or $3.50 per cent
were white, and 2,204 or 14.4
per cent, colored.
The seminar discussed the re.
naming questions:
Do you favor the proposed re
gional colleges for training il
special fields? If so, why? If not
why?
AS proposed by the southern
governors, students opposed re
gional colleges because (a) i
would approve and pe%rpetuate ed
vocational segregation; (b) i
would sidestep the supreme cour
rulings requiring states to give
equal education to both races, AM
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-18

thodox church of St. Constantine.
Purchase price of the building
was $4,000.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-18

TALKS FOR CANCER FUND Duke
Ellington. bond leader and composer.
who hos recently tvrnd disk jockey
over Station WMcA, makes o record
ing to be played on radio stations
throughout the annual drive Of the
American Cancer Society. The Duke
lends his foIents, with those Of other
famous artists. to urge support Of
the campaign SO thot the progress
in fighting this most dreaded disease
rom continue. "Your pennies and your
dollars are needed to proIons the
lives Of your loved ones" says the
Duke.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-18

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