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women" as someone has called
her, and Mrs. Melnea Cass, en-
terprising president OF the Rox-
bury War Mothers Chapter.
The musical program will be
sustained by the two delightful
singers, Marian McCree, soprano,
and Mary Brown, contralto, and
Prof. E. G. O'Banyoun's Marion
cites quartette, will thrill with
several renditions, the professor
directing and accompanying.
An added feature will be NOV
ing pictures OF March S, 1888,
showing William Monroe Trotter
at the downtown exercises, one
year before his death.
Rev. R. M. Owens, pastor of
Peoples Baptist Church is CO.
operating with the committee
and his evening service win COM
bine with the meeting program.
Those who secure forward seats
will be able better to view the
movies and will see Mr.. Trotter in
action as he speaks for his fav-
orite hero, Crispus Attacks. The
movies were taken by Alfred
Lewis who will show them Sum
day night.
Louis E. Pssco, president Bos-
ton Equal Rights League will
preside. Admission is free.
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Hardly a week passes but pu.
pills Of other teachers, and other
teachers in behalf Of their MI
pills, apply to me to give oppor-
tunities for experience and paid
performances to them and their
pupils. I feel it is thte duty of
every teacher to do these things
LOT their pupils, and I certainly
VIII do all that 1 can to give INV
pupils opportunities for experi-
ence, and paid performance. /
nave quite waiting list Of the
opponents Of other teachers
methods, and, according ia
promise, when I get an oppor-
tunity. I will use or EMPLOY
them for public performance.
But I have not yet reached the
unit of employing my own pu-
pills, and, while I hope I am
not selfsh,I feel that my first
duty Is to my own pupils, who
are tthe opponents OF my meth
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06
A Lemon Sermon
ARE YOU KEEPING L
By Clifford I. Miller

The Forty Days of Lent are
passing rapidly away. Soon East
er will be here and they will be
gone. Are they meaning any,
thing in the enrichment of our
spiritual lives?
Lent is always the best sea-
son of the year to make spiritual
repairs, alterations and improve
ments on our spiritual machines.
Like all machinery, however
good, something's give out and
other things need to be added to
give the best service. No man is
ever the man he longs to be. Lent
definately offers our best chance
to recondition, repair alter and
improve our most precious mach
inery, our souls. These forty days
furnished even the superior soul
of Jesus by tests and tempta-
tons the chance to grow strong
er. He emerged from the wilder
ness stronger to battle with the
ills of this our mortal life.
We will get out of Lent just
what we put into it. If we make
special efforts to stay our minds
on Christ by more dutiful attend
ance at Church, if we read our
Bibles and make its truths ours,
if we sacrifice the slavish plea
sures that ALLEVIATE us from God,
if we avail ourselves of the op-
portunities around us for serv-
ice and sacrifice, we are making
investments in the spiritual
things that enlarge and enrich
our souls. To jog along through
Lent unnindful of our deeper
needs we let pass our opportun-
thy to grow in grace and know
ledge of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ.
Lent prepares our hearts and
minds for the reception of the
glorious truths that without sacri-
flee there can be no salvation.
Lent helps US to see the Cross
steadily and to see it whole. to see
it as the Hope of a sinful world.
Does Lent find you glorying in
the Cross? Find.you just little
more willing to shoulder some of
the burdens Of the world? Find
you just a little more understand
ing Of the great truths of etern-
ity? Begin today to let Lent have
a meaning. And the coming East
er will find you not only clothed
without in new things but clothed
within with the righteousness of
Christ.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06

played in it when he had Law
passed concentrating this day
yearly in Massachusetts,, do you
realize that at last colored people
in this state are beginning to
learn what a great man William
Monroe Trotter was? Do you
know that in barber shops as
well S in school rooms also in
books written by or about col
ored people in the United States,
William Monroe Trotter of BoS-
ton is fast nearing the top pc.
Sition? Trotter was honest and
sincere, he did not have his hal
in his hand. He asked no quar-
ter and gave none; but as a man
said recently in a Cambridge
barber shop "Trotter gave his
life, his position and his mon
ey for the colored people who
are too slow in recognizing what
he really did for them through
out the United States.
And this brings to mind that
We here in Boston ought to have
a school named the william
Monroe Trotter School. This
school does not have to be in a
colored section of the City Of
Boston, so called. The school
should be in Boston, OF course,
in time there will be a monument
erected to Trotter just as there is
one erected to Frederick Doug
lass in Rochester, N. Y. I have
seen this statue, for that matter.
as a Pullman porter during 1913
and 1915 college vacations from
NIT I travelled all over the
United States and Canada and
saw everything worth seeing
free, and made money from tips
on the side.
Finally, all this talk about po-
lice brutality ought to be taken
with a grain of salt. Did you see
in the daily paper the picture of
a colored man who jumped out of
a building on Berkeley st and
came at a policeman with a
drawn gun2 This fellow was shot
in the leg in struggle with the
officer. I certain do not like
cops" / hate "copp, but |
like a policeman. The difference
is, policeman obeys the law
himself and protects the COM
munity. A cop" struts and puts
and swaggers; and just to feel
important frequently arrests
people needlessly;; both black
and white do it; cop is a
cop regardless of color, but a
policeman is everybody's friend
and rarely even uses his club
or his gun You know obedience
TO law Is liberty"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06

DDS, and who are supporting me.
Many students. and lovers of mu-
sic are encouraged to study with
teachers and schools who prove
themselves either unable or I'M
willing to fulfil the promises
made to them. I make no prom
Use that feel unable to fulfil.
Il am a booster; but you should
hear what I say to pupils in my
studio. My only promise is TO
develop what I find in you, and
to give you all possible opportun-
tiles to enjoy your art. Expert
ence in performances and pay
when the public demands you
and win pay for you. Am / right?
II not, I will b. glad to be set
straight.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06
Church Services In Boston

many years an exponent Of the
teachings of Mahatma Gandhi,
DR.. Holmes was one Of the last
Americans to have interviewed
him. For many years thte Editor
of Unity a liberal religious
journal, a founder of the Uni
tartan Fellowship for Social JUS
tice, he is the chairman of the
American Civil Liberties Union.
The Community Church is nom
sectarian and the public is invit-
ed.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06
DIR. HOLMES AT
COMMUNITY CHURCH,
JORDAN HALL. SUNDAY

what the World Looks Like to
a Traveller Today" will be the
subject of the address at The
Community Church Sunday, Mar
7 at 1890 a m. DR.. Holmes, the
minister Of The Community
Church of New York, has recent
ly returned from a four months
journey through the Far East
where he visited the Philippines,
India, China and Japan. For
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06

THE RAMS HORN, an 1s4B N.
newspaper launched by willis
A. Hodges, was created after
New York newspapers, including
the then famous N. Y. SUN. op-
posed printing news tending to-
ward granting colored people
equal rights This is the time
when the editors allegedly boast.
ed that 1.-THE Sun shines's for
other races but not for colored
men. So Mr.. Hodges and others
launched their own crusading
press.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06

THE CoLORED PRESS grew
out Of the failure or refusal of
other newspapers to print all the
news, especially tthe news per-
tanning to colored people. That
is the story in a nutshell. The
colored press was founded by
loyal Americans and not by Mos
COW, Berlin, or people on Jupiter
or Mars. People imagine strange
things. One lady thought all
colored papers were printed in
Africa
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06

on the brink OF 1DnT', ctUtL rights
J l0tU be precarious at best. In a
nation lordcEed by depression
and widespread economic irSe-
cIrity, the inclination to con-
slider ciUil rights a iurury ioiH be
more easily accepted. We need
peace and prosperity for their
oi0r sake; aUe need them to Sc
cure our ciUiI rights as lDeH. We
must make constructive efforts
to create an appropriate national
outlook - a climate of public
opinion Which aDiEI oatlap tndi-
UidudI Infringement OF personal
freedom, a climate of opinion
as free from prejudice as sCe can
make it,"
From the Report of the Presi-
dents Committee on Civil Rights.
''LET MY PEOPLE GO"
"It's poor wind that does not
blow somebody good. The RACES
of the South over proposed
measures to secure to all
the American people their civil
rights make it clear that the po-
Itical, economic South will fight
to the death every measure aim
ed at Improvement. No doubt
the Liberal Soutnerners are Just
as panied as we are to have to
face the truth. There's but one
answer. TO GIRD UP YOUR
LOINS TO BATTLE FOR THESE
CIVIL RIGHTS.
In essence, the report has said
nothing revolutionary. 1t is based
on the premise that in a DEM
OCRACY there are four sacred
rights essential to the health,
yigor and growth of society and
the individual.
l. The right to safety and Sc
curity Of person.
2. The right to Citizenship
and its privileges.
3. The right to freedom of
conscience and its expression.
4. The right to equality of
opportunity.
We are for the exercise of these
rights for ourselves and all other
citizens under our flag. In times
past we have been so busy trying
to get ahead as individuals we
have been indifferent to the
abridgement Of these rights. We
are beginning to see our own
rights in Massachusetts hang by
a thin thread when in Mississippi
they are brazenly violated. Some
o fthe Soutfl's police brutality
seems already to come to the
South End and Roxbury. If Geor-
gia can Systematically disenfran-
else black men, soon New York
will be doing the same to white
men. Red baiting in South Caro-
lima soon finds its way to Pensyl-
vania. Lynch in Alabama a poor
black man, and the rich white
man in Maine will find his neck
in danger.
AS a race, maybe we have come
to the kingdom for such a time
as this, to rededicate our lives
and our material means to
spread democratic seeds through
out the nation. Our mission is to
talk it, live it, love it. And this
year we have got to back men
and measures, regardless Of
party labels, who will work with
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06
GRANT A. Me'E. CHURCH
1875 Vernon Street
Rev. l.. E. CruniIin, Pastor

Who shall be able to stand, |"
was the theme 'of Rev. Wallace
Crumlin last Sunday morning.
Prayer was by Rev.. McKenney.
Mr.. Harold Donaldson, soloist.
Miss Emmalee Ardney was the
guest speaker at The Tea, $3.50,
sponsored by the Pastors Aid
Club. Mrs. Annie Fields. Pres.
There was also a spendid Musical
program. A st. Patrick's Day Tea
will be sponsored by SteWardess
Board No. 2 Sunday, March u,
at $3.50, Mrs. Edith Roberts, Pres.
Prayer services will be held ON
Friday evenings at 8 pm.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06

THE NORTH STAR sunbolized
northern freedom for slaves and
Fred's paper actually lasted to
print the news Of the Enamel
patton. A more Significant fact
OF these early colored. news
papers is that they entered hun
dreds of white homes and had
many races lending support.
These journals offer a challenge
to the modern colored press of
today, Some modern Journals
are meeting the challenge. Others.
are not.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06
NEWSpAPER WEEK Z.

NEWSPAPER WEEK, COM
nlemorating the founding OF the
Colored Press will be upon us
soon. This reminds us that the
CHICAGO DEFENDER, one Of
our greatest newspapers, has
been ION the air" now for some
20 months via station WBBM,
each Sunday 1890 a m cST. And
the program Is entitled aDenioc-
racy--USA.s
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06

FRED DOUGLASS wrote, for
the 1896 Rams Horn to help his
people who were still In slavery.
John Brown was also a contrib
'itor. Douglass later launched his
own newspaper. 1.-THE famous
NORTH STAR In Rochester. N.
x, and the first edition hitstl1e
streets in November, 1s47. Mr..
DOUGLASS lived III the Bay state.
He travelled abroad, an orator
against slavery. Douglass was an
INTERNATIONALLY famous edi-
tor and orator, a great American
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06

states The number of papers
published jumped from 20 to l54,
With thte tough Texans putting
out over dozen papers alone.
Today about every state in the
union has at least one paper.
Some equal the best journals
in the world.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06
LNMEMORLAM

In loving memory Of
LIT. COL. EDWARD DUGGER
Who died March 5, 1899
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Madeline X. Digger, Widow
Edward Digger, Jr.
Barbara A. Anderson
Madeleine X. Andrews
POrtia A. Digger
Cortland o. Digger
lone r. Digger, Children.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06

coLoRED NEWSPAPERS at
the start Of 1880. were still md
ing it .difiicult to get a start or.
an some cases were being kept
down: The Ku Klux Khan was !
factor. BY 1880 there twere .d,,lv,
about thirty sepis newspapers
in the country. Nobody knows
how some editors operated on !
Hshoe-string' or kept a protective
si1otgu n in waste basket
as a preeaution against the
mobs. Yet many brave stories
could be told. rsN
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06

THE CHURCH Influenced the
first colored newspapers, since
the clergy even in rslave camp
meetings were often among the
best educated. Rev Samuel &.
Cornish was an amazing pioneer
editor. He helped Russworm's
Freedom Journal in 1927 and in
January, 1887, he was editor of
his own Weekly Advocate pub
lished in ''free" Toronto, Canada.
We still generally have THE most
religious press In America.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06

eRighteotsness ETaltetn q Ma
ton"
FREEDOM JOURNALasfl827)
7 ( SLOGAN. \
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06

FREEDOMS JOURNAL, edited
by John B. Russworm, Bowdoin
College 1929 was tthe first well
known sepia American news or
gan. It made its debut March
IS, 1927, over a quarter century
BEFORE the Emancipation. IN
deed, the colored press spfapg
from an enslaved people who are
EVEN TODAY still fightlng sfor
their civil rights guaranteed by
1.-THE U. S. Constitution. ~
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06
Wants School
Named For TrOttel
: BY AnseImo Kruger

Speaking Of the Boston Mas
sacre about which William Mon
roe Trotter, founder of THE
GUARDIAN, caused to be forey-
er noted the part of a colored man
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06

PRESS PROGRESS was bright
er ten years later, in 1890. when
the 20 states Of the Onion hav-
ing colored paprs jumped to 80
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06
A TRIBUTE

Lover of his fellow men
Whose vision and virtue
Through the long years
Have enriched the common life;
Passionate and tireless worker
In the high cause of
Justice, Brotherhood and peace.
Unwavering idealist and deYout
believer
Who not only preached but
practiced
The Gospel of Christ;
A greeting of gratitude and af-
lection
From his friends at the good
will Dinner
Feb. II, 1913
"Gladness go with thee, helper
of the world"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06

The "old Howard theatre, like
the River Charles goes on
forever. It has become an insti-
tuition in Boston, and offers many
me entertainers, Many of us
odd 'uns" remember when we
would stop in there for a rest.
and asfew minutes inspirationaI
entertainment, when in the vi
cinity of Howard st, and we can
recommend 1t to those who have
not been doing the same thing.
Stop In the "Old Howard and
see the genuine, traditional bur-
lesque shows, which have become
all too few, in recent years.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06

That man is here again. Ell
wyn Barrow is going to conduct
performances Of "The First wal
purgis Night by Mendelssohn
ana :::Hiawatha "A Wedding
Feast =, by S. Coleridge-Tay.or,
Sunday afternoon, Apr. Is, Jor-
dan Hall. Everybody who has
heard, or heard of, the past per-
1ormances rendered by the
Guild will certainly not miss this
one. Ninety voices in tthe Cho-
rus, Boston Symphony Players,
Ina Braithwaite, pianist. What 4
feast for the musical ear!
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06
Alice Z. Banks
(continued From Paqe D

Benjamin Washington. Greene's
Funeral Service had charge of
the funeral arrangements. Inter
ment was in Mt. Hope Gene
+a,.x,
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06

SIT IN on the Annual Sermon
q the Resthaven Ladies Auxil.
lary, Sunday, Mar. IA, $3.50. at
Christ Temple Of Personal Ex-.
perience, Kenilworth st, Roxbury
and help a worthy cause. while
nearing an exceptionally fine
sermon.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06
CARD OF THANKS

Members of the family of the
late Mrs. Alice Edna Banks wish
to thank their many friends for
kind expressions of sympathy
and for the beautiful floral trib-
utes.
ELSIE A., daughter.
ARTHUR G.
MALCOLM c.,
LAURENCE H.,
RALPH J,
Sons
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06
0'Banyoun's
Observations



I keep thinking about that pro-
gram of the Phyllis Wheatley
Lend-a-Hand Club coming up,
Palm Sunday in old Shiloh, West
Medford. 1t is really attractive.
Wilhelmina Crosson alone is a
drawing card as a speaker, and
the supporting program, mem
toned in the ssue Of February
81, should make many folks take
the trip out there. Just give Mrs.
Portia Bosfeld a ring, "AR
5-6475,, and she will tell you all
about it.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06
CHURCH NOTES
THE TRIBUTE TO REV.
GEORGE L. PAINE

On the beautiful plaque pre-
sented to Rev. George L. Paine
by Rev. Ferguson behalf of the
friends at thes Goodwill dinner
held in the Church of the New
Jerusalem by the Council Of
Churches. the following tribute
was inscribed in intricate needle
work.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-03-06

Come early to get 4 seat. Pa
triotic Meeting, Peoples Baptist
Church, Sunday Night, March 7,
honoring Crispus Attacks, and
his fellow patriots. Music, prom
inent speakers, admission free.
Don't miss.
The Valley settler., 1948-06-11
HERE <, ! HeEf

ocio Mitchell is le ovtrG for the States by boat this rIeek and plans to be auay the greater part Of the sumner.
 lr. and Ms. Grant Kcn ser have pur chased lot in the S,'orrod sub wis ion and havo al so purchased a snail house which they will move onto the lot as soon as they have the basement ready.
 M,. T. Try Dur is able to get about again after breaking his ankle fer uooks ago. Ms. R:.3a Peterson had the misfortune to break hor ankle this last reok end v.fon sho uas uatoring the green house on lo-l IT ,t'9 2roporty. A ,ioce of the sido- ualk broke auay causing hor to fall. She' is able to be about on crutchos this rock. ltr. and liss. J.P. Loor2is Of Sc- ta B;roara, Ca1if ornia aro visiting the Dor T. in family. -. and ITS. Loonis Uero former classmates Of l1.. and l-s. Dor I"s at i-onhattan, KIosas dur inG the ir College days. -. Lora1s has visited here before, but the Iru ins had not seen .:4s. Loo is sinco they vere all at l:a,l 'ottan.
 NJ. and I:-s. C2c- Jo,,1con and family have moved to tho country. T1ay Formerly lived in one o9 the Coop houses which Lere re- gently put up for bid.
The Valley settler., 1948-06-11

Friends here have f1aH word from Ethel Lions at CcrGova. S'}o ;eanorts lots of rain there, but she is enjoying her vaca- tion very much. Joan Nicl,son and Harlan Bo1r,' ha5 been to soc her.
  Have you joined the Fire Aseo ciat ion3 Better do it no'1--you could be next.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-02-20
Candidate Wallace

dtOral | the Crisis Magazine
OF all the candidates A.
will head third undoubtedly
wishes and sentimental support from Negro Americans than
party He has
close the hearts badgered and minority
abolish the poll tax antynchng law national FEPC
law and do with discrimination
few months he dramated this garned
heades refusing meetings the South if the audi
to be segregated.
Negroes remember warming clarity speech
Wallace the Democratic
he told the assembled delegates they
president his platform would be antnchg anpo FEPC
delegates land millions the plain language
just what he intended do about the problem selected
for office.
Mr.. Wallace, shining knight
battle the death prejudice and inequality
Rankin but he always bold and brave Under his Secretary
ship the Department Of Commerce than ordinarily ridden
promotion Although domain
in which he the Boss Man.
odd drop Of conditions While
1947 before the candidacy
railing segregation refusing
audiences for five that time he had lodged speak
before the NAACP organization
mo segregation" formed While
aside NAACP invitations Wallace speak
several Tuskgee institution where white
speakers sent to separate guest houses
Notwithstanding pertinent parts of the past
Wallace has the substantial of
all of the Many of them have
feeling
of intellectual liberals
political forces that the liberal
The other will
Mr.. Wallace with the Red" label not
faith their They
labeled and misated merely because they
their rights
language, Wallace Straight question:
major parties hold line the headed
politically disciplined within their ranks
thinking group joining
swell the Wallace total they had best straight too
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-02-20
Thanks Paper for
Sponsoring Bowling
Team In League

Editor: On behalf of the Keg-
lerette Bowling League, | wish to
thank you for the financial support
you have given US by sponsoring
one of our teams.
The Keglerettes were organized
this fall by thirty young ladies who
wished to learn the art of bowling
on friendly competitive basis.
Each team composed of five girls
tried to find some business concern
to sponsor them. A fee of $25 was
to be paid by each sponsor in order
to have his name used by a team
and to help pay for prizes to be
awarded at the end of the season.
Any additional funds given to his
team were to be used to help buy
their uniforms. We are happy to
say that five Of the six teams have
been successful so far in securing
sponsors.
Even though this is the first year
of bowling for most of the girls,
the average score for the majority
Of each is at least or above lO5 pins
per game.
A report on the standing of your
team in the league will be mailed
to you at the end of the season.
However, we want you to feel free
to come to the Robert Street Bowl
ing Alleys any Saturday evening
between six and eight to watch
your team perform.
Again l thank you for the sup
port and interest you have given US.
Sincerely
SUE WILLIAMS,
Secretary Treasurer,
719 Rondo Ave,
St. Paul, MINI.