The guardian., 1953-04-18
SOCIAL CALENDAR

And so 'Latin School boy
gets 100 in every subject" ac-
cording to the newspaper this
week. Well, the pale faces are
some so years behind, as my
kinsman, William Monroe Trot-
ter, founder of this paper, got
100 in every subject in his last
year in Grammar School where
he was valedictorian at gradual
ton and then he continued the
record in Hig hSchool, getting
100 per cent in every study in
each of the four years, graduate
ing at 10, valedictorian. Of
course, this was nothing for
tan by but the pale faces had
to wait all these years before
they evolved a record nearing
the record of the little brown
boy" Il shall soon resume my
stories about him published in
termittently in this paper). And
he continued this high record in
Harvard where he stood 5th or
9th in a class of or s hundred,
won two degrees in four years
and maintained his record of
scholarship to the end that he
won place in the great high schol-
arship society, the Phi Beta Kap- |
pa-And yet the man who re-
linquished all honor, great wealth !
and luxurious living, to help his
race, was not even given mention
in the list of the 10 or II great
est colored Americans" as was
published recently in a colored
paper. Material things always
take precedence over things of
the soul. Yes, we always excel.
Just think what we would have
accomplished if we had had a
decent chancel We would have
found the road to the moon long
before this as well as found a
way to stop wars.
Married so years! A fine rec
ord. Let's see. 1t was Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Fields of South
who celebrated their Z
half century of welded life re- Z
Gently. Their pastor, Rev. Sam
uel Riggs Of the First Baptist
Church was present to lend his
blessing to the occasion and
other friends crowded the house
which was like a beautiful flower
garden so profusely was it flower
bedecked. Daughter Rubye from
her teaching post in Alexandria,
Va, and niece motored up from
he south to greet their relatives. {
The presents were many and
among them a money {
rec presented by Mrs. Natela
Clark; money also from the South /
Shore Citizens Club, Mrs. Mabel {
Oiggs, president, and from Mr..
md Mrs. Adrian Crosby and I
,thers of the large crowd of :
friends who overfowed the house. I
The Guardian editors, who were
unable to be present, longtime
friends of the couple, extended {
the Guardian subscription indef-
more years, they hope, I
a $100 contribution. On /
the scene pictures were taken by
Mr.. Paul Bernard which will be
later published in the Guardian.
/. Wasn't Sunday crowded with
most delightful afternoon af-
fairs. If only the afternoon could
have been longer. AS it was,
good audiences were present at
each of the four the Guardian
reporter looked in on. There
was the splendid meeting ar
ranged by that dynamic personal
ity, Mrs. Obeline Lamb, for her
church, Pleasant Hill Baptist, to |
take care of such often over
looked needs as pocket money
for the sick and shut-ins. Mrs. |
Estelle Crosby, one of the speak
ers, brought us news of that. (Our
reporter tried twice to make it
but was ruled out in favor of
Mrs. Mary Jackson's high tea
(and high it was) who never
would have forgiven this paper
if a reporter had not been pres
ent. The latter reports that the
tea was the best one with no
exceptions) she had ever at
tended, the climaxing features
being the readings of Alfalfa
Brown and three-fold Offering of
the Rev. Enoch o. Woodhouse
who spoke and read and sang.
No less entertaining were the
witty remarks of the latter's bet
ter half, Mrs. Woodhouse, as she
presented each number. (Hope
she will become a member of