Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-02-24

coruS Oh over quarter on q CEN
tury Of successful and fruitful
Operations for the public good here
In Minnesota.
| In the past months the leagues
have grown in programming and
impact in each community working
increasingly In areas for public
welfare which often Is not discern
able by the general public except
to those who are familiar with
the work the organization does.
The st. Paul Urban League has
had the assistance Of adults en-
ployed in different technical and
educational fields In forming q unit
Of high school seniors called TST
(Tomorrows Scientists and Tech
nicians).
Training For The Professions
This group was developed 10
give st. Paul youth who are Of
high school age incentive to
seek training for such profess
slOns as law, medicine, teaching,
engineering and In areas which
have been largely closed to Ne
gro applicants.
The three other social service
agencies supported by the United
Fund in Minneapolis and the Com
munity Chest in st. Paul are Phyl-
lis Wheatley House in Minneapolis
and Halle Q. Brown House and
! Crispus Attacks Home for the
Aged in st. Paul
Wheatley has been undergoing
program evaluation because Of the
change in the character Of the
neighborhood 1t has served with
the advent Of integrated housing
in the public housing on a larger
scale.
Halle Q. Brown has an expand
ed program and staff calculated
to perform a broader neighborhood
job for a changing area
There are far more Negro chill
dren finishing high school due
both to population increase, high
er family incomes and greater
interest In education
Many more students in junior
high are being told in advance
that good scholarship and grades
In high school viii qualify them
for consideration for the large
number of college scholarships
available to high graduates with
good grades, and a desire to OBJ
tain college and university de-
grees.
More teachers Of Negro an
cestry are found I'm colleges and
universities In the area and the
public schools Of both rural and
metropolitan areas now general
" are receptive to Negro can
didates for teaching Jobs.
Organized Negro groups are still
not as active in providing scholar
ships for deserving youngsters as
the situation demands.
In us. government areas the
steady advance in employment of
Negro workers noted in our Feb
ruary 1860 report continues. Me-
groes are found in growing num-
bers in such varied departments
as the postal service, internal rev.
enue, Veterans hospital and the
Veterans Administration. The as
sistant manager Of the VA. in this
area is George L Holland, a st.
Paul native who Is perhaps the
first Negro to hold a job of this
rank in the v. A.
An increasing number Of Ne
groes take the Civil Service ex-
aminations for city employment in
Minneapolis. A single Negro has
been appointed to the Minneapolis
police department since our last
report.
Few Negroes find employment
on the county side of the city hall
and courthouse in Minneapolis.
Two national conventions which
will bring thousands Of Negroes to
the Twin Cities are scheduled for
1862. One Is the international con-
clave Of the Shriners A conserva-
tive estimate Of members and Wis
itors would be in excess of 5000
persons. The enterprise of the local
Shriners Fezzan Temple brought
the meeting to the city and the
Shriners viii need civic coopera-
ton to have a successful and hos
pitable meeting. The Jack & JIlls,
national women's organization also
will come to Minneapolis in 1852.
St. Paul aided by Minneapolis
entertained the 51st annual con-
vention Of the NAACP, a meeting
which brought hundreds of prom
inent Negroes and whites who are
interested in the work of the civil
rights organization to Minnesota.
The University of Minnesota
took the opportunity to award
Roy wilkins, former Minnesotan
and national secretary Of the
NAAcP, the University Of Mime
sofas Outstanding Achievement
Award" at a ceremony at the
University Of Minnesota Northrup
Memorial auditorium.
An addition to the professional
field In the Twins has been DR..
w. D. Brown, Jr., who has Joined
his father DR.. Brown, ST., in the
general practice Of medicine In
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