ADVOCATE EGISTE Portland, Oregon, February 16, 1951 Number 12 URBAN LEAGUERS SPEAK AT CORYALLIS The Urban League program for improving race relations and obtaining equal opportunities for all citizens was explained ·to student groups at Oregon State Coilege, Corvallis, Thursday in i:alks by Edwin C. Berry and John S. Holley, Executive and Neighborhood Secretaries, respectively, of the Urban League of Port· land. The Urban League officials visited the campus at the invitation of Round Table, a joint YMCA-YWCA student forum of which Paul Bock is Executive Secretary. Speaking before a luncheon gatherinj! of students and faculty members, Berry reviewed racial practices in college~ of the Northwest. He called attention to the rapid progress made in race relations at OSC, as reflected in the achievements of several outstanding Negro students, but added that the notion generally persists that Ne· groes are still not accorded the same opportunity to participate in basketball at OSC as are the white students. The principal event was an afternoon forum in Memorial Union, at which Berry listed reasons why the Portland civil rights ordinance did not gain a majority of favorable votes in November and analyzed the implications for the Portland community and its leaders. Berry also talked to two of the social science classes of Dr. Frank Parks and a criminology class un· der Dr. Robert Dann. Holley spoke on race relations to two of Dr. Dann's morning sociology classes and Paul Bock's afternoon class in social ethics. BRIEFS Oliver E. Smith Jr. left Saturday, February 3, to spend a few weeks with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Freeman in Longview, Wash. They celebrated grandmothers birthday Wednesday, February 7. * * * Mrs. Elaine Berry celebrated her birthday on February 8. * * * Special meeting of the Advisory Committee of NAACP met in San Francisco Jan. 27. Representatives of all west coast branches attended. Portland branch's new president, Herman Plummer and 1950 president Mrs. E. W. Smith attended. Committee for Interracial Principles and Practices Suppose that some friend interested in joining this organization were to ask you, what does that group actually accomplish; or, just specifically, what are the functions of the Office for Vocational Opportunity, could you give a complete discription the many phases of activities engaged in by both groups? We do more than just get jobs for people; in fact, that is the least of our efforts. Every organization is effective in proportion to its sustained endeavors. We need the moral support of our members in our efforts. NEW BOOK A new book by the editor of Between The Lines, Charles A. Wells, will be off the press January 15th. The Great Alternative is a highly informative volume dealing with'the most pressing unsolved prob lems of our day, "The Future of America11 Capitalism", "America Among the Racial Giants", "A Protestant Awakening - or A Catholic America", "The New Atomic World-Bombs or Abundance", ·"Will Labor Rule America?", "Why Should We Fight Russia?" A handsome, hard cover, permanent book, 144 pages packed with significant facts and inspiring hope. THE GREAT ALTERNATIVE Well documented-Cartoon Illustrations by the Author. Send $2 for each copy. Send to: Between The Lines, ·P.O. Box 269, Demarest, New Jersey. Here is what many of our readers have been asking for,-a compact permanent record of the factual Christian handling of current events that has proved so prophetic in nearly ten years of Between The Lines reporting. Something you can hand to a friend to stir and challenge his thinking. Many write us, "What can we do?" The biggest thing to do now is something we can all do,-change people's thinking, which will change the world. Here is a practical tool for that task. Order one or more copies of The Great Alternative and keep them working! This Author Editor grew up in Portland and sold his first cartoon to the Or.egoman. BINNS RHODES SCHOLAR John Howard Binns, chief speaker :'>f Nes;:ro First Citizen banquet was born :H Shelton, Wash., Tune 22, 1895. He attended high school in Shelton, ~r a clu 2 ting in 1912. He att~nded State College of Washington, B.A. 1916. Rhodes scholar, Oxford University, B.A. 1920, M.A. and B.C.L. (highest honors) 1921. He was in military service from 1917 to 1919, 2nd Lt., 22nd M.G. Bn., 8th Div. He married Caroline Hammond, 191 R. They have three daughters, one son, six grandchildren. He was admitted to Washington bar, state and federal court3, 1922. Deputy prosecuting attorney, Pierce Co., 1925-28. Partner, law firms of Binns & Cunning· ham and Williamson, Binns & Cunningham, 1935 to present time. Member Tacoma School Board, 193135. State Administrator, National Youth Administration, 1935-41. l\'lember Board of Regents, State College of 'Wash., 194549. Superior Court Judge, unexpireC: term in 1946. Chairman, Pierce County Chapter, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, 1938 to present time. Member American Legion, Post Commander, 1926, Dept. Vice Commander, 1927; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa; Grange; Tacoma, Washington ;md American Bar Assn. Democrat. Chairman Pierce County Central Committee, 1942-46. SOUTHERN CHURCHES LOSE MEMBERS Negro churches in the South are being organized now about one-third as fast as they were 20 years ago. Because of migration many churches are suffering losses. Nearly two-thirds of our churches in the South are in the open country and 88 per cent are rural. Although ou,r Negro population in the South is showing a normal growth, yet 9.6 per cent more churches are decreasing in membership than are growing. Facts regarding the growth or decline of our churches were revealed in the re· cent survey entitled "These My Brethren" which is being distributed at cost ( 40c) by the Rural Department, Drew Senunary, Madison, New Jersey. This survey shows that 39.3 per cent of our churches are growing, 11.8 per cent are stationary, and 48.9 per cent are decreasing. The membership of the werage church is 149, but 28 of these are non-resident. leaving only 121 members living near their church now. "The political machine wins because it is a united minority against a divided ma· jority."-Will Durant.
ADVOCATE REGISTER (Designed to Read) Published by Oliver Smith News Agency (Established 1943 OLIVER E. SMITfl, EDITOR Office 1453 N. Williams Ave.-EM. 7266 ATwater 2551, 3411 S. W. First A:venue, Portland 1, Oregon Free from Services of Any Special Interests The News As We See It. The Editorials Are Our Opinions IN MEMORIUM CLIFFORD C. WALKER (1909-1948 Negro First Citizen 1945 IN MY OPINION By Charles A. Wells (Editor & Publisher, Between the Lines) RACE PROGRESS Americans can be proud of the intelligent, constructive progress being made in race relations in our time. When history gets into focus on our ear, it will record that probably at no period in American life has such a controversial issue (so often fought with violence and hatred) moved forward so ro:tpidly and no nobly. One of the most tense points of contention lias been the Negro student's right to equal opportunity in education, as guaranteed by the constitution. An increasing list of American educational institutions in the ·South have met this issue in a Chrstian spirit. The University of Tennessee is the latest to admit the qualified Negro student to its dental and law colleges and graduate schools,-with the usual echoes from diehards that such action would end in turmoil and violence. It didn't happen here,-nor at the Universities of Virginia, Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Delaware, Arkansas, all of which have taken similar action accompanied by the 'same wails that it would only end in greater hatreds and racial strife. Forwardlooking leaders in the South, such as Governor Browning of Tennessee, said they had known the situation would work itself out quietly. Dr. Charles Johnson, president of the famous Fisk University, said that all the dire forecasts have proved absurd, explaining that Negroes have no intention of flooding universities when they can get adequate training elsewhere. "Never more than three or four of our people have taken advantage of these opportunities when they have been open." said Dr,. ] ohnson. "Negroes are more interested in the principle of equal opportunity and in proving that they can pass the same entrance examinations as others have to pass." When that fact has been established, Dr. ] ohnson indicated th<}t the Negroes would prefer their own schools, but would want their facilities to be adequate and equal to standards maintained elsewhere. P-R-0-G-R-A-M INVOCATION Dr. J. J. Clow-Pastor Mt. Olivet Baptist Church MUSIC-EARL M. WRIGHT AND HARMONIZING 5 WELCOME & INTRODUCTION Oliver E. Smith Introduction of Negro First Citizen Mrs. E. W. Smith by Pollyanna Reed TOASTMISTRESS Pollyanna Reed Introduction of Raleigh Washington, Negro Jr. First Citizen by Caley Cook MRS. E. W. SMITH Negro First Citizen 1950 Address JOHN H. BINNS Rhodes Scholar Tacoma, Washington Attorney Past Negro First Citizens Dr. D. N. Unthank _ ------------------------------- 1944 Clifford C. Walker ---------------------------·---------- 1945 Doris Reynolds --------------------------- ------------- 1946 Nick C. Banks Jr., junior award ____________ 1946 Edwin C. Berry _---------------- __ ______________ 1947 Chesley E. Corbett 1948 Oliver E. Smith . ---~--- ------------- _____ __ ____ 1949 , . .,,,,,,,,," RALEIGH WASHINGTON Junior Negro First Citizen 1950
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