Fri,day, January 23, 1953 WILLIAM A. HILLIARD EDITOR AND PUBLISHER TED BURGER RICHARD BOGLE JR. MANAGING EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR 33'()0 North Williams Avenue. Portland 12. Oregon MUrdock 4092 Published every other Friday in Portland, Oregon. The Challenger is not responsible for the return of unsolicited manuscripts or photographs. SUBSCRIPTION RATES l 0 Cen1s per copy $2.SO per year Need New School Plans to construct the new Eliot school on a site adjacent to the park at N, Flint avenue and Russell street has raised considerable objection from some interested citizens. It is estimated that construction will begin early in March and that by September, 1954, the two-story, 16 classroom school; complete with a standard-sized gymnasium and a convertible auditorium and cafeteria will be ready for occupancy. Most criticism is based on the observaton that the area in which the site is located is considered to be in transition from a residential to an industrial nature. The city Plannng Commission determined the site after being advised by the School District that there was a need for a school west of Union avenue. Since the condemnation of the old Eliot school, Irvington, Holladay and Boise school have been taxed to provide the educational facilities and accommodations for the children from the old district. Area Industrialized YORTLAND CHALLENGER News In Brief By William Wright Challenger Staff Writer Twins Gerald and Patsy Goren were surprised by Rev, and Mrs. R. E. Donaldson and Bennie Webb on their 19th birthday, January 14, with a party. The twins entertained 20 guests and cut a huge birthday cake with candles and all the trimmings. Both received many gifts and the guests took part in various games. Melvyn Smith1 still serving in the medical division of the navy and stationed on a hospital ship at sea1 became the father of a girl recently. Smith married while home on leave. His wife is with relatives in Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wright, son little Stephen and daughter Mercy Ann are now residing in Seattle. Also living in Seattle is Frank Thompson. Lavell Broadous celebrated his fifth birthday at the home of his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Manus, 3615 N. E. 9th avenue, last week. He is the son of S. Q. Broadous. Gone to Sioux City where she will spend two months with her mother-in-law Mrs. Albert Smith is Mrs. Bennie Hamilton. Making the trip with her mother were little Bennie and Elontine. Anxiously awaiting May 2 is John Little and Miss Patricia Delehanty. That1s the date they have set for their wedding. Miss Delehanty is a staff worker at the Friendship House and came to Portland last year from Chicago. Little is presently associated with the House of Hospitality. Dick Bogle i sup and active again after a two-week stay at home due to the chickenpox . Leonard Harris is visiting with his parents while on leave from the air force. While Harris is enjoying leave stay and looking forward to his discharge from active service next year, Eddie Caldwell and Ed Webb are pondering the possibility of induction into the army in the near future. Both are eligible for the draft and find it difficult to make future plans with the selective service now dipping into its younger bracket in order to fill Oregon's quota. Sam Wilkinson is still stationed at Camp Roberts, Cali!., and hopes to be home for leave time in February. He is singing with an engineering group at the California base. Page Five Writer Presents Culture In Alrica By EPHRAIM LAYODE This is the third in a series of articles on Nigeria and the customs, thoughts and cultrue of the population of that African cou.1try. Layode is a native o! Nigeria, West Africa, and is currently attending the University of Portland where he is majoring in education. NIGERIA. A LEADING PROTECTORATE NATION This issue is meant to serve principally two purposes. First, it will give the reader an insight into the real li!e and culture of the indigenous African, his political past and his present aspiration., even though he is supposed to be incapable of governing himself. Secondly, being a thorough account of one specific country, a true evaluation of other African countries under an alien imperialism could be made with comparative ease. Nigeria, on the West Coast of Africa, which is more densely populated than some other countries in the world, has been chosen as a leading so-called Protectorate nation in Africa v.ith an idigenous population. The Planning Commission logically asked the question: ------------------------- Politically, Gold Coast, another nation also in West Africa1 is supposed. to be the most articulate of all the African nations, under Euroean rule, and Nigeria comes next. However, in the matter of population, area, natural resourc- w k M t G t Al ' es and future possibilities of po- "Was it justifiable to place a new sch_ool in an ar_ea which;~ going through a transition from res,_dential to m~:15tnal. After making a survey this body classified the area light Industrial" and because it was determined that this area needed a school to accommodate its children, decided to allow conOr er us e ong tentialities in British Empire, Niw . h O h s s ■ h geria is leading and has taken the Jt t ers, ays mJt place of India, when that nation obtained her independence from struction at the proposed site. Another criticism is that 80 per cent or more (estimated) of the new schoo1's pupils will be Negro, and that because of this the school should be built in another location providing more of a cross-section of racial groups. Must Cross Crowded Streets Still another group feels that pupils will still have to cross thoroughfares, to reach the new school, as they do now to reach the other schools. An alternative plan presented by this group suggests that the school district build two small schools, one on either side of Broadway to alleviate the traffic hazard to the children. The school district disapproves of this alternative because of excessive expense involved. . Regarding the first two criticisms; the prospects of mdustrialization and of becoming largely an all-Negro school, we should like to point out that regardless of these issues, we are still faced with the fundamental problem of providing educational facilities for the children of this area It has been proven that there is a definite need for a school in this area, and we By MARK A., SMlTH This is the third in a series of five articles by Mr. Smith, deputy comrmssioner of labor for the state of Oregon in the Fair Employment Practice Di\·isio~. The articles can be o! great assistance to the minority job seeker and the Challenger recommends that its readers keep the series for reference. YOU AND YOUR PERSONALITY- A friend o! mine recently told me how he got a job in a plant where he never dreamed he would ever real1y have a cha.bee to work. A few days a!ter the seemingly futile interview, he in- \·ested three cents and sent the personnel manager a note, thanking him for his consideration and corutesy and stressing his continued interest in a job with bis company. He was called to work two days later. should have it. Area Needs School It is not enough to be ambitious and determined to get ahead. It is not enough to show initiative hi h 'll and drive, you must show that The two issues mentioned point out problems w c WI you like people and know how have to be solved by other agencies. It cannot be considered to work with them. the responsibility of the school district that this_ area is larg_e- An employer does not only ly Negro populated or that it is being industrialized. The chil- think of an employee in relation dren are still living here and must be provided for educa- to his technical skill, but •• a type to fit in happily with the .t:'.'.io:':n:'.'.a'.'.l.l'.Y:~-- - ------------- ---=-:----- rest of the personnel Remember \ _ C B. the intervie\ver has a mental pie- ~ Morse Bill Hits D. . Race ias ture of the right type of person Oregon's Senator Wayne Morse introduced a bill to end segregation in \Vashington, D. C. last week. The controversial Morse said his bill would test the good faith of Eisenhower and his administration. In his campaign's whistlestop speeches, Eisenhower had said: "We should elintinate every vestige of segregation in the District of Columbia.11 Morse's bill wouId set up an anti-discriminnton commission similar to those in New York and other states. The bm would give its administrators power to enforce its orders, prohibiting segregation in schools, hotels, 1·estaurants and other places. At present the "public" schools of the capital are seg- to fill the position. He compares regaled by law. Approximately you with this mental picture. one-half of the school popula- Your personality is your ''ticket tion is Negro. Most hotels, res- of admission" to a job. taurants and motion picture Good Personality theatres ban Negroes by cus- The most common ailment tom. among unsuccessful job seeket"S Missionaries Meet The Missionary Society of Bethel AME church met at the home of Mrs. Linsley Thursday, January 15, with Mrs. Jesse Boyd presiding. Mrs. Martha J. Jameison was in charge o! the devotion. Mrs. Nelsine Campbell gave an interesting review on the book "Daughter o! Africa." After business and informal discussion, the members adjourned to refreshments served by the hostess. and job holders is the ailment of '"personality halitosis." You dare not blame your ancestors for a bad personality. And even should your parents have spoiled you1 you can still do a housecleanjog job in the realm of your personality. It takes more than physical appearance to produce an attractive personality. It is a matter of thought and training. It is a matter of social intelligence. Just as many a homely girl with an nttrnctive personality has won the engagement ring so has many a job been won from the "brain"' by an engaging personality. Be charming and people will think you wonderful. One reason why most college graduates forge ahead of the noncollege people is not the superior amount of knowledge the college people have, for they have forgotten most o! what they learned in college. But the college trained persons have learned ttJ control their emotions far better than others. The difference is one of basic personality. Loud Talkers Lose The person who is difficult 1.0 like at the start is never hired. Watch your tongue. Secretaries who talk loudly, who pop-off or who just plain talk too much don't last long as SECRETARIES. The sour-puss' once terminated is never asked to come back to work. Pleasant people gain acceptance when the sarcastic applicants are shunted off. Gentle people have a better chance than hard-boiled individuals Personality is a composite of several factors, including amiability, appearance, cheerfullness, consideration, cooperation, dependability, emotional stability, enthusiasm, friendliness, gentility, patience, politeness, reliability, self-assurance. steadlastness, sincerity, tact!ullness and tolerance. Almost without exception the average man or woman !ailing in a job or profession can !ind the reasons for failure in n searching self-examination of these personality qualities. We t1:re all too prone to give ourselves a vote of confidence on habits and mantters and attitudes acquired some time in ow· lives and never correeted. Employers usually place great emphasis on their requirements of personality in selecting men and women for employment In fact personality requirements are named first in the requiremen~ of employers more times than all other qualifications combined. Two men are fired for faulty personality traits for every one dis- (Continued on page 6) British rule. Nigeria, now the largest o! British possessions. has four main physical boundaries. The area including the Cameroons is 372,- 696 sq. miles, in other words three times more than the country which rules her, Great Britai.IL The boundaries on the north and the· \vest are French territories, on the northe-ast by Lake Chad. on the east by Cameroon and on the south by the Gull of Guinea. These physical zones are also noted by their different typical forest regions. On the \Vest coastline is a stretch of swampy mangrove forests. North of this in an az-e.1 about one hundred miles, a r~- gion o! palm trees. From these we ha\·e palm oil and palm ke.:- nels. There are other useful plants such as mahogany, oak, rubber, cola, cocoa, and cotton. The staple foods are yams, coco yams and cassava. Moving a little northeast of this region are tin mines. Here is a city, where the climate is almost the same as in England, so much so that some Europeans go there to live. It is strange enough to notice, that this particular reproven very healthy for the natives. In the north, there are very !ew trees and they are yards apart. All over, there is wonderful grassland and this region supports the greatest number of catUe in the whole country. Most o! the ortherners are cattle rearers and so they lead purely nomadic lives. A quick glance at a relief map of Nigeria, will show clearly the presence o! letter Y. This shape is being being formed by the two large rivers in the country, the river Niger and river Benu~. The two !low in opposite directions from the Northwest and the Northeast. They both meet almost in the center to form the shape, and irom there. they flow southw8rd and into the Atlantic as one st:-~am. Between the months o! November and February, the climate is dry and cold. Some people wear (Continued on page 6)
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