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(THIS PAPER IS |DEVOTED TO THE SINTERESTS OFTHE PEOPLE. 11
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SIGNALJOHN P. DAVISCOLLEGE LEADEI
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A Student At Bates CollegOf Washington, D. C.
-~y ONE OE THE 8 LEADER
He i«\One of Four Chosen tRepresent Bates Colleger on
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(By The Associated NegrQ._Prcss.)Philadelphia, Par,.May.John .i
DaVi?,~of Washington, D. C., .studeiat Bates College has been chosen :3
¥ DR. A. P. DUNBAR" ~ .Rounder of the Mutual and Relief
'v ^Association.
» The"'lamented Dr. ,A. P. Dimbabuilt a monument for himself, hifamily and his_ race when ho, withsmall Kroup.. of n^eu, established ihis-humu uii Barnwell street, the Mntrial Relief Association erf South Ca
T « rolina. Prom the little office in hi^rhome and a. -few--agents?" Dr. Dunba
^ lived t.n see the company reproaonted in every county with a ft
.= - hustling agents and an office force tosome of the best of Columbia's clerical forces. .Ho planned and had erected th
Homo Office on Taylor Street, wherthe of- the Company is di
"reeled todayf(' represent Bates College on the In
of feuF.men and is the first colorestudent to be so honored. This~grou;
»..represents the American Univer*
t j?ity Union, Bates Colleges being cho" W sen as the institution to represen\ the United States this year.
* Among the institutions to be debated on this tour are Oxford. Cambridge, Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool, Birmingham, Leeds, Edinburgh
1. St. Andrewsr which is tho oldest Scottish University and others probabl:including Dublin, Aberdeen and London University. The party sailed 01the Sunntria-fn/m"Boston on May 1CYoung Davis has, had a remarkabl
f srholastic and debating record. Hwas graduated at the Dunbar Hi©lSchool, Washington, D. G.» where hwan prominent in debabtig and dramatics. lie entered Bates College iiSeptember. 11*22, beinir ..winner of th<Freshman Declinations, as well \Captain of the debating team, fie waelecteTI member of the Varsity Debate Squad. lie has strong journal
_ istic tendencies, and was associate!.editor of "Bates Student."
I During his. junior car he dcbateiCambridge^ University in LewlstonMaine, and was / elected editor o"Bates Student," and the allied publications. The Bates Garnet, literarymagazine, Rates Bobcat, humorousHe was.assistant in English, secretaryof the debating cuuncil, and debaterColgate University and the Univcrsit;of Pennsylvania. Aside from this h<was a member of the governingboard of Bntes Y. M. C. A., coach oGerjnan plays,-coach of English playsand Coach of play production.IIo iipresident-elect of the Bates Debatlnf
' Council. vA s an aii-roupd college student
Davis is affiliated with the Press CluliEnglish Players, Spoffold LiferarjClub, Der Deutscher Verein (GermaiClub) Phil_H«lIonic (Greek Club) Debating Council, Outing and Politi*
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mi, H0N01HOLDFAST
^~ ON RACE ISSUEe Segregation Issue At Inter:
national Womens' Council
S CHORUS REFUSED TO SING
o Its Positon was Explained by Miss7 Hallie 0* Brown, and bm-
phasized by Mrs. Mary.- McLeod Bethune
(By The Assofciated Negro Press.)AYashingtoni D. C., May.Matters of
it peculiar coneern to Colored Americabecame the center of inteiest at llie"quinquennial convention of the InternationniCouncil of -women, ~wh~pn the"
'.segregation -issued- protuded-itself atthe opening of the conference, allegedto he absolutely free from intoler.unco of race- Uhwriinirmt.inn wascharged by Colored women tenders
""in T.wo specific l nstaiiccs: fhc~issuance~of invitations to a reception at jthe_
' White House, and in the seating ofNegro patrons at an -entertainment
--atr which a chorus of 150 XegrO voiceswere to sing. The chorus refused togo on. "Iter position, was explainedby~-~Miss.HaBie..liroun, one-timepresident Of the National Association
__sjx "wuiulxuj.» omen >; nuim, and oni-jphasized by Mrsr Mary MtrLeod Be- Jthune, present president ol theional Association' «aml principal ofDaytona-Cookman Institute at Daytona,Florida.The action of.the Colored-delegates
in restraining t"he chorus from part_iciputing in -the- music festival was ar distinct surprise to the council. It
j was net-until after the program had |a been started that it was realized that11 the colored singers were not to per-r" form. Miss Brown made the announ-j^ cemthrtT" Later, an understanding gots out that the chorus would sing forr the benefit of the foreign delegates'""at the Howard Theatre, but this plant
tvas also . discarded because of the* principal involved.
Colored delegates- to the"* council,whose members came from all over
e the world, although Americans are"~ predominant this year due to its-1 meeting in this country, have also, in.,,. -sisted-that-they be-not ignored in res.poet to-the receptftJfTLat the White^ Mouse. cIainiing~tRat they havo j»aj4^p serts of all delegates.
ult' is-tmrd to- imagine a greater". insult to. the colored people of thet world," declared Mrs. Bethune.' "Tosegregate the colored patrons of the
_ festival wai a disgrace to the Tinited_ States iri the. .presence- of- these wor_ men from all pifrts nf the world. Itwas a deliberate violation, .of-the-con^_stitution of the International Council.That organization is based upon ab.solute racial antPreligious tolerance.
a That is. the idea which, I presume,,i. the majority^ of its members all overe the world are working for. We havep"TTOt heard the last of this. The forneign delegates, to whom American ,e segregation of colored people is a_ strange, incomprehensible thing, aren very angry over it."
"The American Federation of Col-1s4ored Women will withdraw from thei~ International Council. We have paid7 our dues. We have complied with all,_ the requirements. Our fight is not |] with the council^ This" matter will
be fought out in the council itself..j~t the "impression that our jubilee sing=-tf ers acted on the spur of the moment_ when they refused to appear last jY night. Due \Varning was given byi. this organization a* week ago that jY this was exactly what would ^happenj-i-f there waft iray attempt at seg^e-;y- gation." 1-
r The ancient Musselman regardedf music with intense delight. So strongt- was this pleasure that it often seema__eda sin to .the qirtuouo uono of the)* Prophet.
The first street lighting on record
f were ordered to place candles in front"i of their houses.
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I3..~. Milliona oi-fiwh were tfcpftwn ow-the--1beach near Waller's Bay, ..South Af- I3 rica, recently, by a volcanic -oruptkut- <near the sea. . rj
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NEGRO MUSICPLEASES WHITES
Excites Whites With Music <
WANT CONCERT REPEATED 1nr»r x. . 1i ne Concert was Held at the JFair Grounds Auditorium.___The. Chbrus was Comt--' posed of 75 Voices (By
The Associated Negro Press.)Hugo, Okla., May.An event in the
May Day celebrations was the gath- ^erihfr-hf hundreds of people of both-races,in the Fair (Irounds^^Auditorium 1voices, under the direction of Prof. II. |B. P. Johnson, whose success in bringing~The'two rariTr Together fnr nnn.certs of -this sort is unprecedented. *. This, concert was advertised to beheld.in the- First Baptist Church,
[white,the Rev. W. H. Tollivqr, pastor, 11[but so. great was the interest' that *white citi/on* took tho iftitiiitivp in, JLiirranging for the alfair to be held '5at the Fair Crounds.
For five.consecutive days, the IIu- **go 1 )aily Times carried a sjiecial ad- fvance story about the big musical 1program. It is noteworthy.'too, thatthe lirst of tho.^b tU'lll'luK annealed'otr ^the last page of this paper while the ^last Was given "head" and "sub- ®head" ort'the front page..At.the.dnsc.of.the.concert.the- cwhile people, who constituted twothirds of the audience, voted unani- ,smously anion# themselves, that pastor "J. W. Carter of the colored Baptist ^Church be requested to have the en- ,ntertainment -repeated a week later. _LThe reuuest was granted.
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(From TfcQ.Palmetto Leader, Colum- nbia, S. May 2, 1025.) '1
' fiTHE 7\NNUAL REPORT OF h
THE N. A. A. C. P. £* TVe have received a ropy nf tba--^A'nnual Report of the National As-Itj,trrdurnit Bunple..The report fui llie ^past year "shows"that this Associa-1-lion- is-^wcompHshing worth While"**Work out of srH proportion to the (comparatively small sum of moneythat has been at its command. Takingin cunsularation- 4he scope'of the' "pW£Ek- undertaken and.what -it- means.to the Colored race of this country inits fijrht just for the ordinary"rights tiand privileges of an ^American cTtir~Azen, the small amount of money con- sctributod -to^this.Arsaoemtton .tsr ar ro* Gflection upon the twelve million col- 1 iorcd people .of America. The color- bied .people have societies of all kinds, Sorganized f^r various purposes, mil-TMlionw-'-of dollars are collected and titspent, but there is not one existing, tltoday th^t means as much or is doing ajanything comparable- to the work of Itthe N. A. A. C. P., in its efforts tomake American citizenship mean som- maching real to ti large pnrt of it.i__u.itrve.hornpopulation..Mr;.Jamts j ItWcldon Johnson, the Secretary of wthis Association, directs the work of 111this organization with an earnest-4fCness, a breadth of vision and a com-icrprehension of the conditions standing; hiin the path of the colojred people that Iris seldom found in one charged with wmaking a- program and working ititvout. Every intelligent colored citizen 'y<in particular shduld spread the work w(>T The+ Association.' None can du- sofwithout thanking God that such an oforganization exists, even though the ofnecessity of such an Association iniotAmerica, devoted to the kind of work ( inin which it i* engaged, is a reflection scon ft coufTtrv th&t boasts of its fme-jtiijam, justice and democracy. The re- lyport'gives a succinct account of the htfight waged against residential ae- kcgrcgation. lynching, an analysis of ti<the proposed Federal Educfitlon Bttl, 'octhe fight of the colored people forlivil rights, their achievements in art beand their relations with labor. The 7hwork of this Association challenges "ftEbhe -stlpport of every colored citizen in
America. It means something, it caa doing something. ly
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lAJttNEGROES WINCARNEGlErMEB&fci
One In Maryland, The OtheiIn Pennsylvania
DEEDS OF SELF SACRIFICE
Robert J. Royal Rescued AlberE. Roby from a Cave-in in aMine, After-Being Para-'lvzed by Fallinpr Slate
(By-Iho Associated Negro Press.)Pittsburgh;.Par, May-.Robert J
ioym, Umontown, Pa., and VVitlian:v. Cagle, Baltimore, Md,, wtre anongthose included in the latest uyardof Gamcgh; Hern Medals. Ttiej>oth res^tsFAyhrte mgn from- danger,
>ert K. Roby from a cave-in in a mine,iVhifo Boby, and Roytri"tvere clearingt mine entry, which had' been blocked>y tails, a large chunk of slate fell,inking Royal on the baclt^ temporirilyparalyzing his legs, and alsoailing oh Roby, breaking his legsinu pinning him to the ground. Bnyilcrawled fourteen feet to a point inne entry which hud "been protected>y timbering. -Upon calling to Robyrml learning that b" w.'it injured andtriable to move, Royal crawled toRoby with--considerable.effort andicld it. lip, using hi* loft olhnw wnddrearm as braces, while- Roby movdfrom under it. Small pieces oflate fell, but "there was no futheravc-in. -Roby and Royal then crnw2dto safety, _and-Royaf*-draggcd himelfinto tsTmine car and drove a horseitched to the car two thousand feetor help. He was disabled sevenrionths and Roby nine months fromheir injuries.William -IV. Caghy-a^-eftulker. resuedRoy C. Binbrink, white, gas co.manuary
of this "year. Binhrint- nn.sred a manhole, six feet deeo and ql16stimmediately was overcome byluminaiiug gas, which, wars-leakingro'fri a broken main. Cagle loweredimself into-;the hole and lifted Binrinkand pulled him out. Cagle,ireling the gas affecting him, thenTC top reached into the hole andrew him out..
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CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICEOR^NEGRO PROGRESSING.There has come a notable diminu Mfc .rirg