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Friday, January 23. 1953 PORTLAND CHALLENGER News In Brief (Portal By William Wright An Independent Newspaper _________ Challenger S taff W riter [ WILLIAM A. HILLIARD EDITOR AND PUBLISHER TED BURGER RICHARD BOGLE JR. 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 a n d MANAGING EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR cut huge birthdav with , ,, candles . and . all , the . trimmings. „ a received , many cake ... . various . 3300 North Williams Avenue, Portland 12, Oregon MUrdock 4092 Both gifts and the guests took part in Published every other Friday in Portland, Oregon. The Chal- lenger is not responsible for the return of unsolicited manuscripts or photographs. SUBSCRIPTION RATES 10 Cents per copy S2.50 per year gam es. Melvvn F,mith, still serving in the medical division of the navy and stationed on a hospital ship at sea, became the father of a girl recently. Smith m arried while home on leave. His wife is with relatives in Texas. Page Five Writer Presents Culture In Africn By EPHRAIM LAYODE This is the third in a series of articles on Nigeria and the cus- toms, thoughts and culture of the population of that African coun- try. Layode is a native of Nigo- ria’ ^ cst A,lica- and *s currently attending the University ,and wheIV he is majorlng of ln Port- ,,d. ucation. Delehanty is a staff w orker at the NIGERIA. A LEADING Friendship House and came to PROTECTORATE NATION Portland last year from Chicago. This issue is meant to serve Little is presently associated with principally two purposes. First, it the House of Hospitality. will give the reader an insight into the real life and culture of Dick Bogle i sup and active the indigenous African, his po again after a two-week stay at litical past and his present aspir Plans to construct the new Eliot school on a site adjacent to Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wright, home the chickenpox . . . ation, even though he is supposed the park at N. Flint avenue and Russell street has raised con son little Stephen and daughter Leonard due H to arris is visiting with incapable of governing him- siderable objection from some interested citizens. It is estimat- Mercy Ann are now residing in his parents while on leave from to seif be Secondly, being a thorough ed that construction will begin early in March and that by Seattle. Also living in Seattle is the air force. While H arris is on account of one specific country, September, 1954, the two-story, 16 classroom school; complete Frank Thompson. . . . Lavell joying leave stay and looking for a true evaluation of other Afric- with a standard-sized gymnasium and a convertible audito- Broad°us celebrated his fifth ward to 1 is discharge Horn active an countries under an alien im- r iUm ana an d caietena cafeteria w w ill birthday at the his j aunt j and service Caldwell perialism could num in be oe readv reaa> for ior occunancv occupanc, . and unc]e> Mr. home ancj of Mrs. £ d next Webb year, are Eddie pondering the comparative ease be made with Most criticism is based on the observaton that the area in Manus, 3615 N. E. 9th avenue, last possibility of induction into the Nigeria, on the West Coast of which the site is located is considered to be in transition from week. He is the son of S. Q. army in the near future. Both are Africa which is more densely eligible for the draft and find it populatcd than some othcr coim- a residential to an industrial nature. The city Plannng Com Broadous. Gone to Sioux City where she to make future plans trieg in tbe worjd has been cbos_ mission determined the site after being advised by the School will spend two months with her w difficult ith the service now en ag Q leading S’0 -Called Protec- District that there was a need for a school west of Union mother-in-law Mrs. Albert Smith dipping into selective its younger bracket torate natjon m Africa with an avenue. Since the condemnation of the old Eliot school, Irving- is Mrs. Bennie Hamilton. Making in order to fill Oregon’s quota. population. ton, Holladay and Boise school have been taxed to provide the trip with her mother were Sam Wilkinson is still stationed idigenous Politically, Coast, anoth« Bennie and Elontine. at Camp Roberts, Calif., and hopes er nation also Gold the educational facilities and accommodations for the chil little in W est Africa, is Anxiously awaiting May 2 is to be home for leave time in Feb- supposed to be the most articulate dren from the old district. John Little and Miss Patricia ruary. He is singing with an en- of all the African nations, under Delehantv. T hat’s the date they gineering group at the California Euroean Area Industrialized rule, and Nigeria comes have set for their wedding. Miss base. next. However, in the m atter of The Planning Commission logically asked the question: population, area, natural resourc A I n n s 'r “Was it justifiable to place a new school in an area which is \ / [ / A / f l l c f es and future possibilities of po through a transition from residential to industrial?” * * l vl U D l W C l IxlKJllKj tentialities in British Empire, Ni going geria is leading and has taken the After making a survey this body classified the area light in- Y X / " | ^ y r i C ! /v * r q C * Z JL « place of India, when that nation dustrial” and because it was determined that this area need- rWllAl K^LAlKJl^g KJKiy kJ l l U l l l obtained her independence from ed a school to accommodate its children, decided to allow con- By MARK A s m it h has many a job been won from British rule. struction at the proposed site. This is the third in a series of the “brain” by an engaging per- Nigeria, now the largest of B rit Another criticism is that 80 per cent or more (estimated) of five articles by Mr. Smith, dep- sonality. Be charming and people ish possessions, has four main physical boundaries. The area in the new school’s pupils will be Negro, and that because of this utY commissioner of labor for will think you wonderful. +1__m o re the state of ° reg°n in the Fair One reason why most college cluding the Cameroons is 372,- the school should be built in another location pio\id g e EmpJoyment Practice Division. graduates forge ahead of the non- 696 sq. miles, in other words three of a cross-section of racial groups. The articles can be of great as- college people is not the superior times more than the country . - , , streets sistance to the m inority job seek- am ount of knowledge the college which rules her, G reat Britain. M ust Gross row er and the challenger recom- people have, for they have for- The boundaries on the north and Still another group feels that pupils will still have to cross mends that its readers keep the gotten most of w hat they learned the west are French territories, , x u QO th o u do nnw to series for reference. in college. But the college on the northe-ast by Lake Chad thoroughfares to reach the new scho , y YOU AND YOUR PERSONAL- trained persons have learned to on the east by Cameroon and on reach the Other schools. An alternative p an presen J jyy— A friend of mine recently control their emotions far better the south by the Gulf of Guinea group suggests that the school district build two small schools, ¿old me how he got a job in a than others. The difference is one These physical zones are also not- personality. ed by their different typical for one on either side of Broadway to alleviate the traffic hazard plant where he never dreamed he of basic Loud Talkers Lose est regions. On the west coastline to the children The school district disapproves of this alterna- would ever really have a chance „ . _ .___ to work. A few days after the The person who is difficult to is a stretch of swampy mangrove tive because of excessive expense . seemingly futile interview, he in- like at the start is never hired. forests. North of this in an area Regarding the first two criticisms; the prospects of indus- vcsted three cents and sent the Watch your tongue. Secretaries about one hundred miles, a re- trialization and of becoming largely an all-Negro school, we personnel m anager a note, thank who talk loudly, who pop-off or gion of palm trees. From these should like to point out that regardless of these issues, we are ing him for his consideration and who just plain talk too much we have palm oil and palm kcr- still faced with the fundamental problem of providing educa- courtesy and stressing his con- don t last long as SECRETARIES, nels. There are other useful tional idCxiiues facilities for tinucd intL^ He est was in called a job ™ith his The s0Ur-?uss’ oncc term inated is plants such as mahogany, oak, tionai i u i the t u c children of this area It has been r prov- company. to work never asked to come back to rubber, cola, cocoa, and cotton, en that there is a definite need for a school in this aiea, and we ^w0 days ]ater work. Pleasant people gain ac- The staple foods are yams, coco It is not enough to be ambitious ceptance when the sarcastic ap- yams and cassava, should have it. and determ ined to get ahead. It plicants are shunted off. Gentle Moving a little northeast of this Area Needs School is not enough to show initiative people have a better chance than region are tin mines. Here is a and you must show that hard-boiled individuals city, where the climate is almost The two issues mentioned point out problems which will you drive, like people and know how Personality is a composite of the same as in England, so much have to be solved by other agencies. It cannot be considered to work with them. factors, including am ia- so that some Europeans go there the responsibility of the school district that this area is large- An employer does not only several bility, appearance, eheerfullness, to live. It is strange enough to ly Negro populated or that it is being industrialized. The chil- think of an employee in relation consideration, cooperation, de- notice, that this particular re- dren are still living here and must be provided for educa- to hls technical skill, but as a pendability, emotional stability, proven very healthy for the na- type to fit in happily with the enthusiasm, friendliness, gentil- tives. In the north there are verv tionaliy — *- ---------- - - - - ity, - - patience, politeness, reliabil- few trees and they ’ are yards J rest * of *• the personnel. » *-»------ Remember the interview er has a mental pic ity, self-assurance, steadfastness, apart. All over, there is wonder D. C. ture of the right type of person sincerity, tactfullness and toler ful grassland and this region sup Oregon's Senator Wayne schools of the capital are seg to fill the position. He compares ance. ports the greatest num ber of cat Morse introduced a bill to end regated by law. Approximately you with this m ental picture. Almost without exception the tle in the whole countiy. Most of segregation in Washington, D. one-half of the school popula Your personality is your “ticket average man or woman failing in the N ortherners are cattle rear- a job or profession can find the ers and so they lead purely no C. last week. The controversial tion is Negro. Most hotels, res of admission” to a job. Good Personality reasons for failure in a searching madic lives. taurants and motion picture Morse said his bill would test The most common ailm ent self-examination of these person- A quick glance at a relief map theatres ban Negroes by cus the good faith of Eisenhower among unsuccessful job seekers ality qualities. We are all too of Nigeria, will show clearly the tom. and his adm inistration. and job holders is the ailment prone to give ourselves a vote of presence of letter Y. This shape In his campaign's whistle- of “personality halitosis.” You confidence on habits and manners is being being formed by the stop speeches, Eisenhower had Missionaries Meet dare not blame your ancestors and attitudes acquired some tim e two large rivers in the country said: “We should elim inate ev The Missionary Society of Beth- for a bad personality. And even in our lives and never corrected, the river Niger and river Benue’ ery vestige of segregation in el AME church met at the home should your parents have spoiled Employers usually place great The two flow in opposite dircr- the District of Columbia. ’ of Mrs. Linsley Thursday, Jan- you, you can still do a houseclean- emphasis on their requirem ents tions from the Northwest and the Morse’s bill would set up an uary 15, with Mrs. Jesse Boyd ing job in the realm of your per- of personality in selecting men Northeast. They both meet al anti-discrim inaton commission presiding. Mrs. M artha J. Jamei- sonality. It takes more than phys- and women for employment. In most in the center to form tin- sim ilar to those in New York son was in charge of the devo- ical appearance to produce an at- fact personality requirem ents are shape, and from there they flow and other states. The bill would tion. Mrs. Nelsine Campbell gave tractive personality. It is a mat- named first in the requirem ents southward and into the Atlantic give its adm inistrators power to an interesting review on the book ter of thdught and training. It of employers more times than all as one stream enforce its orders, prohibiting “Daughter of Africa.” A fter bus is a m atter of social intelligence, other qualifications combined. Between the months of Novem- segregation in schools, hotels, iness and informal discussion, the Just as many a homely girl Two men are fired for faulty per- her and February, the climate is restaurants and otner places. members adjourned to refresh w ith an attractive personality sonality traits for every one dis- dry and cold. Some people wear has won the engagement ring so (Continued on page 6) (Continued on page 6) At present the “public” ments served by the hostess. Need New School 1 Morse Bill Hits Race Bias
