Friday, January 23. 1953
PORTLAND CHALLENGER
News In Brief
(Portal
By William Wright
An Independent Newspaper
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Challenger S taff W riter
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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
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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?”
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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
—
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- - - - 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