Portland challenger., January 23, 1953, Page Page Six, Image 6

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PORTLAND CHALLENGER
Personality Helps To Hold Position
(C ontinued from page 5)
charged for lack of technical
know ledge or lack of skill in th e
perform ance of his w ork.
The
sam e type of personality defic­
iencies have been m ore th a n th ree
tim es as im portant as th e lack
of skills in prev en tin g ad v an ce­
m ent.
G ran t, if you like, th a t your
basic skill is lim ited, you can still
m ake forw ard strides in the field
of su ita b le em ploym ent by in ­
specting y our p ersonality q u a l­
ities and stren g th en in g any w eak
points revealed.
L earn To A dapt
It is the ad ap tab le person who
survives in the com petition for
jobs. You can go a long w ay in
y our d esired career on sh eer ab
ility and intelligence b u t you can
go a g reat deal fa rth e r if you pos­
sess a friendly disposition and
a w inning personality. You are
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F req u en tly , how ever, we find
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e n tertain ed prospective m em ­
em ployers w ho are p reju d iced or
who, out of fear, choose to ig- bers Sunday, J a n u a ry 14, a t the
n ort th e best q u alities w e pos­ spacious hom e of Mrs. A llie J a ­
sess and to base th e ir h irin g on cobson. The first p a rt of the a ft­
race, color, religion or n a tio n a l­ ernoon w as spent in getting ac­
ity. F o rtu n ately , in th e state of q u ain ted wi*h one another. The
O regon, th ere is a law ag ain st program included introduction of
d iscrim ination in em ploym ent be- j m em bers, the history of the sor­
cause of race, color, religion ir ority, in fo rm al discussion, gam es
and refreshm ents.
nationality.
The w arm atm osphere was e n ­
If you possess the n ecessary !
hanced by the friendliness of the
q u alifications fo r th e job o p en ­
AKA m em bers w ho are Mes-
ing and you hav e reason to be­
dam es F rancis W illiam s, Em m a
lieve you have been denied an j
W alker, O teria L o tt Nicholson,
equal chance w ith all o th e r ap- j
A llie Jacobson and A nn Jones.
plicants to q u alify for th e job on
A n in v itatio n w as ex ten d ed to
th e basis of y o u r ab ility you
g rad u ate
and
u n d erg rad u ate
should im m ediately re fe r your
guests.
The g rad u ates invited
com plaint to th e S tate B ureau
w ere Mrs. M arth a Jo rd an , Mrs.
of Labor in th e S tate Office
Susie A nderson, Mrs. R u th S p en ­
B uilding in Salem , Oregon. They
cer, Mrs. W ilba L am ar and Miss
will help you w ith your problem .
Jo y Brock.
U n d erg rad u ates in atten d an ce
(The fourth in a series of five
articles en titled, “You and a Job w ere M isses A nn W illiam s, R eg­
A fter 45” will ap p ea r in th e F eb ­ in a Johnson, J a n e t F u ller, M ar­
ru ary 6 issue of the P o rtla n d | lene H ardy, G w endolyn M olden,
B etty S earcie and V irlyn Boyd.
C hallenger.)
Friday, January 23, 1953
Services Honor Rev. M. Cheek
A rece n t service a t Mt. S inai
C om m unity In te rra c ia l church
honored th e Rev. M. C. C heek
for eight y ears of p astoring d u ty
in F o rtla n d . Rev. C heek is th e
m in ister of th e Mt. S inai con­
gregation.
The Rev. A rth u r S tanley, sec­
re ta ry of th e P o rtla n d Council
of C hurches, w as guest sp eak er
for th e occasion. Rev. S tan ley
spoke on “Jesus, th e G reat G ift
of G od.” He said he “w as glad
to be a t th e service and glad to
see th e ch u rch e x p an d .” Rev.
S tan ley com m ented on a p ra y e r
for peace th a t was d eliv ered d u r­
ing th e honoring cerem ony and
rem em bered the B ooker T. W ash­
ington slogan, spoken by the N e­
gro ed u ca to r w hen pushed from
the s tre e t insto som e m ud, “I
w ill not h ate anyone.”
Also p resen t at th e services
w ere A tty. and M rs. D avid R ob­
inson of th e A nti D efam ation
league.
A d u lt S unday school class w as
ta u g h t by E dw ard B arno, visiting
from th e H ouse of P ray er. He
lifted his te x t from M atthew 13-
20, first chapter.
Panel Discusses
Need tor Law
A t th e dow ntow n YWCA on
| T h u rsd ay n ig h t the U rban L eague
T he C u ltu re club m et J a n u a ry of P o rtla n d held its re g u la r m e e t­
14 a t the hom e of Mrs. M erced­ ing and h eard a panel of four
es H ard y w ith 15 m em bers p re s­ discuss questions concerning the
ent. P resid en t T helm a U n th an k need of a civil rig h ts law in O re­
presided. P lan s w ere com pleted gon.
for a card p a rty to be held F eb ­
U. G. P lum m er, of the legal
ru a ry 7 a t Mrs. U n th a n k ’s hom e. redress com m ittee of th e NAACP.
The occasion is to raise funds spoke on ,“Is It L eg al” ; Miss B e t­
for th e ir a n n u al scholarship.
ty S chneider, n atio n al d irec to r of
F rien d sh ip House, asked, “Is It
M oral"; and E. J. “B ill” Ireland,
| general ch airm an of th e O regon
I C om m ittee for E qual Rights,
In th e n o rth of the C am eroons census do not really know th e questioned, “Is It D em ocratic.”
M ark A. Sm ith, vice-president
P rovince, th e re begins th e cen­ population w ith the stran g e fam ­
tra l A frican p la teau of an a v ­ ily system . T he N igerians th e m ­ and ch airm an of th e program
erage altitu d e of ab o u t 4,000 feet, selves know how difficult and im ­ com m ittee of th e U rban league,
rising in places to ab o u t 8,000 possible it is fo r th e ir n a tu ra l ru l­ w as m oderator.
feet. In th e south n e a r th e *ea ers, in co-operation w ith th e B rit­
R efreshm ents for th e m eeting
is the C am eroons M ountain, about ish g o v ern m en t to get th e fam ily w ere fu rn ish ed by v o lu n teers of
13,350 feet. It is volcanic and has heads to give a correct figure F rien d sh ip House. Miss E stelle
been activ e as fa r back as 1922. of the n u m b ers of the fam ily. The B ogner is ch airm an of th e re ­
N igeria is th ick ly populated. reason for this is th a t N igeria is fresh m en ts com m ittee for J a n u ­
The question of p opulation is a m ainly and essen tially ag ric u l­ ary.
long stan d in g d ispute in the tu ral.
co u ntry, because of m any diffic­
T here are tw en ty th re e p ro v ­
SKIPPER'S
ulties experienced in ta k in g or inces in N igeria, w ith eleven
fo r
o b tain in g the correct census of largest tow ns and cities. LAGOS,
H o m em a d e Ice C ream
the people. The population of N i­ I on th e ex tre m e w est coast, is th e
D e lic io u s H a m b u rg ers
Ju m b o M ilk S h a k es
geria now stan d s rou g h ly about capital of N igeria and th e seat
2522 N.E. Union
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40.000,000. T he fact is, the E ng­ | of governm ent. T he cap ital city
!
is
ab
o
u
t
350,000
in
population.
lish officials w ho claim to do the
Culture Club Meets
Tropical Climate Uniform in Nigeria
(C ontinued from page 5)
overcoats, b u t they do n o t feel
th e cold as people do in A m erica.
T h ere is no snow. In th e north,
th e re is not m uch rain. In the
southeast, th e re is a heavy rain y
season b etw een May and S ep te m ­
b er and a hot season for the
rest of th e year, w ith one m odif­
ication d u rin g th e H arm attan sea­
son (this is caused by the cold
w inds blow ing from the n o rth )
from N ovem ber to F eb ru ary ,
w hen it is cold, d ry and w indy.
In contrast w ith o th er p arts of
the w orld, N igeria has tropical
clim atic uniform ity. T here is no
excessive cold or excessive heat.
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