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Late Bulletin!
On New Eliot School
The proposed C ivil Rights Bill,
w hich w ould m ake discrim ination
Despite vociferous protests from parents and students who
By MRS. BERTHA C. BAUGH
because of color, race, religion or
will be affected by the building of the New Eliot school on
Challenger Correspondent
natio n al origin u nlaw ful in any
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Flint avenue, Portland public school board unanimously ac
place of public accom m odation.
Better intercultural relationships through reading was dis- resort o r am u sem en t in Oregon, cepted a bid of $619,000 for construction of the school at their
cussed at the regular monthly meeting of the Vancouver ie ft th e Ju d ic ia ry Com m ittee F eb ru ary 26 m eeting in the ju v en ile school “ra th e r th a n one
School A dm inistration building.
NAACP in February.
W ednesday w ith 5-2 do pass.
C harles B. M axey, one of the w e can be p roud of.” Ke m ain
tained th a t th e school board
The first speaker, Miss Helen Holcomb, librarian of Mc
sp eak ers against the proposed
should reconsider th e ir decision
Arthur school, reviewed several books, desirable and undesir
site, term ed th e school-to-be a
to build on th e F lin t s tre e t site.
able, w hich are used a t th e v a ri
“You w ill be m uch p ro u d er of
ous g rad e levels. M iss Holcom b
y o u r decision,” said M axey.
poin ted o u t som e factors w hich
Too Many Taverns
c o n stitu te d esirab le an d u n d esir
M axey .along w ith o th e r s p e a k
able read in g for ch ild ren and
ers, objected to th e new school
ad u lts as w ell. S he exp lain ed
because of th e beer tav ern s, b u s
th a t books w hich give d isto rted
iness places, had traffic hazards
or stereo ty p ed ideas about groups
and risky investm ent.
of people c e rtain ly do n o t h elp in
The U rban league sent a le tter
developing b e tte r h u m an u n d e r
to the board saying th a t it had
standing.
altered its position and now felt
Culcural Background Important
th a t a sm aller school should be
PRICE 10 CENTS
Portland, Oregon, Friday, February 20. 1953
U ntil w e u n d erstan d th a t peo Vol. 1. No. 23
b u ilt on the F lin t street location.
ple are m ore alik e th a n d ifferen t
T he le tte r said, how ever, th a t
and th a t th e ir b eh av io r is d if
fu rth e r study should be m ade of
feren t because of cu ltu ra l b ack
the situation.
grounds, it w ill b^ d ifficu lt to ac
Mrs. F. D. G ary, 1835 N. B en
cept people for th e ir individual
ton, felt th a t the site should be
w orth, co n tin u ed Miss Holcomb.
A jo in t E vangelistic M ission the m ain issue and not th e n u m
F ra n k lin H. W illiam s, regional
She ex p ressed p a rtic u la r in terest
is announced by th e H ughes ber of rooms. She w as against
d irecto r of th e N ational Associa-
m the ch ild re n ’s reactio n s to
M em orial and the R odney A ve the U rban league's recom m en
their**reading~of *this in te rc u itu ra l j tion fo r th e A d v an cem en t of Col-
nue Methodist, churches, cornet' dations, saying, "They don’t
ored People, w ill address a m ass
m ateria l.
NE
R odney avenue and S tan to n know th e neighborhood like we
m eeting sponsored b y th e P o rt
Mrs. L elan d H arrim an , ed u ca
street,
beginning Sunday, M arch p aren ts.” “I do n ’t like this at
land b ran ch of th e N A A CP S u n
tional c o n su ltan t in P ortlan d ,
all; let the school ad m in istratio n
8,
a
t
11
a.m.
day, M arch 8. at th e W illiam s
gave an illu stra tio n ot th e ty p e
settle in this neighborhood and
The
Rev.
L
ester
D.
B
oulden,
av en u e YWCA at 3:30 p.m.
of encyclopedias w hich trea t,
see
the ra ts .” “We should put
M
ethodist
m
in
ister
from
W
eston,
His ad d ress w ill concern in
w ith o u t biased an d stero ty p ed
hum
an
value ahead of property
O regon, is the guest d irec to r and
some m a n n e r th e issue of civil
ideas, all phases of su b ject m a t
v
alu
e,”
said M rs. G ary.
sp eak er for the mission. This is
rights.
te r re la tin g to eth n ic groups.
Not
Snap Decision
in cooperation w ith the U nited
W illiam s has been w ith the
B
oard
m
em
ber S. Eugene A l
E angelistic M ission being con
Stereotyping Discussed
N A A CP since 1945, hav in g been
len said the decision w as not a
ducted th ro u g h o u t Oregon.
E dw in C. B erry , ex ecu tiv e sec ap pointed to th e legal staff im
snap
one and th a t the board had
T
he
schedule
for
the
services
re ta ry of th e U rb an L eag u e of m ed iately a fte r g rad u atio n as an
put
in
16 m onths of co n sid era
follows:
P o rtlan d , gave an ex cellen t d is hon o r s tu d e n t from th e F o rd h am
tion
on
the
proposed new school
At
11
a.m.
and
7:30
p.m.
S
u
n
cussion on stereo ty p in g . B erry u n iv ersity School of Law . In Oc
FRANKLIN H. WILLIAMS
“A
school
is
needed to ed u cate
day
and
7:30
p.m.
Tuesday
and
felt th a t one reason books such tober, 1946, he w as chosen by
To Speak here Sunday
the
children
in
this a re a ,” said
T
h
u
rsd
ay
Rev.
Boulden
will
as L ittle B lack Sam bo and Nico- M adem oiselle m azagine as th e n a
Allen.
speak at the H ughes M em orial
dem us rem a in on book shelves tio n ’s fu tu re lead er in th e field
W endell G ray, also a board
M ethodist church. On M onday,
is th a t people don’t like to discard of race relations.
m
em
ber, said th e school board
W ednesday and F rid ay a t 7:30
books th a t h av e good covers on
Im m ed iately a fte r adm ission to
tries
to provide schools w h ere the
p.m. he w ill speak at the Rod-
them , th in k in g n o t of th e h arm practice b efore th e U nited S tates
new A venue M ethodist church, children live. “C onstruction of
th a t is done b y caricatu re s and su p rem e co u rt in J a n u a ry , 1949,
this building is a com m on asset
2859 NE R odney avnue.
stero ty p ed ideologies, b u t th a t W illiam s arg u ed an d w on th e case
“M arch is o u r big m onth this
T he com bined choirs, under to the people th a t live in the
the book still has tw o o r th ree of W atts vs S ta te of Indiana, and
y e a rs’ w ear.
in M arch of 1951 arg u ed and won y ear,” stated M ark Sm ith, c h a ir the direction of D avid W hite and com m unity. As long as the peo
m an as of program com m ittee, as M arg aret T ippet, will fu rn ish m u ple live th e re we have no o th e r
He sta te d th a t no m a tte r how th e case of S h ep h erd vs th e S tate
a lte rn a tiv e ,” stated G ray.
in n o cen tly an offense is com m it of F lorida, th e G ro v elan d case, he referred to the big M arch sic for the occasion. Dr. J. H arold
m
em
bership
cam
paign
a
t
the
Jo
n
es
II
and
the
Kev.
C.
R..
Des-
ted, it is still a m a tte r of ig n o r o b tain in g a rev ersal d e a th sen
m onthly m eeting of the U rban ler are m inisters of the spotisor
ance. N am e calling w as specifical tence in b o th cases.
league
T hursday, F eb ru ary 26, ing churches.
ly pointed out.
at
th
e
cen
tral YWCA.
OUCH! WHAT NEXT?
The n u m b e r of “d a rk y ” songs
L ittle B rad W inslow cam e
being sun g today, said B erry,
T he V ancouver
branch
of
Sm ith was one of several com
hom e last w eek from th e hos m ittee heads who reported to the
could be v ery w ell p arap h ased
N A A CP will com m em orate the
w ith o u t h arm in g th e m e ter of the p ital reco v erin g from p n eu m o group. H e said a goal of 3,000
44th a n n iv ersa ry of the n atio n al
ry th m . T he singing te ch n iq u e of nia on ly to catch chicken pox m em bers has been set w ith a big
organization a t its reg u la r m o n th
F ra n k S in a tra w as th e exam ple from his b ro th er, A rtie.
ly public education m eeting on
kick-off d in n e r
planned
for
S am uel A yodele Ojo, 23, a s tu M arch 22, in th e Vista room of
Both ch ild ren are doing bet-i._ M arch 12. S unday, M arch 27th
he used in show ing how o th er
w ords coul dbe used to substi-1 ter. T h eir p a re n ts are Mr. and
will find Ju liu s Thom as, n atio n d en t on the L infield college c a m the V ancouver H ousing A u th o r
Mrs.
A
rth
u
r
W
inslow.
tu te “d a rk y .”
I
al in d u strial relatio n s secretary, pus since 1950, will begin m ed ity.
T he objectives and functions of
here in P o rtlan d to help celebrate ical train in g a t the U niversity
of O regon M ed the organization will be review ed
th e conclusion of the cam paign.
ical School this in an effort to learn w h e th e r
P hil D reyer, m em ber of the
fall.
goals are being attain ed . Also, a
A n ativ e of special m u s i c a l
An early m orning fire claim ed v isit a ta v e rn w ith a friend. M rs execu tiv e board o f O regon Com-
program is
Legos,
capital planned.
the lives of th ree ch ild ren S a tu r K izer, th in k in g th a t Mrs. G ran - m '*tce f,,r Equal Rights reported
progress of the civil rights
city of N igeria,
day in a tw o -a p a rtm e n t house ville w as hom e for th e night, had (on
bill
introduced
by
S
enator
Phil
a
B ritish col
gone
to
th
e
store.
a t 1203 N. E. 3rd avenue. Two
:
H
itchcok
of
K
lam
ath
Falls.
ony
and p ro tec
D am age to th e house w as es
m others, each of w hom th o u g h t
torate, O ja has
tim ated a t $4500.
the o th e r w as hom e, w ere out.
j The Ide Wild club, w nich has
m
ain tain ed
a
V ictim s of th e fire w ere: Leon
100 per cen t m em bership in the
Sam
Ojo
b
e
tte
r
th
an
a
v
D ouglas, 8; M ichael P au l, 3; and
U rban league, was hostess to the
erag
e
stan
d
in
g
in
school
subjects.
S heila Joyce, 18 m onths. A ll w ere
coffee hour w hich followed.
Ojo decided on a m edical c a
ch ild ren of Mrs. O dessa G ra n
reer because he “feels he has an
ville, 35.
inclination tow ard m edicine” and
T h ree ch ild ren of Mrs. R uth Ki-
30
m illion people in his hom eland
zer, occupying th e first floor,
are
in m uch need of physicians.
w ere rescued by J. H ugh Schil-
“I knew th a t m y only hope w as
He plans to re tu rn to N igeria
thuis, 18, 181 8S. E. 46th avenue,
the P o rtlan d C h allen g er,” com
a
fte
r com pleting his m edical
r <y
and S h e rrill K. S m ith, 16, 4929
m en ted E. S helton Hil lafter a
4
training.
C h allen g er C lassified Ad had lo
V Av
S.E. S ta rk street.
A n o th er son of Mrs. G ran v ille s,
cated his new hat.
Roy Leslie, 9 .escaped th e fire
by leaping from his second-story
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