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PORTLAND INQUIRER Page Four Clark College Scores Hurl in Mourns Death Memphis Station Yard Wreck PORTLAND INQUIRER Published Each F riary By Portland Inquirer Publishing Co. ATLANTA — (ANP) — Stu dents and faculty members of Clark college which benefitted more than $1,000,000 from Pfeif fer gifts, last week joined the na tion in m ourning the death of the philanthropist and benefactor. President J. P. Brawley, in New York for a series of educational meetings, expressed regrets at the loss of so great a friend to Ne gro education and so personal a friend to Clark as Mrs. Annie M Pfeiffer. The text of his tribute to the deceased New Yorker fol lows: SYDNEY A. J O N E S JR.— “Clark college and the cause Whose retirement as attorney for of Negro educatin have lost a the U. S. Department of Labor in most valuable Christian friend in Chicago has just been announced. the passing of Mrs. Henry Pfeif He is returning to private practice. fer. At the time of her passing, As a federal attorney, he is cred Mrs. Pfeiffer was a mem ber of ited with handling a number of the Clark board of trustees and cases in which precedents of ex had been connected w ith the col treme value to labor were estab lege in this capacity for several years. It was through Mrs. Jfeif- lished. (ANP). fer’s generous gift of $400.000 that Henry Pfeiffer dorm itory for men and Annie M erner dorm itory for women were erected on the Clark campus. “The college family had come to love and appreciate Mrs. Pfeif MEMPHIS— (ANP) — Chester fer, not alone because of her phi Carter, a civilian janitor at Ken lanthropy, but because of her nedy G eneral hospital, recently Christian spirit and the faith she turned in a suggestion to the hos had in the integrity off all hu pital’s suggestion cm mittee man beings. Her annual visits which won him a $10 govern to the campus in the spring of ment award. each year were looked forward to C arter’s idea was to adopt a , by students and faculty because small wire punch, 12 inches lqng. she showed such genuine appre made of stiff wire, to be used for ! ciation for the simple kindnesses clearing stopped-up sinks and that were extended her durng her drains. The committee estimated : visits. that these wire punches could I “Mrs. Pfeiffer’s gifts to Clark be furnished for use throughout i and Bennett college exceeded the the hospital and that their use total of $2,000,000. Lasting me would result in saving the gov morials to her Christian philop- ernm ent considerable money. ophy and the m agnificent obses Col. Albert E. McEvers, com sion she had of sharing now stand m anding officer of Kennedy, pre crystallized in brick and m ortar sented the aw ard and commended on Clark and Bennett campuses. C arter as follows: “Your interest For countless years in the future in the governm ent’s efforts to she will be remembered, for in conserve time, labor and money the hearts of thousands of Negro are highly commendable and I youth she has achieved im m ortal wish to express my personal ap ity.” preciation for the suggestion.” Post engineers have agreed to RACE RELATIONS m anufacture the device and over SUNDAY 250 already have been furnished. C arter m eanwhile is solidifying O B SE R V E D A T TH E other ideas. HUGHES MEMORIAL CHURCH FEBRUARY 10 . . . 1:30 p. m. 2413 N. Albina Avenue 1453 N. Williams Ave.. Tel. EAst 4460 Send mail to P. O. Box 3877, Zone 8 Chesley E. Corbett, Editor B. D. Robinson, Mgr, J. W. Brooks ......... ....Advertising Manager Member of the Associated Negro Press, Calvin'* Newspaper Service, Ted Yates Publications, Inc., Independent Press Service. TLi* newspaper reserves the right to print for publication all pres* dispatches, feature* and photo* forwarded by these agencies or otherwise credited to them. N A T IO N A L A D V E R T IS IN G R E P R E S E N T A T IV E I n trs ta te U nited N ew sp ap ers, Inc., 545 F ifth A venue, New Y ork C ity an d C hicago, 111. T eleph o n e: M u rray H ill 2-5452 Rates by Mail: 6 month—$2.50 One Year—$5.00 in advance THE NEGRO By Cpl. T. T. Petty In 1619, there was landed by a Dutch Man O’ War, a group of twenty Negroes at John Sm ith’s Colony at James town, Va. Needless to say, these people were forced from their native habitat against their will. This initial group constituted a beginning of one of the most degrading busi ness known to mankind—the slave trade. The transportation of slaves was so conducted, that only the most hardy of the men and women could possibly sur vive. The survivors, then, of those long voyages, in addition to the blood infused into their progeny by the whites and Indians, gave to the decendents of those slaves, a heritage which tends to be superior, in physical and mental poten tialities, than decendants of our so-called Aryan group. Since the Civil war and the Emancipation these surviv ors were cast out into a free world, to survive or die, and those of us that constitute the approximate 15,000,000 Negro Americans today, are ever struggling to attain our place in the United States that we think is due to us, are the recip ients of that heritage. This w riter is quite proud to be a member of the larg est minority group in these United States, because since 1865, this group has, regardless of the hardships and handi caps confronting them, progressed more rapidly than the Caucasian group did in 3,000 years. Let us just review some of the past, in a sort of pano rama, and see just what we have accomplished. Benjamin Bannecker was our first scienitst; he gave to the United States its first clock, till in the scientific field we have the late George Carver, foremost in analytical Chemistry. We could name r^any, many more but it is not the purpose of this w riter to review a complete history, merely to show that this group is quite ready to take its place in the social system of this country. Roscoe Giles and Howard Drew in medicine. William Hastie and William E- King in law; Oscar Depriest, Mitchell, Dawson and Powell in politics. The incomparable voice of Marion Anderson of whom Arturo Toscaninni paid such a tribute, and P a u l Rev. Albert Wilson Robeson on both song and drama. P a s to r o f th e Our Jesse Owens, Metcall, Borican, Cornelius Johnson, Monlavilla Methodist Church Dave Allbritton and scores of other dominated track and Will Be the Guest Speaker field for years. Joe Gans, Peter Jackson, Joe Walcott, Jack Johnson, Henry (Hank) Armstrong. John He-nrv Lewis, and last but not least, our own modest but capable and beloved Joe Louis, acknowledged no peers in pugilism. The cultural contribution of the Negro to the develop ment of the social system of this country is so vast in scope TRACK WORKERS that volumes have been compiled on the subject by Carter Woodson, Monroe Works, W. E. B. Dubois and others. In view of these few facts which I have endeavored to lay track and ties, ballast the 1412 N. Williams Ave. point out, who could and can truthfully say that they are Help roadbed, keep the line in good tolerant toward the Negro? That we constitute a social condition. and Healthful outdoor work. problem? Personally, I don’t chose to be tolerated, and I do No experience needed. The com not constitute a social problem; that is, if I read the Consti pany furnisher free housing, in fuel, light and water. You tution of the United States correctly and interpret its mean cluding Fried Southern Style get railroad benefits medical and ing. hospital care, passes, insurance, This would be the finest country in the world for all fine pension plan. Work for a per manent company—one with plenty concerned if the democratic principles as laid down in our of work ahead. Constitution be adhered to. OP-239 Let us as individuals remember our heritage, and show the world that we are proud to be Negroes, by doing our bit The friendly toward contributing something constructive toward the de PatiSt Coleman velopment of our community, so that we, can feel justly Apply Room 367, Southern Union Station Mrs. Talmade Cook Portland, Oregon proud on next Negro History Week. Janitor Awarded For Suggestion WANTED! FRATERNAL CAFE CHICKEN Steaks & Chops SP MOM'S CHILI BOWL MRS. ANNA PAGE, Prop 301 N. W. Flanders \ * ! BRoadway 9207 Honoring Langston sion nugns Hughs . . . . . . Noted nuieu for íur His Poems OREGON FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION 1412 N. Williams Avenue — Drop in and Meet Your Friends — ¡ i Under New Management RREAKFAST LUNCH - DINNER Mrs. Ideila Williams Mrs. H. W M. Etheridge aitress Mrs. C. M M. Williams anager Friday, February 15, 1946 MEMPHIS — (ANP) — The sta tion yard wreck of a Y. St M. C. passenger train here last week resulted in the painful injury of a num ber of Negro passengers. Yung Sam W. Qualls Jr., re ported that ambulances from his funeral home and others picked up between 15 and 20 injured passengers from the train which ran a switch and collided w ith a yard engine. Victims picked up suffered injuries ranging from broken legs, knocked-out teeth to injured and sprained backs and m inor lacerations. About half [ the victims were hospitalized fol- I HEADS COUNTY INFANTILE PARALYSIS DRIVE — Dr. Deb lowing emergency treatm net. Among the listed injured were orah Cannon Partridge, associate Sam uel Moze, of W ittey, Miss.; professor of education, Tuskegee M arjorie Williams, of St. Louis; Institute, Ala., was director of Mrs. Estell Dillard and Mrs. the March of Dimes campaign Pearl Morris, of Chicago; J. B. for the National Foundation for Munson, of Boston; Bessie Mae Infantile Paralysis in Macon Stevens, Rosedale, Miss., and county. Dr. Partridge worked through Jam es Hurley of St. Louis. According to reports, the mis the Alpha Xi Zeta chapter of hap might have been more dis Zela Phi Beta sorority which astrous had the passenger train sponsored the drive for the Tus not been switched to a l£ss dan kegee Institute chapter of t h e gerous track by an alert flag national foundation. man who foresaw the impending The campaign included a bene wreck after noting the track on fit movie, dances, letters of ap which the train was travelirg. peal to distant as well as local A num ber of white persons and friends. the engineer and firem an also All of the public schools in the county, churches, the Veterans suffered injuries. hospital. Tuskegee Army Air field, Tuskegee. and the Institute community participated.»-^ ANP Photo.) Warns Against Racial Selfishness THE FASHION Cloak & Suit Co. 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