THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1962
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
Liberian President
First
of
By LAURENCE MEREDITH
United Prist International
London - (UPB - A cigar
tmoking descendant of Geor
gia Negro slaves came
Buckingham Palace Tuesday
and dined off Its golden
dates. '
Soft-sooken President Wil-
Hum V Shadrach Tubman of
(ho African ReDublic of LI
v,rio la tho first chief execu
tive of his race to be housed
In (ho nnlace'a suite Of honor
"Brother Shad" or "Uncle
Shad" as his million-odd citi
zens affectonately call him,
Is on a state visit as guest of
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince
Philip.
In Tubman's tropical home
only "Negros or persons of
Negro descent" may vote or
hold office In a country set
tled 140 years ago by ex-
slaves from the United States
It was a mighty proud day
for Tubman.
The 66-year-old African
chief executive's wife, An
toinette, shared the honors
with him. A warm-hearted,
motherly woman, she is Tub'
man s third wife.
Their three-day visit this
week with the Queen rivals in
pomp and color the night
Tubman spent at the White
. House In 1954 as guest of
President and Mrs. Dwlght
D. Elsenhower.
And Buckingham Palace
has rarely housed a state
visitor like "Uncle Shad."
Son of Minister
Born In the Western Afri
can Republic just above the
Equator, he Is the son of
Methodist Minister descended
from freed slaves from Geor
gia. His mother came from
Atlanta in 1872.
Tubman Is at home In top
hats and cutaway and in
striped tribal costume which
he now rarely dons. Ho order
ed $4,200 worth of suits from
a London tailor for this trip.
He likes whiskey and soda.
barber shop quartets and mix
tng with people at the "Satur
day Afternoon Club" In .his
capital of Monrovia - named
after American President
James Monroe.
Britain, which was the
first foreign power to recog
nize an independent Liberia
in the ninteenth century
prepared an Impressive wel
come for their visitors.
Queen Elizabeth sent a
warship, the frigate Virago;
across the English Channel to
pick up the Liberian presi
dential party at the French
port of Calais and bring them
over to the English port of
Dover.
In doing this, the Queen
recalled a gesture of old-
world magnificence when Just
over 100 years ago Queen
Victoria was thoughtful to
Liberia i first chief executive.
She gave him a warship.
Victoria gave President
Jenkins Roberts a warship
named the "Lark" after his
official visit to England In
1848.
Roberts did not stay at the
palace, however.
Victoria received him on
board the Royal Yacht in
which she was then cruising.
A massed flight of Royal
Air Force planes saluted the
Tubmans as their frigate pull
ed Into Dover and the Duke
of Kent escorted them to a
special train.
Queen Elizabeth, her hus
band, Prince Philip, Prime
Minister Harold Macmlllan
and members of the govern
ment went to London's Vic
toria station to greet the Libe
rian chief executive and his
first ludy.
Then followed one of the
great state drives through the
streets of London to Buck
ingham Palace which always
brings Londoners out In there
tens of thousands and Is as
thrilling a sight as anyone
could want. Queen Elizabeth
rode besdic Tubman in her
royal purple Hnd gold car
riage, the Duke and Mrs.
Tubman In a second.
Lnckcys and flunkeys es
corted the Tubmans to Buck
ingham Palace's famous Bel
gian Suite, arranged and fur
nished over a century ago by
Queen Victoria for her favor
ite Uncle Leopold, King of
the Belgians.
It is known as one of the
Professors Praise
Oral Examinations
Auburn, Ala. - HOT - The
oral examination not only It
a better Instrument to meat
lire individual student
achievement, but acts as a
catalyst to provoke his think
ing, according to two Auburn
university professors who pre
pared a research paper on
testing.
Dr. O. E. Tsnger and T. C.
Minn said their study showed
student may be able to work
out assigned problems and
pass conventional written
tests but does not necessarily
grasp the basic principles of
the subject. Oral testing
probes areas of understand
ing 'or lack of It which writ
ten tests do not discover, the
most dignified and quietest of
all the royal apartments.
Queen Elizabeth chose it for
her confinement when Prince
Andrew was born in 1060.
The six-room suite - with
additional ante-rooms and
baths - Is used only by visit
ing heads of state and their
wives.
"Uncle Shad" had use of
the private terrace and wood
ed garden at the rear of the
palace. Or he could relax In a
drawing room with superb
eighteenth century furniture,
green hangings and a floral
carpet with blue and green
predominating Its beautiful
pattern of roses and leaves.
A magnificent crystal chan
delier sparkles in the bed
room which has cream Dam
ask wails, and Is adorned with
blue silk curtains, pale green
carpets and chair-covers to
match.
The drawing room is next
door. Then comes the Carnar
von room; this Is a private
dining room for the guests. It
was often used by Queen Eliz
abeth's father, the late King
George VI, for his wartime
talks with Winston Churchill
and military leaders.
Tuesday night, Queen Eliza
bath hosted a splendid ban
quet for the Tubmans in the
white and gold State Ball
room, the largest in the pal
ace. It Is 123 feet long and 60
feet wide. Six lusture chande
liers with white lights shine
down from the 45-foot high
ceiling.
Two gold and scarlet
thrones, made for the corona
tion of King Edward VII and
Queen Alexandra, dominate
ace To Visit Buckingham Palace
one end of the room. They
are still used by the present
monarch and her husband.
Above the thrones hangs a
great canopy of cloth-of-gold
used first at the Delhi Dun
bar when the Queen's grand
father, King George V, and
Queen Mary were crowned
Emperor and Empress of
India.
At the other end of the ball
room Is the musicians gallery
with a full-sized organ and
nearby a golden grille.
Through this, unobserved, a
spectator may look down
upon the dazzling scene be
low.
You can safely bet that
little Princess Anne was peep
ing down on the banquet for
"Uncle Shad." She often does.
Anne, who will be 12 years
of age on Aug. 15, Is some
times allowed to do so as part
of her specialized royal edu
cation - to be familiar with
such occasions and learn what
all the procedure means.
Tubman and his first lady
dined while seated In golden
arm chairs.
The Queen sat in a smaller
chair without arms - it is
more convenient with her
wide-skirted Crinoline gowns
of state and decorations.
Priceless Service
A legion of servants and
footmen in powdered vigs
and white gloves tended a
royal menu served on gold
plate in the glitter of four
foot high table candelabras.
The candelabras are priceless
-depicting classical studies of
such figures as the Three
Graces, Mercury and Bacchus
with his Nymphs.
Gold center-pieces all deco
rated with flowers and trail
ing foliage, intersperse and
lead to a superb mirror-topped
gold pedestal, which sep
arated the Queen and Tub
man across the table. But it
was not so high that every
body could see both and they
in turn each other.
Queen and President broad
casted speeches of mutual
friendship and esteem at the
conclusion of the banquet.
Hosts and guests then moved
off to the white drawing room
for coffee and liqueurs.
Tubman is returning a ban.
quet for the Queen later in
the week at the Savoy HoteU
the Liberian Embassy is of
too modest size for such an
affair. ' -
"Uncle Shad," whose cigar,
is as much a part of him as
Sir Winston Churchill, was
host to the Queen in his capi
tal of Monrovia last year, j
She was said to have been,
struck there above all by a
larger-than-life statue of the
President that she passed; It
beamed down at her, stond
cigar In mouth.
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