SATURDAY,
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AOVOCATt
(letting an education for the eole pur*
' pose of personal benefit, and without
' the having In mind the ultimate help-
1 fulness of humanity, will he of no
• more uae to the poaaeaaor than gold on
' a desert Island would he to a ship
wrecked person starving for waul of
j food Kvery great contribution to the
, onward march of clvllltatlou has been
made hy the men and women who
subordinated self Morse, the Inventor
of the Instrument which pioneered our
present system of telegraphy; whose
first message sent *'What haa God
Wrought?"; thought more of the hap
pluess his Invention would bring to
humanity than of any financial gain
Stephenson. *ho#e discovery of the po
tency of steam and win» founded the
method of rapid transportation, vision
ed a better understanding among the
peoples of the earth through a closer
FO R E Q U A L R IG H T S
The National Kqual Bights League, contact brought hy travel Htelnmeta.
headquarter* at ostott. Mass, h..e is the wizard of electricity, whoae mar
sued a pnn-tarnation for the obeer velous brain conquered that subtle
vanee. June 18th. of Peter Salem day fluid and made It the servant of the
The Kqual Bights («cague waa founded people. Ignore«! the weath that might
hy Monroe Trotter, militant mlltot of have been his lie used his know bulge
the ostan Guardian Peter Salem wa* for the benefit «>f mankind t’arver. the
one of the Negro heroes of the Am eri noted Negro whoae discover lea In
can Revolution Ills valor at the battle chemistry have acbled to food prlduo
of Bunker lllll Is chronicled In history tlveneaa of the nation, haa n«» more
04 the Stute of Massachusetts
Little evate for the rew ardK TAO IN N IN IN
And so
mention Is made of his exploits In (hr care for the reward of self
current school histor y of the nation on down the line of civilisation bene
and little Is known of the prominent factors; Kdlson. Kitisfeln and all the
part played hy Salem and several oth great men who have contributed thclt
er Negro men In the first great strug knowledge that the people might have
g le for American Independence.
A the benefit They thought first of their
few years past the writer of this cm I duty to humanity
Elaborate Ceremonies Mark Formal Opening Of
Greater Provident Hospital In Chicago, Illinois
first to use a finely sensitised paper rlor court of Cook county this week
instead of film for the development of decreed that 100 per cent lien be plat
x-ray negatives.
ed on all the policies of the late Chi
cago National life which were taken
Through Its affiliation with the U- over by the Pacific States Lite of llol
ntversity of Chicago ami Rush Medical ylw oodi« California
college, it boasts one of the fiuest
About two years ago the Chicago
consulting staffs In the city.
National Life quit writing colored ap
The men now behind Provident hos plicants for insurance and expressed
pita) expect it to become a great ceil a desire to get rid of all colored poll
CHICAGO. June * — (Bv the Associated Negro Press) — Forty-two years of earnest, construe tire effort be
ter of medical learning without regard cyholders on its books
Negotiations
tween some of the most notables white and colored citisecs of Chicago was symbolised Thursday wheu the mag
to race or color Although it Is to be were completed with the Supreme IJ-
niflcent *3.000.000 Greatre President Hospital and Training School, affiliated with the Vnlrersity of Chicago,
largely manned by a Negro staff, its berty Life Insurance company which
was formally opened to the public.
sponsors believe that ultimately it will reinsured the *750.000 00 worth of col
The late Julius Rosenwald. »h o s e philanthropies and faith were largely respousinie for the new Institution,
fulfill its principal mission in distln- ored business of the Chicago Nations'
and who. with the late Dr. Frank Billings, led a campaign to raise $1.3*0.000 among the citiieus of Chicago for
gushed contributions to the science of giving the policyholders the same right
Greater Provident, described the effort then as "the greatest project for the American Negro since Lincoln's K
medicine.
and privileges of cash surrenders,
mancipation Proclamation."
loans and extended insurance as wer <
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Various ceremonies were arranged by the board of directors, the women's auxiliary and the FI la Smith tug
enjoyed by Its own policyholders Ma
Contemporary with the men donors
gers for the entertainment of the public during the period of the formal opening from June 2 to June 11. Alex
ny of the Chicago National policy
ander L. Jackson is chairman of th e n _________________________________________________ _ _
and Indicative of the interest of the
holders objected to the traus|<r to the
mixed board of directors and Admiral
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influential women of that day. sub
colored
company and refused to pay
N. J. Blackwood is medical director
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* T ° ,r* ln und* r
condl- stantial financial support to the hoa.
white population, and even higher than tions a greater number o f nurses
their premiums to the colored comp
pital was given by Mrs A. K Elkins.
Names associated with the early th» ' of Calcutta. India, notorious for
any but continued to pay to the white
9. To train Negro technicians for Mrs. C. A. Sharpe. Mrs. Blackstone
histlry of Provident hospital were: one of the highest rates in the world.
company
laboratory,
x-ray and electro-cardio and Mrs Robert Mitchell, whose na
Philip D. Armour, whose initiative
When plans were made for affilia graph work and to develop adminis mes. followed later by those of their
Now those who transferred to Su
gave the institution its start at 29tb
tion with the University of Chicago trators for hospitals serving Negroes. progeny, constitute the “ Who's W ho" preme Uberty Life Insurance compa utnn succeeded iti arresting the Inter
and Dearborn streets; Dr. Dan J. W il
of metropolitan Chicago and reflect ny have their policies at full face val est of the people and a Peter Salem
and Rush Medical college, the follow
liams. its chief of staff for many
10. To train Negro social workers the maternal spirit epitomised in the
ing objectives were kept in mind;
ue with no Impairments, while those commemorative meeting was held un
years, who was the first Surgeon tn
and to study Negro social problems
graceful, heroic feminine figure : "1 who remained with the Chicago Na der the auspices of a fraternal organ!
this country to perform a successful
1. Provisions of clinical instruction
Will. Chicago."
tional and are taken over by the Pa tatlon It was held at the Third Baptist
The three million which the hospi
operation on the human heart. Mrs. ;or s e g r o undergraduate medical stu
cific
States have a one huudred par church, which at that time waa mtn-
tal cost was divided as follows:
T. B Blackstone, whose interest was dent8
In the the transitional period which
cent Hen on their policies, which, tn Istered by the Hev Ihr. KIbert Moor*
largely responsible for the success of
11.000,000 to provide a teaching anJ separates the remote past from the the event of the policyholders death, who delivered the oration W e had
the tenor. George Garner; George M
3- T o Increase the number of In-
research fund for the university of immediate present, there appard on would be deducted from the face value hni>*d to perpetuate Peter Salem day
Puliman. Marshall Field, head of the terneshlps available to Negro medical
Chicago Nine hundred thousand dol th scene In 1915. a young graduate of the policy )>a!d to their beneficia as a u annual observance, but Interest
great merchant fam ily; Cyrus H. Me- graduates.
was Ucklng and like many other
lars for the physical hospital, of which of Harvard university. Alexander L. ries.
Cormlck, founder of the International
things worth while, 'died a hour tu u "
1750.000 was expended for the pur Jackson, whose nomination to the
In
this
rase
the
prejudiced
attitude
Harvester company; John J Mitchell.
* T o ProTld* P °»‘ * T* du‘ te •duc* '
chase of the Chicago-Lying-in hospital board of directors of Provident hos of the Chicago National saved their If nothing else, would It be much to
the late banker; Potter Palmer, whose Uon ‘ nd raining, pmctically denied in
and 1150.000 for remodeling and new p ita l signalised the setting In motion colored policyholders a loss Supreme hope that one or all of our ministers
wife was for many years the social thl* country'
equipment. And. finally. 11.100.000 for of plans and purposes, both of aggres Liberty L ife has already paid tn bene will make aome mention of the superb
leader of Chicago: J. Ogden Armour
4 T o proTlde fo,. the profe,.|on*l
sion and progression,
all of which
an operating fund.
ficiaries of the policyholders taken oy characters of the Negro race who help
rich packer: Nathan Freer, who at a . dT, nt.enlent o( hl|thly qu„ lfiwl phy,;.
have been of great benefit to the hos
er by them over (28.000 In rash be ed build the foundation on which the
The
General
Education
Board
gave
cost of 12* 000 established the Esther ci>ng on , p4r v|th opportunifl<.8 then
pital's program
cause of the death of these policy- stability of our nation resta? There
11.000.000 to the project, the Julius
Freer Home for Nurses in memory of 1Tm(uble to whltM
are thousands of Negroes, men. women
his mother and Dr. George Cleveland
Rosenwald Fund and the Conrad Hu
Elected secretary of the board In tiolders.
and children who are unfamlllan with
S. Provision of opportunities for bert Estate 1750.000. and *1.250.000 1918 and president In 1921. to Mr
Hall, chief of staff.
the part played by their forefathers
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. teaching and research as well as clin- was raised by popular subscription.
Jackson goes the honor and distinction
in their fight for American Indepen
In 1930. the hospital^ had^ graduated ^
medlclne lu rfery and the sp^ . u l
FO R K IL L I N G N E G R O
of heading the board of directors
dence Such knowledge will Inspire Hi
238 nurses, qualified 143 doctors for
The new hospital
' 128 beds for
ties.
whose tenacity of purpose, vision and
JACKSON, Misa. June 7 (AN P> — | the Negro youth a feeling of national
state licenses through internships anJ
adults and 22 bassinets. There are ap
Intelligence found merited consum C. W I>urr and Percy Glheun were
unity; a more prideful Intereat In the
served 150.507 patients.
6. Provision of opportunities ofhstu proximately 100 employes In 1933, In mation In the elaborate ceremonies
sentenced to life imprisonment, and past accomplishments of his race.
the
old
location.
1.203
patients
were
dying diseases which are the graves!
attendant
on
Thursday’s
official
open
Mr* llertha Kiley to a fire year term
Perhap. the most striking situation be4lth probl?ms of S e g T o e a
served in beds and 50.000 in the clinic.
ing of Greater Provident Hospital.
In the state penitentiary, after being
which led to the expansion program
E D U C A T IO N T H A T S E R V E S
convicted of the murder of John Jack
From the standpoint of its x-ray e-
7. To study NegTo public health pro
was the state of Negro health in the
Knowledge la useleaa unless It ¡a
CHICAGO. June
(By AN P>— sou before they threw his body Into
city of Chicago. Figures for 192i blems and to train Negro public quipment the new Provident hospital
is superior to any in the city It is the Judge Francis Allegrettl in the Supe- the flood waters of the Pearl river. uaed for the purpose of dissemination
showed that the Negro death rate was health workers.
VERBAL
SNAPSHOTS
Marked Tribute To Interracial
Co-operation And Goodwill
RACE N EED S M EN A N D W O M E N
OF S U P E R IO R V IS IO N
Of all the people of the earth the
American Negro stands in need of
the men and women who have been
fortunate In obtaining an education
Meu and women who seek an educa
tion for the purp°»* of being helpful
In moulding the race for future pro
gress Many Negroes have sought and
have «»htalned a superior edtt< ation.
hut Instead of asking 'What can I do
to help my people?", take the attitude
of social superiority because of their
erudition and hy their aloofness alien
ate the masses, and hec«»me a liabill
ty In the struggle for racial progtesa
The majority of racial collegiate grad
uates fear that the touch of an Illit
erate will polute their Intellectual gar
ment If they deign to recognise their
more unfortunate romrades it la d«me
with such a paternal, better than thou,
attitude that It la resented, and what
ever good may have been accomplish-
ml ts nullified The {»oaltion la assumed
that because of the fact that they ( The
collegian I have been inure fortunate
that others, that they have a diploma
with a auffli or two after their namea
that are In a position to lie and should
he patronised Not what they might do
for the rare, hut what the race Must
do for them There la n«» better Illus
tration than the comparison of two
outstanding American Negroes, one of
which hsd the advantage of study at
the best university at home and a
broad lie wan heralded as one of A
m erles'* most brilliant scholars and
thst regardless of race Because of his
race he «1 HI not receive the recognition
thut he thought his due It Imhlttered
him And when he sought to t»e of ser
vice It wan done with such a ;»*tronlt-
Ing air that the desire to do some
thing to help Ills own lie decided that
the best wns wav to get down with
them and be one of them Touch shoul
ders with them and hy precept and ex
ample work for their uplift Did he
succeed * Go any where that civilian
tlon has f«>nthold and If you d«» not
mention hi* name just say that you
are from the t’ nlted States of Atneri
ca
and they will tell you that they
have rend the story o f his life Young
men ami women Negroes wh«» are
coming from the halls of learning, you
can b«- an asset or become a liability
Which One?
GO D B L E S S T H E M B O T H !
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The many frlrnrte of Clifford M llrhrl
friend* will hi- plraaod lo know that
hr will hr ahlr to do hla wrltlnx nnd-r
more favorable clrrumatancoa Thunk*
lo our old friend Harry l*are whn
make* It poaalhle Mr Mitchell ha*
xalned an enviable reputation aa a col-
umnlat W e dare aay lhal he la more
widely read than moat whn eaaay to
enlighten puhllr. Beginning with th#
Portland Advocate, Mr* Beatrlre-Can
nady-Franklln editor; he ha* expanded
tn rearh a hundred nr more Negr i
Journal* Good Lurk Clifford!
God
Idea* you llarry Pare! la the hope
of "B ill" Wheaton.
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8 L A IN IN P E N IT E N T IA R Y
COLUMBIA. H C , Juno 7 (A N P )
After he la alleged to have rnraed
white convict In the work room of tl
atate penitentiary here. Rrneal Dig)
aarvlng a life term for manalaughli
waa ant upon and atabhed five tint
hy tho white man. John Reed.
Dlgga died five hour* later.
Reed uaed a pair o f aclaaora In tl
murder.
After the atnhhlng. n call waa laam
for men willing to aubmlt their blot
for tranafualon. Twenty five of II
30 volunteered.
When It became apparent that
tranafualon would not nave the II
of Dlgga, the aacrlflce waa not rnqul
ed on the part of the volunteer*,
Reed waa placed In aolltary ronfln
ment pending tho Inqueat.
P A Y IN G P O L IT IC A L
U P P E R L E F T : T h « G re a te r P ro v id e n t
h o s p ita l, a ffilia te d w ith th e U n iv e r s ity
• f C hicago, a *3,000.000 p ro je c t p ro
■noted th ro u g h th e c o -o p e ra tio n o f the
O en era l E d u c a tio n B o a rd , th e J u liu e
R osen w ald F u n d and th e H u b e rt Es
ta te and by m eans o f p o p u la r s u b s c rip
tio n ;
scene ie o f p a tie n ts w e ltin g to be re g
Is te re d ;
diseases, and N uree V ir g in ia M a lla tte
m in is te r to h e r;
U P P E R R IG H T : * A n ave rage o f tw o
h u n d re d p a tie n ts p e r day pase th ro u g h
th e o u t-p a tie n t d e p a rtm e n t
A bove
C E N T E R : L it t le
M ies L o w e ll Green
lo o k s a p p re h e n s iv e as D r. W a lte r M a d
d u x, e x p e rt in p e d ia tric s ,
c h ild r e n 's
L O W E R L E F T ! D r.
H o m e r C ooper
p e rfo rm a a m a jo r o p e ra tio n in ona o f
th a aa ve ra l fin e ly e q u ip p e d o p e ra tin g
ro o m s ;
L O W E R L E F T : O ne
o f th o s e v e ra l
c lin ic a l la b o ra to rla e
m anned
by a
g roup o f h ig h ly tra in e d te c h n ic ia n * .
— A . N . P.
DEBTS
‘ Congreanmen who thought the
were amart to conflarntn the wealth i
the nation to pay for their polltlci
j dissipation* were lea* wise than tl
j Vandal* who aackod Rome — — Ron
waa not tho home of thn Vandals."
I Robert R. McCormick.