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II li rr and twelfth grades; enior high of the College Is also three year school. JThis division laccredited by the Southern Association of Col leges and Secondary Schools and is maintained especially for the pur rr" pose of providing general academic training on the Secondary level for tudeU living in those sections of Ls tha State where accredited high schools have not yet been devel oped. 8 1 Able Faculty Assisting Dr. Collier in his efforts 3'' to maintain an approved College with respect to a high type of training Miss Sarah A. Blocker and a very capable faculty representing the leading Colleges an universities of the country, Each having specialized in the field wnicn ne is now teaching at Florida Normal.

Misa Blocker, who waa with Dr. Collier's side even in the pioneer days never tires of do ing all in bar power to push the Institution forward. She is now 'i serving in the capacity of vice prea 3 1 Went and dean of women and counted as one of America's great race women. The members of th faculty are as follows: R. Barney iaavis, A.B..

Talladeca Collesre. A L. Columbia University, dean of tna college and instructor of his tory; James I Page, A.B.. Talla dega College, A.M.. Columbia Uni verslty.

Science; Ruth G. Smith University of Syracuse. A.M Columbia University. French; Nick rr ord, A. Benedict Collesre.

university of English Minnie Jones, A.B, Howard, Howard, Education and Psy aoiogy; Ella Ryalis. A. Fisk, 1 ftbo is ,111 jjN i. rm rr ft XTTT A 3 tAGaTwO "4rntsr Tftg Pittibargft Conner TT I I JUSTICE IN RACE FOR N. Y.

POSTMASTER 1 fl MEgT El MIST1 1 Illf irWljpi Oi 6KMITS 30 MY i SIM FIB I5IB1T lllll I 11 WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 Thirty hours to the minute I JjfiT' ii7f 1 7 If j'. riouins was gran tea anotcer uuny oays 01 iuo uy uie u. o. V'OV Supreme Court.

jj I i 1" vLa if The stay was secured by Charles H. Houston, vice dean rliiii Jj of th Howard Unlr.nwty Uw 1 IISN; Cp ffitf5SSSS5QUAKERS AID FIGHT i ociation for the Advancement of QUAKERS AID FIGHT Colored People. Holllne wm ecnea i Colored People. Holllna eched i i I jlmong the candidates for the. postmastership of the city of New York is Robert rj isUce," extreme right.

Justice, who is director of the N. Y. Academy of Business, which has trained hundreds for positions, is awaiting the outcome of the civil service which will determine the winner. The other men, aspirants, left to rightj are: Qoyd M. Maxwell, Jacob Weisbaum and Harrison A.

Krupin. Apb President Collier's Progressive Work In Florida College! Is Rewarded Operation of Summer School I'fc Announced. OHT ATTntTCTTAn? TTHo Tt 1 A TW XT X7 rvOi; Prooinrif rtf Vi liTM irlo "Mnrmol on1 Tti A erf vn 1 Tnotifitf lr eated in St. Augustine has been recently informed by Fred i McCuistion, executive agent for the Southern Association of I 'Colleges and Secondary, Schools, that Florida Normal and Class rating as a standard two year College by that Association at lt3 December meeting at Atlanta, Georgia, The retention of this rating comes about1 as a result of the hieh stan s. dards which are being upheld at in uoiiege.

i r. corner is ever persistent that the College shall remain In the forefront, rendering the best service to the Negro youth. It waa through his efforts that the Institu ilon has developed from an acad erny at Jacksonville, Florida (then the Florida Baptist Academy) to a two year College now lo cated in St Augustine, and accred Ited by a Regional Agency, High School Intact Though Dr. Collier and his workers saw need for expansion of the curriculum to help meet the needs of the Negro youth by adding two college years of training above the school, the high school de if partment waa retained as a part of the College. In connection there ,1 with, three years of; high school work are offered the tenth, eleventh APPOINTED CHAS.

SATCHEL.L. MORRIS, Jr, famed throughout the country as the "Boy Orator," who has appointed educational advisor in the C. C. A.M Columbia, Mathematics; Ad rian P. Pertee, A.B., Morehouse.

A.M., Atlanta University, Education and Political Science; Mary M. Gunn, B.S., Tuskegee institute, secretary to the dean; D. Johnson, B.S.. Institute, director of Athletics; Lulu M. Cropper.

B.S., Hampton, Librarian; and Sidney Johnson, Clark University, director of School Chorus. To Operate Summer School For 1935 There shall be operated a Summer Session at the Florida Normal and Industrial Institute for 1935 as an integral part of the College and shall be under the supervision of the State Department of Education, Negro Division. Tallahassee. It shall offer opportunities to both ma and women for two types of work: (1). regular ccllege work leading roward a degree; () college courses for teachers who, wish to satisfy the State Certlflcati requirements.

The Summer Session for 1935 ehail begin on Monday, Jane 16, and operate for a period of seven weeks, yielding eight week's credit, closing on July 26. 1935. The Summer Session shall be under the direc tion of R. Barney Chavis. Enrollment The enrollment for 193435 ex cels that of any other scholastic year.

Eighty seven men and worn en represent the Freshman Class. Forty Sve men and women repn sent the Sophomore Class. The high a oh oo 1 division is composed of fifty seven boy and girls. This makes a total of one hundred eighty nine regular student. Curricula Dean Chavis has organized the program of the College level so as to offer courses in three eurrio ula.

Liberal Arts and Science a ieaaing 10 ub aegree oi or B.S.: the Normal School, leading to certificates for the position of teacher ia the elementary school claimed as the "Boy Orator of Virginia." Mr. Morris is a graduate of the University of Chicago and received bin Masters degree for graduate work at Columbia University. He has taught for several yeata at West Ass 9 WASHINGTON. Jan. 10 (By ANP) Seventh among eight legislative proposals submitted to President Roosevelt for con aideratioa by the present con greas by the American Civil Lib rerties Union la ono.asVing fed LISTS NEW YORK, Jan.

1C (By E. A. White for ANP) In a recent resume of the work done by Home Relief bureau la Harlem, on of th workers In the administrative division revealed that the heaviest demands upon the city for relief were not in Harlem as previously believed but out la Brooklyn, Sec ond in the demands upon the city is that section of New York known as East Harlem, a territory Inhabited largely by Italian Porto Rl cana and a few eolored citlaen. The majority of the former have large families dependent upon the city for support, aa many as 14 and 15 being recorded in one family. Harlem proper, or that part commonly believed inhabited by uled to be.

executed at 12:01 a. January 6 p. m. January 2. Mr.

Houston itecured from Justice VanDevanter of the highest tribunal, a atay, notice of which was teloexachei at once to the warden of tlve State penitentiary at Me oints The Race's Most Popular Orator And Educational Advisor 5 WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 An ounce merit was made this week by C. S. Marsh. C.

C. Educa ttonal Director of the United State OSfice of Education, of of Charles Satchell Morrla, Jr. as the 29th colored Educational Advisor ol the Civilian Conservation Corps. Mr. Morris la one of the moat popular speakers on the American platform today.

He has enjoyed national recognition for the past decada, being first ac Virginia State College and for a year served that University a Dean of Men. Mr. Morris will be assigned to New York and New Jersey in the Second Corps Area of the c. a c. i LIBERTIES UNION ASKS ACTION AGAINST LYNCHING tral legislation against nrn rvn iIub lynch lnjr.

The proposal reads: "We urge that the administration back a bill to permit federal prosecution of lynchers whure State officials fall to act." mE liis mi LEAD KELIEF colored folk, ranks third in relief demands. But the most itartling fact disclosed that the fac value or amount of the checks received by Harlemlt 'alla far short of that received by persons in the other territories. Yet. the prevailing prices 'or rents and foodstuffs In Harlem exceeds that of other areas Interesting indeed was the ad mission that in some Harlem's high class apartment house where rents are sky high, the number of families on relief baa inoerased tremendously with few apartment houses la the community free from persona receiving check for food and shelter from the city. In one particular case, the number of families Jumped from two to nine, aa I increase of 45 per cent in a year.

BIBE15 TD APPBP, SL AIM BY POCB CHICAGO. Jan. 10 Caught la a police ambush at 4421 Indiana avenue Saturday night. Ant wine ut ler. 37 years old.

4417 Indiana a venae Saturday night, Antwjne But tempted to tight bis way Out of a hallway. The victim of police bullets was being sought for questioning in a series of robberies on the South Side In which filling stations and tailor shops had been held up. Clarence Harrison, 33 years old. 5627 Indiana avenue, Butler's part ner In crime, had previously been captured and under rigid question ing, had confessed to participation In the boldupa and named Butler aa his partner. Bureau of Criminal IdentlficaUon records showed Butler to have served prison sentences at various times, it was reported, and from these flies, a picture was obtained of him.

Armed with this. Policemen Robert Christian. Thomas Norton. Clinton Towns, Joseph McCaffery, Michael O'Connor and Jack Dawe, instituted a search for Butler and it waa Christian, the only Negro in the squad, who located him. and Horn Economics, leading to the degree of B.S.

in Home Economics. Students may enter either division earning two years of credit therein, preparing them for further thalnlng In a Senior Liberal Arts College. Seeing the policemen standing in front of bis horn a Butler tried to duck into a hallway at 4421 Indiana avenue. Police, however, followed him in and a pitched gun battle ensued in which the desperado was shot dead. WHITES ASK FOR RACE OFFSGER HARTFORD.

Conn, Jan. 10 tANP) A petition aigned by 200 white residents of the city of Hart ford, was presented to the Common Council here, Thursday night, re questing the appointment of a Ne gro as a member of the Police department of this city. The matter waa referred to the Police board. The petition signed by Anthony Maurello and others, charge that in the past, "excuses wert made' that no Negro could be found who meets requirements for appoint ment." but that there are in Hart ford. Negroes who would meet the requirements.

The ptiiUon set forth that plaa tar appointment FOR ANTI LYNCH BILL NEW YORK. Jan. 19 The Com mlttee on Race Relation of tbe Society of Friends is siding in the fight for passage of the Costigan Wagner bill by Congress, by mailing to a large number of influen tial people a mimeographed crm letter addressed to Pretidsnt Roosevelt urging him to place tbe Bill on his "must list" for consid eration during tbe 1913 assioa. The letter Is accompanied by a pink printed sheet listing "What You Can Do to Stop Lynching" Aletr. Okla.

The additional month will be utilized by the N. A. A. C. P.

counsel to prepare and file a writ seeking a review of the case by the U. S. supreme court. Abandoned by L. D.

Hollins was first convicted of criminal assault late In December, 133L His appeal dragged aleni under tbe direction of the International Labor Defense and nothing was done for him for eight months. An appeal was sent to the N. A. A. C.

P. in February. 1932. by friends of the condemned man In pulp Ola, but wben tbe N. A.

A. C. P. Investigated and found the D. la charge.

It left mattfrs to that organization. Hollina waa sentenced to d.e on August 18, 1932 and a frantlo appeal for help came to the N. A. A. C.

P. on August 15. Since at that late date nothing had been done to carry on Hollins case by the L. the N. A.

A. C. P. stepped in by telegraph and locg distance telephone and through its Okla homa State president, Roscoe Dun jee, secured a stay of execution and filed notice of appeal to the Oklahoma high courts. A new trial was quickly granted.

the Oklahoma high court banding down a blistering rebuke to the lower court for the way Hollies had been robbed of bis rigbta It was brougt out that Hollins bad been tried la the basement of the Jail at night, without a lawyer and wholly in the presence of his ene mies and that he bad been threat' ened with lynching if he did not corf ess. After a new trial, a wrangle over a change of venue and an airing of the exclus'on of Necrofi from the Jury. Hollins was ag.la con vlcted and the Oklahoma court appeals upheld the sentence. At this stage, the Oklahoma N. A.

A. C. P. branches, which had been earryir on the fight, turned over to the national office In New York, which, in turn, referred It to Mr. Houston, as be Is located In Washington.

Mr. Houston, who had nothing to do with the con duct of the cases in Oklahoma, wtl set about the record for grounds upon which an appeal to the United States court may be based. Needless to say, funds for this phase of the work are badly needed by the N. A. A.

aed gifts and contributions to legal defense work will be greatly NEW HARLEM USINESS DIRECTORY PUBLISHED NEW TURK, Jan. 10 A new 1933 Classified Directory and Diary, listing moet of the businesses of upper Harlem is out. published by the National Negro Progress' A soclation. Inc. 200 W.

135th street; J. J. Allen, president. Mr. Allen, formerly an organiser of industrial banks in various parts of the country.

Is now making New Tcrk his headquarters, working on a program which has as its main po.nt the following: "The Negro people of Harlem should follow the example of other races and support their own busi ness and professional men and women and thereby creating op portunitiea. prosperity and self re spect for one another. The Dunbar National Bank con tree ted a full page advertisement In the directory, being the only In stitation to take a full page In the first edition. A. H.

Tbein. rice president of the bank, has personally given out a number of the booklets to friends and patrons of the bank. Arkansas father gave hie eon pet dog for Christmas and the can ine bit six people who bad to be treated for reb.e. "Wot a Christ mil!" At a xenow is courting a woman and she asks him if be snoree be might as well begin saving jp for the honeymoon of a Nearo endorsed by voters and taxpayere," 'ciUsena, GERTRUDE STEIN Native of Pennsylvania, who is now touring America on her first visit in 31 years, proved jut as much an enigma in an addrers before the Baltimore Muvum of Art last week vhen she declared that "It, the oil fainting, showed it as an oil painting. That is what an oil painting is." as she did last year when she wrote "Four Saints in Three Acts" and insisted on an all colored cast, to the consternation of theatrical and literary circles.

Few people pretend to appreciate Miss Stein, although thousands read her works religiously. Dewey R. Jones. Chicago Negro critic, admitted "Four Saints" was beyond him. RQ5COE BRUCS Resident manager of the Paul lurence Dunbar Apartments In Harlrm for seven years, who is entering his eighth yer full of optimism.

Mr. Bruce is ably aa sis'ed la tbe management by his wife, Mra Clara Burrlll Bruce. ansiktant resident manager. The Hruca have fgtdly maintainel tbe hlcb standards at first set for the coopera' lve community. throughout the business depression.

ADMITS HE HIT WOMAN NARCOTIC OPERATIVE LOS ANGELA. Jan. 1" (ANP Admitting that he struck Mrs Madge Surber. 40. white, police nar cotics operative, but dr.ying re sponelblllty for ber death.

Harvey Lee Tr.ce, 22. was returned to Loe Angeles last wee It to fare murcer charges. According to police. Trice said he recognlced the voman ae a police operative when she visited a Central aveeue beer parlor with a party of friends the nlht of September SO. He lay Ir.

watt outside and struck Mrs. Saber as she stepped flora the The woman was taken to her home and was found dea tbe next day from a skull fracture. Trice waa identified through fingerprints following bis arrest under another name on a agrancy charge in Loo lev ills. Ky. MASONS MEET IN S.

CAROLINA Hfc.AU OUT. S. Jan li ATp The SOth annual session the Williams Scottish Rite A. r. Law and Orler Help Lev er Death TU 2i cf at Slain In "SI Wrrr C.A CHICAGO.

Jsa. rul rare4 la It 14 la Catcegoa dace crxi r4 laei wr ixa et of re Negroe. by je s. Iftia cago x' crtmiaale aa J4 wee rata weto tr.es. an t'Vi fclMmn were ain aace of tae Ut 1U.

one of tie ll rs I Hold Alabaman! In Auto Mishap BIRMrVGHAV. Ala. Jasper C9tT e. arret 4 re ee. waa reported to have uraea jer a race gtewtng out af aa atofcc det la wetca Do igas It.

wite Of was i ee the TvwiIoom A wonaa to get evi itcabaad aad go borne rr Now gr.se to aa upM.t hires a euite rocr. a4 It her bnabaad. I Harlem Mourns Hospital Head Vho Battered Color Bar For Doctors EIGHTH YEAR 7 f0 ft. i Dr. John Fox Conners, White, Who Fought For Rici Medicos On Harlem Surgical Staff, Succumb.

NEW YORK. Jan. 10 The colored medic! wcrli shocked Sunday by the desth of Dr. John Fox Connors, fnr vr a mfmVr rvf eitrviral ataff of I nita! and for 16 vAra ita aunrienl director. ur.

Connors was known throughout the world lor great contribution to sorglc el knowledge but throughout cotersd wiaalog r'0foti ea America, be became be'oved for the flgit be waged to have Negro doc tors admitted to the steS of Har lem Htspttal ia the fere of st fT opposition from prejudiced ertitte pays clans to rue oa merit aloce When the Negro popuetloa of Harlem Increased tremendously, foilowt the World War. IS re aroee axttatloa for the admlealoa of Ntgro phys'ciana to Lhe ItarUfla atafT. Mo of the wMe doctors no the staff were bstteriy epoted to this stfp aad usH UUcal ta aa on to prevent it. tlaile ftsnJed. Dr.

Connors stood cut for fa.r He It was who recocr.me ded the ap pclatmeel of the CrO. Ntgro cht clens. and he It waa. too wr.o was largely for pat through the reorganize Uoa cf li3 whlcn brought la procr.Utng physicians, surgeons sal death's It is ssld that be truuted on a the Medical Board, ant Louis T. Wright, the famous surgeon was.

me crx vo mat posritoa KolSow'ag Dr. Wrlgot's eppo ment. Dr. Connors worked with him to ha more ohytlcene appointed to the eteJT aad avers Negro lnteraee admitted to tbe boe pUaX HarWm Hospital bcer.e uaioue as the ocly la tr.e fntted States, with a mixed a.T of Negro and white working aide by side aa comri4i CHICAGO. Jan.

ACP Kederal of law arsent ts lacpoeetble and lsipracUW cab'. this ccuntry. sy oordtng to Prof. Jottla M.lr. ea Iuke Unlet ratty Law hooL Mr.

MiO er. ho not only of law ech at Durham, but aUo la a special assivtant the United State Attorney General as. well aa chairman of the law enforcement committee of the American Bar As sociation. Mr. Miller did not disease the entMyvchMtg law.

but be declared in aa ad drees before tie H'lnoi State's attorney." who ar ho dlax their convention here. that. Cer ent communities have uifftreat Ideas of ta aetioteoeea cf cr.aea. aad for that reason sh deter mice lor txcrutelvea the peasJtiee to meet taem. OI South Carcnina waa beUJ fcere Tuesday, with several hundred delegates la attendance D.

SaV tey oi uraastirg. grand maeter of the Ordr. tendered blgb tiitnte to Sovereign Grand Master W1V Hams of New Tork and told of the a.oee lir.oul rger to oor. A resolution era pai 4 the Manhattan Ved cel S9ctTy. rr.etlnr Dr vr" raes'ar 1 1 I 11 I 'I s.

QUICK RELIEF from body pains. Federal LawJC, Enforcement Discounted By Profess or The escrueiatinc palna ri rbcumatito, lame bark. lumbico, tiffnesa, asi rprsins pre wty rartsntlr. whea you use faxacxj Johxuoo't Red Ctcm a ter. Stops paia by rraarr iog congestion armth, maaaa ge, tad tx4 icatioa.

Clean, eary to ViilUons aold ytsxly. Laoa er Se Re. mm fatter RED CROSS PLASTER dt iiinxiin hi ss i i HELP KIDJlEYS DmI Taae OrwUe Or Toa hare ml.uoa usy taM or D.Urs la toat KOdaeys nay be endaa rered tv cs ag tr 3 I rite Una Crura Be poorly functioa.ng Kldseft Hladder make vtxt euSer Oetting Up Nighta. Leg rverv eaeaa SuZstea. Smarting.

Actd.ty. lUMomtU Palaa Liasbtga Loea of doct eraate a at nia. i ry ma Ooetfrfs preerr Crstax croansce4 Aa! teal, rornsola ta every pciP Start worn ta IS auaatea Seeo and tone raw. Irritated Caeaea 1 1 la helping rSrm is fiarante4 to Cx yt mra or empty pacaara. CTW" only TSe at all crxrj U' Ar Aie HA NCi.

A1ET NTPKTr BOBZXT 4W Mi XA2f lila y. urvru ee mmt See e) 114 JAM ti O'r roo4 work of tbe organization aad 'j the Order of Eastern Star chap. Wi km aiweaee. Tr tera I Bowman of Umoa do Seata Cory J' Uverad Us principal adireaa. Afcataa.

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