Miami times, miami. FloridaSATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1951

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THE ELECTIONOn November 20, Miamians will go to the polls and

cast their votes for three candidates to. serve as memberses the City Commission. The run-off date has been set forNovember 27.

Up to the present time 17 candidates have qualified,including Commissioners Louie Bandel and William W.Charles, wTho seek re-election. They are: John Diaz, H.Leslie Quigg, John Red Lake, Frank Gaber, Peter Niles,Lawrence B. Rohan, Jr., A. C. Dressier, Jas. W. High, JackHorsley, Miss Lula B. McLendon, Wm. T. Davis, ChelsieJ. Senqrchia, Joe J. Mason, Geo. W. Faden, Robert Givens.

WORLD SERIESAs this is being written the World Series in Baseball

is about to begin between the Yankees and the New YorkGiants. The Dodgers after blowing an early 13 and a halfgame lead, fought doggedly for a comeback. They camemighty near getting the pennant but fortune was against

.them and they lost the rubber game in the last half of the•ninth inning. We are 100 percent Dodger fans and werevery much disappointed, but such is the way of baseball.

5 Being with the National League we now hope the Gi-ants will give a good account of themselves, we will bepulling for them.

HAT IN HAND Vs. CHIP ON SHOULDERAs bad as the old fashioned “Uncle Tom,” hat in hand

Negro is the new “chip on the shoulder” variety who ispresent in too large numbers in many northern communi-ties.' These latter folks have the mistaken idea that to ob-tain and maintain their rights, they have to be over-ag-gressive in their attitudes whenever they come in contactwith White fellow citizens. They are the type who spota racial slight or slur in the most innocuous remark by amember of some other racial group. They are the kind ofpeople who look for race discrimination where none existsand loudly declaim about it.

Many of the “chip on the shoulder” people, men andwomen, exhibit much of the intolerance, which is found inthe majority group and against which we constantly in-veigh.

Os course, we can understand how many Negroes getthat jvay. Oppression and discrimination, legalized in manyareas of the nation, naturally tend to make many of themrestive, bitter and antagonistic, especially when they moveto a section of the nation where they are accorded the pri-mary civil rights. However, these people have an obliga-tion to return fair treatment in the north, not surly “knockthe chip off my shoulder” attitudes, bit by friendlinessand understanding.

People don’t make real progress by pushing otherpeople around and keeping other people down. This goesfor blacks as well as whites. The “chip on my shoulder”attitude is a road-block to cooperation and understandingbetween the races and it ought to be combatted whereeverfound.

This is not to suggest that Negroes ought not resentwith all their might, insults, intimidation or unfair treat-ment meted out to them, or their fellows. There is a dif-ference between honest defense of person and propertyand the aggressive “knock the chip off my shoulder” be-ligerence which characterizes the conduct of too many ofus. It doesn’t make friends for us, or progress—lndiana-polis Recorder.

THE LIVING CONSTITUTIONDuring this year’s legislative session, the state of

California took a step which should be followed through-out the country. The California Legislature passed a lawwhich requires that a course in the Constitution and inAmerican history be a condition for graduation from highschools, junior colleges, state colleges, and the state uni-versity.

That requirement coming at a time when enemieswithin and without the nation are bent on destroying theletter and spirit of the Constitution is a matter of theutmost importance.

The Constitution is our first line of defense againsttyranny and oppression. As Percy V. Long, a leading SanFrancisco attorney and author of “The Story of the Con-stitution” has written, “Under the Constitution the onlypower to govern is under ‘rule of law,” securing to the in-dividual the right to go and to come and to stay; to enjoy I

THE SPECTATORBY ELLIOTT J. PIEZE

BTW ALUMNI PREPARE FORHOME-COMING CELEBRATION

Having successfully sponsoredthe first two in the series ofTornado Football Receptions atthe Rockland Palace—the first onlast Thursday, Sept. 27, whenBrooks High school of Quitman,Ga., was the guest, and the sec-ond on this Thursday, October 4,when Carver High school was thegue6t, the Booker T. Washington

Alumni Association is now in themidst of preparation for theschool’s Annual Home-comingFootball Game and all of the ac-companying features which willbe played and celebrated onThursday, Nov. 1. As was thecase last year, the Alumni willsponsor the Home-coming Foot-ball Game as well as the annualReception following the game.The Alumni are going all out tomake this year’s Home-comingthe greatest in the history of theschool, and that will really haveto be something great.

STANTON HIGH OFJACKSONVILLE HOME-COMING OPPONENT

The hard fighting Gridders ofStanton High School of Jackson-ville, Florida will be the Torna-does’ Home-coming oppents.Stanton is always noted for hav-ing one of the finest high choolteams in the state, and this yearis no exception. Patrons who at-tend this game of all games canexpect to witness one of the fin-est football encounters ev«r play-ed at Dorsey Park.

QUEEN HENDERSON TOREIGN DURING CELEBRATION

Charming Miss Jacquelin Hen-derson, the Alumni’s Queen ofHome-coming, will reign overthe varied festivities during theannual celebration. Riding atopthe beautiful Alumni Float, whichwill bring up the rear of the gi-ant parade which will preceed thefootball game, Queen Hendersonwill be flanked by two charmingattendants in the person of MissesCatherine Moon and Eloise Plum-ber, who will serve as part of herofficial court. Together they willpresent the most attractive unitin the entire parade.

In addition to Alumni’s Float,there will be a long line of otherfloats and parade units, repre-

senting various classes and or-

ganizations in the school. Topp-

ing this list will be the float

carrying the Sweetheart of the

Tornadoes, the very attractiveMiss Gaynell Sharpe, a memberof the 11th grade, who will also

be flanked by two attendants,

Miss Marva Forbes, also of the11th grade, and Miss Hazel War-ren of the 10th grade. The parade

will begin at 6 o’clock that even-ing, Thursday, November 1, andthe football game will startpromptly at 8:15

Following the football, the en-

tire group and all other support-ers will go down to the RocklandPalace to attend the AnnualHome-coming Reception in honor

I of the Tornadoes and their guestsfrom Stanton high school of

i Jacksonville. The Alumni Queenjof Home-coming and her entirecourt, the Sweetheart of the Tor-nadoes and her attendants, and

1 all other key personnel will be: honored guests at the Reception,

| and will be among those compli--1 mented. The Reception will befeatured by a number of specialattractions, all designed to makeit a mare interesting affair for all

1 who attend.j Another interesting Alumnistature which will be seen in the

1 Home-coming parade, will be theAlumni Majorette, in the personof Miss Constance Williams, whoat one time was rated as one ofthe greatest stepping majorettesat dear ole BTW High. Havinggraduated, and now a member ofthe Alumni, Miss Williams willcarry the colors of the AlumniBlue and white and will leadthe giant Home-coming parade,in a manner that is destined tobring applause and more ap-plause from everyone who wit-nesses the spectacle.

REGISTRATION BOOKS NOWIN PRECINCT

J The combined city-county reg-istration books are now in thevarious precincts, for the conven-

I ience of those persons who coiidnot get down to the courthouse toregister and become quaified tovote in the coming elections. Thebooks were placed in the precinctson Tuesday of this week, and willremain there until Saturday night.If you do not know where to goto register, just call 9-3411, theoffice of the Supervisor of Regis-tration, tell them where you live,and they will tell you where togo to register. Remember, onlythose voters who have never reg-

the family relations; to pursue honest industry and inno-cent recreation; to exercise freedom of opinion, of wor-ship, and of speech; and the rights of private property.

“ ‘To secure these rights governments are institutedamong men,’ as stated in the Declaration of Independence.It was the message to the world, proclaiming the Ameri-can philosophy of government.”

That message was never more vital to our strengthand our very survival than now. There can be no questionthat much of the teaching in our schools, and particular-ly colleges, along with many of the textbooks in currentuse, is inimical to the Constitution and to those liberties itguarantees. California has taken a splendid step. No youngperson should be allowed to graduate from school or col-lege without a thorough understanding of those eternal,living principles upon which our nation was created.

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JUST BROWSIN’By Paul R. Henry

The 50 mile wind on Monday-Tuesday sent a little scare intosome of us. It looked somewhathurricane like. There was a plen-ty of rain.

Archdeacon John E. Culmerand family have returned to Mi-ami after three weeks in NewYork city where the Archdeaconwas supplying at St. Martin’sEpiscopal church in that city.

Ted Williams of the Red Sox,•ne of the great ball players whoought to know, says the Yankees•wall take the series in five games,probably four lam taking is-sue with Mr. Williams, I believethe Giants will play it closer.

The Chicago White Sox hassigned Leander Tugerson, 21-year-old right hand pitcher withtheir Colorado Snrings team.Tugerspn is a Floridian who hasbeea with the IndianapolisClowns this season.

i The World Series game is re-sponsible for the postponement ofthe Joe Lpuis and Rocky Marci-ano fight at the Polo Grounds,October 11. It will be held atMadison Square Garden on Oc-tober 21.

! Next week a civil defensetraining program will be launch-ed in the schools of Dade county.Three two-hour indoctrinationsessions will be held for the prin-cipals, attendance is compulsory.

The population of Greater Mi-ami, according to the 1950 censusis 488,000 This figure places Mi-ami 10th among the Metropoli-tan centers of the South.

Two hundred and fifty mem-bers of the Associated Press metin San Francisco to fight againstthe “tightening down of newsbarriers at home and abroadbrought about by the new exec-utive order issued by PresidentTruman.

The Supreme Court has beforeit this week several racial issues.The court must decide on suchimportant issues as segregationin public schools, denial of theright to vote in Mississippi, andthe refusal of the Florida SupremeCourt to order the University ofFlorida to admit five Negroes onan unrestricted and unsegregatedbasis.

Well, the New York Giantsplay the World Series. The wincame after the Dodgers hadtrounced Maglie. It was the bot-tom of the 9th, one out and twoon. Dodgers 4 Giants 2, whenMgr. Dressen took out Newcombe.What a mistake, said I, thenBranca came in, pitched strikeone and a home run ball, and itwas all over. You will never con-vince this writer that Newcombewould have lost that game. Any-way Dressen should know??

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BIRTHMr. and Mrs. Garth Coleridge-

Reeves announce the birth of ason,

Garth Coleridge, Jr.Thursday, October 4, 1951

OmissionThe following paragraph was

inadvertently omitted from the ac-?-nmt of ’he Consecration of theRt. Rev. Martin Bram, publishedon our first page on September29

“The sermon was ably preachedby the Ri. Rev. Francis EricB : ov. D.D.. S.T.D., Bishop of LosAngeles. His text was: “For meto live is Christ and to 'die isgain.”

istered or who have changed ad-dress since registering are requir-ed to register now.

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