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singing and plenty of refreshments.
There were 25 kiddies present, Miss
Evelyn Powell, supervisor and Mrs.

GOLDEN ARROW
~ The-Gelden Arrow boys club at
the Clifford Street Center are tak
taking~ useful articles for their

Womes,, Notice to all members: The

meetings are held each

ursday at 6 p. m, at the Clifford

=F center, The boys who at
the meetings will go to the
Priday.

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Troop No. 45 is planning a big
carnival at the Clifford Center in
the near future, All details will be.
published in the next issue. We
know the public will give these
boys its hearty jcooperation in
this affair,

GAY 16 CLUB OBSERVES
NEGRO HISTORY WEEK

The Gay 16 Club of the St. John
Recreation Center presented an interesting program at the International Institute Thursday evening
at which time more than three
hundred were present to hear a
revue of the life history of outstanding Negro men and women:
Characters reviewed
Mary McLedg Btthune by Althea
Dent; George Washington Carver
by Margaret Holman; Booker T.
Washington, by Elizabeth McNeil;
Paul Lawrence Dunbar~ by Essie
Brooks; Paul Lawrence ~ Dunbar
poem. by Margaret Lee; Welcome
address by Beatrice Hare and mistress of ceremonies by Margaret
Lee. Mrs. Odell Broadway and
Mrs. Mazella Ennis were in charge.
The remaining part of the evening
was spent in social dancing to the

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The Fidelis Club entertained
its friends and sweethearts at a
Valentine Leap Year party given
at the home of Miss [della Allen

~{on OCampau on ~*~ last Wednesday | }
evening. Social dancing led in they:

evening fun with games being played also, Both prizes were. won by

down game and also for finding
ithe mysterious couple which were
Miss Otelia Broadway and Mr.
Grady. Truss. Valentines were
Placed in a large box for this purpose anq distributed just before a
delightful buffet luncheon consisiing of heart shaped sandwiches,
canapes, candy and punch, ail

out the reg motif signifying Valentine~s Day. Some cimic
Valentines were given out and this
creqted much amusement among
the group. Those who helped celebrate were: Misses Otelia Broadway, Ethel Broadway, Doris Ford.
Cloteal Moore, Spencell Pittman,
Katie Lanier, Alberta Frazier,
Idella Allen, Emma Truss, Magdalene Hamilton Violet Phinisee and
the Messrs. included I..W. Truss,

Frank Wyle, ~Tyree Nelson, Grady
Truss, Luther Weston, Roscoe Hil,
Oliver Jones, Eli Copeland, Charlie
Milis -ang Mr. Williams, Sometime

during -the month of March ~here
will be a St. Patricks Day party
given. - The last Sunday in this
inonth, there will be guest day at
which time any and all members |
of the clib are. privileged to bring |
outsiders to their meeting if they
Gesire to do so,

The Ringsiders club was in high)
gear last Saturday night when
they entertained themselyes at the~
home of Mr, ang Mrs. Henry G.'
Reynolds. There was a healthful!
aire of good fellowship and general sociability which made ~every-'
one feel that life is interesting.
-Jerry.Cavette is president. Tine
~club will come together at least
twice per month.
HMACKLEY-DUNBAR FINE ARTS
CLUB

The Hackley-Dunbar Fine Arts
Club met at the home of Mr. and
Mrs, Robert Wilson on Dwight St;
last week-end. The meeting was
presided over by Dr, J. W. Moore,
the president. There were a large
number of the members present.
Mr. William Roquemore developed
a lot of interest in his discussion
on the subject: The Indigestible
Czechs, His point was to show how
difficult it is for the Germans
j to assimilate~ these erstwhile free

people. Mrs..J. W, Moore chair
Bes of the study program conducted the debate which followed ~4
the program, the ~Czech discussio
The subject of the debate was ~Resolve that Industrial - Education is
| best for the Negro,~ The Affirmaeee was represented by Mrs. Rosa
L, Kemp and Mr. Lawrence CromW weil while the negative was taken
care of by Dr. J. W. Moore and
Mr. Cotter. Owing to the fact that,
the original participants for the
negative side were absent it be-; came necessary for Dr. J. W.
| Moore ang Mr, Cotter to argue for
| the negatives. It was the negatives
' good fortune lo win the debate. Ai
che next meeting, Mesdames Cromwell and Cotter will appear On the
program.

FIRST Negro woman cael | ~o~
eny state legislature in the
United States. Mrs. E. Woware

| Harver was appointed by tie
governor of West Virginia to sijc
| ceed her husband who diea 92
| ecemibeg 21, ~1927.

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Mr. Charles Mills for a new spell]

| the

By DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK
For ANP

~Enthusiasm
Vs. Bullets

| ENTHUSIASM MOST certainly
has its place in the sceme of things
~as they pertain to man~s struggles
and attainments. Enthusiasm has
~time and again swept. away to adivantage that comes with over~whelming numbers. It was said of
~Napoleon that he could not fight
~his best battles until outnumbered
~two to one; and then he generated
~a contagious enthusiasm that stirired the hearts of his soldiers to
~superhuman sacrifices and deeds of
~valour. But at Waterloo enthusi~asm could not stand before the
freinforcements that Wellincton
trought uv in the decisive hour. In
other words, enthusiasm has its,
plece ~but its possibilities are
strictly limited by certain untoward circumstencesr.

Tt was even so in the conauest of
Fthiopian by the. Ttalfans.. The

of enthusiam and Negroes in this
country were hopeful until the last
that the courage of the Ethiopians
could stem the tide of Italian ad
Ethiorians were swept by a storm |

BETWEEN THE LINES

German legions. Efficient armies
limit - -enthusiasm - considerably.
Newspaper accounts cannot make
amends for what weak nations do
not~ have. Today the world is enthused over the Finns. So far as
the press accounts ~are concerned
the Finns are ~wiring the Russians
-from the face of the earth.~ Every
morning the Finns have ~cut to
pieces another Russian division.~

WORLD NOW WEEPS

It is going to take more: than
enthusiasm to save Finland. It is
going to take more than newspaper
accounts to stem the tide of
Russian advance. No one discounts
the bravery of the- Finns, neither

did anyone discount the bravery
of the Ethicpians, but the fact remains, the small nations are doomed before the greed and power of
the stronger nations. The world

~that was

world what has gone on here un
that sat supinely by and Iet Italy

gnashing its teeth over what. is |
happening in Finland. ~The world
that its cheek ~ in silence
before the brutalitie; of Italy in

Ethiopia is now lifting its hands in | ~Ty

oly horror over the plight of the |
Finns.

A queer world this! Our country |
~strictly neutral~ has
come outright for the Finns and
even the govegnment is contemplating a loan. It would be a
mighty fine thing for some of our
~deeply concerned Americans~ to
know that we have a ~Negro: Finland~ here in these United States.
We have ~black Jews~ here. ~We:
have a ~black Czechoslovakia~, a
Negro China!. What goes~on in
these foreign countries is not a bit:
worse than what goes on here!
Tf what is happening in Europe~
could rivet upon the minds of the

noticed, the tribulation of Europe

vance, But it was manifest from
beginning that erthusiasm
could not~ mateh the ~ scientific
rreparation and efficiency of the
It-lians and so today E hicpia lies
~Prostrate in thé dust of conquest.
Africans in this country kert us
astir with stories of the valor of
the Ethicpians. The fact that this
little country had never been conquared stirred more enthusiasm
and hope. But in the end Ethiopia

scientifically equipred.

RASH BELIEF ~ |
It fwas rash in the healitrine to
imagine that there would-be any
other outcome. But we were enthusiastic. Our press played up
the Ethiopian vaor and - played
down the might of Italian arms.
We became strictly vropagandist
~n our outlook. But this could not
cave the Ethiopians who. were
firhting seainst too dreadful odds.
Even. today after several months
have elansed we grasn at evervthing that even remotely suggests
thet Ethiopia is not entirely prostrete,

Neither our enthusiasm nor our
prayers can save a situation that
eslis for force of & arms. Prayers
and enthusiasm: have their place
rlace but this place is not tn such
situation as faced Ethiopia. Ethionia needed a strong armv of welltarined men and not pravers alone.
The world sympathized with Bthiopia but she needed material help
and not sympathy merely.

mar

When Germany attacked. Poland
the sympathy of the world was with
the Poles but Germary had _ the
heavy artillery and within 18 days

even the syurernuman bravery and
enthusiasm Of the Poles could. not
withstand the onslaughter of the

was overpowered by superior forces |

Move To

By CLIFF
ATLANTA, Ga~(SNS)~

v contested fight om the floor of
Detroit next May was launched

The fight will hinge around the
determination of a militant grour
of young laymen to obtain a more
active voice and position in the af:
fairs of the African Methodist
Church.

ENDORSE HARRIS

The initial steps were taken by
the laymen in the direction of this
goal Friday with the unanimous
endorsement of Roderick B. Har
ris, treasurer of Morris Brown an6é
widely known Georgia business anc
fraternal man, for the secretaryship
of the church~s educational depart
ment.

This post was held for ~more than
a half century by laymen and: was
recently turned over to the clergy
with the appointment of Rev. C. A
Adams, who must come up for elec
tion at the General Conference
meeting. 2

Other tradition positions stil]
held by laymen are as financia}
secretary and secretary of the Sunday School Union: A. L. Jacksor
of Washington heads the financial
board and E. A, Selby of Alabams
heads the Sunday School Publishing Board.

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|: Elect
Walter Serement

CITY CLERK
City of Hamtramck

Next to_ Michigan Theatre.

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AME Laymen In

Representation
A layman~ s movement which is expected to end i in a bitter
posed of- lay delegates from all of the sixteen episcopal -districts,
|. brought their session to-a close at the Butler Street. YMCA.

Obtain

MACKAY

the AME General Conference at
Friday as the Lay College, com
SUGGESTIONS..
COMMITTEES MAKE

The agenda, adopted by the Lay
College, was drawn up through
the work of three committees, on
which were placed representatives
of the respective episcopal districts.

Approved first by the body was
the effecting of a permanent organ
ization of AME Laymen: to be called the Lay Council with Attorney
Herbert L. Dudley of Detroit as

ed ~to set in. motion a perpetual lay

Accepting the Pelee ace ~of the
Legislative committee, the group
called for an. annual audit of all
church departments by a Certified
Public Accountant and advocated
a all church schools he accredit
R B. Harris, who served as chairman of the representation commit
tee, broUght in the suggestion tha~
laymen ~should be given due, prop

president. Plans were also arto
movement.~ Attorney Dudley was |

risa te "ans tsk: Baek otidine
of word,. for one so astute as Mr.
Roosevelt. If he had said ~praise~
or ~congratulate~, it would be &
sensible statement, but this counneeds no apology for fighting
against having a Ku Kiuxer to
come on to its. court of last resort.
Judge Black hitiiself owes th
only apology that ry due. He should
apologize to the country~first fox
having ever been a Ku Kluxer;

permit denial of that fact in orcourt; third, for ~his very unbe
} coming and unchivalrous conduct }

in running and dodging disgrace
and admitted (what.was already
ee ee eeneea been 2 mem
pia

He is the party t~ offer apologies
We. are those to congratulate him
on his present conduct in spite of
his very shady past. Either he was
once a Ku Kluxer at heart of he
was double-cressing the ignorant

| round of applause..

Continuing he pointed ont that
laymen are demanding equal repre
ence, general church departments

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His ~report was received with 9

CONSTABLE
To Councilman

FRANK LEACH
City of Hamtramck

~MAYOR: OF HAMTRAMCK
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