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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1949
Page
3
A Q A list presents answers to 20 questions on stamps, measures, presidents, birds, bridges, Canada, Star Spangled Banner, exploration, robin family, center of US, fruits, chemistry, continents, musical terms, Seward’s Folly, paradox versus paragon, chlorophyll, Four Evangelists, poilu. Highlights include Taft as heaviest president, Alaska purchase, Antarctica, and Cabot.
In Ogden Hall Hampton Institute displays a bronze bust of General Samuel Chapman Armstrong by former student John Biggers. The unveiling followed the Founder's Day address by Dr. Dwight O. W. Holmes of Morgan State College. Holmes urged students to be decent and to help build a decent country.
The Rosenwald Fellow and Columbia Ph.D. praised Armstrong's belief life is simple and that there is someone else in the world besides himself our downtrodden race to challenge him to live with them and serve them. He urged readiness for wider citizenship and promised rights, noting that decent jobs require being a notch better than white graduates.
Williams inquires about Duncanson the Cincinnati colored artist who traveled through Europe and painted works now treasured in Ohio institutions. Dabney recalls Duncanson’s rise, friendships with masters, and a portrait at Ohio Military Institute while noting his death in Detroit’s asylum. A reproduction loan is planned for the February 20 exhibit.
The throat is no longer inflamed and the patient has completely regained his strength. A severe sore throat should never be neglected. It can be the symptom of any one of a number of serious diseases, such as scarlet fever or diphtheria as well as tonsillitis, and a doctor should be seen immediately.
A reflective speech argues unity through equality and shared purpose. It contrasts common aims with rival ambitions and calls for universal opportunity, adherence to law, and mutual aid to sustain democracy and peace. It cites Euripides and stresses acting now, not merely as a wartime truism.
The article explains that a sore throat or tonsillitis does not always require tonsil removal. Through careful examination between attacks a physician can decide if an operation is needed. Tonsil surgery is not advised during active tonsillitis due to danger and infection spread, and is recommended after recovery.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. will serve as chairman of the National Council of the United Negro College Fund for its 1949 appeal. Thomas A. Morgan, chairman of Sperry Corporation, announced the appointment at the Fund’s headquarters on East 57th Street. Rockefeller also chaired the 1948 effort when the council was established.
The report outlines continued leadership by Mr Rockefeller of the National Council for the Fund aiding thirty one privately financed Negro colleges. It notes 60 communities raised 1 145 896 in 1948 to support operating costs and facilities. Winthrop Aldrich to serve as national treasurer for the 1949 fund drive next April.
Rufus Johnson of Philadelphia seeks admission to the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, bringing the number of Negroes now studying to be Catholic priests in the Order to seven. Johnson professed temporary vows at St. Joseph's Friary. Others who have professed vows include Brother Claude, formerly Paul Smith, of Baltimore, and Brother Martin, formerly Herbert Carter, of High Point, North Carolina. Four additional Negro candidates study in the Society's Graymoor preparatory seminary near Peekskill.
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