Ipswich High School - Tiger Yearbook (Ipswich, MA)

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LEIHQEIEBIIEELQEIBIEEIIZ and Hampton were multiplied to house and educate all Negro children. Out of the swampland would come hundreds more like the composer, William Grant Still, the author of Native Sonf' Richard VVright, the first doctor to operate on a man's heart, Dan VV illiams, the soy bean research chemist, Percy julian, the sculp- tc,r, Edmonia Lewis. There are many more - names today, heroes tomorrow. These are Negroes who have profited by their education, who have proved false the white man's theory that an educated Negro is a useless one. Here is the yes' to our question, Has any Negro made use of his education? What can we do about this Negro edu- cation - or lack of it? As New Eng- landers, it really does not directly con- cern us. As Americans it does. Knowing that Negroes when they are given an education have proved their equality with white people we can understand their problem from a new angle, a more constructive angle. Now we can stand up as voters for Federal educa- tion laws in the South, we must stand against the white supremacy which legis- lates against Negro education and ad- vancement - against the solution of our problem. Lincoln took the Hrst step in freeing the black people from actual bondage, let ns free them from social bondage. i Then no longer shall we feel the guilt and shame occasioned by the poet Cullenis words, Yet do l marvel at this curious thing: To make a poet black and bid him singfi 8 Ei El Ei Ei EB Ei El iliibftifl SB Ei 635353154 Ei Ei-5315! X X 3fE'gig POLAND AND WORLD CULTURE By Alfreda Cuik ENTURIES ago, out of the merging of Slavic races of central Europe, there was born a group of people des- tined from their very beginning to be- come a gullible victim to servitude. They were a short, fair-complexioned race, these Poles, gentle, submissive, un- aggressive - lovers of beauty and art. It is their stubborness and power of endurance cultivated at hard schools that have, through the vicissitudes of the ages, prevented their becoming extinct. From the sea in summer, from the steppes in winter, slave-raiders ruth- lessly seized what little property they owned, bordering countries tried suc- cessively to conquer the feeble, poli- tically-corrupt country. In vain did Po- land turn to Germany, who she hoped would be an instrument of deliverance, the fatal results are history. Under the sceptre of the Russian Emperor, the only other alternative, she was promised freedom in faith, speech, and self- government. Therein lies a crux, how- ever, Poland had adopted Latin Chris- tianity whereas Russia had turned Or- thodox, making a serious clash which hasn't yet been allayed. So desperate have the Polish been that their name has become almost synonymous with bondage. In spite of menacing handicaps and the physical minuteness of the land, however, the contributions of Poland to world culture are such that would bene-

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MEIEEEIQ EEQWSBEIELSJBIMJEJ EIlElEl3JElElMl53lLiilEiJBlE?llZlflCMlKlI!JWE21L1EBIMMEJM as she can. She wants more than Holly- wood stardom, she wants the Negro to be portrayed on the screen as is any other American, voting at the polls, do- ing the dishes, or eating a sundae at the corner drug store. She has only one fault - she is an introvert and cannot project her personality beyond herselfv - so says columnist Elsa Maxwell, but Lena Horne is still tops on our billing. The auditioning room of the Juilliard School of Music was silent. Paul Wag- ner was auditioning the eight-year-old daughter of a Port-of-Spain concert pian- ist. The child was to play Rachmani- noffis Prelude in C sharp Minorf' She seated herself and began. Wagner heard sixths played instead of the octaves fre- quent in this selection, then realized the child's hands could not reach the octaves. He was so impressed by her talent and ingenuity that he helped her career, and at twelve she was soloing Tschaikov- skyis Piano Concerto with the Juilliard orchestra. As she grew older and a necessity came for her to raise money, she began working in a night club doing her own arrangements of the classics. With her excellent education and train- ing she is at twenty-five one of todayis top entertainers. Lately she gave a con- cert, all the funds of which went to help a young girl whose legs have been am- putated. Her name? Hazel Scott. Then, the educator, Booker T. Wash- ington. When the teacher asked the ragged black child from the coal mines his name, he aimed as high as he could and said it was Washington. And in- deed he became the father of his peo- ple. For after working his way through Hampton University, he was recom- mended as principal for the training school for which a white merchant and a skilled Negro Workman in Alabama had raised two thousand dollars. Arriv- ing at Tuskegee, he asked where the school was. There isn't any - yet, he was told. But he was not discouraged, and Tuskegee was to see before many years a big and beautiful school, Tus- kegee Normal and Industrial Institute, which Washington raised money for, built, and taught. It was a co-educa- tional Negro school, teaching mainly oc- cupational training. Great honors came to Booker T. Washington, whose insti- tute has since taught three-quarters of a million black children the way to het- ter living. Few have done as much to help so many on their way. Let us remember his words, No matter how poor you are, how black you are, or how obscure your present position, each one should remember there is a chance for him, and the more difficulties he has to overcome, the greater can be his successf, And thus it seems with these seven famous Americans, they all had a hostile world to face. But they did not lack courage and made their way to fame. It was the hard Way, the long way. When we see what people can do un- der such hardship, against prejudiced opposition, we wonder what they could do if they were given encouragement and help -- if schools like Tuskegee 7

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BllKllZJl!Ell!llEll8ll!ll!ll8llZllElZMMlZ1ll5lMIlQSlMIEMl?1MM!XlMl5lBlEi ISIllillxllilllilkilEl!lzllglzllkjDill2Ql!Ul8.lKllElZll!lMl2ClZllEElll!Ql!illEk5lDilL23I fit the standing of any peoples. ln their ranks are found agents reknowned in all cultural phases. Science honors Ma- dame Curie, born of learned parents, Nlarie Skloclowska Curie, after trying ycars devoted solely to education, be- came a noble, intellectual woman. She discovered one of the greatest aids to humanity - radium, costly cure of can- cer, the result of diflicult, patient years of experimentation. One of her fondest wishes has been fulfilled, a Radium ln- stitute had been founded in Poland be- fore the war to carry on further study of the metal. Poles have always had a strong love and admiration for their homeland. As a result of this national feeling they saved Vtlestern Europe from a Bolshevist invasion in the decisive battle of War- saw in 1920. It is perhaps this protec- tive urge that has produced from a limited choice capable military leaders. Pulaski, their Revolutionary hero, who repulsed the invading enemy in near- ruinous battles, was worshipped not only for his leadership but for the fact that his men fought armies three and four times their size. Throughout their bat- tles they have been vastly outnumbered, poorly equipped, and impoverished. Yet, victories have been in their favor. Kos- ciuszko was an aid to our own Revolu- tionary causeg humanity and charm as well as militarism won him a place by the side of Washington, who promoted him to the rank of colonel. His ideals, far in advance of his age, coincided with our own visions of democracy. He Cl'l'Ci-llllt of a Republic regenerated on the basis of absolute liberty and equality before the law. In his memory, a spirited figure on horseback is mounted in Kra- kow. While on the subject of Polish aid to America, one might very well men- tion that the founder of the Interna- tional lnstitute of Agriculture was Polish Lubin, who strove to raise the condi- tions of the farmer above servitude. And in our country, who is not proud of the long list of Polish-American baseball players? - The love of the Polish people for music is shown by the large number of virtuosos they have produced. From im- poverished peasant families have come some of the greatest artists whom the world still honors highly: the pianists Rubenstein and Chopin the latter of whom dedicated his life to composing for Poland, the noted conductors Sto- kowski and Rodzinski, directors of the best philharmonic orchestras in the United States. Most accomplished among them all is Paderewski, the admirable, impulsive, temperamental genius of the piano, who died only a few years ago. He had been considered the most brilliant executioner since Liszt. His concert tours in this country aroused such enthusiasm that he was 'able to establish a permanent trust fund for musical aid to American students. To add to his accomplishments, he became an active member in native political movements and was elected the first premier of the Polish Republic. The music of the Poles expresses the depth 9