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24 LINCOLN NEWS LINCOLN MEN WORK WITH THE ARMSTRONG ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA Monroe D. Dowling 1 01' I Ik past six yours through an endowment li n. I y sonic far-sighted citizen oT Philadelphia. lw sliidenls have liccn selected from I lie Senior Class oT l.iueoln I'niversily. by I Ik family. upon I lie rrrnmmemlul inn t f (Ik professor of social sciences, In do Held work wil.li Hie Armstrong Asso- ciation of Philadelphia, which is allil- ialed willi Hie National (Than League. 'I'liese sliidenls are reipiired lo have some knowledge of Hie social sciences, particularly (In clemenls of sociology. Ih fore going further. however, into the several ilnlies of lliese sliidenls. il is well lo know wlial I he Armstrong Association of Philadelphia is. and for wlial il stands. Ahonl Iwenly years ago some pnhlic- spiriled cili ens of Philadelphia, henevoleiil l.v inclined, conceiving Hie idea lo improve Ihe economic roinli- lions of (lie Negro in I heir rommun- ily. h.v acquainting employers with I In merits of Negro labor, founded Ihe Armslrong Association of Philadel- phia. This association has more Ilian surpassed Ihe cxpcclulions of Ihe rounders, mainly because of Ihe wide- spread popularity which il has ob- tained. Al Ihe end of Ihe Iasi fiscal year. Seplcmlicr lirsl. over three hun- dred placements have been made, menial and industrial, placing in Ihe hands of Ihe Negro, wage earnings ex- ceeding lifly million dollars annually. Laler. it was seen that in order lo have a standard labor supply il was necessary lo aid the assimilation of colored people in (In eotumiiuily; therefore a neighborhood secretary was organized. Knowing loo. Ihe ad- visability of obtaining more and hel- ler opportunities for Ihe Negro in in- dustry, a department of industrial work was organized; Ihe object of Ibis department is to impress upon em- ployers (lie availability of Negro labor and its suitability for industrial work: Lincoln sliidenls are ofleu employed in Ibis department. In view of the faci I hat Ihe organ- ization acts as a clearing house for social work among colored people, a department of research was innovated in conjunction with Ihe depart menl of industrial work. This depart menl is fortunate in occupying a very aullior- italive • silion in conneclion with all information dealing with Ihe Philadel- phia Negro; so milhnrilalivc has il be- come, llial aid only iirofessioe l social workers use il. but also business or- ganizations. churches, departments in Ihe Oily. Stale, ami National govern- ments. sliidenls in schools and uni- versities as widely separated as .Mass- achusetts. California. Wisconsin and Ccorgin. If is in (bis depart men! llial (lie students from Lincoln I'niversily are employed and trained. Every year vital questions as In the activity of the colored people in the Community arise, which can only lie answered by a study of conditions and facilities al hand for solving such con- dii ions. This year Ihe question which faced us. was, what provisions are made for Ihe leisure lime activity of (lie underprivileged Negro? In order lo answer, aulliorilnl ively, such a question, il was necessary lo make a I borough study of all Ihe recreational facilities of Philadelphia. This appar- ently stupendous task was given to Mr. Charles (S. Lee. one of the out- standing members of Lincoln's grad- uating body and the writer, who were lo lie directed and assisted by ihe in- dustrial research «morelary. The lirsl thing we did was to deter- mine the nature of recreational facili- ties; listed Ihnse lhat were characler- islic and proceeded lo make conlacl with them; by conlacl I mean visits, interviews and observations. Mr. Lee look Ihe playgrounds and I Ihe sellle- menl houses; Ihe community center,t we divided. II required about three months lo complete these contacts, making al least four a day. Then we made a study of I Ik vannus recrea- tional facilities provided' by the mu- nicipality. such as parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, organized recreation in the schools, etc., which was about Ihe most dillicull part of Ihe work, as many olllcials were encountered who had lo be convinced of Ihe ailvisahilily of such a study, l-'inallv. a study was made of II.....ommercial recreational facilities; bv commercial recreational facilities is meant, dance halls, pool rooms, cabarets, resteurauls. billiard parlors, howling alleys, gymnasiums, fraternal orders, etc. Such a survey, as you can easily perceive, is nol a dillicull (ask. although il is very com- prehensive. This survey now places in Ihe re- search department of Ihe Armslrong Association of Philadelohia a com- plete and detailed account of I Ik re- creational facilities of Ihe (lily of Philadelphia. We have concluded Ibis survey and naturally we have drawn certain con- clusions. Unfortunately., however. I am unable al this time to divulge anv in- formal ion itutil (lie work has been passed upon by those in authority: iml lei me say lltal until I'O Negro learns how to spend his leisure lime prolilahlv and intelligently, there is no hope of elevating his economic status. BUGHOUSE FABLES Holm Williams bought a package of cigarettes. Pablo boss is a woman-hater. Fox misses a meal. I 'red Williams in a quiet mood. Smillie is the wide-awake hoy in his math class. Tin long and short of il;—Lank Al- len and Perrigan. We would like (o know whom “Hue.” Nelson loses his ln ud about when he goes lo Phillv. The only thing that spoils Shelton's dav is the if:. {(! A. M. bell. Luke; “Whazzamaller. Lew? (Jot a cold ? .Moseley: “Yell, I slept in a stable, last nigh! and woke a I idle horse.” Lost:- An umbrella, by a man willi a wooden head. Kinder nleasr return lo K. .Mourning, Lincoln L'niversilv. “Hurny Seaborne is si ill working on bis theory of Ihe relativity of cards. Mike Mitchell, loud and wrong al- ways “knows belter” in an argument. You can'l kid a kidilcr,” says Kidd. Oris Palmer -The campus strong- man? HOW DO YOU WORK BEST? Newspapers and periodicals reveal the fad llial most successful men are conslanlly receiving letters asking almiil their personal habits. The cor- respondents waul lo know under wlial circumstances Ihe great do I heir work Jm sI. They even inquire as lo wlial Ihe eminent eat and wear. Mill Nye was «nice asked wlial dollies he wore and how he dressed. He answered: “In the morning I wear morning dollies, in Ihe evening I wear evening dollies and in Ihe uighl I wear uighl dollies. Ahonl Ihe best rule for doing your best work is In IIml those conditions IliaJ suit you best, wherein Ihe brain fund ions most elTed ively. Wlial Iliose .conditions are vary among itulivid- pals. I. personally, like moderatelv quiet surroundings, my desk some- what disarranged, some ashes and match slicks on Ihe Hour and fresh breeze fanning Ihe room. I do liud il dillimll lo work with a cinder in my shoe, as J have a I present. Eli MelchnikolT. the llussian Jew. who became one of Ihe famous mi- crobe haulers and who discovered dial in Ihe human body there are cells hostile lo disease microbes, said llial lie could always work best when pret- ty girls were close hv. In vour case, as in mine, litis kind of surrounding might have a disturbing effect. Paul Ehrlich, another experimenter, used lo have grind-organ musicians play music outside of the laboratory, lie said llial he could work heller by soft music. Just imagine wlial Ik could have done If lie had had a radio. Dickens always had lo have (Ik same kind of paper, blue ink and a quill pen. when In worked. Stephen rosier, an American song writer, com- posed his melodies in a quiet room with heavy draperies and carpets. Newspaper men. used lo Ihe noise of typewriters and Ihe ceaseless bustle of Ihe copy room, sometimes liud il dilli- cull In do their best where il is quiet. Here I might mention in passing that il pleases me very much and adds lo my comfort lo hear Hill Hill and someone in a duel sing “A Song I Love - lliev have passed on. Mark Twain used lo write his lies! stuff lying in bed wearing an old- fashioned night-gown. I wonder if lie would have been Ihe same Mark Twain in this (pajama) age? Ilazlill. (Ik essayist, recommends a brisk outdoor walk before work hours. Schuberl scratched off some of bis bi s( songs al odd limes. One of his famous pieces was jolted down on the back of the bill of fare of a beer gar- den as lie wailed for a companion. .Jlist suppose (here had been prohibi- tion in Ins day! The best thing lo do is nol to try to imitate somebody else, but to liud Ihe lime when your own Ihoughls How wilh greatest ease, and llieu work hard! You must have I Ik anihiliou to create and Hie will to work hard. I . S. T. JUDEE II disail les clioses dc moi II III aehelail Four Ireinle francs. El a-la-meme letups M' appelail le I'rere. JIVEIl JACKSON

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26 LINCOLN NEWS THEATHEI8T THE ATHEI8T small, lias ils radicals, ils agnostics, its pessimists, and ils atheists; and our institution is not an exception. Thera are those who would have the atheist banished from our Christian institution, fearing that his arguments will change other young men. and cause them to follow in the atheistic path. There arc also those who claim that the atheist doesn't deserve to en- joy the privilege of attending an insti- tution that was founded through the hard labor of Christian men. The question that now arises is: must wc keep him or must wc let him go? If we banish him we arc doing injustice to humanity, and if we keep him we arc doing injustice to the youths who come into contact with him. Taking the atheist into considera- tion. he is part of us. with all of his skepticism, all of his pessimism, and all of his radicalism, lie is essentially a part of our make-up; without him we would he minus of an essential ele- ment that makes up the intellectual compound. If we analyze carefully the contents of the atheistic argument do we not find that some of it is valid? Some may say then, if his argument is valid that we all should become atheists, pessimists, radicals. No! Validity doesn't always assert truth; an argument mav be true yet invalid. The radical generally puts forth the valid argument minus the truth, while the Bible champion places his truth in an invalid form. The young man then from Christian homes should seek to place his true argument in a valid form. In our “Bull Sessions. the atheist generally wins with the majority on his side, and leaves our poor hearer of Christian principles drowned in the rolling waves of criticism. Seemingly, every one in the midst belongs to a universal order of atheism, and our “Bible Champion in the Bull Session feels himself a failure. When he ana- lyzes the situation, he finds that it was all his fault for failure, lie hadn’t prepared. Then if he has the grit and courage he sails forth with harder work and more determination. In this way the atheist has helped him. The atheist causes us to consider questions that scarcely would sug- gest themselves to us. lie causes us to study to combat his witty ami timely arguments, lie causes us to strive to pass his eloquence in speech that we may be heard above him. and after all lie cannot hurt, he can only help. S. G. STKVF.NS. ’31 LIFE’8 PATHWAY8 Life is hut a rocky pathway. Coursing straight o’er hill and dale: Mortal beings arc the travelers Faring o'er this tiring trail. But there are many other pathways Leading from the road of life; Smooth and tempting, easier troad. Luring only on to vice. Hearken, then. Oh. Men of Lincoln! Heed to what I have to say. Tread not on these other by-paths. Tread the straight and narrow way. E. G. ROBERTS THE 8TAR GAZER As I gaze into the cold, black, field of sky. Bedecked with teaming points of sil- ver light. I watch the shining disks swing truly on Through countless miles of frigid, airless void. I wonder, if in God's kind Drovidcnce His pleasure was to bless them as our own. To grace them, with a cultured race of men Whose knowledge might surpass our paltry kin. As far as wc the cave man’s simple home. I wonder if the whirling nebula That seems a screen to veil the upper realms Is but a ball of gaseous space Expanding in the raroncss of the void. Who knows, hut it may he a system freed From intercourse with creatures crude as wc. Whose principles of culture wo would mar; Adulterate its great profundity. The Heavens truly elevate the mind. It leads to thoughts of greater things. Oh. why docs God smile down upon us here Who manifest such .feeble, weakly faith? Why do wc gain His providential care While worlds await His guidance and concern? RICHARD LOWRIE. ’30 BOTTLED QERIW8 The largest assemblage of living germs are believed to be in the posses- sion of a famous Vienna bacteriol- ogist. By special permission, the col- lection has been placed at the Uni- versity of Chicago in a special labora- tory. Billions and billions of germs arc estimated to constitute this large collection, enough to start numerous epidemics. The germs, however, will not be in a position to escape and harm humanity. It was once staled that the influenza epidemic was caus- ed by just such a happening, that is. the escaping of a collection of the flu germ. The main purpose of these germs is to try an experiment for the extrac- tion of certain serums to be used as a cure for the disease they spread. Thus, we turn the harmful into the harmless, and instead of being a men- ace to mankind, their purposes are meant to be more or less a blessing. It will no doubt, take vast quantities of these germs to gel a small amount of serum, as in the case of the rattle- snake. Many snake farms arc estab- lished for the simple purpose of se- curing the desired scrum. Probably in a few years, there will he established germ farms, should this experiment prove successful. On the other hand, should these germs get beyond control, the entire mass of the earth's people will he wiped away, no doubt. In this collection are such germs as those which cause typhus, typhoid fever, pneumonia, and tuberculosis, together with numerous other well- known germs. THOUGHT8 Thoughts—that sounds deep and philosophical, doesn’t it? But what I am about to write will not be a philo- sophical treatise. I hone that it will lie what I had hoped it would lie, a rec- ord of my most recent thoughts. Ordinary laziness is no virtue. Many of the world’s greatest invention's have been fostered with the idea of saving our steps, our labor, our time. The genuineness of the world and I he geniuses have helped to give us the onportunily of being lazy. lie a deep, thorough and searching thinker and you can well afford to be lazy. Life as it is, does not allow us to express ourselves as wc would like to, hence wc must find outlet for self- cxnression wherever possible. My friend, tho Audubon man, lies himself to Lite end of a rope and slins over the edge of the Hudson Palisades, a perpendicular cliff. 500 feet high. Self-expression is a necessity, but don't do it haphazardly. And there he dangles with nothing but air to stand on. Then lie unstraps his kit and gets a nest—self-express- ion is a sort of safety valve. Should Ford and Rockefeller pool their holdings they could hardly tempt me to thus coax death to come and get me. I don’t know that I have ever heard of any heathen people worship- ping a spring. Why? I don't know! The movies are such magnificent li- ars that when they exhibit a man do- ing tumbling tricks on a steel girder half a mile above the United Stales I lake it with a big grandma slice of in- credulity. But some men do thrive on peril and would rather flirt with death than with a folly beauty. I wonder if the idle rich are as lazy as other idle people are? One could imagine such men astride a cyclone or throwing a ieg over a Kansas twister with oriental com- posure. Any wav I am not dangling at Hie rope till the hangsman officiates. Really. I don’t see how a man can be loo lazy to drive (he car that takes him to the club, and still be ambitious enough to play 27 holes of golf cov- ering about nine miles of tramp, tramp, tramp. U. S. T. HEARD IN OUR CLA88 ROOM Prof.: What is a natural resource? Unknown: Life saving. 4 4 • Prof.: Who was Medea? Soph.: Wasn’t she the lady with the snakes? • • • Prof.: I can lend you everything but brains! LINCOLN SENIOR8 S elf-respccling E fficicnl L audablc F riendly R eady to help E ver pleasing L eaders in all I nfringing spirit A I all cost N otable T rust wort by A. L. CROSSOX G .M. JONES