The Houston Informer and the Texas Freeman (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 50, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 9, 1931 Page: 3 of 8
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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE
THE HOUSTON INFORMER, SATURDAL, MAY 9, 1931
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Departments In Prairie View School of Arts and Sciences Explaine
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MI ITU NT WADK In 1926 Principal W. R. Banks, who
MUON NLW W VAA for eleven years had been president
of Texas College, a church institution
IS BEING DONE
OR PLANNED
By J. HENRY ALSTON, Director
The School of Arts and Sciences
was established in 1920 when the
work of the former Prairie View State
Normal School was re-organized and
put on a college basis. It was intend-
ed that this division should serve to
train teachers in industrial fields as
well as academic programs for rural
and urban schools. Recently a check-
up has shown that about seventy-
five per cent of all teachers of Texas
are former students or graduates of
Prairie View. This is the only school
supported by the state engaged in do-
ing college work for Negroes of Tex-
as.
in East Texas which he succeeded in
raising from a mere high school to a
standard college, was selected to lead
the work at Prairie View. Coming
to the work at this time when there
was a movement on foot to standard-
ize and improve Negro colleges so as
to put them on college basis, Princi-
pal Banks made a close study and
check-up on the organization and im-
mediately set himself to the task of
finding competent and efficient peo-
ple to head his departments. At this
time he found only one member of the
faculty of the college with a Master’s
degree. In less than five years. Prin-
cipal Banks has increased the num-
ber of seasoned members on the facul-
ty until at present there are nine-
teen professors with a standard Mas-
ter’s degree and four of those have
done work toward their Doctorate.
The School of Arts and Sciences at!
19 Professors With Master’s Degree the present time consists of thirteen
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departments with a teaching person-
nel of fifty-one members. The col-
lege offers a standard four-year
course leading to the Bachelor of
Science degree with a major in Edu-
cation, English, Sociology, Economics,
History, Chemistry, Biology, Physics,
Music and Physical Education. This
division also serves as a service sta-
tion for the other divisions of the
school. All the work for the entire
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institution in fundamental and basic
humanitarian subjects is taught in
this division.
Bureau Of Research
In connection with the work of the
College a Bureau of Research is son-
ducted which has for its purpose the
conducting of surveys and studies on
educational problems of the institu-
tion, the state and the country at large.
This bureau functions under the di-
rection of the department of educa-
tion with the cooperation of the en-
tire teaching staff and certain ad-
vanced students who are trained in
the fundamentals of conducting re-
search and in making and giving tests.
Practice School
The Practice School including both
elementary and high school grades is
conducted with an efficient personnel
for the purpose of supplying labora-
to facilities for students who are pre-
paring to teach and thus to enable
the state to raise the status of Ne-
gro teachers in rural and urban schools.
Here students are assigned to teach
under the supervision of college in-
structors trained in this type of work.
A full-time demonstration teacher is
employed to assist the supervisors in
carrying out their program and as
nearly as possible to maintain a model
school where students who are teach-
ing might see in practice their the-
ories which they studied in the early
years.
Science Division
The Science Division consists of
departments of Chemistry, Physics
and Biology. In the department of
Chemistry special emphasis is placed
not only in the field of pure chemistry
but in chemistry as applied to argicul-
ture and home economies. At the pre-
sent time one of the teachers of this
department is away on leave of ab-
scence making further preparation for
work of an advanced nature in the
chemistry of foods. The work of the
department of Biology is also closely
related to the fields of agriculture
and home economics. Here students
are given work in addition to the
fundamental courses in Biology, in
Human Physiology, Bacteriology, and
Botany and such other branches as
put the students in close touch with
nature. An attempt is also made in
both the departments of Chemistry
and Biology to connect up as nearly
as possible with the work in the field
of Engineering.
In the department of Physics a di-
rect attempt is made to demonstrate
to the students the practical uses of
the forces of nature and show the con-
nection between theory and practice.
Courses are offered not only in the
theory of mechanics but in optics and
electricity. Recently a large order was
made for apparatus to further enable
this department to carry out its pro-
gram.
English Department
on between our institution and col-
leges of similar grade in this and
other nearby states. A series of prog-
nostic tests is conducted to show just
how much progress is made by our
students from the time they enter
our college until they graduate. In
order to help students who have been
crippled by poor foundation in the
fundamentals, English Drill classes
are conducted by specialists on the
faculty.
Department Of Mathematics
The aim of the Department of Mathe-
matics as organized at present is to
drill students in the fundamentals of
both pure and applied mathematics
that they can ably carry on their
work in their chosen fields. This de-
partment tries to show students the
value of accurate and logical think-
ing as applied in solution of their
problems.
Foreign Languages
A thorough drill is given in the
fundamentals of such foreign langa-
ages as are necessary to serve as a
basis for advanced study and at the
same time to train our students to
intelligibly understand and carry on
intercourse and relations with our
neighboring Spanish-speaking people.
This department tries to be very
tional program. They are willing to
give it full credit in our curriculum.
They realize that “music like the
homely facts of mathematics ethico
and abstract speech, is a scientific
demonstration of the mental and spir-
itual nature of Being; for it is like
mathematics, ethics and abstract
speech, predicates a purposefully ac-
tive force, purposefully active capaci-
ties, dealing with the substance, ca-
pacities and force of the highest thing
in the highest creatures.”
In keeping with this forword move-
ment in education Prairie View is of-
fering new opportunities through its
department of music. The department
is housed in a two-story building con-
taining three teachers’ studios, recep-
tion room, class rooms, seven practice
rooms, and directors office. Standard
instruments are kept in the best of
condition for teaching and practice
purposes.
Courses of study are offered in Pia-
no, voice, public school music, band
and orchestra instruments. Perhaps
the most advanced step is recognition
of music as a college major. Stu-
dents may now pursure courses in
piano, voice and public school music
leading to a degree. In many in-
stances students who are planning to
teach, music is required to teach other
subjects. A student who has finished
a music major is more prepared for
this type of work than one who has
followed strictly a music course.
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OF N. A. A. C.P.
IN DEATH CASES
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the conviction and sentencing to death
of eight Negro boys in Scottsboro,
Alabama, charged with alleged at-
tack on two white girls, will be
launched by the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
ple, on several grounds, one of which
is that the first trial was not due pro-
cess of law and was dictated by mob
sentiment prevailing in the communi-
ty before and during the trial.
Realizing the great need for better thorough in its preparation and at the
same time to have students benefit
A precedent is seen by attorneys
for the N. A. A. C. P. in the decision
won before the United States Supreme
Court in the cases of the Arkansas
peons, (Moore v. Dempsey et al, 261
U. S.' 86) where the Supreme Court
reversed the convictions with death
sentences of six men on the ground
that although the legal forms had
been observed, a mob had dictated the
verdicts.
Representatives of the N. A. A. C.
P. branches near the scene, in Chatta-
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to as strong legal defense as possible
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of courses which help the student to
improve himself and to fit himself
for a place of usefulness in his chosen
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if they show any natural proclivity
along that line. Debating is encourag-
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by showing them the advantages to
be obtained from such study.
Department Of Social Science
The Department of Social Science,
which perhaps is last of the depart-
ments to be developed, attempts to
serve a three-fold purpose. It con-
fines itself very largely to affording
students a liberal education and at
the same time prepare trained and ef-
ficient social service workers and to
lay a foundation for preparation of
students planning to further their edu-
cation in law and related fields.
STAFF
At the present time the faculty is
composed of fifty-one members repre-
senting over forty different institu-
tions. A large percentage of teach-
ers have done considerable graduate
work and about thirty per cent have
received a second degree and are now
working on their doctorate.
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Students who wish to prepare for
concert work or the teaching of mu-
sic wholly, such as studio work, spe-
cial courses are offered in piano and
voice. The course in piano offers in-
struction in thorough technical foun- with the efforts of Communist groups
dations and fine interpretations of the
classics. Standard exercises, etudes
and compositions are used.
that it had no connection whatsoever
Graduate Department
In addition to the departments men-
tioned a graduate department has been
organized to help teachers in service
and graduates who are unable to con-
tinue their education in schools of the
North and West to further prepare
themselves and meet the standards of
the various rating boards. This work
was begun in the summer of 1930 at
which time there were enrolled al-
most a dozen students who reported
that they not only were able to re-
ceive advanced credit but much infor-
mation helpful to them in their work.
Students wishing to become profici-
ent in the art of singing find wonder-
ful opportunities in the study of voice.
Methods of the fundamental laws of
voice, vocal technique, beathing,
enunciation, interpretation, style, pow-
er of expression and repertoire build-
ing are stressed.
There has never been so much con-
sideration given public school music
than today. Our city systems are
making demands for teachers of pub-
lic school music. Teachers with a
clear understanding between didactic-
ism and education, and possessed of
skill and invention in the processes of
work which should bring into inten-
sive and organized play the child’s
primal powers of discerment, con-
structive imagination, association, in-
tegration, and logical and .esthetic
judgments. The department of music
offers a strong course in public school
music leading to a degree and state
certificates.
New Building
There is under construction at the
present time a new building to house
or with the International Labor De-
fense in the case, and that it would
have no such connection. Any state-
ment to the contrary is issued with-
out authority from the N. A. A. C. P.
for which the board of directors alone,
or the board through the secretary, is
empowered to speak.
The following statement on the
Scottsboro cases was issued by Wal-
ter White, N. A. A. C. P. secretary:
“Plans for the defense of the col-
ored boys convicted by mob sentiment
dominating a court in Alabama, are
being matured by the N. A. A. C. P.
as rapidly and as thoroughly as pos-
sibl.e The N. A. A. C. P., contrary
to malicious and untruthful reports,
entered these cases from the very be-
ginning. It did so with one paramount
motive: to save the lives of the con-
denmned boys and to procure for them
what they had not had, a fair trial.
The N. A. A. C. P. regardless of mis-
representation of its motives and acts,
will proceed in this case as it has in
countless others, bringing to bear the
best legal experience at its command.
It asks for and hopes to receive the
united support of colored and white
people throughout the United States.
It asks for this support on the basis
of its long record of success in defend-
ing those unable to defend themselves.
It asks for this support because these
Scottsboro cases promise to be not
Extra curricula activities are offer-
ed in the college chorus of eighty
voices which furnishes music for re-
ligious services and gives students op-
portunity of singing anthems, chorales
arid classical part songs; the mixed,
male and female glee clubs; college ScOttsporv cuses prosuse w MV
concert choir composed of the best only exceedingly difficult but very
voices for the singing of more dif- • ~
ficult forms of the classics; maxed,
male and female quartettes; class
quartettes and glee clubs.
A band of thirty pieces is also a
part of the department in conjunction
with the department of military
science and tactics. An orchestra
composed of the best instrumentalists
renders both classical and popular mu-
sic.
A healthy musical atmosphere is
radiated on the Prairie View College
campus by the department of music,
which raises the level of general ap-
and Sciences which will enable a preciation for the beautiful afforded
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, . , greatly by the intelectual, esthetic
closer correlation of depart- and cultural enjoyment of muisc.
the work of the School of Arts
ments and enable directors to give
more supervision so necessary to the
development of young inexperienced
teachers. Our greatest need is for
equipment necessary to allow for ex-
pansion and proper comfort of a great-
er number of students who would
take advantage of the opportunities
which Prairie View has to offer
the school could provide for them.
if
Department of Music
By 0. A. FULLER, Jr.
Educators have come to regard mu-
sic as a valuable part of our educa-
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manager of the ordinary department
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Company in this city, succeeding
Ralph Harper, regional manager for
the southern area of the company.
Mr. Calhoun is a graduate of Hamp-
ton Institute and was for a number
of years auditor for the United States
Veterans Hospital at Tuskegee. Soon
after the hospital was opened Cal-
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attack from the Ku Klux Klan.
INDICT WHITE WOMEN FOR
FALSE TESTIMONY IN CASE
Norfolk, Va.—(ANP)—Dorothy
Skaggs of Portsmouth, and Catherine
Ketchum, two white .women, whose
testimony at one time caused William
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and placed in the state prison for .
safe keeping.
He is charged with having shot a
policeman in Humboldt. When he was
placed in the Humboldt jail, efforts
to lynch him were thwarted by the
sheriff’s wife who was alone at the
jail. Following this attempt, Wau-
ford was removed to the Carroll Coun-
ty jail.
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Muskogee, Okla.—(ANP)—That
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to the camp of the Negro’s enemy
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the Rev. C. E. Chapman, minister of
the Bebee Memorial C. M. E. Temple
in this city.
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New York City.—Segregation of
colored students by placing 90 per cent
of them in a separate class at the Na-
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