Atlanta Daily World

REV. RILEY ON NEW YEAR'S

In an all-time record-breaking audience assembled in the 17th Street Baptist Church, Dr. Ralph W. Riley, outstanding educator and pulpiteer, captivated his audience speaking on the subject "New Challenges Facing the Negro in the New Year."

In the beginning of the address Dr. Riley pointed out some common errors which accompany each individual's New Year adventure.

He declared: First, most people attempt the New Year with old techniques—we fail to realize that in the same way new methods must be used daily in a rapidly changing world, so much the more they should be employed in the New Year.

We fail to realize that time is slipping away and if we are going to do better we must by the help of the Unseen remake our old selves each moment of our lives.

He states that we use every effort to improve our conditions without making similar efforts to improve ourselves. The speaker analyzed Dr E. Merton Coulter's recent book, "The South During Reconstruction" and stated that Mr. Coulter apparently thought of the Civil War in terms of economic loss—"But Slavery," he continued, "was an inherent wrong committed against the human race and like our present systems of discrimination and segregation had to go."

He reminded his audience of the loyalties, achievements as well as sacrifices of the Negro and urged them to become more interested in home life as well as home or house buildings, to secure the best education for which his capabilities fit him and strengthen his church and mission enterprises.