The Guardian

BOSTON BAKED
By MABEL KOUNTZE

"God's greatest gift is a teacher."
EMERSON.

JUNE GRADUATIONS call for noble speeches. So, today, this very humble commentator would like to quote just a few learned opinions of famous Americans whose knowledge of life's roadblocks is beyond any doubt. If every graduate will study and digest the information given by these Americans I am certain all will profit.

CARTER WOODSON, dean of colored historians, first reminds the student he must forget all textbooks which taught inferiority. 'Many textbooks are influenced by colonial-minded English or Dixiecrat-minded southerners on issues of race. Dr. Woodson wrote: "It took me over 30 years to get over my Harvard education."

DR. CARVER, recognized as one of the greatest Agricultural Scientists, spoke this wisdom during his final years: "Life requires thorough preparation. Veneer isn't worth anything. We must dismiss ourselves from the idea there is a short-cut to achievement . . . I discovered nothing in my Laboratory. I do all things through Christ."

"EDUCATION, after all is nothing more than seeking and understanding." continued Dr. Carver, "creative genius is what makes people respect you . . . It isn't a color question, it's a question of whether you have what the world wants. And, something else to remember. Stop talking so much. You never saw a heavy thinker with his mouth open . . ."

IF YOU KNOW anything, you 'recommend' yourself," said Dr. Carver who was then speaking to those who falsely believe a dark complexion bars them from success. It didn't hinder Mr. Carver, a man who won fame working in common soil and roots. Of this he said: "When you can do the common things in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." Students, jot this in your notebook.

DR. MARY BETHUNE Who has devoted her life to American education, provides these ideas on integration: "Our segregated schools will one day be open to all-both ways. Will we want them back? Our segregated jobs will be gone, are going in fact. Will we want them back? Here in Florida the doors of my home are open. The doors of the school I founded are open. It is the only way."

CIVIL RIGHTS, are they a "communistic invention"? Should colored youth subscribe to the teachings of Rankin and Bilbo? Will you accept a 49th segregated state or sail en masse to Africa or the Moon? Is it "disloyal" to seek a full citizenship. Former U. S. Attorney General McGrath said: "A citizen who asserts his own rights is therefore not only protecting himself but fellow citizens."

To many YANK student graduates, and many future graduates to come, may help solve many of the current problems not only of their own race, but of many nations, races. and the world as a whole. DR. RALPH BUNCHE has proven the vast possibilities and many other leaders have shown the way. They are the real teachers, much more than the textbooks. And the greatest Teacher of all, is God.