Central Hi School Announces Commencement
128 GRADUATES TO GET DIPLOMAS CLOSING PROGRAM AT MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM THURSDAY NIGHT The sixty first commencement exercises of Central High School will be held at the Memorial Auditorium, Thursday, June 1, 1939 at 8:15 P.M. There are one hundred and twenty-eight graduates in the class of 1939, including five commercial post-graduates. The ranking students and their averages are as follows: Abby Hughes, 93.85[;?] Lena Weathers, 93.33; Rosella Carr, 92.837; Thelma Stitt, 92.81; Mary Carolyn Cox, 92.317; Dorothy Byrd, 92.314; Alyce Saffell, 91.95; Marcella Coleman, 91.75; Juanita McNary, 91.65; Anna Harmon, 91.383; Lattimore Walls Cole, 91.29 The ranking commercial student is Evelyn Wilson with an average of 93.44. Among the ranking students it will be noted that the only boy is Lattimore Walls Cole. The following students complete the upper quartile of honor graduates: Mary Scott, Earl Berry, Lucy Perkins, Ruth Stoner, Elelyn Parker, Juanita Thompson, Margaret Morton, Andrew Morton, Rufus Stokes, Juanita King,[Samuel?] Hazley, Charlesetta Smith, [Sarah?] Mack, Rebbecca Hunt, [Charles?] Ramsey, Augusta Denny, [Charles?] Moxley, George [Rogesset?], Callie [Shepard?], Florense [Green?] and Alvena Smith. The re maining members of the class of 1939 are: Ruby Smith, Elizabeth Newbrant, William Evans, Frederick Jarman, Beatrice Robinson, Bessie Gaddie, Dorothy Greene, William Harkins, Lutisha Caldwell, Robert Frierson, John Fielding, Margie Robinson, Pearl Gilbert, Myers Browne, Pauline Washington, Nellie Settles, Thomas Wright, Joseph Laine, Henrietta Adams, Doris McDonald, Walter Thomas, James Howard, Sarah Harper, Margie Bryant, Earl Young, Julia Withrow, Essie Black, Elmer Johnson, Henry Tilford, Jessie Ashby, Clarence (Continued on Page 4)
Diplomas for 77 at State College Frankfort, Ky., May 24 - Seventy-seven graduates at the fifty-first commencement of the Kentucky State College at Frankfort, Tuesday, May 30, at 10:30 A.M. The impressive ceremony which has attracted capacity audiences in the past will be held in the Health Building on the college campus. Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, president and founder of the National Training School for Women and Girls of Washington, D.C. will deliver the commencement address. The speaker has been for years one of the outstanding Negro women orators and a leader in the educational world. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered Sunday, May 28 at 3:30 in the college chapel by Bishop Robert E. Jones, resident bishop of the Mehtodist Episcopal Church, Columbus area. Bishop Jones, a well known religious leader, has been interested in the higher education of members of the race for years. Monday, May 29, will be Alumni Day on the campus. Prof. Raytha L. Yokley, acting head of the department of Sociology and Economics and an alumnus of the college, will speak at the public meeting at 11:00. The annual President's Reception for Seniors, Alumni and parents will take place between 5 and 7 o'clock. The graduating class, made up principally of Kentuckians, represents five different states in all: Louisville and Lexington lead the various cities with the The number of students who have taken majors in the various departments is as follows: Elementary Education, 17; History and Government, 14; Home Economics, 12; Sociology and Economics, 12; English, 8; Natural Science, 7; Agriculture, 6; and French, 1. The names released by the office registar of the persons to whom diplomas
VISITORS AT WEST KENTUCKY VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL Paducah, Ky., May 24--Prof. A. L. Poole, principal of the Warren County Colored High School together with twenty-five students and his faculty, composed of Mrs. M. E. Denning, Mrs. A. L. Poole, Misses Chartie McCutchen, and Inel Elliott, visited and inspected the West Kentucky Vocational Training school last Friday. Mr. Poole was argreeably surprised at the fine progress the school had made in such a short time. He said, "I can hardly believe you have gotten in all of this fine equipment for these shops in three or four months. The outlay for equipment represents more than eight thousand dollars. The twenty-five high school students who visited the school expressed themselves as being highly pleased with the different trades represented at the Training school. A number reservations for entry next September. President M. H. Griffin, stated as a result of the goodwill visits he had made over the State, applications from every section of the State were coming in daily. He anticipates enrollment of five hundred or more next term. Up to date 301 have (Continued on Page 4) 
LIQUOR IN BOSOM BRINGS $10 FINE. Liquor in her bosom brought a $10 fine for Carrie Graham, 121 W. Oak Street. Police claimed when they "visited the residence of the defendant, she stuck what " moonshine" she had in her bosom. Police stated the woman was a breathing distillery. Carrie told the Court she "just bought a little whiskey for herself and friends to drink. She didn't mean any harm". Results: Carrie and friends fined $20.00 and $10, respectively. In another case Viola Gee, 11 and Madison Street, was fined $10 for having untaxed liquor in her possession. The reason she stated for having such was in celebrating, with her husband, their recent day-old marriage. Offering congratultaions, the judge eased a little fine in.
Central High School's 1939 Honor [Gr]aduates [photo] Top row: 1, Abbie Hughes; 2, Lena Weathers; 3, Rosella Carr. 4, Thelma Stith; second row: 5, Mary C. Cox; 6, Dorothy Byrd; 7, Alyce Saffell; 8, Marcella Coleman; 9, Juanita McNary; 10, Anne M. Harmon; 11, Lattimore Walls Cole; 12, Evelyn W[il]son.
First Member of Race Is Admitted to Harvard Dormitory
Mr. Houghton Selby who was forced to leave the city a few weeks ago because of the illness of his wife is back in the city and on the job with The Leader.
The Louisville Leader Is Your Own Paper.
TAKEN TO COURT FOR TEN CENTS Elizabeth Powell, 2318 W. Madison, between bites of candy, told the judge how an Empire Cab driver had her hustled into court because she asked him if he would wait a moment to get the rest of the fare owed him. The amount owed was 10c She claimed after the cab carried her to her destination she had all save a dime of the bill. She pleaded with the driver to wait a moment, that she could borrow the amount from a neighbor. But this driver instead of waiting, he had a warrent sworn out for her arrest. Armed with a special prosecutor, the driver was going to prosecute to the limit. Smiling, the judge looked down on the "hardened female prisoner" and asked her if she could pay the "great sum". She did, and all was forgiven.
H. F. JONES GETS MAMMOTH POST. A flash in the official bulletin of the Mammoth Life Insurance Co., issued last week, stated that H. F. Jones, manager of the Cincinnati District, has been appointed Assistant General Manager of the Company, and that he would come to the Home Office as soon as he could make arrangements to leave his present position. H. E. Hall, president of the Company, who has been seriously ill for several weeks, but who is now on the read to recovery informed The Leader this week that the appointment of Mr. Jones as his assistant was official. Mr. Jones, a graduate of Howard University, came to the Memmoth about 15 years ago and starting as an agent, he worked up to superintendent and district manager and built up the Indianpolis and Toledo districts. Later given the Cincinnati District where it is said he has made an enviable record. Mr. Jones is the son of H. F. Jones, of Henderson, for many years an educational and fraternal leader in Kentucky.
Winners [photo] Floella Browning [Greenvine?], Ky. [photo] Miss Equilla Jackson Paducah, Ky. Mrs. Floella E. Browning was the winner of the first prize of $5.00 offered to the candidate who had reported the largest number of votes at the close of the first period of The Leader's subscription campaign in which "Miss Louisville Leader is to be crowned in the Bluegrass and West Kentucky. Miss Equilla Jackson was winner of the third prize, $1.00. Mrs. Nellie English, Louisville, whose picture we did not have was winner of the second prize of $2.50. See votes and standing of candidates on page 8.
Agar Thrills Forum Audience By Fletcher P. Martin Herbert Agar, traveller, author, and columnist, thrilled a packed audience at Municipal College Sunday evening as he delivered a stirring address on "Democracy" Mr. Agar was guest speaker at the regular Vesper services. Introduced by Dean David A. Lane, the speaker, gave his views on the present day democracy. Not defending democracy, but to get a better understanding of true democracy one must go behind the political set-up to the (Continued on Page 4) 
Oppose State Relief Handling Negro Citizens Will Suffer More The Administration's Handling of Relief Is Praised
Wife Denies Stabbing
WIFE DENIES SHE STABBED HUSBAND. Declaring to have been in Ohio when it happened, Mary Adams, 1517 W. Madison, charged with malicious stabbing, faces the grand jury May 31. The bond was placed at $300. Anthony Adams, husband of the defendant, swore that it was she who stabbed him in the back as he poked his head into an automobile window from whence someone called him. In addition to that he claimed a "strange man" seated beside his wife, bashed his head. As the results of this thrashing, happening at 21st and Walnut, the plaintiff was in the hospital four months. The prosecution attempted to prove that a $1,000 policy on the plaintiff was the motive for the onslaught. Mrs. Adams hotly denied this and claimed her husband was a psycopathic case. She also stated that the time of the alleged stabbing she was in Ohio and produced letters to so prove. The judge thought it best for a grand jury to decide the issue and set May 31 as the date. Attorney Eubank Tucker represented the defence. In another case, Will Harris and Georgia Jackson were fined $5.00 and $10.00 respectively for fighting. Will, head all cut up, accused Georgia of cutting him. "I just hit him with a little old bottle judge," was Georgia's only reply to the accusation.
Dr. Williams Warns Whites; Says Seventy Percent of Negros, Baptist
A big Afro-American Mass meeting will be held at the Emmanuel Baptist Church, Sunday afternoon. Several prominent citizens are on the program.