The broad ax., 1908-10-03

nation Of "Jim Crow Plan
Reports from two more elementary
.cbooI buildings increased the per
DIsxity of the Chicago school ofacials
IN dealing with the "cOlOr line" yes
terdAy.
In the neighborhood Of the Moseley
school It was Learned q movement is
IN foot among the parents Of white
rupils to cause a shifting Of school
boundaries so that most Of the white
children win be sent to the John B.
Drake school, at Calumet avenue and
Twenty-stxth street
At the Copernicus school, q new
building at West Sixtieth and Throop
streets, the feeling between the whites
and the Negroes Is intense according
to Principal Cora Caverno. and clashes
between the two have demanding q
division Of the races.
The Moseley school Is at Michigan
avenue and Twenty-fourth street, near
the heart Of densely populated Ne
gro neighborhood. OF the total en-
rollment, It is said, more than so per
cent are Negroes, and in many Of the
classrooms there are not more than
half a dozen white children Several
meetings Of parents have been held
in the region about the school, and
plans now are under way for sending
a delegation to ask the school board
for the desired change in the two
school districts.
"AIwsys Having Fights"
"They'e always having fights at
school," said a Moseley pupil, a Is
year old girl, yesterday. I'm my room
there are only three OF four Of US that
are white. wish we could go over to
the Drake school, but / don't suppose
they'll let us"
The Copernicus school which was
opened recently, has a Negro enroll
ment of about 80 per cent The white
and Negro pupils, 1t is reported, have
an attitude of armed neutrality which
gives way every few days to an open
fight No Official complaint has been
made to the school board, but parents
and property owners In the district
are planning to take up the matter
within a few weeks If it is not re-
Heved.
The protests aroused last week by
the transfer Of 15s children from ele-
mentary rooms In the Lake High
school to the Hancock school, where
about 10 per cent Of the pupils are
Negroes, had their effect on the school
officials. Following conference be-
tween Aid. Michael McInerney and
Supt. Cooley orders were given in the
morning for the return Of the children
to their rooms in the Lake building.
This solves the difficulty for the
present" said District Supt. orville
T. Bright. we found that two of the
rooms in the Lake building are not
needed at once. and that they can be
used for first grade pupils"
A report that the teaching force Of
the Keith school and many residents
Of the neighborhood had expressed
themselves in favor Of segregating the
races in the snhoo1e hrouobf goua 70
Elections from President Schneider in
the afternoon.
see they're giving it to me for
what said about a clean Negro and a
ulrty white boy" he said. We'll, /
stand by what l said. It's right. isn't
II! And as for segregation, that's
ridiculous. You can't segregate in the
public schools. It's contrary to state
law Think of having Jim Crow
schools in Chicagol"-The Chicago
Tribune, Sept 2s, 1908.
The Tribune is one of the strongest
supporters Of William h. Taft in this
country and it entertains the idea
mat every Negro who fails to vote the
Republican ticket straight from top
70 bottom is a traitor to his race, and
yet the great Tribune is working
overtime in an effort to establish the
color line" in the public schools in
Chicago-Editor.