Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-06-25
HER TICKET Is NOT FOR SALE
COlored Girl Graduate Says She's
Going TO the Dance.

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East Orange. y. J., June 15.-Tae
color line ever a source of perplex-
ity in the East Orange Schools, has
yielded a new trouble here. The
graduating class at the high school
is in the thick of it and IL is all be-
cause Isabel Vandervan. a colored
girl and a member OF the class. in
sists on her right TO attend the grad
nate dance
The tickets for the dance. which
Is 90 take place on June "a in the
WOman's Club of Orange the most
exclusive place of entertainment I'm
an the Oranges. with the exception
of the Essex County Country Club.
We're distributed among the mem
bers of the class on Monday, but Miss
Nandervall was forgotten. While in
school yesterday she wrote a note 10
John Hermann, manager Of the
dance. asking him for her ticket. but
received no reply. Today she wrote
him az his house. 56y PARK Avenue.
but does not expect an answer before
tomorrow.
Between the two writings Miss
Nandervall. who had enlisted the as
sistance of her father. induced the
latter 90 pay visit TO Mr.. Hermann
and he did SO. but could not find the
young man at home.
Miss Vandervall says that she did
not start the trouble. She was ap-
preached tentatively by other men,
bers OF her class several days ago.
who suggested that perhaps she
would not care 20 go 20 the dance
and that therefore she might be will
ing 20 part with her ticket for a con-
sideration. Miss Nandervall replied
that she intended 20 go 20 the dance,
intimating that she would bring with
her q male escort OF her own race.
When Miss Vandervall announced
that she wanted 10 go 10 the dance
and Intended TO do SO some OF her
fellow students held secret meetings
and tried TO devise some way 20 cir
cumvent her, but thus far they seem
10 have arrived az no definite plan.
IL Is said that they contemplated
either holding the dance on some
other date or az some other place
and withholding the tip from Miss
Vandervall until too late for her to
avail herself OF any inkling she might
get OF the change.
The pupils have been very reticent
about their trouble. not taking into
their confidence either the principal
OF the school Charles w. Evans. or
Supt. Vernon L. Davey of the school
system. Neither had heard OF the
situation this afternoon when he was
asked about il.
There are eighty members of the
high school graduating class. all of
whom with the exception OF Miss
Nandervall are sons or daughters of
wealthy residents of the city Miss
Nandervall, who lives at Il Ashland
Avenue. is the daughter OF James y.
Vandervall, proprietor OF the Essex
Steam Carpet Cleaning Works. He
has lived in East Orange for a
number Of years and is considered
well TO do.
Five years ago the race question
was raised by the Board OF Educa-
tion when il sought to establish an
ungraded class. There were so many
colored pupils in the class that the
colored residents OF the city took
IL 20 mean nothing more nor less
than a lin crow" class. They held
public indignation meetings, at one
Of which Judge John Franklin Fort,
now Governor, appeared and spoke
in behalf of the colored race. He
stigmatized the action of the Board
of Education as unpatriotic. The
board eventually had to abandon its
ungraded class in the face of the
storm of protest.
The father OF the young woman
who is the centre of the fuss would
not say today what course he intend
ed 10 pursue. but he intimated that
he would make another effort to OBJ
tain a ticket for his daughter before
doing anything else In case the tick
ct is refused him by young Hermann
he may seek redress in law. If he
should succeed in obtaining the tick
et for his daughter il is probable, so
il is said, that the dance will be
abandoned.
John Hermann, who is the son of
Edward r. Hermann, a New York
business man, is backed up by the
other members of the class. They de
clare that Vandervall cannot force
them to give up the ticket IL they
wish to withhold it.