Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-05
RESIDENTS PROTEST
NEGRO SCHOOL At NO. 5
Mass Meeting Adopts Rssolu.
ton to be Presented to
School Board.

Aroused hy tho proposed plsn OF
shc Heard of Di,swtion to convert
public srhccl No. q from school foe
whit. children into on. for Negro
rhAtrcn, iMreut. OF the boys and girls
going there, together with property
cwn~rS and others living inthc vicinity
~ Tw~lfsh and Walnut streets. whore
the nshco. 10 located. hod mass
me~tiuQ SATURDAY afternoon and
drafted rvsrlutionu ~ protest against
the change which nre 90 he presonted
80 tho school board n, it~ next meet
ing. Tho meeting was held In the
Nuiluina At 1iao French strcct and
was attended W about seventy Ave
p~r0ns
J norman ~ 1900 Walnut street
was chosen President ~ tho 'Nitizens
of No. school District Assccia ton. e"
the nanc selected for an organization
which WINS formed by those at the meet
ing 60 ccrn,~, the school hoard's plans
as regards No. 8 school Representa- o
tive Rotcr, w. Kramer was elected
secretary.
The question Of converting the
srhoul from one snr white children 10
one for Negro boys and sirls was Dis
cussci et some length al tho guther-
ins. Tho purpose of the change, It
Nns stated. was 20 relieve the present
consoa,cd condition at tho Hownrd
1iiuh School. Tho plan IL 10 dis
tribute she chihircn now attending No
. school among tho ~evcNl other
e'hools snd to transfer there tho pri-
mary grades now IN the Howard Iligh
school Tho advlsahill,y ~ this plan
was questioned because nearly all IN,
other white schools are already or
Part time hoCause uf the eSccssiv,
number uf children attending thom.
I, was finally decided to adopt th'
following resolution and 20 send q
copy o. tho BOARD ~ Education;
Whereas 10 is undeNtori that M
pcn,d of Public Education IN WI
minston contemplate making
change IN ne use " Public Schoo
Nc g.
Resolved ~ a public meeting o
parents of tho children enrolled n
tho seid school and ~ property own
era IN ~. vicinity. held this thir,
day of Juno. 1922. that the prcpoec
change would provo 10 he detrimen
tai ,o tho best interests OF the eai
children and of the community: AM
Resolved, That copy of IN
resolution 10 forwarded 20 said Boar
~ b-iucntion as a protoet against IN
eaid change. and also ~ a request tha
tho Board of Education continue IN
use az tho building as a. pre~en
there eeins n,sd IN that section 81 IN
city for tho same"
Mr. Bcrinan. the chairman Of IN
meeting. appointed the following con
ml,tce to attend the meeting OF IN
school board 20 prs~ent this resolution
Wl~o to present list az Names ,
people who are protesting axains. th
proposed change at No. school
MrS William Bullock l5o2 walnu
strcet Mrs. Fred kcml~ke, lac
frvnch ~trcct: Mf~. John limos. Fran
eo~ Apartments. Fifteenth and KIN
s,r.~,s Frank Connor. soe East Tent
strcct R. W. Kramer, ii0 East s.,
teeuth strcetl J, Bermnn. 1901 Wa
nut street.
The question q, usaNsns tho chang'
referred 90 ehove has never con
before tho hoard Of Education as
! whole u has hcon taken up
special committee appoints
80 eco what could ~ done
relieve the congeeted conditions
the publ, schools az the oi-oning
the new term September Just wh
the school beard iteelf will DO re4nr
i ins the matter is not known but
spocial meeting may he called 10 co
elder tho ruhiect.