Evening star., 1948-01-28
Ask
10 Pay
Tuition in D. {.
. School Board Defers
Action on Issue Of
Equal Education

children to District schools because
they say the county does not pro-
vide them equal educational oppor-
tunity with whites, last night called
on the new Arlington School Board
to pay the District tuition fees.
The board deferred action pend
ing study.
The request posed one of the first
major problems for the board, an
elected body, which took Office a
few weeks ago after a bitter political
fight with the old, appointed School
Board.
Spokesman for the Negro delega-
tion said the former board paid
tuitions for colored pupils forced"
to go into the District for courses
offered to Arlington white children
but not available to them. The
question was wheather the arrange
ment was for a limited time or in
tended to run indefinitely, and in
either case whether is was binding
on the elected board.
Data Is Requested.
Chairman Barnard Joy and o.
Glenn Stahl, another board mem
ber, expressed sympathy for the
delegations views.
Before reaching a decision, the
board directed Supt. Fletcher Kemp
to compile data on the number Of
tuitions for which the county would
be responsible, courses the colored
pupils take in the District and
courses offered in white and Negro
schools Of Arlington.
Leon A. Ransom, colored attor-
ney who spoke for the delegation,
said he was under the impression
the old agreement was limited to
one year, but that the new board
should extend the plan indefinitely,
until equal education Is offered.
Failure to do this, he warned, would
lead to court action.
The attorney represents the plain
tiff in a Federal Court case against
Arlington County for refusing a COL
ored girl admission to a white high
school.
Poor Facilities Charged.
Mrs. Esther Cooper, a member of
the delegation, said thes matter
could be cleared up as soon as the
School Board provides Negro stu
dents facilities comparable to those
at the white Washington Lee
School. She said colored children
at Hohman-Boston School get no
physical education and no music in
struction.
Wading through a long docket,
the School Board decided to name
the school at Fourteenth and Quincy
streets in honor of Peyton Ran
dolph, first president of the Con-
tinental Congress.
At the same time Il decreed that
the school auditorium should be
known as the Lena Carey Memorial
Hall, in honor of the late principal
of Patrick Henry School. The school
officially was named in +l945 for
Meriwether Lewis, but this was not
generally approved. .eti .-
IL Groups Appointed.
The board ordered instruction for
all children while they are patients
at the Anderson Orthopedic Clinic
on Shirley highway. It agreed to
cooperate in county chest X-ray
campaign and received a proposal
from the Joint Legislative Commit
tee to indorse nonpartisan elections
for School Board and County Board.
Chairman Joy announced the ap-
pointment of Is standing commit
tees and the board instructed Com
monwealth's Attorney to continue a
study Of legal problems looking to-
ward bond issues for school con-
struction.
designations of Mrs. Ruby Nc
Manus, Shirley School, and Miss
Eleanor DOMAIN, Westinghouse,
were accepted. Teacher appoint
ments were made as follows: Miss
Marjorie M. Booton, Shirley; Miss
Virginia Woolfberry, Washington
Lee; Miss Marjorie Ullman, Dolly
Madison, and Mrs. Margaret Nc
Closky and Mrs. Emma Miller as
tutors Of homebound children.