Evening star., 1948-09-13
Segregation
Continued From First Page.)

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! School
Case Not Yet Tried.
I Today's appearance at the school
was repetition of a similar request
when county schools opened for
registration last year. When Con-
stance, now an 18th grade student
at Dunbar High School in Washing
ton, was denied admission, the suit
was filed.
The case has not yet been tried,
but the court in Alexandria has
indicated that Arlington should be
given reasonable opportunity to
bring its Negro school facilities
to substantially the same level as in
the white schools.
Shortly after all county schools
opened for registration today, Mr..
Cobb and his delegation went to the
Hoffman Boston High School for
Negroes and made a one-hour in
spection.
Mr.. Cobb said after the tour that
he found Improvements made there
were highly unsatisfactory" The
delegation then departed for Wash
ington-Lee.
Not Trying to End Segregation.
Mr.. Cobb said he was not trying
to abolish segregation.
Last Wednesday Negroes were de-
MED entrance to white high schools
in King George Court House, Va,
and Gloucester, Va They sought
entrance on substantially the same
grounds, claiming inadequate facili-
ties for their race. They likewise
indicated additional court action
will be taken.
When Mr.. Cobb told Mr.. Rich
mond today that a child of one of
the parents could not take a Ger
man language class at Hoffman
Boston, the principal replied that
Washington-Lee does not teach that
language either. When the at
torney complained of inadequate
workshop facilities at the Negre
institution, Mr.. Richmond replied
that Washington-Lee's workshop
class already had been filled tc
capacity and that no more white
students could be enrolled in that
course.
Mrs. Eleanor Taylor, mother OF
Constance, said her daughter now
is attending Dunbar High School in
Washington, where she is a student
in the eleventh grade.
Difference in Facilities.
Mr.. Cobb declared, before the
group left for Washington-Lee, that
they will either have to admit these
children there or else cease teaching
entirely"
| At present there is vast differ.
ence between white and colored ia.
cilities in the county, he said.
Among the parents in the delega.
ton were Mrs. Lily Mae Snow, who
says her sons, James and Glenn
could take electrical engineering
courses only at Westinghouse.
Mrs. Josie Brevard, another par
ent, said her son Julius, in grade
ga, llOW 4ilUSG 81 W al AIoti oAA6
High School in Washington be-
cause he wants training to be an
auto mechanic and also desires to
enter a cadet corps.
| Mrs. Eleanor Jackson, whose son
Raymond Is in the 8-B grade at
Hoffman-Boston, said her son is
unable to acquire electrical training
or enter a cadet corps.
Mrs. Mamie Brown said her sons
Theodore and Kenneth, now must
travel clear across Washington to
the Phelps Vocational School in the
Northwest section to obtain elec-
trical training.
| Mrs. Almeda Perkins, said her
daughter, Marjorie. now attends the
Francis Junior High School in
Washington to study German.
IA Teachers at School.
! Mr.. Cobb said the group of par
ents accompanying him to WASH
ington-Lee was only representative
of those who have complaints of
unequal facilities.
The inspection trip. he said, dis
closed an inadequate library, Q