New England bulletin., 1949-04-16

Dr1et, here were some or the re- ports:
 Greenwich-Senior class vetoed Washington trip because they as- certained that popular Negro football player would be jim -crowed.
 Woodstock Academy - Despite previous agreements with hotels, this school was embarrassed when an Indian student was challenged several times.
 Windham-A light mulatto who travelled with other members of the class went unchallenged.
 Wallingford -- During a New York trip a teacher and her group left a hotel dining room when 8 Negro girl in the class was denied admission.
 Suffield-Two Negro pupils went along on a trip, did not object to segregation, therefore, no trouble was encountered.
 Ellsworth Memorial-Previously Negro pupils chose to reject the Washington trip. This school will face the problem in 1850.
 Putnam-One youth, part Negro and part white, stayed home while another who was part Indian and part Negro apparently made the trip without difficulty.
 Ridgefield-Negro members of the class stayed home after the problem was explored.
 Ex-GI Understand"
 n1A Nncwo who was an ex-service man, sta toned in Washington during the war, stated that he understood conditions and persuaded the class to make the trip.
 Williams Memorial Institute - This school reports that the light colored girls have had no diff culty, but the dark ones have been challenged.
 Enfield-W When it was found that a Negro boy would have to stay in a different hotel, he declined to go.
 South Grammer (East Hart ford)-A Negro boy was refused food in restaurant.
 Bacon Academy (Colchester)- One Negro boy was segregated for lodging and meals. -
 Ansonia-Because of reported regulations, Negro members of the senior class have not taken trips.
 Derby-Football game in South cancelled several years ago since Derby had a Negro on the team:
 East Hampson - Group voted unanimously against trip since class president was a Negro.
 New Britain Negro football player not allowed to accompany his team to game scheduled in the South.
 Norwalk-Negro halfback left home in 1880 when his team went to Jacksonville, Fla. Since then no overnight trips have been ap- proved.
 Portland-Negro boys stayed in different hotels while two Negro girls stayed with a Washington nurse who had been former pupil in Portland high school.
 Stamford - Declined invitation for their A Cappella Choir to sing in Baltimore during meeting of Music Education when it was dis COV0TCu CudC HOuSl1lS dCCO1u1AOAd- tions would be jimcrow.
 Eleven junior high school prin- cipals were interested, but said their student groups do not sched- ule trips to the capitol.
 Of sixty senior high schools seven have no Negro students fortv-eight do not schedule Wash ington trips and five are in both categories.
 Capitol "Out-of- Bounds
 The state group asked schools whether they had declared Wash ington "out of bounds" because o1 embarrassing" policies.
 Twentv-one schools which re- ported difficulty, broke down like this:
 One reported that it had declared Washington out of bounds for 1949
 Sixteen said they hadn't.
 Four do not apply to Washing ton. but made other trips South
 In two instances schools report ed avoiding regulations concerning hotel accommodations. In both cases the Negro youth were mis- taken for "whites" and went un- challenged. Any dark colored voungster of the white race or ar Indian may be challenged.
 The principals of the twenty-one