Evening star., 1950-01-31
CommitteeVotes
Central School
Shift 10 CoIored
Board of Education
To Get Report From
Its Unit Tomorrow

A Board of Education commit
tee today approved permanent
transfer of Central High School
to colored students to relieve
overcrowding at Cardozo High
School. .
Action came minutes after the
three member committee on
buildings and grounds turned
down a proposal by Supt. Hobart
M. Corning to use facilities at
Park view Elementary School in
stead.
The recommendation is expect
ed to go before the full school
board tomorrow.
The members overthrew the
Corning proposal by a 2-1 vote
before agreeing unanimously on
the transfer of Central.
Colored civic groups have gen.
orally condemned the Park View
plan while supporting permanent
transfer of Central to colored use.
Central high school graduates
have been vocal in opposition to
the Central transfer plan.
Park View Plan Attacked.
Numerous spokesmen attacked
the Park View proposal before the
committee today at the Franklin
School. The committee members
are Mrs. Lenore w. Smith, chair
man; DR.. Phillip T. johnson and
Mrs. E. z. Magdeburger.
Earlier DR.. Corning had told the
committee the choices we're:
l. To use facilities at Park View
School for Cardoza relief until the
new Spingarn High School is fin
ished. And to continue support OF
a building program for two new
high schools.
2. To give permanent relief by
using Central High School facili-
ties in September. This, it was
pointed out, would remove a new
Cardozo High School from the
building program. It would alsc
endanger chances for a new Arm
strong High School.
Wilkinson Sees Relief.
The temporary relief plan using
Park View would transfer 500 COZ
ored girl students from Cardozo tt
Park View. Cardoza is at Nintl,
and Rhode Island avenue NV
Park View is at Newton and War
der streets NV.
First Assistant Supt. Garnet
c. Wilkinson, in charge of the
colored school divisions, declared
in a report that relief must come
to Cardozo not later than this
February.
He said he believed the transfer
of Central would provide full re-
lief. He added he did not think
use of Central would harm the
building program.
Unanimous opposition to use OF
Park View was voiced by eight
representatives of parent-teacher
civic and educational groups and a
17-year-old Cardozo student.
Four of the speakers vigorously
recommended the taking over OF
Central by colored students.
Student Describes Condition
Miss jeanette Brown, president
OF the Cardozo Student Council
gave the nine board members
present a "pupils-eye-view" of a
day at her high school.
Mrs. Charles H. Thompson OF
the Pleasant Plains Civic Asso-
citation pointed out that the "Sev-
enth street dives" were crowded
with Cardozo girls around noon
because they couldn't get into
the packed school lunchroom.
Mrs. Thompson pointed at the
board members, stating:
you are directly responsible
for sending these children tc
| places like this"
Reiterating the Federation oil
Civic Associations backing of the
Central transfer. John B. Duncan
stated:
Il warn you people are dis
turbed-vastly disturbed. We ask
the transfer to Central-or let the
Cardozo pupils stay where they
are. We will have to resort te
the courts to secure an integrated
system, if something is not done
This is my warning to the board
hope the error of 1947 Brown
school, situation) will not be re-
peated.