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The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24
DOUGLAS ELEMENTARY

Fire prevention week is over,
however, we are still stressing the
importance of knowing as much
about preventing fires as possible.
Here are some of the many things
taught during the week about
fire: CD Current events about pre-
venting fires. ~ How to send in
an alarm. 60 Fire station number.
ca How to prevent fires at home.
(5) Nearest fire station to pupils
home. CO. Pupils listened to radio
programs. CD Pupils learned songs
about firemen.
We also had several fire drills.
Our pupils learned how to get out
of the building safely. This is their
first experience in a two-story
building. The fire drills were very
effective. Teachers and pupils of
several of the first grades went to
the fire station. They were shown
the entire plant. The children en-
joyed the trip and the lesson, The
second grade classes of Mrs. w. F.
Tngraham and Mrs. N. c.. Carr
eliminated Fire Prevention Week
with a skit entitled, ''Fire Safety"
This Skit was the outgroWth of the
study of various preventiveS we
must practice in order to prevent
fire in the home and its surround
ingS.
Testing has been going on for
several weeks. The testing COM
nittee is in charge of all tests. The
first graders were tested by them.
Members of this committee are
Louise Mcqueen, Charlotte Eli
son, Madge PORTER, Bernice Aus
tin. Caretha Bawl and Mosely
Doles. E
MIR. w. CT Cogdell, our supervis-
or, has been D very welcomed visi-
tor on several occasions. Mr. Cog
deli always has a pleasant smile
and an encouraging word. '''-.''''''
Parents. and friends; don't forget
Carmen Jones'" The time is short.
Re sure to make a date with our
PTA on Nov. "a to enjoy this mus
icaI treat. Together we stand,
divided we fall" All of US have
tickets. Phone, write or come to
see us. Members of the ticket COM
mittee are Mesdames Norman,
Blue, Liberty, Cater, billiard and
Miss Savage.
Brownie Troop 2O4, Mrs. Verma
Norman. leader, held its initial
meeting Monday, Oct. IL. Troop
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24
J. w. JOHNSON SCHOOL

PTA
The PTA had its first regular
meeting Tuesday night, Oct. 13,
with the president, Mrs. Ophelia
Mcneil, presiding.
The president expressed the
business of the meeting and plans
to be carried out for the term
of 1953-'54.
After the business spicy pro-
gram was rendered by the chair
man, Mrs. Jessie M. Hill.
Quite a few visitors and pa
irons were out for the program.
After the program a tasty repast
was served buffet style.
All the members and friends
enjoyed themselves immensely.
Officers for this term are: Mrs.
Ophelia Mcneil, president; Mrs.
Bobby Roberts, vice president;
Mrs. Jessie M. Hill, End vice
president; Mrs. Arabella Bowens,
secretary; Mrs. Fannie Holt,
treasurer.
The patrols had its installation
meeting Friday afternoon, Oct.
9 by one of the American Auto
mobile Association safety officers
who gave to them a safety picture
of one of his Bomber Mission
trips over the enemy territory,
how safe it is to be careful to
carry out a safe mission.
The officers are: Pearlie Mae
jackson, captain. Roger Jackson,
lieutenant; Frank Scott, India
5 Ruth Parker, Estella Mae Bowens,
Sandra Tate, Roscoe Chavis,
Willie White, patrols; Mrs. Edna
~ Starke, sponsor.
Mrs. E. G.. Primus, principal
Mrs. c. L. Arnold, secretary
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24

Our parents are serving our
school in a very helpful and
unique manner as cafeteria hos
tesses. The past week Mrs. Alma
Lynch, Mrs. Inez Gay, Mrs. Lille
Mae Tyler, Mrs. Juanita Howard,
Mrs. Ruth Williams, Mrs. Permin-
ter, Mrs. Annie Matchett, Mrs.
Daisy Bell Crumbly worked. For
this we are grateful, but there is
need for more parents to give
10 your time towards this effort.
Please call these numbers and en-
roll: 7-1377 or 65-5O2O. Tell us the
day you would like to serve from
10 am. to l pm. Mrs. Thelma
Simmons is working with the
cafeteria hostesSes.
Miss A. Carey, reporter
Mrs. E. M. Williams. principal
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24

204 is very anxious to begin &C
tivities for the term. About 80 per
cent of the troop was in atten-
dance.
The guidance committee met
and organized on Sept. 80. The
membership of the guidance COM
mittee is made up of the follow
ing group of persons: Principal,
chairman of guidance, coordinator
of testing, school nurse, resource
person, attendance representative,
one member of the faculty, min
lister and a parent.
On Oct. 8 a special faculty meet
ing was held in the library. Miss
Margaret Gilhey, supervisor of
guidance, and Mrs. William Nc
Claflin, reading diagnostician and
test coordinator, were speakers at
this meeting.
Both speakers were excellent.
Miss Gilkey gave the meaning of
guidance and it's various branches
and Mr.. McClaflin gave us some
very important information con-
corning testing.
Verma J. Norman, reporter
Mary F. Williams, principal
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24
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The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24
Dorsey Offers
Commercial Courses

Typing classes will be offered
four nights instead of two nights.
Class will meet Monday nights
through Thursday nights. Short
hand classes will be offered on
Tuesdays and Thursday.
Registration will begin Monday
Oct. &c from 400 until II pm.
Registration fee is $1.00. For
further information please call
65-52O1.
L. w Henderson, director of
evening school and David H.
Dobbs, supervisor. ".
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24

Each Saturday at $50 pm. on
WHO'D you will be hear BTW
representative on the program,
youth Views" This program
features Greater Miami Inter-
group Youth Councils and their
guests. It's purpose is to give the
youth of Miami an opportunity to
understand their approach and
thinking into studying their prob
lens.
The gym is coming along fine
and it is said that we will be in
it by January.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24

James Weldon Johnson'S Gre
alton" was presented by an 18th
grade group at PTA meeting
Monday night. Norma Beason in
troduced the group. James Green
was especially outstanding in his
pantomine, as inertia Cowart re-
cited.
The group was sponsored by
Iona E. Brown, speech and dra-
mates instructor.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24

The PTA is sponsoring "Tacky
Party" Friday, Nov. Is. Prizes will
be given to the tackiest persons
attending. Every loyal Liberty
City Primary patron is expected to
be present as this is our first af-
fair toward raising funds for our
new school projects. Come help
come have fun - come one, come
all.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24

Stunt Night" featuring the
top talent of BTW will be pre-
sented in November in the Dade
County auditorium. Some stu
dents participating are Bernice
Crooms, William Moss, Samuel
Mckenzie, Audrey Stewart, Bob
by Hendrix and Frank Brown.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24

Dorsey Bulls tied Jones High
Tigers 1919 at Dorsey Park
Thursday night. The Bulls will
play Fort Myers team Oct. %.
The Alumni Association will
sponsor a dance after the game.
Place will be announced.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24

For raising the most money in
the junior and senior high
schools the 12B3 and 8B3 home
rooms will enjoy a pleasant ride
in the newly purchased bus. A
Miami Daily News photographer
will snap pictures of the passen-
gers.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24

The Brownie Troop No. 432 have
been organized for this school
term. The officers are: President,
Cleomie Luckie; secretary, Carol
Jean Finnell and treasurer, Jackie
Smith. Many activities are being
planned for this school term. Mrs.
E. Robinson is sponsor of the
Brownie troop.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24

Mrs. Mabel Robinson, principal
of Burnell High School, Burnell,
Fla, who was guest of our prin-
cipal, Mrs. Estella Williams during
the Principals Council which con-
vened here Oct. 1916, visited our
school Friday.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24

The assembly programs will
start Oct. 81. The programs will
be given in the following order:
Third graders on Wednesdays, End
graders on Thursdays and first
graders on Fridays. These pro-
grams are given to share unit out
comes with the entire school.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24
LIBERTY CITY PRIMARY

One of the first grade teachers,
Mrs. Andeu Mickens, represented
our school at the First Unitarian
Church of this city. She brought
back to the faculty a detailed re-
port of the review of the Kinsey
Report on the "human female"
made by the Rev. Joseph Barth,
minister of the church.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24

The Cray boys club held its
first meeting on Friday, Oct. 8.
The new officers for the term
1953-54 are president, Dorian Wal
lace; secretary, Kinsey Gamble and
treasurer, George johnson. Mrs.
Ollie Coachman is sponsor of the
group.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24

The Social Workers Club eS-
tablished by Betty Jenkins and
Frank Brown, has been organ
lied. The purpose is to stimulate
interest in the field of social
work. The sponsor is Mrs. Fran
els r. Robinson.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24
DORSEY HIGH

David H. Dobbs, principal, an
nounced Monday that he has re-
signed his position as supervisor
of the adult vocational night pro-
gram at Dorsey.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24

morrow" on Monday, Nov. z, at
800 pm. in the auditorium: the
admission will be 35 cents. Tickets
may be purchased from a n y
member of the Allied Youth.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24

During the week of Oct. 11-17
students and faculty observed
Courtesy Week. This project was
sponsored by the Student Council.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24

Mrs. jeanette Gill, language
arts instructor who has been alb
sent because of illness, is recup-
Grating at home.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24

The Allied Youth will present
a musical revue, "Stars of To-
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24

Senior Honor Society members
met to make plans for the year
and elected the following officers:
Betty Jean Sutton, president; Bar
bara Jean Role, vice president;
Willie Bell Smith, secretary;
Louise Mckenzie, assistant secre-
tary; Margretta Saunders, trea-
surer; Ruby Jean Williams,
chaplain; Peggy Gabriel, parlia-
mentarian. At the end of each six
weeks Earnestine Hines and
Alice White, members of the
scholarship committee, will call
the honor role of all senior high
school homeroOmS.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24

Who will be "Miss Homecom-
ing?" This question has been
whispered over the campus Of
BTW since the contest began
Oct. Is. Some of the contestants
are Dorothy James, 12B3; Bernice
Payne, OBI; Dolores Payne, 8B9;
Barbara Mckinney, Joyce Webb,
Geraldine Cuerette, Dorothy Hun
ter. 11B2; Constance Carey,
Thelma Butler, Virginia Dean
and Joyce Sawyer. The contest
will end November 9.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24

Thirty-seven DCTers visited
the WTVJ studios on an educa-
tiona1 tour. They will visit
WMBM next week. The sponsor
is Mr.. Eddie Bunyan.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-24
B.T.W. CAMPUS
HIGHLIGHTS
BY RAYMOND ARANHA

The Girl Scouts of Booker T.
Washington High School will
celebrate on Oct. Is Girl Scout
Week. Troop 121 was organized
in May and they meet once
week. There are now Is G i T l S
participating in the Girl Scout
organization of 121 at BTW. The
Girl Scout officers are: PreSi-
dent, Ondrea Folsom, vice Pres,
Evadney Curtin; secretary, Ivis
Mikell; treasurer; Betty Finney.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-12-04
A Negro Woman Holds The key...-

nation, where a white person has been killed,
reminds us of the boy who killed his mother
and father and pleaded with court for mercy
on the grounds of his being an orphan.
The police of dixie have always found
such inhuman ways of dealing with Negroes
in dixie, until any Negro who has an oppor-
tunity to avoid the police is going to do just
that. By this we, do not mean to establish any
defense for this woman's failure to come for
ward. We feel that she should If she is not
involved in his death. This may sound that
we would feel differently if she were involved;
in that case our feeling as far as she Is con-
cerned would be immaterial she would be
left to the admonition of her conscience and
that is just where we are leaving it.
In this case as in most cases. the failure
of the police to get cooperation from the Ne
gro. is entirely the policies fault Little Rock,
with her pretension of being so liberal is lit
tie different from other dixie cities when it
comes to the police department and the Ne
gro Police in dixie cities have never found
themselves to be on the side of the protector
of Negro citizens, but more or less on the
side of the offenders. With that kind OF
practice still in vogue after all these years,
no one should find himself surprised or amaz-
ed when Negro citizens fail to cooperate with
the police This is a pretty bad picture and
doesn't speak too well for the Negro, we'll
admit, but this action on the part of the Ne
gro is not a cause, but a result of white bully
ing on dixie police forces.
We reiterate, we feel that the woman
should come forward and give what informa-
ton she has. Her information could be the
solution to a murder that has the law en-
forcement officers baffled, and could result in
bringing vicious killer TO the bars of justice
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-12-04

To the sacred memory of the
late John X. Smith, 1904 lizard
street. who passed December l.
1852:
The silent night is lonely and
There is no golden dawn
Because l must remember. love
That you are really gone.
l must remember in my heart
The happiness we knew
And that my only world was one
In which I lived with you.
There is no breath Of fragrance in
Flowers that I press
And if I call your name | hear
The sound Of emptiness.
I roam the house from room to
room
l gaze beyond the sea
But there is nothing 7 can do
To bring you back to me.
l have to tell myself again
That you are really gone
And I can only ask the Lord
For strength to carry on.
Sadly missed by
Mrs. Hannah Smith. wife
Mrs. Irene Martin, daughter
James Jones, brother
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-12-04

There has been considerable leg work, and
more space given by the daily papers OF Lit
tie Rock in an effort to solve the mysterious
death of white lad than was given when the
Japs made their surprise attack on Pearl Har-
Dor back in 1871. According to the newspap-
er dispatches conceded by the police depart
ment of this city. Negro woman holds the
key TO the mystery surrounding this lads
DEATH
It is said that the woman was seen on
the scene at the time the boy was found
dead or in dying condition. And it is further
said that the woman who appeared to have
been injured, left the scene with only this in
formation "He hit us both" Thus far all eff
forts to get the woman to come forward and
clarity her statement, which authorities be-
heve will help in the solution of the now
puzzling-case have proved futile. According to
the first witness who appeared on the scene,
or we might say found the fatally injured
lad, he stated that he asked the woman to
wait until police arrive and give to the po-
lice the story of what happend, This, she
failed to do
Since the woman has disappeared with
out giving the police anything to work on,
1t has caused much theorizing on the part oil
the police and much more on the part OF an
anxious public as to why the woman won't
come forward and give her story to the po-
lice.
Why the woman won't come forward is
just as much of a mystery to this writer as
to anyone else. The police, according to the
newspapers, have stated that they do not
want to hold the woman in connection with
the boys death they just want to ques-
ton her.
The police in the south asking for Ne
gro woman to come forward and give lnfor-
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-12-04
How Much Indignation Can Be Given?-

And it is a fact that Chicago statistics do not
present picture of the racial conditions in
the schools The only person who can find out
the racial picture in the school in Chicago is
the person who VISITS it. (That is why we
like racial statistics. Racial statistics tell the
story to everyone who reads and wants to
know
When Negroes invaded the south side in
Chicago, the whites gradually receded before
them changing the complexion of the neigh
borhood Perforee, children in Willard, For
reStville, Doolittle and other schools began to
show an increasing number of black faces.
Gradually the white faces disappeared. When
we visited Willard the first time, there were
about 1900 colored pupils and 100 white. And
it looked like all the white children were
monitors! About fourth or fifth of the
teachers were co!ored! The predominance of
white teachers, of course, made it what we
would call an integrated school. We saw APP
proximatey 1000 Negro students in Wendell
Phillips high with approximately one-third of
the faculty Negro. We suppose the white
teachers make it an integrated school, To the
writer it seemed that white students had an
easy time transferring out of Willard, For
restville and Doolittle; and Negroes had
difficult time. This integrated school business
is not as simple as some people think, nor as
clear-cut as the two expressions integrated
and segregated In actual practice you can
sometimes hardly tell one from the other
That is one of the reasons why I'VE are
not apt to see any uprisings or bloody riots
on account of a Supreme Court decision of in
tegration The biggest difference in conditions
will be theoretical difference Where dis
tricts not sufficiently white and colored, it
will be an easy matter TO gerrymander them
and make them any desired color. 1t was
thought of in politics and can't escape being
thought out in education. Why does not Lit
tie Rock have at least one Negro alderman
or councillor? Have you given any thought to
the matter? Georgia South Carolina, Ala
bama, and Mississippi have probably already
thought of it, The real white leaders of the
south are not asleep? Why the vigorous push
ing of Negro housing projects? Oh! we for
got! the purpose of that is to get rid of
slums and give the Negroes good standard
homes, We would not dare to say that one
purpose is to make way for Indignation,
that is for segregation within integraton
The white leader is alert. 1t is time for
the Negro leader TO wake up
New occasions teach duties;
time makes ancient good unCouth;
They must upward still and onward
who would keep abreast of truth"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-12-04
PhiIander-

Continued from page one)
ner. country training school,
Menifee, Ark; Herbert Thomp-
son. Sumner high school, Kansas
City, Kansas; Willard Harran,
Sullivan high school, Morr lton,
Ark; and Lura Latin, just OFT
of the army, from Oak Grove
high school. Ralston, Ark.
Coach w. c, Hearnton an
alumnus Of University Of Cali
fornia, where he played outstavd~
ing basketball, says the squad
looks good, is working hard and
rounding out fast into a fast, az
gressive club.
A full official schedule will b.
set when the conference meets
on December.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-12-04
BY S. S. Taylor

The average person, black or white VINO
talks about integraton and segregation in the
public schools these days and about tile pos
sbity of the Supreme Court decreeing the
end of segregation and usherng in an era oil
Indignation, overlooks one of the important
aspects of the proposition. That important
aspect is that nothing which the Supreme
Court does in the interest of Indignation VIII
bring about total Indignation, This may seem
a startling if not extravagant statement; bu
just little reflection on the matter Will show
the truth of the statement
The reason that total Indignation cannot
be effected is because of the large amount OF
residential segregation already effected and
is still in progress. Inasmuch as elementary
public schools are populated chiefly by those
who live within given school districts, 1t tol-
lows without argument, that if district is
colored, the population must of necessity be
colored. No amount of Supreme Court dec-
sion is likely to change this vital fact. Schools
in Little Rock, Pulaski county and Arkansas
which are set down in the midst of Negro
population will continue TO be segregated in
practice whatever may be the theory when
prevails concerning them.
Schools near the Dunbar housing area,
the Booker Homes area, and other sections
closely packed with Negroes may not be Ne
gro schools under a Supreme Court ruling of
indignation but they will certainly be mixed
schools with total or almost total Negro
population And if they look too Negro, then
our good friends may put in some of the
more poorly qualified white teachers to lVen
up the complexion. The schools which will
constitute a problem are the schools in areas
predominantly white with a very small
sprinkling Of Negroes. But give the Negro
leader (the one with an itching paln) and
his good "white friend" chance, he Will have
something thought out to meet that situation
by the time the Supreme Court hands down
a decision.
If you think this is an overdrawn and
gloomy view of the situation, consider what
has transpired in Chicago where the schools
are integrated g. In 1926 there were among
the "integrated" schools of Chicago quite
few which a southern visitor would have call
ed NEGRO schools" In fact, a certain dis
tinguished white doctor of philosophy who
was making study of student attachments
i'm certain subject-matter announced his in
tention of making an investigation in three
white" schools Of Chicago and three Negro
schools.
Now, Of course, if one asks about colorei
students and colored schools in Chicago the
board member or official accoSted will proud
ly state, Chicago takes no account of the
race of its students" That is a nice statement
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-12-04

cation per Sc is unconstitutional
1t will not mean the overnight
liquidation Of Jim Grow. 1t will.
however, herald the beginning Of
the end Of this annquated sys-
tenn The end will not come until
the last Jim Grow sign is re-
moved from the most backward
community in the Nation Bur
come. DO Will
We are not I'M the leas, dis
mayed by the threats Of Govern
ors James +. Byrnos OF South
Cs..,aaa and Herman TalmaaEc
Of Georgia to abandon the public
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-12-04

will take Is not positively kuown
at this writing. However it is
generally believed thpt the GOV
eminent win again contend that
segregation Is vncln,d ulonai
just as the Department. argued
last year at the haarns on this
ne. It Seems mot url kclT
tlat the new Rc1ugu. . u}mn-
istration will take Joss fn.tI-
jght position aedi1s. p e ten
% avn that taken by the preceding
Democratic admniftai IN
May Mean Beginning o. End
If the Court decides that sCgre-