Evening star., 1954-10-09
Student Demonstrations

The Executive CommlLLee OF tHe
John Quincy Adams Parent-Teacher
Association wishes to express its deep
concern over the recent outbreak OF
demonstrations against integratlon IN
our public schools.
Demonstrations of this nature can
be only detrimental to the welfare OF
children and adults and to the eventual
realization of this great historical step.
Integration is now law and all parents
and children will have to abide by it
regardless of their personal feelings.
We wish to thank the Commissioners
of the city, the Police Department, the
school officers, the principals, and the
teachers for their prompt and wise
handling of these demonstrations.
Mrs. Thomas w. d. Wright.
President, Parent Teacher Association,
John Quincy Adams School.
I am in complete accord with the
letter from AN Ashamed Student"
printed in your paper The Star also
is to be congratulated for its article
on Bryant w. Bowles, founder of the
National Association for Advancement
of White People.
I have only one thing to add to the
letter from "An Ashamed Student"
Take people individually for what they
are as individuals and hold no pref
udiceS
Catholic University Student.
It looks to me that the leadership of
the NAAWP is advocating government
of the irresponsibles, by the irresponsi-
bles, and for the irresponsibles.
If the leadership of the NAAWP is
sincere in their motive, and I, for one,
do not believe that they are SO naive as
not to realize the consequences of their
methods of procedure, then why not
amend the Constitution? Their only
other choice is private schools.
AS long as the education of the citi-
zens IS the responsibility of the State,
then it will be the privilege of the State
to determine the system of values of its
citiZenS.s
If 1000 years of delegating the re-
sponSibility of Christian teachings to
churches, instead of to the individual
parents, have not succeeded in giving
us brotherly love, then what can we
expect when we delegate the response
bility of education to the State?
j. T.
1t seems to me Dorothy Thompson
hit the nail on the head when she says
What 1000 years of Christian teach
ings have been unable to overcome and
what the sanity example of Gandhi
was unable to accomplish in India can
not be brought about by a judicial
ri No oh i,N foI, ~
integration as it is the Christian atti-
tude, but no congregation has beer
forced to accept it. 1t is being gradu-
ally accomplished throughout the Ma
ton and very successfully so in al
those areas that are ready for it,
have received all my education ir
Washington-grade, high school ano
college and I deeply deplore the present
unhappy situation.
Mary Phelps Mitchell.
According to the newspapers, PreSi.
dent Eisenhower is very happy ovel
integration of the public schools. He
may be, but there are lot of people
who are not. I know a number o1
registered Republicans who are Sc
burnt up that they swear that they
will never vote Republican again. Some
are staying home election day, Others
are voting for the Democrats. I know
lot of Democrats who voted Republi-
can last election day but who are now
SO angry with the Republicans that thi!
time they are going to vote for the
Democrats. With many Republicans
voting for the Democrats, and most oi
the Democrats VOTING for their OUY
party, 1 just wonder if the day aftel
the election MI Eisenhower will still
be SO happy. Maryland Voter.