Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-25

nothing there that isn't under
control"
She repeated this later.
Under questioning from Mr.
Gerber, she listed q number OF
behavior matters which she said
were not customary before inte-
grafton.
She said window breakage ir
the last two years exceeded that
OF the previous II, She SAID
there had been a great deal Of
jostling about, pushing anc
showing and running across the
lawns.
Each of her two schools ha:
been broken into once by pupil:
ATTENDING them but without any
damage. S..
Miss Trip said there was oiit
Iperversion case involving two
lcolored boys, one 4 pupil at Lang.
don and the other from Tafi
Junior High School. the FRS
tsuch case At her schools. Sht
said this case s.was HANDLED
well" and that the parentsziat
sought the help Of q psyeiaia.
trist..
/ Police Juvenile Squad assist.
ance was called when three col.
ored boys were accused Of saying
they were going to rape two little
white girls, Miss Trip reported
One Of the colored boys was q
first grader. then 8 or 10 years
old, who was in a special clas:
for slow learners, she said.
Larger Attendance Blamed
But Miss Trip testified thai
THE schools disciplinary prob.
lens have mainly been caused
by the large number of children
enrolled. She pointed out thai
since indignation they have beer
filled to the hiltr whereas be
fore they had space to spare.
She also observed that whit
children seemed to have beer
used to more freedom, while col
ored children seemed to havl
been more regimented before in
tegration, and that this posed ar
indignation problem.
| One case was cited in which
some children picked up some
pornographic literature anC
brought it in to school.
There was one instance, Sht
said, where she thought a smGl
Negro girl invited a white boy
into the lavatory during the moor
hour. A Negro boy intervenec
and reported the matter, sht
said
Miss Trip emphasized, how.
ever. that many Of the colorec
children came from "as sheltered
homes as I" and that their par
ents didn't want this kind %.
thing going on in the community
either.
| Asked what advantage integra,
ton had been to white children
she replied:
II think possibly some Of thesl
white children are learning |
tolerance which, if I had hac
lit, I'd have been able to adjust
to it easier"
| She added, however, that she
felt in classrooms where there
were only four or five white
children it was putting them al
an extreme disadvantage.
They certainly are losing
something from the lower edu-
cational level" she observed. :
She told the committee, how
ever:
But we can work that cut.
Miss Trip testified that she
could see no reason for the edu-
cational lag of colored student:
"other than a difference in in
structional methods"
She said she thought the
school SYSTEMS most important
job is to find out in detail, how.
ever. what the reasons are ane
how to correct them.
( II wish to say / think integra-
ton is right" Miss Trip told
the committee. "If Negro mer
are willing to die for my liberty
and so on, I'm willing to &C.
cept it.
I But putting 1t into practice
/ is difficult. I think we need al
| the help We can get"
New System Proposed
/ A proposal that there be sci
up a two-year system for somt
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