The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-27
Farmville District P-TA Asks State
Congress To Back Separate Schools
In Answer To destructive Blow
DR.. Landlord Asks
COllege-SchOol
Close Teamwork

Farmville District organization
Of P-TAs Wednesday unanimous
ly put themselves behind the use
of every honorable and legal
means for the continuation of seq
regated schools throughout VIZ
glnia."
Eighty five delegates from the
district counties of Amelia Buck
I lngham. Cumberland. NottoWay
and Prince Edward aSSented in a
rising vote to a resolution which
recognizes the action OF the
Supreme Court as being most
destructive blow to public educa-
ton in Virginia"
The resolution. presented by f
Armstrong Smith, principal OF
Cumberland High School. urged
the Virginia Congress OF Par
ents and Teachers State P-TA
organization to recognize the
seriousness Of this situation to
the extent that it will accept this
action as policy for the state
organization
New Appointments
The action makes FalmVIlle'
District the first to petition the
state organization to work active
ly to maintain Separae public
schools, according to Mrs. f. W
Smith of Richmond, executive sec
rotary Of the Virginia Congress.
Mrs. Smith was a participant here,
conducting one of the afternoon
discussion panel on answers to
local P-TA problems
In other actions Wednesday.
the District accepted Cumber-
lands invitation as the mcetng
place next year and elected j A
Hazlegrove. of Cumberland. rs
vice president Of the five county
organization.
District Chairman Robert Ar
rlngton. of Amelia appointed
Legislative committee new for
the district composed Of Smith
and Shelton Hlllsman of Burke
VILE.
Mrs. Smith, the state executive
secretary told delegates of a new
statewide plan to broaden the
Congress- scholarship fund by
authorizing life memberships
Faithful P-TA service on the local
level might be recognized with
such awards. She said A life mem
bership costs SIS
Landlord Speaks
Dr. Francis G Lankford U
president of LongWood College,
was the days principal speaker
using the subject "Interdepcnd
ence of Public Schools and InStl-
tutionS of Higher Learning
He SAID cooperation" between
all levels OF education is essential
Public schools and colleges both
must recognize: on one hand that
colleges produce the teachers. on
the other that public schools,
produce the student materials for
the colleges.
we on the college level some
times forget in our complaints
about the preparation of students,
that it is our own teacher pro-
ducts who have guided that prep
aration5 Dr.. Landlord said.
One of the acute problems on
which all levels must work is that
of finding through counseling and
guidance, the really capable stu
dents and guiding them into pur-
suits best suited to their talents
or vital to national welfare
At the same time, another
equally acute problem, is TO make
high school training effective for
the 90 per cent of Virginia boys
and girls who do not go on to
college. The academic halo of
reSpectability we place about col
lege preparatory courses is often
impractical leading students into
COURSES unsulted to them ne
said.
Youths Birthright
He said Virginia must cncour-
age more OF her youths to COM
plctC high school. which ought
TO be the birthright of every
American" but above that level
education must become Sclcctivc.
Selection is becoming more I'M
portant, since there are estimates
which indicate that In the next IA
years, through 1870, more stu
dents Will apply for college en-
trance than have in the 260 years
since Vnglnias first college was
founded at Williamsburg, Dr.
Landlord said
Discussion groups concluded the
days program. These were led by
Mrs. II +. Jackson, of Amelia on
tho cmotiOnally disturbed child.
Mrs - n Woodson. OF Richmond
on effective local committee work
FLA policy. by Dr. r. M. john
on. vice president oi the state
Congress. and Mrs Smiths on lO-