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who is now a member of the
Federal Civil Rights Commits
sion.
The Charlottesville plan has
survived it's first legal test. but
the city has been advised to
administer the screening proc
ess without discrimination, lest
the Federal Courts take over
the job of assigning pupils.
1t is not likely, therefore,
that the plan can bar all
indignation. At best, it can
minimize the mixing of races.
For this reason, leaders on
both sides of the race contro-
versy believe some Charlottes-
vile schools will close, either
on .September 2 or whenever all
the Negro applications are
processed by the school board
or the Federal Court.
How long schools will stay
closod is where the warning
factions disagree.
There was no thought of
closing the University of Vir-
GINA in 1850 when the first
Negro student was enrolled.
migration came gracefully
at the institution Thomas JEFF
ferson founded. A university
spokesman estimated tn er
were IA or Is Negro students
enrolled last term. An accurate
count is difficult because en-
rollment cards do not indicate
race, he explained.
Negro students have been as
signed to white dormitories
Some live in the sought-aftel
rooms on the Lawn. Since 1875;
Negroes have been members o.
professional fraternities anC
professional honor societies
Some white restaurants neal
the campus admit Negro stu
dents without question.
Kasper Sent Packing
The prospect of extending
integration into public school
first confronted the city il
1856. when Federal Judge JOIN
Paul issued his initial desegre
90 on order.
Seeregationist John Kaspe
came to town. He was paiC
1 little attention by most Char
lottesville residents. Polio
hauled him in for "littering cit,
streets" and sent him away
Neither side of the school con
troversv had gathered mucl
steam when Judge Paul turned
of the heat by suspending hi
order to allow time for al
appeal.
Z The appeal has run 1t
J course. Judge Paul now ha
told the city in no uncertain
terms that student assign
montS based on race must ceas
3 when the 1858 term begins
/ Operation of the State Pupi
Placement Law has been sus
} pended in Charlottesville b.
judge Paul, putting it squared
up to the school board to full
fill his mandate.
There will be no integra
ton, you can be sure of thai
The people here won't stan
for it maintains E. j. Oglesby
president of the Defenders c
S ute Sovereignty and Indi
vidual Liberties for Albemarl
County. Charlottesville is III
county seat of Albermarle bu
being a city. has a separat
school system except for I'll
Negro high school which count
and city share.
Mr.. Oglesby teaches mathC
mates at the university. He
vice chairman Of the scho
board in Albermarle Count
and notes with pride that h
county school board put itse
on record four years ago thi
there would be no integratiC
in county schoolS-even if pul
lie schools must be closed.
He believes it will be nece
sary to close some Charlotte
vile schools to avoid integri
tion-"but it may not be tn
fall"
If Charlottesville authoriti
ask permission to reopen al
schools closed by integration,
which he doubts-Mr. Oglesl
does not believe Gov. Almor
will agree. 1t is up to the Go