The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-09
Editor Praises
Small Voice
Crying Boldly
Fitzpatrick Says
Attentive Land
Watches County

The resolute and courageous &C
ton Of Prince Edward, taken
quietly and unflinchingly after
years of patient endurance. and
when no other tolerable alternative
could be discovered. is in the finest
tradition of American political in
dependence. James Jackson Xii
patrick editor Of the Richmond
News Leader said III his graduation
address at Farmville High School,
Thursday.
Yours is a small voice, crying
boldly to a suddenly and sobcrly
attentive land. that here in Prince
Edward. free men survive who face
an oligarchy unafraid Editor Kill
patrick said.
Il suppose that all of us regret
the necessity for the decision your
county at long last found inescap-
able. he said You who have
KIN n the value Of public free
schools Will regret the suspension
Of these public school values most
keenly. their replacement Will de-
mand Of your sacrifices, and years
of effort and a devotion to principle
not many men are capable Of sus-
tanning.
Super State" Scored
Yet by this action a great part
of the South has said through Prince
Edward, Yes, we believe in public
schools, but We do not believe in
public schools at any price. You
have said, as man has almost for
gotten how to say that YOU will
provide for yourself, as free men,
better and happier life than the
super-state hungers to thrust upon
you from above
Fitzpatrick said, Every one Of
lis in this room. suppose, is acutely
conscious that tonight's graduation
program may be the last such event
IN this school for years to come
No one can predict the course
Of litigation with accuracy any
more Events of the coming school
year cannot be anticipated as
clearly as all Of us would like =
Impotence Scored
This was the backdrop as Farm
vile High School graduated "a
seniors and the Robert r. Motion
High School for Negroes graduated
IS.
Said Fitzpatrick. Had the state
and here l mean the national state.
the whole Of our impatient n d
thoughtless society been willing to
stand upon old principles of consti-
tutional law, drawn for the singu-
lar and perfect coalition of the
American Union. this evenings pro-
gram would not be touched as il
is with a sense Of sadness.
If persons in high authority had
had the intellectual and judicial
stamina TO withstand the subtle
pressures Of social forces and the
strong pull Of their personal pre-
elections the integrity to uphold
establs he'd order and laW-We could
have been spared the upheaval we
are struggling to cope with now.
But the high court could not
wait This is social wrong,
cried the judges. Therefore it is
unconstitutional And they did not
stop to look, or to consider what
violence their emotional and ar
rogant act would cause \"
Read History
fitzpatrick urged upon people
sense enough to read and under
stand history He paraphrascd
Santayana in reminding that those
who fail to learn their history arc
compelled to live it over again.
For his particular history lesson.
the nationally known editor chose
the Roman Empire both in its rise
and in its eclipse and fall. During
the rise, the emperors persisted
IN the design of maintaining the
dignity of the empire without at
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