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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-08-07
Let's Look At The Record

showdown"
The Norfolk Virginian Pilot in an article
published June 7, quoted the NAACP Co.
ordinator as follows:
las for today's students applying for
many, he REV L. F. Griffin> says, i guess
I'd be surprised if none did"
The past record is clear that the
NAACP, since the inception of the Prince
Edward case, has pressed relentlessly.
Judge Sterling Hutchesons decision Of
August 1858, refusing to force indignation
in the Prince Edward schools could have
stood for several wears, except for the
determination and appeal of the NAACP.
The attitude of the Fourth Circuit Court
and the Z. s. Supreme Court in the Prince
Edward case is abundantly clear The Su-
preme Court in July denied a stay Of the
lower courts order for ntegration in
September 1859
The collapse of resistance by the adj
ministration in Virginia in January and
the subsequent policy Of containment, OF
freedom Of choice, with its several INFESTED
laws, give little comfort to the position Of
Prince Edward county.
Consequently. Prince Edward schools
have been closed The white people have no
public schools and the Negro people have
10 public schools. This is the first time that
the Negro people have lost anything any
where since the beginning of this drive By
the NAACP to integrate the public schools
of the South
Public schools in Prince Edward are
definite loss which We deplore.
Such is the record
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her out Of the country.
Thanks for reading.
Yours.
j. Marvin Brown,
ACCOMMODATING

An elderly lady happened to have
a little boy seated beside her in a
church pew. AS the collection plate
was being passed. the boy noticed
her fumbling in her purse Here"
he finally whispered. you take my
dime. can hide under the seat"
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fact, at the time
Of Christ debate
was still going
on among Jewish
tie hers as to
whether to keep
or discard this
book from the
sacred collection.
It is a long way
removed from
the re1i0inn of
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a horse because a horse has big head for
thinking. We have our Minister of Foreign
Affairs there. Let him think
This latter statement shows the blunt.
gruff nature Of khrushchev's sometimes
surprising remarks. H is obviously tough
customer, and supremacy confident His
confidence alas, may not be unfounded
The Russian leader is convinced that his
country is drawing ahead of the United
States IN military power, and what has been
balance is now shifting to heavy Soviet
advantage.
His cancellation of his forthcoming Scan
dlnavlan trip, his flippant remarks about
Geneva. his ultimatums, and his recent
Jlbes at Vice President Richard Nixon, all
exhibit surprising amount of confidence.
something which has not traditionallv been
demonstrated by the Russians in such a
llght-hearted Vein They are ominous notes,
and the free world can only hope that
khrushchev does not get SO cocky that he
becomes reckless and risks too much on one
gamble, for beyond certain point Presi-
dent Eisenhower, and the West, will not
give.
Cnpredictable is khrushchev who will be
visiting the United States on invitation of
President Eisenhower in September.
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I'm gonna start campaign to throw all
national holidays into one pile and concen-
trate on idleness until everybody can enjoy
working.-E. NJ. Marvin, Beatrice, Neb.,
Daily Sun.
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Since Fifty Years Ago

When look back through fifty yeors,
con. greet changes see
In how our woys OF life have changed
From what they used to be-
The changes that have taken Place
n fifty years Or more
Than changes made by men On earth
IN oil the years before.
While mans KNOW how has burgeoned muc
Through science and instruction,
In like proportion, he's increased
Means for mans destruction.
When in the First World War, we fought,
Trained horses played q port
IN cavalry, artillery
And ammunition cart
The planes then used, we're rickeN
And in numbers, few;
And SO. through mud the infontry
Most fighting had to do.
The two atomic bombs we dropped
On cities in Japan,
Among civilians caused more deaths
Than in the First Wars spon
We all felt SNUG and seIf-ossured
In freedom and security,
Unmindfu Of what wos ahead
And changes yet to be-
IN years before the First World War
There was no income tax
To take from the dough We earned
And strip shirts from our backs
Human society," On the whole,
W0S then more StrOtIffed
And with the freedoms we had then,
We we're more satisfied
Our constitution, we then thought,
Preserved tor US, each right,
Not dreaming that our highest court
Would damn If With q blight
We used to think, from money earned,
We could put some owoy
So we could have in later years,
Funds for O rony day.
The dollars thot we laid aside,
We knew were sofe to hold;
For # they we're IN "yelIow backs"
For them We could get gold
Then f. D R decided thot
The word Of Uncle Sam,
In SO for os COLDS concerned,
Was not worth O DAMN
There we're but few paved highways then
And autos We're quite few,
md When one came to smaller towns
II sight to view.
When with Less speed, the people rode
In horse and buggy days,
They little dreamed O million folks
Would die on our highways.
When look back through fifty years,
Greet changes can see,
But through the Years. the changes wrought
Have curbed our liberty
i. D. WHITAKER
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INQUIRIES have come to our office since
the publication of two articles on Prince
Edward County in the Richmond Times
Dispatch Tuesday and Wednesday report
ing "some speculation that public schools
might be attempted for one more year"
This speculation was prompted by: CD
The fact that no Negro pupils have applied
to enter white schools and (2) the advice
of lawyers for the Prince Edward School
Board who have said they beliere segregated
public schools could be operated for one
more year at least, states one article.
The speculation is no longer speculative.
There are no county funds budgeted for
public schools in Prince Edward County.
No tax levy has been made nor can any
now be made for educational purposes.
There are no funds local. state or federal
available to operate public schools next
year. There will be no public schools in
Prince Edward County next year.
Moreover, the record indicates that any
attempt to operate a public system for the
coming year on a racially separate basis
would have been doomed to failure
If there was any doubt that Negro pupils
would make application for the white
schools beginning September 1859, the
published statements of Negro leaders
would have dispelled it,
The Washington Star. in a special article
W staff reporter, Alex r. Preston May "A,
stated
Negro leaders indicate that children of
their race are preparing to make applca-
tions to specific white schools by Septem-
Der.
a Negro leader is quoted, Il have heard
cf few families who are preparing for
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EAvEsDRoPPER.

A little boy was saying his goto-
bed prayers in very low voice.
II can't hear you, dear" his mother
whispered.
Wasn't talking to YOU" said the
wee one firmly.
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Is Life Empty?
Lesson for August 8, 1859
THE COMMITTEE that choose.

THE COMMITTEE that chooses
1 the Uniform Lessons" repre-
sents more than "a denominations
This quarter, as readers may have
noticed, whole books Of the Bible
have been chosen. Unusual, indeed
unique among these IS the book
called Ecclesiastes. It is not quoted
by any New Testament writer. In
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| he VINO QOeS England IIleSSds'
| here
IT WAS AMERICAS MESSAGE
| this time but Marmion- bold never
theless.
From Moscow Westbrook Peglel
pictured Vice President Nixor
standing toe -toe-With the die
tator of Russia and smuggling it out. =
He compared his performance witt
what he called the wheeling ones
Of Roosevelt, Davies, Hopkins, Ave
rill Hartman, Adlai Stevenson
Hubert Horatio Humphrey. and
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt Down the
bloody decades 'since Versailles
and Yalta) he vowed, never die
any American agent stand toe to
toe as Nixon did y
We Walter Scott romantics one
Of whom, all unaware, is Westbrook
Pegler, will be recalling Marmion' s
toe-to-toe SUGGEST with the Douglas
quote it correctly this time
thanks to refresher course by The
Charleston News and Courier's May
Pyatt
And first | tell the, naughty
peer,
He who does England's message
here,
Although the meanest in her
May vel, proud Angus, be thy
mate:
And Douglas. more l tell thee
Zen in thy pitch Of pride
Here in thy hold. thy vassals
Nay. never look upon your
lord
And lay your hands upon your
I tell thee thoure defed j"
WHO IS TOO POOR OF placid to
help Virginia S gallant Prince Ed
ward County
Ordered to integrate immediately
the county has abolished its public
schools point blank Publisher
Barrye Wall. of The Farmville
Herald there. wires me and must
surely be answered that the
Board Of Supervisors has refused
to budget funds and has reduced
taxes accordingly Prince Ed
ward School Foundation setting up
private school system for whites
using local teachers and educational
sections Of churches, is raising
$500 900 budget which il tWo-thuds
subscribed
Because Virginia II the front line
and Prince Edward County was
first on the spot. Southcrners and
other Americans will respond to
this appeal
PRINCE EDWARDS PRIVATE
schools have got to succeed and
brilliantly.
1T WILL SEEM STRANGE to
some that III Selma. Alabama. at
this very time, only applicant
for a proposed private school for
white children appeared when the
registration book was opened Thurs
day. Before Time. Life and Com
pany take this as proof Of secret
love for indignation IN those parts,
Let them BE- brlefed OH the real
explanation II II that mass mixing
In. Deep South schools il 50 utterly
inconceivable to most whites that
they don't conceive it and. there
fore. feel no need now of measures
for the situation if Il comes.
"AH, SWEET MYSTERY Of life
VII A mystery sweet to some
and pcstlfcrous to others is why
insects bit some people and not
others. According to the u s. De
partment of Agriculture relative
amounts of moisture oil and car
bon dioxidc given off by the skin
are factors But the essential rea-
son X a mystery" says the De
partment.
Like the way Of a man with a
maid, Of an eagle in its flight or
a serpent on a rock Like clectrl-
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Unpredictable Khrushchev

NIkITA khrushchev Russian dictator, re-
Gently gave another one Of his press con-
ferences. At one point he told another poll
tician, seeking to break up the press confer
ence that the reporters questioning him
were his "sputniks.
AT another point, he commented on his
recently canceled trip to Scandinavia He
was asked why he Cancelled his trip, and the
fortnight Russian said that a government
newspaper, which he did not identify. had
come out against his visit and that he
thought this was the voice of one Of the gov
ernments concerned
Then he asked: when they spit in my
face. a guest, why should | go?'
khrushchey is obviously sensitive about
the reception he would have received. and
probably one reason is the chilly reception
he received in Great Britain = on his visit
to that country last year. He also
corded somewhat chilly reception on at
least one occasion in Warsaw, where the in
terview mentioned above took place.
This conforms to the Russian character
istc of extreme sensitivity, and pride, COM
bined with gruff manner Of speaking.
Asked about the Geneva conference, for
example, khrushchev said:
Il think nothing. Why must | think? ASK
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And first l tell thee. naughty
peer.
He who does England's message
here /"
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the prophets, the apostles and Of
Jesus. For instance, it not only
doubts immortality, it positively
denies it. Whatever religion it pre-
sents is all OF this world.
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ported by public donations. but
he added. In the following ex-
change with Mr.. Rabaut:
Reply Awaited
"As 10 the broader question
of installation Of cafeterias for
service OF all children. or In
fact installing cafeteria equip
ment In many buildings. the
board has not as yet acted. 49,"
Mr.. Rabaut-when are you
going to start to feed the kids?
DR.. Hansen--The board has
asked us for cost estimates Of
our plan. We hope to have q
partial reply to that at the
board meeting and then
the action Of the board. Of
course. viii depend upon the
sense Of urgency that various
members OF the board feel
about the problem.
Eventually. the school board,
In its February meeting.
turned down DR.. Hansen's re-
quest to set up facilities to
serve lunches to all elementary
children, but did decide to back
q plan TO provide lunches for
needy children only
Following the exchange be-
tween Mr.. ~Rabaut and DR..
Hansen, school officials again
started TO explain the various
plans. based on hot lunches.
the subcommittee had ordered
drawn UP last year.
Mrs. Swingle was testifying
and told Mr.. Rabaut the details
we're in the plans submitted to
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the subcommittee. Then the
following exchange took place:
Mr.. Rabaut-I had O ques-
ton I might ask you here. Are
these children in need Of q
hot lunch or would q normal
bag lunch. you might say sand
witches. q sandwich. cookies or
cake and fruit. be satisfactory.
along with some milk?
Could BE Cold
Mrs. Swingle-We would like
10 have q lunch that meets the
requirements set by the Secre-
tary Of Agriculture. But It
could be cold. We felt we we're
limited here because you had
asked for q hot lunch cost.
Mr.. Rabaut - Well, we are
now asking your opinion on
this.
Mrs. Swingle--I think It could
be cold.
Mr.. Rabaut--It Is q free
lunch. isn't 1t?
Mrs. Swingle-Yes. TO the
child.
Mr.. Rabaut-Of course. we
don't intend the lunch TO be
O banquet. you know.
More explanation Of lunch
plans then followed. with school
ofiicials attempting to point out
the financial difflculties.
DR.. Hansen later said that
perhaps another plan for feed
ing the needy lunches could be
designed with a little more time
and after q meeting with Dis
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Plan for School Lunch
Sketched at Hearing

This plan had been given to
the District Board Of Education.
"for its information" and to
officials In the District Building
who were to give It 10 the sub
committee.
Issue Up First
After some lengthy prelimi-
nary discussions on various
school problems. Representa-
tive Rabaut, Democrat Of
Michigan, chairman Of the SUBJ
committee. said:
I'VE win take up the hot
lunch for needy elementary
school children. We will do
this before we 60 into the
budget"
School Supt. Carl r. Hansen
and Mrs. Aletha Swingle. di-
rector Of food services for the
school system, then undertook
TO explain the suggested plan
drawn up to give the needy
free hot lunches.
DR.. Hansen explained the
school board had given its APP
prevail to q token free lunch
program. in operation and sup
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by JOHN McKELwAY
star star writer

The digestive tract is no less
serpentine than the road TO q
free lunch program for Dis
trict elementary children.
At least q map Of the road,
revealed today In the release Of
hearings before the House Sub
committee on District Appro.
priations. shows 1t TO be full
of'twists and turns. It is never
clear exactly where II Is going.
or where 1t win end.
This much was In black and
white at the time school Of
iicials took the stand to justify
their operating budget Of $46.-
685.000 and q capital outlay
Of $9.522, 900: There was no
lunch program for elementary
children In the budget: school
ofiicials had worked all fall on
q plan to feed 1000 needy chill
dren q hot lunch by. one method
or another. They had done this
because the subcommittee had
ordered 1t last year in report
ing out the District apropria-
tons bill.
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you have several propositions,
put them all down and bring
them in to US. We want to
know what the costs are go
ing to be. That is all we are
after. We want to stop the
stomach aches as soon as
possible"
Eventually, school officials
and Commissioner Robert E.
Mclaughlin submitted the plan
but submitted 1t to Senator
Morse. Democrat of Oregon,
who called a hearing on the
lunch program q few weeks
after the hearings school on
cials had had with Mr.. Rabaut.
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and fifth graders--"do not pur-
port to support or deny The
validity Of the small-class dtu-
alton"
Teacher Viewpoint
But DR.. Hansen testified. in
support Of smaller classes:
"In my opinion the teacher
is the closest to the problem:
she knows what the difhculres
are with large classes. We
asked some Of our teachers to
make q summary Of their re-
action to the large versus the
small class size problem. One
teacher said that tsmall classes)
would give her an opportunity
to work with individuals in
small groups within the classes.
to understand the needs and
interests and abilities Of q
greater number Of children. !.
So speaking from the point Of
view Of teachers ~. we have
concluded that best interests Of
the child will be served II We
have small classes"
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Small Class
Issue Raised
House Unit

District school oificials have
been closely questioned on the
apparent advantages Of small
classes. It was brought out to-
day.
Representative Rabaut, CHAIR
man Of the House Subcommit-
tee on District Appropriations.
led school ofiicials into q dis
cussion Of various research
projects which have attempted
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ficials.
Experiments Tried
He added:
Il might say this. further.
that we are actually running
10 pilot experiment now feed
ing over 1000 children In II
different schools. some Of them
going into the schools nearby,
soR'- Getting bag lunches de-
livered. This Is under the fund
which Is being sent TO the
needy luneh fund by donors
throughout the city and the
area"
The following exchange then
took place:
Mr.. Rabaut--How soon do
you think we win be able to
help all these tots, little chill
uren That are IN the elementary
school that have @ pain in their
stomach for something that
isn't in there?
DR.. Hansen---All Of them?
Mr.. Rabaut-Yes, through
out, We always talk about what
an example we are setting for
the country and we are surely
not doing so In this area"
Tells Of Hopes
DR.. Hansen then explained
his hopes Of eventually estab-
fishing lunch facilities for az
elementary children--the idea
later turned down by the
Board Of Education.
Mr.. Rabaut later said-"If
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10 find out II there Is any real
advantage to smaller classes.
He asked School Supt. Carl
r. Hansen TO comment. during
recent hearings Of the subcom-
mittee. on q report which APP
peared in The Star last July.
The article reported q research
project which held class size
was not an important factor in
the learning process"
30-to-1 Goal
The hearings. released today.
also revealed that the school
systems department Of pupil
appraisal had been asked by
the subcommittee last summer
to draw up q report on the
same subject. The school budget
Is designed to reduce the pupil
teacher ratio further to 3l.7
In the elementary grades. The
eventual goal Is 80 to /. A
total Of so additional teachers
are requested to lower the ratio
this year.
Commenting on the report
from the local school system,
Mr.. Rabaut said the findings
appear neither practically nor
statistically significant" but
added it must be concluded
that this survey does not re-
veal class size, within the range
study, as a factor In achieve
ment."
DR.. Hansen agreed that the
conclusions Of the report
based on 22l classes Of third
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Senator Stennis. Democrat Of
Mississippi, will speak at q
dinner meeting Of the Men Of
the Church at 6:15 pm. to-
morrow in the Presbyterian
Church Of the Pilgrims,
Twenty-second and p streets
NV.
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trict Building and welfare Of
ficials.
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CENTER DRAW

Sole priced! Extends los to 200
inches. With so eorriers. Con-
tinuous cord Ioeins.
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CENTER DRAW

Sole priced! Extends so to 90
inches. Ivory enamel finished
steel. 20 corriers.
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Mr.. Meredith
To Be Speaker

Mr.. Brian Meredith. direc-
tor Of the United Nations In
formation Center. WIN be
guest speaker at the annual
spring luncheon Of the Ia
kona Park Women's Club.
Inc.
The event viii be held at
1850 pm. Tuesday at the
Sheraton-Park Hotel.
Highlight Of the program
will be the installation Of new
officers, headed by MRS.
Thomas r. Conan, president.
Otlier officers include Mrs.
Joseph J. Mansolf. first vice
president: Mrs. Lewis Ma
gruder, second vice president;
Miss Dorothy Milbourne. cor
responding secretary: Mrs.
Milton q. Kingsley. record
ing secretary: and Mrs. Carl
Van Lowe. treasurer.
Mrs. James r. Lloyd. Mrs.
II. Ward Clark and Mrs. L. A.
Spindler are directors. Mrs.
Lloyd. retiring president. viii
preside at the meeting.
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Dis THE SUNDAY STAR
r. Wsshinpton. b. c.
June 7, 1859
Charities Group
Banquet TodoY

Aides to All Charities was
scheduled to hold It's ninth
annual banquet today at
$3.50 pm. at Indian Springs
Country Club.
Mrs. Marvin Solomon is
chairman of the evenings
events which include dinner
followed by a show and dane
ing to Devron's Orchestra.