St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-01-08
Improvement Noted
But Victory Cool
Not Yet In SIGHT

Not Yet In Sight
Several gains and some setbacks
were recorded on the Indignation
front during the past month, AMP
writer's stated this week.
Most noteworthy gains were
made in Louisville, KY, and Okla
homa, but important pro-integra-
ton decisions were also handed
down by the us. Supreme court.
In Louisville, a total of 84.6 per-
cent of all its public school pupils
are reported to be attending in
tegrated schools-an increase Of
6.5 percent over last year.
A further breakdown Of the fig
ures, as given by School Supt.
Omer Carmichael, shows that in
tegration is moving forward, even
If slowly.
The breakdown shows a total
enrolment Of 46,740, a decrease Of
SO from last year; Negro enroll
ment as 14,766, an increase Of 294;
white enrolment as 31,S4s, a de-
crease Of 955.
Gain In MIXED Schools"
The total students in integrated
schools is 39,431, compared with
SO, 45O last year All-white schools
total nine, while there are four
an-Negro schools. Sixty-two of the
city's rs schools are integrated.
Louisville also made progress in
another area Of education. In a
speech before the Jefferson County
Sunday School association, Car
michael reported that Negro teach
ers (10) have been integrated into
the city's school system without
trouble.
1--WE have experienced almost no
specific problems at all and not a
single call came from a single
parent wanting his child moved
out of a Negro teachers class"
he explained.
Carmichael praised the compel
ance and integrity of the Negro
teachers and the cooperative spirit
of the whites.
Oklahoma also presents an en-
couraging picture. A survey con-
Quoted by State Schools Supt. Oh
liver Hodge shows a total of 1906
pupils enrolled in integrated schools
throughout the state. The report
also reveals that 324 school dis
tricts now have Negro children. A
year ago, there were 1853.
The lone bleak spot in the report
concerns the rise in the number
of unemployed Negro teachers du'
to indignation. A total of $50 los
their jobs when all-Negro unit
were closed under the indignation
program.
High Court Hands Down Mandate
Meanwhile, the Supreme court
since re-convening in mid-Octobel
handed down the following deseg
regation mandates;
a. Refused to review a desegrega
ton decision in Prince Edwar
county, Virginia, one Of the fiv
original counties involved in 1t
decision Of 1854. The county ha
abandoned its public school syster
2 in favor of private schools-fo
whites only.
l b. Refused to review a decisio
outlawing an ordinance by the MOI
folk City council to permit it t
close some schools rather tina
desegregate. Oddly enough, tn
ordinance as challenged by grou
Of white students who want {
keep the public schools open.
III In another decision, the hig
court refused to hear two Negr
challenges against North Carolina
pupil placement law. The court fe
that Negro students had not full
complied with the state law befol
going into court.
In still another action touchir
the school theme, Meharry Me,
ical college, which graduated mo-
than one-half of the total numb,
of Negro doctors in the Unite
States, was voted an increased iii
ancial allowance by the Southel
Governors conference, which m
in Asheville, N. c.
III OF the 16 states represented
the conference, IL have workir
financial agreements with Meha
ry, which trains Negro doctors al
dentists for the state which do
not provide such training for N