Evening star., 1960-04-11

private school has resulted in
better teaching conditions at
irtegrated Warren County
High School which, school off,
ciaiS said, had been over
crowded.
The county high school
c1used for half a year after a
Federal court ordered % Negro
students admitted in Septem-
Ger 1858. When it reopened
in February, 1859. only the
Negroes attended.
= Whites Evenly Divided
This year, 40 white students
have been attending classes
with 10 Negroes at Warren
High. A private school for 428
white students has been oper-
ated at the Virginia Gentleman
Restaurant and Club on the
outskirts of town.
Pre- registration indications
are that virtually all the white
students plan to attend the
private school again next year.
This has led to the formation
of special corporation. Front
Royal Academy, Inc, to raise
$250,000 for permanent build
ing.
Twenty citizens each contri-
buted $1,000 for purchase of
land. H. H. NARROW, president
of the new corporation, said
close to $4,000 had been OBJ
tained toward construction.
He said $25O,OOO would pay
for a building worth more than
that figure because private
school hackers are expected to
contribute services and sell
materials at cost.
Bonds Offer 6 Per Cent
The construction money is
being obtained through the
sale of bonds. A private school
hacker said the 6 per cent
bonds. which are unsecured,
are better than Government
bonds if you have faith in the
organization"
Mr.. NARROW said private
school hackers think they can
raise the construction funds
because some of them did the
same thing recently to build a
new church.
II don't know if they can
swing the new school or not,
but I hope they can" said one
public official, who indicated he
thought this was a general
community feeling.
-One group, the l,800-member
local of the Textile Workers of
America, already has given
substantial support. Business
Agent Glenn Kaufman said
the local had voted unani-
rnously to buy $1,000 worth of
construction bonds. He said the
union has been a steady backer
Of the private school.
Tuition Grants Help
Current financing of Mosby
Academy has been aided in
large measure by Virginia's tut
tion grant program. The school
is expected to receive more than
100000 next year in tuition
from parents who can recoup
the money through State grants.
The school has fought an up
hflt battle for survival this year.
Principal Glenn Sunderlin, n,
who came out of retirement to
head the segregated school,
thinks considerable progress
has been made.
-s''When we started in Sep
tember. I had to recruit a
whole new group of teachers
wherever we could find
them" he said. The staff
numbers 18, but Mr.. Sunderlin
said he does not plan to ask
eight of them to return next
year. ..
"You have got to protect the
boys and girls" he said, indi-
eating some of the present
teachers don't meet his stand
ards. Some others are very
good, he said.
Private school spokesmen ad-
mitted that it Jared them some
last fall when children of three
Of their leaders were enrolled
N the public high school.
a. Equipping the private school,
Which uses a former bar and
dining rooms for classes, was
difficult. Mr.. Sunderlin said.
Partitions split larger rooms
into instruction areas.
I'm at least one class, "the
only person who had a book
was the teacher and that one
was borrowed" he said. 1t took
stiff fight to get textbook
companies to charge the acad-
emy public school prices, the
principal noted.
Twelve Mosby Academy stu
dents dropped out this year,
the principal said. One went to
the public high school, one got
married, two moved away and
most of the rest just stopped
going to school, he said.
One teacher at the private
school this year left for more
money" one resigned because
of lung trouble" and one was
asked to leave because he
couldn't handle the work, Mr..
Sunderlin said.
After touring the school re-
Gently, Mr.. Sunderlin said, I'VE
started from scratch and there's
lots of room for improvement.
The only way we can 60 is up"
In contrast to crowded con-
ditions at Mosby Academy.
class rooms at Warren High
are only partially filled. The
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