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to the other board members
and ultimately to the whole
system.
Nothing can reveal more
clearly a board members
true stature, integrity, and
basic motives than the way
he handles a delicate situa-
ton of this kind. Nothing
can undermine a school
staff, or wreck its morale
more quickly than improper
handling or deliberate exploit
tation Of such a situation for
Interior motives. Yet the lat
ter is precisely what Mr..
Saunders did. This is the is
sue on which I spoke out so
sharply which you appar-
emily missed completely.
Please note these facts:
/. Mr.. Saunders met with
the group Of twenty-five par
ents on October 80 Several
of these were there inadver-
tently and definitely were
not "diSSidentS")
2. The COMPLAINTS he
heard included not only
questions about the ungraded
system, but also admins
trative problems, such as
parents being allowed in the
school on only one afternoon
per week, some Of the doors
being locked to prevent en-
trance except through the
office, some children being
frightened by certain teach
ers, etc., which were unrelated
to the system of instruction.
8. No member of the
school staff, the super
intendent'S office, or the
Board of Education knew or
was subsequently told by Mr..
Saunders Of this meeting, ex-
cept for the other three ma
jority members of the board.
Mr.. Saunders asked the par
ents to write him letters Of
complaint with copies to Mr..
Bell, board president, but
other board members did not
receive copies until almost
three weeks later.
4. Thirteen days after Mr..
Saunders meeting with the
parents, at the beginning of
a regular all-day board meet
ing, Mr.. Saunders announced
his intention to make a
statement on the ungraded
primary program at the end
of the session. However,
when that time came, the
hour being very late, he de-
ferred the statement and
asked that it be placed first
on the agenda for the next
meeting. But still he gave no
hint to any board member or
to staff personnel that he
was nursing along, in secret,
a complaint from parents at
the Rosemary school or his
plan to attack the ungraded
system of instruction.
S. The next board meeting
was on November 10, 10 days
after Mr.. Saunders meeting
with the complaining par
entS; and on this night, q
Report on the Ungraded
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school" presumably Mr..
Saunders deferred state
ment. was first on the agen-
da. Meanwhile. some five or
six days earlier, rumors Of
impen ding trouble had
leaked from the parents at
the school to the school
staff. A meeting had been
promptly set up by the staff.
on Friday, November Is
(three days before the board
meeting), to discuss the mat
ter; and word Of Mr.. Saun-
ders' secret meeting Of three
weeks earlier, embellished by
exaggerated speculation be-
cause Of the highly unusual
circumstances, quickly
spread throughout the coun-
ty. When the board meeting
opened some 400 persons
were present, apparently in
major part supporters of the
ungraded system, and includ-
ing principals and staff from
the other 10 ungraded sys-
TENS in the county.
6. AS the meeting began,
Mr.. Bell called on the super
intendent for any preliminary
statement on the ungraded
system of instruction he
cared to make, and asked
that appropriate staff come
forward. DR.. Whittier indi-
Gated that he assumed Mr..
Saunders had a statement to
make carried over from the
previous meeting, that he did
not know what aspect Of the
problem was in question,
whether it was trouble at
some particular school such
as had just come to his at
tention at Rosemary, or some
aspect of the whole system.
At this point, there was re-
vealed a carefully prear-
ranged plan by the four ma
jority members unknown to
the three minority members
or to the superintendent or
his staff, and over the pro-
test of the minority mem
berS) to carry out a sharp
and extended attack on the
ungraded system under the
guise of a detailed and sus-
tanned inquiry with Mr..
Coyle as spokesman Cfrom a
list Of prepared uuestions).
This, with contributions from
Mr.. Saunders and others,
lasted several hours. Many Of
the questions were biased
and slanted, some were hos
tile and slurring toward the
ungraded system; the whole
process being in the nature
of an inquiSition rather than
an inquiry, with the staff al
ready condemned victims.
The result of this incredible
public spectacle has been a
massive shock to the staff Of
this particular school and a
severe jolt to the moral Of
the staff throughout the
county.
Clifford X, Beck,
Member, Board Of Education,
Montgomery County.
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A BOOK FOR TODAY
Whitman as BrookIyn's Rambler
BY DONALD MINTZ

WALT WHITMAN'S NEW
YORK, From Manhattan to
MOntauk, edited with an in
production by Henry M.
ChriStman. Illus, 1888 Do.
macmillan Co., $4.5O.)
Walt Whitman was born on
Long Island, and until the
Civil War brought him to
Washington, the New York
area was his base.
BY trade, he was a printer,
journalist and editor. On June
8, 1861, the Brooklyn Standard
began a series of unsigned
articles called ''Brooklyniana."
These articles have been
brought together by Henry
M. ChriStman under the title
"Walt Whitman's New York"
AS a matter of fact, they
might better have been called
walt Whitman's Long
Island" for Whitman general
ly stayed on his own side of
the East River.
Whatever the awkward
''iana" suffix was supposed to
imply, the articles were pri-
marily historic rather than
current. Whitman made his
historical intention clear at
the beginning of the first
piece.
"a New York lie. Manhat-
tam journal, a few days ago,
made the remark in the
course of one of its articles
that the whole spirit of a
floating and changing popula-
ton like ours is antagonistic
to the recording and preServ-
ing Of what traditions we have
of the American past. This is
probably too true.
"There viii Come a Time"
Few think Of the events
and persons departed from
the stage, now in the midst of
the turmoil and excitement of
the great play Of life and
business going on around us.
Especially is this the case in
the huge cities of our Atlantic
Seaboard, like Brooklyn (then
independently and New York,
filled with a comparatively
fresh population, not descen-
dantS Of the old reSidenters,
and without hereditary inter-
est in the locations and their
surroundings. Of course, such
traditionary interest is not to
be expected in the great Far
West, either, at present. The
settlers there have to con-
struct the foundations of their
own and society's edifice,
with due firmneSs and securi-
ty, long before they can have
leisure for such RETROSPECT
tons.
"Still, there will come a
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time, here in Brooklyn, and
all over America, when moth
ing will be of more interest
than authentic "reminiscences
of the past. Much of it will be
m ade up of subordinate
memoirs and of personal
chronicles and goSsip-but we
think every portion of it will
always meet a welcome from
the large mass of American
readers" =
And so off he goes on a tour
of the history of his city and
area, sometimes delving into
the past for its own sake,
sometimes using a recent
event as a starting point for
a "retrOSpection," and some
times offering his readers
great chains of quotations
from memoirs and histories.
The Style of the Time
BY and large, his writing
obeys the newspaper conven-
tons of the time. The senten-
ceS are vast, commas are
used as much for decoration
as for punctuation, and, as
the following excerpt shows,
genteelly decorous indirection
was most fashionable: =,
snow that we have our,
magnificent Academy of Mu-
sic, so beautiful outside and
in, and on a scale commensu.
rate with similar buildings,
even in some of the largest
and most polished capitals of
Europe, it will not be amiss
to recur to what our city has
had, in former times, of
tn eatres, and places of
kindred amusement" ~
C"Our city" refers to Brook
Ign, not to what is now greater
New York;
THE same neighborhood-
indeed the very locality-oc-
cupied by this temple of Itali-
an song has many a time, in
former years, been covered
over with the circuS-tent, bar
ricaded with big baggage
wagons and iron-grated cages
of animals belonging to some
perambulating show These
circus exhibitions. by the
way, have always been a sure
card in Brooklyn. The pro-
prietors have repeatedly told
us that they have always re-
Lied on making up for slim at
tendance elsewhere by full
houses here-and have never
been disappointed"
Not Whitman's best writing.
Probably not even local histo-
ry but rather a part of the
history of local history. But it
is interesting and amusing to
watch Walt Whitman in his
role as the Rambler of Brook
lyn,
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Clipper 274

Pan Americans Clipper pa, with 81
people aboard, met its doom with shock
ing suddenneSs.
The big jet was in holding pattern
over New Castle, waiting to land at
Philadelphia International Airport. A
man in the control tower, Paul Alexy,
meSSaged the Clipper that the Phila-
delphia field was overcast, that the
pilots Of five aircraft had decided to
hold until winds had passed, and in
quired: "You elect to hold until the
squall line pasSes?" A voice from Clipper
214 said it elected to hold.
Several minutes went by. Then the
Clipper pilot said he was ready to start
a landing approach.
Control: Clipper 214 stay in
pattern"
Plane: Roger, no hurry, just wanted
you to know we'll accept a clearance"
At about that time an Allegheny
plane was reporting severe turbulence
over nearby Millville, Del. And a Delta
pilot, who had left Baltimore shortly
before Clipper 214, had told Of severe
turbulence in the Philadelphia area.
Then, suddenly, this tapped exchange:
Plane: Clipper 214 out of con-
troll . down we CO."
Control: Clipper 214, did you call
Philadelphia"
Plane: Clipper pa is going down
In flames"
Control apparently in a state Of
shock: Clipper 214, Roger, message
has been received"
So died an airliner, with all aboard
What really happened? Perhaps we will
never know.
At least two witnesses, watching
from the ground, said the plane seemed
to catch fire after being struck by,
lightning. Certainly the plane broke
apart in the air One man said he saw
bodies falling out.
Aviation authorities, however, are
skeptical of the lightning theory Despite
the eyewitness claims, they say there
is no record of a modern plane having
been destroyed or even severely damaged
by lightning. Some support is lent to
this by the report that a PakiStan plane
this morning made an emergency land
ing in Cyprus after being hit by
lightning. The plane was damaged, but
not severely.
Then what about the weather. Was
1t the turbulence, the line squat, which
tore Clipper 214 apart? And If so, can
not something be done to protect air
craft, crews and passengers from this
hazard? Such as instructing them to
leave the immediate storm area, for
example.
Representative Stratton, of New
York, leans to the theory Of jet vulner-
ability to turbulence. He may or may
not know what he is talking about. But
one thing is certain: Clipper 214, without
the slightest alarm or warning, was de-
stroyed by something in the wink of
an eye
Basic responsibility for investigating
the causes of civil air crashes rests
with the Civil AeronauticS Board. CAB
ought to start from scratch with its
ady of Clipper 214-re- examine It's
no-lightning theory, restudy the risks
Of turbulence and review all safety pro-
cedures when a plane is known to be
flying in or into dangerous weather
conditions.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to coHdenSd-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only Dhen accom-
panied BY self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
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THE POLITICAL MILL
Who Next on G. OPP. Horizon?
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhow-
er, via the New York Times,
has given q boost to the pos
sible candidacy Of Ambassa-
dor Henry Cabot Lodge for
the Republican presidential
nomination. The name of the
former Senator from Massa-
chusetts has been in the Cos
sip about potential candi-
dates for such q nomination.
Indeed, his name was usually
included in lists Of available
and worthy possibilities by
the former President in the
past. But never with so much
emphasis. nor with such a
virtual invitation. Mr.. Lodge
has made his record not only
as Senator. but in the armed
forces during World War II
and as Ambassador to the
United Nations during the
Eisenhower administration.
It Is an excellent record. How
he would fare in q race pre-
SImably against President
Lyndon johnson is a ques-
ton both the Republicans
and Mr.. Lodge will undoubt-
edly consider. Mr.. Lodge was
the running mate Of former
Vice President Richard NJ.
Nixon In the national cleo
ton of 1860, won by the late
President John F. Kennedy
and Lyndon Johnson.
Timing Questioned
Senator Leverett Salton-
stall of Massachusetts,, veter-
an Republican leader in the
Bay State. was outspoken In
his praise Of Ambassador
Lodge and his ability to serve
as Chief Executive. He
would be o strong candidate
for the presidency" Senator
Saltonstall commented. His
name would carry much
weight and I am sure the
Massachusetts, delegation to
the Republican National
Convention would support
him solidly for the nominal
ton" In some Republican
quarters, however, the timing
Of this boom for Mr.. Lodge
was called into question-the
idea being that 1t would have
been better to delay it until
February or March.
It will be interesting to see
how many party leaders
come forward in support Of a
Lodge nomination. And from
what sections Of the country.
In 1860, Mr.. Lodge had a
very considerable support for
the Vice-presidential nominal
ton in the Midwest. People
there had watched his per-
Torrance as this country's
chief spokesman at the
United Nations and liked
what he did-particularly his
hard hitting against the
Communist bloc.
The intersection Of Mr..
Lodges name as q potential
presidential G ndidate is
part Of the confused picture
which has arisen among
Republicans since the tragic
death Of President Kennedy.
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The least that can be done now is for
the homes and schools to discourage
juveniles from. taking what could be
a fatal risk.
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Prior to that Senator Barry
Goldwater Of Arizona and
Governor Nelson Rockefeller
Of New York had the field
pretty much to themselves.
Now, all that appears TO have
changed. Friends Of former
Vice President Nixon have
been pushing him forward.
There have been more stir
rings for Governor Scranton !!
Of Pennsylvania. AS Of today,
it seems the race for the
@. o. P. presidential nomina-
ton is wide open. There will
not be much change until
after some of the presiden--
tial preferential primaries,
beginning March 10 with
New Hampshire, have been
held. s..
1t seems entirely unlikely
that the name of Ambassa- A,
dor Lodge will be entered In
any of the early preferential
primaries-or that Mr.. Lodge
will make q move in the field.
of national politics. He has q
job on his hands, which he
undertook for the late Presi-
dent Kennedy-a tough job
of lettering the fight against
the Communists in Wet
Nam. He is continuing in
that position for President
Johnson. He apparently has
no intention of relinquishing
his post until the situation
has improved. '
Managed Campaign q
Mr.. Lodge, while still Sena-
tor, took a strong lead in the
drive to get Gen. Eisenhower
into the race for the Republic
can nomination in 1852. He
became the Eisenhower cam
paign manager, and did a
hard, tough and successful
job, which enraged some Of
the ardent supporters Of the
late Senator Robert A. Taft
of Ohio. So much so that Mr..
Lodges defeat for reelection
to the Senate, while Eisen-
hover was carrying Massa-
chusetts, has been attributed
to the ultra conservative
Republicans and some of the
ultra-conServative Democrats
who in the past had voted
for Lodge. Lodge lost to Ken
nedy by some $4,000 votes,
which paved the way to the
ultimate election of President
John F. Kennedy. In 1862,
George Lodge, a son of the
Ambassador, ran for a Senate
seat against President Ken
nedy's youngest brother, now
Senator Edward M. Kennedy,
A race of Ambassador
Lodge, if he won the Repub-
lican presidential nominal
ton, against President john
son and perhaps Attorney
General Robert F. Kennedy
as a Johnson running mate,
would be q continuance of
the Lodge-Kennedy battles r
which go back to the days of
the Ambassadors grandfath-
er, Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, and President Kenne- 4,
dy's grandfather. John F.
Honey Fitz) Fitzgerald. IS
Jackson advocate., 1963-05-11
Quitman News

The City Wide Usher Board
of the Quitman Area met with
George Chapel Church April Ia
1868 time 6 P. M. the house was
called to order by the chair.
man of the worship committee
Bro. Earnest Moore after the
devotion, president Jasper took
the chair after his brief in
troductory he presented the
Vice President. Bro. Lee Will
liam who presided over the
meeting a hearty welcome from
the hostess church.
Then the program began all
churches had a part in the max
ing Of the program. Prayer for
the ushers, sick, and shut-in,
minister, matron noted. The
program was very inspiring,
Finance Committee in charge,
amount raised $44.73. The next
meeting will be held at Mt.
Zion church, Quitman, Miss.
May IL, 1868 time 6 P. M.
Matron ask all ushers to meet
the mass meeting Bro. Sam
Jasper, president Sis. Ollie
Murphey, Secretary.
Jackson advocate., 1963-05-11
More Schools Are Segregated
In Wash. Today Than 9 Years Ago

white children attended 73 per
cent of the city schools togeth-
er. But white residents 'began
pouring out of Washington"
Negroes moved in and the re-
suit is that enrolment in 115
of the 100 public schools is now
all Negro or better than 90 per
cent, according to the reporters.
The recent riot, led by an an
CRY mob of Negro teen-agers,
was labeled by special investi-
eating committee "a disgraceful
climax to lawlessness a SER
ious symptom of larger prob
lem" in the nations capital. Ra-
cial problems in the District and
its school system are rooted in
the economically depressed Ne
gro population in Washington
where housing and job discrim-
ination continues and Negroes
are still second-class citizens"
Shuster and Franklin asserted.
In addition to overcrowded,
old and neglected school build
ings, they said academic ach-
ievements and student behavior
are also substandard. But they
expressed doubt that money for
new schools and repairs would
be appropriated "as long as the
District Committee, dominated
by segregationist Southerners,
holds the purse strings"
"After months of probing,
most Of the school problems
have been recognized, but facing
the problems is not the same
as solving them. Overnight re-
form can not be expected. But
all Washington now knows
something must be done, and
done soon, if further violence is
to be avoided" Shuster and
Franklin concluded.
Jackson advocate., 1963-05-11
PauIding News

The City Wide Usher Board
of the Paulding Area met with
church of God, Pauding, Miss.
April 81, 1868 time 6 p. m.
Prayer service was conducted
by brother I. C. Nelson. After
the devotion president Clayton
took the chair after his brief
Introductory the welcome from
the hostess Miss Henrietta
Hayes enjoyed by all then the
program all churches but one
was present, and part in the
making of the program prayer
for the ushers, sick and shut-in
by the Rev. Gaines matrons not
ed. Rev. Gaines, Rev. McCul-
lum, visiting president Bro. c.
C. Combest, Pachuta Area,
along with him Matron Com
brest also the key usher Bro.
William Allen they both spoke
in brief. Usher Bro. Archie
Craft in charge of the March
finance committee in charge.
Amount raised $3O.25. The pro-
gram climax when Bro. Archie
Craft sang / will trust in the
Lord remarks by the president.
Several announcement, the next
meeting will be held with the
Leonia Church Heidelberg,
Miss. April 10, 1868 time 6 p.
m. Bro. G. w. Clayton, presi-
dent, Sis. Bette Heard, Secre-
tary, Sis Lurline Nelson,
Matrons.
Jackson advocate., 1963-05-11
MOSS NEWS

The City Wide Usher Board
Of the Moss Area met with the
New Hope Well M. B. Church
Of the Blue Ridge Community,
April %, 1868, time 6 D. m.
Prayer service was conducted
by Brother Easor Jones and
sister Ethel Clayton the presi-
dent Barlow took the chair
after the opening remark, the
welcome from the hostess ch.
Miss Bette Carylon Hosey.
Then the program, all churches
were present but on who had
a part in the making of the
program. Prayer for the ushers,
sick, shut-in Vice President
Jones Matrons noted.
Visitors noted: Kansas City
Mo. Jones County Area. Fin
ance committee in charge. The
next meeting will be held May
26, 1868. Pleasant Grove Ch.,
Moss, Miss. time 6 p. m. come
one come all and let us wor-
ship togther. Brother Daniel
Barlow, President, Sister Ethel
Clayton, Secretary, Brother
Ezro Pruitt, Reporter.
Jackson advocate., 1963-05-11
TayIorsviIIe
n eWs

Regular monthly meeting was
held at Shady Oak M. B.
church May 5, 1868, Sunday
school call together by the Supt.
Prof. ]. V. Posey. 1000 opening
period devotional reading; Gen.
esis 2:20d-24. Devotional dis
cussion (by a family group) !;
father, daughter, son and Moth
er; Subject; Lesson Repentance
and forgiveness Pslam 80;
very fine lesson the teachers
did their best to get this les
son over to the classes. Review
ed by pastor Leyoun, very fine
pastor. He preached a wonder
full sermon. 1 John 38 his text,
"Where dous You Live; fine
message. 1t was both spiritual
and uplifting. The amount of
Jackson advocate., 1963-05-11
DR.. Jane <. McAIIister honored
bV JSC National Student GROUP

Year" by the student group.
Through her dynamic leadership,
programs designed to enrich the
students educational efforts
have come into being. She was
the moving force behind such
programs as the Telelecture Sc
ries, the Public Affairs Forum,
the College Readiness Program,
the Continuing Education En-
richment Program, and Project
Enrichment. A graduate of Tai
ladega College where she receiv-
ed the A. B. Degree, DR.. Nc
Allister received the M. A. De-
gree at the University of Mich
igan and was the first Negro
woman to receive the Ph. D. in
Education. Even before she
joined the Jackson State College
faculty she was serving as a
consultant to the College. She
was employed at Miner Teachers
College in Washington, D. c.,
during that time.
DR.. McAllister received two
plaques - one from the SNEA
and one from the Jackson State
College faculty and staff. She
also received gifts from the
College Laboratory School, Edu-
cation Area, Alumni Chapter,
Student Government Associa-
ton, and In Service Teachers.
In accepting the gifts DR.. Nc
Allister reminded the audience
that "high potential isn't limit
ed to a gifted few"
AS speaker for the occasion,
DR.. Max Eddy, Professor of In
dustrial Arts at Purdue Univer-
sity stated: Every society that
has existed has made provision
for it's members. Education is
very important function and
it has become more and more
complex. The schools of America
are the instruments of the school
of education. The age of spec
ial education, technical educa-
ton, atomic energy, and auto
nation will make many aspects
of vocational education obsolete.
We must prepare our society to
live and compete and to develop
each individual to his highest
potential. We must prepare them
for useful employment, upgrade,
improve and refrain those who
are already employed"
Mrs. Ola M .Tatum, Asso-
ciate Professor of Language
Arts, received a citation for
having been selected to study in
Norway this summer and DR..
Broadus Jackson was cited for
having completed work for the
Doctorate Degree. Reverend
James Brown was cited also.