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heßev. Dr. WilliamJ. White
(1832-1913), whom I spon
sored in August, has also
been officially nominated as
a candidate for induction into the
Black Press Hall of Fame (Oct. 23).
This historic advancement
DR. LARKE OR THE STUDENTS:
WHO’S IN
CHARGE
by Mark Oliphant
Article of Analysis and Interpretation
The mid-semester principal switch by the Rich
mond County Board of Education for T.W. Josey
Comprehensive High School and A.R. Johnson Health
Professions Magnet School could not be more timely to
follow the recent Million Youth March calling youth to
stand up, be heard and become leaders. crusade, as
students at both schools stood toe to toe against
superintendent Dr. Charles Larke demanding an-
SWers.
However, there are still those who view the stu
dents, along with their parents, as being out of line
and outright disrespect to authority. But is it?
The general public which must rely almost exclu
sively on media reports can be heard asking:
“Dr. Larke’s the superintendent. He'’s in charge.
What he says goes!”
“Dr. Larke and the board is using Dr. Pennamon as
ascapegoat from that melee at the Josey-Butler game.
That would have happened with or without her. He
said October Ist. Why the sudden change?”
“The board voted on the change after school started.
What could Dr. Larke do?” _
“Horace: Lamback is, Dr, Larke's brother-in-law,.
Duh!?” :
“Dr. Larke has some sort of personal agenda. He'’s
either going to be kicked out or is going walk out this
year. He’s just trying to make a name for himself.”
“These kids need to quit their crying and do their
school work!”
Whetheror not thesestudents arein the rightin this
instance, it is an American rite that youth who feel
disenfranchised by authority should boldly exercise
their rights and express their views (i.e. Civil Rights
Era, Vietnam Draft Card Burn protests, Rodney King
Trial uprisings, etc.).
Perhaps many in authority are quick to forget their
own youthful rebellion. On the other hand, many of
these students may one day find themselves in the
same shoes as Dr. Larke and the school board mem
bers.
What was hoped by the facilitators of this meeting
was diplomacy. But in reality, how strong was this
possibility? These students and faculty ofboth schools,
as well as many in the community, had already fixed
in their minds that Dr. Larke and the board, are
notorious for making unpopular decisions laced with
arrogance. This can be attested by many residents of
Goshen Plantation and environmental activist by Dr.
Larke giving the go-ahead to the construction of a
South Augusta high school in a heavily toxic, noisy
area.
Dr. Larke reminded the students and their parents:
“You are under (the guise of) the school board, not a
particular school,” Dr. Larke directed at Josey stu
dents and parents at Savannah Place last Thursday,
who eventually explained the nature of the principal
switch is both to better utilize the talents Drs.
Pennamon and Lamback had to offer, as well as
personal matters surrounding each principal. “Thisis
a minor change. Change is part of life. Young people
need to understand that. If you (parents) are so
concerned with change, you need to help young people
accept change and not rebel each time we make a
decision. All 'm trying to do is give Richmond County
a better school system.” :
Does this outweigh Dr. Larke’s out-of-town absence
of during a PTA meeting at A.R. Johnson last Wednes
day, which one of his colleagues on the Board acknowl
edged as “irresponsible,” as well as his tardiness and
early walk-out during a meeting the next night spon
sored by T.W. Josey’s Academic and Athletic Booster
Club and Alumni Association, which insulted those in
attendance both nights?
The parents there reminded him that he cannot bite
the hands that feed him, or votes him into office.
~ Are the students of Johnson and Josey, as well as
their tax-paying parents, entitied to more of an con
crete explanation than this being a “minor change” or
any of Dr. Larke’s 30 minutes or so of what they
viewed as issue-hurdling and redundant rhetoric?
At the Josey meeting, there were not only cries of
dismay over “fixing what’s not broken,” with regard to
the unfinished business Dr. Pennamon had for Josey.
Dr. Larke was reminded by the crowd of Dr.
Pennamon’s unprecedented achievement in her one
year at Josey. !
“Are you saying Joscy does not deserve her?” Josey
See YOUTH, page 11A :
J. Philip Waring Guing Places
Memorial Column
Dr. White honored by black press
means that for the very first time
nationally, a distinguished pioneer
Reconstruction era publisher and
a currently active communicator
have both received thissignal press
honor. It is a credit for Augusta.
He has been nominated as a
A (loser Look
The following memorial column by the late J. Philip Waring was first published for
Augusta Focus on September 26, 1987. We are republishing it so that Mr. Waring's
admirers can reminisce and those who missed his columns can get a glimpse of
recent black history.
pioneer founding editor-publisher
(Georgia Baptist, 1880-1913). We
regard him as an “elder statesman
of the Black press in the American
Southeast” during the Reconstruc
tioh period and for the first 13
years of the 20th century. As his
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for teaching his fellow Bm
to read and write in the so-called
“blockade schools” in and around
Augusta before the end of the Civil
War! He was noted for courage.
In comparing White's many fine
achievements against the many
cruel barriers of that sad era, they
stand high indeed.
My own nomination isin a differ
ent category — that of a person
who has aided the Black press —
as “distinguished volunteer colum
nist.”
Dr. White’s granddaughter, Mrs.
Josephine H. Love, Spelman Col
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Balute to Bill Cosby Now on
Another Front:
Be sure to get a current copy of
Tlme Magazine which has Bill
Cosby’s photo on its front page
along with a wonderful feature
story.
He makes almost 50 million dol
lars per year. Most noteworthy.
However, he donated 1.5 million to
Fisk University, has aided many
charities /fcluding the UNCF,
NAACP,wflwUrbanleague.
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