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“. . . White Citizens’ Council and
their affiliates have done much to retard
the social change which the rest of the
nation and the rest of the world are de¬
manding of the South. These groups,
with their ideological roots nurtured in
the provincialism of the past, fail to re¬
cognize that we no longer live in isola¬
tion, but that we act on a world stage.
They are less interested in prestige—in¬
deed the survival of the Nation—than in
protecting a vested interest in the ana¬
chronism of segregation. The great trag¬
edy is that even they recognize their pro¬
gram to be delaying tactics at best, yet
tney persist in making a period of in¬
evitable transition more diificult and
painful.” —Routh and Anthony.
EVENTS OF GREAT MOMENT
It is doubtful that the great majority
of American Negroes are aware that dur¬
ing the last three months three events of
tar-reaching importance took place. These
events hold great significance for Ne¬
gro status all over the world. One of
them, the birth of independence for
Ghana, has special significance for the
nationalistic aspirations of colored people
everywhere and for the imperialist na¬
tions like the French and the British.
March G, 11>57 marked a new date with
ominous warning to them that the liquida¬
tion of their empires is in the cards. The
independence of Ghana adds new hope
and courage to millions of people who
are growing more and more restless with
yearnings tor freedom.
The better known of the three events
is the Prayer Pilgrimage to Washington,
the nation's capital, the arsnel (?) of
democracy, where, we hope, the Negro’s
battle and- yearning for civil rights was
placed on the conscience of the American
people. The Pilgrimage went to Wash¬
ington! “to observe the third anniversary historic
of tlip U. S. Supreme Court’s
ruling of May 17, 1954, banning racial
segregation in public education, to call
for enactment of pending civil rights
legislation, to protest against mob viol¬
ence and terror in the South, and to pay
tribute to the memory of the Great Eman¬
cipator in the shadow of wnose chaste
memorial the meeting was held.” Civic,
political and religious leaders offered
prayers and pleas for action on the po¬
litical front to “achieve the goal of equal¬
ity of rights for all American citizens.”
Another event, less known but quietly
efficient in its functioning, took place
in St. Paul, Minn., where representatives
frsm 38 states met in annual conference
to advise about their specific interests
and also to reaffirm their support of such
worthy projects as the United Negro
REV. KING NAMED
SP1NGARN MEDALIST
(Continued trom Page one)
Ala., bus protest movement j j
*ry,
of 1955-56, has been chosen as the
42nd Spingarn Medalist, Roy Wil- !
kins, executive secretary of the !
Nhtional Association for the Ad-
rancement of Colored People, an-
Kounocd here today. I
The medal, awarded annually to kj i
a Negro American for distinguish
•d achievement, will be presented
to the Rev. Dr. King at the asso- j
elation’s 48th annual convention in
Dctroit, June 25-30. The presen¬
tation is scheduled for the night
of June 28.
At 28, I)r. King is the youngest
and the first active clergy- :
person
men to be awarded the medal. De- I
scribed as “dedicated and creative selfless,” j
he is cited for “his con- ,
tributions to the Fight for Free- j
and his outstanding leader¬
ship role in the successful Mont¬
gomery bus protest movement.”
Dr. King, the citation asserts,
has “become a foremost exponent
the Ghandian philosophy of
non-violent passive resistance. He
has not only preached the doc¬
trine of, ‘Love your enemies’; he I
has also demonstrated the efficacy
af this Christian faith.” j
The Spingarn Medal was insti-
tuted in 1914 by the late J. E.
Spingarn, then chairman of the
NAACP Board of Directors. It
if a gold medal awarded “for the
highest or noblest achievement by
an American Negro during the
preceding year or years.” The old-
eat award in this field, it is also
regarded as the most coveted.
Since Mv. Spingarn's death in
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College Fund, the National Foundation
of Infantile Paralysis and the Legal Re¬
search Fund for the NAACP. The in¬
dependence of Ghana and the Prayer Pil¬
grimage for Freedom have immense
spiritual implications. The Grand Mas¬
ters Conference of Prince Hall Masons
has not only spiritual implications lor Ne¬
gro Americans, but it also has a plea
and a challenge for Negroes to develop
a passion and a devotion for a cause that
is right and just, for which no sacrifice
is too great and more deserved.
Support for the NAACP is far more
urgent now than it has ever been, due to
several facts: (1) “litigation to secure
for Negro citizens rights under the
Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth
Amendments have created a new and dis¬
tinct field of law—civil rights— which
took its place along with the older estab¬
lished specialized branches of Costitu-
tional law;” (2) a growing research staff
which increases costs; (3) heavier case
load-100 during the past year; and (4) in¬
creased resistance mushroomed in White
Citizens’ Councils since the May 17th
1954 decision. “The councils have grown
to more than 335,000 members with fi¬
nancial support of nearly $2,000,000.”
And What’s more, “Statutes passed re¬
cently in Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi,
South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia
seek to regulate out of existence or penal¬
ize the activities of the N.A.A.C.P., the
N.A.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund, and
the Urban League . . . Similar statutes
are under consideration in Florida and
Texas. Moreover, suits to achieve the
same ends have been trumped up by state
authorities in Alabama, Georgia, Louisi¬
ana and Texas . . .” Leaders who have
borne the brunt of court cases in certain
stales, attended often with humiliation,
are inclined to be impatient with those
who have benefitted most from the labors
of the N.A.A.C.P. and who gave niggard¬
ly, if they give at all, while the little
Negro, looked at down the nose, is giving
freely of his mite to the support of the
organization that is fighting for the “big
fish” as well as for the" small fry.” The
N.A.A.C.P needs the support of all free¬
dom loving Americans. A recent state¬
ment from the New York office of the
B’nai B’rith calls for support of the
NAACP because if it can be hushed up
or outlawed, it will not be long before
other organizations will suffer the same
fate. The cause of the Negro is right.
The fight for civil rights is a just fight
and all liberty loving people ought to see
it as such, especially, when it is con¬
ducted in accordance with the law un¬
der the Constitution of our democratic
country which is the paragon of de¬
mocracy.
the medal has been continued
terms of his will which set
a trust fund "to perpetuate the
interest of my brother,
B. Spingarn, of my wife,
E. Spingarn, and of myself
the achievements of the Ameri-
Negro.” Arthur 15. Spingarn
his brother as president
the association in 1939, a posi-
he has since held con-
Among ,
previous
have been Dr. Ralph
- Kumhe. Marian Andersen,
l *dge AS illiam H. Hastie, A.
I>hil 'P Randolph, Thurgood Mar-
shall, Carl Murphy, Dr. Channing
H. Tobias, Roland Hayes, Jackie
Robinson, the late Walter White
and the late Dr. Louis T. Wright.
NEW ROCHELLE VOTERS
DEFEAT JC SCHOOL
iContinued rvom rage One)
hacks upon our American demo¬
cracy. The board defeated its own
referendum because it is out of
touch with the thinking of the ma¬
jority of the citizens.”
Of the seven proposals submit-
ted for a school expansion program
costing $13,806,000, five were de¬
foated including three which the
NAACP branch urged people to
v0 ^ e against.
Instead of building a new elc-
inentary school in the heart of
the segregated Negro area, the
NAACP contended that the pres¬
ent Lincoln school should be aban¬
doned and the pupils assigned to
other schools in the city. En¬
rollment in the school is now 90
per cent Negro.
lUSY SAVING THE WORLD, WHILE THE CONSTITUTION IS
AT HOME.
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THEY yvj SE£ 1T1
iVc TOLD YOU
M/ NY TINTS THAT
1 CAN'T HAPPEN
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Between The Lines
•
By Gordon Hancock,
For Associated Negro Press
____ THE SUPREMEST COURT.
3 he Supreme Court of the
United states, on May 17, 1954,
, handed , , down its . great decision ...
that segregation in our education-
al system is unconstitutional. That
great decision left the nation m a
state of wonder and the Old South
in state of rebellion.
Today three years after the de-
cision, desegregation is far from
accomplishment and the Old
South’s state of rebellion is
from being subdued, and at this
writing thousands of Negroes in a
"March on Washington” move-
ment are meeting to protest the
slowness with which the Supreme
Court’s mandates are being carried
out and to protest thg delaying
tactics being employed by Con-
gross to enact civil rights legisla-
tion.
The civil rights legislation seems
stalled by the delaying tactics of
the determined southerners, who
have declared that the rights bill
shall not pass. The March on
Washington movement is right-
eously conceived. It is not designed
to embarrass our great nation in
the eyes of the world—although it :
will do just that—but its main
design design is is to to appeal appeal to to conscience conscience
of the nation.” This is the import-
ant thing, this appeal to the con- |
j science of the nation, by openly
praying to Heaven for deliverance.
The March on Washington move¬
ment cannot therefore be gain¬
said, for it is an appeal to Heaven,
the “Supremest Court” of all.
There are supreme courts and
there are supremer courts; and
then there is the The Supremest
Court,' the court of Heaven. This
is where the Israelites made their
final and most effective plea; * this
js where our motht ;,, s an d fathers
here in America made their last
stand against slavery. They
and Heaven hoard their cries
l ' nto t,od for deliverance.
; deliverance d,d come! The great
| <,f Marching on
BppeaUi ^^e/ "
We are told that it is not by j
^ power and by might but by
I mv
! Spirit “saith the Lord.” Thou-
sands of Negroes praying together
"bishingtou well might trouble
" ot onl >' til( ‘ conscience of the mi-
I tion but of the world for color pre-
judice is a world problem made so
by the struggles of the colored peo- 1
j j pi e t 0 (, e f ree-
There is a holy stirring of all
I oppressed peoples and while these
j | cause is unrest and tourmoil at times,
it a wholesome sign that times ,
are changing for the better. It
| would be a tragedy if the oppress-
] ed peoples are satisfied and non-
resistant in their oppression.
I What is transpiring in AA'ash-
| ington today is but the dramatiza¬
tion of a people’s woes involved
j in the whole scheme of segrega-
tion; it is but the confirmation
of the belief that there is a God
who hears and feels and under¬
stands. The very gesture stirs the
hearts with solemn contemplations.
Court riioulli roqu^cken^'the^'con-
science of mankind that there is a
divine hand in the affairs of men.
The delaying tactics of the rep-
resentives of the Old South are
enough to make sick the heart of
those who long and pray for the
coming of the brotherhood of man. i
PRESENTING CHECK
(Continued iroin Page onei
anna Donegal, Elouisc Sanders,
Minnic Noble. Henri Mae Hud-
ion, Carolyn Gates, Florrie
Bland, Esther Stokes, Grace
Carter, Mins Mottella Marce and
Miss Ruth White. Other mem-
bers not on the picture are
Rabbie Lynah. Janie Coliins,
! R l * h y Mmey, . Giadys r , Pnrter Porter mid r, nf j
Ann Mortimore.
SUPREME CT UPHOLDS
IMMmiATF UrlfVlfciL/lA1 £i 1NTFF Hi 1 LU.
(Continued from Page One)
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the Southern Association of Col-
logos. Thu immediate admission of
Negroes to the college, assorted
the state, would lower the mini-
mum expenditure of $300 per
pil, necessary for accreditation.
By a 2-1 decision the Circuit
Court of Appeals rejected the
state's contentions.
Chief Judge Charles C. Sim¬
mons and Judge Florence E. Allen
ruled that the state of Tennessee
could limit admissions, hut not on
the basis of color. They suggested
. that the problem of congestion in
the schools, raised in the state’s
argument against immediate inte-
(r| .. llion ( . ould be re i ieve d by the
elimination of out-of-state admis¬
sions.
\„ ; mme dinte comment on
II s Sun "the rente Court's refusal to
review Circuit Court's decision
was available from Tennessee
btate officials-
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
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It must be remembered that, ap-
peals to the courts of the nations
may be lost, ’ but the appeal to the
Sup ,., mt>st Court of lhl ,„ is
nevor |ostj for .. krH . c . buttle are
never lost. , ,
The glorious thing about this
Prayer Pilgrimage is that it shows
that the Negro has not lost his
contact with Heaven; that he has
not let his beginnings in education
and business and great achieve-
ment daunt his faith in Cod. God
forbid that we should ever know
too much and have too much to
seek our Heavenly Father’s face.
More strength to tbo ■ setting out
on the Prayer Pilgrimage! More
courage to those who would appeal
to the Supremcst Court!
The effective appeal of an op-
pressed group depends upon its
faith and not its equipment. There
is a great temptation for the
strong to rust in their strength,
but relatively weaker groups put
their trust in God. It is better to
be a member of a weaker group
with faith in God than a member
of the group whose God is its
strength.
As when Abraham left his mi-
t*ve land to seek a strange land
that God would later show him,
he realized that it was better to
be - on »"/, the road w'th j......, God than to
be at home by himself; and so , he
went out and wiought nnght.il>.
So the Prayer Pilgrimage ju -ti-
*' e s itself by dramatizing ane.v the
Negro’s faith in Cod. .An appeal
to the Supremest Court!
WEST BROAD ST. Y 10
(Continued from Page One)
-nittee, Wilton C. Scott, chair-
^est Broad Street branch YM-
CA have projected the idea of
having a "Most Popular Sec-
ret contest”, to run during
, he m0 nth of June and part of
^ with the winner receiving
^ ^ ^ cxpenses paid
trip to Atlantic City. N. J
R is the opinion of the above
named groups that attention
should be focused on the hard
working and efficient office
secretaries and clerks of this
community.
Plans include the selling of
tickets for a coronation ball
v ,Tairh will be held during the
latter part of July. The receipts
above the cost of the all-ep-
pense trip will be used to ad-
vance the youth work at the
W st Bl0acl _ . s rcei ^ an . ,,,,
® ‘ “
CA. Further announcements
will be forthcoming in regard
to the contest.
Plans are moving forward in
regard to the YMCA-Green-
brfer Children’s Center Summer
Day camp. P.T.A.s, churches, or
ganizations and individuals
have been asked to help with
this worthwhile project Boys
girls ages 7-15 will have
an opportunity of spending four
weeks> Mon( l ay through Fridays,
9:00 a ' m ' *° 4 00 P ' m ‘ 0llt
d°ors. The leadership available
will be on hand to make this
year's Day Camp the best ever.
The Y-USO committee. Miss
Mettella Maree. chairman, will
meet this week to map out
c r* s active program
for all servicemen i,:us summer,
Organizations -will be asked to
share in this effort to make the
V a home away front home for
all servicemen located in this
area. The members of the USO
| 1 a16 '
Mrs. Bessie Adams. Mrs. Carrie
Cargo, Mrs. Mildred Hutchins,
Mrs. W. K. Payne, the Rev. Geo.
D. Walker, Dr. H. M. Collier,
j Jr , Mrs. A V lcr Mae Lovett, the
^ ^ Qjaiierman, L. D.
l aw. Col. T. J. Hop sins, Dr. J.
W. Wilson, Sidney A. Jones,
Mrs. Fancy T. Collier, Mrs. L.
I B. Tocmer, Mrs. Esther S. War-
, rick. Augustus C. Council, Dr.
William G. Tyson; staff repre-
-ertatives, Joseph R. Jenkins,
Frances Johnson,
Tiie Harmonettes of Beach
1 High schrol will presented
he
on the “YMCA In Action” pro¬
gram Saturday LOO p. m. over
•Station V/JIV. The weekly USO
dance will be held Saturday
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yt\TH RIDES , THE
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(Continued from Page One)
j--------- 19, cf Tuskegee, -------—_ and Annie P.
Jorido, x7, lus.teg. e.
Levison, owner and driver of
the car, and the two girls were
'-;u e q 1 a!mo-t ' l instantly when
the car , (raveling at a high rate
^ S p 3ec j toward Tuskegee for
afternoon excercises at
-p.^egee Institute, left the
highway on a curve and rolled
over several times. Maddux
died a few hours later at
Macon County Hospital. High¬
way Patrolman Larry Waldrop
•aid skid marks on the highway
■hewed that the car traveled
550 feet out of control.
Still unconscious Tuesday af-
tern-on and listed as in critical
’ordition was Derry Hottzelaw.
2U cf Sy’acnuga. Ala. star full-
1 11; on the Golden Tiger foot-
was
in Macon Crunty Hospital,
Hcltzclaw has since been trans-
Hospital where he remains
semi-ccnsclous state.
Less seriously hurt but with
both legs broken and suffering
from other injuries was Jesse
Harrsi. 23. Montgomery. He was
transferred to John Andrew
Hospital after being treated at
Macon County Hospital
Institute officials contacted
treats immediately and pre¬
ceed-d to give every attention
t; ie injured.
I CROSS RURWNG
fif tyFQSTED
iCr- 'lnuod from Png? One)
] ! t-sri ----------— community a family 7 --
our
where the man is 89 years old,
suffering these very things.
I “While onr sympathy goes out
^ ^ Wa] . ven we urjre
^ to make (>very effort to
f . )|4 t)ipse hoodlums . W e hope
that others will add to this re¬
^ var d and that it will hasten the
apprehension of this undesirable
! ejement. Every decent thinking
: ci tizen in and around Columbus
' ht to he in and -a ay
OUfr up arms
that way until the Warrens are
relieved by the arrest of the guilty
parties.’’
^nor^AYS^TTORNEY END
! MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ANP)*—
Attorney H. T. Lockard, counsel
for five Negro students who last
week won the right to attend
Memphis State College here, has
stated that his clients only meed
a court order to be admitted to the
school.
At the same time he did not
indicate when he would ask for
the judicial decree.
Lockard brought action against
Memphis State College on peti¬
tion of five Negro students who
sought to enter the school. The
Supreme Court ruled in favor of
the Negro complainants when the
SEVERAL SAVANNAHI* ,
ANS AMEND D.C. C0NF.
The Brotherhood of Sleeping
Car Porters Provisional Com¬
mittee for the Organization of
Colored Locomotive Firemen,
Srakemen and Switchmen held
their. 16th Annual Conference
in Washington, D. C.. Friday
and Saturday, May 17-18, at
.he YWCA, Ninth and Rhode
hand Avenue, N. W.
Delegates were present repre-
;enting all major railroads of
he South, including The At-
' antic Coast Line, The Sea¬
card Air Line, The Southern,
The Gulf Mobile and Ohio,
fhe Central of Georgia and
The Georgia Road. The con*
erer.ee devoted a major portion
f its time to the basic prob-
ems confrcnting the few re-
1 .naming firemen, brakemen and
switchmen. ,
Twenty-five years ago, more
ban 6,000 Negro firemen were
•rmlcyed on the southern rail-
rad. At present, less than
1,500 men are employed. It was
■evealed at this conference
hat more .than 30 years have
msed since some of the major
southern carriers have hired
Negroes " in the operating de-
r , 3r teents _
Among the delegates present
were four Snvarmnhiars. They
were Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Snow¬
den and Mr. and Mrs. Moses
Oliver.
~ |
i s ' NF Q.li ijAMZE !
At a meeting cf the represen- !
tatives of several civic, church
and fraternal organizations, a: |
new ar.d permanent one was
founded at the West Broad St.
Y.M C.A. cn May 23. It will be I !
known as the Citizens Educa- j
Tonal Council.
The purpose of the new or- '
'onbation, it was brought out,
'n the enthusiastic meeting, is!
/ o promote closer coordination [
if parents and the teaching |
'off, with the object in view
o give stronger support to
chcol program, especially as;
' t relates to a higher standard
f \ .yiq-training 1 1 l “uL in the system <
It is hoped , that fhe program,
which Will be vigorously fol-
'owed through, will prove its
effectiveness during the next
chcol term. Following are the
names cf officers cf the new
organization:
President. J. O. Meyer; Vice
nrcs.,; Mrs. Marguerite Butler
Secretary. Mrs. Coratha Singlt- ,
l on; AsM. Sec M. O. Johnston; ;
Treasurer, B. C. Ford. j
The next meeting will be j
held Thur day, June 13, at 8 I
o. m. at the Y.M.C.A. j
WHITE PROFFSSOR
HPJD BECAUSE
OF RACIAL VIEWS
AUBURN, Ala. (ANP) .—Prof.
But! R. Hutchinson, 37-year-old
white faculty member of Alabama
| | Polytechnic institute was ousted
from his post by the college’s
J hoard of trustees here recently.
fer expressing views integration
at variance with those of the col-
lege.
Hutehinson s dismissal came as
a result of a letter he had writ-
ten to the school’s paper. The
Plainsman, in which he defended
the school integration plan now
being carried on in New York
City. A portion of the letter ob- ,
served that “all who really love j
humanity should strongly com-
mend them (New York school of-
fic-lals) for their courage and in-
telligence.” j
Hutchinson viewed the dismis-
sal as a “gross violation of aca- j
domic freedom. He said it was not
a question of “segregation versus
integration, but one of freedom of
speech and academic freedom.”
I had no reason to suspect that
I this college imposed some restric-
tion on the faculty as to expres-
sion of their views either in or out
j of the classroom, and if my dis-
. missal has done nothing else, it
has drawn attention to the fact,
that ^there are such restrictions
1 her <“- 1
review a ruling against it last
by the Sixth Circuit
Court of Appeals.
The lawyer said he was not
surprised at the Supreme Court
action. The high tribunal ruled
that the school’s timetable integra¬
tion plan was “non-compliant”
with the 1954 desegregation de¬
crees of the Supreme Court.
The plan called for admission
of qualified Negro students over
a five-year period with graduate
students to start February, 1956
and freshmen in 1959.
^
Georgians Warned
\gainst Overpaying
* Of But SCOr S
The Georgia Department of
Public Health announced today
that it is refusing requests for
birth certificates ordered
hrough a firm which charges
customers $2.00 per copy.
Birth certificates are avail¬
able through the State Health
Department or the local county
custodian cf vital statistics, for
$1.00, and it cautioned Geor¬
gians not to pay more for this
vital record.
L. M. Lacy, director, Division
of Vital Records, stated that
the Department had held up
applications from a Washing-
on. D. C.. firm for about a
nonth while deciding how to
handle the request. The De¬
triment finally decided to
-,end them back, he said, be-
ausc of a Georgia law which
ays that only persons who may
•equest copies are the invididu-
il in question (if an adult), his
>arents, his legal representa-
ives or government agencies.
Mr. Lacy said, “The firm
ends some very official look-
ng material to parents of new-
>orn babies, offering to supply
\ copy of the birth certficate
'or £2 00 The return address is
Vachington, D. C., which gives
;t a further note of official¬
ness.” He explained, however,
the Washington address of
- he firm is a ‘ mail drop” and
that its actual offices are in
Cincinnati. "The plan appar-
cntly is operating over the
whole nation.' he said, ^ and
in many cases parents aie
rwndh’g an extra dollar with-
out need.”
UR LS BLASTED OUT
OF NEGRO
(Continued from Page One)
stilled in the squad car by a pow-
blast from a shotgun in the
hands of a police inspector,
Two other cops in the car with
Inspector Joe Clark insist that the
'hotgun went went off of) accidentally accidentally as as
it rested on Clark’s lap when the
ear hit a bump. The shooting was
ruled an “accident.”
Police say that as the man lay
dying, he admitted raping a 15-
year white girl.
Meanwhile the police chief, Carl
Shruptrino has flatly stated he
has no intention of reprimanding
Clark or suspending him. He de-
dared, "I will be glad to help the
grand jury if it wishes to look into
the accident.”
Shruptrine said, “it is normal to
assume that the inspector was un¬
der strained circumstances. And
under strained circumstances peo¬
ple are careless.
ALL-STATE RENEWS
DRIVERS GRANT TO
FORT VALLEY
FORT VALLEY, Ga. (ANP).-
The Allstate Foundation, an af-
filiate of Sears, Roebuck and Co.,
has renewed its grant to Fort
Valley State College for the pur-
pose of conducting courses in driv-
pv education during the summer
quarter. E. A. McDonald, district
representative of Allstate Insur-
anee Company, and A. R. Reddick
presented to President C. V. Troup
on May 16 a check in the amount
of $2,000 on behalf of Allstate,
The Foundation began making
the grants to the college in the
summer of 1954 in order to pro-
vide instruction and scholarships
for driver education,
It is the objective of the All¬
state Foundation to establish driv-
er education courses in every high
school in Georgia. The course of-
fered at Fort Valley is designated
to qualify teachers for the pro-
gram in high schools where the
courses are established. Any high
school can qualify for the program
by getting a qualified teacher for
the courses. Scholarships are
granted only to those teachers in
whose schools the program will
be introduced.
SATl RDAY, JUNE 1, 1957