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SATURDAY, SEPT. 24, 1960 Central State Negro Students Outnumber Whites , WH.BERFORCE, Ohio, (ANP) - Whites living in the deep South’s great blaek belt who wonder what their fate would be were Negroes who outnumber them, to grair^jpoli¬ tical control can find out by visit¬ ing Central State College h^tfe. At this state-supported Institu¬ tion of higher learning^ Negro students outnumber whites Vnore than 20 to one and the School’s chief officers are all NegrheA. Out of a study body of '1,500 onlv 100-plus students are white Nobody is quite sure of the exact number because registration fig¬ ures are not filed accorAi®g to race. Integration extends from the cut-and-dried business of registra¬ tion file to everyday campus life. Integration at Central State seems quite natural. Nobody thinks about it very much. Integrated classes learn from an integrated faculty. Negro and white students room together, be¬ long to the same fraternities - and sororities, compete for sports honors and for offices in student organizations. Only the visitors to the campus pay much attention to race. When they do, they usually ask: What prompts a white student to attend a predominantly Negro college? The answer here seems to he for the same reasons they would pick any other college. Tuition fees, convenience, athletic pro¬ grams are the motivating factors, by and large. Rarely have ideological reason 1 - thrust a white student purposeh into minority status. Few are out to “prove” something. “Curiosity,” however, is a word you hear from some of the whitf students. For a Noblesville, Ind., student curiosity played a large part ir his selection of Central State. Hi is David Myers, 20, sophomore majoring in history f‘I was offered scholarships at two other colleges as well as at Central State,” he says. “The other schools were in Louisiana and Kentucky—both segregated. Well, I’d never known any Negroes urAil I was 16 years old and I was cuj-ious as to what it would be like at .an almost all-Negro school. I’ve had an opportunity to gain in¬ sights I would have missed at other schools.” Roberta Mowell, 20, of Dayton, Ohio, also uses the word curious. ”T!he main reason I came here Harris Harri* Area Area Trail* iraae ^cnooi Srhnol D. Leon McCormac, Supt. of Education, announces registration for students wishing to enroll in Trades and Business classes in the Harris Area Trade School lo¬ cated at 502 East Harris Street. Registration for veteran stu¬ dents was held Thursday and Fri¬ day of last week, and will continue through this week. Non-veteran students are registering-this week beginning Monday through Wed¬ nesday, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Courses are conducted under the supervision of the Savannah Voca¬ tional School, and students over the age of fifteen (15) who have completed high school and those who have dropped out of high school that are able to profit by the instruction offered, may enroll in the various courses. Day classes I will be held in the following trades: auto mechanics, bricklay¬ ing, electronics (Radio and TV), carpentry, cabinet-making, shoe repairing and practical nursing. Day counses in business educa¬ tion include typewriting, short¬ hand, business English, business mathematics, filing, bookkeeping, and record keeping for small busi¬ nesses. Day classes will be conducted | -Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. I j the Harris Street School has beqp extensively renovated by the Board of Education. The Superin¬ tendent said that more than $50,- 000. worth of equipment has been installed by the state m* 51 *' mum opportunity tfti students for learning valuable ,trades an< l crafts. Evening courses ^fjr ( person* offered ov^r fifteen (15) will, ins at The Harris Area Trade School, Alfred E. Beach High School and Sophronia Thompkins, High School. Foreign subjects will be taught Tuesdays and Thursday from < to 9 o’clock pun. *’ BeSPh <*• ■ include j Evening classes at business administration, high school subjects and undergraduate elementary classes. Those will be tai^ght two nights a week—Mon¬ days and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays. Other Beach night courses offer¬ ed are beginning sewing, inter¬ mediate aewing, tailoring, brick¬ laying and carpentry. At Tompkin*, bricklaying and is because I wanted an education,” she says. “And too, I was curious ibuut the Negro. You see, I never had a chance to know any Ne¬ groes.” But for the most, the question of why they came to Central State ; s passed off with a shrug. “It never occurred to me I was doing anything different,” re¬ marks David Beainer, 20, of Cleve- 'and, Ohio. “Now I know that whatever I become in the world, I will owe to these people here.” Financial reasons and conveni¬ ence top the list of "why” for most of the white students. Paul Papanek, 19, a Dayton sophomore in physical education, explains: financial 21 came here For mainly one thing, for | reasons. the tuition Is less because this is a state school. And I was offer- ed a scholarship. Another thing is that the school is handy to my , home. < , / 0r , Dav ‘ d Youngblade, ^ 24, a | j l ^ a n spn,m rom j Brooklyn N.Y., attcndanee at Cen- Hal State came in a more round- l about way. “I was attending William & Mary College when I was offered ; a chance to finish my degree here and also work as assistant track | I coach, so I came here when I was a junior." * VnunffchlH/le’* Youngsblades eyncricncci experiences aroh prob- ably illustrate as well as anyone’s ( is increasing arrived’, here. After he Youngblade in- luenced . .. his . brother, .. w Wa ,. er, 1Q ., 0 enroll. And when Walter came, he brought with him three of his ligh schoof classmates. | Begdn hi T687 as a normal ehool, Central State functioned as state-supported wing of neigh- ( 1 'wing ...... Wilberforce ..... University un- ’41 iceredited 1947. Then and separate it became state a fully col- j ! ege. Since then, its total registra- ^ tion ifs We’ll as enrollment of white . students ha? increased rapidly. Three years ago, there were only about 20 white students on a cani- pus. Although white and Negro stu- dents mix well at Central State, j occasional problems do arise. White students report that sometimes tfiey have problems in being friendly with Negro stu- dents who here from South- 1 come efn stafes whlre they are not accustomed to social relations with whites. car P entl 'y wi! ' be tau £ ht Tuesday &nej Thursday njehts . Registra- tion for all night classes at any school will lie held from 7 to 9 o’clock p.m., September 27. Classes begin September 29, Rohert A. Young is the newly appointed principal of Harris Area Trade School and director of the Adult Education classes. John Lytgen is director of the Vocational Education program for Chatham County schools. ' ] ,-- --- - - . -> . PTA I Hodff€ School I The first meeting of the Sa- ! rah Mills Hodgd PTA was held on SepteiFbpr G. Mirs. Evelyn E May was' in charge of the orientation , ppgram. The! theme was “Meeting tional Needs." Presentations were made of the faculty and , personnel, fTA officers, and new parents who were welcom- ed by the president. The business session was pre- sided over by Walker Stringer, the newly elected president.' ; The principal, Mrs. Eunice J. Brown, made, remarks. The attendance banner was won by Mrs, Agatha. Morris’ fipst grade with 22 parents present. An enjoyable “Get Acquainted” * 0Ur WaS *° U0Wlng the: business session.; Atlanta's Capitol Cafeteria Closes ATLANTA (ANP)— The ca¬ feteria in the basement of the Capitol was closed last week so the state can scuttle an tnte- g»etion suit by showing the is¬ sue no longer exists. The closing throws 16 people out of work and the manager, Mrs. Mary Clyde Leo, estimates it will cost her $10,000. The cafeteria was one of sev- era) Atlanta eating places pick ¬ ed by Negroes last March for a mass sit-dowm demonstration. Denied service everywhere, the Negroes filed suit in federal court Peeking to have segregat¬ ed eating establishments out¬ lawed. At the Capitol cafeteria, the Negroes were told that under its lease; it was operated for the conveniince of state em- *L h , Art The Savannah State Librar y wil1 exhibit eleven iiaint ‘ ings by the noted American Negro artist, Mrs. Virginia Jackson Kiah. Mrs. Kiah i* a graduate of the Philadelphia Museum and School Art. She is the recipient of the Master of Arts degree and has advanced work at Columbia University where she was a scho¬ student and judged as an painter. Having studi¬ at the University of Penn¬ and the New York Art Students’ League, she has also a pupil of the famous paint¬ Vincent Dumond and Robeit Bracknian. Mrs. Kiah has exhibited in the Baltimore Museum of Art, the __ Philadelphia Museum and School f Art, New York Art Students’ league, New York Baptist Minis- Conference, Philadelphia Re¬ p U t,]j<. H n Club, and Wilderstein Calleries on 57th street, New York Thg ^ , g a member of many professional organizations and is member p . Lamba „ Honorary „ Soclet . , y- Among her works to be exhibited Portrait of Mary McLeod Bethune, Dr. I.iHie M. Jackson (mother of the artist), Mirrored Reflection, Feeding the Pigeons, Nephews, Godmother West, I ittle Boy, Anna Lueasta, and and Sister. . works b ,y Paul R - William3 ’ Fax ’ and an unknown , artist, Mrs _ ... Kiah . . . . i collec- m s persona will also be displayed, The exhibition will be held in Seminar Room of the College and may be viewed by the during regular library Mrs. Kiah is also Youth Director tbe National Conference of - (- the present time she s s R <. orn pj]i n p rnaterials for a book art for Junior Hieb School® she anticipates publishing In near future. Wallaro Rereives Fellowship Mrs. Mariorie F. Wallace, secre¬ to the Librarian at Savannah Collc"o. is the recipient of P Ham-Pt D. McPherson Grad Fellowship in L i b ra r y of the Graduate School Librarv Science at Drexel In¬ of Technology in Philadel¬ Mrs. Wallace will be on from her nost at the Sa¬ State College Library to her graduate study during school vear 1960-61. Mrs. Wallace is a graduate of State College. She is wife of William E. Wallace, member of the Detective Staff the Savannah Police and the daughter of Mr. Mrs. John Frazier of Thun- Commenting nn Mrs. Wallace’s E. .T. Josev, Librarian Savannah State College states, we will be without the of an excellent staff r during the coming school Savannah State College ’ s ™ proud ° f the fao Wa ,ace ‘ be Tec '^ . , for sbp wjl , bp the first , ero to bo]d thig f e llowshio and bonor to our institut; „ n . is a great shortage of libra- j ana and jvfrs. Wallace will he an XCP |] en t addition to the profess- .” The Negro demonstra- were then arrested when refused to leave. At City Hall, also a target of demonstrators at the time as the Capitol, the administration Issued a that it is closed to all but employes. It is still open.; THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE will remain open daily, Saturdays until further Dial AID 4-3432 or AD for further information. 1 17 WEST McDONOUGH SEE EDGAR C. ACME FOR THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE, KAY AWN AH, GEORGIA Things You Should Know | Pklttf&t- TSIRANANA .. .Presici: :.cf.!IER0F ~ CAR'S MA* C,HE REPUBLIC , cuzr.z: :tlya french celeg/kteto the u .n - -; :z i$ also an advisory minister tot::: ~r.z::: ::r: :ment for the community of french * »**<*•* - ^ - RE r z .7: :ere to inform Americans / Pearl Lee Smith School The PTA executive commit- | tee of Peail Lee Smith School tow met Mondav. Sent.emher September 12. 1 Z? held Tuesday, September September 13, 13, r» 7:00 . nn p. *■* vm m. ttilfVi with the vice presi- dent, Mrs. Anne Smith, presid- ing ‘ Chairmen for the following committees were appointed: Budget, Mrs. Moxley; Founders’ | ! ~ Day, Mrs. Lipsey; Procedure i-roceaure Book. Mrs. Stiles; Beautification,! Mrs. Ora Lee Brown; Beautifi- cation, Mrs. Stapleton; Health, Mr3. McGee; Auditing, Mrs. Henry Mack; Lunch Room, Mrs. V. Pennington; Welfare, Mrs. Tompkins; Summer Round-Up, Mirs. J. Mack; Program, Mrs. Duncan; Ways and Means, Mrs. W- Gwyn. Many pupils came to school before pre-week to pull the weeds out of the flower gar¬ dens. The Fathers’ Beautifi¬ cation Committee, Mrs. Staple- ton, chairman and Henry Mack, co-chairman, will paint the gar¬ den fence and posts on Sat¬ urday. The regular inservice meeting of the faculty was held on Wed¬ nesday. Members of the in¬ structional committee for 1960- 61 are Miss J. Brown, first grade; Miss S. L- Jordan, sec¬ ond; A .Habersham, third; Mrs - M. Stiles fourth; Mrs. A. Bostic, fifth; Mrs. J .Cogswell, sixth; Mrs. J. Reid, seventh, Mrs. S ,L. Cartledge, principal The school js grateful to the Chatman County Board of Ed¬ ucation for the beautiful Gen¬ eral Electric Television. This set will enable the classes to see more educational programs this school year. TD Agents to Meet October 9-12 AUSTIN Texas (ANP)—The National Negro Home Demon¬ stration Agents’ Association will hold its annual meeting, October 9-12. Theme of the meeting will be “Techniques in Evaluating Programs in Home Demonstration Work.” C - M CLEANERS 1318 W. Gwinnett St. Announces New Pick-Un and Delivery Servic.. DIAL ADams 4-9412 Expert Dry Cleaning Shirt Laundry Service Open Six Davs Weekly 4-Hour Service James Kennedy, Prop. DIAL ADams 2-2113 FRIENDS — L. B. TOOMER AGENCY Moses Jackson PTA j The Thrift Committee will be Moses Jackson PTA met in given $40 00 to purchase , savings . t,he school’s cafetorlum on Sep- stamps. All parents were urg- : r :ri“’ tional ............. PTA Congress. . ”” Jackson’s ~ Mrs. J. B. Hayes, the princl- procedure book was rated excel- PX tended a cordial wel- lent by the National Congress. come lo p ar , en ts to become an Parent* were urged to co- Integral part of all PTA and operate wit h the chairman of school activities. She stressed the membership drive b y pay- ! regular attendance and punctu ■ t.L»eir membership dues. I ality by all pupils for the pres- f)c tober is membership month. ' ent school term. # i.. A iliXTRA. It’s always a good idc to keep Bud in good supply. Instead of one, buy a couple of 6-paks of Blldweiscn today! mMm i. tfcdSij W'Sr"'- 4 Jtrk,i . i 9 %,- • kM“ $§3 " s 5 ifc <4 : • s Buds KINS Of BCCRS AHHEUSER BUSCH, INC. ST. LOUIS • NEWARK • LOS ANGELES • MIAMI • 1AM?* • ISAAC D. HIRSCH CO. DAVID H. HIRSCH, PRES. WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS Suit Filed to Desegregate / Atlanta Taxicabs fl I ALANATA (ANP> A Milt to desegregate Atlanta's taxicabs was filed In federal court here recently. The plaintiff. Len Holt of N irfolk, Va , sought $99,999.03; in damages. ! He was joined in the suit by j : Wyatt Ter Walker. executive director of the Southern Chris- | tlan Leadership Conference,) ; pro-integration organization ! headed by the Rev. Martin Lu- ther Kir.'’, Jr. | Walker said he filed as an individual The plaintiffs art- id as their own attorneys. The suit alleged that Holt was denied service by -everal nbs at the Atlanta airport on August 30. i Tompkins Elementary PTA „ _ i 1’ir first Pi A meeting 0 1 1( ' .Tompkins Elementary School I was held on September 13 - ! The re-distribution of some of the children made it necessary f to re-elect some new officers. | The vice president, Mrs. Doro- [ dent; thy Kennedy, Mrs. Lizzie is the Graham, new presi¬ vice ! president; and Mrs. Albertha j Vaughn, assistant reporter. | Edward tFletcher, visiting )r „ l( ,, aor brl ,, fpd paren t,s on the function of the visiting teach- ance and warned parents if they neglect to send their children to ehool, they’re sub¬ kc.t to be called into court,, If lmnul PIuns a re being made for a <”«*'nival which is to be held on October 28. Mrs. C. Y. Cox, principal,' Holt said in the suit that one driver told him “the etty won’t let me carry you.” ‘ 1 The suit alleged that catt4 are segregated by “various ens- toms, rules and regulations” of toe city. It called the practice infl 'insulting, humiliating “nauseating ... an undue tjur- den on all forms of commerce” and a denial of equal protep- lion guaranteed by the 14th amendment. ■ Holt declared in the suit that earlier on August 30, he had giv*s en a pledge at a Viriginla meet- ing of the Petersburg and Hope-'. well Improvement Association "to refuse to accept raci'U a*g* rogation in any form unless completely unavoidable.” r the changes pertinent made information^ in the school } nis anc j personnel since -thi* pf thp school term. Miss Margaret Lewis’ class* won the bannei for the larg¬ est number of parents prestht.’ iUUlfl ________ Pemhroke High PTA,„ 'll ,fpr 4 The first PTA meeting the 1960-01 term at Pembroke High School was held on SeP-* tember 6 with the president,,i Mrs. Alberta Smokes, presiding. Greetings eame from the newr ly employed pupervisoe, Mlrai ! ula Adams. Principal Lao*. Dingle also made remarks. *’■: The PTA plans to secure'o W fninteln and s^age cur-’ for the school. l '“"® Mrs. Leona Henley, Homt* Demonstration Agent, aqkeif' m e m b c r s of the PTA to they desire having a TB Skin' submit their names to hef 1t' In October. '' pack srri?w