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Washington-Lee High School, Arlington, VA, Colleges Attended by June, 1954 Graduates, January 17, 1955
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Lists the various colleges attended by the 1954 Washington-Lee High School, Arlington, VA, graduating class. Report issued January 17, 1955. 2 pages.
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Comments oa the W. f L .
c
High Schools Ooiot to College
High school students thinking of going to college
usually write several colleges asking for entrance require
ments, etc. As a result of these Inquiries 173 institutions
reported that they would take 652 I t L graduates for the
1954-55 graduating class. See the list attached. Colleges
offering to accept W. L L. students are not only located all
over the Nation, but include the outstanding colleges is the
Nation in technical fields, in the arts, and in the applied
science fields.
Actually 416 of these students entered 12t of these
colleges is the Fall. See list attached. Again the range
in location and type of colleges actually entered is a Isost
as broad as the colleges accepting ». & L. graduates.
The following table shows the major types of schools
1 1 1 graduates is 1954-55 Intend to enter, and what these
who didn't plan on going to college intended to do.
To summarise, 497 intended to go to college, la the
normal meaning of that phrase, 6 others went to the military
and naval academy, 43 entered such specialised fields as
nursing schools, business schools, and prep schools, while
13 entered highly specialised fields in Higher Education.
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�ARLINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WASHINGTON-LBB HIGH SCHOOL
Guidance Department
Ueport on June 1988 Graduate*
June 14, 1955
Nunber in Class ........ ..............................
855
Number of survey forms completed ................ ....
Number who did not complete surveys ..................
831
m
Number who graduated ....................... ..........
828
Number of students planning to go to college.... 494
Number to academies:
West Point ..........
Naval A c a d e m y .... ..........
4
2
Number to Nursing Schools .......................
13
Number to Prep Schools .......................
16
Number to Business Schools ...............
14
Number to Junior Colleges ...........
Higher Education (Miscellaneous)
3
................. 13
Total Number to Colleges and Higher Education ...559
Based on number who received diplomas ............ 68%
Number to permanent employment .........
Number to Armed S e r v i c e s .... ..........
..199
45
Harried ....................................
3
Work - then to college ....................
10
Indefinite Plans ........
15
Note:
At this time we do not have specific colleges
tabulated where our students are attending. This
should be available in a week.
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Comments On The W. & L. High Schools Goint(sp) to College, June 14, 1955
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Comments On The 1955 W. & L. High School senior students planning to attend college, June 14, 1955. Mentions the number going to various college, armed services, prep schools, academies, etc. 2 pages.
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The Coapetativs Mature of Scholarships
Awarded t. k L. Students
The awarding of college scholarships is a high compli
cated and involved procedure. The scholarships awarded to
tbo V. f L. seniors for the current year case from more than
c
100 different collages, institutions or groups loeated from
the West Coast (California Tech) to the hast Coast (John
Hopkins) and from S t . Olaf's is Minnesota to Seorgin Tech la
the South. They cover most all fields of instruction from
chemistry to fashion design. Thus, a simple explanation of vi,
the exact method of selecting the recipient is not possible:
It can be stated without reservation, however, that most of
these scholarships are highly competitive and were.dy I t L
graduates la competition with high school students throughout
Virginia and the Baited states.
The American University allots one scholarship to
l i l each year and this is non-competitive except for students
within I t L .
George tashisgton allots a scholarship each
year to one boy and one girl graduate of I i L if they have
a certain grade rate. These two are not competitive outside
the school.
There are two or three other awards by local groups
each year such as the $100 Northern Virginia P.T.A. Award
or the $$Q Arlington Civic Symphony Association Award that
is competitive only within the Northern Virginia area, or
within the school itself. Then there are the appointments
to Vest Point and the Naval Academy each year of which I I L
graduates get from 4 to t. These are made on a political
basis from competition within the State of Virginia. However,
it should bo remembered in this connection that any student
accepted by the Military or Naval Academy must pass a stiff
entrance examination which la practical effect puts the
I t L student in competition against a selected National
standard.
Then there is a larger group of scholarships given
by Virginia institutions (about 30 for the 1986 June graduates)
which presumably M primarily limited to Virginia High School
graduates.
Finally, there is the very great majority of scholar
ships received from institutions located all over the Nation
in which V h L students are competing with high school
graduates from all over the Nation. Seme of these are Brown
University, Dartmouth, Tufts, University of North Carolina,
Duke, Lafayette College, Columbia, M.X.T., California Tech,
Johns Hopkins, University of Chicago, Cornell and Tale to
mention only a few. See complete lint attached for 1984-88
graduates.
�aCollages «re so crowded end so many students ere seek
ing entrance that by no means ell who apply are accepted.
Those who get scholarships must be outstanding la comparison
with all others who apply. College scholarship boards usually
determine who gets the scholarship, la some cases scholar
ships are restricted to students la financial need. In ether
cases it is possible that colleges desire students from a
particular area, but generally speaking the major colleges
shown on the attached lists award scholarships to students
which have shown up the best in National competition.
Take two examples: Last year General Motors gave 1G0 scholar
ships.
Thousands of students took the written examination.
400 of these were selected for the final elimination.
I l l
placed g students in this 400 and 1 received a scholarship.
The National X.O.T.C. scholarships are one of the
most highly competitive.
They are selected on scholastic
attainment, physical fitness, general ability, and leadership
qualities.
» t L students won 3 of these coveted National
honors last year and a larger number the year before.
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The Competitive Nature Of Scholarships Awarded W. & L. Students, Undated And Unsourced
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The Competitive Nature Of Scholarships Awarded W. & L. Students, undated And unsourced. Discusses the awarding of college scholarships by various colleges and organizations to W&L students. 2 pages.
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RESULTS OF TESTING PROGRAM
AIL PUPILS, 195>J-55
Arlington County Public Schools
Department of Research
September 28, 1955
California Achievement Test, Grade 3
National Norm
Total Reading..... ....
Total Arithmetic......
Grammar...............
Spelling.... .
Total Language.........
Total for Battery......
Ho
Arlington Norm
3„2
3-2
3-2
3»2
3.2
3»2
U.l
3o9
3o6
3c 7
3» 7
3.9
California Achievement Test, Grade 5
Arlington Norm
National Norm
To tal Reading.... .
Total Arithmetic.......
Grammar...............
Spelling............
Total Language..... .
Total for Battery......
III.
Total Reading. .........
Total Arithmetic......
Grammar...............
Spelling...............
Total Language.........
Total for Battery......
5»2
5»2
5-2
5»2
5*2
5-2
Total Reading.......... 6.0
Total Arithmetic....... 5 7
»
Grammar..............
9
Spelling.............. 5«9
Total Language......... 5»9
Total for Battery...... 5«9
California Achievement Test, Grade 7
National Norm
Arlington Norm
Total Reading..........
7«2
Total Arithmetic.......
7»2
Grammar............... 1 . 2
Spelling.............. 1.2
To tal Language......... 1.2
Total for Battery......
1.2
Total Reading..........
Total Arithmetic.......
Grammar................
Spelling...............
Total Language.........
Total for Battery......
7»7
7»1
7»9
8.H
8.1
7°7
�RESULTS OF TESTING PROGRAM
IV.
Page 2
Iowa Silent Reading Test, Grades 7 and
September 28, 1955
8
The Virginia State Department of Education administered the Iowa Silent
Reading Test to the 195**~55 eighth grade class in the spring of 195^ near
the end of their seventh grade work and in the spring of 1955 near the end
of their eighth grade work. The purpose of the two administrations of two
forms of this test one year apart to the same students was to show their
growth in reading achievement over a one year period,, The Virginia State
Department of Education also scored both of these tests.
National Norm
Reading (Spring, I95U 7 „ 7
Reading (Spring, 1955)..... 8.7
V.
Arlington Norm
Reading (Spring, 195*0...... 8.1
Reading (Spring, 1955)* ••• 10.3
California Achievement Test, Oracle 9
National Norm
Total Reading.........
i
,
Spelling.......... ....■
Total language..........
Total for Battery.....,.
Arlington norm
Total Reading....... ... 9.^
9.2
9.2
9.2
9.2
9.2
9.2
:::
Spelling................
Total Language..•...,
Total for Battery... ...
,
9.1
*
Cooperative English Test, Grade 11
VI.
Arlington Norm.
National Norm.......... 50
VIIo
9:3
9.6
^ 7
California Test of Mental Maturity, Grade 3
National Norm.„„....... 100
Arlington Norm.„........ 109
5
VIII.
California Test of Mental Maturity, Gr4.de 5
National Norm.........
IX.
Arlington Norm.........
110
California Test of Mental Maturity, Grade 7
National Norm,
SYS:civ
100
100
Arlington Norm.
110
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Results Of Testing Program All Pupils, 1954-55, Arlington County Public Schools Department Of Research
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Results Of Testing Program All Pupils, 1954-55, issued by the Arlington County Publics Schools Department Of Research, September 28, 1955. Includes comparison of National norms vs Arlington norm test scores. 2 pages.
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Minutes of Meeting of Arlington Connittee
So Study Erotisms of Integration In the Public Schools
November 20, 1935
Sr. Joseph 0. KeCasklll, chairmen, presided »t a celled
nesting of the Coomitteo to Study Frohlens of Integration, held at
the School Administration Building.
Other nsahera present Mere Tlotor Blue, Mrs. B. A. Barton,
Mre. A. J. E. Saris, Ber. William H. footer, Mrs. Esther Halstead,
Sr. Harold Johnson, Hiss Lillian Lambert, Mint Sally Wring, Jesse
Pollard, Georgs Blotardson, Claude A. Sweeney, Theodora V. Saylor,
Sr. Curtis E. Suthlll and Mre. Vllllaa 0. Watt. Alio preeent vara
msmhsra of the Sehool Board end member»-eleot, and Soperlntendent
of Sohoole S. Edvard Better and Aeslstant Superintendente S. J. Braun
and Charles J. Valsh, and Sr. V. B. McNeill,, adalnlstratlre assist
ant to the superintendent.
After approval of the nlnutea of the June 22, 1935> seating
of the committee, Chairman Warren Coz of the Sehool Board reviewed
tho proposals of tho Oray Oonalsslon report. (A copy of the Cray
report vill he filed with the offlolal oopy of these ainutee.)
She group then discussed the Cray proposal.
Mr. Ooz then read the following suggested statement from the
Sehool Board concerning the Cray Commission report:
In communities with small Negro populations,
ths Cray Commission report appeare to oonte^plate
legislation which would set up three kinds of puhllo
sohoole: 1) those attended only hy white puplle,
2) those attended only hy Negro puplle, end 3) those
attended hy both white and Hagro puplle.
Arlington has few Negroes and these are largely
concentrated in ths areas around the three Negro
sohoole. In Arlington, even complete Implementation
of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of ths United
States outlawing segregation in puhllo sohoole will
mean a smaller proportion of Negro pupils In sohoole
previously attended only hy whits pupils than In al
most any other metropolitan eoamanity In the country.
She situation la Arlington fits vary well Into
the plon contemplated hy tho Cray Boport. The three
Negro elementary schools are each located in Negro
residential areas and obviously will continue as
schools attended hy Negro children. The Negro juniorsenior high school is likewise located in the Negro
residential area from which the majority of its pupils
are drawn. Hoffsan-Boston would thus continue as a
high sohool attended hy Negro pqplls.
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Only sons sixty Hagro elementary children live
oatside the natural a t n r r o areas of the three Hagro
tedjte
elementary schools. She Supremo Court deelsione and
the lavs effectuating the Gray Report will undoubtedly
require that certain elementary schools be designated
to which these children may go if they so elect. She
number of Hegro children attending any one each school
could hardly exceed 10 or 15) and the schools involved
have enrollments from 300 to 600.
At least 25 of the elementary school districts
contain no Hegro children. She schools in these districts
would neceosarily continue to be attended only by white
pupils.
She second legislative recommendation of the Gray
Commission would permit any pupil objecting to attend
ing an integrated school to apply for transfer to a
school attended only by ehildren of hie own race.
Adoption by the legislature of the Grey Commission
plea would thus require that one of the senior high
schools now attended only by white pupils be designated
as an integrated school and that the other be continued
as a school attended only by white pupils.
Hegro pupils oould apply for admission to the
integrated school. In passing on these applications
the School Board would probably be required te take
into consideration the need of the particular pupil for
courses or instruction not offered at the school he was
attending, his ability and qualifications for mastering
such courses, and perhaps also his piece of residence.
At the junior high school level residence within the
natural attendance area of Eoffaan-Boston might be con
trolling, end course offerings would be of less
importance because the question of college entrance
would generally not be involved. Probably at least
four junior high schools would be continued as sohoole
attended only by white pupils. In any case the number
of Hegro papile in the integrated sohoole would
scarcely be noticed in a easier high school with more
than 2000 pupiic or junior high schools with 1000 pupils.
It must be remembered that the Grey Commission
Eeport merely recommends legislation. It can be
effective only when the legislation is adopted. Such
legislation m y be quits different from that con
templated by the report. Specific plans can only be
formulated when this legislation is forthcoming.
During the discussion which followed. Superintendent Butter
pointed out that Arlington must take a position which will be aocepted
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by the community, ba in accord with the Supreme Coart decree, end
also not be in violation with state law.
James Stockard, member-elect of the School Board, then
proposed the following plan uhioh he felt should be recommended to
the School Board by the committee:
1, Ho child shall be excluded from any Arlington
public school because of race,
2. She school diotrict boundaries shall be well defined.
The children living within a given school district
shall attend the school in that district except as
follows;
a. Any parents who object to haring their child attend
an integrated school m y apply to the Superin
tendent for the child to be transferred.
b. She Superintendent shall approve this
application unless this will unbalance the
papil-tenchor ratio or overtax the physical
facilities of the school. The parents mast
assume responsibility for transportation
if a child attends a school outside of the
district where he would normally be assigned.
Discussion continued, after which Mrs. Burton proposed the
following statements
1. Vie will do our best to build up end to maintain the
strongest and best possible system of public education.
2. We cannot help hut feel that any scheme that goes into
a system of subsidising private schools will weaken
the public school system, and that any system which
will weaken the public attendance laws also tends to
weaken the public school system.
3. Therefore, the School Board would deplore and regret
any legislation along these lines.
Mrs. Campbell pointed out that the Cray Commission recommen
dations would not invalidate any of the proposals which had been
made at the June meeting of the Integration Committee, namely: that
Arlington elementary schools be integrated in the fall of 1956.
that junior high schools be integrated in the fall of 1957, and
that senior high schools be integrated in the fall of 1958.
I was also mentioned that the above integration timetable
t
for the Arlington schools is educationally sound in that it would fit
well into the physical facilities of tha oohool system.
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So formal action w i taken oa any of the throe proposed
statements which vara presented earlier In the neeting, The eeaailttee
members agreed Informally that no statement should he leeusd by the
Sehool Board at thia time concerning the Gray Commission rscommendatlone.
Brspsotfully submitted,
X.G. Stewart, See, Fro Ten.
Hots ( f t e part of the official ■inntee}s
lo
The Virginia General Assembly on Beoeaher 3 voted to call a
referendum on January 9, 1956, asking the votera to approve a
constitutional convention to authorise tuition greete to parents who
do not wish to tend their children to Integrated schools.
On Deoembsr 15, the Arlington School Board iaauad the following
stateaont:
Vo, the membere and aeshare-elect of the
Arlington County School Board, believe that if the
proposed constitutional amendment it enaoted the
public school system of Virginia will he weakened.
We are unalterably opposed to the principle of
the payment of publlo tax monies for tuition In private
echoole. We fear it would result in a substantial
increase In the tax harden, the Impairment of educa
tional standards through lack of effective state
control of curricula*, and in the breakdown of
disciplines In the education of our children through
out Virginia.
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This collection consists of the personal papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell, and covers the period from 1945 through 1991, with the bulk of the material falling between 1947 and 1959. The materials in this collection were generated or collected as a result of Mrs. Campbell's involvement in the Arlington County School Board, as well as her interests and activities in education and local politics.
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Minutes Of The Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public Schools, November 20, 1955
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Minutes document of the Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public Schools, January 12, 1956. Minutes includes discussion of issues including Gray Commission recommendations. 4 pages.
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BOOTHS 07 XSTE8BASIO0 COMMUTES M S I O S , JUHE 2 2 ,
1955
Th» Committee to Stud/ Problems of Integration la the Arlington
School* oat at 8320 p.m., Jtma 22, at tha School Adminiitration Building,
with Dr. Joseph 0. HeOaaSclll, chairman, presiding. The minute* of the
previous i s tlag vara approved.
ne
Mashers prasoat, in addition to tha chairman, were Viator Bios,
Mrs. Edith Barton, Or. Ol&lrs Christman, Mrs. A. J. S. Davis, Hew. William
Mo Poster, Alfred B. Trlsble, Mrs. Bather Ealstead, Edwin I. Holland,
Dr. Harold Johnson, Miss Lillian Lambert, Jesse Pollard, George Blohardeoa
Claude A, Sweeney, Theodore V. Taylor and Mrs. William G. Watt.
I
Superintendent of Sohoolo T. Edward Batter, Dr. Stanley V.
Smith, director of rooearoh; and all members of the School Board wore
alao present,
Mrs. Elisabeth Campbell, School Board chairman, explained that
the voting was oallod to get advice and suggestions from the committee
concerning eome tentative propoaale for concrete action worked oat by
the school administrative staff and to be presented to the committee by
Mr. Batter.
Mr. Batter first reviewed ths Supreme Coart decision and tha
Gray Ooamloaion report. Ha then told of the School Planning Committee,
a group o f school staff members, both white and Hegro, which he reported
had been Mating aonthly to study problems involved in school integration.
Mr. Butter said ths 8ohool Planning Committee bed ooneldered
several possible plana for integration drawn op by members of tha school
administrative staff. Ths plane were revised and then presented to the
Sohool Board. Mr. Batter outlined these plans to the members of the
Integration Committee and asked them to vote, showing which plena they
preferred. These are given at the end of these minutes with the vote on
each.
In connection with the discussion of tho plans, three maps
showing sohool boundary lines and tha number end looatlon of Hegro
students expected to be in oar schoola in i960 were explained and examined
Dr. Stanley Smith . f tho school research staff explained that
o
beoaose of the close knit Hegro.residential communities, Integration on
ths elemntnry school level would affect only about 60 Hegro children
and lees than 5 white.
Mr. Taylor brought up ths question of orientation of teachers
and studentz. Both Mr. Butter and Mr. Bichardson agreed that work with
the teachers would bo desirable.
In discussing the timing of integration at the various levels,
it was brought out that because of the serious crowding at Wakefield,
Integration at ths junior end tenlor high levels would not be desirable
until tha completion of another south elds junior high.
Mr. Triable expressed the opinion that Integration la impossible
this fall In view of the various unresolved questions. He also expressed
�doubt whan the Committee vae asked to rote preference on the recommends.™
tions and tentative time schedules. He felt that the Committee did not
have sufficient factual information to reaoh a sound decision and that
responsibility must be left to the Sohool Board. Mrs. Campbell said
she recognised that the Sohool Board has the final responsibility but
she asked for guidance by the expression of opinions by ths group on the
various proposals. Bach member of the group was asked to write these
preferences. The vote was as follows:
Six members of the committee favored adoption of the following
recommendations
Any Negro parent living outside a Negro sohool district would
he free to make application for his children to be admitted to a white
elementary or Junior high school in which school dlstrlot he lives.
After a conference, the child or children would be transferred. Parents
of senior high sohool Negro pupils would be eligible to apply for admission
to a white high school. (Hoffman-Boston may be closed to senior hieh
school students.)
Tan members of the committee voted to endorse ths following
• oommendat1on:
s
Maintenance of present policy on school district lines. How
ever, no child in grades 1-9 would be required to attend a public sohool
in which another race is in a majority. (Hoffran-Boatcn senior high
school will be closed.)
Bus transportation will be provided under both the above r o s eos
mandatIons.
The vota was as follows on ths proposed school year when integration
might be put into effect in the different g
rad.es of t e Arlington schools:
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1
2
6
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1955=56
1956=57
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1956=57
1956=57
1956-57
1957-58
1956-57
1956=57
1957-58
1956=57
1957-58
II
III
5
2
1955=56
7 -9
9-12
Votes for
Grades 1 = 6
/'of Edith Barton
Secretary, Pro Tam
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Minutes Of Integration Committee Meeting, June 22, 1955
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Minutes document of the Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public Schools, June 22, 1955. Minutes includes discussion of issues including Gray Commission recommendations and vote tally for integration being put into effect. 2 pages.
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kxhotw at xtmobmio® committees mkbtiho, juhe 22, 1955
Ths Oommitts* to Study Problem 01 Integration In the Arlington
School! M t at 8*20 p.m., Juao 22, at the School Administration Building,
vlth Dr. Joseph 0. HoCaskill, ehalrman, presiding. She minute* of the
previous meting vsre approved.
Members present. In addition to the ohalrnan, vers Victor Blue,
Mrs. Edith Barton, Dr. Olalre Christman, Mrs. A. J. E. Davis, Bar. Willis®
B. Tester, Alfred X, Trisble, Mre. Esther Halstead, Edwin T. Eolland,
Dr. Harold Johneon, Miss Billion Lambert, Jesse Pollard, George Blohardson
Claude A. Sweeney, Theodore V. Taylor and Mrs. William G. Watt.
Superintendent of Schools T. Edward Butter, Dr. Stenley V.
Smith, director of reeearoht and all members of the School Board were
aleo present.
Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell, Sohool Board ehalrman, explained that
the meeting was called to got advice and suggestions from the committee,
concerning sone tentative proposals for concrete notion worked oat by w
the school administrative staff and to be presented to the committee by
Mr. Butter.
Hr. Rutter first reviewed the Supreme Court decision and the
Gray Commission report. He then told of the School Planning Committee,
a group of sohool staff members, both whits and Hegro, which he reported
had been meeting monthly to study problems Involved In ochool integration.
Hr. Butter said the Sohool Planning Committee had considered
several possible plena for Integration drawn up by members of the school
administrative staff. The plans were revised and then presented to the
Sohool Board. Mr. Butter outlined thebo plane to the members of the
Integration Committee and asked them to vote, showing which plana they
preferred. These are given at the end of these minutes with the vote on
each.
In connection with the discussion of the plans, three maps
showing school boundary lines ond the number and location of Hegro
students expected to be In our schools in i960 were explained and examined
Dr. Stanley Smith . f the school research staff explained that
o
because of the close knit Hegro residential communities. Integration on
the elementary sohool level would affect only about 60 Hegro children
and less than 9 white.
Mr. Taylor brought up the question of orientation of teachers
and students. Both Mr. Butter and Mr. Hiehardson agreed that work with
the teachers would be deslrabla.
In discussing the timing of Integration at the various levels,
It was brought out that bseauss of the serious orovding at Wakefield,
Integration at the junior and senior high levels would not be desirable
until the completion of another south side junior high.
M r Triable expressed the opinion that Integration le impossible
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this fall In view of the various unresolved questions. He also expressed
�doubt w i n the Committee woe asked to vote preference on the recommend*ie
tiona sad tentative time schedules. He felt that the Committee did not
hare sufficient factual information to reach a sound doolalon and that
responsibility must be left to the School Board. Mrs. Campbell eald
she recognized that the School Board has the final responsibility but
ehe ashed for guidance by the expression of opinions by the group on the
various proposals. Bach member of the group was asked to write these
preferences. The vote was as follows:
Six member® of the committee favored adoption of the following
reoottmendatloni
any Negro parent living outside a Negro school district w u d
ol,
ha free to make application for hie children to be admitted to a white
eVsmentary or Junior high school in which school district he livec.
A-/ter a conference, the ohlld or ohlldren would be transferred. Parents
<vl senior high eohool Negro pupils would be eligible to apply for admicalon
1,0 a white high school. (Hoffman=Bo*ton may he dosed to senior high
school students.)
Ten members of the committee voted to endorse the following
recommendations
Maintenance of present policy on sohool district lines. How
ever, no child in grades 1=9 would be required to attend a public school
in which another race is in a majority. (Hoffman-Boston senior high
school will be closed.)
But transportation will be provided under both the above reoommendatlons.
The vote was as follows on the proposed school year whan integration
might be put into effect in the different grades of the Arlington sohoolsi
1
II
III
IV
V
5
2
1
2
6
Grades 1 = 6
1955=56
1955=56
1955=56
1956=57
1956=57
7“9
1955=56
1956=57
1956=57
1956=57
1957-58
9 = 12
1956=57
1956=57
1957-58
1956=57
1957-58
Votes for
/©/ Edith Burton
Secretary, Pro T r
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Minutes Of Integration Committee Meeting, June 22, 1955
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Minutes of Nesting of Arlington OontttM
So 8tudy Problems of Integration In the Public SchoolI
IfOTCBbtl' 20, 1955
Dr. Joseph 0. t j O a i l , ehaimui, presided »t a 0ailed
'saSll
mcoting of the Connlttoa to Stud/ Problems of Integration, held at
the Sahool Administration Building.
Other members present were Victor Blue, Mrs. B. A. Burton,
Mrs. A . J. B. Saris, Ber. Wllllaa H. foster, Mrs. Esther Halstead,
Sr. Horold Johnson, Kies Lillian Lambert, Mice Sally Lorlng, Jeeae
Pollard, George Biehardeon, Claude A . Sweeney, Shsodore V. Saylor,
Sr. Curtis X. Tuthill and Mrs. ttllims &. Watt. Also present were
members of the School Board and aeabere-elect, and Superintendent
of Schools T. Edward Butter and Assistant Superintendents X. J. Braun
and Charles J. Saleh, and Or. V. B. MeSelll, adninlatratlre assistant to the superintendent.
After approval of tbs alantes of the June 22, 1955, tasting
of the committee, Chairman Warren Cox of the School Board reviewed
the proposals of the Gray Commission report. (A copy of the Gray
report will be filed with the official copy of these mlantes.)
She group then discussed the Gray proposal.
Mr. Cox then read the following suggested statement fron the
School Board concerning the Gray Commission report:
In communities with email Kegro populations,
the Gray Commission report appears to oonteaplate
legislation which would eet up three kinds of public
schools: 1) those attended only by white pupils,
2} those attended only by Kegro pupils, and 3 ) those
attended by both white and Kegro pupils.
Arlington has few Begroeu and these are largely
concentrated In the areas around the three Segro
schools. In Arlington, even complete Implementation
of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United
States outlawing segregation in publle schools will
mean a smaller proportion of Begro pupils In schools
previously attended only by whits pupil* than In al
most any other metropolitan community In the oouatry.
i
The situation In Arlington fits vtry well Into
the plan cfonteqplated by the 0ray Baport. The three
Hsgro elementary school* are each located In Kegro
residential areas and obviously will oontlnoa as
sehools attended by Kegro children. The Kegro Juniorsenior high school is likewise located In the Kegro
residential area from vhloh the majority of Its pupils
are drawn. Boffsan-Boston would thus continue ae a
high sohool attended by Kegro pupils.
�Only «sm sixty Begro elsxsntary children lira
outside ths natural attendant)* area* of tha thrs* Begro
sloasntary schools. She 8threat Ce&rt dsclsloaa and
tha laws effectuating the Dray Bsport will undoubtedly
require that certain elementary schools ho Assignatad
to whloh these children may go If they so slaot. The
number of Begro ohlldrsa attsadlsg any on* such sshool
could hardly exceed 10 or 15, and tha schools involved
have enroilmante from 300 to 600.
At least 25 of ths elementary school districts
contain no Hegro children. Tha schools In these districts
would necessarily continue to ho attended only hy whits
pupllo.
The oeoond legislative rscoacisndatlon of the Oray
Coomisslon would permit any pupil objecting to attend*
lug on Integrated school to apply for transfer to a
aohool attended only hy children of his own mo*.
Adoption hy the legislature of ths OTay Commission
plan would thus require that one of ths senior high
schools now attended only hy white pupils h# designated
as an Integrated school and that the other he continued
as a school attended only hy white pupils.
Hegro pupils could apply for admission to ths
Integrated aohool. In passing on these applications
ths Sshool Board would probably b* required to take
Into consideration the need of ths particular pupil for
ooursso or instruction not offered at the school he was
attending, hie ability and qualifications for mastering
suoh courses, and perhaps also his place of residence.
At the junior high aohool level residence within the
natural attendance area of Hoffmen-Boston night ha con
trolling, and course offerings would ho of less
iqportonoe because the question of eollegs entrance
would generally not be involved. Probably at least
four junior high school* would be continued a* sohools
attended only by white pupils. In say ease ths number
of Hegro pupile In the integrated sohools would
scarcely be noticed in a senior high school with more
then 2000 pupils or junior high sohools with 1000 pupils.
It mast be remembered that ths Oray Commission
Beport merely recommends legislation. It can bs
effective only when tha legislation is adopted. Such
legislation may be quite different from that eomtsqplatsd by the report. Speciflo plans oaa only bs
formulated when this legislation Is forthcoming.
During the discussion whloh followed. Superintendent Butter
pointed out that Arlington must take a position whloh will be accepted
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by the eoosunlty, bs la accord with tha Sapremo Coart decres, ant
elao not be in violation with otato law.
Janos Stcekard, laemter-aleat of ths School Board, than
proponed tha following plan which ho felt should be recommended. to
the School Board by the oounlttee:
1. Bo child ehell be excluded from any Arlington
public school because of race.
2 . She school diotriot boundaries shall be wall defined.
She children living within a given school district
shall attend the school In that district except aa
follows:
a. Any parents who object to having their child attend
ef integrated school aay apply to the Superin
fi
tendent for the child to be transferred.
b. She Superintendent ehall approve this
explication unless this will unbalance tha
popll-teacher ratio or overtax the physical
facilities of the sobool. The parents met
seeuos responsibility for transportation
if a child attends a sahool oatslde of ths
district where he would normally be assigned.
Discussion continued, after which Mrs. Burton proposed the
following Btatecsnt:
1 . We will do our best to build up and to maintain the
strongest and beat possible system of public education.
2 . We cannot help but feel that any scheme that goes into
a eysten of subsidising private schools will weaken
ths public school system, and that any system whloh
will weaken the public attendance laws also tends to
weaken the public school system.
3. Sharefora, ths Sahool Board would deplore and regret
say legislation along these lines.
Mrs. Campbell pointed out that the Cray Commission recomasn ■
datlane would not invalidate any of the proposals which had been
made at the June meeting of the Integration Committee, namely: that
Arlington elementary schools be integrated In the fall of 1956,
that Junior high schools be integrated in the fall of 1957, and
that senior high schools be Integrated in the fall of 195S
.
Tt was also mentioned that the above Integration timetable
.
for the Arlington schools is educationally sound In that it weald fit
well into the physical facilities of the sohool system.
�Me f e r a e 1 action n a taken on any of the three proposed
atatoaante which were presented earlier is the seetin*. She eoaalttee
aeabers agreed informally that no etateaent should be leaned by the
School Board at this time concerning the Gray Coaalealon reoeaaaniai i
tlosa.
Respectfully eubaitted,
1.3. Stewart, See. Pro lea.
Bote (Hot a part of the official minutes):
The Virginia General Assembly on Decenber 3 voted te oell a
reforandao on January 9, 1956, asking the voters to approve a
conetitutional convention to authorise tuition grants to parents who
do not wish to send their children to integrated schools.
On December 15, the Arlington School Board limed the following
atateaenti
Ho, the aeribere end aeabere-eleci of the
Arlington County School Board, believe that if the
proposed constitutional amendment is enaoted the
public school aystea of Virginia will be weakened.
He are unalterably opposed te the principle of
the payment of publlo tea ooniee for tuition in private
schools. We fear it would result in a substantial
Increase in the tax burden, the impairment of educa
tional standards through lack of effeotivo state
control of currioulun, and in the breakdown of
disciplines in the education of our ohildrsn through
out Virginia.
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Minutes Of The Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public Schools, November 20, 1955
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MINUTES OP THE COMMITTEE TO STUDY PROBLEMS
OP INTEGRATION IN THE ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Jenaary 12, 195&
Dr. Joseph C. McCaskill presided at a meeting of the Committee
to Study Problems of Integration in the Arlington Schools, held at 8 p.m.,
January 12, 195&» in the conference room of the School Administration
Building.
Those present were: Dr. McCaskill, chairman; Mrs. R. A. Burton,
Mrs. A. J. E. Davis, Rev. William H. Poster, Alfred E. Prisbie, George
Hancock, Edwin T. Holland, Mrs. Haskell Jacobs, Ur. Harold Johnson,
Jesse Pollard, Claude A. Sweeney, Mrs. William G. Watt, Mrs. Ester Halstead,
Miss Lillian Lambert, Miss Sally Loving, and George Richardson of the
Committee.
Also present were Dr. E. R. Draheim, chairman of the School Board
and the following Board members: Dr. Barnard Joy, Mrs. Barbara Riches,
and James Stockard. Also Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell, former member of the
School Board; Superintendent of Schools T. Edward Rutter, Dr. William R.
McNeill and Mrs. Della Brown.
Dr. Draheim explained that the meeting was called in order to
get the opinion of the members of the committee concerning a statement of
policy to be issued by the Arlington School Board preliminary to announce
ment of plans for proposing a bond issue for school construction.
Dr. Draheim read a tentative statement which had been outlined
by the School Board. This statement said in part:
•'The Arlington School Board interprets the Gray Commission
recommendations and the vote Monday, January 9^ 195b» for
the constitutional convention in Virginia, to mean that
no child in Virginia shall be forced to attend a school
in which children of both the white and Negro races are
enrolled. The Arlington Public Schools as a division of
the public school system of Virginia will comply with any
action taken by the State Legislature."
The main provisions in the statement were that integration will
be permitted in certain Arlington elementary schools in the fall of 1956,
in certain junior high schools in the fall of 1957* and in certain senior
high schools in the fall of 1958.
The statement explained that a child would be assigned to a nonintegratedschool if
his parents objected to his attending a school in
which children of both races are enrolled. With some all-white and some
all-Negro schools to be available, the statement explained that the
Arlington School Board did not expect to make tuition grants for pupils
to attend private schools.
In discussing the proposed statement by the School Board, several
questions were asked.
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Mrs. Burton asked if any estimate could be made concerning how
many children would apply for transfer to other schools under the
proposed plan. She was informed that no estimate could he made.
Mrs. Campbell explained: "The legislature intends to use
tuition grants only where it is impossible for a child to attend a segregated
public school."
Dr. Joy said: "We have before us two major problems: the need
to provide enough classrooms and the need to provide enough teachers. We
must not let the problem of integration weaken our total school system
by limiting our ability to get classrooms or teachers."
Dr. McCaskill explained, "I believe the issue is whether v/
e
should have tuition grants, or should set up a triple school system in
Arlington providing for white schools, Negro schools, and integrated
schools."
By a show of hands called for by Chairman McCaskill, the committee
then approved the sentiment of the document submitted by the School Board,
and approved its issuance at this time. Pinal wording of the statement
was to be left to the School Board.
Superintendent Butter thanked the committee for the help given
the School Board. He said: "V/e must make a policy statement on inte
gration at this time as v e cannot go to the people on the important
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issue of school construction bonds v/ithout a statement on integration."
Mrs. Campbell said, "There is one constructive side to this.
Here at least there is a statement that integration will take place in
the Arlington schools in September."
The meeting adjourned.
Della Brown, Secretary.
Subsequent to the meeting of the Committee, the School Board
issued the following statement (adopted January l4, 195&):
"The Arlington School Board interprets the Gray Commission recom
mendations and the vote Monday, January 9»
for the constitutional
convention in Virginia, to mean that no child in Virginia shall be forced
to attend a school in which children of both the white and Negro races are
enrolled. The Arlington Public Schools as a division of the public school
system of Virginia will comply with any action taken by the State Legislature.
"The Arlington School Board also believes that legislation will
be enacted to carry out the proposed Gray plan and that in order to meet
the Supreme Court1s decree for "deliberate speed" in desegregation, it
will be necessary to provide schools in which children of both races may
attend classes.
"Assuming that the legislature will enact the provisions recom
mended by the Gray Commission, the Arlington School Board adopts the
following policy:
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"1.
Integration will be permitted in certain elementary
schools in the fall of 195 &»
2.
The Arlington School Board will continue the policy of
determining elementary school attendance areas on a
geographical basis.
3
.
Children, whose parents object to their attendance at
an integrated school, will be assigned to a school
that is not integrated.
4.
Parents, who ask to have their children assigned to
schools outside their own school districts, will be
responsible for their children’s transportation to
and from school.
5.
Certain Arlington junior high schools will be integrated
in the fall of 1957 J certain senior high schools will be
integrated in the fall of 1958. For these grade levels,
also, a plan will be put into effect permitting transfer
of those students whose parents object to their attending
integrated schools.
6.
As any child in Arlington may attend a non-integrated
school if his parents so desire, the Arlington School
Board does not anticipate the necessity of paying tuition
grants for children to attend private schools."
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(CONFIDENTIAL TO THE ADDRESSEE)
REPORT OF MEETING OF PUBLIC EDUCATION GROUPS
Richmond, Virginia, November 8, I95 Q
Representatives of local groups formed for the purpose of preservation of pub
lic schools from four localities, and individuals from other localities, met at
the central YWCA at 11:CO A.M. The meeting adjourned at U:00 P.M. Representatives
were present from Alexandria, Arlington, Charlottesville, Fairfax, Front Royal,
Lynchburg and Norfolk. A report was also received from Roanoke but invited repre
sentatives from-that area were not able to attend. The meeting was called by the
Arlington Committee to Preserve Public Schools, at the request of representatives
of similar committees in the areas where public schools arf= now closed. The pur
pose of the meeting was to (l) exchange information concerning.
the closed school
or threat of closed school situation, public opinion and action, and the attitude
of .local legislators in the various communities; (2) discuss the advisability of
establishing a State-wide organization; and, (3 ) explore ways and means of awaken
ing public opinion throughout Virginia to the threat to public education. The
meeting was chaired by Mr. William M. Lightsey, President pro-tern of the Arlington
Committee to Preserve Public Schools. A list of other persons attending is attached.
Local Reports.
Reports were received from each of the areas represented. Following is an ac
count of the more significant conclusions evident from these reports:
Charlottesville - Reported by Mr; J.~ A. Rolston, President of the Charlottesville
Committee to Preserve Public Schools - The operation of private schools which have
been set up in Charlottesville has somewhat cooled interest in preservation of the
public school system. These private schools are using public school teachers still
on the public payroll. This situation is likely to continue since it is not ex
pected that Negro children will apply for admittance to the private school. The
Negroes are attending their open public schools and seem to feel that nothing
would be gained by applying to makeshift schools. There is one private high school
program and two private elementary programs. These operate for a five-hour period
with no lunch. Of the 1,100 high school students, 900 are in the private schools.
The space granted by the churches for private schools is strictly temporary.
The Charlottesville Educational Foundation (the Defender group) has started a fund
drive, with direction by the top men of all three local banks.
The Institute of
Textile Technology, a private firm, has allowed science classes to use its labora
tory. This has not been very satisfactory because the laboratory can be used only
for demonstrations, not student experiments.
The private schools are operating smoothly, resulting in complacency on the
part of much of the community. They are not asking for action. Public sentiment
at the moment is such that if left to a local vote, the majority in Charlottesville
would favor leaving the schools closed rather than admit the Negro applicants.
The recent 6 5 $ vote received by Senator Byrd seems to Illustrate this.
The closed school situation has had some economic effect. The real estate
picture is being watched ciosely.
In the Venable School area it is almost impos
sible to sell a house. While there are large numbers of "for sale" signs in the
area there is still not enough to have a great deal of significance.
The Charlottesville Committee to Preserve Public Schools has a membership of
930 and is still growing slowly.
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Senator McCue, a staunch Defender, is at present hospitalized. Delegate Bill
Hill is privately for public schools. Mr. Babcock, editor of the Charlottesville
newspaper, seems less strongly segregationist than in August. Mrs. Babcock is a
member of the CCPS. The editor, is supporting a "tuition grant - private schooling
plus public schools" plan.
Front Royal - Reported by John Fitzgerald, President, Warren County Committee for
Public Schools - The Warren County Education Foundation is operating private
classes for tlie high school students but'the situation is far from rosy. There is
no science; no shop; there have been no typewriting classes but now they are be
ginning to get typewriters. The schools are using three church buildings, the
Youth Center, and the U.D.C. Museum.
(Use of the U.D.C. Museum is subject to the
requirement that the Confederate flag be displayed at all times.) There is no
school furniture in the private classrooms. Pupils use chairs and write on their
knees. The Methodist Church is beginning to be concerned; it refused use of the
church on Saturdays to make up lost time. All churches are concerned that no end
is in sight for the temporary arrangements they made.
The operators of the private schools have never considered that Negroes would
be admitted to those schools. Therefore, teachers on the public payroll are not
being used. About half of the forty public high school teachers went on an inac
tive status with the State and were hired by the private school group; they did
not resign their teaching contracts. The Warren County Education Foundation start
ed a drive to raise $175*000 to pay for the private school operation. They re
ceived about $1,500 a week in payroll deductions from workers at the Viscose plant.
Originally an attempt to raise union dues at the plant by $1.00 a week was tried
as a method of supporting the private school operations. This was challenged by
union leadership and is now being handled on a voluntary basis. About half of the
needed $175*000 seems to be available in cash or pledges. The Defenders offered
to make the needed $175*000 available; the offer was refused.
Of the 1,04^ students in the Warren County high school, all but about 320 are
attending the private classes. Some 50 have moved to other parts of the country,
kO go to Clarke County, 30 to Rappahannock County and 15 to Frederick County.
There are 120 Negro high school students. Most of them go to school in Manassas,
at a cost to the county of $560 per pupil per year.
(The cost of pupils in the
white public high school was $220 per year.) A few Negro students go to school in
Berryville, Virginia. Negro students are escorted to and from school by State
police.
The situation in Front Royal is "pretty rotten - it's mean." All members of
the Warren County Committee for public schools have been personally vilified in
the papers, by associates, and by persons previously thought to be friends. Unless
a resident is 100$ behind the private schools, the Byrd organization, and the
Governor, he is not welcome in the community. There have been economic, social
and religious reprisals (as illustrated by congregations' opposition to ministers
who have been outspoken against segregation). There was an unsuccessful effort to
start a boycott against all merchants in town who hired Negroes. There has been
tremendous pressure on all Negroes. They are badly frightened. The primary pur
pose of the pressure and hazing is to get the Negro plaintiffs to withdraw their
applications to enter the white school. One has withdrawn. There are still from
20 to 30 State troopers, some in plain clothes, around the town, when normally
there are one or two.
Many people seem to believe that the new Congress will restrict the activities
of the Supreme Court and then everything will be all right. There seems to be no
hope of the School Board requesting local control to operate an integrated school.
�- 3 Members of the legislature in the area are either saying nothing or are op
posed to reopening the public schools.
The Warren County Committee for Public Schools has 82 members. It has called
a mass meeting for November 13 to hear Dr. Hedges of the University of Virginia
discuss "The Value of Public Education to the Economy of the State." All busi
nesses are feeling economic pinches. However, no businessman will speak up for
public education for the fear of being boycotted. Much of the ill feeling in
the community has been generated by the editorial policy of the daily newspaper,
l-'eelings have hardened in the community. A student leader estimates that at the
time the high school was closed, 95$ of the students would have accepted integra
tion. Now, this would be acceptable to less than 50$.
The WCCPS have taken several actions in efforts to inform people of the ad
vantages of public education. These are (l) obtaining a list of community news
papers in Virginia* for use in contacting editors asking them to support public
education by articles and editorials; (2) requesting the National Citizens Com
mittee to obtain information on foundations and other groups who might buy ad
vertising space to promote public education; and, (3 ) beginning a study of the
economic impact of closed public schools.
Norfolk - Reported by Mr. Ellis James, One of the Litigants in the Federal Court
Suit - The closed schools had about 10,000 students. About 5j000 to 6,000 students are now in no schools at all. The Defenders were able to get no private
school plan working because they could not get any of the public school teachers
to cooperate. There are a large number of tutoring groups. Tuition for these
groups averages about $20.00 a month. The Tutoring groups are only temporary
measures; if by January it appears that public schools will not reopen, the
Norfolk Education Association will ask teachers to stop tutoring. Many students
have been sent to schools out of the State, others, to accredited private schools,
and others to nearby communities such as Virginia Beach.
The School Board is of one mind and seems ready to resume operation of the
public schools with the eligible Negro applicants accepted. However, the city
council refuses to cooperate with the School Board; therefore, there has been no
formal petition to the Governor for return of the schools to local control.
The community is split down the middle on the question of reopening the pub
lic schools. Businessmen say they can’t afford to take a position. The princi
pals of the closed schools are cooperating with tne Norfolk Committee for Public
Schools. Two of the members of the General Assembly publicly support local
option; the others are silent.
A referendum will be held in Norfolk on November 18. The question proposed
by the referendum is clouded. It asks voters to say "yes" or "no" to the ques
tion: "Shall the council petition the Governor to return schools to local control
to reopen them on an integrated basis?"
The litigants in the Federal Court Suit are in need of funds to finance this.
They apparently now have about $1,900 of the estimated $8,500 that may be needed.
Contributions may be sent to the "School Legal Fund, Box 6llb, Norfolk 8,
Virginia".
Alexandria - Reported by Mr. Stanley King and Mrs. Charlotte Lloyd_______ Alexandria is beginning to be concerned about the situation it will face in Jan
uary. Negro students have applied to two high schools and two elementary schools.
�-k Their cas* s are now in Federal court and a ruling is expected soon. They may "be
ordered admitted at the beginning of the second half of the current school year.
At a recent meeting of the Hammond High School PTA., 800 members attending voted
almost unanimously for open public schools.
Preliminary steps are being taken to form a committee for public schools
similar to that formed in Arlington and three other communities. It is difficult
to get people, particularly community leaders, to become vocally interested in
this question before there is actually a closing of the schools. Senator
Boothe's position as a staunch advocate of public schools is well known through
out the State. Delegate Thompson's position as a staunch segregationist, willing
to sacrifice public schools, is equally well known. Byrd Vote 60-1*0.
Lynchburg - Reported by Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Carson_______________ - The school
board has e::pressed interest in hearing what people are thinking about the posi
tion of public schools. It seems that most of the people are complacent, but
there is growing concern. Some of the legislators are privately unsympathetic
with the idea of closing the public schools. Legislators generally say nothing
should be done until the State Supreme Court has reached its decision. One
Lynchburg minister reported that the community seemed to be trying to cement
good relations between races in the hope that Iynchburg schools could avoid the
problem entirely.
Fairfax County - Reported by Mrs. Wellemeyer - There is strong support throughout
the county favoring public schools, but it would be difficult at this time to
create active interest. This is because Fairfax people do not see that they are
faced with a threat in the near future. All Fairfax legislators are in favor
of local option.
Richmond - Reported by Dr. J. L. Blair Buck - There is a strong feeling in
Richmond that public schools must be preserved. The community is getting more
interested daily because a suit is now pending, but may not affect Richmond
schools until next September. Senator Haddock is reported as saying that nothing
will sway the State administration from its course, which results in closed
schools.
Roanoke - Reported by William Lightsey on Basis of Visit in Roanoke November 8 Roanoke newspapers, officials and other Roanoke leaders feel that an overwhelming
majority of the people in Roanoke and the area west of Roanoke would strongly
oppose any move to close their public schools. Community leaders nor the com
munity in general are saying much about the subject yet. There are a number of
people in Roanoke who are now interested in beginning preliminary, quiet, dis
cussions about the problem.
Arlington - Reported by Mrs. Elizabeth Weihe - Copies of "A Short History of The
Arlington Committee to Preserve Public Schools" were given to the persons attend
ing the meeting. This explained the steps taken in organizing the Committee,
its policies and purposes, and the work done by it up until last September.
VJhen Judge Bryan accepted the School Board's rejection of the Negro applicants
to white schools, except for four he ordered assigned to Stratford Junior High,
and delayed their admittance until February, the pressure was removed from Arl
ington. However, concern is again building. Much thought is now being given by
Stratford parents to the advisability of going into Federal Court before February
to prevent the closing of the school.
�- 5 Peoplt of Arlington are overwhelmingly in favor of accepting the limited in
tegration ordered by the Court, if this is necessary to keep the schools open.
This is evident by the recent County Board election in which the two candidates
who are members of the Arlington Committee to Preserve Public Schools polled about
25,000 votes as compared with less than l+,000 votes received by two segregationist
candidates. Also significant is that Senator Byrd polled 1^,000 votes compared
with 11,000 for his opposition. Arlington members of the General Assembly all
favor keeping the public schools open, even if desegregation is necessary.
Legal Report and Forecast
Mr. Warren Cox, Chairman of the Legal Subcommittee of the Arlington Committee to
Preserve Public Schools, gave the following Report:
Two suits involving the constitutionality of the "Massive Resistance" laws
are pending:
In an action brought directly in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia the
State is seeking to establish the validity of:
1) the school closing law,
2) certain provisions for tuition grants, and
3) the provision of the 1958 appropriation act withdrawing state funds
from integrated schools.
This action primarily involves the Virginia Constitution, especially:
1) Sec. 129 requiring the State to-maintain public schools,
2) Sec. 133 vesting control in local school boards, and
3 ) Sec. li»0 requiring segregation.
The State contends that Sec. 129. requires■only segregated schools and that, there
fore, if the Federal Courts prohibit segregated schools, sec. 129 becomes in
operative.
Twenty-six persons including 11 children have■challenged the School Closing
law in the Federal Court on the ground that closing the Norfolk'Schools while
permitting the schools in the rest of the State to operate is depriving the
plaintiffs and all others in Norfolk of equal protection of the laws in violation
of the lVth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. This case is to
be heard by a three-judge court at Norfolk on November 1 9 . Any appeal from the
decision in this case would be directly to the Supreme Court of the United States.
It is quite probable that the Court will hand down a decision within a few
days of the hearing. This decision will almost certainly declare the school
closing provisions of Virginia law to be in violation of the Constitution of the
United States and will enjoin the Governor from keeping the schools closed on
this ground.
A Federal Court cannot operate schools. It cannot require anyone to operate
schools. It can only enjoin discrimination. As a practical matter the coopera
tion of the Norfolk School Board will be needed to open the schools. With such
cooperation it is possible that Norfolk schools may be open as early as December
1, but it is perhaps more likely that the effective date of any Federal court
order would be delayed until the beginning of the second semester. It is the
usual practice of courts to enjoin the enforcement of statutes while their con
stitutionality is being determined.
I would think that the Federal Court would
enjoin the enforcement of school closing and keep the schools open during any
appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court.
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The State might then attempt to again close the schools under the provisions
of the "Little Rock Bill" Passed at the 1958 session of the legislature on the
ground that this bill was not directly attacked. The Federal Court, upon proper
application, would probably deal very quickly with any such action by State
officers.
The ultimate choice before the State is (l) to allow some integration or (2)
to close all the schools in the State. If the State Supreme Court of Appeals
adopts the interpretation of Sec. 129 and Sec. 1*10 urged by the State, the legis
lature would have a free hand to require the closing of all schools and to take
away the authority of counties and cities alike bo operate public schools or to
raise taxes for this purpose.
How little integration would be required is shown by the experiencein North
Carolina and the recent decision of Judge Bryan
in the Arlington Case.Most
school divisions have had no Negro applicants. Many may never have any. Closing
all schools in the State to prevent the admission of a few Negroes in 3 or k school
divisions seems unnecessarily drastic.
The legislature could turn control of the public schools back to the local
school boards as set out in Sec. 133 of the State Constitution. Each school di
vision could then decide for itself whether it would continue to operate its
schools when required to accept some Negro pupils by Federal Court order. Such
a law would probably be upheld by the Federal Courts since there would be no dis
crimination within the district and authority to operate or not operate schooJ.s
rested in the district and not in the State at large.
The legislature may adopt a new set of resistance laws in the hope that they
may at least postpone the ultimate decision. In the past the Federal Courts have
moved very slowly and such .a new set of laws might have been expected to hold up
for years. But recently cases have gotten to the Supreme Court of the United
States in a matter of days instead of years. New laws prohibiting integration
completely, without closing all schools in the State, might not last long enough
to become effective.
Of course, the Virginia Court of Appeals may hold that Sec. 129 is still in
full effect. A constitutional amendment would then appear to be necessary before
the State could even permit a single school division to abandon its public schools.
An amendment permitting legislation to allow school divisions to abandon their
public schools on a local option basis, but guaranteeing others the right to
operate if they so desired, might be the most reasonable solution to the problem
under present circumstances.
Plans For Further Action
Appointment of Temporary Coordinator - Dr. J. L. Blair Buck, 310 Hillwood Road,
Richmond, was unanimously requested by the group to serve as a central clearing
point for information, on a temporary basis pending developments during the next
few weeks. Dr. Buck agreed with the need for the designation of some person in
this capacity and graciously consented to serve. He will be available to receive
informational material relating to the Public School groups already formed and to
answer inquiries and receive suggestions from these groups and others.
Plans for Subsequent Meeting - There seemed to be a unanimous opinion that there
should be another meeting in two or three weeks, attended by two or three persons
from the communities represented at the present meeting and persons of like inter
est from as many other communities of Virginia as could be reached.
�Suggestions for Activities by Local Groups or Representatives - Discussion on this
subject resulted in a number of persons proposing the following activities for the
immediate future:
1. Local representatives contact leaders in their respective communities to
determine those who will he willing to Join with others throughout the State, at
the appropriate time, in launching an all-out public appeal for support of public
education. A meeting of these leaders may be quietly planned for about early
December.
2. Discussions should be started in as many other communities as possible
with people known, to be concerned about the threat to public education. This
should be done by Dr. Buck, and by others present talking with people in nearby
areas. The purpose of these talks would be to start a few individuals in1each
community getting together with others to plan a later organization of a local
group for the preservation of public schools.
3. Suggestions and plans for statewide newspaper publicity and the distribu
tion of leaflets, etc., of an educational nature, on the advantages and need of
public schools, should be sent to Dr. Buck.
(For example, see last paragraph of
Front Royal local report.)
Statement To Press
The group authorized the release of a general statement to the press concern
ing the meeting, its purpose, and the appointment of Dr. Buck.
Statewide Developments Since November 8
A change of position by the Richmond newspapers and statements by the Governor
and other State leaders this week indicate a change from the "Massive Resistance"
position. However, far from indicating a relaxing of the threat to public educa
tion, it seems evident that persons resolved to maintain public schools in
Virginia must redouble their efforts - and quickly.
List of Persons Attending
Alexandria
Stanley King
Charlotte Lloyd (Mrs. David)
903 Quaker Lane
2501 Ridge Road Dr.
King 9-1659
TEnrple 6-1+111
Arlington
Ellen M. Bozman (Mrs. W. H.)
Warren Cox
Theda Ilenle (Mrs. Peter)
William M. Lightsey
Elizabeth Weihe (Mrs. Vernon)
1+219 N. 39th St.
2808 S. Ives St.
b22k N. 23rd St.
231 N. Evergreen
1+133 N. 33rd Rd.
KEnmore
OTis
JAckson
JAckson
JAckson
8-1+070
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7-1+508
8-1+592
7-51^
Charlottesville
0. A. Gianniny, Jr.
252 I Willard Drive
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Constance Keeble (Mrs. W. B.) 51 I Valley Rd.
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J. A. Rolston
11+1+8 Westwood Rd,
Arthur A. Welch
1623 Bruce Ave,
CHarlottesville 2-6226
3 . 1+021
3- 6781+
2-80l+8
�Fairfax
Dorothy S. McDiarmid (Mrs. Hugh)
WE 8 -239 k
Box 357) Rt. 1
Jane Wellemeyer
Front Royal
John H. Fitzgerald
Craig A. Livingston
Hugh D. Stevens
111 Charles St.
MElrose 5-3316
Browntown Rd.
Lynchburg
1 Quinlan St.
1555 Link Rd.
VI6-5701
VI7-7655
Janes C.. Brewer
Judge H. G. Cochran
Ellis M. James
503 Mass. Ave.
1320 Harmott Ave.
6110 Powhatan Ave.
MA 2 -6 I37 .
MA 2-3221
MA 3-0166.
Robert M. St. Clair
Edith White (Mrs. Forest P. )
718 W. Princess Anne Rd.
1079 Algonquin Rd.
Mrs. J. S. G. Carson
Mrs..Walter J. Kelly, III
Norfolk
MA 3-6123
JU7-2196
Richmond
Dr. J. L. Blair Buck
Eugene Pickett
Paul Rilling
( C O N F I D E N T. A L
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310 Hillwood Rd.
101 N. Harrison St.
100 W. Franklin St.
TO
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ATlantic 2-6002
A D D R E S S E E )
Reported by:
William M. Lightsey
President Pro-tem
Arlington Committee to
Preserve Public Schools
November 13 j 3.958
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SAVE OUR SCHOOLS COMMITTEE OF ARLINGTON
December 20, 1955
The first step to Save Our Schools, the public schools so
many have worked so hard to build up, is to defeat the proposed
constitutional convention in the January 9, 1956 referendum.
Facts on this issue have been gathered. The Save Our
Schools Committee of Arlington, listed on the reverse, wants to
bring the facts to as many voters as possible — by mail, radio, TV,
and person-to-person. To do this
money is needed
volunteers are needed
Time is so short, a large "No on the Ninth" vote will be
cast only if many good citizens, like the four thousand to whom this
letter is addressed, accept the responsibility and get to work.
At least one person has agreed to lead the work in each
neighborhood. The names of each volunteer will be turned over to
the leader and his committee in the neighborhood.
Contributions should be sent to land checks made out to)i
Mrs. Eloise Newdorp, Treasurer
Save Our Schools Committee of Arlington
2811 N. Westmoreland St., Arlington, Va.
To volunteer for ___ telephoning
___ talking to neighbors
typing
and addressing
___ working referendum day
(Check and return to the above address)
for the Save Our Schools Committee
of Arlington
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�Save Our Schools Committee of Arlington
Chairman, Edward B. Hincks, President, Arlington Civic Federation
Vice Chairman, Theodore W. Taylor, County Council of PTA's
Ivan A. Booker, National Education Association
Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell, member, Arlington School Board
Laszlo H. Ecker-Racz, tax expert
Rev. William H. Foster, Jr., Minister Trinity Presbyterian Church
Rabbi Noah Golinkin
Robert L. Groom, member, Arlington Republican Committee
Mrs. Virginia Howard, Arlington branch, American Association of
University Women
Ralph R. Kaul, member elect, Arlington County Board
Lawrence S. Knappen, President, Citizens' Committee for School Improvement
David L. Krupsaw, member elect, Arlington County Board
Mrs. Roger D. Marshall, Arlington League of Women Voters
William P. McCahill, Past Commander, Catholic War Veterans of Arlington
Jack C. Orndorff, Clearing House for Public Education
Wilfred Owen, Brookings Institution
John L. Palmer, Past President, Arlington Education Association
G. Robert Reed, Community Council for Social Progress
Mrs. Sam Rubenstein, Northern Virginia Council of Jewish Women
Kathryn H. Stone, Virginia House of Delegates
Mrs..Herbert S. Thatcher, Arlington Democratic Committee
Rev. Ross A. Weston, Minister Arlington Unitarian Church
Mrs. Richard Wheeler, Council of Arlington Church Women
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RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell
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An account of the resource
This collection consists of the personal papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell, and covers the period from 1945 through 1991, with the bulk of the material falling between 1947 and 1959. The materials in this collection were generated or collected as a result of Mrs. Campbell's involvement in the Arlington County School Board, as well as her interests and activities in education and local politics.
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Letter from "Save Our Schools Committee of Arlington", December 20, 1955.
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Letter from "Save Our Schools Committee of Arlington" announcing purpose and volunteers on committee. 2 pages.
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12/20/55
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RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell
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Save Our Schools Committee of Arlington
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1950s
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19_2_8_1_30
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ARLINGTON COMMITTEE TO FRESERVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Membership Meeting
Wakefield High School - December k, 1958
A G E
N P A
Invocation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Rev. Paul Harrell,
Member of Executive Board.
Opening Remarks and Introductions - - - - - - - - - Mr. William M. Lightsey,
President Pro-tem.
Report of Executive Board Activities -
Mrs. Elizabeth Weihe,
2nd Vice President.
Reports from Closed-school Communities:
Norfolk - - - - - -
Mr. Kenneth Harris, Litigant in Norfolk
Federal Court Case.
Charlottesville - - Mr. J. A. Polston, President Charlottesville
Committee to Preserve Fublic Schools.
Front Royal - - - - Mr. John Fitzgerald, President Warren County
Committee for Public Schools.
Legal Reports and Forecasts:
Mr. Warren Cox, Chairman of Legal Sub-committee
Mr. Edmund Campbell, Counsel in Norfolk Federal Court Case
County Board Responsibilities - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mr. Ralph Kaul,
Chairman, Arlington County Board.
Report of Treasurer- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mr. Hugh McGrath
Treasurer.
Financial Appeal- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Col. William P. McCahill
Member of Executive Eoard.
Action to Fill Executive Board Vacancy- - - - - - - - - - - - Col. Fuller Groom,
Chairman, Nominating Committee.
Question Period- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From Audience
Summary*****************
Mr. Lightsey
MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE BOARD
Mr. 0. Glenn Stahl, President
Mr. William M. Lightsey, Pres. Pro-tem.
Mr. Wesley W. Cooper, 1st Vice Pres.
Mrs. Elizabeth Veihe, 2nd Vice Pres.
Mr. Hugh McGrath, Treasurer
Mrs. Ellen Bozman, Corresp. Secretary
Mrs. Myrtice Pomeroy, Recording Secretary
Mr. Edmund D. Campbell
Mr. Warren Cox
Mr. Richard L. Franz
Col. Fuller Groom
Rev. Paul Harrell
Mr, Irving M. Herman
Mr. B. Alden Lillywhite
Mr. Paul Lindgren
Mrs. Nan Manning
Col. William P. McCahill
(Mrs. Theda Henle - Public Relations)
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RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell
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An account of the resource
This collection consists of the personal papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell, and covers the period from 1945 through 1991, with the bulk of the material falling between 1947 and 1959. The materials in this collection were generated or collected as a result of Mrs. Campbell's involvement in the Arlington County School Board, as well as her interests and activities in education and local politics.
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Agenda, "Arlington Committee to Preserve Public Schools, membership meeting, December 4, 1958.
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Agenda, "Arlington Committee to Preserve Public Schools, membership meeting at Wakefield High School.
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12/4/58
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RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell
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Arlington Committee to Preserve Schools
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1950s
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19_2_8_1_29
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May 11, 1958
To All Arlington Citizens:
The undersigned Arlington citizens and parents, alarmed about the future of our
public schools, have been considering ways and means to assure maintenance of public
education in Arlington next fall. This is necessitated by the prospective Federal
court action in consequence of court decisions making it unlawful to assign pupils to
schools on the basis of race.
For this reason we have formed an interim Organizing Committee to Preserve Public
Schools, and we invite all like-minded persons who share our concern to join with us.
We shall see that the public is kept fully informed on developments in this matter.
The members of the Organized Committee are agreed that:
1.
We are determined to pursue every legal means to keep public schools open.
3.
We are here concerned neither with perpetuating segregation in schools, nor
hastening integration.
3.
We oppose entrusting public education to private hands having no responsibility
or accountability to the general public.
4.
We have faith in Arlington's ability to meet its public education problems.
5.
We recognize the excellence of the teaching and administrative staff in Arlington'c
schools. We assure them that the community values its educational system and
that it is determined to maintain its public schools. We urge Arlington
teachers to stand with the community in the days ahead.
Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell
Warren E. Cox
Colin C. MacPherson
0. Clenn Stahl
Curtis E. Tuthill
Former
Former
Former
Former
Former
Member,
Member,
Member,
Member,
Member,
Arlington
Arlington
Arlington
Arlington
Arlington
School
School
School
School
School
Board
Board
Board
Board
Board
Mrs. Louise M. Holl
Gerald Graze
Edmund D. Campbell
William P. McCahill
Martin H. Spielberg
Mrs. Constance Moser
Mrs. June Lehman
Hugh J. McGrath
Richard W. Johnson
L. L. Ecker-Eacz
Mrs. Theda 0, Henle
Mrs. Elizabeth Weihe
Rev. Louis C. Shearer
Mrs. Emily Moore
Mrs. Leone B. Buchholz
B. Alden Lillywhite
Richard L. Franz
William M. Lightsey
President, Arlington Branch, American Assn, of Univ. Women
President-Elect, northern Virginia B'nai B'rith
Former Member, Arlington County Board
Past Commander, Arlington Catholic War Veterans
Member, Arlington Chamber of Commerce
President, Arlington Council of Church Women
Vice-Chairman, Citizens Committee for School Improvement
Former President, Arlington Community Chest and Council
President, Arlington Education Association
Chairman, northern Virginia Fiscal Survey
Former President, Arlington Branch, League of Women Voters
Former President, Arlington Branch, League of Women Voters
President, Arlington Ministerial Association
Member, national Conference of Christians and Jews
Former President, Organized Women Voters
Member, Arlington County Planning Commission
President, Arlington PTA County Council
Director, northern Virginia District of parent-Teacher Aeons.
Call any of us to join with us in this community effort to keep public schools open
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RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell
Description
An account of the resource
This collection consists of the personal papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell, and covers the period from 1945 through 1991, with the bulk of the material falling between 1947 and 1959. The materials in this collection were generated or collected as a result of Mrs. Campbell's involvement in the Arlington County School Board, as well as her interests and activities in education and local politics.
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Flyer: "To All Arlington Citizens": announcing the formation of the "interim Organizing Committee to Preserve Public Schools", May 11, 1958.
Description
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Committee formed to assure maintenance of public education in Arlington. Lists ays they will pursue their purpose.
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5/11/58
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RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell
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interim Organizing Committee to Preserve Public Schools
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1950S
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19_2_8_1_28
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May 11, 1958
To All Arlington Citizens:
The undersigned Arlington citizens and parents, alarmed about the future of our
public schools, have been considering ways and means to assure maintenance of -public
education in Arlington next fall. This is necessitated by the prospective Federal
court action in consequence of court decisions making it unlawful to assign pupils to
schools on the basis of race.
For this reason we have formed an interim Organizing Committee to Preserve Public
Schools, and we invite all like-minded persons who share our concern to join with us.
We shall see that the public is kept fully informed on developments in this matter.
The members of the Organized Committee are agreed that:
1.
We are determined to pursue every legal means to keep public schools open.
2.
We are here concerned neither with perpetuating segregation in schools, nor
hastening integration,
3.
We oppose entrusting public education to private hands having no responsibility
or accountability to the general public,
4.
We have faith in Arlington’s ability to meet its public education problems,
5.
We recognize the excellence of the teaching and administrative staff in Arlington'r
schools. We assure them that the community values its educational system and
that it is determined to maintain its public schools. We urge Arlington
teachers to stand with the community in the days ahead.
Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell
Warren E. Cox
Colin C. MacPherson
0. Glenn Stahl
Curtis E. Tuthill
Former
Former
Former
Former
Former
Member,
Member,
Member,
Member,
Member,
Arlington
Arlington
Arlington
Arlington
Arlington
School
School
School
School
School
Board
Board
Board
Board
Board
Mrs. Louise M, Holl
Gerald Graze
Edmund D. Campbell
William P. McCahill
Martin H, Spielberg
Mrs. Constance Moser
Mrs, June Lehman
Hugh J. McGrath
Richard W, Johnson
L. L. Ecker-Racz
Mrs. Theda 0, Henle
Mrs. Elizabeth Weihe
Rev. Louis C, Shearer
Mrs. Emily Moore
Mrs. Leone B. Buchholz
• . Alden Lillywhite
G
Richard L. Franz
William M. Lightsey
President, Arlington Branch, American Assn, of Univ. Women
President-Elect, Northern Virginia B'nai B'rith
Former Member, Arlington County Board
Past Commander, Arlington Catholic War Veterans
Member, Arlington Chamber of Commerce
President, Arlington Council of Church Women
Vice-Chairman, Citizens Committee for School Improvement
Former President, Arlington Community Chest and Council
President, Arlington Education Association
Chairman, Northern Virginia Fiscal Survey
Former President, Arlington Branch, League of Women Voters
Former president, Arlington Branch, League of Women Voters
President, Arlington Ministerial Association
Member, National Conference of Christians and Jews
Former President, Organized Women Voters
Member, Arlington County Planning Commission
President, Arlington PIA County Council
Director, Northern Virginia District of paront-Teocher Aeens.
Call any of us to join with us in this community effort to keep public schools open
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RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell
Description
An account of the resource
This collection consists of the personal papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell, and covers the period from 1945 through 1991, with the bulk of the material falling between 1947 and 1959. The materials in this collection were generated or collected as a result of Mrs. Campbell's involvement in the Arlington County School Board, as well as her interests and activities in education and local politics.
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Title
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Flyer: "To All Arlington Citizens": announcing the formation of the "interim Organizing Committee to Preserve Public Schools", May 11, 1958.
Description
An account of the resource
Committee formed to assure maintenance of public education in Arlington. Lists ays they will pursue their purpose.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
5/11/58
Format
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PDF
Source
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RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell
Creator
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interim Organizing Committee to Preserve Public Schools
Coverage
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1950S
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19_2_8_1_27
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1958
COMMTIES Oil PIUSCIHOJ OPERATIOHS
Chairm an
W illia m M. L ig h ts e y
231 H orth E v e rg re e n S t . , A r l. 3
JA . 8-4592
V ice Chairman
Ann Rosa
1201 H orth E v e rg re e n S t . A r l. 5
JA .8 -0 9 5 0
A d v iso r
M iriam M artha
3111 H orth F i r s t Road, A r l . 1
JA .8 -0 7 5 7
V ir g in ia H ig h la n d s 21
1914 S. A r lin g to n R idge R d .A rl 2
OT .4^-8667
F a i r l i n g t o n 12
5134 S outh 1 2 th S t r e e t , A r l. 4
JA .8 -8 1 2 6
Glebe 30
1228 South Thomas S t . , A r l. 4
JA . 7-1566
J e f f e r s o n 27
117 S outh A b erd een S t . , A r l. 4
JA,.2 -0 1 0 5
G le n c a rly n 13
5932 H o rth 4 t h S t r e e t A r l. 3
JA,. 8-9215
D i s t r i c t Chairmen:
#1
A u ro ra H i l l s 3,
A lic e Cam pbell
O akridge 32,
#2
Abingdon 22,
Towner S te v e n s
C larem ont 28 ,
A r lin g to n 1 ,
Thomas R ic h a rd s
Colum bia 9,
B a r c r o f t 5,
Ju n e Lehman
F illm o r e 26,
A r lin g to n F o r e s t 25,
I r v i n g Herman
Buckingham 6 ,
#6
A shton H e ig h ts 2,
R o b ert W, C u lb o rt
C laren d o n 8,
Lyon P a r k 15
509 H orth G a r f i e ld S t . , A r l. 1
JA,,5-5877
#7
B a lls to n 4,
F ra n k E l l i s
Dominion H i l l s 29, W estover 23
1076 N o rth M ontana S t . , A r l . 5
JE,,2-7069
#8
L e x in g to n 31,
F ra n k McAnear
Woodiawn 24
#9
C h e rry d a le 7,
M att Huppuch
l e e 14
C o u rtla n d 10,
C h r i s t i a n S w arts
ly o n V illa g e 16
1800 H o rth H a rv a rd S t . , A r l . 1
JA. 4-1295
E a s t F a l l s Church 11,
F ra n c e s Beck
H o ttingham 3 7,
O v e rle e K n o lls 17
6934 H o rth 2 8 th S t . , A r l. 13
JE . 4-3166
#12
M adison 35,
R o b ert V/. Cox
M a rs h a ll 36,
#13
P a r k l a n e 18,
C la re n c e S a lis b u r y
R o s sly n 19
#14
Rock S p rin g 33,
E v e r e t t B re e d
Y orktow n 34
#3
#4
#5
#10
#11
1939 N o rth U pland S t . , A r l. 7
JA. 7-6560
1018 N orth N elso n S t . , A r l , 1
JA. 7-5967
R eco rd s
G lad y s Pagano
A d d re s s in g
C la re n c e S a lis b u r y
7396
JA. 3 -
1792
5001 H o rth 3 0 th S t r e e t , , A r l . 7
F ra n c e s l e e B la te
JA. 2 -
1925 H o rth Wayne S t . , A r l . 1
S e c r e ta r y
T h r i f t o n 20
3180 N o rth Q uincy S t . , A r l 7
KE. 6 -
8739
2539 H o rth M i l i t a r y R o a d ,A rl.7
JA. 7 -
330G
42 H. F enw ick S t . JA .7-3187
& V era Dean
1925 H o rth Wayne S t . , A r l . 1
JA. 7-5748
JA. 2-1792
�CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
1958
C hairm an o f th e Campaign Committee
T heodore W. T a y lo r
706 N o rth F r e d e r ic k S t r e e t , A r l i n g to n 3
JA.2-5136
V ice-C h airm en :
A la n I . Bean
R u th e r f o rd Bay
3037 N o rth S t a f f o r d S t r e e t , A r l i n g to n 7
J-1 2 0 9 , A r lin g to n Towers, A r l i n g to n 9
JA. 7-5748
JA .5-7023
C o o rd in a to r
E lo ie e B. Newdorp
2811 No, W estm oreland S t r e e t , A r l , 13
JE . 2-5702
Com m ittee on P r e c i n c t O p e ra tio n s
C hairm an
W illia m M. l i g h t s e y 231 N o rth E v erg reen S t r e e t , A r l . 3
V ice-C hairm an Ann R oss
1201 N o rth E v erg reen S t r e e t , A r l . 5
J A .8-4592
J A .8-0905
R e s e a rc h
R o h e rt E . R ey n o ld s
2600 N o r th 1 6 th S t r e e t , A r l i n g to n 1
J A .4-1320
E ngagem ents C a le n d ar
M arth a Gammon
5740 N o rth 1 8 th S t r e e t , A r l i n g to n 5
KE.6—
6559
S o c ia l
A lic e L e tz le r
237 N o rth G alv esto n S t r e e t , A r l . 3
J A .2-5455
p u b lic ity
M ild re d Marcy
2600 S o u th Hayes S t r e e t , A r lin g to n 2
OT.4-7474
D is p la y M a te ria ls
Max M. Chesy
2013 N o rth K en ilw o rth S t r e e t , A r l . 5
K E .6-8644
F in a n c e
Lawrence W. L a t to
928 S o u th 2 6 th S t r e e t , A r l i n g to n 2
OT.4-8073
T re a s u r e r
M arie B r e s s e r
4109 N o rth 3 3 rd Road, A r l i n g to n 7
JA . 2-9559
D u p lic a tio n
R o b ert E, R ey n o ld s
2600 N o rth 1 6 th S t r e e t , A r lin g to n 1
J A .4-1320
2710
2912
3180
2808
3104
3111
1201
1057
2159
3111
5920
2819
5612
OT.4-8167
KE. 6-8651
J A .2-7396
OT.4-8319
K E.8-7188
J A .2-0312
J A .8-7937
OT.4-5 6 5 6
J A .2-2157
J A .8-0757
K E.8-6382
JA. 2-7093
K E.6-9368
Members - A t - L a rg e :
H e rb e rt L. Brown, J r .
Edmund D, Cam pbell
R ob ert W. & R u th O’B e ll Cox
W arren Cox
Mary Cook Hackman
B a rn a rd Joy
R alp h Kaul
D avid L. Krupsaw
Harvey R. H am pshire
M iriam M urtha
James G. S to c k a r d
Edward D. S t r o t h e r
C u r tis E. T u t h i l l
S o u th Hayes S t r e e t , A r lin g to n 2
N o rth G lebe Road, A r l i n g to n 7
N o rth Quincy S t r e e t , A r lin g to n 7
S o u th Iv e s S t r e e t , A r lin g to n 2
N o rth Inglew ood S t r e e t , A r l . 7
N o rth Monroe S t r e e t , A r lin g to n 7
N o rth Nash S t r e e t , A r lin g to n 9
S o u th 2 6 th Road, A r l i n g to n 2
N o rth Quebeo S t r e e t , A r lin g to n 7
N o rth F i r s t Road, A r lin g to n 1
No. W ashington B o u le v a rd , A r l . 5
S o u th 1 8 th S t r e e t , A r l i n g to n 4
N o rth 2 4 th S t r e e t , A r lin g to n 5
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Title
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RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell
Description
An account of the resource
This collection consists of the personal papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell, and covers the period from 1945 through 1991, with the bulk of the material falling between 1947 and 1959. The materials in this collection were generated or collected as a result of Mrs. Campbell's involvement in the Arlington County School Board, as well as her interests and activities in education and local politics.
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Lists: "Committee on Precinct Operations", 1958; "Campaign Committee", 1958
Description
An account of the resource
First side: "Committee on Precinct Operations", 1958; second side: "Campaign Committee", 1958. 2 pages
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1958
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
PDF
Source
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RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell
Creator
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unknown
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1950s
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This image is subject to copyright. nauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited.
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19_2_8_1_26
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https://projectdaps.org/files/original/be9133b02aefa3d6c1453d4848cb27a4.pdf
1f5467803e3669a6e727446128142a43
PDF Text
Text
May 11, 1958
To All Arlington Citizens:
The undersigned Arlington citizens and parents, alarmed about the future of our
public schools, have been considering ways and means to assure maintenance of public
education in Arlington next fall. This is necessitated by the prospective Federal
court action in consequence of court decisions making it unlawful to assign pupils to
schools on the basis of race.
For this reason we have formed an interim Organizing Committee to Preserve Public
Schools, and we invite all like-minded persons who share our concern to join with us.
,o shall see that the public is kept fully informed on developments in this matter.
'
The members of the Organized Committee are agreed that:
1.
We are determined to pursue every legal means to keep public schools open.
2.
We are here concerned neither with perpetuating segregation in schools, nor
hastening integration,
3.
We oppose entrusting public education to private hands having no responsibility
or accountability to the general public,
4.
We have faith in Arlington’s ability to meet its public education problems.
5.
We recognize the excellence of the teaching and administrative staff in Arlington's
schools. We assure them that the community values its educational system and
that it is determined to maintain its public schools. We urge Arlington
teachers to stand with the community in the days ahead.
Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell
Warren E. Cox
Colin C. MacPherson
0. Glenn Stahl
Curtis E. Tuthill
Former
Former
Former
Former
Former
Member,
Member,
Member,
Member,
Member,
Arlington
Arlington
Arlington
Arlington
Arlington
School
School
School
School
School
Board
Board
Board
Board
Board
Mrs. Louise M, Holl
Gerald Graze
•dmund D. Campbell
William P, McCahill
Martin H, Spielberg
Mrs. Constance Moser
Mrs. June Lehman
Hugh J. McGrath
Richard W, Johnson
L. L. Ecker-Racz
Mrs. Theda 0, Henle
Mrs. Elizabeth Weihe
Rev. Louis C. Shearer
Mrs. Emily Moore
Mrs. Leone B. Buchholz
. » Alden Lillywhite
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Richard L, Frans
William M. Lightsey
President, Arlington Branch, American Assn, of Univ. Women
President-Elect, Northern Virginia B ’
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Former Member, Arlington County Board
Past Commander, Arlington Catholic War Veterans
Member, Arlington Chamber of Commerce
President, Arlington Council of Church Women
Vice-Chairman, Citizens Committee for School Improvement
Former President, Arlington Community Chest and Council
President, Arlington Education Association
Chairman, Northern Virginia Fiscal Survey
Former President, Arlington Branch, League of Women Voters
Former President, Arlington Branch, League of Women Voters
President, Arlington Ministerial Association
Member, National Conference of Christians and Jews
Former President, Organized Women Voters
Member, Arlington County Planning Commission
President, Arlington PTA County Council
Director, Northern Virginia District of parent-Teacher -Aeons*
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Flyer: "To All Arlington Citizens": announcing the formation of the "interim Organizing Committee to Preserve Public Schools", May 11, 1958.
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ORQAHimj COMMUTES TO PEBSEHVB PUBLIC CCHQOLS
3600 Korth Piedmont wtreet
Arlington, Virginia
«ay 19, 1958
Senator Charles R. Fenwick
6733 Lee Highway
Arlington, Virginia
Dear Senator Fenwick!
Thank you for responding to my letter concerning the Organising
Committee to Preaerre Public Schools.
There has been no opportunity for the full Committee to reset to
your suggestion, but it is certainly my view, and I would Judge the
view of the Committee, that it would be unrealistic to expect that in
dividuals applying for admission to schools could be persuaded properly
to change their minds. I would fear also that this could lead to some
overenthuslastic persons moving a stage further from persuasion to intimi
dation which would put us in an unfortunate business indeed.
nevertheless, we appreciate having your view and at the proper time
I am sure that the Committoo will discuss the matter fully.
Sincerely yours.
0. Glenn Stahl
Temporary Chairman
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Letter from O. Glenn Stahl, Organizing Committee to Preserve Public Schools, to Charles R. Fenwick, State Senator, May 19, 1958,
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C H A R L E S R. F E N W I C K
9t h S e n a t o r ia l D i s t r i c t
ARLINGTON
6 7 3 3 L e e H ig h w a y
CO M M ITTEE A S S I G N M E N T S :
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A R L IN G T O N , VIRGINIA
SENATE
M 14, 1958
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Mr. 0. Glenn Gtahl
Organizing Committee to Preserve Public Schools
5600 North Piedmont Street
Arlington, V irgin ia
Dear Mr. Stahl:
I have your l e t t e r o f M 8 en closing statement o f the Or
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ganizing Committee to Preserve Public Schools and your request fo r
any comments Or rea ction s which I may have.
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I note that you are determined to pursue every le g a l means to
keep public sch ools open. Certainly, a l l o f ue can agree with thie
objective. In th is connection, I would invite your attention to
certa in fa cts:
1. The Supreme Court o f the United tates, in i t s decision o f
May 17, 1954, did not hold that we must have integrated schools.
2. The d ecision provided that no child who was otherwise
qu alified , and desired to attend a public school, should be deprived
o f that right s o le ly on the b a sis o f race.
3. The fa ct that seven negroes have the right to attend four
white schools in A rlington county, does not mean that they must
exercise that right.
4. Should these seven pupils, through their parents, refrain
from making ap plica tion for admission to white schools, there would
be no necessity f o r clo sin g any pu blic school under state law.
3. Assuming that the schools that the negro pupils now attend
afford an equal educational opportunity ae coamared with the white
schools, their in sisten ce on attending the white schools becomes
so lely a matter o f choioe whioh, i f carried out, can result in eeoh
such school being closed under state law.
6. The simplest and most obvious method for keeping our public
schools open would be fo r the negro pu pils not to exercise the right
the courts have given them to apply fo r admission to a white school.
7. Your committee can u t ilis e a lega l way o f keeping our pubht
schools open by meeting with the parents of the negro children and
pointing out to them the consequences o f their in sistin g on sending
th eir children to white schools. Should this result in the parents
deciding not to p e r sist in this procedure, both you and they would
be performing a great public service to the oommunity.
oc: Members o f Conm ittee
Tharlea K .#e wrick
h
State Senator Arlington county
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A
CALL
TO
IMMEDIATE
ACTION
The Executive Board of the Arlington Committee to Preserve Public Schools
urgently requests its members to familiarize themselves with measures now being
proposed in Richmond to amend several sections of the State Constitution which
could seriously weaken if not destroy public education in Virginia.
In testimony given in Richmond March 6, this Committee commended the Perrow
Commission on its reasonable approach to the problems facing public schools in
Virginia. We were especially gratified that their proposals left the Constitu
tion intact and would permit Arlington to continue to operate its public school
system.
Since the Legislature re-convened, a resolution has been introduced by
Delegate Wheatley which proposes to drastically amend those sections of the State
Constitution dealing with public schools. This resolution is not just an idle
threat; it is an imminent reality, and will be debated beginning probably in a
few days. The best information we have received indicates that it has an excel
lent chance of passage. These proposed constitutional amendments strike at the
very heart of our State Public School system. The proposed amendment of Section
129 appears to give local control of school matters; in reality the accompanying
amendments give even greater control of school affairs to the General Assembly.
The proposed constitutional amendments provide-1.
The General Assembly may consolidate any number of counties or cities
into a single "school division" with a single school board to be chosen
in such manner as the General Assembly may prescribe.
2.
Authority of school boards is limited to those powers granted by the
General Assembly, and in the case of consolidation of counties into a
division the local county school board would cease to exist entirely.
3 . There would no longer be any constitutional requirement that specific
funds or amounts be applied to schools, only that some unspecified amount
be appropriated "in the furtherance of education of school age children"
to be apportioned by the General Assembly as it saw fit. This could be
on a basis of geographical area, to the great disadvantage of Arlington.
h.
The Constitutional guarantee of the right of a locality to levy taxes
on property for the support of schools would be removed.
Steady progress has been made in raising standards of education. We cannot
afford to let these standards be lowered. Also, leading industrialists are warn
ing that the school issue must be settled now if Virginia is to prosper. The
adoption of this resolution would continue indefinitely the uncertainty which is
so damaging to the economic health of the State.
Armed with this information and the results of your own study, we urge you
to take action now, this week, by writing your representatives your opinions on
this most important issue. The Governor needs support in his support of the
Perrow Commission report; our own delegation needs thousands of letters showing
support of their stand. Write them today— and write to any other legislators
whom you may know. Write to-Governor J. Lindsay Almond, Richmond
Senator Charles Fenwick, State Capitol, Richmond
Delegates Harrison Mann
Kathryn Stone
William Winston
State Capitol, Richmond
�U.S. Postage Paid
Arlington, Va.
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Permit No. ^09
Arlington Committee
to Preserve Public Schools
P. 0. Box 7112
Arlington 7, Virginia
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Flyer: "A Call to Immediate Action" from the Executive Board of the Arlington Committee to Preserve Public Schools, 1959.
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Flyer: "A Call to Immediate Action" from the Executive Board of the Arlington Committee to Preserve Public Schools requesting members to write Governor, Senator and Delegates stating opposition to a proposed amendment to Section 129 of the Virginia State Constitution which would take away local overning of school districts. 2 pages.
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(CONFIDENTIAL
to the addressee)
REPORT OF MEETING OF PUBLIC .EDUCATION GROUPS
Richmond, Virginia, November 8, 1958
Representatives of local groups formed for the purpose of preservation of pub
lic schools from four localities, and individuals from other, localities, met at
tho central YWCA at 11:00 A.M. The meeting adjourned at 1 - 0 P.M. Representatives
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were present from Alexandria, Arlington, Charlottesville, Fairfax, Front Royal,
lynehburg and Norfolk. A report was also received from Roanoke but invited repre
sentatives from that area were not able to attend. The meeting was called by the
Arlington Committee to Preserve Public Schools, at the request of representatives
of similar committees in the areas where public schools are now closed. The pur
pose, of the meeting was to (l) exchange information concerning the closed school
or threat of closed school situation, public opinion and action, and the attitude
of local legislators in the various communities; ( ) discuss the advisability of
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establishing a State-wide organization; and, (3) explore ways and means of awaken
ing public opinion throughout Virginia to the threat to public education. The
meeting was chaired by Mr. William M. Lightsey, President pro-tem of the Arlington
Committee to Preserve Public Schools. A list of other persons attending is attached.
Local Reports.
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Reports were received from each of the areas represented. Following is an ac
count-of the more significant conclusions evident from these, reports;
Charlottesville - Reported by Mr. J. A. Rolston, President of the Charlottesville
Committee to Preserve Public Schools - The operation of private schools which have
been set up in Charlottesville has '
somewhat cooled interest in preservation of the
public school system. These private schools-are using public school teachers still
on the public payroll. This situation is likely to continue since it is not ex
pected that Negro children will apply for admittance to the private school. The
Negroes are attending their open public schools and seem to feel that nothing
would be gained by applying to makeshift schools. There is one private high school
program and two private elementary programs. These operate for a five-hour period
with no lunch. Of the 1,100 high school students, 900 are in the private schools.
The space granted by the churches for private- schools is strictly temporary.
The Charlottesville Educational Foundation (the Defender group) has started a fund
drive, with direction by the top men of all three local banks.
The Institute of
Textile Technology, a private firm, has allowed science classes to use Its labora
tory. This has not been very satisfactory because the laboratory can be used only
for demonstrations, not student experiments.
The private schools are operating smoothly, resulting in complacency on the part of much of the community. They are not asking for action. Public sentiment
at the moment is such that if left to a local vote, the majority in Charlottesville
would favor leaving the schools closed rather than admit the Negro applicants.
The recent 65(4 vote received by Senator Byrd seems to illustrate this.
The closed school situation has had some economic effect. The real estate
picture is being watched closely. In the Venable School area it is almost impos
sible to sell a house. While there are large numbers of "for sale" signs in the
area there is still not enough to have a great deal of significance.
The Charlottesville Committee to Preserve Public -Schools has a membership of
930 and is still growing slowly.
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Senater McCue, a staunch Defender, is at present hospitalized. Delegate Bill
Hill is privately for public schools. Mr. Babcock, editor of the Charlottesville
newspaper, seems less strongly segregationist than in August. Mrs. Babcock is a
member of the CCPS. The editor is supporting a "tuition grant - private schooling
plus public schools" plan.
Front Royal - Reported by John Fitzgerald, President, Warren County Committee for
Public Schools - The Warren County Education Foundation is operating private
classes for the high school students but'the situation is far from rosy. There is
no science; no shop; there have been no typewriting classes but now they are be
ginning to get typewriters. The schools are using three church buildings, the
Youth Center, and the U.D.C. Museum.
(Use of the U.D.C. Museum is subject to the
requirement that the Confederate flag be displayed at all times.) There is no
school furniture in the private classrooms. Pupils use chairs and write on their
knees. The Methodist Church is beginning to be concerned; it refused use of the
church on Saturdays to make up lost tine. All churches are concerned that no end
is in sight for the temporary arrangements they made.
The operators of the private schools have never considered that Negroes would
be admitted to those schools. Therefore, teachers on the public payroll are not
being used. About half of the forty public high school teachers went on an inac
tive status with the State and were hired by the private school group; they did
not resign their teaching contracts. The Warren County Education Foundation start
ed a drive to. raise $175,000 to pay for the private school operation. They re
ceived about $1,500 a week in payroll deductions from workers at the Viscose plant.
Originally an attempt to raise union dues at the plant by $1.00 a week was tried
as a method of supporting the private school operations. This was challenged by
union leadership and is now being handled on a voluntary basis. About half of the
needed $175^000 seems to be available in cash or pledges. The Defenders offered
to make the needed $175.)0 0 0 available; the offer was refused.
Of the 1,0^- students in the Warren County high school, all but about 320 are
attending the private classes. Some 50 have moved to other parts of the country,
go to Clarke County, 30 to Rappahannock County and 15 to Frederick County.
There are 120 Negro high school students. Most of them go to school in Manassas,
at a cost to the county of $560 per pupil per year.
(The cost of pupils in the
white public high school was $220 per year.) A few Negro students go to school in
Berryville, Virginia. Negro students are escorted to and from school by State
police.
The situation in Front Royal is "pretty rotten - it's mean." All members of
the Warren County Committee for public schools have been personally vilified in
the papers, by associates, and by persons previously thought to be friends. Unless
a resident is 100$ behind the private schools, the Byrd organization, and the
Governor, he is not welcome in the community. There have been economic, social
and religious reprisals (as illustrated by congregations' opposition to ministers
who have been outspoken against segregation). There was an unsuccessful effort to
start a boycott against all merchants in town who hired Negroes. There has been
tremendous pressure on all Negroes. They are badly frightened. The primary pur
pose of the pressure and hazing is to get the Negro plaintiffs to withdraw their
applications to enter the white school. One has withdrawn. There are still from
20 to 30 State troopers, some in plain clothes, around the town, when normally
there are one or two.
Many people seem to believe that the new Congress will restrict the activities
of the Supreme Court and then everything will be all right. There seems to be no
hope of the School Board requesting local control to operate an integrated school.
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posed to reopening the public schools.
The Warren County Committee for Public Schools has 82 members. It has called
a mass meeting for November 13 to hear Dr. Hedges of the University of Virginia
discuss "The Value of Public Education to the Economy of the State." All busi
nesses are feeling economic pinches. However, no businessman will speak up for
public education for the fear of being boycotted. Much of the ill feeling in
the community has been generated by the editorial policy of the daily newspaper.
Peelings have hardened in the community. A student leader estimates that at the
time the high school was closed, 9 5 $ of the students would have accepted integra
tion. Now, this would be acceptable to less than 50$.
The WCCPS have taken several actions in efforts to inform people of the ad
vantages of public education. These are (l) obtaining a list of community news
papers in Virginia, for use in contacting editors asking them to support public
education by articles and editorials; (2) requesting the National Citizens Com
mittee to obtain information on foundations and other groups who might buy ad
vertising space to promote public education; and, (3 ) beginning a study of the
economic impact of closed public schools.
Norfolk - Reported by Mr. Ellis James, One of the Litigants in the Federal Court
Suit - The closed schools had about 10,000 students. About 5*000 to 6,000 students are now in no schools at all. The Defenders were able to get no private
school plan working because they could not get any of the public school teachers
to cooperate. There are a large number of tutoring groups. Tuition for these
groups averages about $20.00 a month. The Tutoring groups are only temporary
measures; if by January it appears that public schools will not reopen, the
Norfolk Education Association will ask teachers to stop tutoring. Many students
have been sent to schools out of the State, others to accredited private schools,
and others to nearby communities such a s '
Virginia Beach.
The School Board is of one mind and seems ready to resume operation of the
public schools with the eligible Negro applicants accepted. However, the city
council refuses to cooperate with the School Board; therefore, there has been no
formal petition to the Governor for return of the schools to local control.
The community is split down the middle on the question of reopening the pub
lic schools. Businessmen say they can't afford to take a position. The princi
pals of the closed schools are cooperating with tne Norfolk Committee for Public
Schools. Two of the members of the General Assembly publicly support local
option; the .others are silent.
A referendum will be held in Norfolk on November 18. The question proposed
by the referendum is clouded. It asks voters to say "yes" or "no" to the ques
tion: "Shall the council petition the Governor to return schools to local control
to reopen them on an integrated basis?"
The litigants in the Federal Court Suit are in need of funds to finance this.
They apparently now have about $1,900 of the estimated $8,500 that may be needed.
Contributions may be sent to the "School Legal Fund, Box 6llb} Norfolk 8 ,
Virginia".
Alexandria - Reported by Mr. Stanley King and Mrs. Charlotte Lloyd_______ Alexandria is beginning to be concerned about the situation it will face in Jan
uary. Negro students have applied to two high schools and two elementary schools.
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ordered admitted at the beginning of the second half of the current school year.
At a recent meeting of the Hammond High School PTA, 800 members attending voted
almost, unanimously for open public schools.
Preliminary steps are being taken to form a committee for public schools
similar to that formed in Arlington and three other communities. It is difficult
to get people, particularly community leaders, to become vocally interested in
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this question before there is actually a closing of the schools. Senator
Boothe's position as a staunch advocate of public schools is well known through
out the State. Delegate Thompson's position as a staunch segregationist, willing
to sacrifice public schools, is equally well known. Byrd Vote 60-Uo.
Lynchburg - Reported by Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Carson_______________ - The school
board has expressed interest in hearing what people are thinking about the posi
tion of public schools. It seems that most of the people are complacent, but
there is growing concern. Some of the legislators are privately unsympathetic
with the idea of closing the public schools. Legislators generally say nothing
should be done until the State Supreme Court has reached its decision. One
Lynchburg minister reported that the community seemed to be trying to cement
good relations between races in the hope that Iynchburg schools could avoid the
problem entirely.
Fairfax County - Reported by Mrs. Wellemeyer - There is strong support throughout
the county favoring public schools, but it would be difficult at this time to
create active interest. This is because Fairfax people do not see that they are
faced with a threat in the near future. All Fairfax legislators are in favor
of local option.
Richmond - Reported by Dr. J. L. Blair Buck - There is a strong feeling in
Richmond that public schools must be preserved. The community is getting more
Interested daily because a suit is now pending, but may not affect Richmond
schools until next September. Senator Haddock is reported as saying that nothing
will sway the State administration from its course, which results in closed
schools.
Roanoke - Reported by William Lightsey on Basis of Visit in Roanoke November 8 Roanoke newspapers, officials and other Roanoke leaders feel that an overwhelming
majority of the people in Roanoke and the area west of Roanoke would strongly
oppose any move to close their public schools. Community leaders nor the com
munity in general are saying much about the subject yet. There are a number of
people in Roanoke who are now interested in beginning preliminary, quiet, dis
cussions about the problem.
Arlington - Reported by Mrs. Elizabeth Weihe - Copies of "A Short History of The
Arlington Committee to Preserve Public Schools" were given to the persons attend
ing the meeting. This explained the steps taken in organizing the Committee,
its policies and purposes, and the work done by it up until last September.
When Judge Bryan accepted the School Board's rejection of the Negro applicants
to white schools, except for four he ordered assigned to Stratford Junior High,
and delayed their admittance until February, the pressure was removed from Arl
ington. However, concern is again building. Much thought is now being given by
Stratford parents to the advisability of going into Federal Court before February
to prevent the closing of the school.
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tegration ordered by the Court, if this is necessary to keep the schools open.
This is evident by the recent County Board election in which the two candidates
who are members of the Arlington Committee to Preserve Public Schools polled about
£5 ,0 0 0 votes as compared with less than l ,0 0 0 votes received by two segregationist
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candidates. Also significant is that Senator Byrd polled lk,000 votes compared
with 11,000 for his opposition. Ai-lington members of the General Assembly all
favor keeping the public schools open, even if desegregation is necessary.
Legal Report and Forecast
Mr. Warren Cox, Chairman of the Legal Subcommittee of the Arlington Committee to
Preserve Public Schools, gave the following Report:
Two suits involving the constitutionality of the "Massive Resistance" lavs
are pending:
In an action brought directly in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia the
State Is seeking to establish the validity of:
•l) the school closing law,
2 ) certain provisions for tuition grants, and
3 ) the provision of the 1958 appropriation act withdrawing state funds
from integrated schools.
This action primarily involves the Virginia Constitution, especially:
1) Sec. 129 requiring the State to maintain public schools,
2) Sec. 133 vesting control in local school boards, and
3) Sec. lto requiring segregation.
The State contends that Sec. 129 requires only segregated schools and that, there
fore, if the Federal Courts prohibit segregated schools, sec. 129 becomes in
operative .
Twenty-six persons including 11 children have challenged the School Closing
Law in the Federal Court on the ground that closing the Norfolk Schools while
permitting the schools in the rest of the State to operate is depriving the
plaintiffs and all others in Norfolk of equal protection of the laws in violation
of the lUth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. This case is to
be heard by a three-judge court at Norfolk on November 19- Any appeal from the
decision in this case would he directly to the Supreme Court of the United States.
It is quite probable that the- Court will hand down a decision within a few
days of the hearing. This decision will almost certainly declare the school
closing provisions of Virginia law to be in violation of the Constitution of the
United States and will enjoin the Governor from keeping the schools closed on
this ground.
A Federal Court cannot operate schools. It cannot require anyone to operate
schools. It can only enjoin discrimination. As a practical matter the coopera
tion of the Norfolk School Board will be needed to open the schools. With such
cooperation it is possible that Norfolk schools may he open as early as December
1 , but it is perhaps more likely that the effective date of any Federal court
order would be delayed until the beginning of the second semester. It is the
usual practice of courts to enjoin the enforcement of statutes while their con
stitutionality is being determined. I would think that the Federal Court would
enjoin the enforcement of school closing and keep the schools open during any
appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court.
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The SI a e might then attempt to again close the schools under the provisions
of the "LxJ t l ; Rock Bill" Passed at the 1958 session of the legislature bn the
ground t
h/.fc this bill was not directly attacked. The Federal Court, upon proper
applicati o . would probably deal very quickly with any such action by State
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officers.
The ultimate choice before the State is (l) to allow some integration or (2)
to close all the schools in the State. If the State Supreme Court of Appeals
adopts the interpretation of Sec. 129 and Sec. 1*10 urged by the State, the legis
lature would have a free hand to require the closing of all schools and to take
away the authority of counties and cities alike to operate public schools or to
raise taxes for this purpose.
How little integration would be required is shown by the experience in North
Carolina and the recent decision of Judge Bryan in the Arlington Case. Most
school divisions have had no Negro applicants. Many may never have any. Closing
all schools in the State to prevent the admission of a few Negroes in 3 or 4 school
divisions seems unnecessarily drastic.
The legislature could turn control of the public schools back to the local
school boards as set out in Sec. 133 of the State Constitution. Each school di
vision could then decide for itself whether it would continue to operate its
schools when required to accept some Negro pupils by Federal Court order. Such
a law would probably be upheld by the Federal Courts since there would be no dis
crimination within the district and authority to operate or not operate schools
rested in the district and not in the State at large.
The legislature may adopt a new set of resistance laws in the hope that they
may at least postpone the ultimate decision. In the past the Federal Courts have
moved very slowly and such a new set of laws might have been expected to hold up
for years. But recently cases have gotten to the Supreme Court of the United
States in a matter of days instead of years. New laws prohibiting integration
completely, without closing all schools in the State, might not last long enough
to become effective.
Of course, the Virginia Court of Appeals may hold that Sec. 129 is still in
full effect. A constitutional amendment would then appear to be necessary before
the State could even permit a single school division to abandon its public schools.
An amendment permitting legislation to allow school divisions to abandon their
public schools on a local option basis, but guaranteeing others the right to
operate if they so desired, might be the most reasonable solution to the problem
under present circumstances.
Plans For Further Action
Appointment of Temporary Coordinator - Dr. J. L. Blair Buck, 310 Hillwood Road,
Richmond, was unanimously requested by the group to serve as a central clearing
point for information, oh a temporary basis pending developments during the next
few weeks. Dr. Buck agreed with the need for the designation of some person in
this capacity and graciously consented to serve. He will be available to receive
informational material relating to the Public School groups already formed and to
answer inquiries and receive suggestions from these groups and others.
Plans for Subsequent Meeting - There seemed to be a unanimous opinion that there
should be another meeting in two or three weeks, attended by two or three persons
from the communities represented at the present meeting and persons of like inter
est from as many other communities of Virginia as could be reached.
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�Suggestions for Activities by Local Groups or Representatives - Discussion on this
subject resulted in a number of persons proposing the following activities for the
immediate fuuure:
1. Local representatives contact leaders in their respective communities to
determine those who will he willing to join with others throughout the State, at
the appropriate time., in launching an all-out public appeal for support of public
education. A meeting of these leaders may be quietly planned for about early
December.
2. Discussions should be started in as many other communities as possible
with people known to be concerned about the threat to public education. This
should be done by Dr. Buck, and by others present talking with people in nearby
areas. The purpose of these talks would be to start a few individuals in each
community getting together with others to plan a later organization of a local
group for the preservation of public schools.
3. Suggestions and plans for statewide newspaper publicity and the distribu
tion of leaflets, etc., of an educational nature, on the advantages and need of
public schools, should be sent to Dr. Buck.
(For example, see last paragraph of
Front Royal local report.)
Statement To Press
The group authorized the release of a general statement to the press concern
ing the meeting, its purpose, and the appointment of Dr. Buck.
Statewide Developments Since November 8
A change of position by the Richmond newspapers and statements by the Governor
and other State leaders this week indicate a change from the "Massive Resistance"
position. However, far from indicating a relaxing of the threat to public educa
tion, it seems evident that persons resolved to maintain public schools in
Virginia must redouble their efforts - and quickly.
List of Persons Attending
Alexandria
Stanley King
Charlotte Lloyd (Mrs. David)
9 0 3 Quaker Lane
2501 Ridge Road Dr.
King 9-1659
TEraple 6-1+111
Arlington
Ellen M. Bozman (Mrs. W. H.)
Warren Cox
Theda Ilenle (Mrs. Peter)
William M. Lightsey
Elizabeth Weihe (Mrs. Vernon)
1+219 N. 39th St.
2808 S. Ives St.
1+22*+ N. 23rd St.
2 3 1 E. Evergreen
1+133 N. 33^d Rd.
KEnmore
OTis
JAckson
JAckson
JAckson
8-1+070
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7-^508
8-1+592
7-51^6
Charlottesville
0. A. Gianniny, Jr.
2 5 2 *- Willard Drive
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Constance Keeble (Mrs. W. B.) 5 1 U Valley Rd.
J. A. Rolston
11+1+8 Westwood Rd.
Arthur A. Welch
1 6 2 3 Bruce Ave.
CHarlottesville 2-6226
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1 021
3-6781+
2-801+8
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Fairfax
Dorothy S. McDiarmid (Mrs. Hugh)
Jane Wellemeyer
Box 357* Rt. ^
WE ^-239^-
Front Royal
John H. Fitzgerald
Craig A. Livingston
Hugh D . Stevens
11^ Charles St.
MElrose 5-3316
Browntown Rd.
Lynchburg
Mrs. J. S. G. Carson
Mrs. Walter J. Kelly, III
1 Quinlan St.
.15-55 Link Rd.
VI 6 -5 7 0 1
VI 7 -7 6 5 5
James C. Brewer
Judge H. G. Cochran
Ellis M. James
503 Mass. Ave.
1320 Harmott Ave.
6110 Powhatan Ave.
MA 2-6^37
MA 2-3221
MA 3-01*66
Robert M. St. Clair
Edith White (Mrs. Forest P.)
718 W. Princess Anne Rd.
1079 Algonquin Rd.
MA 3-6123
jo 7 -2 1 9 6
Norfolk
Richmond
Dr. J. L. Blair Buck
Eugene Pickett
Paul Rilling
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c o n f i d e n t i a l
310 Hillwood Rd.
101 N. Harrison St.
100 w, Franklin St.
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ATlantic 2-6002
A D D R E S S E E )
Reported by:
William M. Lightsey
President pro-tem
Arlington Committee to
Preserve Public Schools
November 13, 1958
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