17 20 1839 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/3502432f2cbc12f96f6422bef86f7c77.pdf d5bd8bae507dd8a07c9254b4e7d0ca5c PDF Text Text Minutes of Meeting of Committee to Study Problems of Integration in the Arlington ScSiools October 18, 1954 (Approved by !)r» McCaskill and Mrs. Campbell.) The second meeting o f the Committee to Study Problems o f In teg ratio n in the A rlington Schools was held a t 8 p.m., October 13, a t the School A dm inistration B uilding, with Op. J . C. ticG askill, chairman, p re sid in g . R oll c a ll showed the follow ing members p resen t: V ictor Blue, J r . , Mrs. R. A. Burton, Joseph II. Carr, William Parker, rep resen tin g I)r. C la ire Christiaan, Mrs. A. J . E. Davis, Rev. William H. F oster, A lfred E. F ris b ie , Col. J . F u lle r Groom, Mrs. E sther UaXstead, George Hancock, Mrs. Haskell Jacobs, Dr. Harold Johnson, Miss L illia n Lambert, Miss S ally Loving, Jesse P o llard , George Richardson, Mrs. James D. Rigdon, Mrs. Mary S h irley , Claude A. Sweeney, Mrs. William G. Watt, Miss Lena Wolfe. Present from the school board were Mrs. Edmund D. Campbell, chairman, and Warren Cox; from the school adminis tration, T. Edward Rutter, Superintendent; Dr. C. Glen Hass, Charles J. Walsh, Stanley V. Smith and Mrs. Art Brown. After roll call and approval of the minutes of the June 23 meeting of the committee. Dr. McCaskill reported that he had previously called together a small group of members of the committee, the school staff and the school board to plan the agenda for this meeting. At Dr. MoCaskill's request, the mem bers approved the agenda as follows: 1. Report by Mrs. Campbell of discussion at a meeting in Warrenton of school board members from northern Virginia. 2. Report by Mr. Rutter of state developments. 3. Report by Mrs, Burton on findings of the sub-committee on research , appointed by a c tio n o f the e n tir e In te g ra tio n Committee. �- 2 - Dr. fteCaald.il then sal& he wished the committee to consider whether it would be desirable to issue a "fact sheet" for community distribution in Arlington concerning integration. In Mrs. Campbell's report she explained that the 41 school board members from northern Virginia who attended the Varrenton conference are much concerned about the situation with regard to segregation or integration, because the indi vidual boards are the ones who must deal with the problem and who will be held responsible in each community for what is done. "There was general agreement at the Varrenton meeting," Mrs. Campbell said, "that there is need for local option in the natter of integration, since Virginia communities vary so much in their proportion of white and Negro publio school pupils and also in the general conditions existing in the communities." Mrs. Campbell said she is hopeful that Virginia edu cational authorities will ask for suggestions from school board members when the time comes to deal with natters of integration. She also said there is need for action as soon as possible after the Supreme Court announces how and when they wish Integration t® be put into effect. Mr. Rutter, in his report on the state-wide situation, told of a meeting of school superintendents from northern coun ties and cities of Virginia. "The school superintendents took the position," Mr. Rutter said, "that nothing should be done to impair the public school system of the state." Mr. Rutter then reported on the ruling by Virginia's Attorney General that the Virginia Constitution and State Code provisions providing for segregation of the races in the public schools is still in force. l e also reported on instructions i received by all superintendents in the state to conduct the schools this year on a segregated basis. Other developments reported by Mr. Rutter were these: Statement by Governor Stanley that he intends to retain segre gation in Virginia schools, poll of Virginia legislators showing desire to retain segregation, appointment by Governor Stanley of a commission from the General Assembly to frame a state policy on the issue of segregation, and the announcement of the first public bearing by this commission to be held November 15. �- 3 - It was also reported that Attorney General Almond of Virginia will present a brief at the hearing before the Supremo Court in Washington on December 6. fi . Rutter pointed out that Arlington sohools receive r funds from both the state and the federal government, and that looal communities will bo in a difficult situation if the state and federal authorities disagree on the matter of inte gration in the schools. The report by Mrs. Burton of the sub-comaittee on re search included the following: 1. A "fact sheet" on integration would be of value but should be limited absolutely to facts, with no matters of opinion or emotion included. 0. Kits might be prepared by the Integration Committee for use by speakers and organizations desiring infor mation. 3. If Arlington sohools wish to hold seminars similar to those held in the District of Columbia last year to help teachers prepare for integration, the American Friends Service Committee is willing to direct such seminars. Mrs. Burton’s report told of the situation in many communities where integration is being instituted or has been in effect. She mentioned the wide newspaper coverage in troubled areas and said: "It is to be hoped that some responsible news gathering agency will later give us a detailed, faotual report of the successes as well as the failures.n After completion of the scheduled items on the agenda, Alfred E„ Frisbie moved that the Integration Committee recommend to the school board that a factual reporting sheet be issued at intervals as needed, outlining the various stops in the move toward integration and that this reporting sheet make no attempt to interpret what has been done. Rev. William U. Foster seconded the motion which was passed unanimously. �There was some discussion concerning how often future meetings of the committee should be held. Reverend Foster ex pressed the opinion that the entire community needs to be given information concerning the integration problem, and made a motion that regular monthly meetings be held. Or. Johnson seconded the motion and it was passed. Mrs. Campbell told the members of the committee: "The members of our Arlington school board want to do the best they can in the matter of integration. It strengthens us to liave this committee advise us.B � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Minutes Of Meeting of Committee To Study Problems Of Integration in the Arlington Schools, October 18, 1954. Description An account of the resource Minutes document of the Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In Arlington Public Schools, meeting held October 18, 1954 at the School Administration Building. Minutes includes upcoming meeting in Warrenton of schools board members from Northern Virginia, state developments, report by Mrs. Burton on findings of the sub-committee on research, appointed by action of the Integration Committee. 4 pages. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public Schools Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954-10-18 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. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19_1_7_1_38 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/e10e3be5bb46c67e8b06f3486f0a27e2.pdf bd11157b7ac9e027dea2dba47b68ae09 PDF Text Text Ootober 18, 1954 REPORT OE RESEARCH SUB-COMMITTEE The reaearoh sub-oommittee has oonsldered the suggestion^ to make up a "faot sheet" for distribution to PT*4 and other inter ested organizations. We feel that suoh a sheet would have 00 &aiderable value but should be limited absolutely to facts simi lar to the statistical material given the Integration Committee last June by the School Department. We do not believe that matters of opinion or of emotion should be included, even though those questions are on the minds of many. We also suggest the making up of "kits" containing the faot sheet prepared by this oommittee, some pamphelet material, a bibliography, and a list of available program materials. Suoh kits would be inexpensive and oould either be sold to organization requesting them or the oost borne by the sohool department. Among the materials we have collected this summer and fall, we wpuld like to oall your particular atten to the program of semi nars for public sohool teachers put on in the District of Columbk for the past several years by the Amerioan Friends Service Com mittee. These seminars were organized for the purpose of helping teahhers prepare themselves for the coming integration program. Should suoh a program of seminars be desired in Arlington, the Amerioan Friends Servloe Committee will be more than pleased to oooperate in making it possible. For those of you particularly oonoerned with the queation of absorbing colored teachers in an integrated sohool program, we recommend reading a report Qased on replies from 55 system where interraolal teaching staffs are used. To summerize the report very briefly « interracial staffs work out all right. In view of the extreme interest and extensive newspaper coverage of the events taking plaoe in various sections of the country pf.it since the May 17 th decision of the Supreme Court outlawing racial segregation in the puolio sohools, the reseqroh sub-oommittee feels that it is only ecesaary to make a brief summary report of the events taking plaoe since the opening of school. * « have r a voluminous olipping file available for any oommittee member who wishes to go back and cheok the day-by-day newspaper reports on the various phases of this subjeot. The Southern Educational Reporting Service has reported in its Ootober Bulletin (we have requested copies but have not yet reoeived them) that of the 20 states affected by the ruling, four, Lousianna, Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi are "strongly resisting". Seven, Arizona, New liexloo, Kansas, Missouri, West Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware, are "moving toward* integration The remaining nine, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessm, Florida, Alabama, Virginia and North Carolina, are reported M waiting further Word from the oourt. �Of - h four "strongly resisting" states, Georgia, Mississippi, te and South Carolina are relying on the "private School" devloe to maintain ssgregaylon in the sohools. South Carolina has already abolished Its oonatitutional provision requiring public school education and the other two states are preparing for a referen dum on the same question. Louisiana is relying on a proposed constitutional amendment which would make segregation a matter of "health and morals" and under the polioe power of the state. In addition, the legislature has passed bills whloh would cut off financial support for integrated sohools and give to the district school superintendents the right to assign children to specified sohools. Of those nine awaiting further instructions from the oourt, North Carolina, Florida and Virginia have set up commissions to study the matter. Arkansas, while maintaining a se regated eystea in general throughout the state, has two examples of integration. Charleston and Fayettesville have both absorbed small numb re of iiegro students without lnoident. The most interesting group, and the one which has provided the most headlines, la that group which is moving toward integration in various ways. Those states not generally thought of ae south ern, Arizona, New Mexioo, Kansas, and Missouri, have, in an orde» ly fashion, and without incident, moved to eliminate segregation in those oom unities where it has existed. The West Virginia state Board of Education granted permission to the oounty sohool boards to handle the question each in its own manner. Those oounties which elected to move this year tadded the problem in a variety of ways. The plans ranged from oomplete integration at once at all levels, through "gradual" plans where by certain grades only were integrated at first (either lower elementary or freshman high sohool cr both) to a oounty which allowed a free ohoioa of sohools to the children. No while child of the 4200 enrolled picked a colored sohool and only one colored ohild of 170 enrolled eleoted to enter a white sohool. Of the state's 5 ^ oouties, 11 have no negro population, 12 are oompletely integrated, 13 are praotloally integrated, and 18 are awating further oourt. action. These faots rather overshadow the newspaper reports of incidents in several West Virginia Sommunities where threats of violence forced the sohool boards to reverse previously announced plans to proceed with integration. Not all the sohool boards yielded to threats, however, whan parents forced the closing o' the Fairmont sohool, the Marlon County sohool board obtained an induction prohibiting mass picket ing and reopened the school on an integrated basis. We are all aware now that Delaware contains a town by the name of Milford, and that there were serious dlstrubanoee there. But perhaps everyone is not aware that there are eight other Dsleware sohool districts operating integrated sohools this year without lnoident. Wilmington, the state's largest oity has started on its plan of gradual integration without difficulty. �- 3 The trout) lea at Milford brought to national attention the formaticn and aotive operation of the National Association for the Advance ment of White People and its President, Bryant Bowles, a fellow Arlingtonlan. The Association and Mr. Bowles, who has an unevviao la police record, are in serious legal difficulties in Delaware. Bowles has been arrested and oharged with conspiring to violate the state education law by leading a boycott of Milford's inte grated high school. He le at present out on $6000 bond pending further hearings Nov, 3rd. Suopoenas have been issued by the State Attorney General, oalling on tha NAAWP to hand over data on its flnanoeo and organization. Meanwhile, the Vice Chancellor has ruled that the Negro students have a clear legal right to attend the unsegregated school pending a final decree by the Delaware Court of Chancery. The final chap ters on Milf ord have not yet Ween written. Maryland, with the exoeption of Baltimore, has continued segrega tion this year although local oohool boards have been requested to make plane for the future. In neighboring Montgomery County, the school board has appointed an advisory oommittae on integra tion similar to Arlington's. In addition, the County Council of PTAs has started a study. Baltimore, which started Its integration program this fall, opened its schools calmly and ope fated without difficulties for a month. Within a few days of the Milford headlines, however, trouble developed. The school board and olty officials refused to con done violence or to change the established plan and the excitement soon G U b sided. Following on the heels of the Baltimore incidents, similar student strikes developed in some Washington schools. Wise firm aotion on the part of the superintendent of schools had the desired effoot and in less than a week, despite the attempted interference of Bowles, the students were baok in sohool. pince then, an invita tion has been reoeivad from New Rochelle, N.Y‘ for students to . visit and inspect an integrated sohool system. The invitation has been aooepted and six Washington students from three schools are now in New Rochelle. All of their expenses are being paid by the students and faculty of the New York sohool. The researoh suo-oommittee Iffelieves that it is too soon to draw any hard and fast conclusions “ rom the difficulties and successes pf those communities which have started on a changed pattern of sohool attendenoe. It seems, however, that the newspapers are giving to the general public a much distorted view in the head lines, pictures and spaoe given to the troubled axeae and the al most complete lack of any mention of those areas where the changes are prooeeding suooes3 fully. These communities vould perhaps not welcome vary muoh publicity at this stage but it is to be hoped that later in the sohool year, some repsonsible news gathering agenoy will give to all of us a detailed, factual report on the successes as well as the failures. Edith T. Burton, chairman � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Report Of Research Sub-Committee, Issued October 18, 1954. Description An account of the resource Document concerning the development of a "fact sheet" detailing the integration of public schools in Arlington County, headed "Report Of Research Sub-Committee". Particular emphasis on studying how other states have handled or plan to handle to issue. Also includes states resistant to integration. Issued by Edith T. Burton, October 18, 1954. 3 pages. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public Schools, Research Sub-Committee, Edith T. Burton Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954-10-18 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. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19_1_7_1_35 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/1ce233fb42fdc6c4a08529a5bf9b31fd.pdf 3428aab97f6d70fb3205385286dafdfc PDF Text Text November 8, 195U Minutes of Arlington Cbmraittee to Study Problems of Integration A meeting of the Integration Committee was held at 8 p.m., November 8, 19$b at the Arlington Sbhool Board office. Dr. Joseph C. McCaskill presided. Present were Victor Blue, Mrs. R. A. Burton, Dr. Claire Christman, Mrs. A. J. E. Davis, Rev. William H. Foster, Alfred E. Frisbie, Col. J. Fuller Groom, Mrs. Esther Halstead, Edwin T. Holland, Dr. Harold Johnson, Miss Sally Loving, Mrs. Colin C. MacPherson, Jesse Pollard, George .Richardson, Mrs. Mary Shirley, Claude A. Sweeney, Mrs. William G. Watt, Miss Lena Wolfe. Dr. Curtis E. Tuthill and Miss Lillian Lambert arrived later. Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell, Dr. L. Clarke Keating and Dr. E. R. Draheim were present representing the school board. Assistant Superintendent Charles J. Walsh and Mrs. Art Brown, secretary of the committee, were also present. John A. Johnson, chairman of the Falls Church School Board, who served as program chairman at the recent meeting in Richmond of the Virginia School Boards Association, was introduced and reported on that session. Mr. Johnson said the majority of school board members at the annual session appeared to favor the followings 1. Preservation of Virginia's public school system. 2. Retention of most of the characteristics of the present segregated system, so far as this can be done within the law. 3. No curtailment of school construction. I. Maximum authority on a loca}. level in putting the non-segregation *. decree into effect. "The placement of negro teachers is recognized by the school board members as one of the chief problems in Virginia schools if a completely integated system is established here", Mr. Johnson said. He also declared, "Good faith and earnest effort are necessary on the part of both races to avoid extremist solutions in working out this problem." Mrs. Burton, chairman of the research sub-committee of the Integration Committee, reported on recent actions concerning the Supreme Court ruling* The executive committee of the Arlington County Council of Parent Teacher Asso ciations, she reported, recently wrote Governor Stanley asking that he preserve the public schools of V irginia, maintain the compulsory attendance laws, and permit local autonomy in carrying out the Supreme Court decree® Mrs. Canpbell then read a letter received by the Arlington county board inviting the board to send a representative to the Richmond hearing, and explained that the county board had referred this letter to the school board. Mrs. Canpbell also reported that the Arlington School Board on November 6 authorized its chairman to attend the Richmond hearing if the members of the Integration Committee believe this should be done. �Rev. Foster then moved that the school board action be approved and that Mrs. Canpbell be requested to go to Richmond to make a statement at the public hearing. This was seconded and passed unanimously. Mrs. Canpbell then explained that she needed help from the committee members in deciding what to say in Richmond. She outlined briefly the points which she said she believed should be included in the Arlington statement before the Governor's Commission on November 15* Each section of Mrs. Canpbell's proposal was considered separately. After a number of suggested revisions and additions were incorporated, a ten tative draft of the statement was unanimously approved. The draft forms the substance of the recommendation of the Integration Committee to the school board as to the statement Mrs. Canpbell should make in her appearance at Richmond. The statement, as approved, reads: 1. The system of public education in the Commonwealth of Virginia should continue to be maintained and supported and the conpulsory school attendance laws of the state should be continued in-force. 2* During the present interim period, before the final decree of the Supreme Court directing how the integration order is to be put into effect, Arlington residents ask that the commission urge that calm ness and restraint prevail in all acts and statements by citizens, in all official acts and statements, and particularly in any legis lative action by the Commonwealth of Virginia concerning the matter of integration of the races in the public schools* 3* Arlington citizens ask that local school boards be given maximum latitude as to the nethods to be used to carry out the integration decree within the f ramework of the law. U* It is the prayer of this board that the final recommendation of the Governor's Commission on Education be responsive to such decrees as the Supreme Court may enter. The members of the Integration Cbramittee agreed that no publicity should be given to the proposed statement by Mrs. Canpbell until the school board has considered it, and that any publicity at that time should be at the discretion of the school board. Dr. McCaskill explained that he had learned that the refreshments served at each committee meeting were not purchased with tax funds, but that they were paid for by members of the school board. He proposed that each member of the committee donate 25 cents to pay for refreshments for this meeting and the next one. This plan was accepted informally. (Note: The collection totaled $6.50. Part of the refreshments served at this meeting were donated, so the total cost for the evening was only $1.25* This leaves $5*25 in the fund for later use.) DELLA BROWN, Secretary � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Minutes Of November 8, 1954 Arlington Committee To Study Problems Of Integration Description An account of the resource Minutes document of the Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In Arlington Public Schools, meeting held November 8, 1954 at the Arlington School Board Office. Minutes includes the upcoming Arlington statement on integration to be presented before the Governor's Commission on November 15, 1954, and the placement of African American teachers in schools and classrooms. 2 pages. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public Schools, Della Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954-11-08 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. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19_1_7_1_33 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/59421811b284e54309efc63c84541da1.pdf c66a04f6ddbb5873b5fd23d20acbde19 PDF Text Text FOR YOUR INFORMATION Arlin g to n county public s c h o o l s Office of t h e Superintendent 1 4 -2 6 N o r t h Q u in c y S t r e e t te le p h o n e : J a c k s o n A r l i n g t o n 7 . V ir g in ia ^ — J— d-J ) f I am writing to ask if you can attend a meeting this coming Sunday, November 20, of the Arlington public school Committee to Study Problems on Integration. The meeting will be held at 3 p.m., in the Conference Room at the School Administration office, 1426 North Quincy Street. It is only because of the heavy schedule of work which confronts the School Board and staff at this time that we are asking you to come to a Sunday meeting of our Com­ mittee. This meeting is called to consider the report made public this week by the Virginia Commission on Education, and to appraise the effect of this report on the Arlington school situation. I sincerely hope you can attend. - Cordially, Warren Cox, Chairman Arlington School Board 2-7700 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter To Members Of The Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public Schools Requesting Attendance At The November 20, 1955 Meeting, Issued November 15, 1955 Description An account of the resource A letter from Warren Cox, Chairman of the Arlington County School Board to members of The Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public Schools, requesting their presence at the November 20, 1955 meeting. Issued by the Office Of The Superintendent, Arlington County Public Schools. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Office Of The Superintendent, Arlington County Public Schools, Warren Cox. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955-11-15 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. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19_1_7_1_32 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/4f46a9d693392818881dc9f8e24921c4.pdf 9bbe21ea7e4f5896ba7cf329ffdbb5b8 PDF Text Text I Sources of Revenue for Support of Arlington Public Schools(Figures presented by Superintendent T. Edward Rutter at a meeting of Integration Committee, December 15» 195^* * ) 1950-51 LOCAL SOURCES Taxes Other Cafeteria STATE SOURCES Cen. Approp. Transp. Approp. Other FEDERAL SOURCES Lieu of Taxes School Lunch p. l . s?U TOTAL; BALANCE OPENING OF YEAR TOTAL** 1951-52 15-3 925 1 5 -5 93 U 5, , 715 U92.9 9 *(72.9 ) U 5, , . U 159 106 3 148, 3 . 0 861 U07, 0 . 5 505 e~l9 U 5 -55 b’ , 6 . 0 077 1 2 0 a r^ 3. ° u) 0» 69, g . 0 U g2 O 57,000.00 550, 0 0 28 . 0 970.2U3.20 *(iU.56) 790,910.00 75, 5 . 7 168 10U.176.33 1,088,605.52 *(13- ) 89 S U,9 0 0 9 0.0 92, 9 . 9 U59 101, 0 . 3 295 ^lUs,725.00 *(13,35) 960,225.00 93,ooo.oo 93,500.00 U 2 7 ,200.33 *( 8 .05 ) 18. 965 .U5 U 3 .s79.33 36U.355.55 575, 6 . 0 972 * 86) ( .5 21,827.91 U3. 3 - 8 755 510, 0 . 1 U37 508, 3 . 3 197 * 6U) ( .s 22.U7U.75 U3.U69.51 UU2.195.U7 U,ooU,U3U .69 5 ,2 3 6 ,732.66 6. U0. 9 . 9 5 702 7. . . U 312 238 2 2 s7 .s2 0 .U3 *( 6 .71 ) 72.8 3 0 .95 *( 1-37) 121,119.08 * 1. ) ( 82 523,903.6s * 66) ( .9 U.2 9 2 .255.12 5 ,3 0 9 .613.61 6, . 0 . 7 661 9 9 3 7.83 . U . 2 6119 3 ,0 0 2 ,370.95 *(69 .95 ) 2 j 72 .l6U .63 6 6 .Ug7 .V6 16 3 ,71 s.S6 3,9SU,685.U2 *(75.05) 3 ,66 6 ,S25 .U2 5 5 .99 U.UU 2 6 1 ,865.56 U.9 U.579. 9 9 S •(7 97) U. U.595, 5 - 9 398 73,220.12 325, 9 - 8 998 712.S75.16 *(1 6 .61 ) 6i6,UU6.00 6, 011.13 9 0 .U1 s .03 82U, 896.91 *(15.5U) 6 6 9 ,780.00 62, 353.91 92, 763.00 289, 188 .5 s *( 6 .7U) 2 6 .s0 6 .9 U 37, 106.70 2 2 5 . U.9 U 27 666.000. 00 * So) ( .U U,000.00 6,0., 200.; 600.000. 00 7, , 7 0 889 88 . 0 389. 9 . 3 635 ’( U 7 ) .1 8, , 8 . 3 279 5 0 5 * - i of local, etc. sources to Total Revenue, including balance at opening of the year. ** Does not include revenues from sale of bonds, state construction funds, sale of real estate, interest on construction funds. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sources Of Revenue For Support Of Arlington Public Schools Description An account of the resource Document detailing the local, state, and Federal sources of funding for Arlington Public Schools. The figures were presented by Superintendent T. Edward Rutter at a meeting of the Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public Schools, held December 15, 1954. Exact attribution, unknown. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954-12-15 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. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19_1_7_1_31 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/1414e5f4b5ec763d2ac88296b409716c.pdf 8c017fce94bb5bf0655d1add33a7d4de PDF Text Text INTEGRATION COMMITTEE MEETING December 15, 1954 STATE SOURCES OF INCOME FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION I. General Appropriations This sum is arrived at by the use of a formula to determine the total number of teacher units. A teacher unit on the elementary level means that we employ one teacher for every thirty (30) pupils. A teacher unit on the secondary level means that we employ one teacher for every twenty-five (25) pupils. In 1854-55 we received from the State $1, 425.00 for each teacher unit. II. Transportation The amount of money that we receive for this is determined in three ways: 1. the number of m iles each bus travels ; 2. a subsidy for the gradual purchase of each b u s; and 3. the number of children transported. III. Other This would include: 1. Monies that we receive from the State for partial payment of the salaries of the superintendent of the schools, the director of instruction, helping teachers, mem bers of the supervisory staff, and others; 2. Subsidies for home economic and vocational education; 3. Subsidies for the purchase of textbooks; and 4. Subsidies for the operation of our sick leave plan, etc. �INTEGRATION COMMITTEE MEETING December 15, 1954 Page 2. FEDERAL SOURCES OF INCOME FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION I. In lieu of taxes - - these are monies received from the federal government for properties owned by the federal government on ground leased or rented. These monies do not actually equal the taxes that would be received on this land if it were used by private industry. II. School Lunch In the past we have received government subsidies of two cents (20) on each half pint of milk sold, and five cents (5<f) on each hot lunch sold. We are presently receiving one cent (1?) on each half pint of milk sold, and four (4£) cents on each hot lunch sold. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Integration Committee Meeting, December 15, 1954 Description An account of the resource Document issued by the Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In Arlington Public Schools. Covers the meeting held on December 15, 1954. Discusses "State Sources Of Income For Public Education". 2 pages. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public Schools Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954-12-15 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. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19_1_7_1_29 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/3b4e88b1747a5018e48b214cb9b5e71c.pdf fc8b6bb4e4544e5fef5825059b2a4f90 PDF Text Text BeoeEber 15, 1954 o *r1tiyrton Committee go study Problems of Integration f . regal*? asatiag of tha Integration Oc-malttoe m o hold at 8 p.m, 1 December 15, 195^ In the office of ?. Edward Sutter, Arlington Superintendent of Schools. Committee members present were Dr. Joseph 0 M O efcill, chairman, . ea presiding! Mrs. S. A. Burton, Dr. Claire Christiaan, Alfred S. Friable, Ool, J„ Fuller Groom, Mrs. Esther Halstead, Georgs Hanooak, Miss Lillian Lambert, Miss Sail, Loving, Jesse Bollard, George Hiehardcon, Dr, Hayaond Schwarts 7 and O a f u A. Sweeney. lat Also present were Mrs. Edmund Campbell, Dr. L. Clarke Keating, Dr. H. Draiiei® and Warren Cox frea the School Board, Superintendent Sutter, ad Krs. Art Srowe, assretary of the oosaittee. 8, L h aizmfces of tha previous wasting, as nailed to each eoasittee fe member, wnro approved without being read. As the first item of business, the shairman asked for an evaluation of the Fact Sheet at to content and distribution, Mrs. Brown reported on the distrlbut L n as follows; o Croups regularly receiving the Fact Sheet include th* following; 1. Presidents of Berent-l’ aaobutr Associations in Arlington Bublic Schools 2 Members of aohool Advisory Committees . 3 . Editors of Arlington Parent-Teacher Association bulletins h, All teachers, principals, eepervisoro end members of the administrative staff in ths Arlington schools. 5. Members of th* Arlington delegation to ths Virginia State Assembly 6 . Members of the County Board and th* County Manager 7 . Arlington public libraries 8 . Congressman Joel I. Broyhill 9 Members of th© Osmaittee to Study Problems of Integration in th* . Arlington Schools "a addition to this, the Arlington League of Women Voters has re ceived 85 copies of sash of the two issues of the Fact Sheet. A number of individual citiseaa have asked for copies asd a few secondary school classes have requested espies. The Claremont Parent-Teacher Association planned to duplicate 600 copies for their ©sabers, the Wakefield high school paper re-printed sore than one column of information froa the 7n t Sheet. o It was ths opinion of the ooamittee that the Sohool Board should not issue the Fact Sheet in any large edition, but that organizations wish ing to dll.tribute it to their own members should have the information dupli cated at their own asperse, Dr, Sehmurtz mentioned that he believes the material which has appeared in the T s t Sheet is already familiar to persons interested In tha problem of a. integration. �Mrs. Burton Related oat that t c information la tho Toot shoot f* la extremely -valuable. “It would t i * hour* of work to got this Indorsation If vs did al not have it condensed ia the eocwate farm la which It appeare la tho Toot Shoot," Mrs. Barton sold, “I will ho of increasing toportunc* to t how® those fects available when tho Supreme Coart decision 1* made„s Dr, MoOasklll than naked If tho cownittee would ours to sponsor at l s * one ssml-pabllo Meeting to acquaint leader* In Arlington with the es. entire tiltoation regarding segregation of the raoeo In the Arlington gohool* end the problsm* relating to integration. After e r s dieouooloc the aoaaittoe members agreed not to sponsor an such a sooting. I s e d , the following notion, made by Mr. Triable was nta. passed unanimously: " move that this eoamittas suggest to tho School Board that it I would he good business for tho Board and Berbers of tho Administrative staff to appear before the various service olubs and other organisations of it* choice to cite the facts up to and including the present day concerning segregation and integration in Arlington public school*," Superintendent Hatter then gave a report far the past five year* showing ;h inter-relation between local, state, and federal fund# io * supporting the sohools of Arlington, A ecaparison of these figures for the school year 1950-51 with Shoes of the present fiscal year, is as follows: fro* local taxation, Arlington schools received years agt, and this yeur. $ 2 , 7 7 2 , 1 6h five F r o a the state of Tirginia, Arlington received $712,^75 in 1950-51$ end $1,166,785 this year. This vss based an average daily attsndanee in our schools$ reimbursement on school bus transportation; partial payment of the salaries of the superintendent of schools, the director of instruction, helping teachers, and members of the supervisory staff; subsidies for home economics and vocational education, for purchase of text books, and for operation of the teachers" eiok leave plen. from federal sources, Arlington received $2S9,18S ia 195°*51» and . 1 6 , 0 for the present school y-ssr, Of this eua, $600,000 will cons to ■6600 Arlington this year under Habile haw B15, which provides for federal Assis tance for Maintenance and operation of schools in a community with a large increase i population due to federal activity. The remainder of tits federal » allotment to Arlington Is from the school lunch subsidy of $62,000 and a paysent of $ 1,000 in lieu sf taxes on federally owned property in tha county. l summary sheet of the figures given by Mr, Butter is attached. tlb' ’ t wan also p o in te d out th a t an d er fabllo haw PS- a federal a r*. p r i a t l o a if $1,730,000 wns given to Arlington toward the c o a e tro e tlo n of dU riam ebvrg .iuniar high school and $58C,<.iOQ to b u ild Tuckahos elem entary s c h o o l, -here was seas diaonsoioa a to whether the figures givso by Mr, s Rutter should b« inoladed in a coming Teat Sheet, but i was the opinion t that It it not yet tiw tins to publish these figures, Ihe masting adjourned. bells Brown, Secretary � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Minutes Of Arlington Committee To Study Problems Of Integration, December 15, 1954 Description An account of the resource Minutes document of the Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In Arlington Public Schools, meeting held December 15, 1954 in the office of T. Edward Butler, Arlington Superintendent of Schools. Minutes includes evaluation of integration issues "fact sheet", and funding of schools. 2 pages. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public Schools, Della Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954-12-15 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. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19_1_7_1_27 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/4345eeb86f81159c9cce3f8c5452416b.pdf e4d82003eb82dc2050b766e9091fe715 PDF Text Text r Minutes of April 25. 1955 Committee to Study Problems of Integration la Arlington Public Schools Members of the Coamittee to Study Problems of Integratioa l t the Arlington public cenacle were invited to meet eX 8 p.m», i April 25, 1955o at Hoffmas-Boston junior-senior high school. Members of tbs committee ia attendance were Chairman Joseph Co McCpskill, Dr, Claire Christman, Mrs. A, Jo So Davis. Alfred E„ Prisbio, Mrs, Esther Halstead. Mies Lillian Lambert, Hiss Sally Loving, Qeorge Richardson, Claud® A„ Sweeney, Theodore Wo Taylor and Dro Curtis B. Tuthillo Mrs, Elisabeth Campbell, chairman, and other members of tbs School Board were also preseato The evening" e program opened with a Joint session of the Integration Committee and a group of visiting educators appointed by the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges to evaluate Hoffoac-Bostoa in preparation for its final accreditation. Hoffaan-Boston faculty members also attended this part of the meeting, George Richardson, principal of Hoffman-Boston, intro duced all persons pro sent and then showed a series of slides prepared by the Hoffaaa-Boston faculty to acquaint members of the evaluation committee and the Integration Committee with the colored community in Arlington, Copies of three charts reproduced on the slides were given to members of the committee. These included one on types of employ ment of Arlington white and negro high school graduates, one on the number of high school graduates from Arlington going on to college, and one on a comparison of the number of white and negro students in Arlington dropping out of high school before graduation. �- 2- Kembers of tho Integration Committee than net briefly with the School Board. Minute* of the meeting of December 18 were approved. Mrs. Campbell explained that the meeting at EoffaamBootoa was called there in order to show members of the committee the secondary school facilities provided for oolored pupils la Arlington. Board members and Mr. Richardson reported on the wide interest at present concerning the question of Integration. This ha* resulted in their having been invited to speak on this subject at a number of community gatherings. Warren Cox of the School Board pointed out the need for setting up some kind of high aohool committee to see what can be done among the students themselves to prepare for integration. Mrs. Campbell mentioned that the Integration Committee members need to be forthright in asking question* which are troubling them concerning integration,, and promised the cooperation of the schools in supplying answers to these question*. Dolla Brown, Secretary � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Minutes Of April 25, 1955 Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In Arlington Public Schools Description An account of the resource Minutes document of the Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In Arlington Public Schools, April 25, 1955 at Hoffman-Boston Junior-Senior High School. Minutes includes discussion of dropout rates, integration, school facilities. 2 pages. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public Schools, Della Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955-04-25 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. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19_1_7_1_25 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/b6c2746723927415e5139e599450d834.pdf 860fbbb8e5c6232d664897260043524f PDF Text Text T t t n of School Cosplatsd by Parson* 25 Years and Over Id the 0. 8., Virginia and in Arlington County la 1050 Both Sanaa and Both Races United Staten Median Years of School Completed State of Virginia Arlington County 0,3 0.5 12.7 Percent completing 4-years or more of high school 33.4 S0.1 71.3 Percent completing 4-yenrn or more of college 7.1 B.3 23.2 Arlington in about 25 percent higher than the U.S., and about 30 percent higher than Virginia in the median year's of school completed by ita population over age 25. Arlington has more than twice tie percent of its adult population who have completed high school as tbe State of Virginia or the U.S. The proportion of Arlington's adnlt population that has completed 4-years of college Is almost four times greater than Virginia and more than thre* times greater than the United States. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Years Of School Completed By persons 25 Years And Over In The US, Virginia And In Arlington County In 1950, Both Sexes And Both Races Description An account of the resource Unattributed and undated document listing the number of years of school completed by those 25 years old and over in the United States, Virginia And In Arlington County In 1950. 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Title A name given to the resource 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Washington-Lee High School, Arlington, VA, Colleges Attended by June, 1954 Graduates, January 17, 1955 Description An account of the resource Lists the various colleges attended by the 1954 Washington-Lee High School, Arlington, VA, graduating class. Report issued January 17, 1955. 2 pages. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Washington-Lee High School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955-01-17 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. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19_1_7_1_22 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/871aa521dc878d9302a2c56fea3d6bc4.pdf 323920c347254d6038ab61d97d16716c PDF Text Text /{l/lawi 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. Attachments �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. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Comments On The W. &amp; L. High Schools Goint(sp) to College, June 14, 1955 Description An account of the resource Comments On The 1955 W. &amp; 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. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Arlington County Public Schools, Washington-Lee High School Guidance Department Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955-06-14 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. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19_1_7_1_20 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/a6d6068f58307663867a545914cb445a.pdf 372bb16234903c6b848244eeeb6f4dcf PDF Text Text 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. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Competitive Nature Of Scholarships Awarded W. &amp; L. Students, Undated And Unsourced Description An account of the resource The Competitive Nature Of Scholarships Awarded W. &amp; L. Students, undated And unsourced. Discusses the awarding of college scholarships by various colleges and organizations to W&amp;L students. 2 pages. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource No date 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. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19_1_7_1_18 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/f624845b5cf08415068f2e0af662a909.pdf 7f78719abe361b92a7ac6b4f0804db53 PDF Text Text 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 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Results Of Testing Program All Pupils, 1954-55, Arlington County Public Schools Department Of Research Description An account of the resource 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. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Arlington County Public Schools Department of Research Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955-09-28 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. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19_1_7_1_16 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/04769aedf380a6af05f1ba72ab964897.pdf 22245df35fabeea74df95f2ccf53f150 PDF Text Text 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. �- 2 - 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 �- 3- 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. �-H- 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. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Minutes Of The Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public Schools, November 20, 1955 Description An account of the resource 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. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public Schools, K.G. Stewart Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955-11-20 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. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19_1_7_1_12 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/6514fe7b4784e05ca10dbe893316affb.pdf c20bcc394b536a3ecf9f0193b852f8d8 PDF Text Text 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: f® nr V 1 2 6 1955=56 1955=56 1956=57 1956=57 1955=56 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 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Minutes Of Integration Committee Meeting, June 22, 1955 Description An account of the resource 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. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public Schools, Edith Burton Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955-06-22 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. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19_1_7_1_10 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/914275645d49598f559a6b096f87abe1.pdf a8164e5fd12f2c26ead05fe1c3b91951 PDF Text Text S' 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 i. 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 en � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Minutes Of Integration Committee Meeting, June 22, 1955 Description An account of the resource 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. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public Schools, Edith Burton Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955-06-22 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. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19_1_7_1_8 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/d0d10e965b3c168561aeaee70df2e589.pdf 575cb75f52306f26cf99af74a9b33542 PDF Text Text 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 �3 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. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Minutes Of The Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public Schools, November 20, 1955 Description An account of the resource 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. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public Schools, K.G. Stewart Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955-11-20 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. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19_1_7_1_4 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/6e6cc48f1c0e401a25bc1e51ba132221.pdf 9d53c5ec5f9f5b46b6f15b878fe13c1e PDF Text Text 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. �- 2 - 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 / 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: �- 3 - "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." � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Minutes Of The Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public Schools, January 12, 1956 Description An account of the resource 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. 3 pages. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 19, The Personal Papers of Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Committee To Study Problems Of Integration In The Arlington Public Schools, Della Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1956-01-12 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. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19_1_7_1_1 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/243aaf42619c22b51a83e8e09b900b18.pdf ba5c8d2c3ac422dec4310b84574abd6e PDF Text Text ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE VIRGINIA COUNCIL ON HUMAN RELATIONS (Not for publication without permission in whole or part) November 28, I960 At this Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors of the VCHR it might be well for us to review some of the history of the organization. This group came into being during late 195U with the efforts of a dedicated group of Virginians who were concerned with compliance to the ruling of the Supreme Court in its May 17th decision. It named as its first Executive Director the Rev. John H. Marion, a distinguished Presbyterian minister and consultant in the field of race relations. The Council owes much to Dr. Marion's ability in organizing; establishing its state-wide role; and implementing its program during his tenure of office. Its fir3t president was the Rev. Carroll Brooke of Staunton, Virginia, who still serves on its Board of Directors. In 1957 the mantle of the presidency fell on the shoulders of the Rev. Hubert S. Beckwith of Annandale and shortly thereafter the Council was faced with Dr. Marion's resignation to return to serve the Church as a race relations consultant. At this time there was a mandate from the Board to seek to increase the number of local Councils affiliated with the VCHR across the state. This was a prime objective in seeking a new director in early 1958. Mr. Paul M. Rilling began his tenure with the VCHR with this objective in view and succeeded beyond the expectations of everyone and before the end of the year eight local councils were carrying out the objectives of the VCHR in their respective communities. Due to Mr. Rilling's excellent record in Virginia the Southern Regional Council persuaded him to become field director for that organization in July of 1959. The present director began his work on a very firm foundation laid b y Mr. Rilling in Virginia under the presidency, beginning in 1959, of Dr. T. H. Henderson of Richmond. Much of the present program is due to the careful planning and insight of the former director and is simply the implementation of his program. Changing Conditions in Virginia During the past year we have seen the swing of the state political machinery from massive resistance to the "Perrow Plan" or freedom of choice in schools. This has come about for many reasons. High on the list we would name the work of the state-wide committee for public schools headed by Dr. J. L. Blair Buck of Richmond. This organization, although not identified with the VCHR, worked closely with us and worked untiringly to save the public schools. This was the haven for the moderates who must pay lip-service to segregation, but who really were horrified at the lengths to which the extremist segregationists would go. This changing climate was reflected in the legislature which refused time and again to pass certain punitive measures against the public, schools. However, we cannot point to a legislature suddenly become liberal in thought and deed. The legislature unanimously adopted a law making trespass a misdemeanor— this law was intro duced and passed within a 2h-hour period at the height of the sit-in demonstrations in Richmond. The grant-in-aid law to pupils of private schools is another indication that the legislature is still in the camp of the deep South. Any look at state government would be inadequate without some comment on the reluctance of the Attorney General's office to rule on a number of important issues in the state— notably, his failure to clarify the status of tho "seating law of the state." In late 1959, however, we saw a swing of public opinion when the state meeting of the P.T.A. adopted a very favorable resolution in favor of public schools. Today there is little thought of closing any of the public schools in Virgnia. The horrible example of community deterioration in Prince Edward even convinces the extremists that such action is unwise. So we may safely say that we face the end of I960 and the beginning of 1961 with a changed political climate in the Old Dominion. The Public S chools in Virginia The VCHR has endorsed public education in Virginia for all people. It has also endorsed compliance with all Federal laws persuant to the schools in the state. The most common �- 2 - complaint by members and local councils alike is the slowness with which desegregation has and is occuring. However, we should rememb er that more than 200 Negroes are now attending previously all-white schools in Virginia. This pitiful figure is impressive when it is noted that this is more than twice the number attending in all the rest of the South combined with the exception of Kentucky. A. Prince Edward County Exhibit number one of the fo&lishness of massive resistance is well demonstrated by Prince Edward County. Here the public schools closed in September, 1959. The best way to describe the community is to describe it as an entire and almost complete breakdown of community in all its senses. The white children are attending a group of churches converted into schools. This is headed by a "Foundation" and is being heralded throughout the South as the perfect answer to integration. I shall not enlarge on this aspect of the school system as studies are being made of this system. The community had admittedly lost businesssuffered from bad national publicity— lost tourist trade and is generally in a very bad way, because of a rapidly declining population. One merchant estimates his business at off 30$ over last year, which he attributes to the closing of the schools. The Negro community is ttying to bring some order into the community. The local organization of Prince Biward County Christian Association is headed by a Baptist minister, who is now operating centers for recreation and learning experiences in the county for the Negro children involved. Several organizations are trying to help in Prince Edward. Although the legal fight is being carried out by NAACP, other agencies are trying to help in the community. Notably among them is the American Friends Service 'Committee, who now have Mrs. Helen Baker as a resident worker in Prince Edwardi The VCHR has been active in this county from the very beginning. We have met with white leaders who might be moderates— sought to encourage those who might speak out in behalf of education. We have worked with ministers in the area trying to influence a positive approach. Within the past six months we have actually succeeded in organizing a group of whites who have met three times with a group of leaders from the Negro community. This, in Prince Edward, is an accomplishment. The VCHR has assisted all groups including PECCA, ATSC, and others in the area. We have worked very closely with AFSC in study and consultation in the area. A s things look now, a rough estimate would put the public schools open by September, 1961. No doubt there will still be a segregated private academy and maybe only a handful of whites to attend the public schools, but even this will be a victory. The problems are aggravated by a rural county, a lack of leadership in the total community, and a lack of industry in the area. All these things contribute to the doleful picture of Prince Edward. A recent court action has now added the local school board, the board of supervisors, and the state department of education as defendants in the suit brought by the Negro parents. This will ultimately prevail. Approximately sixty children are now attending school out of the state under the sponsorship of PECCA and AFSC. A survey has been completed (and is not now available) showing the number of children actually out of school in the county. The reliable guess of many people is that the county is steadily declining in population of both white and colored. PECCA is better organized this year than last and the director is optimistic about establishing sixteen training centers. This will impose a budget of more than $25,000 and very little of the money is assured. Dissatisfaction and dismay are being registered in the minds of most of the thinking part of the white community. Business leaders are seeking some way to get off the hook of supporting the negative attitudes and actions of the extremists. �- 3 In Farmville the leading businessmen are concerned to the extent that they are now cooperating with the VCHR in seeking solutions to the problem. It is being openly admitted that public schools will return in late 1961. The VCHR has worked in a consultant capacity to PECCA, to leaders of the business community, and has consulted extensively with the faculties and administrators of the local colleges in Prince Edward County. We are now involved with an informal group of about twenty whites and an equal number of Negroes who are meeting together to try to at least talk about their problems. This group is in the stages of communication only at this point. Many local councils are contributing books and supplies to the centers in Prince Edward. The Charlottesville Chapter gave a tour of the University and poinls of interest to the young people of Prince Edward who conducted the survey there this summer (about fifty of them.) B. Other Schools We have been involved during the past year in the school crises in Galax, Floyd County, Pulaski, Wytheville, and Pennington Gap, Virginia. The excellent progress in these areas points up the need for human relations work in Southwest Virginia. Due to the extreme distances to be traveled (370 miles to Pennington Gap and over 300 to Bristol) it does not now seem practical with our present budget to do more than two or three trips per year in this area. Additional funds could be well expended in working in this area if they were available. The Director was involved in preparing the way for the action of the school board in the Chandler School case (Richmond). He personally protested to the editor of the local paper when the names and addresses of the Negro students admitted to the school were printed. The Richmond action is significant because it was brought about without a suit. One aspect of the school picture in Richmond should be noted. One of the members of the Richmond Council sought to enter her son into an all-white school. Before turning her down the school board measured the distance from her home to the white school and the distance to the Negro school. They declared, as a result of this evidence, that the distance was shorter to the Negro school. We view this with great satisfaction for the school board has now set a precedent which we believe to be valid. Integration of schools will take on new meaning in Virginia, if we assign all pupils to the schools nearest them in point of distance. This could be extremely significant in rural areas of the state. One of the most fruitful field trips of the Director was into Lee County. Here there is a total Negro population of lgO and about 5,000 whites. The Director spoke to the leading civic club in town in the interests of school desegregation. He interviewed members of the school board, clergy, welfare, and other leading citizens. Just a small push from the Negro community should cause the schools there to desegregate. As a result of this trip we now have the Improvement Association in Pennington Gap. A few influential whites are also working locally there to help the situation. Time and space will not permit me to go into detail about the school activities of the Director other than to say that he has actively sought to encourage the parents of children seeking admission to the public schools. He has met with members of the school administration in troubled areas aid has sought to dispel rumors and untruths and to provide facts to those \dio are seeking solutions to the problems. The action of the state Pupil placement Board in not turning its functions over to local boards is now under investigation. The Sit-ins or Student Protests On February 22 of this year the student protests came to Virginia with the attempt to secure service at Thalhimers in Richmond. Thirty-four Virginia Union students were arrested �- h as a result of this attempt. The VCHR went on record that day as being in sympathy with this movement, thus becoming the first organization in the state to endorse the sit-in move ment. Since that date nearly all the chain stores in the larger cities of the state have desegregated. Recently the YWCA cafeteria in Norfolk was closed by segregationist pressures. It was opened through the efforts of the Norfolk Council on Human Relations and others working in concert. The Director and several state board members recently had the first integrated meal there since the reopening of the cafeteria. The VCHR has operated in the following ways in the sit-ins: (a) We have sought out the owners of businesses and talked with them about the justice of the sit-in movement and the fact that most of their fears of lost business are groundless; (b) We have worked with student protest leaders in supplying them with information on the sit-in movement throughout the South. W e have shared with them examples of successful techniques which have worked in other places; (c) We have sought to convince mayors and councilmen to appoint bi-racial committees to work out the problems in each specific area of tension: Two important bi-racial committees which are the result of Council action or Council leadership are the Richmond and Lynchburg bi-racial committees. We have sought to bring the experience of the human relations approach to bear on the activities of people who are seeking human justice. The VCHR pointed out that it was dangerous for a minority group to picket another minority group alone— this caused the inclusion of other people and other stores in several instances and prevented much hard feeling. W e see the non-violent approach of the student protest as a continuing movement in Virginia until equal treatment is accorded to all people in the state in all public areas. Public Libraries Most public libraries in the larger cities have been non-segregated for many years. Two of the most glaring exceptions were Danville and Petersburg. In Petersburg the VCHR was influential in securing the public statement of Mrs. Robert Claiborne, a member of VCHR, and one of the donors of the Petersburg library. We are glad to report that these libraries are now open to all the public although with some rather absurb obstructions. Two members of the Richmond area council went to jail in the Petersburg library suit— Rev. R. G. ’ Williams and Rev. Wyatt T. Walker. None of the sit-in demonstrations has resulted in violence except some minor violence between teen-agers in Portsmouth early in the spring. Without violence, Negroes in Virginia have achieved in less than one year rights which had been denied for almost one hundred. A careful evaluation now needs to be made of the remaining segregated facilities in Virginia. The Local Councils Councils which are thriving are now established in Fairfax County, Arlington, Alexandria, Fredericksburg, Charlottesville, Lynchburg, Blacksburg, Richmond, and Norfolk. Councils which need additional help at this time are the Peninsula council at Hampton and the Prince William council. Live groups which have worked closely with the VCHR are the Loudon County Community Group at purcellville and the Williamsburg Community Council. We might also mention the Prince Edward group and the small group working in Lee County. The Director has sought to work with these councils in the following ways: 1. Program planning. The Director has met individually with many 'of the leaders and sought to plan the yearns programs. The most significant step in this direction was the Program Planning Workshop held in Richmond on September 10 with a group of outstanding consultants. Among them were Paul Rilling, Harry Roberts, Robert Kohler, Miss Dorothy Hampton, and others. The Director has sought to make available to local councils the programs and plans of other councils in other parts of the state. A speakers bureau has been formed, and well known speakers both in the state and others have been made available to the local �- 5 - groups. Resource persons are also made available to local groups along with literature in the field of interest. The state office has dozens of calls about programs and possible programs each week. One key source of program material for the local councils has been the Government Affairs Institute in Washington. This is a part of the State Department and has charge of foreign visitors in our country. The VCHR has secured several African speakers of note through this agency. Anyone desiring to have an expert in human relations from a foreign country to speak to a local group should contact the state office. 2. Program Building through'Workshops and Institutes. In May of I960 the VCHR secured the services of Dr. Galen Weaver, head of the department of race and cultural relations of the United Church ofCChrist, as a consultant. We did this through the help of the Southern Regional Council's consultant program. Dr. Weaver with the help of local leaders in each area conducted workshops in Norfolk, Petersburg-Hopewell, and Blacksburg. The direct result of this was the first breakthrough in the Hopewell-Petersburg area, where for the first time we have secured white members of the VCHR. The work bore further fruit when the inter racial fellowship of ministers of Petersburg and Hopewell set up another workshop for November 1 of this year. This group had the assistance of the VCHR and Southern Regional Council personnel and was a decided success. 3. Program Building through Outside Agencies. The VCHR has drawn heavily on the resources of other agencies in building a program in the local councils. Especially helpful have been the American Friends Service Committee, the Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish Committee, the NAACP, the Urban League, and others. In areas of concern where we could work together we have sought to provide a solid front with these organizations in bettering human relations. The Anti-Defamation League has been especially helpful in providing program materials to us and in its Director helping with local programs of councils. The local councils can be strengthened more yet by a closer coordination with the state office. A list of projects, programs, and personnel planned as speakers would be helpful. We have every reason to believe that in the near future the number of local councils will increase. Fredericksburg joined last month. Williamsburg had over 300 present at a meeting in October where the VCHR provided the program. This group should become a part of the VCHR before many months now. An active group in Bristol may become a part of our group within the next year. Membership and Office The state office of the VCHR is charged with maintaining and securing the membership of the VCHR. A record of each individual membership is maintained in the state office together with a record of all membership dues, contributions, and the information of the list of subcribers to New South, the magazine of the Southern Regional Council. It is the purpose of the state office to keep the membership informed of (a) the activities of local council groups, (b) activities of the state office, (o) general conditions in the field of human rights in the state of Virginia. This has been done by means of (a) direct communica tion to leaders of local councils, (b) general letters to the membership, (c) the Newsletter of the VCHR. With the addition of Mrs. Dorothy N. Michael to the staff we feel that this work will become even more efficient in the future. Mrs. Michael is in charge of the office and all correspondence about literature. Newsletters, or New South should be sent directly to her. Research The VCHR conducts a continuous research into the public sfchools of the state. We are constantly seeking information and amending our figures on the latest school desegregation news. We also seek constantly to keep abreast of the current status of the sit-ins and the �- 6 - kneel-ins in our state. During the past year we published in cooperation with SRC the story of the Norfolk school closing. Crisis in Norfolk by Jane Reif. This pamphlet has gone to every section in the U. S. It has been printed in Braille and is now catalogued in the Library of Congress. We are working closely with the AFSC in securing facts about Prince Edward. The VCHR has been asked to write the story of Prince Edward. This request came from a group of inter-agency professionals representing national organizations. Consultant Services The Director of the VCHR has spoken during the past year to the following churches: Unitarian in Lynchburg and Richmond, Methodist in Hampton,and Waverly, Congregational Christian in Richmond, and others. Most of these speaking engagements have been in white churches. He has addressed the Civitan Club of Pennington Gap. He has been invited to participate in a South-wide Social Action Institute of the United Church of Christ. He has spoken to nearly all the local councils and has been a speaker on five college campuses during the year. He was consulted in the school situation in Front Royal, Galax, Floyd County, Pulaski, Wytheville, and Richmond. He was consulted by students in the situations in Portsmouth, Norfolk, Richmond, and Northern Virginia. He has consulted with school principals, superintendents, and law enforcement agencies. He has consulted with leaders about the library situations in Danville and Petersburg, about the 1WCA closing in Norfolk, and about the Norfolk Museum problem. He has participated in workshops in Norfolk and Richmond and has lectured on human relations to five college classes in sociology. The Director looks forward to even greater usefulness as colleges and groups become more and more aware of the resources we offer in human relations. The Director has been a prime mover in the establishment of the Collegiate Council on Human Relations in Richmond. Maiik Program of the VCHR 1. To work with local councils in implementing human relations programs in communities. 2. To secure and disseminate information about human relations throughout the state and to all interested parties anywhere. 3. To provide educational materials to local councils and interested persons in the state, l . To plan programs, conduct workshops, and hold conferences in troubled areas of the state. l 5. To consult with leaders in areas of tension and to seek just solutions to the problems of racial tension wherever they may be found. 6. To cooperate with Southern Regional Council in research projects in human relations, securing facts about race relations throughout the state. 7. To cooperate with oilier inter-group agencies in programs whose aims are in accord with those of the VCHR. 8. To provide consultant service to local groups, government and community agencies in our field of endeavor. 9. To seek to organize new local councils on human relations in Virginia where there seems to be enough local initiative to warrant this step. 10. To work with schools and colleges to establish human relations councils on their campuses 11. To work as consultants to those who are seeking to break down the barriers of segregation 12. To encourage law and order among all people in the state, realizing that our aims be reached through lawful and legal means. Areas of Concern of the VCHR 1. Schools. Our first area of concern is the schools. Great progress has been made here, but a still greater challenge lies ahead. In future months school integration will be greatly accelerated. This in itself will increase tensions in some communities. It will call for new and better communications. It will call for realistic' human relations approaches, if we are to change the minds of the school people and of many parents as well. We see our role as one of encouraging parents of children who are pioneering in this area; �-7- of seeking to safeguard their interests and give factual information about their progress. 2. Housing. Fairfax County council has made a study of housing. We are currently making a study of housing in Richmond. VJe consider this one of the key issues of our day. Through efforts of our council members the Washington Post has eliminated the terms "colored" and "white" in its advertising of housing. Our office maintains contacts with the Federal Housing Authority and other agencies which are working in this field. 3. Employment. VJe have worked closely with the Presidents Committee on Government Contracts, the President's Committee on Government Employment, and the Urban League in this area. VJe feel that employment is the real key to desegregation. If jobs with money and status are available to all people it will simplify the process of achieving our other goals. We have worked closely with Richmond organizations in trying to break through this barrier. i . Public Facilities. We have made surveys and assisted in surveys of public facilities t in Virginia and have often been quite pleased and surprised with some of the results. A. Accomodations.... most hotels in Virginia are still closed but most hotel managers interviewed expressed a willingness to open their quarters, but none wanted to be first. B. Transportation.... this problem is just about licked with the exception of a few isolated rural places where there are still practices of seating from the rear. Nearly all the bus and plane terminals are open to all people, including restaurants. The trains are far behind, but this makes little difference to the public as fewer people are using these facilities. C. Entertainment and Sports.... here is a wide open field of endeavor whose surface has been scarcely scratched. In the movies the greatest discrimination exists. No Negro can see a really good movie when it comes to Richmond; he must either go to Washington or see it months later. Several cultural facilities are now opened or are in the process of being opened to all people. D. Services....we still suffer from all white barber and beauty shops; from white and colored waiting rooms in many doctors' offices. E. Medical Facilities.... we are still under the villianous practice of having to have two doctors to be admitted to some hospitals. Efforts are being made to break down this barrier. $. Governmental Practices. A. Voting and Registration.... voting is made difficult in Virginia, because registration occurs only on certain days. This practice is being effectively used to discourage a larger electorate (in all fairness it must be said that it discriminates against people of all races). B. Use of National, State, and Local Facilities.... right now this means simply the use of National facilities. State parks and local parks deny their services to all people. C. Police practices.... in this we are much better off than other areas. However, the civil rights of people have definitely been denied in Virginia by the police. These instances are being documented. D. Welfare practices.... in the cities we have generally found decent welfare practices, gradually deteriorating as one goes into the rural areas. 6. Religion. Religion is an area of great concern. This is especially true since the advent of the kneel-ins. Many ministers are working under terrible pressure in our state. Our office is trying to work with existing groups of ministers, with the councils of churches, and other groups which are concerned with maintaining lines of communication between the churches of all races. The church is at once the weakest and strongest link in the issue in Virginia. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Annual Report of the Executive Director of the Virginia Council on Human Relations, 11/28/1960, 7 pages. Description An account of the resource History of Virginia Council on Human Relations 1954-60, Massive Resistance, School Desegregation in Virginia, Prince Edward County, Southwestern Virginia, Student Protest Thalheimers in Richmond, public libraries, housing, employment, voter registration, religion Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Virginia Council on Human Relations Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/27/56 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18_3_15_1_7 https://projectdaps.org/files/original/a19845c0916f3d77f87559c0a30af2f3.pdf 97b0620baf626fdcef71a1917facedaf PDF Text Text LOCAL OPTION AND SCHOOL DESEGREGATION PROGRESS For some time, our County has been expecting to regain control of its public school assignments under the so-called local option provi­ sions of state law. Such local control is essential to orderly progress in good faith compliance with the school desegregation decision of the U. S. Supreme Court. Orderly school desegregation is entirely feasible and desirable in our County. School segregation imposes undue hardships upon our Negro children and deprives them of their human and constitutional rights. Forcing school children to travel unreasonable distances to attend school is only one of the many undesirable aspects of maintaining segregation. Negro children are also unable to take advantage of many of the advanced and varied features of our schools, notably the plan for separately located intermediate schools and the proposed enlarged program of vocational training. Continued segregation gives the implication of out-dated ideas of innate racial superiority, which all our citizens abhor. Doing only what the courts to suits represents a grudging attitude unworthy of munity in our present-day world. sympathy with concept practically may order in response a progressive com­ Admittedly, the dilatory action of state authorities makes local action to correct conditions difficult. However, in view of the many reasons for making what progress we can in this matter, we urge the Board of Supervisors and the School Board of Fairfax County to take the necessary legal and other preliminary actions promptly. In addition, we trust that the School Board will: (a) state immediately its intention to assume local option authority as soon as the state permits, as suggested by the Board of Supervisors, and (b) adopt as soon as feasible a school desegregation plan pro­ viding for attendance of applicants on a non-racial basis in schools nearest their homes. For those fearful of sudden change, we wish to point out that our Negro school enrollment is only about four percent of total school enrollment. The residences of our Negro citizens are so located that no one white school would have a high proportion of new enrollees. A free choice plan based on proximity to schools and covering all grade levels would be entirely practicable in our County. We call upon all citizens of Fairfax County, and all church and other community groups in the County, to urge such action upon the appropriate County authorities. FAIRFAX COUNTY COUNCIL ON HUMAN RELATIONS 31 March 1960 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Statement, Local Option and School Desegregation Progress, Fairfax County Council on Human Relations, 3/31/1960 Description An account of the resource Anti-segregation statement for schools in Virginia Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fairfax County Council on Human Relations Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/30/56 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited. 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