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mmm f vs Ki-~ Feature* Syndicate. Inc., aiZaSSaM How To Open our Own Sthnnl ?*»*’ 4* i la this space, last week, I took occasion to urge those parents who are concerned over the Su preme Court's latest edict — integrate Now! — to open their own school. In substance, I said -it took a single dedicated per son with energy enough to get ' the job done that experience was secondary, fiiat help would come from all over. Unknown to me at the-jime I ! I ‘ .r-' wrote that piece, there was in the mail the letter that follows: Read it for inspiration: Dear Sir: Several weeks ago, I sent you a letter and newspaper clippings that dealt with the school crisis in our area. Since then, we have token the alternate route inasmuch as our school board was forced to comply with the H.E.W. guidelines through court HUMS MfiiiJK-F |m Mm U„... i 1 K$W4l$i ■> rc i TiWi»' order. We built a high-school depart ment from an abandoned auc tion barn and have ordered a 40-room school building that will be erected by our. citizens upon receipt from the factory. This has been done with a period of six weeks, along with the establishment of one of the finest school systems in our area. It is completely staffed with qualified teachers. ' Our elementary department, which has over 1,800 stu dents is housed in various build ings throughout our parish. These children, .too* are being taught by our teachers. Our high school department in oper ation at the auction-barn site has over 600 students. The people in our area con tributed over $300,000 in a two week pdriod. Our ladies spon sored a bar-be-que held on a Sunday and they sold aboul 7,000 plates. The end result oi this bar-be-que was about $10,50C net profit which was turned in to our school. I am attaching transcript which I have written and mailed to several newspapers, as 1 feel that our area has had little or no publicity as to our accomplish ments. It is my opinion that something has transpired to pre vent the television stations and larger newspapers from publish ing our efforts to retain our God tven right of choosing how to Ibcate our children. Having Lonly a weekly newspaper in our "rea, I am reluctant to believe e generous enough to print the ssults of our efforts. by Henry E. Garrett, Ph.D 'Ml Ms find. I am glad to MS niltsn Ikt* (mirtiww given ni» opinions smarter than Negroes — what's so mw about to mo othsrs, you ting this sort of evidence for a long thno. A: What Dr. Jensen did was to find that Negroes have IQs about 15 points lower, on the average, than Whites. This, it is true, has been many times reported. What is interesting about the great-- amount of pub licity given Dr. Jensen’s pub lished work is that publicity it self. Perhaps times are chang ing. that? ft is one of the most heart warming letters I ever received, an inspiration. And my hat is off to Mr. Fontenot and to the rest of the fine people of Evan geline Parish who will never be whipped because they won’t be whipped. How about you? 'Jl ■ Q: Dr. Garrett, this past Ml my ton t mgn tcnooi was mta rively integrated." Ha talk m the Mack children team to bo a drag. That it hit'way of put ting it, moaning, I taka it, they don't learn as rapidly at do whito children. What abdwt it? A: Negroes can learn as read ily as White children so long as the material given them involv es only rote memory. Blit when the material demands reasoning, the Negroes lag behind. This is a common and often repeat ed finding. Moreover, it is » principal reason why “massive integration” should not be in effect — it is injurious to both races. SmokeyBear needs you m HELFmVtNt M THE SOUTH Farm and Home Requirements * Of Petroleum Products HODGES-BELL OIL CO., INC. Phone JA 3-2338 P. O. Box 666 U. S. 70 East of Kinston, N. C. A. BATTLE & SONS . O. BOX 246 — COMFORT, N. C. "A Complete Tiro Recapping Center*’ Phene Richlands Ext. 324-4234 Kinston Swantbore 1406 Richlands Road Hwy. 24 Phone 5234015 Phone 326-8929 FAITH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Stanley E. Wingard, Pastor Invites You to Its Regular Worship Services
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