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TH6 ARIZONA SUH
THE PEOPLE’S NEWSPAPER
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"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." (Hosea 4:6)
Interposition tit its Best
By Ralph McGill, publisher, Atlanta Constitution
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This week lam sharing with you an
editorial by the publisher of the Atlanta Constitution. Note
its tone and compare the paragraph in bold face with the
complaints of our papers about “togetherness.”
—W. A. ROBINSON.
When the state of Georgia was ordered to admit two
Negro students to the state university, a veteran newsman
said: "This is interposition at its best. Either destiny or a
merciful God has interposed to provide the state with an en
ormous piece of good luck.”
History Will so classify it.
Georgia’s moment of decision was a stroke of good fortune
because it came at the state level. It confronted the General
Assembly on its first day in annual session, it was a problem
fp x the body as a whole, not a politically pressured com
mitted.
It was an issue which had to be met on a statewide basis
—and not by a local school board.
The governor, the House and Senate—and not a mayor,
a school superintendent, and members, all subject to
Ideal intimidations and harassments—were required to act.
No city or district board could possibly have coped with
a court order to desegregate without the usual troubles, the
need for U. S. marshals and police in extra numbers.
The legislature, too, was in luck. No constituent, save
the few who are psychopathically rabid, want the state uni
versity closed with thousands of young men and women sent
home. Tie difficulties of obtaining admission to colleges and
universities are well known.
TOTAL MEMBERSHIP
Georgia’s total university system membership is 32,869.
with more than a third of it at two units, the University and
the nationally known Georgia Institute of Technology. Other
Deep South university systems have student bodies of equiva
lent .size. Under the Virginia decisions one unit may not be
closed and another left open.
Even the most fanatically prejudiced persons flinch from
a decision to dismiss that many thousands of young men and
women from class and close the doors of learning and opppor-
N tunity. They are less considerate of children. The more ex
treme do not mind depriving a child of education. But there
is something about closing down a vast university system
which makes them hesitate.
Georgia's legislature itself was in luck.
It could travel over a road of acceptance already paved
with decisions at Little Rock, in Virginia, and New .Orleans.
There now is left no ground on which falsehood can maneuver.
The road ahead will be arduous. But now that reason
Is more able to compete with falsehood common sense can be
gin to function.
ORIGINAL DECISION
all, the original wise and moderate decision of the
tj. S. Supreme Court remains. It was based on deliberate
Speed. It included safeguards against any sudden inundation
of change.
Going to school is not a social gathering. Students
gjways have broken into volunteer groups of associates.
Going to school is sitting at a desk and being taught. It
is coming to school and going home. There is nothing
socikl about it. The courts have in no manner invaded
private life.
Georgia was lucky, too, in her students. Fifty co-eds in
the dormitory where the Negro girl stayed went to make her
welcome. A committee of two greeted her on arrival. Let
the ugly adults note all this. The new generation is closer
to the Christian ethic, to compassion, and decency, than their
grown-up elders. We see a lot of adult deliquency. The juve
niles are behaving very well, indeed.
We have been brought so close to the dark abyss of a
loss of education that we have seen what it would mean to
every community, large or small, to be without schools.
Now that the voices of viciousness have grown less strid
ent, perhaps we can begin to use the court decisions, the place
ment laws, and the processes of law to go ahead with our
school systems without closing them, without makeshift pri
vate classes, or any subterfuge which causes a Southern child
, to have less opportunity than one from another region.
A merciful God uses Interposition.
Last week’s statement from the Atlanta Constitution was
written by Celestine Sibley.
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EACH WEEK THE ARIZONA SUN GOES
TO ONE OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE
VALLEY, SEEKING STUDENTS’ VIEWS
REGARDING THE VITAL TOPICS OF
OUR TIME, OF INTEREST TO THEM.
(PHOTOS by Alan Anderson)
When I grow Up my aim is
to be an Architect. As I look
around my city I see much con
struction taking place such as
hotels, housing projects and
! shopping centers.
After seeing such happen
ings I realize the wide variety
of opportunity in the vocation
al field of architecture.
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TEDDY BURTON, 13, 7th
grade, 2621 Hilton: c
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I have been very seriously j
considering the fields ahead of t
me. There are so many I find i
it hard to choose only one. 1
Yet, considering my present
abilities, I have decided upon
becoming a physician. I came
to this decision after thinking
of the many people of the
world who cannot get proper
medical attention.
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LARRY DRAPER, 14, Bth
grade, 2006 E. Van Buren:
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When I grow up I would like
to be an officer in the United
States Army. Why would I like
to do, this? Maybe it’s because
I think of all those men who
risked their lives and fortunes
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THE ARIZONA SUN
Sidewalk Opinion
; for their couptry since this bat
tle of Lexington and Concord,
April 19, 1775.
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FERNANDO ALMENDAR
EZ, 13, Bth grade, 2013 E.
Buchanan:
I want to be a nurse to help
others when they are sick and
need a nurse. A nurse may
help out when someone is very
ill.
Nurses are helpful. They
give medicine, shots and pills
to people who need them. A
nurse can be helpful if she’s in
the hospital or some place else.
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PATRICIA LANCASTER,
12, 7th grade, 102 N. 24th
Place:
I would like to be an artist
when I grow up.. Being-the
uson of an artist and beipg a
'Sioux*' Truftan and having a
natural talent for drawing, I
feel I could do my best ih
making a living by being an
artist. I like to draw many
things, especially faces and
animals. We travel over the
north western states in the
summer and head back around
WE ASKED THE QUESTION: WHAT
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE WHEN YOU
GROW UP?
THE SCHOOL THIS WEEK:
THE WILSON SCHOOL, 2411 East Buck
eye Road, Phoenix.
. August to warm Arizona for
) the winter. I was born on an
Indian reservation in South
Dakota.
JOE BROKEN ROPE, 15,
6th grade, 2118 E. Adams:
What I want to be is a
teacher. I think it would be
fun and I would enjoy it very
much. I also would like to
be a teacher because I want to
help others to make good use
of themselves.
Many people have very lit
tle education and don’t get
good jobs. If I was a teacher
I’d be helping my country.
A teacher has a responsibili
ty to teach children and I want
to take that responsibility.
ANGIE GIRON, 10, sth
grade, 2344 E. Buchanan:
When I grow up this is what
1 Want tff be. I Want to be an
airline hostess. I would like
to be an airline hostess because
I think it would be very nice
to be able to fly to many far
away countries and see the
sights. I would like to go to
China, France, Egypt and to
Hawaii. *
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SHERYL KAUER, 11, 6th
grade, 420 N. 28th St.:
I want to be a motorycle
policeman. I want to enforce
the law and help others under
stand what law is. But by do
ing this I’ll have to take tests,
and I am quite ready for them.
Some people don’t understand
the law and that’s why they
rob banks, stores and other
places.
DANIEL PROSISE, 10, sth
grade, 1919 E. Pima:
W 20th St. (St BrnaHwflV
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February 9, 1961
ITffiYXS
OF THE YEAR
Mrs. Pearl McNeil is the
first Negro and the second
woman to receive the honor of
becoming Detroit’s "Layman
of the Year" from the city’s
Council of Churches. Mrs.
McNeil is the wife of Rev?
Jesse Jai McNeil, who pastors
Tabernacle Baptist Church.
The McNeils have four Chil
dren.
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BIRTH CONTROL PILL
MAY HELP CANCER
A birth control pill which
was discovered by Dr. Greg
ory Pincus has possibilities df
being a cancea cunt; also. The
pill is taken every day for 20
days out of 28 days and costs
$lO a month and is proving
very effective iri the field of
birth control. However, its
new possible potential has just
recently been discovered. Dur
ing a four-year program in
Puerto Rica it was discovered
that it has an anti-cancer ac
tion within it.
LOW CALORIES
GOOD FOR HEART
It was discovered that the
low calorie diet of the Navajo
Indians may very possibly be
the reason for fewer cases of
coronary heart disease among
them.
UHBAN LEAGUE'
AIDS NEWCOMERS
The Milwaukee Urban
League has published a 32-
page booklet which tells new
comers to the city information
to aid them in becoming ori
ented.