The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, March 12, 1927, Image 1
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~ nTirnJIily ^"cytTxon s hut) and tl
jiriviu y,!1 nl" i. i Ii-c?i ,liiii .ill persons i
color, but. it denied to aiiy Stale tl
, power to withhold fronr~thTrm -lho
qual protection of the laws. > ...
What is this > but declaring that tl
law in the .Status shall be lhe~"an
lor tap blacks ns lor . the. white,
that all persons whcHier colored <
white shall stand equal before , tl
laws of the. States, and, in regard
the colored rcvce, for whose protection
the ."Amendment was primarily
^ designed-, tluU no discriniinattoh shall
be made' ap.arnst them by law because.
of their color.
"Tilt; -statute of Texas in fhe tectli
of the prohibitions referred to assumed
to l'orhid Ncirvoes-to take part
in a primary, election-the importance
* of which we have indicated, discrirrt
innting again.-'t them .hv the di-rtin"
ton of color alone. Statesmay do_s
good" nionl of classifying that it i.>
difficult to believe "rational, but then
are limits, and it is too clear for eK
twulede?aiai'innQnt. that cplor cannot
> he nuale the basis of a statutory
chissTfication affecting the right so
up in this case."
James Weldoh Johnson, Secretary,
of the N. A. A. C. P. hailed the do
cision and victory as one of-.themosi
important won for tint Negro sinci
the adoption of the Civil War Amend
i '"\penUT' ^
' "Thl- decision will have a far-ron^
' ing effect 011 the. petrified South," de
clared Mr. Johnson. "It justifies th(
?-?onei'KV and the money that has beei
'. expended?in carrying thin ease thri
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the coui't of Texas and the lower fed
eral court to the highest tribunal ir
"the land. It is furthermore a jus
tification of the generosity and s'acri
fice of those who hacked up the ap
^__peal of the N. A. A. C. P. for jm ad
equate', Legal Defense ifund.
"The Supreme Court's decision i:
?? -a?w*buke Ux--th? petvislonfr -violaUot
of Hie Fourteenth, and Fiftcertth A
mendments in th- Southern States
Furthermore, it establishes that th<
primaries are parT~of the gCftel'fll c
lection system and, ias-such, subjec
to' federal -control. "TTiis Is a casi
.... '.profoundly affecting not only the po
litical and civic status of the Negro
but marly other great political is
sues as well. Negroes may well bi
proud to have been instrumental ii
obtaining aJdennlle declsinn?mm thi
issue which hiwyers have bee rivain
ly putting up to the Supreme Cour
"Especially ought the membershi;
(Continued on Page Eight)
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V. PRIMARIES
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u . . .. ^ ?rCovers
Primaries As Well
As General Electrons -
QUOTE. llTH A MEN DM EN1
Court Molds Federal?Juris
diction Covers States'
Making: Primary Laws
New York: Mar. 8.-~The Unit?
- ? SlUl^-Supreme C6HVt (yesterday
> - by imamwstrs- decision susTtftnFd it:
National Association for the Advanc
? went of. Colored People in-fN1 rnj
ten Hun1* that the State, of Texfas ha
exceoded-i-ts rights ih bdrrincr coIo'it
Voter's fuoni tho<Ilemoeratjp'praty pr
- martrs iTrfhat State. In a sonsatlol
af^decision, read by. Mr. Justice Qlivc
. Wendell Holmes, The 'Supiefiie Com
declared the Texas law of 102.1 in
constitutional thereby crowning tl
light. carried?thronrh mI} the low.
courts by the N. A.. A. C. P. .
The Supreme Court in its decisic
declined that "it -ftfcms us hard t
imagine a more direct ami obviqi
" infringement of the fourteenth /
?: mondment" than is contained in tl
Texas law. The Supreme. Court i
its derision also quoted from tl
Louisville Segregation Case won t
.the X, A. A. C.'1\ in 1017, the_uu<
tation being as follows:
. " i hat. 'Amendment (the Fourteen!!
k And indie
UJAL (JOt*
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a. & r. cbi lf.?
Ui\i\ AWAKUEU
? 7? - - i
^- -1 ~ S1G0. OTHKR s>75 .1
o r - # .J
'SUM) Scholarship For Branch I
1 :(.'ontribulin^~~X<.t I,ess Than \
S:2CK) In Advance ?? "]
LITt.IHOCK OVER S500
I" ~ ,
Tj lndUtnigpoiis Increases- Member**
y . shi^nVoin ii III 102S lu _
C L ?
f"f* Tfrm > Hr, f' ?Wtttbr ^rSnhi reltrp?r T> f._.
** ly*^ ami $75. awarded annua'lTy. to
d|"Branched o^'.thc N'ati<?nal Assyria
i- tion for' the Advancement of Colored
~IVoj'h,~ have bev.n v.nm for?the year?
>r l'.!'2(5 by Little Iiotfk, Ark., and IiuliiYOua^mis
rvspet lively, it \vns-;w'',>m)H't'tl
: today. The ?1TH\ scholarship ftoe, for.
10 ] advance coni ribution'by a Brunch con>rj
Irihutitur not.less- than $200; the $7.)
in | bership ?by a Branch contributing not.
o i less than $1U0.
is ' Little JViek i rev reused its contribut-'
tinn to the National Oflice from $21 lb
^ ir> i i. 1' ?.V I.I I'iV.H) (> ' :m in.tc.isc of
in ItlO-'-pcr cent, w.inniu- the $100 schol-.
io ,ar hi|> .which ^ooh to any student the
iy Branch may design ate.
j, Indianapolis,enrolled orily Tr meinI
hers in* ll'25\and during 1U2G incveasij"
ed its cnrollonun OT'I,"2f iT"inemhersTip
. n-^nlvni" a-Jp ao-.n-i ei-;hin 2ftt2'nr
if per cent, white it. increased" .its eontriip
! butipn l i iuo $:{ 12.*r? in 1P2~> to $002.
{r.'j "iO. in llb'ht "or 12! pPFYcnt. * ? .
"7; The JhaTTcb 'innkmp-" Third m "TtlTTTT-"
it?' ey arlv-in 'e is Rochester, New?York
lu - and -iitl'iov shvAvinu- la rue advances
s' in incinbe! Vhitv include Columbus. (.).,
>l- . . ' ' ~ T7?1
^ t Los A-iVeele b Cab, New Britain, tonn.
r?-and Afant e Cit.v,yN. .1, :
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Ij Program of The Stat
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t > PROGRAM OF. ill*: i EXKRAI.
FIRST FOCI LAR MEETINB, W1
* . ?^? MARCH 2:'?rd, F.
FI1YLl.IS WHEATLEY (1.
l'rin. 10. 10. RILEY, Master of Ci
-H n-ti mnCTT SI TTueo : . .. ?
t Invocation .... . - - . . ' R
t Soprano Solo ' R
' Address, of Welcome on behalf of the
MctiiuLhliis;?ii<'; i.it'llt of laniiun
t._Hu:;s..; Solo . . . - . >.. ^.. Fro 1
' Address on bebufli' of the County As:
t L. Sew ell. .
Response .- . T J7
r . TSims liijth, School, Union,
Yjtborus * '- . . ....... . -- -- t
Announcements , Pr
- TIUUSDAY. MORNING?JM ARCH 2
1 Center.
- MEETING OF. Til hi .IKANES SL IM
i (. OL N I Y . THAfMXt; SCHOOL
MR, 1. H FELTON, Presi
1 Registration of, new members by (rpgist
" Gneral Assembly at . the Center, A2:30
IM'csident- C. A, I.awson, Presiding
- Address- -President 1L L. MrCrory; J
"l University. .. ..
T Solo?RepreseTiiative Anderson School.
5 Address? Dr. E, Ii. Roberts, Friends!
v-?kmn, s.-c. ~
Announcements.
! Admittance to Group Meetings ami Gt
t Receipt or Radge only.
L_ IIILRSDAY APTERXqON.
(I eneral Assembly?Phyllis ^ her
Speakers:
'' Mr. 0. A. I.av -on. President.
Mr. IT. B." Felton, State Agent of
Mr. J. }L-Hope. State Superintenden
^ j Solo Rt't^esentat i.vo fi\?ip
s | Secretary s Report. ' r~
"i Announcements.. ,
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TUl RSDAY NIGHT, H:OQ (1
p : General Assembly?^Springfield Bt
| Devotional Message?Priti. J, M. John
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1/ 1 THE ^ A I,MKT
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WHITE, BOY KIN | MYERS
ANb CARROLL ARF. j
ALL IN SPARTANBURG '
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Co'iimHia Onaftpttp All on
Their Several Missions! ~ "
Spartanburg;. Marth llv?:('?>
iiiir.hi; ns ;?ro mtieh . in evidence in
lnaniniVL; t.lfls wpek. .They are (he.
UeyT J. l'; "While. I'l. !)., pastor of Zipn I
M'su is.t church .at f oluirbia -is preach-.'
iu-j?Mr Ho- wo.-1.; :ii th.- Thompson
1 i--' li t , iiii' ,":i: the K<v. T. M.
IM?;.-U:ti !>.' I?. pastor of the Tnion
i- iii'('Oiiunliia. is preachit.:
eWpv iii^sht this w.uek at the Situs;
li.un.ist (dihreli. and --'eymour (Tnrrt>fh-r
i'a-ld -e I 'dary ui .'the American Ilu-'
iu:Tjtp?IMucatioil' society, also of Co- j
::.hia. le. Lureff mi "Humane Educa- |
i;- it J" at tlte Majority Baptist, church
'!' mrsdav lilulii. l'tof. I. M. [ A. 1
, tt '? ' 1 J
: *. ' priiiripal. of the Hotfjarcl
r : 1 -A1;'??
e Teachers' Associati
arch 23, 24. 25, 192
SESSIONS. i" Speakers:
:i)NESI)AY. 1 V r
M- Dr. J. H. pilla
NTEU ^ - L Appointment of Cor
I'remonies.
FK1DA V,
e\ . J . \v: T^TTm ~; ^
iQH. K. Wilson General, Assembly;*
City?Dr. W: Jr Speakers:,
rni- 1 Dr. J. J. Starks,
?. R. E.;Singleton Mrs- Kdith B- J'
ociation?Mrs. L. Classroom Teacher
~ ; Solo-- -Miss 'Da'sy
Prin. A'. A, Sims j Columbia'.
?0??' |? Announcements.
TTT^ ^Selected" Frtie (linm?r at V
es. C. A. T nwsow j General A.sscmbly
. j Speakers:
tth. j D.J\I?rtyn-I)o'\v,
Phyllis AVheatley l.cba.,\'t R 1
? -??h?Mr. J?R, -ffnbdv
Recreation and' si
.R\ ISORS AND 4:45 to (':()0 P- *?
PRINCIPALS ? '
LEY CENTER FRIDAY
ding - . r General A<
trars. ' " Devoitnoal MosSaj
to 1:30 * " Benedict Collep
Speakers:
ohnson C. Smith Benjamin Brawle
= ? ? ?n.c
: ??.Solo '?
up " Col l ege, Rock Dr- Samuel North
? Aid
Solo. ?
neraP Sessions by Report of Audi tin
Announcements.
'n;
(Q TO 1:15 SAilK,J*
ifleV Center. ?t-DevntmnnK?
-A Artdrcs,y--t!ealth Er
Address?Prin. J. 1
Negro Schols. Music,
t Public Education Reports.
Anderson County Election of delegate
? A<1 Irmrnmi'nt.
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lptist Church I Content (
aon, Clinton. I _
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on. Manager , . ' .. &
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U'lnled school,. .p:iss< i| thi
ify ;i[.<(> i!iis -\v<vi~in. th?* Hitt'rost Of
In.1 StiiTr^ Teafln'i s' As>.h irrtrnn :
s to be held in .(ireiMivillo ilie; last
:>f- the- month. ?-._w ^
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THE TEACHERS CONVEXTH1N.
( KEEN Y I LI; E *
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All teachers who oVpt< 1 Co aMonl
the annual cerrXention !r (irbenv;!1.-.
Murch L'oth luiii ihlth v7"; ; ! -. 1 .?
fy Mrs. "Haltio , t'hyilis
\Vn..;il l. y Cclllyl' or !' . .. K. lv j ley
Minor Normal Scho >1.
?and ledeTftv
$ 1.0?) pgr- day. The. local inimjiiitec'
is preparOd U> furnish you'y? ur slop-.
pinn |il;;ci' hi-fnri' ..mi 1" v.a. Vi t ii'
thc-,nar'io.s name I -iIui\ i,
L M? A. .Myers. K.xccutive See.
on-?Greenville. S. G.
7. ;. :
c, Ksq., Columbia,
fd, Cliarlnt^^vfffc, Ya.
nmittec*.
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ma wen a.~? t H??ui+uj ?
ROUP MFMTIXCB. :?
^afTSfOstrta^-IMiylSIs AVhe'tMley Center
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Morris College, Sumter,
oynes, representative Depart:; em oi
r-Nr E. A., Norfolk,-Ya. Y _
Reach, Booker Washington Echoed.
'hyllis Wheatley Center.,
-3:30-1:45 Phyllis Wheat Icy' Center
Allen University, Subeet: ."The Mo-.
Yt-oneanentd'- Discussion. _
, A^'ania.
ght-seeing trips around the city from'
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N'KillT?S:00 O'CLOCK. ?
ssembly?Benevolent Temple.
xc?Dean Frederick C. Redfeni, l'li? Lb,
:e. ...
y, Ph. D., Shaw University. Raleigh.
i. Supervisor High School?, Baltimore,
. _ _ ?
ig Committee.
Y MOltXINO 9;30 to 12:00
location?Miss A.' II. No 1 *oii,,C> !ifinI<7.1.
1. Blanton, Denmark,
to N. .A. T. C. S.
group'* i.
,LEGF, PRESIDENTS.-v .
r.?Sr-Wilk-inson and D. H. Sims.
>f tho College Curriculum?-Dean HowDntinued
on Page Four)
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Volker Sch
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- A. TUKlg I A T Of TR/ffi
OU1V1J
W^i'lS'TS EQUITY : ;
AMONG RACES
r'":it Tb<> Knights of Toussaint J
Have .-'landing tnter-Hncial 1
( nminiHi'c; Is IMen ~ '
F.MorKAGKS MEETINGS /
Woi a (); Georgia (orii|p?'t **?? - (
t.;an i>rai^c(i:?iVominent^Co-" |
? .Jacksonville, J*'ln '1'he?fntcr^racial |
'c roeii'.'.cc iJf* the Knights- of Toils-[ i<
a'at" at the National Council of the t
Order Which Von * vneed . s
Order whirii convened here InstTweek s
r-eni .a lin. infr appeal to the nation, e
, ,, it'l -1---.- -<-r,d J'HO.I will, jlislicc and jQ
c:it.v jimcing 'peoples. Iiv its report
the .1 onymittee. said "The time has ?
eoi.te fo'i the htiihlii^gyvrlrdf a closer
li'/i: jr as we do that that relationship
-1*. justice and. ?<p;ity to all groups' n
' ;ii not 1 * ' brought ahout e^efrflt .by
and thr. uv lV a hotter understanding
.'x ..v. e< n races; We nYge that the T
Kkig't. s of Tous.-ainF- "maintain a
{ .landing*' inter-racial committee, that
will c.i-?n>e'rate wit-h .-ipiilar, bodies
in tlve nation Tor intcr-racial good| ,
will. ' ' .. . ' j.,
-^VVeaiee that m~soverat eommUniT '
. ii ii. c. nj.-h i i . * .rcani'Uiti'in I- hp- 7 "
>- - i.'tr J hr;if;ti i -mektj -mitss meeting* i j
( cr.oTifairenr a ml Nat these meetings
' he 1'e^t.j kinking.. men ..arid' women ut
I .I'll Ul'lllup U' . i' M M , 1 ,r" p:i rTTrrrptrirc-r- '
"ai these meet ihg-sN so that a better j
and' i>taiidinir will he brought about
c- ^"-1. T4T
u "idt^dyi'se the work of Mr. A\ ill r
Alexander s>f Atlanth. Georgia, Sec- ~
-r-arrrT-.?f t)ic tnrrr-rneia 1 committee' of ~
i: ' -fii ar;T at 'b:"-f 'ho
Va' i .ual ( ounciT of the Knights -of.1 ;
Toussaiiitr we urge that a Committee
he named to rase fuiids?to-sup;
. - - ? - . . ,-' *? '
port the work at .trie mter-Vacial com- .
'mitt.ee <4? the organisation; -and tot,
Contribute- to Mr.. Alexander's "com- j ^
" miWec I',v way of praylleal endorse- r
iiient of.the work of Mr. Alexander's,
* . oniniiitee. The : members' of. the in-|
i ;al en.Hint tee x?t tne Order are: : .
??C*. Frederick 1 >uncan. >1. ~K-. Jack- j
-I'lV. ille. j 1 la.;. 11. lA, ' Seiihi'ooks,i
< h.a h stop,, >. M. A. tcvans,- .M.j
i.. <\.k:nil>ia, S. A. Fitzholan Wal- j f
'.vn\ .hivksor.ville. Fia.; Semour Car- \
. ('.'jilumuLu. S. C.; S.amiiel. Smithy.?
. . 1 mvtlK5,' i-s Matrde I1. T>'?' j
? u .1 ;K'U: >'iivillo, Fla.; K. S. O'Xcale, j t
'TTT'-.s oA'slUo Fla.; Rev. J. I). Jen-' ^
naurs. L>. IJ;k k>nn\'ille, I;la.; Miss .
. . :i ::a ^ M Whh^?I ai'ksi it)illr. .
Fia."; -1. 1 >. Can\ Ashevile. X. G. 1(
.!i? H ttr/pi'-n, Vuhmiiiia, S. C.: Rev.: j
".IoTim Y.. T\-rch st+m Hlev- 'Fiarr^
n,, ^p.'H,rT~-TirTa'l..'.'. Ff4h4wp.-t.ui,
Ki; 1Ronj. F. Hubert. t-a- ,
' v.ir.nah', iia'.;.Miss .0. I*. Williams, At-- .
i-k-iB'a. William Monroe Trotter, '.
< T.-Nh-.u" m-m inrrgt. "*
' li. Mctont, Bir- (
> ir.di^hun'i, .-Ma* " >? ~
Summer Session
At State A. & :
-?M. College?i
!?
i'!>e State Oullcjre "Summer school,
V til?I tVw* -'Mill?ami . close July ,
: 'Joifl. . Lt has the distinctJbeintf
TUT.' iVnR M\ "uTi-'lc? fumnTer sch'fffll in
Uu* State TTT Su',1 th 1 ifiylna ' f 1U>U
'which-work will he fully accepted and-'
-credited l>y Colleges in. the Statb.
he work is also credited by the State
Board of Education and -certificates1
may he renewed thereon. '
j The (.'timing session promises to bfi
et\ The faculty has not bem- dofiI
nitely announced but it is generally
| knoiux. that President Wilkinson has j
lolarships ,
-APPEAL
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5c A COPY" ~
I f.ASF.
IPfrROVKD SUMMER
-SCHOOL OPENSo
Open June Lith_ And Laat^. ....
Six Weeks^ Says Nnr,th Carn- ?
? lina Hoard - ????-??
IN "A" (LASS COLLEGE
' tmnujUi'l1 In l harge io Make r
Students'. Stay, Agreeable . "
~ " And Heftefteial ; V
. ?... ??' :?- :'l
:The Agricultural and Teciiinal Col^c-??<-? ge
of North Carolina, for thethlr- r
igth time. will ' conduct its annual [
imimcr school.. As usual, this ses- " .
i< 11 of six "uccks duration is-^pprov-. ^ V
(1 by the N^n'th ("tirnlin;, Sf:i1p Rnari< "3
f I:'ducationv > '*r*.
The thirtieth annual session of. th^ _
tate-sunufter school for Negro teachrs
will begin* Mopday, ..June-.13, 'c:losn?
.Ifilv^>l> -V*" ' ,
The committee . in charge of sum:H'i"
school-.will endeavor to make thfj
tity f..f?sumawt?school students in-'
very way, agreeable, profitable and
cnc'ieiai. ~To" accomplish this- act,
iVortj.-- are being made to employ a
acuity that- Mil he composed of peroius
who. have . made a special study
ri?the?Wranehes?of education which? 1?
Usfim-th-n in their specialties. . . '
?uhim-A and Ih "College?ha9 ~???
iion leeeritty rated as an "A" grade
i.lleuf. tin- oifice of ;he director of
f.nuncp .-ch-iol has id ready been floodd^v.-ith
oyfrdioalinny.. ?
Persons Kent it led To Enter
The following persons will be enitk-d
I'd t-l\TPr the ^:mniur yt'liuul und
eceive credit:" ? V. . -
(a) Graduates of standard high
.chools. ' ' ' '
_lb)__ Those having, one or two years ,V .
allege credit.(c
V College graduates. '
(d) RmitltJIughes Teachers-. of
Vocational Industries;
(e) 'Smith-Hughes Teachers of . I
Vocational Agriculture;-'" _ V "
(f) Persons who desire to purue
business.-courses. . .
?(4^?Hu'.dei s "nf ant of the fullim
ng certificates: .
(1) "Proyiston'al elementary.
(2) Elementary, classes B. and A.
CI) High school teachers?any
-ln-s. - . , t
04 > High School Principals.
tech searching the Country, far and
tear/ for specialists in various fields
.vhich when added to the regular
g.alT of workers will give the summer . ?
cho-d One of the best faculties in the ?
Vnmttfy. Not only is the faculty beige!
cart-fully .'selected, but courses
.T~sTudy are being rearranged,. and ?
Tc-'.vtviu'.- aiuh-d whert'VUI1 11 Tkafee-TWA
g cessarv? to do so.- The courses, are
* * - J
Trnwip;ocT progressively so thirt'~ one
may pursue -any course' of study to
,-vLi'. - a a 11 l-eccive not-only creTenliiils
and certificates; but diplomas
.lid degrees as well. Apy.person who
is "desirous of putting in a summer
of earnest study?may dn sn ia_lhia .
state at a fee that is within the
reach wf everyone. All departments
I.r ,rn|fiilar. schnol will be Op'en this .
summer, including ThT? Elementary, ?
Illgh School, Normal Teacher Train
imrITopm Economies^ |AgficuHurali Jlechanical
atid CollcjieVA
spbi-iaKfeature this-summer, will
lie, the cries; of specially arranged
lectures, to* be delivered at th non
. f.K.* . ,
rffiftpei Hour ny nirnTTprmsm*n eoucae>ipro?.saJ
JJltiiiL hiten- '
tion to visit the summer school.
Round Table discussion proups will .
also he arranged so' that persons in
similar fields may meet and discuss
their problems.
* From a standpoint of faculty, cur
artr* i ri t e res t manifested,
the session for 1927 promises to be
a banner , one in the bistory of the
State College Summer schools.