Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-09-29 | Page 1 | Strike Pupils Jeer Official

STRIKE PUPilS OffiCIAL 1500 Protest Against t thC Presence of Negroes in Classrooms J GARy md Ind Sept 29 AP AP H i ses s- s es catcalls and boos gre greeted ted Willam Will Will- iam am A. A Wirt superintendent of schools today when he h he warned arn d of Emerson H High ign schoOl scho l that they wo would ld be expelled for the remainder of the semester unless unless' they ended their their strike strike called Mon of the presence of ne negroes groes in their their- classes The J meeting clop pe d further fur fur- school officials officials' thor ther defiance of when a a. committee ot of sIx red offered fOr approval yaL on they should should n. n The g reet d tit me suggestions W tas t as loud n as thoe which drowned out SuperIntendent Wirt S verill f n- n n of the thc pu I at the meeting had not yet joined the strikers who four Cour negroes enrolled In the school DEMANDS DEMANDS' MADE Student leaders d declared the strikers ers would not return unless some concessions were Kr granted by the Ufe board of education which has main maln- lamed that it was an to rem remove ve the negroes so crowded are are conditIons The attitude o 0 strikers Jacked In their deman demands s on page 8 8 A 0 I STRIKE PUPILS JEER OFFICIAL Continued from page age 1 bj their parents gave weight to the assertions o of their leaders 1 Jf If the thc pupils ato expelled the ot of- the 1 to school to- to would be cut In half haH Suggestions for Cor conditions on which to return to school offered I for to the mass mass mass' meeting we were e The ThO l' l negroes to be se segregated In hi one corner to toe e e barred from athletics s and other activities wIth th the youths youths strIkers to return Oil oar the oasis basis with those who ho dIe did not leave their classes no more negroes to be enrolled at Emerson nn l those already lr in attendance to tobe tobe be removed as soon as possible The students students' committee In Its to tile tho board also urged the proposed nil negro high school be at once Emerson school has approximately approximate approximate- ly 2800 students 1200 or of whom are IIi in l high school The strike has been conducted In an orderly wa way and th the police poUce although al- al though prep red for emergencies have had ha e had little I trouble