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...Wilton, Conn., one white lad recently startled a friend with an unusual expression of envy. "Boy, are you lucky! You live in a place with elevators, and you can walk to the candy store any time you want to." The surprised friend was a street-wise black from downtown Bridgeport. "That's all right," the black youngster answered. "You got some nice things here...
...sample those nice things, 50 Bridgeport children for the past year have been arriving each day in Wilton schools after a 25-minute bus ride. The experiment is still considered a bit controversial in Wilton; but in 25 other suburban Connecticut towns that take 2,100 ghetto children from Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven and Waterbury, the state-financed Project Concern is accepted as a success. Project Concern's children are selected at random and exemplify the entire range of ghetto problems. Even so, their presence has not diluted the achievement of white children, nor has it caused any new disciplinary...
...widespread suburban acceptance of Connecticut's Project Concern evaporates rapidly whenever it is proposed that the white children be bused into Bridgeport schools, or when it is suggested that the ratio of black children in classes be increased. And while black parents of children who entered the program are generally grateful for the opportunities presented, black educators are not. They see such one-way plans as a Northern form of tokenism that leaves the majority of black children trapped in inadequate and underfinanced ghetto schools...
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...year's playoff entrant, while Williams held on to fifth after with a tie with seventh ranked Springfield, 1-1. New England Rankings 1. Harvard (6-1-0) 2. Tufts (8-1-0) 3. Brown (5-3-2) 4. Wesleyan (7-2-0) 5. Williams (5-0-2) 6. Bridgeport (8-4-0) 7. Springfield (7-3-1) 8. Vermont (9-2-0) 9. Massachusetts (5-0-2) 10. New Haven...