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...need hardly be emphasized that the Negro is not of a natural intellectual inferiority compared to the white. As Harold A. Ferguson and Richard L. Plaut, Executive Vice Chairman of NSSFNS, have pointed out, "There is no evidence of differences between the intellectual achievement of whites and Negroes because of innate racial differences. The evidence points rather to differences in environment, to differences in socio-economic status, to differences in the educational background of the family, and, finally, to differences in educational motivation...
...those of the white, are ignored by the white leaders in their fixation with a principle. And even the spokesmen for the integration viewpoints tend to forget the complexities of the situation in their enthusiasm for ending the dual school system. Yet it has been decisively shown by Ferguson and Plaut, in a survey of 32 public high schools in 11 northern states, that only 53 of 3,300 Negro seniors finished in the top quarter of their classes out of a total senior class enrollment...
...might not otherwise have had. The year after his speech the United States Supreme Court, following the precedent of several lower federal courts and rulings of the Interstate Commerce Commission, sanctioned for the first time the doctrine of "separate but equal" accommodations in the famous case of Plessy v. Ferguson...
Azacyclonol (brand name: Frenquel) is "an exasperating in-and-outer" because different researchers get conflicting results, says Cincinnati's Dr. Howard Fabing (TIME, Dec. 19). From 49% to 54% of state-hospital patients show good response, says Dr. John T. Ferguson of Traverse City, Mich. He finds Frenquel less potent than the two former drugs in quelling disturbed, overactive behavior, but more effective in squelching a patient's delusions...
Doxylamine, used since 1948 as an anti-histaminic under the name Decapryn, is proving remarkable for eliminating unpredictable outbursts of unruly behavior by normally docile patients, reports Michigan's Dr. Ferguson. Like Frenquel, it also reduces delusions and hallucinations, gives a boost to patients who have developed resistance after some improvement on other drugs...