Word: springfields
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Thomas F. Pettigrew, associate professor of Social Relations, said yesterday that the Federal Court ruling against de facto segregation in Springfield schools would be a "powerful precedent" for a similar lawsuit in Boston...
...District Court Judge George Sweeney ruled last week that the racial imbalance in Springfield schools constitutes de facto segregation and must be corrected by April 30, 1965. He held the School Committee responsible for ending racial imbalance in eight public schools. Whenever the non-white enrollment exceeds 50 per cent, Sweeney said, the school is essentially segregated; and racial imbalance as such is harmful...
...Springfield ruling was influenced by Pettigrew, who had testified in the case last fall. "Admittedly, much of the damage done to the Negro is a function of our whole society," he said. "But the schools are at least in part responsible, and must try to counteract society's harmful effects...
Although the Springfield decision may be appealed to a higher court, "odds are that it will stand," Pettigrew said. "So far, the Supreme Court has refused to hear any cases concerning do facto segregation--no matter which way they have gone. I think they are waiting for the case to settle itself in the lower courts...
...Bruins have a mediocre 4-6 record this year. They have been clobbered in their three Ivy contests against Penn, Princeton, and Yale. On the basis of comparative scores, Harvard has a decided edge; Brown lost to Springfield 74-68, while the Crimson topped the Maroons by seven points earlier in the season...