The Bermuda Recorder

              for cooking & drinking if me"^saamtyfy h bermuda 4s recorder um vw^v f 0__f_s « in " purvis ltd .____§ 3 t -______! a.-zr^&^a m mi j m w m m m w "~ h ■ agents publihhed bi-weekly price 6d wednesdays 1 saturdays ara puevis ltd volume xxxm hamilton bermuda saturday october 13 1956 no 21 school segregation subiect married man freed of of s^s^"^--43t ' '*--' 39 charge of indecent assault on girl of 5 challenging address at berkeley howell lloyd mosley a big husky 28-year-old united states xavy petty officer went home to his wife and two chil dren a free man yesterday he was acquitted by a supreme court jury of a charge of in decently assauting a five-year old girl at a beach in south ampton institute the remarkable breath and depth of vision of the l!)th century founding fathers of the berkeley institute in establish ing an institution for the higher education of all the people of i the phrase education d advancement these doubis cie cleared up in 1880 the report of the work of that y ar stated that the projectois the case was heard by the chief justice sir j trounsell gilbert the accused was repre sented by mr peter smith while mr hector barcilon solicitor general prosecuted evidence was given by some 11 prosecution witnesses during the five-day trial bermuda rather than for one race was extolled by tmr e t richards m.c.p barrister-at-law at an impressive founder day ceremony in the samuel david robinson memorial hall at the berkeley on thursday • had come to the conclusion that the means at the disposal oi the people of these islands lor obtaining an education speaking as chairman of the berkeley educational society tmr richards was loudly ap plauded as he told the hun dreds of students parents and former berkeleyites that in any community just as sure as day follows iii«_rlit it is sure the segregated system must pass away he added that today's challenge to the school was •* be constantly watchful and pre pared for the day when the doors of integration swing wide open cperior to and higher then that given in the common s boob were very few and that some steps should u i ken towards effecting a li tier state of things nm rrrr society wa mi up in 1879 to consider a scheme to provide for tii education advancement of the people these two phras.-s met it — tmosley r s case was the first on the calendar to be tried the second against john joseph basden of unlawfully wounding with intent to do bodily harm also resulted in an acquittal fofr the accused it came after the solicitor general requested the assist ant justice sir allan smith to stop the case " educational advancement 11 tne one instance and of the ], topic in the second instance torm together the keystone of the society's arch objects expressed founder's day at the berkeley pari of the large gathering attending the cere mony in the samuel david robinson memorial hall at the berkeley on thursday is seen above members of the berkeley educational society officiated at the event which was marked by singing led by the school choir an exhibition of art by students and a tea given by the domestic science department were also on the programme in the rules of the society adopted in 1879 the objects were expressed as the raising attd n : !._:-.■ t.oubts as to what tnev meanl were am continued on page 2 photo by ed kelly x ~ ", ' .' !",.\ ■-■ z v ' z^^t _§» t !«___" ' i ■? tt__m b_s'p?5&^ss y*&£:^ap &__ '■ ' ' z . '■'■ zz/z i^ll&w mjti a radical departure the week basden.who was represented by mr e t richards was alleged to have struck his brothe'r-in.law jeremiah men essah augustus with a meat cleaver in an incident in which basden was said to have been assaulted also in that day the school must enter with flags flying its head erect fearing no competition and ready and capable of put f g its foot with those whose feet are farthest ahead the lawyer declared bermuda die-hards should spend in brief a few minutes in kindley field j^h five men and two women were art-ainged in the supreme court on monday on charges involving unlawful wounding damage to property indecent assault and fraud all except one pleaded not guilty and were remanded on bail to come up for trial later it is signifi cant to note that in the un primary school tmr barcilon asked the judge to stop the case after he had called his first three witnesses — a doctor and augustus and his wife referring to the testi mony of the latter two the prosecutor said their evidenee was such that it would be un fair to let this man basden run the risk of being convicted by this type of evidence tmr richard's address was described by tmr f s furbert principal of the berkeley as one of the most challenging ever heard in the school die-hards who claim that integration in primary schools could not work in bermuda would have an eye-openei if they walked ia the class rooms of the class rooms of the newly opened dependents school at kindley air force base thursday's ceremony was a radical depart htc from pre vious founder's day observ ances it was the first in which the berkeley educational so ciety participated fully nearly 500 american young sters with varied racial back grounds are enrolled in the school for the purpose of get tins a correct start in life — and fortunately for them the only place thev can get it in bermuda is at their own school a ■'-£> ,! * continued on page 10 the colony from pepperrell a.f.b dependent school at st johns newfoundland he ad led there for about three years and had some 1.040 pupils under his care it was fitting that the so ciety should fill that role on the occasion mr richards said it was the society which founded the school without the society probably there would bave been no berkeley institute he outlined some of the challenges which faced the body in the past and delated them to the present day terbuck wife of an english doctor who came out here to be with the health depart ment and has returned home incidently wallace fills the vacancy caused by the death in august of mr george fyfe young who came out here to be a i'rison officer he added that any verdict would be possible with a jury and we don't have to go far back ia our minds to realize that sharing the platform mr e t richards m.c.p chair man of the berkeley educational society shows a volume of the well pres.vved minutes of the society which tell of the long fight against raeisl intolerance in bermuda education from left to right ar dr i d smith presiding elder of the a.m.e church mr riehar's mr f s cubc.-t principal of tiie berkeley insti tute and mr cyril simm ns a member of the school's governing body shared 1 1 speakers plal form at the pounder's day ceremony at the school — photo by ed kelly yesterday i was taken on a tour of the hastily converted warehouses by mr john y belilke the youngish looking principal who has ten assist ant teachers all of whom have either a b.sc or b.a degree in elementary education i saw xegro and white youngsters working and playing happily together with children with pronounced oriental features the whole atmosphere seemed friendly and relaxed — quite conducive to study the kindley school at pres ent includes six g¥ades and each year another grade will be added first throu_.li fourtli grade consist of two classrooms in each ah classes are limited >> .'{() children per teacher the text books and curriculum are based on the recommended curriculum for the xew york state area after the jury had acceded the judge's recommendation sir allan warned the brothers in-law to stop feuding be cause if it gets bad enough some one will stick a knife too far or chop a little too hard each time a vacancy occur red government xotices ap peared in the press inviting suitable applicants for the post each time suitable bermudians applied but they were re jected they variously were school teachers social workei-s hood associates former busi ness employees and a number who had been traied at col leges abroad the society was born out of the frustrations of the past mr richards went on samuel david robinson and his band of followers in 1879 realized that the privileged class tin people in power were going to da nothing for their children ixcept probably the very ru.ii i,,i nts of education with a meat cleaver and it will result in someone getting hung recent government appointments seen as big affront to bermudians the school system will be run on the three rs curricu lum with some emphasis on progressive education the principal said all american holidays will be observed and school hours will be from !• a.m to 3 p.m ome ot ti.c higges l mii-mii that could possibly he perp trated on the eolonred peopl i the promotion of six english men some of whom haven't been hen a dog's watch to highly paid ranks while more qualified and longer serving bermudians who had to show their new superiors their ropes in the first place were passed over completely oddfellows mr belilke a native of wis consin freely discussed the present and future plans of the school and quite naturally we talked about integration in schools here he said we do things the american way we count heads nothing else mat ters the principal came to the last time they tried 10 bud a female probation offi cer a notice appeared in the press inviting applications within 1-t days one lady a teaeher who was prepared t sacrifice a pension to do pro bation work because of her profound interest in fallen humanity said she was toid that she would be notified by august 20 what the result of her application would be thanksgiving service the experience of the past — devonshire college st paul's school — were discouragements brought about by the mighty ia the land mr robhiso'i and his coworkers had to do something about it — or wet their children wallow in th fallows sad miseries cent weeks in the form of ap have com pointments and promotions in various government depart tomorrow five buses bring the stu dents to school from as far away as gibb's hill light house spanish point and st nieiits and offices a iortiii_r.it ago t^h|^^^h cditoriali^b strong resentment bouini^ive reeordei tomorrow will be universal ly observed as thanksgiving day by members of the far flung independent order of oddfellows manchester unity locally a service will be held at holy trinity church bailey's bay members from the hamilton and somerset districts will attend in full dress regalia and an invita ton has been extended to the general public as well to the now the latest outrage came yesterday when the recorder learnt that lack wallace the london orchestra leader who came here three years ago to play at the princess hotel has been appointed assistant pro bation officer and will pull down a salary of more than 900 a year george _ i f . m _____/ m 1 h am ?«_. ; j "^ fz ' zzm m ________! the key stone it was their challenge thrsj tlit r t!t r v on that date she was told by the secretary of the treat ment of offenders commission ers — those resposible for ap pointments that the latter had decided to extend the time for applicants for uyo more weeks she also dis covered that there were only three applications in and they v ere from coloured ber mudians within the extended lime two applications were re i-ived from englishwomen and mrs reid got the job lt has been said that she had ex ptiienee in similar work ha l.-.st africa where her hus band was stationed during the itldu mau emergency ~ 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the lessons will be read by the rev cyril butterfield and brother rav p williams p.p.g.m til two special buses will leave the loyal flower of the day lodge room in hamilton at 2 p.m all members have been re quested to meet at the loyal star of hope lodge bailey's bay at 3 p.m e.hocl principal seen at've is mr john w belill , h.i.d of the integrated primary c o at kindley field there mh ten assistant teachers ad <,_ whom have b.sc or b.a es — photo by tucker integration at work — sonic of the coloured and while children attending the newly opened dependants school at kindley air force base were pictured yesterday we are doing jiings the american way here the principal mr john w belilke told the recorder whicii of course is the correct way — photo by tucker's supreme studio sou la regard to the assistant probation officer it is under siioil that again a number of mrs reid filled the vacancy caused bv ihe departure from bermuda of mrs f w chat continued on page 10 j n s i s t on b§||cf#p 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