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...years as a teacher in little (pop. 2,500) Lakeland, Ga., Mrs. Armstrong B. Baskin, 64, never aroused anything but praise in the community. A farmer's wife, she worked hard for her $3,300 a year, was well liked both by her elementary-school pupils and by their parents. Last week Minnie Lee Baskin was out of a job. Reason: she had outraged the sensibilities of Lakeland's whites...
...drive the boys home herself. But as luck would have it, she found that her car had a flat tire. Just then, a Negro school bus drove into sight, and one of the boys, Pat Taylor, 9, sensibly pointed out that "it goes right by my house." Teacher Baskin assured the boy that she would drive him home once the tire was fixed, but since Pat seemed impatient and did not seem to mind riding with Negroes, she hailed the bus and let the boy climb...
When Pat's father learned what had happened to his son, he flew into a rage. Next day County School Superintendent J. W. Threatte called Teacher Baskin in, ordered her to explain to Mr. Taylor exactly what had happened. At first Minnie Lee Baskin did not feel that the matter was particularly urgent, decided to postpone her visit until after the Christmas holidays. When school reopened, the superintendent called her in again. The whole school board, he said, was up in arms. She had better see Taylor fast...
When Teacher Baskin first called...
First prize in graphic arts rightly went to Leonard Baskin for his superb "Shofar Prayer." Other awards went to William Georgenes, Jane Stouffer and Donald Kelley, the last outstanding for his "Priscilla." In sculpture, first prize went to Harold Tovish's good "Head of a Girl," with honorable mention to William Martin's striking "Stalking Bird." I liked George Aaron's "Jeremiah" and Peter Abate's "Youth and His Dreams" most...