In Washington, D.C., one morning last week, Principal Mildred Green of the Raymond elementary school solemnly walked into her auditorium, faced her audience of new pupils, and calmly began a special opening-day speech. She chose her words carefully, for this year, for the first time, her once all-white school was going to be 50% Negro. "This," said she, "isn't a school until you make it one. What kind of a school it will be depends upon you . . . You can make it happy by being fine and friendly and kind to each...
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