Education: The Incorruptibles

Having a month ago passed a resolution endorsing segregation in the public schools, the school board of Louisiana's Bossier Parish (just across the Red River from Shreveport) took another step toward the preservation of its most cherished tradition. Last week it banned from all nine high-school libraries TIME, LIFE and Look, accused the magazines of "waging a systematic campaign to prejudice and inflame the American people against the South by presenting in their columns biased and distorted views on the institution of segregation of races in our schools." To make doubly sure that no pupil would ever be corrupted by outside opinion, the board not only ordered the schools to cancel their subscriptions but also to dispose of all back issues—including Bossier City high's 1,300 copies of LIFE dating back to 1936.