United effort urged for integrated high schools in Hyde Park area
The Hyde Park Kenwood community faces a pivotal struggle over high school integration and overcrowding at Hyde Park High. Advocates urge creation of at least two southeast high schools, linking education quality to broader urban renewal and cooperation with South Shore, Chatham, and other areas.
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Hyde Park High
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Cottage Grove
Bowen
South Shore
Hirsch
Hyde Park High School
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South East Community Organization
Chatham-Avalon Park-Marynook Council
Chicago School Board
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Hyde Park-Kenwood
Chatham
Community meeting urges unified action on school integration
George Reed highlights Slyde Park Kenwood integration issues at a community meeting. James Clement warns against administration decisions without public participation. He calls for joint cooperation with south east communities to improve relations with the school board.
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George Reed
Chatham-Avalon Park
Slyde Park-Kenwood
South East
James Clement
Campaign for More Opera in English by Pollak
Critic praises New York City Opera's English production of The Marriage of Figaro at McCormick Place. He notes audience enjoyment, strong English diction, and a new, well crafted English libretto by Ruth and Thomas Martin that preserves the opera’s wit and music.
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Robert Pollak
New York City Opera
McCormick Place
Julius Rude
Chicago
New York City
Martyn Green
Ethel Merman
Ruth
Thomas Martin
Metropolitan
N.Y.C
da Ponte
Novello
Natalia Mctarren
Seville
Balderdash
Letters to the Editor Question Hyde Park School Integration
A reader responds to previous letters regarding Hyde Park High School in district 14. The writer asks whether the school was truly integrated citing numbers and labels. calls the description segregated and signs with Mrs. J H Sommerfield.
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McKim Marriott
Harper
Hyde Park H.S
J. H. Sommerfield
Letter to Rev Kent on Hyde Park High claims and Slyde Park safety
Ronald Inglehart and R Bruce McPherson critique a Hyde Park Herald sermon asserting Hyde Park High leads in Illinois and U.S. rankings. They argue the cited study is outdated, error prone, and that drop out data are misleading. They urge caution and raise safety concerns over a lakefront highway plan affecting Slyde Park students.
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Robert Pollak
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First Unitarian Church
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Ronald Inglehart
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