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Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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On Dec. 11, Madison, Miss., dedicated the Rosa Scott School for Negroes, a $244,000 facility honoring pioneering teacher Rosa Scott. Attended by white citizens and officials; featured speeches and tours.
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Madison, Miss., Dec. 11-Leading white citizens of Madison and Ridgeland and of Madison County were guests Sunday afternoon at the dedication for the Rosa Scott School for Negroes.
The program began in the school gymnasium at 3 p. m. Open house was held from 2 until 2:45 p. m., at which time all friends were invited to take a tour of the new building and facilities.
The $244,000 brick building, facilities and equipment, include 17 classrooms, gymnasium, cafeteria, library, science laboratory and offices. The home economics and vocational shop of the school are located in a building constructed several years ago.
Principal address was given by Miss F. O. Alexander, a retired Jeanes teacher. The Rosa Scott School is named for a beloved Negro teacher, now dead, who is given credit for starting the school "teaching under a tree." County Superintendent Robert E. Cox appeared on the program introducing officials which included members of the town boards, the Madison-Ridgeland school board and the county school board. City officials which were honored included Mayor L. H. Cox, Jr. of Madison, Mayor Hall Harbour of Ridgeland, and their aldermen. The Rev. R. L. Rosenthal of the St. Paul AME church conducted the presentation and dedication of the school.
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Dec. 11
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Leading white citizens and officials attended the dedication of the new Rosa Scott School for Negroes in Madison, Mississippi. The $244,000 brick building includes classrooms, gymnasium, cafeteria, library, science lab, and offices. Named for Rosa Scott, a deceased teacher who began teaching under a tree. Principal address by Miss F. O. Alexander; introductions by Superintendent Robert E. Cox; dedication by Rev. R. L. Rosenthal.