Myron B. Pitts: Class of '52 reminisce about their golden days at E.E. Smith High School
Johnsie Parker Burgess says they never had a brand-new textbook at E.E. Smith High School when she attended in the 1950s.The Smith students made do with the cast-off books from the white schools. Burgess said students were ordered by faculty to keep the books in good repair and not mark in them. But some of the books were so old, the students still had to sometimes spend a half-day re-doing the covers with grocery bag paper or craft paper.“We didn’t pay that much […]
