Talk:Church Farm School

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The expression "white boys from broken homes" in the charter may have been exclusionary, but I wouldn't call this reference itself "racist" . Maybe the INTENT was racist, but the term itself isn't. Hillsboro 15:24, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

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I think the above comment reflects a distinction without a difference that is readily apparent to anyone who lived through this era. I remember this when it was pointed out to my mother and I by the Colonel when we went up to CFS for my admission process in 1963. The Colonel added, consistent with the pending Civil Rights Act, that the charter was in the process of being amended. The existence of that phrase reflected the level of racism that was pervasive throughout society at the time. Tom Cod

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I believe there are other NPOV issues, esp the later half, that need to be worked on. Have we (CFS alums) all been successful in life? I just don't think this vague cheerleading belongs in a wiki article.

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Well, the Colonel used to say he only knew of one student out of the hundreds that had graduated in his life that hadn't been. Then again even Harvard and Yale have graduates serving time in prison. Tom Cod