European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 10, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 Marine band of Brothers is 210 years old by Norman Black Washington a the Marine corps celebrated its 210th birthday Friday with White House chief of staff Donald t. Regan praising inc marines a band of  always ready to tight for right and  Regan a former Marine who saw extensive combat during world War ii told a gathering at the iwo Jima memorial that some things never  there Are no sex marines Regan said Only former marines. When peace comes after a War he said we May never Sec each other again but we never forget each other or the  nor and this is the Blessing of living in this great nation docs America forget. It is Why we arc Here today to commemorate an institution whose Spir it and 210 years of service to country has never  Regan who spent six years on Active duty and then 11 More in the Marine corps Reserve before retiring As a lieutenant colonel repeatedly referred to his experiences in fighting five major Pacific campaigns. We arc marines. We live together fight together sometimes die together he said. We Sec almost daily acts of heroism that arc soon forgotten that history will never record. I can still Sec in my mind s Eye a bombing attack on an Island and a Marine sergeant without a by Mcnol s hesitation run into the wild flames and flying shrapnel of a burning ammunition dump and pick up a wounded Marine and just barely make it Back to safely we Sec All this and we become As  mortal human beings can become. And vow never to  quoting War correspondent  Pyle. Regan said the marines arc belter because they think they re  and so it is  Regan said our enlisted marines today Are smarter better educated better trained and just As Tough As inc marines of any Era. Let us be proud of them  us give them All of our support  us Ever be grateful there arc those who fight for right and Freedom who Call themselves a band of Brothers who claim the Lilly of United states  school segregates the sexes to pro Fec boys from girls Warwick . A some fifth and sixth Grade girls Al Oakland Beach elementary school Here have been regularly beating up their male counterparts so now All grades in the 430-Studcnt school have sexually segregated recess periods to protect the boys. They kick them in the shins pull their hair and kick them Well in various painful places Richard Sousa the principal said Friday. When the boys retaliate the girls come  Sousa 45, a former football coach in his first year As principal said no boy has yet been seriously hurl in the fights which he said have been almost daily occurrences since the school year began. Although no specific incident sparked his decision Sousa said he reached a Point last week where he and the boys could stand no More. I Don t want them segregated in the Yard he said. What comes first health or rights in this Case  on Friday the school imposed segregation dominated cafeteria conversation. They beat us up All the time said Roger Fortin 11, Between bites of lasagna. I be been kicked where it  overhearing Roger s complaint from the next table Leslie fudge ii said it was the boys who were the instigators. She said Sousa had taken their Side because he s a boy,loo." Well it s both the boys and the girls she conceded. But they should t punish he whole school. It s  after dumping crusts of bread and empty milk Cartons they filed outside to the playground where they were separated by a no Man s land about 10 feet wide. The girls Side is closer to the red Brick school and is smaller than the area allotted to the boys. The boys get Trees and grass while the girls have to Settle for Asphalt and Sand. Hey. You re on our Side one girl screamed to Rich Ard o Dowd 12, who was checking to see if his Girlfriend had come outside. The girls started the fights he said. But i miss  they think they re big and bad chimed in Anthony Cabral. 12. They re not so Tough. The just aggravate  april Webster 9, said she never fights with boys but then again she almost never plays with them. Girls Al Warwick ., school express displeasure at being separated from boys during recess periods. They bang in when we have a game she said. Girls Are  school psychologist Alice v. Freeman suggested the girls first Steps toward puberty might account for their aggressive behaviour. Sousa speculated that violence on television and inadequate supervision in single Parent households also might be contributing to the girls actions. The principal said he Hopes the school s Battle of the sexes ends before parents and school Board members gel involved. Sousa plans to form a committee of fifth and sixth graders to seek a Resolution in an educational sort of Way. I think in can be a learning  i intend to get them Back loge Lher again Sousa added. If they would Only just talk and play controversy splits students at Texas High school Black grinder balks at taking Field under rebel Flag grand Prairie Texas a when North Battles South in grand Prai Rie it u normally just a matter of two High schools squaring off on the football Field. But a contest Between South grand Prai Rie and grand Prairie became embroiled in another struggle a Black player s refusal to take the Field under South grand Prai Rie i Confederate hag Symbol. The Flag remains an innocent Symbol to Many White southerners but an Emblem of racism to Many Blacks. About 40 people most of them Black marched quietly Friday night across the Treel from grand Prairie High schools Gopher stadium and carried american Nau am Jeci Dpi that re no merr a slurs no More rebel hag and use the . Or Texas  it s strictly  said Lee Al Corn president of the local chapter of the National association for the Advance ment of coloured people. That s Why we chose this particular Street. There s less traffic and it decreases the potential for  South grand Prairie High school s rebel lag flew High Over the warriors Heads when they ran Onlo inc Field at the Start of the game. Spectators waved about 40 miniature Confederate hags when the school song was played. The Flag has been a school Symbol since in was founded. Although team players voted 36-6 Friday night to keep the Flag they did make one Concession instead of the traditional Blue and red the Flag bore the school colors of red and Gold. Bob Cherry n member of the South grand Prairie warriors quarterback club said the club had considered passing out Small Confederate Battle flags to their boosters and walking right through the pickets with the  however no one bothered the demonstrators. Everybody is blowing this thing out of proportion Cherry said. They arc creating a monster out of  Blacks make up 8.5 percent of the school s Slu Donl body. Friday s annual contest Between the two schools won by grand Prairie 13-0, also included a Kickoff of grand Prairie s ses Quican Tennial featuring the six flags that have flown Over Texas. It All started last month when Fred Cole Man or. A Black Sophomore at South grand Prairie claimed he had been kicked off the team because he declined to run onto the Field under the civil War Banner. The Only people that Honor the Flag Are the Kun flux klan said Coleman s father Fred Colemansr. We re asking the lax payers to support a racist  the school s head football coach said Coleman was kicked off the team for a number of infractions. But any other Rea sons behind the 15-Ycar-old s departure soon have been lost in the debate Over the nag. The local a act chapter failed to per Suade superintendent Hobbs Williams to ban use or the Flag. Williams said inc Flag Symbolics school spirit and nothing else. The school adopted the Confederate Flag As a Symbol of its rivalry with grand Prairie is Northern neighbor. I think it s just a Battle Flag. Thai s All. I Dpn l think they should be making such a big Deal out of it said Junior Gary Odom 16. Lisa Humby a 17-year-old senior said thursday that a Friend who is Black was in favor of inc Flag. But today he found a note in his locker with a lot of profanity on it that said he should be against the Flag she said