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Action by Conference Officials As Result of Incident at Platte City Friday Night. - - Following the incident that occurred at Platte City Friday evening, involving the members of the Plattsburg High School football team, a meeting was held at Smithville Tuesday of this week to discuss the event, and to seek action to prevent the occurrence of a similar incident at athletic contests. The superintendents of the right schools were present, and the following resolutions were drawn:
At a meeting of the Northwest Missouri ”8” Conference held on September 21 at Smithville, Missouri, with all members present, the following resolution was unanimously adopted:
We, as members of the Northwest Missouri “8” Conference, do hereby resolve that the incident which took place on Friday, September 17, at Platte City after a Plattsburg-Platte City football game was highly unethical, undemocratic, un-Christian, and such action that displays race-prejudice is hereby condemned.
Be It Further Resolved, that Platte City shall be automatically suspended as a member of the Northwest Missouri “8” Conference should any such similar incident arise at any time in the future on school premises and suspension is immediate unless the board of education and school authorities can guarantee protection in all future contests.
It is Further Resolved, that the same rule of suspension shall apply to all other member schools should such similar incident occur on their school premises. Such member schools are: North Platte, Gower, Plattsburg, Lathrop, Faucett, West Platte, Smithville, and Platte City.
It is also understood that any such future incident be referred to the Missouri State Activities Association for immediate action.
Be It Further Resolved, that a copy of this resolution be sent to all member schools, the Missouri State Activities Association, and all newspapers in the Conference.
After due investigation we do hereby find no fault with the Platte City school authorities to provide normal protection since arrangements had been made for the sheriff and deputies to be present.Date(s) of Creation
9/24/1954
