ly ▁column ▁appeared ▁in ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 ▁newsp apers . ▁ ▁On ▁African ▁American ▁educational ▁policy , ▁Miller ▁aligned ▁himself ▁with ▁neither ▁the ▁" rad ical s " ▁— ▁Du ▁Bo is ▁and ▁the ▁Ni ag ara ▁Mov ement ▁— ▁nor ▁the ▁" con serv atives " ▁— ▁the ▁follow ers ▁of ▁Book er ▁T . ▁Washington . ▁Miller ▁sought ▁a ▁middle ▁way , ▁a ▁compreh ensive ▁education ▁system ▁that ▁would ▁provide ▁for ▁" sym met rical ▁development " ▁of ▁African ▁American ▁citizens ▁by ▁offering ▁both ▁voc ational ▁and ▁intellectual ▁instruction . ▁ ▁Miller ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁Al pha ▁Ph i ▁Al pha ▁frat ern ity . ▁ ▁Notable ▁staff ▁ ▁Dun can ▁H ue y ▁K yle ▁Was ▁the ▁principal ▁when ▁the ▁school ▁opened ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁well ▁known ▁African ▁American . ▁ ▁Ar ound ▁this ▁period ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Alabama ▁trained ▁and ▁sent ▁out ▁to ▁adjacent ▁states ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁African ▁American ▁men ▁and ▁women ▁to ▁places ▁among ▁the ▁leaders ▁of ▁the ▁race ▁in ▁the ▁educational , ▁religious , ▁and ▁business ▁life . ▁ ▁K yle ▁was ▁among ▁these . ▁ ▁His ▁start ▁date ▁at ▁Kelly ▁Miller ▁is ▁unknown ▁but ▁he ▁left ▁Kelly ▁Miller ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 9 . ▁ ▁E B ▁Sau nd ers ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁school ' s ▁principal ▁from ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁to ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁when ▁the ▁school ▁closed . ▁ ▁Princi pal ▁Sau nd ers ▁was ▁placed ▁as ▁principal ▁at ▁L inden ▁Gra de ▁School