Volume XXVIII, No. 3
Methodist College, Fayetteville, N.C. 28311
Tuesday, October 16, 1990
Larry Frazier teaching at Reid Ross Junior High School.
Clubs Nominate Candidates for
Homecoming King and Queen
Twenty-two groups, ranging from Tri
Beta and ODK to all four residence halls,
have chosen nominees for the
Homecoming Court. Voting will take
place on Thursday, October 18, from
9:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m.
The nominees are as follows:
Accounting Club:
Krista Riley
Beta Beta Beta:
Leann Gaby
Richard French
Cheerleaders:
Sandy Stevens
Lynell Johnson
Chemical Society:
Paula Carter
Christian Life Council:
Amanda Cook
Joey Douglas
Cross Country:
Jessica Houltra
Ben Sentz
Cumberland Hall:
Heather Owens
Rick Brown
Garber Hall:
Angie Conrad
Jay Kirkpatrick
Lambda Chi Alpha:
Pam Edwards
Malt Melvin
Methodist College Chorus:
Wyndee Owen
Methodist Alumnus Inspires Future Teachers
by Linda C. Welch
On September 3 Methodist College
alumnus Larry Frazier presented a lecture
entitled “The Teaching of the Exceptional
Student” to Dr Cline’s special education
class. Mr. Frazier spoke about his first
hand experiences as an exceptional stu
dent.
Mr. Frazier has Arthrogryposis-
Congenta, a condition which disabled his
hands and legs. Now teaching English at
Reid Ross Junior High, he has been a teacher
in Fayetteville for twenty years.
Mr. Frazier told the class that he did not
always want to teach but that he always
enjoyed science and math and feels he
would have been a science major if he had
had the use of his hands. It wasn’t until he
was a junior in college that he decided to
teach English.
He recalled his early homebound
schooling and explained that he was
mainstreamed in his senior year of high
school. His account, intimate and personal,
was aimed at helping the class understand
what it means to be handicapped in the
educational system.
Larry was bom in Phoenix, Arizona in
1947. His family moved to Fayetteville
when he was two years old He spent much
of his early childhood in hospitals.
He shared his memory of the warm and
genuinely caring nurses at the Shriner’s
Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina. His
parents divorced when he was 12 and he
went to live with his father in Phoenix,
Arizona where he was educated at home
until he attended Carl Hayden High School
as a senior.
Mr. Frazier explained that he didn’t find
much difficult in being mainstreamed. At
the high school he didn’t need to worry
about handicapped accommodations. He
went on to say that he probably suffered
what most adolescents do: not knowing
what he really wanted but eventually want
ing to marry and have children.
During high school, he once asked a girl
for a date. She turned him down and the
word quickly spread across campus. He
didn’t try to date again until college. Then
he was delighted when he was asked out on
his first dale.
Finally settling in Fayetteville, Mr. Frazier
graduated from Methodist College in 1970.
He explained to the class that as a fireshman
his grades suffered from his lack of effort
He stated that his attitude and grades im-
provedwhen he decided to becomea teacher.
Mr. Frazier said it took determination to
attend Methodist College since there are no
handicapped accommodations. He ex
plained that he had counted on strong friends
to lift his manual wheel-chair. “A young
handicapped student may not be as deter
mined as I was,” he said.
Mr. Frazier admitted to the class that he
has grown more “militant in his advocacy
for the handicapped.” He explained that
awareness of the handicapped is marked
with reluctance, insensitivity and callous
ness. ‘The educational system should be
avartt garde, guiding the rest of the com
munity toward more understanding of the
disabled,” he said. He went on to say that
Reid Ross Junior High had only recently
added a handicapped parking space and he
had worked there for 2 years. He added that
the two narrow handicapped parking spaces
at Methodist College should be replaced by
one larger, more effective one and asked
that faculty and students refrain from park
ing in the reserved spaces.
Mr. Frazier told the class that he prefers
a positive portrayal of the handicapped in
movies such as Joni over the negative por
trayal expressed in Mr. Left Foot and Born
on the 4th of July. He states that Hollywood
needs to t^Jce a more balanced look at the
handicapped and show both good and bad
personality traits.
Mr. Frazier explained that he is not easily
intimidated when he teaches. He stated that
the worst handicaps we have are mental
barriers. “Youarewhatyouthinkyouare.”
He said he is a strict discipUnarian and no^
afiraid of anyone in the classroom. “You
don’t have to use force, you just have to be
forceful,” he said.
Mr. Frazier’s hobbies include painting
with water colors and etching with a
woodbuming pencil. He holds his tools in
his mouth. He invented a fishing pole
holder which allows handicapped persons
who do not have the use of their arms to cast
and to reel with their mouths.
An aspiring poet, his “Alone, Waiting
for the Light” was published in 1975. He
has written enough poems to fill a book for
his wife Kay. Married 14 years, Larry and
Kay Frazier are the proud parents of A^on,
age 1, and Laura, age 5. Mr. Frazier stated
that he would like to provide his children
with a good education and that the main
thing he hopes to teach them is to grow up
to be nice to people.
Tim Belflowers
Omicron Delta Kappa:
Kelly Sapp
John Hawkins
Pi Kappa Phi:
Heather Hyslop
Marc Tyndall
Political Science Club:
Pamela Johnson
Jason Fank
Reserve Officers Training.Corps:
Tracy Garnett
David Leach
Student Council for Exceptional
Children:
Rhonda Adams
Student Education Association:
Dorian Droege
Shane Gravitt
Student Government Association:
Dawn Thompson
Rob Foreman
Sanford Hall:
Kelly Canney
Jeff Hawes
Student Activities Council:
Cathy Clayton
Billy Holbrook
Students in Free Enterprise:
Jenny Cummings
Robbie Barnhill
Tennis:
Abigail Findlay
George Hendricks
Weaver Hall:
Aruie Thorpe
Eric Holle
SEA Leads The Way
For Homecoming
1990
The StudentEducation Association held
its first meeting of the year in late September.
The officers elected for the 1990-91 club
year were as follows: President, Shane
Gravitt; Treasurer, Laure Shumacher, and
Public Relations, Lisa Chavez. Dr.DeLapa,
Director of the Division of Education is the
club advisor.
For homecoming events the SEA has
chosen Dorian Droege atKl Shane Gravitt
as its candidates for Homecoming Queen
and King. The club is very proud to have
these two fine, studious members represent
the SEA. The SEA is planning the best and
most p)opular event for homecoming. SEA
will sell their annual Homecoming Buttons
to students, staff, and alumni. Please show
your support by buying the famous Home
coming Buttons.
Another event of which the SEA is proud
to be a part is the first ever Kiddie Carnival
on October 27 from 11:00 a.m. to4:00p.m.
The carnival will be sponsored by the Stu
dent Council for Exceptional Children
(SCEC). A portion of the money will be
used for a trip to the convention of the
National Council for Exceptional Children
in Atlanta. A substantial amount will be
donated as seed money to promote handi
capped accessibility on campus.
The SEA will have their booth set up to
paint clown faces for children. The club
would like to thank Laura Zipper for her
time and effort in coming out and painting
faces for a most heart-warming cause..
Please come by the SEA booth and support
its effort