WORDS OF WISDOM
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Nobody in America wants to stand still. We
want to live better. — George Humphrey
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It is better to give than to lend, and it costs!
about the same. —Sir Philip Gibbs
VOLUME 61 NUMBER 38
Voter Registration Drive
S»t for H.C, Sin. 10-12
John Lewis, executive di
rector of the Voter Education
Project, Inc. (VEP), and Geor
gia State Representative Ju
lian Bond, a VEP board mem
ber, will spearhead a non-parti
san voter registration drive
through South Carolina, Sept
ember 5 through 7.
The drive, coordinated by
South Carolina VEP Director
Calvin Harris, is designed to
stimulate interest in voter
registration among blacks and
other minorities throughout
the state.
Activities during the three
day tour will include rallies,
mass meetings, and speeches
at high schools, colleges, and
churches; and door-to-door
canvassing of neighborhoods
to encourage voting age blacks
who have not registered to do
so. Special attention will be
focuses on the newly enfran
chised 18 to 21 years olds
Bond and Lewis will also
be distributing voter education
materials including South Ca
rolina's Voter Registration and
Election Laws... This VEP
booklet explains how, when,
and where to register and how
to cast an effective ballot.
VEP is distributing similar
booklets for Arkansas, North
Carolina, and Virghia.
The South Carolina drive
will kick-off the morning to
September 5 with a rally at
Mt. Zion High School in
lefkowitz
Scholarship
Established
Attorney Samuel Solomon
Lefkowitz of Walsh and Siegel,
Attorneys and Counselors at
Law, Teaneck, New Jersey,
has notified Dean LeMarquis
DeJarmon of the North Caro
lina Central Law School that
he is establishing, for the com
*>g years, a Scholarship Pro
gram in honor of his father,
David Lefkowitz.
In his announcement, Atty.
Lefkowitz said, "I feel that
this law school needs all the
assistance that it can get and
that maybe some student,
who is in need of the money
or who has shown an interest
in the area of Criminal Law
will benefit from this gift."
The Scholarships are to be
awarded on the basis of need
and high scholastic average in
the area of criminal law.
Atty. Samuel Solomon Lef-
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WASHINGTON: Members or
the U. S. Olympic team visited
the House of Representatives j
8/17 and were welcomed by I
Rep. Hale Boggs, D-La., ma- !
Winnesboro and end with s
rally the evening of September
7 in Greenville. Stops along
the way will include Columbia,
Blair, Denmark, Orangeburg,
Charleston, John's Island,
Georgetown, Florence, Sum
ter, Newberry, Spartanburg,
Greenville, Laurens, Green
wood, and Anderson.
John Lewis said "Register
ing to vote is the first step
in the process of translating
rage and frustration into con
structive action for changing
a system that has enslaved
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Outlook
Optimistic For
Black Colleges
A survey of June 1972
graduates of the nation's pub
lic traditionally black colleges
shows a thirty percent increase
in the number of graduates
in 1972 as compared to 1971.
Tills year 165 associate de
grees, 15,279 bachelors de
grees, and 3,070 graduate and
professional level degrees were
awarded, bringing the total
number of degrees granted by
these institutions since their
founding to over 270,000.
Of these 18,514 students
687 were non-black and 295
were international students.
The number of women gradu
ates increased from flfty-two
percent to fifty-six percent.
This particular statistic is sig
nificantly different from simi
lar statistics reported by pre
dominantly or traditionally
white institutions.
Sixteen of the schools gra
duated students in new under
graduate programs, five award
ed new degrees at the graduate
level and three awarded new
degrees on the associate level.
New undergraduate programs
included food science and
technology, mental retardation
and speech pathology, English
education, psycho logy and so
cial work, drama, industrial
arts, Afro-American studies,
business administration, mass
media, computer science, ur
ban studies, therapeutic die
tetics, electronic technology,
criminal justice and profes
sional theater.
At the graduate level the
new degrees were in biology,
accounting, management, ur
ban planning and various spe
cialized areas of professional
education. The new associate
degrees were in child develop-
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The GOP'Quasi Man'
For many decades within the Repub
lican political arena the Black Repub
lican continually found himself in a state
of non-existence, having to be the "Invisi
ble Man" which is equal to being a "Quasi
Man": meaning in name only. His politi
cal situation has not allowed him to es
tablish power among fc his constituents
within the general population.
The Black Republican is now and
alwayi will be a minority in the
Republican Party. He found himself sup
porting Black Democrats who are the ma
jority. This is why it is hard to distinguish
between the Black Republican and the
Black Democrat. ¥
As far as we have been able to learn 40
some odd states have produced 60 Black
Delegates for this 1972 convention. The
meaning of the above statistic if it holds
true is that out of 1300 Republican Dele
gates only 60 are supposed to be
representing the Black masses. This
would be five per cent and would be repre
sentative of the "Quasi Man", with an ap
proximate addition of one per cent repre
sentation of other minority groups across
this nation.
The Black observers who will be at
tending this 1972 convention will find as
their companions highly expert public
relations advisors brought together by the
President's top aide Robert J. Brown.
These expert public relations advisors
task will be to extend into the Black com
munity and register Black people so that
they will vote. Another task of the public
relations advisors will also be to make
available smaD business opportunities,
and a promise to fulfill those broken
dreams of our Black sons and daughters
that they will now be able to participate in
the main political and financial main
stream of the American way of life.
'Status seekers'
Attending this convention are more
Black display "status seekers" who art
meeting here in Miami. President Nixon
has summoned these "status seekers" in
order to make an impresssion and an im
pact on the 30 Black urban colonies.
tler; Rep. Ralph Metcalfe, D
-111., who won a gold medal
in the 400 meters In the 1936
Olympics; and Rep. Bo egg.
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DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1978
OPENING DAY AT SCHOOL
from first day activities at
W. G. Pearson Elementary
School. The youngsters, eager
Some of the well known personalities
who are attending this convention are:
Floyd McKissick - civil rights lawyer; Roy
Innis - congress of racial equality adminis
trator; The Reverend Mannie Lee Wilson -
Convent Avenue Baptist Church; Dr.
William Herst head of Malcolm X
College; the Financial Secretary of
Muslim Mosque No. 7; Mr. James Farmer
• former President of CpRE and a past
member of the Nixon Administration,
along with many other well known Black
personalities. -
Now the observer should be aware that
these Blacks who are attending this con
vention are not delegates who can partici
pate in the decision making nor can they
change the tide which is presently pulling
the masses of poor downward. The point
that should be raised is. "Can these Black
status seekers' deliver the untapped
Black vote?" These Blacks have become
closely identified with this presqit ad
ministration and gobbled up all of the pa
tronage and have accepted its financial
tokenism (Goodies) for themselves. Now
the Black "status seekers" will return to
their homes and persuade the untapped
Black voter to vote the straight Repub
lican ticket. The "status seekers" will re
turn with their talent and explore the pos
sibilities of their political persuasion in
November.
The fact is that most of these "status
seekers" have escaped from the realities
of their local ties, they know little of the
sufferings of the grass-root masses and
the masses' mentality is now focusing in
their direction questioning the reliability
of Black Leadership. They cannot return
for the untapped Black voter that the
Democratic and Republican parties are
both seeking. . .
'Fortune seekers'
This is due to the neglect shown to the
masses by the Black personalities whose
aim has been transformed into "fortune
seekers," while the unfulfilled dreams of
the masses and the frustration of these
Educational Spending
The popular belief that
rural schools in North Caro
lina have less money than city
systems is not always true,
according to Dr. A. C. Daw
son.
Dr. Dawson, executive sec
retary of the North Carolina
Association of Educators, has
released an NCAE survey
showing that the two school
systems which spent the most
and the least per pupil in
1970-71 for instructional ser
vices and administration are
both rural systems.
Tyrell County spend $618.-
09 on each of its children in
school that year for those two
purposes.
On the other end of the
scale, the Randolph County
administrative unit spent only
$376.87 on each of its chil
dren for instructional services
and administration. In the
same county, the Asheboro
to tfiare their experiences with
parents, and other friends dis
play the usual exuberance of
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city unit spent $466.07 per
pupil.
"This is a paradox and shows
that there is no rhyme or
reason to comparison of edu
cational spending in this
state," Dr. Dawson said.
The statewide average per
pupil expenditure for instruc
tional services and adminis
tration in 1970-71 was $478.-
24.
"We think parents ought
to be concerned about these
wide variations in expenditures
for the instruction of their
children," Dr. Dawson said.
"The variations are particu
larly striking in some counties
where you can step across a
city-county boundary line and
the expenditure changes by as
much as $175.
"Henderson County is a
good example. The county
unit there was fifth from the
bottom with an expenditure
■chool children. F. G. Burnett
is princfyal of the school.
dreams continue to exist because of the
authority entrusted to these "Status
Seekers" being neglectfully forgotten.
The "Status Seekers" are a major
cause of > "drug addiction; prostitution;
high crime rates; police brutality; prison
riots; ghettos; inadequate hospital care;
poor educational facilities and curricu
lum; broken homes; continuous exploita
tion; genocide; confusion; birth defects
due to poor nutrition; mental illness;
traitors; immorality; etc. They have
failed to challenge the true issues.
The "status seekers" also insure the
white ruling class that their sons and
daughters will continue to work, making
money off of the masses inflicted prob
lems, such as: school teachers; doctors,
lawyers, judges; social workers; wardens,
guards; policemen; firemen; psychia
trists; psychologists; inspectors; chari
ties; food stamps; public assistance work
programs; relocation programs; drugs;
administrators of the world; welfare;
social services; corrections officers;
proverty programs administrated by the
94 per cent ad infinitum.
To allow the finances to go directly
toward the problem would mean an equal
balance in this country's wealth. Freedom
is not the rule in the political arena, be it
Republican or Democrat. *
But to the "status seekers" who have
no power and will not acknowledge this
fact to the public, and to those who still
have a surge of consciousness, I say that
there is enough Black gold and talent
within the Black community that tokenism
should not move you towards its grip.
Reaching out towards your own people for
support is the absolute power. Unity exists
but tokenism has continuously brought
you away from this unity. Unity without a
leader is manpower without' a brain.
Should we sit around the mahogany table
and discuss how to acquire mass tokenism
for the masses of poor across this nation?
You "Status Seekers" ha\e not as of yet
thanked your people for t.'v easy comfort
that you now enjoy beei>ir  of their sup
port.
of $396.02 and the Hender
sonville city unit was fourth
from the top with $574.79,"
he explained.
The per pupil expenditures
compared in this survey are
the two types of expenditure.
They are not the total ex
penditure. In addition to in
structional services and ad
ministration, the total per
pupil fexpendlture includes:
operation of plant, mainte
nance of plant, fixed charges
and auxiliary services.
The survey does include
funds from all three sources:
local, state and federal.
"We feel these are the two
kinds of current expenditurei
that are mo6t closely related
to the quality of education,"
Dr. Dawson said. "The other
items can vary widely accord
ing to geography.
"For example, it costs mort
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GOOD READING IN THIS ISSUE
YOUR MIND ' By William Thorp*
CHEYENNE SCOUT CORNER By E. L Kearney
I
DURHAM SOCIAL NOTES By Mrs. Syminer Dsyt
WRITERS FORUM By George B. ROM
PREGNANCY PLANNING Jh HEALTH By G. Riggsbee
Dr. Frid
Speaks At
Institute
William C. Friday, presi
dent of the Uni verity at
North Carolina, made his flirt
appearance Saturday as tfcafr
president before the faculty
of North Carolina Central Uni
versity.
Friday told the assembled
faculty members at a pre
school banquet, "1 am not
interested in being a part of
a process that seeks to level
all our institutions or to ho
mogenize us aIL"
Friday said, "I am interest
ed in a process that will al
low all to excel."
The president of the new
ly restructured North Caslina
higher education system told
the faculty group, "Let us
hope there will be greater
maneuverability and flexibility
with the tax dollar" as a re
sult of the new organization
of the campuses.
He said he particularly
wanted to assure N. C. Cen
tral's faculty that the uni
versity's administration "are
aware of the respect in which
th'is institution is held outside
the state of North Carolina."
"I am grateful for the op
portunity of being associated
with you and with what goes
on at this fine institution,"
President Friday said. "I think
the strength of this university
rests in part because we know
now that there are thinp we
ZionMethodists To Unveil
i
Marker At New Bern
NEW BERN - The Board
of Bishops, A. M. E. Zion
Church, set Sept. 26 as the
day the denomination will
unveil a marker, erected by
the State of North Carolina,
pointing out the place where
the first A. M. E. Zion Church
was built.
The marker, located at
Broad & George Streets, com
memorates the founding of
St. Peters Church, by Bishop
J. W. Hood, who brought the
tenets of the denomination to
the state. The original site
is located one block north of
the marker. It is said to be
another step in the effort to
focus attention on black his
tory.
The unveiling will take
place at 6:00 pjn. and will
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INDIANAPOLS, IwL: Mn.
Emiline Borwn (R), of Provi
dence Forge, V*., breaks into
tears as she receives an award
from the Indiana Heart Assoc
iation for her son's service to
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ARRESTED
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CHICAGO: Former Chicago
Alderman Fred Hubbard, who
dropped from sight more than
a year ago and was indicted
on charges of taking more
than SIOO,OOO from federal
projects, has been arrested in
a Los Angeles suburb the FBI
said 8/22. Hubbard shown
in file photo has not been
seen since 5/71, when he dis
appeared while serving in the
$25,000 a year job as director
of the Chicago Plan, a fede
rally funded program. (UPI)
can do to improve it."
Chancellor Albert N. Whi
ting told Friday, "This faculty
stands solidly behind the con
cept of the new university,
and we will do all we can to
make it a success."
The banquet ended a two
day institute on curriculum
reform for the faculty, who
will greet new students Sun
day and will begin classes
Tuesday, September 5.
feature a dedication ceremony
that will be conducted by the
bishops. There will be re
presentatives from the N. C.
State government and the go
vernment of the City of New
bern. General officers, mini
sters and laymen, from
throughout the United States
will be in attendance.
The marker was made pos
sible thru the efforts of Rev
L. A. Williams, Presiding El
der, Elizabeth City District,
Albemarle Conference. The
Rqv. S. P. League, Presiding
Elder, New bern District, is
chairman of the Arrangement
Committee. Rev. J. J. Reece
is pastor of St. Peters Church,
which is known m the "Mo
ther" of Zbn Methodistism
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| humanity by (touting Us
heart to Louis B. RUSMU
(R), who celebrated his fourth
anniversary aa the world's
longest living heart transplant.
(UPI)