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DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA — SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1993 TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913
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H
itmal ground breaking
^ony for' the new Hillside
School was held Sunday
lOon, September 20. The site
(ated south of Becchwood
jury on the east side of
itcville Road,
Hillside Band opened the
jony with the "Star Spangled
itr" and we.' jming remarks
given by Principal Richard
Ollier remarks were heard
C. Owen Phillips,
linicndcnt, Durham Public
jls; Ms. Kathryn Meyers,
man. Board of Education;
H, Lucas, vice chairman,
of Education; William B.
chairman, Durham County
of Commissioners; Ms.
Heron, vice chairman. Board
Commis'sioners; Julius
iihcrs, chancellor. North
(iiaCcnlral University and co
if ilie Hillside Model High
)[ Ta.sk Force; Mrs. Josephine
former member of the
Durham County Board of
Commissioners and co-chair of the
Hillside Model High School Task
Force; and Robert O’Neal, Hillside
student who will be a member of
the first class to graduate from the
new facility.
After Supt. Phillips presented
plaques, the Hillside High School
Chorus concluded the event.
A printed program for the ground
breaking includecba brief history of
Hillside. It follows:
"For over a century. Hillside
High School has symbolized all
lhat is best in public education.
From its beginning in 1887 as a
small frame building housing six
grades and more than one hundred
students to its present and future
forms as a model of exemplary
education, Hillside has served as an
integral ptirt of our community.
"Named for its first principal,
James A. Whitted, Whitted High
School was opened in 1887. In
1921, after the Whitted School had
burned or been destroyed three
times, John Spnnt Hill donated land
for a new building on Pine and
Umstead Streets. Out of
appreciation for this generous gift,
the new school (which was located
on a hillside) was named Hillside
Park High School. In 1950, because
of overcrowding, the high school
was moved into its present buildmg
on Concord Street.
"Through the years, the Hillside
family — administrators, teachers,
students and community — even in
difficult times, has always risen to
provide a haven for the best and the
brightest. Hillside was named "All-
American High School" in 1980 by
United Press International and has
produced many national, state and
local community leaders.
"It is fitting that we celebrate this
afternoon the ground-breaking for a
new Hillside facility. In this new
school building, students will
continue to experience spirit of
community, quality education and
pride at Hillside High School."
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GROUND BRE.kKING
Black Students In t^tate Post
Gains, Still Behind Whites
I.ILEIGH (AP) — White
tals in North Carolina public
»ls arc allowed to coast from
padc 10 lee next, a practice
rcl.'irds iheii nrogress, a slate
aiiuM olTic'ial ..xl.
Jlional icsl results show that
Ifli Carolina's while students
ill well behind other whites in
jalion. The test results show
Glutlcnis arc competitive with
isiiidcnls nationwide,
uffect, it means we lend to
It the grades of white students
t ollcn and don’t challenge
them as we should. That makes it
very difficult for them to compete
nationally," said Suzanne Triplcu,
the assistant stale superintendent
who oversees North Carolina’s
testing program.
Triplcu believes teachers inflate
grades of those who arc given A’s
and B’s on their report card — a
group lhat is predominantly while.
When those students take a national
lest, they find it difficult to keep
pace with students in other slates
who had to work harder for their
top grades, she said.
Tile second rca.son is the effect of
slate and I'cdcral programs during
the past two decades. Most have
focused primarily on the lowest
performing students — a group lhat
contains a large pcrccnlagc of the
state’s blacks.
As their basic skills improved,
they bcciunc more competitive at
the national kwcl.
In math and reading exams, for
example. North Carolina black
SludenLs easily rcokh the national
average for blacks. While siiulcnts’'
(Contiiincd On Page 2)
MISS KIMBERLY CLARICE AIKEN IS MISS AMERICA 1994
South Carolina Queen Wins
Miss America Crown
Bv Nancy Plevin
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) —
it may be pursuing a new image,
out the Miss America pageant
.lasn’t left all of its beauty contest
traditions behind.
Newly crowned Miss America
Kimberly Clarice Aiken look a
customary seaside frolic in front of
a pack of photographers on Sunday.
,^nd, unlike her predecessor,
l.canza Cornett, the 18-ycar-old
Aiken said she likes to wear the
rhincslone crown.
One of d'e yoiii gcsl won en to
helJ Hie liiie, ' _ Miss .‘•’oulh
Caioluia — bcs H 49 women to
will the 1994 title S.e "' ly night.
This lias all ocen very
ovcrwiiclining for rnc," she told
reporters Sunday. "I am willing to
accept the responsibilities.
Looking composed despite little
sleep eiul a bad cold, Aiken said
she wants to sixmd the next year
working to help the homeless.
' My main goal is to get honiclc.ss
people oil the streets and get
people who may Iveomc honiciciis
not to be in that situation," .she said.
"I’d like to make the greatest
ililTerence."
Aiken is founder and president of
the ilonieles.s Edueation and
Resource Organization in her
hometown of Columbia, S.C. She
said .she has worked with children
«lu) live in hoint'le.ss shelters and
transitional housing.
She has an uneic who was
homeless, but A'kcn said that was
(.Comiiiued On Page 2)
The Black Caucus
Historic Unity
It Happened
By Sonya Ross
ASHINGTON (AP) — The grassroots, spiritual, middle-class and
fciil standard-bearers of black America overcame their longtime
Jiccmcnts and came together last week.
•ing the annual meeting of the Congressional Black Caucus, Jesse
Louis Farrakhan, NAACP Executive Director Benjamin Chavis
fcp. Kweisi Mfume shared the spotlight without rancor or criticism,
tetwas something very impressive," said Percy Chapman, a 22-ycar-
ippcr called Tragedy who had the type of childhood that would cam
such a name. "I’m tired of seeing us flip on each other, and
wcr-^sassinale each other in public.” Yet Tragedy found faith
I, before his eyes, the black political figures who say they represent
te like him actually sat down and hashed out the differences that
kcpi them aparL
spman, a member of a panel on rap music at the caucus,
jlionally had stayed away from the leaders’ session, believing it
» deteriorate into a public black family feud. He watched it on
'Sion in his hotel room and saw what seemed to him a dream come
•tsday morning, Chavis and Jackson stood in a holding room,
ivts ieemed edgy and skeptical, while the usually smooth Jackson, a
two-limc iirc.sidcnlial candidate, looked like he wanted to boll.
The so.'icn of their anxiety was Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of
Islam. He luid conic lO claim his place alongside mainstream black power
brokers.
But Farrakhan and Jackson were on the outs, over anti-Semitic
comments and political differences of opinion. And Chavis was sore at
Farrakhan for news articles condemning him and others for denying the
Muslim minister a chance to speak at the 30th anniversary March on
Washington last month.
"It's time to have a full airing, now," Chavis said.
"Hopefully, there will be greater clarity on the renewed importance of
challenging racial injustice." At one point, Farrakhim started, then cut
off, an attack on Jackson, wh6 said black Americans have been winning
the battle against racism since passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act,
which struck down legal segregation.
"Reverend Jackson, I submit on one hand we’re winning," Farrakhan
said. "Ignorance is the worst enemy of the rise of our people. That
ignorance is fed by corrupt leadership.... We’ve got to unite at the top to
develop strategics to free our people." Then Farrakhan glowingly praised
Jackson as a brave man, a loyal friend and someone he loves. "The media
does not want a united Farrakhan and Jackson," he said.
Jackson sal quietly through Farrakhan’s praise and the wild applause it
brought. Then he said: "Tlial’s precisely why leaders, knowing the nature
of media, must speak to policy and direction.” Rep. Maxine Walcrs, D-
Calif., fought her way onto the panel dominated by njcn. "I’m a black
woman. I’m a sister," Walcrs said.
"There is a concentrated, organizcti effort to keep our voices down on
the discussion of race." Chavis apologized to Farrakhan for the match
mishap — and asked for an apology in return. They decided to werk it
out in private.
"The question is. Will we have mutual respect for our different
perspectives?" Chavis asked. ”We need to work together more than
we’ve ever worked together." "I just do not want the forces we must fight
to get off die hook cheap," Jackson said. "Oppressors do not have a
retirement plan. The oppressed must change their minds. We must stop
the fratricide." "Only in unity can we end racism from a power
perspective," Farrakhan added. "We don’t have to sit around begging
white people, to do for us what wc can do for ourselves.” Mfume, a
Democratic congressman from Maryland who heads the black caucus,
capped the day by declaring his 40-momber group would work jointly
with Farrakhan on legislative matters. "This is a new day in many
respects," he said.