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By AUDREY L. WILLIAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
There are no truancy officers in the Upward
Bound program waiting to nail you for hooking
school. No one gets pink slips for bad attitudes or
not completing homework.
And when you do well -- it's a celebration.
When Upward Bound was first introduced to the
Winston-Salem State University campus in 1976, its
director was a veteran teacher with a strong ...
backgitmmi in the program Mrs. Addie Kyrngs.
Hymes began working with Upward Bound in 1968
at Perdue University in Indiana, two years after it
was introduced nationally.
Then as now, Upward Bound's emphasis has
been to increase students' academic performance
and motivation, which Hymes considers the key
factor for successful graduates of the program,
such as Jonathan Napper.
Students are admitted into Upward Bound based
on evaluations from school counselors and
teachers. The average student entering the program
f has a C or D average, performing well below his
potential academic ability.
Upward Bound attempts to develop such potential
and so far has been an unqualified success.
Since its inception at WSSU eight years ago, all of
the program's students have been admitted to col
lege.
Healthy competition is one factor which has
motivated the students to work harder, Hymes says.
"In many instances students don't have people
outside the classroom who are really^ concerned,"
Hymes says. "But when you get a group of students
Social Notes
Microfilm keeps <
Records of the Smiths and all ft?
other patients admitted to For- MHMMhJI
syth Memorial Hospital from
1950-1980 are stored in microfilm
files.
The small microfilms take up
m . about 100 15-foot shelves in the
hospital's Medical Records
Department. More recent files
from 1981-1983 rest in numbered
and color-coded folders in a
24x48-foot room. Every number &
and color represents vital inforThe
medical records unit is a
nerve center for the hospital. It is
used by doctors, nurses, attorneys,
social workers, patient
service representatives, statisti
cians, admitting personnel, in- ^
surance companies, the hospital's jKp
billing service, rehabilitation
center specialists and others jPW
needing information about pa- mKI
tients. The records also cover ^F
those admitted to the old City W
Hospital 30 years ago.
The department will process Gathering infor
from two to eight pages of vital medical re
medical information, including
EKGs, X-rays, lab results and correctly coded
reports for doctors. The depart- tant than ever
ment will handle more than 2.5 Memorial t
million pages of records in a Medicare's di
typical year. groups (DRGs).
Ensuring that diagnoses are Up to 325 re
Gladys Knight nam
The Alpha ~ Kappa' Alpha committment to
Sorority Inc. inducted singing and Lillian Ps
star Gladys Knight and other "Backstairs
powerful women during the House," a book
sorority's 51st national meeting years of servio
and Diamond Jubilee Celebra- several presideni
tion Culmination held July 21-26 uWe are h(
at the Washington Convention power of this
Center in Washington, D.C.. ranks," said Fa}
The sorority also contributed national presid<
$100,000 to worthy organizations other distinguis
throughout the country during Coretta Scoti
the meeting. Angelou, Cong
I Other women who joined the diss Collins anc
sorority with an honorary status whose accompli
include Patricia Gibson, presi- ones being ind
dent of D. Parke Gibson and have earned the
Associates, a New York based tention."
public relations firm; Jewel Tounderscon
Jackson McCabe, president of to organizatio
the Coalition of 100 Black underserved, AJ
' Women, a social-civic concern awards grants
dedicated to bettering the lot of $100,000 to re
black women; Edith Finlayson, a those agencies.
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uur?c in a vcicians auuiuusu a- Kamvoiua men
tion hospital in Woods, Wis., ecutive director,
who has distinguished herself for tations.
work with paraplegics and for her Organization!
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ntinues to motivate
in the same academicl^jatmosphere, they
automatically want to study.
"Everybody here is working toward improving
themselves academically," she says, "and when
you're in that kind of environment you have to do
better even if you don't want to, because everybody
else is trying."
During Upward Bound's five-week summer session
which begins in mid-June, students live on the
WSSU campus and attend daily college prep classes
in niaiagy.
Englisliv They also attend career seminars, enrichment
classes and have the option of taking drama,
"Everybody here is working toward improving
themselves academically ..."
- Addie Hymes
music, modeling or art courses.
Students enrolled in program's fall session are
tutored in reading, English and mathematics. They
also receive counseling.
Hymes is the program's only full-time employee
and places a great deal of stock in individual atten
hum. v^uuscqucimy, iric avcragc-si^cu tiass nasi
eight students. The course instructors are all public
school teachers who volunteer their time in the summer
and fall.
"That tells you what kind of teachers we have,"
Hymes says smiling proudly. "They really love'
teaching."
Aiming for the best grade point average is high
on the priority list of Upward Bound students. During
the annual awards program on July 20, ancounty
hospital reco
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mation about a patient from Jordan and Lu
jcords data are, left, Marcella 40 department
is more impor- transcribed from dictation by
, since Forsyth doctors to eight full-time and
>egan using four contract transcriptionists
agnosis-related who work during the day on second
and third shifts. Doctors
ports a day are can call their offices and dictate
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the community, donations were the National
irks, author of Council of Negro Women, the
at the White Southern Christian Leadership
chronicaling her Conference, the Sickle Cell
e as a maid to Anemia Foundation, the United
Negro college runa, tne fuonc
>nored to have Black Colleges, the NAACP, the
calibre join our National Coalition for Voter Par/c
Bryant, AKA's ticipation, the Mound Bayouent.
"They join Mississippi Health Project, the
?hed sorors like National Urban League and the
King, Maya Voter Education Project,
xesswoman Car- "Alpha Kappa Alpha has
1 Ella Fitzgerald,
shments, like the r?n a 1
ucted this year, TWO prOIllOtGCl
m nationwide at;
its committment at Wachovia
ns helping the
pha Kappa Alpha Lawrence P. Kleeberg and
in excess of Cecil J. Miller have been elected
jpresentatives of vice presidents at Wachovia SerBryant
and Dr. vices Inc.
caley, AKA's ex- Kleeberg is manager of the
made the presen- Guaranteed Student Loan operations.
He joined Wachovia Ser>
receiving the Please see page A8
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Upward Bound students Tony Covington,
Cheryl Gantt and Richard Mitchell: Polishing
ticipation was high. Students sat with eyes glued to
the stage as instructors called out the names of
those winning trophies for the highest grade point
averages in their classes.
Certificates were awarded to the two students
with the next highest scores, but those still weren't
as good as receiving the trophy. Some students bit
their lips and others wiped away tears of disappointment,
but they still cheered each other on
when a winner's name was called.
rds accurate
zelle Barber, who are among the begi
any time of the day or night. The
transcriptionists, who must type East For
at least 80 words per minute, aim i^theeting at 6 p.
for 24-hour turnaround for L^Ul attend East
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historically been involved in help- flKramics class f
ing the underprivileged," Bryant fi|^behdki
said. "We also applaud and sup- I
port other entities whose objec- ptffha Winstor
tives parallel ours. We do not, Bpff omen will m
however, pay mere lip service to Rgitig. 14th. Alf
their accomplishments.
"We are resolved to assist I?|#Physical exai
them financially so they can continue
their mission," she said.
"The arants awarded are an ex
tension of our full support of ?physical.
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dramatic skills for their graduation program
(photo by James Parker).
The students had worked hard the previous day
preparing for awards night. It was their opporuntity
to display their talents in music, drama, art, modeling
and dance to their friends and parents.
But it was primarily a chance to demonstrate thatA
had performed at a high academic level.
The day before the awards program, Hymes sat
in WSSU's nwrlv emntv auditorium u/atrhino th^
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students-practice and appeared pleased .
'These kids are saying iook I can do better if
you give me a chance.'" ,
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the 14th Street Breakers at the 14th Street Recrea^I
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