Cole: Pareni
she said.
More than 80 percent of black
college students receive grants or
loans or both, Mrs. Cole said.
Forty percent of the black
college-bound students come
from families with incomes of no
more than $12,000 per year, she
said, and black children are three
times as likely as whites to be
placed in special education9
classes.
"All you have to do is look into
the gifted and talented classes
antksee who's there," she said.
"It's^hot us.
"But in this day when education
reform is running rampant,
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iiuuijr ruucuwoiis arc not willing
to commit themselves to educational
excellence," she said.
"Their attitude ist 'If you can't?
make it, then tough. You're not
going to lower my test scores.'
But I maintain that no child is expendable."
Another problem is the steady
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been a learning experience.
"I would not say everything
has been a bed of roses, bul it has
been a workable board," Miss
Smith, a retired educator with the
city /county school system, said.
Miss Smith said that she has
had a good relationship with
other board members.
"We relate well together," she
said. "Through the seven years
I've seen many changes in board
members. I have found them all
to be capable and congenial people.
I have not had the experience
with a trustee who was not con--*
cerned with the growth and
;development of WSSU."
Miss Smith said that she will
continue serving as a member of
the board and . as an active
.member of Delta Sigma Theta
!Sorority, the Urban Arts Pro,
|gram Committee, a volunteer for
" ;Meals on Wheels, treasurer of
; Dublin Drive-Dublin Court Community
Club, a member of the
I Little Theatre board, the board
of trustees at Fifst Baptist
; Church on Highland Avenue, the
~;Book Club of Today, Church
'! Women United of Winston-.
! Salem/Forsyth County and the
j 1986-87 Leadership Winston;
Salem class, to name a few of her
; other activities.
That Miss Smith should have
Ibeen appointed to the WSSU
board seven years ago seems only
; natural, since she is an alumna
; and a proud product of the
! system. She is a 1946 graduate
ifrom the then Teacher's College.
- ; She said that she has been ac'.tively
involved with the school's
alumni association. In 1971, she
said, she was voted Miss Alumni.
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reunion during WSSU's
! homecoming in October.
Her class will be shocked at
Lhow the landscape and the cam:
pus have grownTMiss Smith said.
: Many of the members have not
returned since they left 40 years
; ago.
Miss Smith said that the Alum;
ni Building was the infirmary
! when she was a student.
Where the student union now
; stands, the Columbian Heights
: school building used to be
I located, she said. Where the R.J.
| Reynolds Center is located,
houses used to stand.
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land the enrollment has
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?are welcome, and she said she is
i looking forward to more changes
under Chancellor Cleon F.
Thompson Jr.'s leadership.
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decrease in the number of minority
teachers as minority student
enrollments steadily increase, she
said.
"It is projected that, by 1990,
we will have less than 5 percent
minority teachers,'* she said.
"That frightens me to death. We
are approaching a time when we
will have 30 percent minority
students nationwide and only 5
percent minority teachers.
"We need to be doing some
things to change our attitudes
about educators," Mrs. Cole
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most precious product ? our
children."
The recent cry nationwide for
excellence in education is
welcome, she said. "But exccllencc
without equity is elitism,
and equity without excellence is a
sham." s.iy.
Many educationalteforms may
look and sound good, she said,
but they lack substance.!
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Most recently, Miss Smith's involvement
>yith the university, as
a member of the board of
trustees, has allowed her to see
these changes firsthand.
It has allowed her a hand in affecting
policy that affects the
students at WSSU.
But the same concern that she
puts forth to students of higher
education Miss Smith also puts
forth to her first love, children.
Miss Smith, who has a master's
degree in early childhood education
and advanced study in administration
and supervision, has
oeen an elementary school
teacher as well as an elementary
school supervisor in the city/county
school system.
"I'm a Lover of childrenshe
said. "I chose education as a
career because I'm one of those
persons who likes to help
people."
Miss Smith retired in 1983 after
36 years as an educator, but she
still maintains her ties with the
education of children.
She is the superintendent of the
Primary Department of her
church's Sunday school. She is
also chairman of the Board of
Christian Education as well as a
member of her church's board of
trustees. She also sings in the
senior choir.
Miss Smith said that she also
likes working with the small
children in her neighborhood.
4The other week, I took some
neighborhood children to see
'Peter Pan,' " she said.
Even with all these activities,
Miss Smith does find time for
herself. And when she does, she
engages in her hobbies, such as
ceramics, needlepoint or directing
weddings.
"Very few weekends go by that
I don't have a wedding to
direct," she said.
She said that she charges a
small fee for hfcf services?
Miss Smith, who has never
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"... Many of these proposals
tare quick fixes or simplistic solutions
to a complex educational
problem," she said. "It becomes ,
incumbent upon us to know the
issues. We must evaluate the
validity of the issues and ask the
all-important question, 'How
does this impact upon the black
child?' We must be careful that
the students are not thrown into a
more rigorous curriculum
without adequate support services."
Mrs. Cole^ praised WinstonSalem's
NAACP for sponsoring
the education conference and for
establishing tutorial sessions that
will open in local churches this
month.
"Good luck on your project,"
she said. "The survival of the
race is at stake."
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also held on the WSSU campus,
stressed becoming more informed
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things around the house.
"Whatever I do, volunteering,
program chairman, whatever, 1
give it my all," she said. "I feel if
you accept the responsibility, you
ought to see it through."
An only child; Miss Smith said
that her family is her
neighborhood and- church and
close friends.
4<I have some friends 1
wouldn't trade the world for,"
she said. "We're as close as
sisters and brothers."
As busy as the past has been
for Miss Smith, the future looks
even busier with her plans to continue
her volunteer work, serving
on the multiple boards, doing
community work and work in hgf
church, and traveling.
"I'm not going to bite off
more than I can chew," she said.
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A session on political action
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. Any worthwhile strategy requires
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Organization, Mrs. Terry said,
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A systematic approach to
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Parents also should constantly
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44We all know that our soul's
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Other workshops covered testtaking,
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The NAACP's learning centers
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