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VOL. I NO. 49 7 -- CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28206 - TIICKSDAY. MAY 21.1973 Price 20‘
ATTRACTIVE VALERIE CRAWFORD
... Plans to attend J.C. Smith
tlardmg senior ~
Is Our Beauty
by JAMES PEELER
Post Staff Writer
A sweet seventeen senior
who sings soprano in Harding
High School’s chorus is this
week’s Charlotte Post Beauty.
She is Valerie Crawford,
daughter of Mrs. Jeanette
Crawford, and the late Authur
—Crawford, who lives at 433
Lloyd Street in the Fairview
Homes in the Greenville
Section of Charlotte.
The 5-foot, 4-inch, 118-pound
Miss Crawford had just
returned from the Opening
Ceremonies of the brand new
Greenville Communitty “Center
when we interviewed her last
Tuesday and said, “It’s real
nice up there (at the Center) ”,
John Easons
Vacationing
In Europe
Mr. and Mrs. John Eason of
1024 Druid Circle left
Charlotte Saturday, May 19th,
via Capitol International
Airways, for a week-long
vacation.
«
Their 7-day stay, as part of a
tour supervised by Arthur
White, will include visits to
Malaga, Terre Molinos, Costa
Del Sol, Spain, Tangier, Cape
Spar ted. Caves of Hercules,
Seville, Granada, and
Morocco.
The Easons are scheduled to
return on May 20th.
‘TjH going to try to get a job
there this summer, helping
with the children in the Day
Care Center,” continued
Valerie, adding that the thing
she liked most about the new
facility in the Greenville
Redevelopment Area was
“the swimming pool.” She
says she spent about an hour
at The ceremonies and in
touring the facility where nhe
plans to spend a lot of time.
Valerie said she “used to go to
Oaklawn Community Center,”
and she “thinks it was a good
idea to put the new center in
Greenville.”
Valerie attends Gethsemane
Baptist Church, where her
mother' is a member, and
plans to join the church
located on South Winnifred
Street,.
Valerie’s hobbies are
singing, cooking - she likes
frying chicken, making apple
pies and chocolate cakes - ,
dancing and skating.
She says she plans to attend
Johnson C. Smith University
after graduating frem Har
ding but also “would like to
take up a trade.” Becoming a
f beautician, with nursing and
t becoming a. secretary her
, second and third choices
I respectively.
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tarry ^Johnson Pitchers First
Mecklenburg LoopNo-Hitter
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‘Pushouts’
New School
Problems
Most school "dropouts" are
in fact “pushouts” and most
“pushouts” are minority
students.
These are among the
principal tenets of educators
probing the new problem of
student "pushouts." “Race
Relations Reporter”
magazine reports in its May
issue that educators have .
coined the... new word
"pushout" to describe the
problem even though the word
and the problem still lack a
precise definition.
The term first described
students excluded from school
by administrative expulsion
or suspension. Now, however,
“pushout" has acquired ad- ]
ditionsl meaning to include - \
students prevented from j
- achieving their academic
potential through a deliberate
denial of opportunity.
The “Reporter” study by 1
Lawrence Wright found that a |
child does not have' to be »
forced out of school and on to
the streets to qualify as a
UIUI1UUV. Il \»uu lyv
English-speaking child who
founders in class and
repeatedly fails tests written
in English. It can be the child
who is deniedi relevant
curricula. It can be the black
or Mexican-American child
whose needs are ignored or
- mioundci stuud by tlie teacher
Or it can be any child terrified
the racial hostility in the
classroom.
According to the ‘ pushout”
premise, the "Reporter”
article states, expulsions and
dropping out of school merely
culminate a history of
rejection of the students’
needs on the part of the
schools. In other words, low
academic achievement,
disaffection from school,
acting up in class, and severe
behavioral problems do not
generate each other. They are
just stops on the way for a
child being forced out of
school.
A National Education
Association (NEA) con
ference held in Washington,
DC., earlier this year
prompted, “Race Relation's
Reporter” to examine the'
"pushout” problem.'
1
'WNiJvnanw
THE INVOCATION, delivered by Dr. J.B.
lumphrey, at rostrum, began the formal
irogram of the Order of Exercises at the 106th
'ommencement of Johnson C. Smith
.niversity last Sunday. Platform guests in
--"'PHOTO by peeler
eluded, left to right. Dr. West. Dr. H. Green
field. President of JCSU. Dr. James W. Bryant,
guest speaker. H. Alexander, and Dr. J.S.
Brayboy.
JCSU Commencement Call
‘Freedom Through Truth’
.-‘‘America embrace us. or
Amuiia desltoy us, is tne
Machiavellian choice facing
Blacks if it is impossible for
all mfen to know freedom,
declared Dr. James W.
Bryant in his com
mencement address Sunday,
May 20 for 225 graduates of
Johnson C. Smith University.
With hundreds of alumni,
friends and relatives standing
in the packed Hartley Woods
Gymnasium, the president" of
the Robert Rv _Jdoton
Memorial Institute in New
York City challenged
departing Smith "Seniors to
decide what each was going
to do about creating necessary
changes in society.
“Will you seek your (feedom
with dignity and strength of
purpose, or with loudness and
vulgarity?” Dr. Bryant
questioned, “with bombs
and guns nr with the mighty
verba) sword ... with an
educated and open mind, or
with a closed mind .with an
enlightened and' com
passionate look at the present
and hope for the future, or
with distrust for all people
who do not agree with you
absolutely and adopt all of
your ideas and all of your
methods'’'’
Quoting a Life magazine
article. Dr. Bryant pointed out
to his 2,000 listeners that the
younger generation took
democratic ideals seriously,
but found the practice of
democracy ‘‘full of sham and
deception, and mind you this
came out before Watergate!”
Listing current problems of
crime, whites fleeing to the
suburb, drugs, busing school
children, and lack of financial
support of higher education
“particularly black higher
education,” Dr. Bryant
wondered, "will it be freedom
or will it be racial genocide'1"
He the." nanreti five
democratic alternatives: (1)
“Freedom to develop one's
mind to its fullest capacities;
(2) to experiment with new
methods and new ap
proaches: (3) to make use of
the tools of collective
bargaining if necessary; <4)
to attend schools and colleges
that are adequately funded
and financed; (5) to live in
decent hrtbies wherever these
homes may be, and at prices
that are no higher than other
people have to pay, without
continuous harrassment and
with full police protection and
fair judicial treatment.”
In closing. Dr. Bryant left
the thought. "I sought my
soul, but my soul I could not
seek I sought my God, but
even He eluded me I sought
my brother, and I found all
three ''
The 106th commencement
exercises were presided over
by the .ICSU president. Dr
Wilbert—Greenfield.—who—
awarded diplomas to
graduates as they were
presented by Dr. Jack S
Brayboy, vice president for
Academic Affairs.
Dr J.B. Humphrey, pastor
of the First Baptist Church in
Charlotte pronounced the
invocation, and Dr. Joseph A.
Gaston, Dean of Student Af
fairs ai Smith pronounced the
benediction..
Musical selections were
rendered by the University
Choir and the University
Band, which also played for
the processionals.
The Seniors' Farewell was
delivered by Miss Barbara
Lynn Johnson of Philadelphia
Hoskins Whips Hawks
For 8th Straight ^ in
by BILL JOHNSON r
Post Manager - Kditor s
s
History was made in the
popular Mecklenburg County (
Semi-pro baseball leagur
Snnr >.'• Mier.n , -i : : iM
Johnson t t air. r~’.,i -.v
the Gunn ( pi', hi
firs', no-hiiter n Mi i. hi> ■ •
The masterpiece came-.r a
significant moment tor the
sagging Colts, who have won
only three of their first eight
league games. And it is ex
pected to provide the boost
needed to put things in proper
places for a team that is much
better than its record in
dicates.
The Colts backed the per
formance with an assault that
, produced t> runr. foij'o t%-\
win, tk'eir best run-production
of the season. Dan Johnson
and Johnny Davis each
contributed four hits and Joe
Black added two singles
Gunn had dropped a 5-0
decision to the Thrift Tigers on
Saturday.
Other weekend results
around the MCL were:
Hoskins posted a 34-2 triumph
over the Charlotte Eagles on
Saturday and followed with a
13-3 romp over the Charlotte
Hawks Sunday afternoon for
their eighth win without defeat
this season ^ '
The Stein Hall Jets whipped
the Huntersville Raiders, 9-7,
Saturday afternoon. The
contests between Huntersville
and the Royal Bums and Stein
Hall and Thrift were rained
out Sunday.
In another tilt Saturday
afternoon the Charlotte
Hawks, edged Ihe Royal
Bums, 6-5. •,
Hoskins also established a
league “first” when the
Giants manufactured 34 runs
against the Eagles. The total
broke the record of 29 runs the
Stein Hall Jets set against the
Eagles last season
The combined total of 36
tallies is another league
ecord for the most runs
cored by two teams in a
ingle contest
Tom and .James Withers and
lobhv Ke'no'd*. the j>:i»•• •
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... ;i
ind ■ *.. >
ilso :i;t .1 it' . a
angtes. for- the winner -
The league leading
also encountered very lit:a
difficulty in lacing the Haw k
13-3. Sunday afternoon
Pitcher William Harlee led tin
triumph with a grand slam
home run in addition to
hurling a six-hitter.
Bobby Reynold* also
wielded a big sttek^ tor v«e
Cihiits. poling two singles, .a
triple and a homerun to at
. count for three rbi's -
NCAA Sets
Call Meeting
For Tonight
The Norfhwest Community
Action Association will stage a
call meeting tonight. May 24.
at the St: Luke Baptist
Church, starting at 7 • rio
o’clock
Members of the City Council
have been invited to the
meeting at 1109 Roddey Ave
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"We would like for them to
meet with us to discuss the
vitally important Capitol
Improvement section of the
bond referendum.'' Re\
Howard.Campbell, chairman
of NCAA, said early Wed
nesday morning
Rev Campbell also invites
the public to attend the
meeting which, will have a
discussion on the widening of **
T^aSaUe Street atj one of the
priorities on the agenda
T
Clyde Brown Named
Alumnus Of The Year
The Charlotte Chapter of the
Johnson C. Smith University
Alumni Association has
named Clyde H. Brown as
“Alumnus of the year" for the
Charlotte Region.
Mr. Brown was chosen for
this coveted award because of
distinguished service to the
Charlotte Chapter and the
community. The esteemed
John M “Boo" Murphy
Award was conferred upon
him five times for having
made the greatest cor
tribution to the Chapter !
Membership Drive He hai
represented himself well as i
member of the One-Hundre<
Club. He is a member of th<
TIP-OFF TOURNAMEN1
Committee and served as i
team captain of the Create
1 Charlotte Edward Fund fo
Johnson C Smith University
Presently employed as
classroom teacher in th
Charlotte - Mecklenbur
Schools. Mr Brown also ffnr
time for other community
activities A member o(
Simpson Gillespie Memorial
United Methodist Church, he
serves on the Board of
Trustees and sings in the
choir He is a member of the
Board of Directors of the
Opportunities In
dustrialisation Center,
Charlotte Bureau
corporated and is Chairman of
the Arrangements Committee
for the annual North Carolina
Fund Raising Dinner for the
NAACP l-egal Defense and
' Educational Fund A member
! of the Pi Phi Chapter of
1 Omega Psi Phi Fraternity,
' he has to his credit its
esteemed MAN OF THE
1 YEAR AWARD He serves on
r the Management and Review
r Committee of the Helping
Hand Scholarship Program of
* the Model Cities Program.
p Mr Brown is an alumnus of
{ Johnson C Smith University.
* graduating in the class of 50'
CLYDE. HKtmiS
...Ardent Worl
He received his M;
Degree in 1951 fi
College of
University
TURTLE-TALK
A NARROW MIND and a
WIDE MOUTH often go
together.
SHAW BOYD, second from left, near*
completion of the long procession of lf72-7>
gradnntea entering Hartley Woods Gym
nasium for the lMth * Commencement of
Johnson C. Smith University. Shaw received
the Bachelor o( Science Degree along with
approximately 72 other fellow students.