Our Lady Of Consolation School
Provides Educational Choicer
By Audrey C. Lodato
Post Staff Writer
A family educational
tradition, Our Lady of Con
solation School has been
serving Charlotte’s black
community for 27 years.
Although the school on
Statesville Avenue is part
of a Catholic parish, 80
percent of its student body
is not Catholic. Many of the
students’ parents also at
tended the school.
According to Father Wil
bur N. Thomas, pastor of
Our Lady Of Consolation
Church, one of the missions
of the school is to provide
the total community with
some educational choices
that include a Christian
value system. “We feel we
have a gift to offer the
-community," Father
Thomas explained. He
went on to say that the
school is characterized by
“intense caring on the part
of the teaching staff for the
students."
Dr. Jewitt Walker, pre
sident of the Home School
Association, is an AME
Zion minister. His eighth
grade son has attended Our
Lady of Consolation since
fourth grade. “I’d hate to
see the school close after 27
years,” Dr. Walker com
mented. “It has provided a
quality education and gi
ven much to the commun
ity. Dr Walkerexplaineck
that he chose Our Lady of
Consolation for his son be
cause he wanted the “best
kind of discipline and
curriculum,” as well as a
religious education.
I don't think the reli
gious differences have in
terfered'with his growth,”
Dr. Walker continued.
—■They haven’t tried to pro
selytize him.”
TTiis year, the school has
had a student enrollment of
216 in pre-school (ages
Each night last week. Rev. Marvin Yancey shared
the Word of Ged at the Ebeaeser Baptist Church
Revival, 733 E. Trade 8t. In addition to hi* minis
terial talents, God has also granted him (he talent to
compose music and perform uplifting spirituals.
Workshopo led by Rev. Yancey began each evening at
5:3d. Rev. A. B. Sutton was boot pastor. (Photo By
Calvin Ferguson of Cal-Du Photography)
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117th Annual Commencement
May 20,1984
HEADQUARTERS: Adam’s Mark Hotel
(Formerly The Sheraton Center)
555 South McDowell Street
Charlotte, N.C. 28204
-SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
Saturday, May 19,1984
9a.m.-10a.m.
Alumni Registration, Ed. Bldg.
9:30 a.m.-10 a.m.
Coffee with Uni. President, Ed. Bldg.
10 a.m.
Classes Reunion Meeting, Ed. Bldg.
11:15a.m.
Class Pictures
12:30p.m.
Gen. Alumni Luncheon, Stdnt. Union
2p.m.,
Gen. Alumni Meeting, Stdnt. Union, B&C
6 p.m.
Annual Alumni Banquet, Stdnt. Union,
(Faculty, Staff, Graduating Seniors
and Parents are Invited)
9 p.m.-I a.m.
Annual Reunion Dance, McDonald’s Caf.
Sunday, May 20,1984
10a.m.
Worship Svc., University Church
Speaker: Rev. W. F. McIntosh, Jr.
Pastor, Green St Pres. Church, USA
Morganton, N.C.
11:30 am
President’s Brunch, President’s Home •
(For Golden and Silver Anniversary
Classes in Reunion)
2 p.m.
Commencement, Ovens Auditorium
Speaker: A. L. Higginbotham, Jr.
Circuit Judge
U.S. State Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit
Philadelphia, Pa.
three-four) through eighth
grade. Class size averages
17-18 children. The school
stresses "basic acade
mics/’ said Father
Thomas, and students do
well on standardized tests.
The school was started In
1957 by the Oblate Sisters of
Providence, an order of
black sisters based in Mary
land. The order has con
tinued' to staff the school
until the present. Next
year, however,—that will
change. “We’re at a point
where this school will be
more in the hands of the
parish board of education,
and not so much depen
dent on the Sisters," said
Father Thomas. “We’re
moving more toward local
control.”
Consequently, a search
-■eommiUee has been
formed to find a new prin
cipal, a position which has
always been filled by one of
the Sisters. According to
Father Thomas, the new
principal could be "any
certified Roman Catholic
who shares our convic
tions."
The school is primarily
supported by tuition fees.
Tuition is due monthly. At
some point in the future,
financial aid may be avail
able for those who are un
able to afford the tuition.
“We really see a need for
financial h«p,” admitted
Father Thomas, “and
we’re working on it.”
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In an address at the 117th commence
ment at Barber-Scotia College, Patricia
A. Russell, attorney-at-law and public
speaker from San Antonio, Texas,
congratulated the class of 1M4 for
"having held on ami held out tn a time
when we don’t knovi what condition our
condition Is In." Russell noted, that.a
large number of blacks who graduate
from predominantly black Institutions '
are the first In their families to re
ceive a college degree. She challenged
the graduate* to go forward aa positive
examples as to why predominantly
black colleges should survive. “You are
standing on somebody else’* shoulders,”
said Russell to the class of M. "Some
body In your family had to step back, so
that you could step forward. Yes, another
__on_e of u* has crossed the finish line. But
you must rise and give testament to our
story. You must make the difference.
And you must tell the world that we, will
keep coming.”
SCLC Sets Hearings
Continued From Page 1A
George Metcalf, assistant
business manager at Pres
byterian Hospital ex
plained there «re a lot of
circumstances ,on which
admission is based. “We
never turn down an emer
gency need,” he presented.
: Metcalf continued, “If a
patient needs surgery, and
isn’t insured, we will es
timate the cost, and usually
require a percentage of the
money as a deposit. Some
times if it’s something like
a hernia problem, we will
ask the patient to wait a
couple of days until he or
she can make financial
arrangements,” Metcalf
asserted. ‘‘We have to do
this because we get so
many people who won’t pay
their, hills,” he noted.
Prior to Tuesday’s hear
ings, a mass meeting will
be held Monday night at 7
o’clock in University Park
Baptist Church. Rev.
Lowery will be the keynote
speaker. Rev. Cleophus
Robinson will also attend..
Performers will be John
Key and the Key Singers.
Dropouts Cause Special Ptobtem*:;
In today’s Job market, -
finding employment is as
difficult tor the college
graduate as it is for the
high school drop-out.
The high school drop
out presents a special
problem being both un
trained and without a _
diploma.
The Char lotto-Mecklen
burg Youth Council and the
City of Charlotte’s Employ
ment and Training Depart
ment is working to
gether to combat this pro
"tSlfiHT-—
Presently, they are re-'
crulting high school drop
outs for selection and par-i
ticipation in the Education
For Employment-Limited
Work Experience Pro*
gram.
Individuals chosen to ‘
participate in this program
will have the oppor
tunity to complete high
school, obtain part-time .
employment counseling,
~gnd job placement assist- ■
ance.
In order to qualify for
this program, an applicant
must be between the agee
of lft-21, residents of Char
lotte and Mecklenburg
County, highly motivated
and meet income guide
lines.
Anyone interested can
call the Youth Council at
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334-3036 or the City of Char
lotte Employment and
Training Department at ;
374-3101 for an interview
and more information.
The dosing date for ap
plications is May 30. j