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MARSHA PERRY
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of NAACP. “My responsibility is to
take notes of meetings,” says Mar
sha. So far for this year this chapter
hasn’t gone feto the full swing of
activities yet she claims. “But last
year they did a lot of things such as
selling candy to raise money for the
NAACP,” Marsha points out.
TTiere is yet one other office that
this week’s beauty retains. This one
not with her school but with her
church, Rockwell A. M. E. Zion.
Marsha ,attests that one of her
favorite activities is listening to all
types of gospel music and also
singing. She gets to do both as the
vice president of Rockwell’s young
adult choir called, “The Voices of
Rockwell.”
“I also like soul music,” claims
Marsha. “New Edition, I think, is
one of the best groups out.” Marsha
then Mis how New EdMota, s
five-member male teenage singing
sensation, happened to drop by
See PERRY On Page 5A
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Area Professionals Say: »rr
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“Belief System And Willingness
To Persist” Are Keys To Success
By Audrey C. Lodato
Post Saff Writer
Although not particularly strong
(a* athdtic as a youngster, Jesse
Owens was able to overcome these
apparent barriers to become an
Olympic champion. While still in
school, Owens had an encounter with
running great Charlie Paddock that
put a dream into his heart of
becoming the fastest man alive.
Owens grew up in a family where
faith was important, and he had a
coach who knew how to build on a
child’s inner motivation.
These factors, in a nutshell, are
the keys to creating a superachiev
er. According to Pat Wolf, a
psychiatric social worker at Meck
lenburg County Mental Health Ser
vices, “the main thing is the belief
system and the willingness to per
sist. People are so quick to say, ‘Oh,
I don’t have any talent.’ We have so
much more potential than we
know.”
One route to becoming a high
achiever, Wolf related, is to grow up
in a confidence-building environ
ment, “believing you can do what
ever you set out to dp.” She pd
_mltted, however, that, for some, Uie
- routs to succeStJajilmosl &e op
posite. These people may have a lot
of feelings of inferiority or insecur
ity and pour all their efforts into one
area. She noted that many come
dians, poets, and musicians, as well
as others, have succeeded in this
way.
“We don’t really know what
makes some people say, ‘Yeah, I’m
going to go for this,”’ she said.
Family and genetic factors pro
bably both play a part, although
chance may also have a role.
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World hanger has always been a concern with
churches because it Involves tfae status of life. That
' concern has risen to astonishing levels since the photos
of starving children have penetrated our hearts with
sorrow. Members of the AME Zion church sector have
not escaped the impact of the desperate situation
facing as much as one third of the world's population.
Recently GeUttemane AME Us* chorea, .pattend-- ^ ~
by Rev. Or. George Battle presented aver RIM tv the ""™
cause of world hunger. Rev. Battle and Missionary
President of Gethsemane Lois Byers presented Lucille
C. Turner, District President of Woman’s Home and
overseas Mission and Rev. Smith Turner III Presiding
Elder of the Charlotte District with the check.
“Motivation is one of the great
unknowns,” agreed Dr. Karen
Rubin, a psychologist with offices in
both Charlotte and Gastonia. Dr.
Rubin differentiated between
praise and encouragement in
helping to develop motivation in
children. “Praise goes to the bottom
line, the finished product,” she
explained. It’s a reward based on the
person’s winning or being best in
some competition. It’s an attempt to
motivate with an external reward ”
Encouragement, on the other
hand, is an attempt to motivate
internally. “Encouragement focuses
on the process and respects the
person,” Dr. Rubin stated. “A
child doesn't have to be successful at
something to be encouraged by his
See SUCCESS On Page 6A
Coach Howie Evans Says:
Hack Gdege Basketball Teams Are Grossly Underfunded
By BARRY COOPER
Syndicated Columnist
Special To The Post
It was not many months ago that
Maryland-Eastern Shore basketball
Coach Howie Evans lived a decided
ly cushy life. He was an assistant
coach at Fordham University,and to
earn his keep, he only had to scour
New York City and surrounding
areas for blue-chip talent.
_First in series
Finding good players was easy for
Evans, though, for he was and is -- a
tough, street-smart cookie who can
relate to inner-city kids and ferret
out even the most obscure prospects.
Now, Evans must rely on those skills
even more heavily. Late in the
summer, Maryland-Eastern Shore
found itself without a coach and
hurriedlv moved to find another
The school surveyed some appli
cants, and it was Howie’s name that
stood out. He took the job.
"I think every assistant coach
dreams about becoming head
coach,” Evans said the other day,
after his Hawks had lost their ninth
game in a row. “I know I can coach.
1 know I can do the job here.”
Evans may be sure of himself, but
he, like most every other coach at a
1 Good
Faith” Efforts In Support Of Minorities
George Wallace
.. M-WBE coordinator/.
several, uS
conunuaity Issd
Foremost of those objectives in
clude an equal opportunity for min
orites and women to participate in
City construction, contracting and
procurement programs. Although
these minority or women businesses
aren't shown any favoritism by the
City, by being involved in the
M-WBE plan they are assured of
having the exact access to infor
mation and opportunities as other
businesses. Departments In the City
which use the services of other
bus in res os keep in mind the mi
nority and women businesses af
filiated with M-WBE.
By providing this equal oppor
tunity to minority and women
businesses, the City not only ful
fills requirements of the federal and
'state governments related to equal
employment program and minority
and women’s participation in thoee
semeprograma, but it^ahoseeks to
ing 'onatruction or eqoipmeat
services contracts with the City.
Just as the City plays a re
sponsible role in the M-WBE plan, so
part of the program These busi
nesses are to participate la traln
See GOOD FAITH On Page t4A
Division I black college, wonders if
those around him are willing to
strive for excellence. That remark
is not aimed at players, either t
Instead, it is directed at the people
who control athletic department
purse strings - the school’s presi
dent, athletic director and booster
club
If one thing is certain, it is that
black college basketball teams --
most of them, anyway - are grossly
underfunded. The cumulative win
loss record of black college teams in ^
Division I is far too embarrassing to
mention here. Anyway, other forms
of media have become proficient ^
enough at letting us know how weak
the black schools have become At
this writing, only one black college
team in Division I - Alcorn - has a ■-<■
winning record
The situation has become pa the
tic, and even newcomers like Evans y,
can see the writing on the wall
“Black college presidents are go
ing to have to pump money into the
program,’’ Evans said "I know /■*'
money is tight, but we are going to
have to do something The kind of
money black schools spend on re
cruiting is what I’d spend during one
week at Fordham ”
Let us quickly point out that Evans
is not disenchanted with anyone at
his school. His comments are not a
back-handed way of easing soma of
the frustration he feels.
But his Hawks have a 1-13 record
and are not likely to improve Lika
moat black collage teams, Mary
land-Eastern Shore lacks talent It
lacks talent because rnarhea have
been unable to kit the road for
extensive recrutting trips and be
cause many prospective ■tiutanl
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