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NOVEMBER, 1972 PAGE FIVE BLACK SORORITIES STRENGTHEN BONDS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY TARGUM CROSSWORD PUZZLE By Mona Blackwell Black sororities have often been scorned as irrelevant organizations. Many misinformed critics have tried to stress that sororities and social fellow ships are only synonymous with social izing. “Not so!” On our campus, although they are di vided into social fellowships, service sororities, and four national sororities, they all focus their skills on one common goal — serving the Black community. Most of the sororities feel the same way about their national projects. The in volvement of sororities in large-scale national projects reflects, of course, the strong dedication of their members. Therefore, while many sororities have collectively aimed at effecting improve ments in the community, they also stress personal achievement in their members. Despite the dedication of their mem bers, sororities are facing one common problem — the number of young Black women joining organizations has de clined. Many say they would rather effect change as individuals than by working through an organization. Also, lack of publicity of con structive sorority activities causes many non-sorors to question their useful ness. Yet, current sorority membership remains rather stable. As college-oriented organizations, so rorities continue to organize many young women to utilize their skills as a group; and their endless service projects con tribute increasingly and significantly to the total Black community. A recently founded (1969-70 school year) service sorority, Tau Phi Theta, is now in the process of establishing a "Big Brother-Big Sister” program with the children in the community between the ages of 8-12 years. This is in con junction with Experiment in Self- Reliance. The Thetas assist in any community project that deals with the Black community. Their purpose is to uphold the Black community by help ing them to help themselves, and to help Blacks to work toward the betterment of their race academically, socially, and civically. Miss Black North Carolina and her first runner-up were both members of Swing Phi Swing Social Fellowship, In corporated. The Swings also had a sister who was the first runner-up in the Miss Black America Pageant. Founded April 13. 1969 at Winston-Salem State Uni versity, the members of the WSSU Chap ter are the national founders of the fel lowship. Swing Phi Swing now has four teen other charters on various campuses. The main objectives of Swing Phi Swing are to establish Black awareness among the people, to participate in school activities, and to serve as a sister hood to Groove Phi Groove Social Fel lowship, Incorporated. Although Swing is relatively “young” (approximately three years old) they are well established with in and outside of North Carolina. The WSSU chapter is drafting new projects to help the Black community. The members of Gamma Sigma Sigma Service Sorority, along with their sorors at Fayetteville State University are presently working with the Sickle Cell Anemia program. Other projects are in the making. The founding day for Gam ma Sigma Sigma was October 12, 1952. The sorority's main objective is service. It gives the members the opportunity to serve the school, local community and the nation. Some of the past projects of Gamma Sigma Sigma were — helping at the convalescence homes, the SGA elec tions and the campaign for Shirley Chis holm. Since 1908 when the first Black so rority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, was founded, sororities have given over a million dol lars in scholarships to Black youth to encourage higher education. The sorors encourage their chapters to include cul tural enrichment programs along with their service-oriented projects. Nationally, the AKA’s have established a Job Corps Center for Women in Cleve land, Ohio. The center houses 16-to-23 year old dropouts from poverty areas. AKA offers 36 domestic travel grants for high school seniors, other scholarships for students attending vocational schools or two year colleges and full four year scholarships to a few qualified students for their tuition and board. Sigma Gamma Rho, founded in 1922 shares the enthusiasm generated by the national chapter. The Kappa Sigma chapter had a jazz-folk opera at Lincoln Center to raise funds for both the Vo cational guidance and Workshop Center of Rockland State Hospital and research on sickle cell anemia at Howard Uni versity. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was found ed in 1913. Delta’s five-point program (concerning educational development, community and international involve ment, urban development, and mental health) is an example of the depth of sorority commitment. Delta's National President, Mrs. Lillian P. Benbow, an nounced at the national convention in August 1971 that sorors from chapters throughout the country would act as volunteer counselors in the pro gram in conjunction with the Depart ments of Justice and Labor who are sponsoring an 18 month prison rehabilita tion program. Delta also has a national ■'Teen Lift” program which encourages teenagers to seek higher education and cultural enrichment. Among the sorors of Delta Sigma Theta are Shirley Chisholm and Pat Harris, a former ambassador and p>-esently Chairman of the Creden tials Committee of the Democratic Party. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority was founded in 192D. Maintaining the traditional goals of service and dedication, Zeta is in volved in many child care projects in cluding foster homes, family adoption plans, vouth interest groups and birth control.' The national grad chapters are currently sponsoring a program called “ZIP” (Zeta Involvement Program) with the National Foundation of the March of Dimes. The emphasis in the program is on reducing birth defects. In addition to ZIP, Zeta's local chapters are busy de veloping their national foster care pro grams. Zeta Phi Beta was the first sorority to charter a chapter in Africa. The Zeta Chapter in Africa has set up a vocational school for delinquent and homeless boys and a vocational school for women. These projects are only capsule ex amples of the type of services that sororities are contributing nationally. Ik 17 20 21* 25 26 32 35 38 1*3 W 58 61 By EDWARD JULIUS ACROSS 1. Philanderer 5. Musical Piece 10. Miss Didrikson 1^. Assert 15* Follow 16. Body of Troops 17. A1 Capp Creation 20. Flexible 21. Conceit 22. Support 23. Sick 2U, Moves Slowly 27. West Coast Trolley 32. French Name 33- Revolve Rapidly jh. Equivalent 35* Outeri Comb. Form 36. Famous Puppet 37. Call for Help 38. Language Group 4-0. Playwright Simon i*l. Prefix! Father 1*3. Musical Play 1*5. Tip Sideways 46. Anglo-Saxon Letter 1*7. Operatic Solo U8. Sea Cow 52. Raincoats 56. Minnie's Boys 58. Glacial Snow 59. Novelist Sinclair 60. Tidy 61. Asterisk 62. Parts of Speech 63. Building Wings Science Club Meets, Elects New Officers The WSSU Science Club recently held its first meeting of the 1972-73 school year. A number of topics were discussed and election of officers was held. New officers are Lerla Joseph, president; Beverly Kemp, vice president; Rosilyn Tyson, secretary; Sandra Brown, treas urer; Philemon Samuels, parliamentar ian; and Horace Britton, reporter and photographer. Representatives attended a meeting of the North Carolina Collegiate Academy of Science held in Charlotte on October 21 at Queens College. Our representatives met members of other schools’ science clubs and ideas were readily exchanged. We felt that this DOWN 1. Insect 2. Egg-shaped 3. Mother of Helen i*. Flying Saucer 5. Moral Philosophy 6. Field of Sports 7. Labor Union 8. Water-controller 9. Qualified 10. Hurries About 11. Caucasian Language 12. Partiality 13. Word Source (abbr.) 18. Day’s March 19. Cromwell’s Nickname 24. Belief 25. Summarize 26. Between! Fr. 27. Hairlike Projections 28. Seed Covering 29. Hindu Group 30. Love in Italy 31. Tree Substance 33. Fruit Decay 36. In Retreat (3 wds.) 39. Visionary ^*1. Apply Cosmetics U2, Mythological Spider 1*1*. Girl's Name 1*5. Sings Like Crosby i*7. Front Part of Stage 1+8. High Landmasses (abbr.) 1*9. Egyptian Month 50. Leningrad's River 51. Ron Hunt, e.g. 53. Follow Closely 51*. Of the Mouth 55. High-speed Planes 57. Heat Measure exchange of ideas was helpful in starting new science projects at WSSU. We, the members and officers would like to encourage all persons who have a genuine interest in the natural sciences to participate in our program. —Horace B. Britton CURRENT BOOKS 1. Black/White Sex, by Grace Halsell. W'illiam & Morrow Company Inc. $5.95. 2. Black Jargon In White America, by David Claerbout. W’illiam B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. $1.95. 3. The Origins of American Slavery and Racism, edited by Donald L. Noel. Charles E. Merrill Publishing Co. $3.95. 4. Names from Africa: Their Origin, Meaning and Pronunciation, by Ogonna Chuksorji. Johnson Publishing Co. $4.95.
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