The News Argos, November, 1979, Page 7
AfricansVisit ‘SU
By Donna E. Oldham
Special to News Argas
Winston-Salem State facul
ty and students played host to
two African educators, touring
this country as part of the 1979
African Educators Program.
The program is sponsored
by the American Association
of University Women (AAUS).
Coelestina J. Mkuya, 40, of
Mwanza, Tanzania, and Sala-
matu Tabitha Audu, 38, of
Kaduna South, Nigeria, a-
greed that the WSSU campus
was different than other cam
puses that they’d been to.
“This campus is smaller
and has more black students”
Mrs. Audu said.
The principal at Queen Ami
na College in her homeland,
she added, “I have met some
very warm people here in
Winston-Salem. I did not
expect such a warm reception.
People here are so friendly;
more than any other place I’ve
visited,” she said.
Ms. Mkuya, headministerss
at Nganza Secondary School in
Mwanza, said that returning
to the university to work in
education is her dream, espe
cially after visiting the camp
us.
“The university is marvel
ous,” she said.
“I can’t get over how every
one goes out to the needs of I
others,” she continued.
The ladies were honored at
a luncheon at Hauser Student
Union Ballroom, where they
were welcomed by Chancellor
H. Douglas Covington.
The luncheon was sponsor
ed by AAUW, the Winston-
Salem Chapter of the Links
Inc., and Winston-Salem State
University.-
After a tour of the campus
buildings and facilities, the
ladies were honored at the
home of Chancellor and Mrs.
Covington.
Play Begins
By News Argus Staff
“Summer and Smoke,” the
Broadway hit from the pen of
Pulitzer Prize dramatist Ten
nessee Williams, opened at
the High Point theatre Thurs
day, November 1, as the
second play of the 1979 season
of Festival Stage Company, a
non-profit professional theatre
operated by the N.C. Shake
speare Festival in affiliation
with the N.C. School of the
Arts.
Described as “a vibrant
work of art, tremulous with
beauty,” by the N.Y. Times, it
has been named a worthy
successor to Williams’ previ
ous dramatic successes, “A
Streetcar Named Desire,”
“The Glass Menagerie” and
“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” As
in Williams’ earlier plays,
frustrated love is the theme
and a tormented Southern
belle is heroine. A play of
shadowy moods and fragment
ary wisps of experience that
shape whole 1 ifetimes, it tells
the story of Alma Winemil-
ler’s unrequited love for the
doctor’s son who lives next
door.
The designer of the atmo
sphere in the small Southern
town of Glorious Hill, Missis
sippi, is Harry Feiner, an
instructor in the Design &
Production department of the
N.C. School of the Arts.
Tickets are on sale at the
Festival Stage Box Office,
887-3001, or Artsline, 723-
1666.
Other stops on their five-
day tour of Winston-Salem
were Wake Forest University,
the Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County Schools, and the North
Carolina School of the Arts.
Mrs. Gladys D. Oldham,
Associate Professor of Busi
ness at WSSU and a member
of the Winston-Salem Branch
of AAUW was the coordinator
for the WSSU visitation.
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Director, James Hollis of HEW, Dr. William R. Harvey, President of Hampton
Institute, Chancellor Covington, Allen Jackson of 0MB, Sue Ann Woosley of 0MB,
Dr. D. Stewart, President of Spelman College, Dr. Maceo Nance, President of South
Carolina State College, Romone Baines and Jim Hlnchman both of 0MB.
Brown Stuns Students
By James Sander Jr.
Business Manager
Tony Brown is a known
disturber. He can to Winston-
Salem State University on
Monday, October 22nd and he
left many people feeling unea
sy. Just who is this masked
man and what is his relevance
to the university community.
Tony is the winning produc
er of the popular television
show “TONY BROWN’S
JOURNAL.” He has traveled
extensively and has accumula
ted much knowledge. He is
currently lecturing on the
college circuit. When, ques
tioned about the motives for
his lectures he replies, “Black
college students are really cut
off from civilization.” This
becomes apparent when you
ask a student what has hap?
pened in the world overnight,
or for that matter, in the past
three weeks. Most will not
know what has occurred.”
Tony is constantly warning
that if the current trend to
wards integration is not haltr
ed, by 1990 there will be no
predominately black universi
ties. He believes that it is
time to examine what
effects integration is having
on blacks in general and the
black universities in particu
lar. During the past few years
black people have come under
attack from many directions.
Many black universities, col
leges and technical institutes
have become primarily white
due to integration. If there is
to be a real movement towards
integration in America it
should begin with the Yales,
the U.C.L.A.s, the Coumbias,
and the Harvard Universities.
It’s interesting to note that
every attempt to steal the
human rights away from black
people has been spearheaded
by an attack on education.
This was the core of Tony’s
message.
He spoke of many things.
He shifted conversations like a
well tuned car shifts into
second gear. It’s been said
that Tony articulates a “stark
pragmatism.” For example,
when asked the best method
of dealing with “scientific”
racists was, he replied, “You
should deal with them, don’t
duck.”
Perhaps that’s why Tony
Brown appears to be disturb
ing. He has named many of
the ills plaguing the black
community (rampant unem-
ploy ment, a vicious cycle of
poverty, mass drug misuse,
etc.) but he did not give any
options, nor method to deal
with them. Naming the pro
blem is not enough, he said.
Black people need a well
organized plan to deal with
their problems and protect
them from those who don’t
have their best interests in
mind. Tony is a man who
appears to be honest and is a
non-stop thinker.
If black people are ever able
to dispell the myths, . the
misery and the hopelessness,
it will be in part due to him
and others like himv Tony,
don’t just name the problems,
give possible solutions!
Whenever a writer deals
with a controversial issue,
there are always charges of
personal “biases” thrown at
the writer. Perhaps Tony
Brown can answer that,
“there is no such thing as
being objective. There is only
subjective objectivity.”
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