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Dr. Cleveland Ham
monds, superintendent of
Durham City Schools, ex
plained a new policy on
spanking at the school
board meeting, Monday
jiight, October 22. Mrs.
iloKpfatowIX Clement,
school jglid chairman,
stated that this policy will
strengthen - the existing
North Carolina law on
spanking and it will pro
tect both the students and
the teacher from abuse.
; The new spanking
policy, as prompted by an
mcidf t at EJC Powe He
mer ry School on Oct.
,1, when the parent of a
' sixth grader who was
ipanked brought charges
of assault against die
teacher. The teacher was
later cleared in district
court of all charges.
Spanking, a euphe
mism for hitting with a
strap, paddle, or ruler, is
probably one of the
greatest controversies in
today's disciplinary
methods. Although it is
considered outmoded by
more modern disciplinari
ans, it continues to be
adversely used by parents
and teachers alike to con
trol undesirable behavior
in children both young
and old.
Those who support
spanking argue that it is not
possible to get children to
behave without the per
suasion of the paddle. The
anti-spanking forces argue
that spanking creates child
abuse, wife and husband
beating, assaults and battery
or at best, defers undesira
ble1 behavior until the mo
ment in life when the strap
or paddle is no longer a
threatening phenomenon.
They further argue that
once spanking begins, the
strap or paddle must con
tinually be wielded over the
head lest the obnoxious
behavior finds its way to the
surface and explodes.
But spanking is a North
Carolina law. It is one way,
joked a legislator during a
House debate on spanking
a few years ago, "to get to
the seat of the problem."
Does it really get to the
"seat of the! problem" or is
it a method used to stifle
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North Ccrcllna
FbnoTria
To Givo Concert
On Sunday, NovemW
11 at 4 p.m., the North
Carolina Piano Trio,
assisted by Dr. Ann
Woodward, violist, will,
present its fall program in
the Music Building
Auditorium, NCCU,
located on Lawson Street,
near the intersection with
Fayetteville Street. Admis
sion is free, and the public
is invited to attend.
The program will con
sist of works by Mozart,
Turina, and Schumann.
Since its inception in
1967, the N.C. Piano Trio
has performed in the
Triangle area, and is made
up of NCCU Music
Department Faculty
members.
Dr. Lilian Pruett,
piano, received her train
ing in Austria at the
Mozarteum and at UNC
CH, where she received
her Ph.D. She teaches
course in theory, cello,
piano and guitar.
Dr. Ann Woodward,
guest artist, received her
training at Curtis Institute
in Philadelphia and her
DMA from Yale. She is
chairman of the string
program at UNC-CH and
violist of the North
Carolina String Quartet.
undesirable behavior that
has at its root some deep
and more profound cause.
Why does a child constantly
misbehave. Does heshe lack
self-discipline? . Is heshe
suffering from an emotional
or psychological problem or
is heshe a little mischievous
brat who demands a few
good whacks to set himher
straight? How does one
determine when a spanking
is really what is required in
' the situation?
Dr. Cleveland Hammonds
hopes that he has the
answer. The new spanking
policy requires that spank
ing be used as a disciplinary
measure only when all other
forms of discipline have
failed. The new policy stipu
lates that parents will get a
list of the types of behavior
problems that merit spank
ing at the beginning of the
school year. Once all other
disciplinary methods have
failed and the teacher feels
compelled to spank, heshe
must do it only in the
presence of the principal, or
the teacher may take the
child to the office and have
the principal spank himher
but only in the presence of
the teacher. Once the
spanking is completed, the
child must then take a note
home to the parent(s) ex
plaining the conduct that
merited the spanking.
Records of all spankings
niust be kept in the prin
cipal's office.
The Durham City School
policy on spanking probably
does not alter any views on
spanking, but the fact
remains that those who
believe that it is possible
to have discipline without
spanking will have well
ordered classrooms and
disciplined homes with the
use of reasoning and mutual
understanding, and those
teachers who feel that
spanking is the only way to
achieve discipline are now
compelled by this new
policy to resort to some of
this reasoning and mutual
understanding that the
anti-spanking forces have
, been shouting about all
along.
Next Week: A look tit
some of Durham's educatori
views on spanking.
Uiddlo East
Continued From Front
ship meeting, and to con
sider the Middle East
issues in particular.
The NAACP Board met
on September 10 and
adopted the four
statements in total. The
NAACP Board went fur
ther, calling for a
homeland for the Palesti
nian people, and question
ed the wisdom of a no-talk
policy with the PLO. The
Board specifically called
upon President Carter to
reexamine the Kissinger
agreement and its
ramifications upon U.S.
Mideast policy.
The NAACP Baord
also reaffirmed its support
for the permanent ex
istence of the State of
Israel . with secure ana
Jsafe'ooarders.'V
These posi
tionsreports in thi press
notwithstanding remain
the policy of the NAACP.
Hooks reaffirmed these
policy positions at a press
conference in Cincinnati,
Ohio on October. 15, in
response to questions con
cerning a trip to Israel by a;
number . of black
Americans, including a
representative of the
NAACP. 'That trip was
planned weeks in advance
of the aftermath of Am
bassador Young's resigna
tion as U.S. Ambassador
to the U.N. The sole and
specific purpose of the trip
was to permit some black
'Americans an opportunity
i to. view the structure and
operation of the Israeli
labor movement. No ef
forts at "peacemaking"
were ever intended. No
political statements were
ever , intended. No
criticism of the positions
of other civil rights leaders
or groups were ever con
templated. "The NAACP's deci
sion to participate was
based on our historic close
working relationships with
the American Jewish com
munity. These relation
ships are still intact, and
we intend to maintain and
strengthen them" says the
NAACP spokesman.
To the extent that any
participant in this mid
east trip has suggested that
the visit's purpose is other
tha'n hearin described,
said suggestion is inac
curate. To the extent that
WASHINGTON, D.C.
n . 1-.: r
Representatives oi
pme sixty national
organizations announced
today a goal of increasing
black voter registration by
at least twenty per cent in
selected areas before the
upcoming 1980 congres
sional and presidential
elections.
This goal was set by the
National Coalition on
Black Voter Participation
at a Washington, D.C.
press conference called the
kick off Operation Big
Vote: Crusade '80, a black
voter registration and
voter education drive. The '
National Coalition Von
Black Voter Participation
includes major civil rights,
vi.:-ii. Uhor, business,
omen's religious, civic
and public interest groups.
Operation Big Vote began
in May of 1976 and is
credited with doing more
to get black registered,and ,
to the polls, on a non-'
partisan basis, than any
other factor in the last
presidential election.
Black leaders represen
ting Operation Big Vote at
the press conference in
cluded: Vernon Jordan,
president of NUL; Mayor
Richard Hatcher of Gary
Ind.; Mrs. Coretta Scott
King, president, Martin
Luther King, Jr. Center;
Carl Holman, president,
National Urban Coalition;
Bayard Rustin, president,
A. Philip Randolph In
stitute; and Eddie N.
Williams; president, Joint
Center for Political
Studies. 1
Blacks - represent ' ap
proximately ten per cent
of the electorate. The U.S.
Census Bureau has pro
jected that roughly sixteen
million blacks will be cf
voting age by November
1980. In 1976, nine million
blacks were registered to
vote and only six million
voted.
"We know that the
decade of the eighties will
not be an, easy time for
motivating and mobilizing
those who feel that their
needs were not meet in the
past and will probably not
be met in the future," said
Eddie N. Williams, chair
man of the OBV Steering
Committee. "However",
continued Williams, "it is
clear that we ourselves
have not done enough to
maximize our political
potential. We must con
tinue to increase our rates
of political participation,
especially at a time
characterized by
widespread economic
troubles and call for belt
: tightening."
In 1980, this nation
wide' non-partisan
Crusade will not only seek
to increase black registra
tion by at leasLtwenty per
cent In identified major
areas in key statesbut will
also eeiachieve a fur.
nout rateot at leaMJper
my participant in truY
mid-east trip purports to
represent or speak for the
NAACP, asrepudiating
or condemning the efforts
of others, is a breach of
faith and is deceptive. The
National Association for
the Advancement of Col
ored" people speaks for
itself. ..' .,
Finally, on the Issue of
the PLO, Hooks said at
his October IS press con
ference.''' : ' - "
"To the extent that the
PLO is prepared to work
for peace in the Middle
East in 'the context of the
continued, existence of
Israel aisd tohe extent
that they are prepared to
commit themselves to
negotiations toward this
end and a cessation of the
terrorist violence we
believe' the PLO's ex-
istence must bt
, ftcknowlesed and its par ;
ticipation in the peace f-
forts must be soiht. W
do not condone terrorisl
violence anywhere in the
world, but - support . s3 ,
feasible measures toward,
'peace-"
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National Black Coalition Launches
Operation Dig Vote: Crusade '80
Hooks, executive director
of the NAACP, has stated
"as urgent as the need is
to increase black voter
registration in this country
in all age categories, there
is an even greater need to
put emphasis on black
youth registration.
Plagued by high
unemployment and declin
ing expectations in this
country, black youth
clearly have the most to
gain from aggressive par
ticipation in the political
arena. We literally want
them to grasp their future
in their hands."
Vernon Jordan, presi
dent of the National Ur
ban League, stated, "It is
the responsibility of the
black community to max
imize black registration
and voter turnout. We
don't have the wealth. We
rimi't have the nower. But
e do have the numbers.
now laicui u iv-m rv.ipv. no nave inc iiumuw.
cent of registered voiei) m Those numbers won't
the target areas. Target
areas identified to date
number 41 in the follow
ing fifteen states:
Alabama, California,
Coonnecticut, Florida, Il
linois, Indiana, Louisiana,
Michigan, Mississippi,
New Jersey, New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Texas and Virginia.
"Through Operation
Big Vote: Crusade '80,"
Williams commented,
"we hope to supplement
existing national and local
voter participations pro
grams as well as to en
courage the development
of new ones, so that we
can pull in the same direc
tion at the same time."
Williams further noted
that the NAACP, Na
tional Urban League, A.
Philip Randolph Institute
and PUSH are among a
handful of organizations
whose programs include
voter participation com
ponents. The NAACP's Voter
Education Department is
placing special emphasis
on registering black
youth. Benjamin L,
count unless we register
and vote. The black agen
da for the 1980's, with its
emphasis on such vital
issues as full employment
and affirmative action,
depends on that."
, Williams concluded that
Operation Big Vote:
Crusdade '80 will be par
ticularly intense in those
target areas that could sw
ing a total of 304 electoral
votes in a presidential election.
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