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Society's Unfoi
by Sharyn,Bratcher j
Staff Reporter j
The House of Mercy is ]
nestled among rolling green
pastures and wooded hills, i
down a dirt road flanked by 1
stone lions, and looking
exactly like what it is: a t
sanctuary for those who v
can't cope with the world. f
Its inhabitants are men Y
with nnwhfire else to cro. I
Released mental patients o
irom John Umstead Hospital n
former convicts and mentally e
retarded persons whose
Students fill out applications wit
of getting a summer job in th
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uates 1st
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leven men, both black and
See HOUSE, page 32
lg Student
Gilbert Hill, a senior from
New Bern, North Carolina,
will be the first male student
to receive the bachelor of
science degree from the
School of Nursing at
Winston-Salem State University.
Hill, a member of the
School's twentieth graduating
class, will receive his
degree with approximately
forty-seven other nursing
See NURSING, page 5
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families do not want them
ire given a home at the
House of Mercy.
The program was started
ibout eight years ago by
Reverend Moses Small as a
halfway-house' to rehabiliate
alcoholics, former con- /
acts, drug addicts, and ^
ormer mental patients. It *
las been in its present
ocation ? Rev. Small's farm
>n Highway 65 ? for three
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The Winston-Salem Urban
League will co-ordinate the
intake process of the federal
summer " jobs program,
announced League president
George Hill in a Thursday
tpress^onfprpnrp^mlH in U-c
summer job headquarter,s a
a building at 512 N. Trade
St., donated to the program
by Wachovia Bank.
The U.S. Department of
Labor has allotted a budget
of $444,211 provide 550
summer jobs for youngsters
who qualify within the family
income guidelines.
Ms. Nellie Jones, director
of the Human Services
Department for the city of
W inston-Salem, explained
that the program will be
operated by three agencies:
tha^Urban League will screen
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ap^u^aiito 1UI Cll^iUllll^ <11111
assess the needs of each
youngster; the WinstonSalem/
Forsyth County
School System will offer a
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skills training program and
an opportunity for "work
experience; and the Experiment
in Self-Reliance will
handle a program of work
experience and labor market
orientation.
Summer jobs within nonprofit
agencies, such as the
government and the school
system, will be provided for
youths between the ages of
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former convicts, mental
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Jobs Vi
14 and 21,. whose family
income falls below a certain
level. Hill stated that the^
hope to find jobs inprivate
industry for those who family
incomes are too high to
qualify otherwise.
Already the Urban League
?4ias screen zz306^pmspf?rTivg~
workers, and only 32 have
Dr. Williams '
After 16 Yrs.
After 16 years of guiding
Winston-Salem State University
from an institution
that offered only two degree
granting programs to one
that today offers 19 such
programs, Dr. Kenneth R.
iliiamst Chancellor of the
University has made known
his intention to leave his post
as Chancellor effective June
~30.^=
Williams, 64, was made
acting President of then
Winston-Salem State Teacher's
College in 1961, after
the resignation of Dr.
Francis Atkins.
A Winston-Salem native,
Williams was educated in
the city public schools. He
then rprpivpH Kio
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duate training at Morehouse
College in Atlanta, Ga.,
where he obtained an A.B.
degree. He later entered
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Boston University and received
a M.A. (S.T.B.Bachelor
of Sacred Theolnirvl
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wjjj f uiiu a x li. U. (oocmi
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He returned to WinstonSalem
State Teacher's College
in 1936 as a history
instructor and taught for a
year. His next stop was
Palmer Institut in Sedalia,
SeeDR.WILLIAMS,page 28
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Recapstkmal Therapist .
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failed to qualify. Students
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uttvt? unui May 16*9 to
submit applications for
\ the program. Work will start
June 1st, with the number of
weeks' employment based
on the program assigned to
the worker. .
Several public and private
. groups are participating in
See URBAN, page 19
To Retire
At WSSU