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By ROBIN ADAMS
Chronicle Assistant Editor
Although George E. Hill,
president of Winston Mutual Life
Insurance Co., would not confirm
an impending merger bet,
ween the companies, Hill has
been named to the Golden State
Mutual board and Golden State
Mutual's president has been named
chairman of the board at
Winston Mutual.
In a Sept. 25 press release from
Golden State Mutual, Ivan J.
Houston, the company's chairman
of the board, announced
.5 that Hill was recently elected to
No role models
Wake la
By ROBIN ADAMS
Chronicle Assistant Editor
The 15 black students enrolled
in Wake Forest University's law
school say they need a black role
model - and the school says it
agrees - but no one has been
hired.
"The black preserice in the law
school is limited to two areas: 15
law students and the custodial
staff," said Jeannette Tyner,
president of the Wake Black Law
Students Association. "We have
asked the administration to hire a
minority counselor or a black
staff member, but they say they
are trying. They have been trvinc
for years. We wonder if they are
committed. Their track record
says nor"
But John Scarlett, dean of the
law school, said he has talked
with the students about their concerns
anc^is QQtyupiUed to seeing
- -( what can be done. i
"We will look into it and set
what we can do," Scarlett said.
<- But Scarlett said hiring a
minority counselor for 15
students is out of the question.
"Not in this budget year,"
Scarlett said. "We have 15 black
law students in a school of 500.1/
we hire somebody we will be buyA
ing that person with the tuition of
the other law% students. We can
only go so far."
Scarlett - said that finding
"good" black faculty members is
also a problem for the school.
"We are trying to get some
kind of black presence on the
staff but good black law school
professors can write their own
ticket," said Scarlett, defining
Brooks
reads poetry
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Gwendolyn Brooks wrote her^
? first poem when she was seven
years old.
Brooks, 67, is now a Pultizer
Prize-winning author, poet
laureate of the state of Illinois
succeeding Carl Sandburg, and
has been appointed to the
prestigious National Institute of
Arts and Letters.
Brooks was at the Reynolda
House Museum and the Delta
Arts Center on Sunday, Sept. 30
for a poetry reading. She appeared
along with Lois Mailou
Jones, painter and teacher who
displayed some of her paintings
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Brooks brought a message of
hope and dignity for the audience
- especially for the youth.
"Children are capable of
understanding poetry, but the
poetry has to be relevant," said
Brooks who said Paul Laurence
Dunbar was one of her favorite
poets.
For the youth, she read a poem
entitled "Computer." People
should control computers,
Brooks said through the lines of
the poem, technology shouldn't
be allowed to master humankind.
And, she read a poem about a
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"good" as a person who "can
compete with the other faculty."^
4'There should be other criteria
as well," said Tyner. 44It should
not be based solely on academics.
They say they are trying but a lot
of it is rhetoric. It depends on
how committed the administration
is. There's not even a black
secretary. We don't have a role
model."
Scarlett admitted that there are
no blacks on the law school staff
but said efforts are being made to
correct that situation and that he
will continue to work with the
black students.
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the black-owned firm's board.
And a similar press release from
Winston Mutual said that Larkin
Teasley, president of Golden
State Mutual, has been named
chairman of the board at
Winston Mutual.
''Merger is always a possibility,"
said Hill when asked if the
exchange of company officials is
a step toward a merger. "1 can
assure you that a merger won't
happen this year and a merger
won't happen in January."
Hill said the two recent announcements
are just an exupset
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"We are always looking for
ways we can make it easier for
them," Scarlett said. "Their concerns
change radically from year
to year, but we are trying to work
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- exchanges that happen
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"All this is leading towards a
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said Hill. "Just accept it for what
you see at the moment."
Golden State Mutual officials
could not be reached for comment.
News of a potential Winston
Mutuai-uoiden state merger sur
faced in late August. As of now,
Hill said, there is a possibility his
company will merge with Golden
State Mutual.
Oscar Smith, director of public
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Tyner said that many of the
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North Carolina Mutual in
Durham, said Winston Mutual is
considering the merger because
the firm is in financial trouble.
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Still, Kennedy said Golden
tate Mutual had recently given
Winston Mutual a loan in an efort
to keep the company afloat,
[ill would not comment on the
latter in August.
But Hill did say late last week
lat Winston Mutual received a
>an from Golden State Mutual
ut he would not specify the
mount of the loan or when it
as given.
He also would not indicate
hat the status of his company
ould be today if Golden State
ad not made the loan to
/inston Mutual.
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"That could have been avoided
the law school had been conirned
enough to institute the^
rogram. You don't let
Mnething like this drop if you
re really concerned about the
udents."
Tyner added that most of the lack
law students' concerns are
linor problems that add up to
ne big problem. But she said the
roblems faced^y the black law
udents are irofiheirs alone.
"I don't think this is just a prolem
the law school is having,"
le said. "We are probably j^st
iore outspoken about it."
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