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Wake Forest Divinity School opens
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Wake Forest University cele
brated the realization of an old
dream inside the dimly-lit confines
of Wait Chapel Tuesday night.
The university celebrated with
the help of a grand choir - which
belted out harmonious sounds
from a choir stand below a set of .
enormous organ pipes - and many
of its faculty members, donned in
their academic regalia, who
looked on from the audience.
It was all to welcome "the new
kid on the block," the Wake Forest
University Divinity School, which
will open its doors for the first
time Aug. 25. The inaugural con
vocation was one of many events
planned to celebrate the opening
of the school, which is the first
professional school to open at
WFU since the opening of the
Babcock School of Management
-in 1969.
Fittingly. "Theology at the
Threshold of the 21st Century"
was the theme of the celebration,
which stretched on into Wednes
J
uay wun a
host of semi
nars and lec
tures. Dur
ing the con
vocation,
many speak
ers made
mention of
the millenni
um and reli
gion's role in
it. All bets
Angalou
are that the university's divinity
school will be the final divinity
school to open this century.
"You deserve congratulations
for your bold decision to launch a
divinity school at this moment in
history," said Patricia Sullivan,
chancellor of the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro,
one of many religious and educa
tion leaders from around the
country who were on hand to
praise the new school. "Best wish
es to you as you begin this jour
ney."
The journey to bring a divinity
school to Wake Forest began 10 to
160 years ago, depending on
whom you ask. The university's
board of trustees approved the
formation of thp school in 1989,
but the board stipulated that ade
quate funds for the divinity school
should be raised before it opened
its doors. To that end, the univer
sity has been actively raising
money for the new school.
The first donation to the
school- $500 - came from First
Baptist Church in New Bern, a
church where Samuel Wait, the
man who formed the school that
would become Wake Forest Uni
versity in the early 19th century,
once served as pastor. * -
"This is the celebration of a
founding purpose," Thomas
Hearn, president of the university
said. Currently, the school has $10
million in pledges and gifts.
Hearn went on to explain the
stark changes that have taken
place at the university since Wait's
day. In Wait's day, the school and
the church were one, Hearn
explained.
Now, the line between the
church and the school is solidly
drawn and quite visible to every
one.
In fact, Hearn said, trying to
find its niche in an "increasingly
secular university and culture" will
be one of the divinity school's
biggest challenges.
The divinity school's faculty
and staff are vowing that the
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Angelou encourages staff, students to lay down
burdens'; dean says school wont lack diversity
Roundtable discusses how to help Princeville
Associated Press photo by Bob Jarttan
Carol Skippor, a fourth-grado toachor at Pattillo A* ilamontory
School, loads hor students to thoir temporary trailar school, in Tar
boro Monday.
Ministers Conference of Winston-Salem
raises nearly $40,000for historic black town
BY PAUL COLLINS
THE CHRONICLE
Some local black leaders dis
cussed raising money for hurricane
ravaged Princeville. one of the old
est black towns in the United States,
at a meeting Saturday at Mars Hill
Baptist Church.
Ideas suggested include: pooling
monetary donations, sending indi
vidual monetary donations, looking
into having a nationwide telethon
and asking local black organiza
tions to contribute to Princeville.
The discussions will continue at the
Oct. 21 meeting of the Black Lead
ership Roundtable.
State Rep. Larry Womble, con
vener of' the Black Leadership
Roundtable, led the meeting Satur
day. More than 20 people attended.
Womble said that he and other
members of the N.C. Legislative
Black Caucus toured Princeville
recently to see the flood damage. "It
is completely wiped away.... It's like
a ghost town. "Dtese people cannot
go back until something is done"
"You might remember that a
week or two before Floyd, there was
Dennis," Womble said. "So Dennis
had already done some damage to
that part of the state....
"We are here because we need to
step up to the plate. .. When I say
we, 1 mean African Americans,
black people. Too many times, right
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Easley fights back
Attorney general says idea that blacks
don't know PSAs from ads is insulting
BY ANGELA BURRUS
CONSOLIDATED MEDIA GROUP ^
RALEIGH - Attorney General Mike Easley has only one regret
- not being able to do more for the citizens of North Carolina.
"There seem "to be limitations in the district attorney's office
(where he formerly worked) and even in the attorney general's
office," he said. -
Easley's face is a familiar one - for years his face and voice have
warned against a host of social and economic
Criminals from the scourge of less than honest
telemarketers to phony charities and lottery
scams.
But it's his last public awareness campaign -
a summerlong barrage in black media against
predatory lending - that has raised the ire of
Republicans and called^ into question both the
Democratic gubernatorial candidate's intentions
and reputation.
Many have attacked the public service
announcements (PSAs) - aimed at the African
American community - as political advertise
ments and have charged that Easley is using tax
payers' money to appeal to black voters.
Easley was joined in the public service
announcements by Harvey Gantt, a former
Charlotte mayor and U.S. Senate candidate.
Although Easley expected criticism from his
opponents, he was offended by accusations made
about Gantt, a well respected political figure.
"All Harvey was doing was responding to a
"Basley said.' He has tremendous
credibility - tremendous integrity and (Gantt is
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Rep. Leo Daughtry, Republican candidate for governor, recently ?
requested the State Board of Elections to investigate whether' the
PSAs violate any laws.
"Like most taxpayers, we were deeply offended by this blatant
example of abusing taxpayers' money by spending on public service
announcements that look like campaign ads," he said in published
reports.
John Hood of the John Locke Foundation said the announce
ments' constant mentioning of Easley's name constitutes campaign
advertising.
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