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Babbs To Lead Chamber School Support Efforts Charlotte television execu tive James G. Babb. Jr., has been appointed by Chamber of Commerce President Walter Barr to lead the chamber’s recently announced plan of action in support of the Char tern. Babb, currently serving as Chamber Vice President for Community Action, will resign that post in order to devote his full chamber attention to the school program. Chamber president Barr r i f Pfl f ho roacnnc nrhti Dokk was appointed. "Jim has a genuine interest in the public schools,” said Barr. “His five children are enrolled in public schools from the second to the ninth grade. He also has a thorough under standing of the importance of the chamber's plan of action since he participated fully in the discussions and study leading to its development and adoption by the Chamber On July 31st of this year. “Beyond his personal invol vement,” continued Barr, “Jim is a young, innovative person who is not afraid to try fresh approaches to new and old problems. His career with Jefferson-Pilot Broadcasting Company demonstrates his goal-oriented approach to everything he tackles.’’ Babb is Vice President for television and Managing Dir ector ofWBTV, Channel Three . in Charlotte. “Finally,” concluded Barr, “Jim Babb’s contribution to this community through the Dimensions Program, Boy's Town and his many other civic endeavors is open-ended and dedicated. He is the best man for this job." Babb accepted the task be cause he feels that public schools have an impact on every aspect of community life. “Without lessening the im portance of every other civic program,” said Babb, “Our public schools are the single most important aspect of our community. Independence io Offer Adult Education Classes Adult Education classes will be offered'again this year at Independence High School. This program is offered in conjunction with Central Pie dmont Community Coliege. Classes will be held each Tuesday and Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Registration for classes will be held Oct. 1st and 3rd and again on Oct. 8th and 10th. -...6 offered will be high school completion, personal typing, crafts, oil painting, Introduc tion to Business Equipment, woodworking, sewing, Horti culture-Vegetable gardening, computer Understanding, Exercise and Weight control, and tennis. Other classes will be offered if a minimum of 15 persons will enroll. Independence Senior High School is located at 167 Patriot Drive and Central Piedmont is located on Elizabeth Ave. For persons taking the high school completion course all text books will be provided. Rick Sharpe is the Director. MISS VIVIAN MCFADDEN ...From John’s Island Navy Commissions First Black Female Chaplain Miss Vivian McFadden of John’s Island, S.C., today be came the first black woman to serve as a chaplain in the U.S. Navy after she was sworn into the Navy by Rear Admiral Francis L. Garrett, Chief of Chaplains. Admiral Garrett also administered the Navy offi cer’s oath to Miss Judith Gere, a Presbyterian minister from Clinton, N.¥, Now Lieutenants (junior grade). Chaplains Me Kadden and Gere are the se cond and third women to serve as Navy chaplains. They will take up their Navy ministries after an-indoctrination course at the Office.Training Center, Newport, R.l. Miss McFadden is Methodist, as is Admiral Garrett. Admiral Garrett visited Atlanta to preside over the dedication of a new base cha pel at the Naval Air Station located in nearby Marietta, Ga Kegional t^linic ; tnxcc To Host the selection, use and maint enance of a bicycle. Dr. Harvey Murphy of UNCC, chairman of arrange ments, said that the program is designed to help schools and other organizations develop their fitness programs. “The programs are not so much for the competitor as they are for youth and adults who are pri marily seeking fun and im proved physical fitness,” Dr. Murphy said. Among the other_toi)ics_are “Fitness Activities for House wives”, “Aerobic Dancing” (a vigorous kind of dancing to increase heart rate and condi tion the body), ‘Fitness Act ivities for Children,” “Bad minton Workshop,” “Coeduc ation Gymn Gymnastics,” and “Endurance Activities in the Pool." Program participants include Dr. Theodore G. Klumpp, a physical fitness consultant: C. Carson Conrad, executive director of the Pre sident’s Council; and Dr. Ruth Alexander, chairman of the Department of Physical Ed ucation for Women at the Uni versity of Florida. Registration fee is $5 ($3 for AlUdentST. A gala exhibition of physical education activities will be free to the public at 7:30 p.m.. Sept. 27. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools are among the co-sponsors for the clinic. The. University of North Carolina at Charlotte will be host to the Southeast Regional Clinic of the President’s Coun cil on Physical Fitness and Sports Friday and Saturday. The sessions will cover everything from weight train ing for women to fitness for older Americans. Representatives are expected from the Carolinas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Virginia and West Virginia. ~ A new cession on cycling is expected to be a popular drawing card. Keith Kingbay, one of the nation’s leading experts on bicycling and bicy cles, will lead the session on UNCC’S Fall Enrollemnt Leveling Off Fall enrollment at the Uni versity of North Carolina at Charlotte again ran counter to the national trend toward leveling off, growing by 8.6 percent. This fall’s enrollment is 6,650 as compared to last fall’s 6,123. The University’s dormi tory capacity of 2,000 was exceeded, and some male stu dents had to find other hous ing. CPCC Offers Refresher Course For Nurses Central Piedmont Community College is offering a refresher course for Regist ered Nurses who have been out of service for some time N. C. State U. Has More Black Students Enrollment of black stud ents at North Carolina State University increased 43.7 per cent in the fall of 1974 over a year ago. Hr Thomas H Stafford ac- I sistant to the dean of student affairs, announced that 503 black men and women are studying at the Raleigh cam pus this fall compared to 349 last year. Stafford noted that the num ber of black freshmen rose two and a half times over a year ago. He said thereare 150 black students in the fresh man class this year compared to 60 lastjrear. and need to be brought up-to date on medication, methods and techniques of patient care, new equipment and many, many things which are continually improved in the nursing field. The course will begin Sept. 30 at 9:00 A.M. in room 204 -Mecklenburg-Ha H on the main campus. Registration is open to all Registered Nurses and w ill be conducted in class the first day. Classes will include lecture and lab on campus and clinical experience in the hospitals, will run from 9 a m. to 3 p m. Monday thru Friday, September 30 thru November 14. and will cost $2.75. 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