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New Book Focuses On New South With the nation's eyes al ready focused on the New South thanks to Jimmy Car ter, a timely new book' now describes and explores the sweeping changes and on going problems of life below the Mason-Dixon Line in 1976. The book is RETURN TO SOUTH TOWN. Lorenz Gra ham's fourth novel about the life of David Williams, a young black man, and will be published by Thomas Y. Cro well Company on September 15th. The book describes how a fictional community in the New South copes with the presence of the only black doctor-Southern raised, Nor thern educated-in their midst. Thousands of Followers Lorenz Graham's previous novels about his character David Williams, SOUTH TOWN, NORTH TOWN, AND WHOSE TOWN?, have long been established as classic stories of our times. As the thousands of followers of Da vid's saga well know, David and his family left the South in the late fifties to make a better life for themselves. How and why was the subject of SOUTH TOWN. In the second novel, NORTH TOWN, published by Crowell in 1964, the Williams family found life In a Northern city no Utopia. David encountered de facto segregation, prejudice from Northern blacks, and a temptation to drift into drugs. Graham'· third- novel, WHOSE TOWN? (Crowell, 196·), showed young David, now a senior in high school and a football star with a high academic average, impatient at the slow pace of social change. η ■- ^ .· uoiuci^ocuua Student Wine Scholarship Patrick O'Neal Fulp, a senior in Early Childhood Ed ucation at Barber-Scotia Col lege, has been selected by the North Carolina Association of Classroom Teachers to re L ceiye a Mary Morrow Scho larship award of 1540 for 1976-77 academic year. This award is given to five outstanding rising seniors in North Carolina on the basis of character, personality, scholastic achievement, pro mise as a successful teacher, and financial need. All teach ers education institutions in North Carolina nominate two qualified students for this award. Out of 86 recipients, the Ave beat seniors are se lected. Fulp is a resident of Pine Hall, North Carolina. He grad uated from South Stokes High School in 1973. He has a grade point average of 3.42. He is on the Dean's list. He is a mem ber of Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society and the Student Na tional Education Association. He served as junior class president during the last aca demic year. He is the son of Mrs. Barbara J. Fulp of Pine Hall, North Carolina. Davidson College To Rake $35 Million Davidson College will cli max its sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary in 1987 by raising $35 million, according to an announcement from col lege president Samuel R. Spencer Jr. The 'announcement was made at the office of Governor James Holshouser, who will be national chairman of the fund-raising effort. PROSPECTIVE DELTA DEBUTANTS and iheir parents pose for a photo last Saturday at Greenville Community Center following a "MIX AND MEET" get-acquainted session Photo by Peeler marking the beginning of an activity-filled year for the 35 young ladies who will have their debute in April. 1977. w an ~~Μιχ and Meet"Session Deltas Make Preparation F or Thirteenth Cotillion D«> — r»—» — Post Staff Writer An enthusiastic and excited group of approximately 25 young ladies and their parents met last Saturday at Green ville Community Center for a "MEET AND MIX" get-ac quainted session- which began preparations for the Charlotte Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Thçia Sorority's Planned Parenthood Adds Two Members Planned Parenthood of Greater Charlotte announced two new members in its agen cy recently. Anne "Morris is the new Director of Information and Education. Mrs. Moms joins Planned Parenthood with a background in organization experience having managed and directed numerous acade mic, political and community activities. Mrs. Morris will be responsible for public rela tions and the dessimination of energy information and edu cation in the community. Roslyn Greenspon is the new Coordinator of Volun teers. Mrs. Greenspon brings _ with her invaluable experi ence in volunteer programs, having developed a local vol i unteer effort to a national level. Mrs. Greenspon will be responsible for the agency volunteer training program and coordinating the volun teers to the various clinic needs. The 60 volunteers ate essential to Planned Parent hood's services. Check the ads in the Char lotte Post each week for the best bargains in town. THIRTEENTH ANNUAL COTILLION to be held in April of 1977. The "Mix and Meet" session launched an activity-filled year of events for the prospec tive debutantes which will culminate with the Delta's Thirteenth Annual Cotillion - a fund-raising activity which provides funds for the sorori ty's numerous charitable pro jects. The 100-member sorority, presently headed by President Helena Tidwell, has used the proceeds from its annual Co tillion to make contributions to the United Negro College Fund, Big Sisters Internation al, Sickle Cell Anemia. King Center, Black Women in Pri son, Black Women on Proba tion, and volunteer work with the elderly at Charlotte Com munity Hospital, among other things. The young lady raising the highest amount of money for this year's effort will be crowned "Miss Delta Debu tante - 1977" at next year's April ball, which was held last year at" Charlotte's Park Cen ter. The Winner will also receive "a substantial" scholarship to the college of her choice as will the first and second run ners-up. Activities for the Debutan tes will include charm clinics, pajama parties, modeling sessions, and dining, and will be headed this year by Co chairwomen Eula Chandler and Doris Guess, according to Publicity Chairman Daisy Stroud, who added, "last year's effort was a huge sue- , cess and we are aiming tor an even bigger one (Debutante Cotillion) this year." "Delta Sigma Theta Sorori ■ ■ II ■ I. ϋΐ ■ II ■ * m II ■■ ι in f — ty. Inc.," continued Mrs. Stroud, "is a public service ' sorority committed to promot ing high cultural, intellectual, and moral standards among its members for its own bene fit and for the benefit of the society in which it exists." Officers for the 1976-77 year will be installed Saturday. September 11, and include: Rogerline Lee, President; Juanita Craighead, Vice Pre sident; Eva Grace Atkinson, Recording Secretary; Janice Crowder, Corresponding Se cretary; Elaine Brown, Fi nancial Secretary; Lucille Batts, Treasurer; Virginia Shadd, Journalist; Sarah Ri chardson, Historian; Margie Morris, Parlimentarian; Bar bara Warren, Chaplain; Mary Gill, Sgt.-at-Arms; Sarah Stroud, Custodian; and Rober ta Thompkins, Membership Chairwoman. Focusing The Eyes, Reading By Dr. Raleigh Bvnum. O.D., FA.A.6 SPECIAL TO THE POST For the past two years there has been in progress a heated debate as to the importance of vision in the process of read ing Although the results are not final, it seems that there is only one aspect of the visual system that plays any part in reading skills. The aspect is known as binocularity or the ability of one eye to function properly with the other eye. Good binocularity indicates a situation whereby the infor mation required from each eye is brought together in the brain so that each source adds to or compliments the other. Also, there is no discomfort or strain coming from this pro cess. Poor binocularity. on the other hand, is a condition whereby the processing of information from each eye is' done in such a manner as to Slimnaetice, Y oga (liasses Planned Slimnastics and yoga class es will be held at West Char lotte Recreation Center, 2401 Kendall Drive, this fall. Registration will be held through this month, Monday Friday, from 2 to 9 p.m. at the center. Call center director James Foster at 374-2964 for further information^^^^^^^^^^ Read the Charlotte Post ;ach week. H" m» Dr Bynum lower the efficiency and com fort of the visual system. This situation is characterized by the fact that the person having it will be a better reader with one eye covered than he will be with both eyes open. Poor binoculanty is due to interference from one eye to the other and this interference is usually found either in the focusing or convergence sys tems of the eyes. Focus inter ference is when one eye focus es at a different point from the other eye. The right eye may focus at 14 inches and the left eye at 10 inches. This condi tion would result in two dif ferent messages being sent to the brain and since the brain can only tolerate a small difference in information re ceived, an interfering mix up results. In addition, the two eyes may not be pointing (conver gence) at the same place on the page. The right eye may J>e aimed at the point slightly to one side of the left eye. not far enough to cause interfer ence. This poor binocularity will result in reduced reading speed and reading compre hension. The student will find that he or she must read study material three or four times before the information can be remembered. Also, a very heavy fatique résulta from reading for only a short time. In young children this is some times exhibited not as tired ness but as lack of attentive ness.. The older student will simply say he or she does not like to read. A defect in binocularity is therefore the major visual factor in poor reading ability but due to the subtlety of the problem, it is not readily detectable. New methods of detection have recently made us aware of the enormity of this problem and its influence in school performance. It may be important to know a student's binocular status than to know if he is 20-20 at twenty feet. A simplified rea son for this is that a near sighted student can move clos er to the blackboard but a student with poor binocularity cannot adjust and must have professional help if he is ex pected to read efficiently. 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