r : OUTGOING DELTA PRESIDENT Hellena
: Tidwell, center, receives plaque from sorori
: ty member Cornelia Belton, right, during
brief ceremony last Saturday at Greenville
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Photo by Peeler
Community Center. Incoming president Ro
gerline Lee, seated, observes the proceed
ings. For other picture, please turn to page 10.
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\ Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
I Holds First Meeting Of Year
Rv .lamps Pppl^r ~
Post Staff Writer
: The 100-member Charlotte
: Alumnae Chapter of Delta
; Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.,
held the first meeting of its
1976-77 fiscal year last Satur
day at Greenville Community
Center.
They took the occasion to
install new officers for this
. fiscal year and to honor three
of their number.
During brief ceremonies,
Cornelia Belton, Chairman of
: the Amenities Committee,
presented Four-leaf Clover
; shaped plaques to sorority
' members Grace Stevenson
; and Helen Streater Cabiness,
v who have taken early retire
ment from the Charlotte
Mecklenburg School System.
. Honoree Cabiness is a grad
s' uate of Winston-Salem Statp
5 College. She holds a Masters *
in c,ariy unildftood
Education from New York
University. She taught in Shel
by Public Schools, Shelby,
N.C. until her husband, Dr.
Riley Cabiness joined the fa
culty at Johnson C. Smith
University in September 1967.
Mrs. Cabiness joined the grad
uate chapter of Delta Psi
Sigma of Gastonia in Decem
ber 21, 1957 and retired from
the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
School System on June 14
1976.
Honoree Stevenson is a
graduate of Johnson C. Smith
University and Atlanta Uni
versity School of Social Work.
She holds a Masters Degree
from New York University in
Guidance and Counseling and
has done advanced studies in
numerous other colleges and
universities. Ms. Stevenson
has been a member of the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg School
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\ Stare J. A. Gospel Choir
7 »nc j.n. irospei imoir, 01
■ Shiloh Institutional Baptist
Church, will appear on “The
-/• World’s Best Gospel Pro
; gram,” which will feature the
Rev. Isaac Douglas, Septem
ber 19, ar2T30r««he Charlotte,
: Park Center.
: The Choir, named after its
pastor, Dr. J.A. White, started
; out five years ago with 15
members and is now compos
; ed of 30 members. They have
- appeared on programs in al
: most every church in and
: around Charlotte. Next to Dr.
j White, the J.A.’s are the pride
and joy of Shiloh Institutional
Baptist Church.
Rev. Douglas, who will be
; blessed to have the J.A.’s sing
with him, is one of the nation's
. top gospel singers. Many find
; him to be better than Rev.
' frames Cleveland.
■ Rev. Douglas has just re
: turned from a singing engage
: ment in Europe and will be
• Bonnie E. Cone
Speaker Fund
Eatabiuhed
The University of North
f ‘ Carolina at Charlotte has esta
blished The Bonnie E. Cone
* Speaker Fund in Mathema
tics, according to Dr. William
' *M. Britt, vice chancellor for
: development.
coming to Charlotte for the
first time. Since his return to
the United States, he has
packed auditoriums and chur
ches everywhere.
The popularity of his latest
two albums, “The Harvest Is
Plentiful” and “Do You Know
Him”, has brought this dyna
mic talent to the minds of
many who previously were not
aware of his fantastic ability
to deliver the gospel in song.
So look out Charlotte, the
next album that Rev. Douglas
records may just be with our
own J.A. Gospel Choir.
John Bost, of Radio Station
WGIV, and Rev. James E.
Barnett will host this pro
gram.
System staff since 1952 and
served in the capacities of
School Social Worker, Mathe
matics teacher, and, for the
past 18 years, as Guidance
Counselor. Her first sorority
affiliation was with Delta Sig
ma Theta, the undergraduate
chapter at Johnson C. Smith
University.
Outgoing Delta president,
Hellena H. Tidwell, was also
honored with a plaque for her
outstanding service to the so
rority. Mrs. Tidwell, whose
husband Isaiah,, a Wachovia
Bank Officer, has been pro
moted and transferred to the
home office in Winston Salem,
N.C., will leave Charlotte a
bout the middle of October.
She is presently Director of
"Upward Bound and Special
Service at Johnson C. Smith
University. Mrs. Tidwell has
SATVPH thp Qnrnvitv qc (Tinon.
cial Secretary-Treasurer,
Chairman of The Cotillion
Committee for 1969-1870, Un
dergraduate Advisor to Gam
ma Lambda Chapter at John
son C. Smith University for
1969- 74, Vice president from
1970- 74 and president from
1974-76. She has also repre
sented the organization at
numerous regional and nation
al meeting.
Officers installed at last
Saturday’s meeting were: Ro
gerline Lee, President; Juani
ta Graighead, Vice president;
Eva Grace Atkinson, Record
ing secretary; Janice Crow
der, Corresponding secretary;
Elaine Brown, Financial se
cretary; Lucille Batts, Trea
surer; Virginia Shadd, Jour
nalist; Sarah Richardson, His
torian; Margie Morris, Parli
mentarian; Barbara Warren,
Chaplain; Mary Gill, Sgt.-at
Arms; Sarah Stroud, Custodi
an, and Roberta Thompkins,
Membership Chairwoman.
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Thursday, September 16, 1976-THE CHARLOTTE POST Page 7
Ivory Trains Students, Teachers In Caribbean Island
Special To The Post
ST. MICHAEL, BARBADOS
When Darnell Ivory of Char
lotte, N.C. says "jump",
everyone jumps And hops,
skips, runs, rolls and leaps as
well.
One word from the statues
que 6’2*2" Miss Ivory, a Peace
Corps volunteer, and the gras
sy playing field at All Saints
Boys' School erupts in a frenzy
of "movement exploration
Young Barbadians laugh, tot
ter and grimace as they at
tempt to imitate their teach
er’s movements and body con
trol.
On Mice lunru it oil InnLo
graceful and easy -- which is
not surprising, considering
her background and training.
She grew up “always doing
one sport or another,” and
majored in physical education
at Spelman College in Atlanta,
where she received a bache
lor’s degree in 1973. She then
went on to earn a 1975 mas
ter’s degree in physical educa
tion from Springfield College
in Springfield, Mass. (She
graduated from W. Charlotte
H.S. in 1969).
Now working under the Bar
bados Military of Sports, the
24-year-old Peace Corps vol
unteer divides her time be
tween three of the island’s
schools, two of them "mixed,”
or co-ed. In addition to holding
up to five physical education
classes a day, Miss Ivory also
is developing a lesson plan for
I
iiuu-spt^idiizea leacners.
“I’m trying to reach the
regular classroom teachers
who teach these kids every
day,” Miss Ivory explained,
noting that there is only one
trained physical education in
structor on the whole island.
“With a basic lesson plan and
demonstrations, they can do
quite a bit more in P.E. than
they're doing now."
So far she has found the
younger teachers far more
receptive than the older ones
To build up the program, she
hopes to involve faculty and
students at a nearby commu
nity college. Miss Ivory also
has located an olympic-size
swimming pool near the nor
thern tip of the island. After
talking to numnr plin Ip
hopeful she will be able to give
swimming lessons and work
outs to her students there.
Along with tennis and volley
ball, swimming is one of her
favorite sports.
Although physical education
is not taught in Barbadian
schools as such, according to
Miss Ivory, the people of this
sunny Caribbean island nation
are quite athletic-minded. The
most popular sports are cric
ket, soccer and cycling.
On National Sports Day, she
recalled, “It seemed like
every kid on the island came
to the stadium. They all had
some event that they were
going to participate in."
The games, Miss Ivory said,
particularly interest her older
t
students, while the younger
children take more readily to
movement education. She her
self wasn't introduced to
movement education until
graduate school, but she feels
it is one of the most important
elements in physical educa
tion.
"At Springfield we had to do
movements exploring space
as if we were children Move
ment exploration helps you
become aware of your body
and builds grace and coordi
nation," Miss Ivory observed.
"How do we use the space
around us?" she went on,
gesturing broadly. “I'm try
ing to make the kids aware of
their bodies In rievnl nn fhnir
ability to stop, start, stretch,
bend, and so on.
"There's no right or wrong
way to do it. They naturally all
like running, but the rest of it
- the body control - is harder.
They have to be aware of
space, themselves, the parts
of their bodies "
At this point the lessons are
still "very basic," Miss Ivory
said, adding that no fancy
equipment is needed. She ne
vertheless is looking forward
to the arrival of mats, sacks
and logs for rolling.
Miss Ivory said some of her
funniest experiences have re
sulted from "a real speech
barrier.” Even though En
glish is the country’s lan
guage, there is a big differ
ence in accent and expres
sions between Barbadian and
American English.
"Sometimes I just don’t un
derstand them and naturally
I'm going to say things they
don't. When I told a class last
week to get into a knot, they
heard the word nut. Everyone
cracked up,” she recalled with
a laugh.
Miss Ivory decided to join
the Peace Corps after spend
ing a summer in the West
African nation of Togo with
Operation Crossroads Africa.
That experience "started my
interest in going places," she
said. In fact, she turned down
a good job offer at Shaw
University when her Peace
Corps application was accep
ted last fall.
The daughter of Mrs Emily
R. (Ivory) Smith of 4939 Val
leydale Ave., Los Angeles,
Calif., Miss Ivory plans “to go
into some kind of communi..,
work" when her two-year
Peace Corps stint ends in 1977.
"I want to be able to give kids
the^ppomrnit^M^^xcel^^
some sport,” she said.
Miss Ivory is one of 30 Peace
Corps volunteers working in
Barbados in a variety of edu
cation, agriculture and health
projects. Around the world,
more than 6,200 Americans
Serve as Peace Corps volun
teers and trainees in 69 de
veloping nations
The Peace Corps is part of
ACTION, the federal agency
for volunteer service esta
blished in July, 1971 to admi
nister volunteer programs at
home and overseas. Mike Bal
zano is the director of ACT
ION ACTION'S domestic pro
grams include Volunteers in
Service to America (VISTA),
Foster Grandparent Pro
gram. Retired Senior V'olun
teer Program <RSVP>, Senior
Companion Program and Uni
versity Year for ACTION
Persons interested in ACT
ION programs can call 800
424-8580 toll free for more
information.
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