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What is more touching, mo
re inspirational and simply
more beautiful than to have
witnessed the honoring of a
most distinguished and inspir
ing figure, such as Mrs. Inez
Parker.
A former English instructor
and presently Smith’s histori
an, Mrs. Parker was honored
in a ceremony sponsored in
the University Campus Chur
ch by the Kappa Chapter of
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. Inc.
Presiding over this special *
occasion was Soror Dale Cobb,'
a senior English major. JC- ••
SU’s loyalty song served as
the opening selection. Soror
Cathy Stafford, a senior Early
Childhood Ed. major read the
scripture and Samuel Black
well, a member of the Phi
Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
conducted the invocation.
Soror Carmen Thomas, a
senior Psychology major in
troduced the speaker Ms. Alle
gra Westbrooks. But before
Ms. Westbrooks gave her pre
sentation, the University Cho
ir, under the direction of Mr.
Christopher Kemp, uplifted
the occasion with their beauti
ful melodic voices rendering
selections of "Listen to the
.Lamb" and “Little Lamb."
Ms. Westbrooks, the super
visor of 14 branches of the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public
Library made her address. In
opening her speech she stress
ed Mrs. Parker’s roles of
being an excellent teacher,
researcher, historian and au
I linr
In her act of reminiscing,
Ms. Westbrooks recalled that
many of Mrs. Parker's En
glish students had once cate
gorized Mrs. Parker as being
"a neat teacher.” She was a
stresser of correctness, gram
mer, tenses, concise-articula
tion and the maker of interest
ing literature. She was noted
by Ms. Westbrooks as being an
instructor who gave a sense of
direction and went beyond the
textbook to the character of
the student. She was then
titled as being a "Suitcase
teacher” because she was
always on the move to encou
rage and promote. She was
then called by Ms. Westbrooks
a “Clockwatcher” because
she always wanted to see how
many extra hours she could
put in to teach, do research
and inspire.
Ms. Westbrooks, who feels
that many of the students
should pattern their academic
successes by Mrs. Parker’s,
concluded her speech with the
UNCF slogan that "A mind is
a terrible thing to waste.”
It was at this moment that
Smith's R.W Johnson Spirit
ual Choir, under the direction
of Samuel Blackwell sang two
beautiful selections. Soror
Stafford read to Mrs. Parker a
poem entitled "Give Me My
Flowers” and she and the
other Zeta sorots presented to
Mrs. Parker beautiful roses.
Mrs. Inez Parker
...An inspiring figure
Words of gratitude were
then given to Mrs. Parker by
Randy Lee, President of the
Student Christian Associa
tion; John Griffin, editor-in
chief of the campus newspa
per; Larry Smith, editor-in
chief of the yearbook and
President Dr. Wilbert Green
field. The lovely ladies of the
Gama Delta Chapter of Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
presented to Mrs. Parker flo
wers and sang to her a song as
an illustration of their love for
her being their AKA soror.'
The ceremony ended with
the singing of the National
Black Anthem and Mrs. Inez
Parker, teacher, historian, au
thor and researcher revealing
her tears of joy.
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Bennett Choir To Present
Christmas Candlelisht Concert
Greensboro, N.C. - The
Bennett College Choir will
present its annual Christmas
Candlelight Concert, Sunday,
Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. in Annie
Merner Pfeiffer Chapel.
The concert will include a
group of popular 17th and 18th
century works such as “Hodie
Christus Natus Est," a Christ
mas motet by J.P. Sweelinc,
“From Heaven Above” by
Arcadelt, and “Ave Maria” by
Phillip Hayes.
Among the traditional con
cert seasonal favorites will be
selections such as Dickinson’s
“The Shepherds’ Story,” Ran
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the bands and thus urges the
public to attend the Christ
mas concerts performed by
the Albemarle Road Jr. High
and Hawthorne Jr. High
Schools bands. The Albemarle
Jr. High Christmas concert is
to be presented in Westerly
Hills, Monday, December 12
at 9:30 a.m. and at the Albe
marle Mall at 7:30 p.m. on
December 13. Hawthorne Jr.
High will present their concert
in their gymnasium on De
cember 14, at 7:30 p.m. Ad
mission is free.
Maxwell is an active mem
ber of the Johnson C. Smith
University Alumni Associa
tion. He is married to Minnie
Maxwell who works with
JCSU academic affairs, and
they have one son Richard E.
Maxwell, Jr. who is a senior at
West Charlotte High School.
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and Martinu’s “The Birth Of
Our Lord."
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