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ACT-SO Program Blacks Can Compete For Scholarships by Susan Ellsworth Poet Staff Writer Black high school students will have an opportunity to compete for scholarships and awards in various academic ana·. A new program called the Academic Cultural Technolo gical Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) was to encourage scholastic achieve ment among minority youths, according to its executive dir ector, Benjamin Hooks. Under this program, stu dents in grades 8-12, who qualify, will compete locally, regionally and nationally in areas of competition that in clude the visual, performing and literary arts, and the applied, technical and social sciences. ACT-SO was developed to reward students who have the desire and motivation to con tend for recognition academi cally on an Olympian level. Through the help of a spon sor (person knowledgeable in the field a student has cho sen), a project is completed for the competition. Students in grades 0 9, 10 li and seniors will be judged in seperate categories. First, second and third place will be awarded in each group. To be eligible for participat ion in the program, students must meet one of the following criterion. 1. Live in a Community Development target area Five Points, Third Ward, West Boulevard, North Charlotte, West Morehead or Griertown. 2. Live in public housing --Belvedere Homes, Boule vard Homes, Dalton Village, Dillehay Courts, Earle Vill age, Fairview Homes, Key way Apartments, Piedmont Courts, Pine Valley, Southside Homes and Windsong Trails. 3. Qualify for the Charlotte Mecklenburg School's free lunch program. Applications will be avail able at all junior and senior high schools and City of Char lotte Neighborhood Centers. All completed applications received at a school should be sent to Ms. Verta Witherspoon at A.G. Junior High School on December 19, 1978. Applicat ions received in the center should be returned to Ms. Vickie Christensen. The ACT-SO Committee will notify applicants in writing. The committee will secure sponsors to help students dev elop their projects, or the student may select his own sponsor. Local competition will be held in March 1979. The local winner will compete at the NAACP National Convention in Louisville, Kentucky in June 1979. Engineering Program Set For Mrorily Studenfe CLEMSON, S.C.—Minority teenagers in the Carolines and —Ofinrgia bave been invited to apply to a special engineering program at Clemson Univer sity. The two sessions next sum mer will bring 60 outstanding high school sophomores to Clemson for a two-week intro duction to careers in engineer ing. They will work on short projects in several engineer ing areas. About 30 rising seniors who attended the introductory sessions last summer will re turn in 1979 to work on a more complex project in a single engineering field. He uid sophomores interes ted in math and science who , would like to attend can get more information and an application blank by writing to him at the College of Engi neering, Clemson University, Clemson, S C. 29631. Read the Charlotte Poet each week. Γ 3 Room Group Bedroom, Living Room And Dinette Reg. *554" . ^399'5 3 Days Only Similar To Illustration Broadway's Furniture 1801 RosmO· Ferry EUL ' At Five Pointa ιΜ SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS ! feSjftftfrfrflnnnnnnnnniinnnmiIllIllMJIfr^ "U UUUUllUUUUUllUUiiUUUU James Allen Harris : I I James Allen Harris is a yard engineer. He and his crew have the job of keeping ι freight cars moving through the yard. ' Before coming to the Southern, James worked in farm and factory work. How do^s he like the Southern? "I wouldn't exchange this job for any other," he says. "It's never routine, and the job advancement and security are great." As part of Southern Folks, James' future is bright because Southern's future is bright. Railroading is one of America's real growth industries. Railroads now carry more freight each ι year than all the trucks, airplanes and j barges combined. And by 1990 we expect a t 143 percent increase in railroad traffic levels. «j We think this means a profitable future jj for Southern Railway and Southern Folks. * POUTHIHIN] ■ Tt€ IMVW SYSTIM THAI G»VIS A G*ftN llOHT TO INNOVATIONS
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