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Southeastern Black Press Institute SUPER SCHOLAR
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FAMOUS BLACK AICIICAM
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Rearing
The Black
Child
STORKS, Conn.-Parenting
the Black child in America
poses special proNwns that
have become the focus of
research at the Univenity of
Connecticut, where a three
year study is under way into
the “Rearing and Develop
ment of Young Black Chil
area.
• Dr. Marie F. Peters, an
associate professor in the U of
C Department of Home Econo
mics and Family Studies, will
acing me
competency test.
Read the following essay and complete the
exercises.
Let’s deal with the word survival because we
hear this word a lot. Think about the context in
which you hear it. A flood has survivors; a
wreck has survivors; a fire has survivors. Now,
life has its survivors too. We have a lot of
phrases to describe survival. We call it dealing,
making it, getting over; they are all the same.
And survival is personal; that is, everybody has
to think about his or her own way erf dealing. It is
therefore necessary for each person to give it
some serious thought. Have you thought about
what you will be dtfng at 20? 30? 40? It’s no joke;
this is serious. If you want to be a survivor, you
have to plan your strategy. Sure, there are a few
lucky people, like the ooes who survived a
head-on collision, or the ones who survived the
collapse of a building or some other catastrophe,
but don’t hold out for your luck. The odds are too
great Plan your survival. How are you going to
DO YOU KNOW THE FOLLOWING ABBRE
VIATIONS BEFORE APPLYING FOR THIS
JOB?
1. hrs.
2. assist.
3. exp.
4. min.
5. S. E.
6. appoint.
FACTS ABOUT AFRO-AMERICAN STUDIES
Inventions by black Americans
A golf tee - George P. Grant
A player piano - J. H. Dickerson
A mop handle - Thomas P. Stiverward
Machinery for making paper boxes - W. B.
Purvis
1. The main idea of the above essay is:
a. it is necessary to plan for your future
b. your luck will see you through
c. the strong will survive
2. The best title for the above essay is:
a. Learning to deal
b. The Best Ways to Survive
c. Planning your Future
3. Another phrase for survival is:
a. making it
b. dealing
c. getting over
d. all of the above
4. Which of these wise sayings is appropriate for
the above essay?
a. a word to the wise is sufficient
b. it is better to have and not want than to
want and not have,
c. haste makes waste
II. Vocabulary: Choose the correct meaning:
1. context:
a. a situation
b. an event
c. an occasion
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b. to depart
c. to exist
3. strategy:
a. a plan of action
b. an accurate amount
c. a passiop for living
4. catastrophe:
a. an accident
b. a disaster
c. a feat
ANSWERS
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You are dow searching for a part-time job. read
the following ads and answer the questions.
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Wanted: Babysitter, 18-24 years old, Experience
with 9 and 10 year old boys, High school graduate
min.; apply in person only; 334 Worth Street,
N.E. Call 548-5565.
. 1. The acceptable age category for the above
position is
a. 19-23
b. 17-20
c. 21-26
2. The following person need not apply fbr the
above position:
a. a person with one year of college education
b. a person who has a high school diploma and
a degree from a technical institute
c. a person with an eleventh grade education
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•#. TTIUVU 10 MIC w» a CVV pi W.CUU1 u ivl appi/ui§
for the above position?
a. call and make an appointment for an
interview
b. write a letter and list qualifications
c. call and discuss qualifications over the
phone
4. Which of the following persons are qualified
for the above position?
a. former aide in a day care nursery
b. an employee of a rest home
c. a playground supervisor
d. a former aide of a third and fourth grade
class
WANTED
17-24-year-old
after school playground assist,
hrs. 4-7 M-F
Min. wages; exp. nec
Apply in person
624 Railway St. ,SE
681-5555 call for appoint, only
Cotton picking machine - A. B. Albert
Devices for the telephone - Charles V. Rickery
Mechanical tabulator - Shelby J. Davidson
Pastin machine - Robert Pelham
Automatic water dispenser - James Doyle
Key fastener - Fred J. Lowden
FAMOUS BLACK AMERICANS—KEY
ACROSS
1. 1920’s “back to Africa” advocate
2. First man killed in Boston Massacre, Crispus
4. Civil War hero, received Congressional Medal
of Honor, Wm. H.
7. Led a major slave revolt in 1831
10. Author, “God’s Trombones,”
Johnson
12. Paul Lawrence , turn of the century poet
13. Founder of the oldest black fraternal
organization in the U.S., the Masons
DOWN
1. Inventor, steam boiler furnace, incubator and
automatic air brakes, T. Woods
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2. 19th century Shakespearean actor, Ira F.
3. First black graduate of West Point
4. He could make anything from peanuts
5. Mary McLeod , educator
6. Past director of the National Urban League
Whitney M. ’
7. A woman called “Moses”
8. First man to reach the North Pole, April 6,
1909
, 9. Planner, our nation’s capital *
llt Explorer, discovered the site for present-day
Chicago, 111., Jean Baptiste Point
SUPER SCHOLAR
FREDERICK
DOUGLASS
1817 or 1818 -1895
-taught himself to read
-founded newspaper
“North Star” and
magazine “Douglass’
Monthly”
-great orator for causes
of freedom
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1. year
2. cash on delivery
3. Monday
4. Sunday School
5. low pressure
6. boulevard
10. and so forth
11. a place to sleep
12. Georgia
14. emergency
18. calorie
20. to knock lightly
21. pages
22. company
24. assistant
26. avenue
28. zinc
30. year-old
31. Army Post Office
33. Wednesday
35. station
36. Canada
37. pound _
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39. Student Aptitude
Test
40. afternoon
42. annual
43. to carry on a conver
sation (slang)
44. before Christ
46. petty cash
ACROSS
1. yard
2. centimeter
3. mistress
6. branch office
8. post office
9. separate
11. building
12. Northeast
15. Reverend
16. after Christ
17. carbon copy
19. insecticide
21. pedestrian
22. alcoholics anony
mous
25. pair
26. aluminum
27. ounce
29. psychology
31. average
32. Northwest
34. South
35. special
38. Eastern Standard
Time
40. please turn over
41. district attorney
42. American Medical
Association
43. registered nurse
45. two thousand pounds
46. father (slang)
47. taking care of
business (slang)
48. National Association
for the Advancement
of Colored people
SOLUTIONS TO
LAST WEEK’S
ABBREVIATIONS.
1. ann.
2. USA
3. SA
4. Mrs.
5. sop.
6. avg.
7. re.
8. sv.
9. ag.
10. EST
11. AME
12. adv.
13. SEATO
14. eg.
15. sp.
16. DDT
17. Ga.
18. A.D.
19. dlo.
20. 1.
21. CC.
22. S.C.
23. B.C.
24. AEF
25. ABC
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DOWN
1. asst.
2. Nov.
3. np.
4. S.A.
5. ave.
6. rr
deliver a progress report and
preliminary research results
to the biennial meeting of the
Society for Research in Child
Development (SRCD).
Peters wtii outline a special
methodology being used in the
research when the SRCD con
venes in San Francisco March
15-18.
- Dubbed an “exploratory
will involve Black miants
aged nine months to one year,
and will entail follow-up
examinations of the childrens'
development for three years.
Various parenting methods
and child response to them are
to be videotaped for later
review by parents who will
judge the effectiveness of the
technique after cloeely obser
ving the reactions of their
children. •
Peters explains that Black
children from well-adjusted
families have never been the
fflPIM rJt onri/uM haksi^««l
research. Instead, most stu
dies of Black children and
parenting have approached
the subject from the disadvan
taged minority or broken
home viewpoints, stressing
the special rearing techniques
needed to cope with such
debilitating home environ
ments.
Peters' longitudinal study
and descriptive” examination
of child-rearing technique in
the “normal" Black American
family, the study will corre
late observations of child res
ponse to various stimuli with
parental attitudes toward
child rearing to arrive at an
instructive model of Black
parenting In the U.S.
Youth In Action
Despite a declining birth
rate, nearly half a million
more juveniles were arrested
in 1976 than in 1968. What is
being dooe for these troubled
youths?
Inner-city and underprivi
leged boys and girls from
small cities and rural areas
are learning to share their
interests ana talents with
others at the same time they
enjoy fellowship and fun by
participating In activity spon
sored by The Salvation Army.
Social programs that now
involve 460,000 young people
include scouting, camping,
recreation at family centers,
boys’ and girls’ dubs and
athletic leaguee.
Placing its traditional em
phasis on religion, the Army
also offers Sunday School and
Bible study, special youth pub
lications and Salvationist
training.
On the educational and
vocational side, trained pro
fessional Salvation Army
workers also give youth in
struction in many subjects
and skills, the use of library
facilities and job placement
help
And there’a morel Troubled
youthe can go to Army coun
selors for advice on family
life, reaped for law, thugs and *H
other harmful habits.