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JACKIE AND JOYCE HARRISON
—Two forms of absolute radiance
Our Beauties This Week Are
Jackie And Joyce Ha—Ison
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
Take a double take...and
no you are not seeing a
mirror image of one per
son. Our beauties this week
are Jackie and Joyce Har
rison, two forms of abso
lute radiance.
Both are 12th graders at
South Mecklenburg and,
you guessed it, their
tavorite people is each
other. , .
“We do just about every
thing together," Jackie
proclaimed. “Both of us
feel lonely when we are not
together. We dress alike all
the time and sometimes we
go out together on dates
and sometimes we don’t.”
Joyce offered that when
one is sick the other gets
sick. “We often feel what
the other is feeling. If one is
sad both of us are sad.Tcan
talk to Jackie better than I
can talk to other people. We
wui proDSbl)' always Stay
in the same town.”
Jackie was |he first born
and her preference for an
ambition is to aid others. “I
would like to work in Social
Service,” she began. “I
enjoy helping people and
kids who have problems
Reagan Budget Cuts Hur
Child Health Programs
By Kelly E. Anderson
Special To The Post
ROUGEMONT - Presi
-dent Reagan’s hnHgff
paints a grim picture for
the future health of
mothers and children, ac
cording to Lisbeth Bam
berger Schorr, chairperson
of the Select Panel for the
promotion of Child Health.
The panel’s 18 month
study, released in De
cember, recommends that
$4.6 billion be spent annual
ly for a comprehensive
national health policy that
entitles all parents to have
family planning services,
prenatal and maternity
care, and health care for
children until they are 5
years old. Those recom
mendations, solicited by
the Carter Administration,
may be ignored by the
Reagan Administration,
which is anxious to cut
federal spending.
"When we released the
report even after the
election,” Mrs. Schorr
said, "we still believed the
recommendations were
possible. But now the
foundations we suggest are
under attack."
Schorr, visiting professor
of maternal and child
health at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, spoke last week dur
ing a workshop on children
and families held at the
Quail Reoet Conference
Center. More than 20 media
representatives from local
and national newspapers,
| magazines and radio and
television stations attended
the workshop sponsored
each year by the Bush
Institute for Child and
Family Policy, part of the
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If you think the world
owes you a diving, hustle
out and collect it.
UNC-CH Frank Porter
Graham Child Develop
ment Center.
A strong supporter of
maternal and child health,
Schorr told the group that
infant mortality rates have
decreased 40 percent since
1965 as a result of in
creased federal support of
health programs for child
ren and mothers. The new
administration wants to cut
that support by 25 percent
and combine the funds in a
block grant with other hu
man service programs.
“If the administration’s
proposals go through,
we’re not only going to see
a plateau, but we’re going
to see an increase in infant
mortality,” Schorr said.
“It is not God-given that
once infant mortality goes
down it will continue to
stay down without help.”
“One of the block grants
proposed by the Reagan
Administration would com
bine funding for some 40
human service programs,
endangering the funding of
certain programs," Schorr
said. States would disburse
funds as they see fit,
forcing health programs to
compete against each
other.
“In this situation, every
one fights for a piece,
because all the services are
combined in one pie," she
sataL Health services for
the elderly, for example,
would be pitted against
those for children and
families, she said.
Schorr said she would
support maternal and child
health care at the expense
of other services, if Con
i gress accepted Reagan's
-block grants approach to
budget cutting. “I feel dif
ferently today that I did
last year. I'm a little more
ready to say, ‘Yea, save it
for the mothers and child
--- iff
ren
“There are so few
crumbs," she told the
group, “but we have to try
not to allow debate to hap
pen among health ser
vices.” Instead of cutting
$400-800 million for health
service8--"a pittance com
pared to the billions we’re
talking about"-Schorr said.
and I love talking to peo
ple.”
For Joyce the field of
nursing is dominant on her
mind. “I enjoy helping old
er people.and people when
they have been hurt,” she
confessed. _
Matthews-Murkland
United Presbyterian
" Church is the place of
worship Tbr Joyce and
Jackie. Both are planning
on joining the choir soon.
As identical as they ap
pear each has her weak
ness and strengths. Where
Joyce exceeds in art,
Jackie advances in History
and so forth.
r It seems like where she
L is weak I am strong,”
' Joyce commented.
And they have different
entertainer favorites also.
Joyce prefers the antics of
Jerry Lewis while Jackie
admires the abundance of
talent Michael Jackson dis
—
Both of these Taurus
young ladies seem to be
rather serious minded.
Joyce wants “...people to
accept me as I am and not
try to make me what I am
not.”
Jackie’s philosophy en
hances an age old adage:
"I try to treat others as I
would like them to treat
me. I also try to be honest
about my opinion towards
them.”
They have two ‘play’ sis
ters, Antoinette Harrison
and Jackie Holt, whom
they think highly of.
While Jackie and Joyce
he and his new bride co
reveal that each one has a
unique personality. They
are two separate entities
bound together by love for
one another.
Business
Activity
Declined
The level of business ac
tivity in North Carolina
declined in March, accord
ing to the Wachovia Busi
ness Index. The Index re
gistered 155.6, down 0.3
percent from the revised
February level.
The decline reflects a
less than usual seasonal
advance in the level of
economic activity in
March,—following_strong
gains in January- and Fe- .
bruary. During the first
quarter of 1961, the Index
increased at an average
annual rate of 2.8 percent
compared to the fourth
quarter of 1960. The nation
al economy-also registered
real growth during the first
quarter.
Seasonally adjusted de
.creases in the manufactur
ing workweek", non-manu
facturing employment and
price-adjusted average
hourly earnings all contri
buted to the March decline.
'MamifacLuiiug—employ—
ment remairid stable.
in the manufacturing
sector, durable goods and
non-durable goods indus
tries both registered slight
employment gains. The
manufacturing workweek
remained almost level in
the durable goods sector,
but declined in the non
durable goods sector due to
a shorter workweek in to
bacco apparel and foods.'
The seasonally adjusted
decline in the non-manu
facturing sector was re
flected by employment
losses in contract construc
tion, trade and services.
Government employment
was up from February.
Friendship College
May Be Down But It’s Not Out!
By Suaan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
(first in a series)
Friendship College may
be down but it is not out!
Mounting an uphill battle
against CETA fund cut
backs, competition from
other schools, no accredit
ation and lack of commun
ity support, Friendship
perseveres in its struggle.
"The college has not filed
for bankruptcy as some
sources have incorrectly
reported,” asserted its pre
sident, C. W. Petress.
Instead, Friendship filed
for a Chapter 11 reorgan
ization of debts, and the
■ courts determine--how.
much the school pays its
creditors monthly.
Money, sometimes called
the root of all evil, could be
the salvation of Friendship
if it had enough. Friend
ship is not owned by
a State Baptist Conven
tion but by the black Bap
tist churches of York and
Chesterfield Counties,
. which can donate onlv 27
percent of their budgets to
the school, according to
Petress.
Accreditation would
bring federal funds, but
before Friendship can be
come eligible, the law man
dated more classrooms,
science labs and a library.
Under the Petress ad
ministration, Friendship in
Rock Hill spent $500,000 in
renovations, and launched
fund raising drives that cut
these debts by 13 percent,
"Not having the funds for
a library is the main ob
stacle to accreditation
now," Petress said.
The school will hold a
Founder's Day drive May
16 to raise more funds to
help remove back debts
and build a library.
Friendship College, a hi
storically black Institution,
was founded in 1891 by Rev.
Mansel P. Hall, a former
slave and foremost black
educator in South Carolina
as an alternative to the
segregated public school
system in the state. It’s
main mission was to train
teachers and ministers who
could help educate blacks.
Serving the college until
is death in 1922, Rev. Hall
effected its chartership.aa
Friendship Normal and In
dustrial College In 1906. It
included high school level
courses, ministerial train
ing and advanced courses.
When in 1983 it was re
organized as a junior col
lege, the high school de
partment was gradually
eliminated and the new
focus became liberal arts
and business programs.
By 1978, the transition
from Friendship Institute
to Friendship College was
completed under the
Petress leadership with the
addition of a four-year
business curriculum.
Night classes in business,
accounting, liberal arts,
and theologv for ministers
starting in June will aug
ment the program. Petress
expressed optimism that
the night courses will in
crease enrollment to 400.
When Petress first came to
Friendship four years ago,
only 40 students attended
the college. The number
has gradually risen. Prior
to 1977 only three degreed
programs existed. Now
Friendship has 18 pro
grams, of which five lead to
Bachelor degrees. Faculty
has expauued trom 11 in
1977 to 21 In 1979.
Friendship's students
are marginal. "Many
would not do well at a
larger college," Petress
pointed out. Since it is
small, students receive
more individualized atten
tion. They get exposure to
higher education; whereas,
many would not normally
be accepted by other col
leges.
Students hail from North
Carolina, Virginia, New
York, Haiti, Nigeria, Penn
sylvania and South Caro
lina. They pay less than 32
percent of their expenses at
college.
"All students attending
the school get financial aid
through the federal govern
ment,” Petress said_
The faculty boasts grad
uates from Columbia Uni
versity, A*T State Uni
verslty, Benedict, Johnson
C. Smith University and
Friendship Those with
master’s degrees have in
creased by 500percent.
In the next article of the
series we will discuss their
upcoming Founder s Day
project.
MRS. ESTELLE HOSKIN LISTON
•••••*Attributes Alertness To Belief In God
Though 89 Years Old
Teaching Continues To Be
Main Function Tor I .istnir—
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
Teaching continues to be
one main function for
Estelle Hoskin Liston.
From the classroom to
raising six of her own
children, Mrs. Liston not
only reached many minds
but improved her own in
the process.
Now 89 she attributes her
alertness to her belief in
God’s word and her aid to
youth. “In helping younger
people,” she explained, "I
helped my own interest in
life in general.”
Born in South Carolina,
Mrs. Liston moved to
North Carolina at the age
of four. Growing up she
completed the eighth grade
before attending Scotia
Seminary, now Barber
Scotia College.
“In Charlotte the highest
grade for a Negro to com
plete was the eighth grade
when I was growing up.
Whites, however, could
finish the twelth,” Mrs.
Liston remembered.
Blacks still received high
school diplomas, certifying
that they had completed 12
grades when in reality they
had not. Mrs. Liston kept
her high school diploma.
Looking at it recently she
noticed the photo of the
white high school on her
diploma.
“They didn’t feel Negro
cnnaren were important
enough to make them an
eighth grade certificate,”
she noted with raw
~~emptluir
Mrs. Liston completed
her eighth grade training in
1907 and then boarded at
Scotia Seminary in Con
cord.
“The schools then were
largely supported by
churches and we could go
there for very little money.
My family paid no tuition
just room and board. That
was about $5.-$7 a month,”
she reminisced.
“It took sacrifice to send
a child to school then and
now it is still difficult to
send one to school,” she
continued. Mrs. Liston also
had two other sisters who
attended Scotia. They
taught at Myers Street
School.
Mrs. Liston’s parents,
Daniel Hoskin and Sally
English Hoskin were in
rather beneficial profes
sions. Her father was a
shoe repairer and maker,
creating shoes for the de
forced foot, while her
mother was a dressmaker
sewing for wealthy whites.
“Even though they made
about $1 a day that was
well in the line of work,"
Mrs. Liston stated.
With this money the Hos
kins Were able to educate
their children. Scotia was
then a "glorified high
school”, according to Mrs.
Liston.
“The training was equi
valent to high school and
teacher training,” She con
tinued. She received four
years of education above
the eighth grade level.
Following Scotia Mrs.
Liston taught three years
in church school and two
years in public school
Home Economics, cooking
and sewing were her spe
cial areas
She met and married Dr
Hardy Liston who later
became the first black
dean of Knoxville College
See Teaching on Page 6
Racial
Barriers
Lowered?
There is already good
reason to believe that the
ideals of a single society
will not only be contradict
ed by America’s growing
political conservatism but
supplanted by Blacks
themselves in their strug
gle to transform impover
ished ghettos into viable
communities where Blacks
may continue to live.
Recent years have seen a
major expansion in the
amount of housing' avail
able to Blacks and sigmli
cant qualitative improve
ments as'well. Most of this
increase has come from the
transition of residential
areas from which to Black
occupancy. With the lower
ing of racial barriers and
consequent widening of op
portunity, subtle but pro
found changes are taking '
shape in the outlook of
Blacks. Many members of
the Black community are
acquiring new concepts of
what is desirable and pos
sible ' and new images of
their position in society.
Presently, it is no exag
- geration to say that the
—future welfare of Blacks is—
bound up with theTFsegre
gation. A concentration of
numbers seem to be almost
a essential condition of
group survival. As history
has demonstrated, when
the members of an ethnic
group cease to live together
their ties to the group be
come weakened and the
group itself tends to dis
solve. Although Blacks will
continue to be identified by
others as a distinct group,
the degree of awareness of
Blacks as a group is closely
dependent upon their num
bers and concentration.
In becoming more like
other Americans in jobs
and incomes, Blacks have
also tended to assimilate
the goals, the status sym
bols and social standards of
the community-at-large.
The process is a familiar
one historically in the assi
milation of immigrant
groups into the nation’s
mainstream. Where a
family lives is a mark of its
social position, and people
living in similar housing in
the same neighborhood or
dinarily are judged to be on
the same social level.
It is unlikely that the
housing of Blacks can be
brought up to the general
standards of quality while
separate residential com
munities persists. Indeed,
certain components of good
housing, such as variety to
suit individual wants and
purses, and prestige loca
tions, are obviously im
possible to provide within
any limited area. Recogni
tion of this truth was the
basis of the Supreme
court’s refusal ever to ap
ply the separate-but-equal
doctrine to matters of resi
dence. ----
A fundamental problem
of housing for Blacks is not
one of quantity or quality of
dwellings, important as
these may be, but whether
Blacks should continue to
be concentrated in sepa
rate communities or be
encouraged to seek their
housing in the general mar
ketplace.
New Look At Segregation
.Nation’s Single Society