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: ■ r>'^..L y' THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, March 29. 1984 —
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In “Little Miss
America” Pageant
Story On Page 18A
JCSU Inaugt ^
Celebration Takes On
International Flavor
Stories On Pages 13A & 16A
m President
. Robert L. Albright
nooen uewis Albright
will be presented the
charter and seal at his
Investiture as 11th presi
dent of Johnson C. Smith
University at a 2 pm.
inaugural ceremony at the
University Church on cam
pus. on Sunday, April 8,
-1384_
Dr. Matthew J. White
head, chairman of the
Bbard of Tnsteesr will
make the presentation to
Dr. Albright at the Act of
Installation. William H.
Dougherty, vice chairman
of the Board of Trustees,
will pretide over the In
vestiture.
The lnaugurpi convo
cation is held in obser
vance of Founder's Day as
Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity celebrates its 117th
amflversnry. Thepiifatc,
liberal-arts, independent
college, was founded under
Uw allspices of the Com
mittee on Freedom of the
Prabyterian Church USA
in 1867 by the Reverend
Samuel C. Alexander and
the Reverend Willis L.
- Miller on land donated by
Cnlimal W H Myern at it«
present Beatties Ford
Road location. It was orl
ginfclly named the Henry J.
Bjddle Memorial Institute
Ingratitude for the gen
erous financial support of
the widow of Major Biddle,
a Philadelphia, PA, Union
Army major who died in
battle in 1882 The school
XSX renamed Johnson C.
Smith University on March
1, 1823, in appreciation to
the substantial support
given by the widow of a
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Pittsburgh, fa, pharma
cist who later made a
fortune founding the Mc
Keesport Tin Plate Com
pany.
The state of Pennsyl
vnia will again have an
imprint on the health and
future of Johnson C. Smith
University with the admin
istration of Robert Lewis
Albright, a Philadelphia
native, as Its lift presi
dent When he assumed the
office last July at the age of
38, he became the youngest
president in the history of
the institution (eclipsing
his predecessor, Dr. Wil
bert Greenfield by one
year).
Dr. Albright was edu
cated in Philadelphia's pu
blic school system, grad
uating from Over brook
"High Scho6i. He received
the A.B. degree from
Lincoln University (1906),
the M.A. degree from Tufts
University (1972) and a
Ph D. in Educational Ad
ministration from Kent
State University (1978),
Prior to assuming the
presidency of Johnson C.
Smith University in July,
1983, Dr. Albright served as
Vice Chancellor for Stu
dent Affairs at the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Charlotte (1981-83). He
also served as the special
assistant to the assistant
secretary for the Office of
Postsecondary Education
(U.S. Department of Edu
cation), director of the
Moton Consortium on Ad
missions and Financial
Aid, vice president for Stu
dent Affairs at Lincoln
University, director of Ad
missions and Special Ser
vices (Lincoln) and direc
tor of Upward Bound at
Virginia Union University.
Dr. Albright has served
as consultant to the U.S.
Department of Education.
-He is a senior faculty mm
ber at the Harvard Sum
mer Institute on College
Admissions and has served
as a lecturer at the Uni
versity of North Carolina
Summer Institute on Ad
missions, Financial Aid
and Academic Place
ment.
HUD To Study Way To
Desegregate Housing
To Fund Cancer Research
Volunteers
Residential Crusade
A chance to determine
individual risks of getting
the most common forms of
cancer will be the focus of
the American Cancer So
ciety’s 1984 Residential
Crusade. On April 7-8
trained volunteers through
out Mecklenburg County
will be distributing a
folder offering a written,
test on risks for lung and
SplprectaVcancers. Recipi
-qiue n.iii
option of sending for an
expanded risk test that
covers additional cancer
sites.
‘ By taking either risk
assessment test, people
can learn how cancer risks
apply to them,” said Judy
Canady, local residential
chairman. “This infor
mation can help alert them
to practice safeguards
that can protect them from
the disease.”
The door-to-door cam
paign is one aspect of the
Society’s annual education
al and fundraising April
Cancer Crusade. Money
raised will enable the So
ciety to support local pro
grams for the prevention
an early detection of can
cer and services for can
cer patients as well as to
fund cancer research pro
jects on the national level.
Questions in the risk
tests are designed to mea
sure a person’s accumu
lated cancer risks, such as
personal and family me
dical history, age and life
style. Each answer to a
series of multiple-choice
questions is assigned a
point of value. When
points are tallied and
placed on a special score
panel, a person can learn
whether his or her risk is
low, moderate or high for
that type of cancer.
In the expanded test, risk
factors for five additional
cancer sites are explored —
skin, bladder, breast, cer
vical and endometrial.
The short and expanded
versions of the tests con
cern risk factors for can
cers that account for over
half of all cancer deaths.
Because of the impor
~mnun ui tin; eiluuaUunal
component in the Cancer
Crusade, Residential work
ers for the ACS are
trained in how to effective
ly deliver that message at
the door. Through group
meetings, individual con
versations, and cable te
levision, hundreds of local
door-to-door workers have
a better understanding of
the American Cancer So
ciety and the need for
cancer education. This em
phasis on training makes
-the Cancer Cruondc unique
among fundraising organ
izations.
Coping Seminar
A two-session seminar on
coping with “Agoraphobia
There’s A Way!” will be
offered at WomanReach
on April 18 and 25 (Wed
nesday) from 7-9 p.m. with
Faison Covington facilita
ting.
For more information
-and to register rail a
peer-counseler at Woman
Reach from 10-4 p.m.
weekdays, 10-1 p.m. on
Saturday, at 334-3614.
All women are welcome
at WomanReach, where
all services are free! A
United Way Agency.
Lovely Rita Sutton
.Garinger sophomore
Rita Sutton Is
Beauty Of Week
oy tvaren earner
Post Staff Writer
Acting is an important
part of Rita Sutton’s life,
but she certainly knows
how to distinguish stage
creation from real life si
tuations.
This week’s beauty is a
10th grader at Garinger
High School. On stage she
can become “Dorothy”
from “The Wiz”; she can
sing and dance and portray
peace which is something
Rita wants to see achieved
'worldwide, on-stage, mta
is still vibrant, and able to
make people feel good
about themselves. How
ever, she realizes those
joyful moments which she
conveys on stage aren't
always the leading roles in
real life.
Kicks-Off Centennial Celebration
The kick-off service for
the Centennial Celebration
of Walls Memorial AME
Zion Church will be held
Sunday, April 1. The guest
speaker far the 11 a m.
worship service will be the
Right Rev. Reuben
Speekes, Presiding Bishop
of the Ninth Episcopal
Area of the African Me
thodist Episcopal Zion
Church.
•A 5 p.m Centennial
Message will be delivered
by the Right Rev L.
Scott Alien, Resident Bi
j (.
th^MMhgkjKanMeh^
Memorial AME Zion will
render music for these
Right Rev. L. A Hen
.Local Bishop
White, win celebrate the
church’* 100th year from
April 1 until December
What the members share
with their church family
forefathers la faith. The
theme of the 1*0tfa gmd
versary celebration,
' . ; .J.* *
Right Rev. R. Speakes
.Walls Meet, speaker
"We’ve Conte This Far By
Faith," holds strong the
messages of endurance by
simply believing. Within
this series the story of
Walls Memorial's birth will
be taM, as weU as how faith
served a big role in
.< • • • i
• continuation.
In the early 1800’s, a
group of black families in
the rural Little Hope area
southwest of Charlotte,
were determined to
establish a church The
church they established
and nourished through the
years of hardship la now
ending its first 100 years of
Mrvfce to its members ind
community.
Ufa has changed a greet
deal in those 100 years; so
much that it is sometimes
easy to ignere a pest which
is so Afferent from the
present. But the pest Is toe
Important to dismiss
There are triumphs to re
member, events to relive,
wise decisions to study, end
a determination to
emulate.
The history of Walk
Memorial AME Zion
Church is not filled with
stories of famous people
accomplishing Impossible
tasks. It is something
more, and because of that
it has more to offer each of
ib today.
This history is of the
work of ordinary people
who labored and sacrificed
to meet goals and then set
new ones Their aim was
establishing a church
which would be a power
ful influence for good in the
lives of their families
and the world around
them.
Aa the church pauses to
look back, it is only to catch
its breath before pressing
ahead. The same spirit
which has guided them in
the past is abroad today
- WALLS Oa Pag* 17A
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mat s wnen our beauty,
who describes herself as
“very sensitive,” becomes
obviously disturbed. “If I
had the opportunity to
change an international
factor, it would be hunger
and starvation,” She com
mented. Rita, 16, is amazed
at the number of people
who do day to day with
out food. “I wonder where
all the money for those
programs which are de
signed to feed people is
going,” Rita pointed out.
She ieeis 1116 impact 6f toe
program should be greater
It can be assured if Rita
can do anything to help
better a situation, she will
Because she is an actress,
she has used her talent in
the Charlotte community to
raise money for the re
locating of the Afro-Ame
rican Cultural Center Rita
has participated in the
Center’s fundraisers by
acting in plays held at the
Mint Museum, Marshall
Park, and Children’s
Theatre.
“I want to experience
Hollywood,” she excitedly
voiced. It won't be sur
prising if her dream comes
true. Rita has gotten off to
a good start with local
acting. In fact, she recent
ly was crowned "Miss
Blue and Gray” at her high
school (G a ringer) pageant
“I did a monologue from
The Wit,’ to lead into the
song, As Soon As I Get
Home,”’ Rita beamed.
"This was my first pa
geant, and I was shocked
when I heard my name
called as the winner.” Rita
quickly added, the always
keeps a positive attitude.
“That way, I won’t ever
feel a letdown,” she de
duced.
Rita enjoys singing a
variety off music. “I es
pecially enjoy singing goe
See RltA Oh ft«e «A
To Find
Workable
Approaches
A study has been
launched by the U.S. De
partment of Housing and
Urban Development in an
effort to determine work
able approaches to the
racial desegregation of pu
blic housing throughout
the United States
HUD Secretary Samuel
R. Pierce, Jr. has an
nounced that the Depart
ment has awarded a $70,
000 contract to irltui IUIiuii
al Business Services,
Inc., a minority-owned
firm based in Washington,
D C., to study desegrega
tion strategies tnai worn
and those that fail.
me Assistant Secretary
for Public and Indian
Housing, Warren T. Lind
quist, welcomed the study,
saying that despite HUD's
requirement that PHA's
accept and assign appli
cants on a first-come,
first-served basis with
— out rnqarH In rare gogpp
gation persists in housing
authorities in many areas.
HUD Assistant Secretary
for Fair Housing and
Equal Opportunity Antonio
Monroig stressed the im
portance of the research
saying, “We must do every
thing we can to assist
public housing agencies in
alleviating segregated con
ditions where they exist
preferable through volun
tary compliance. Our ob
jectives," he said, “is to
- dotiogragale public housing
found in violation of the
Constitution or Title VI of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964
We will do this as quickly
as we can using every
means available to the De
partment,” Mr. Monroig
pledged.
With HUD field staff as
sisting, the research firm
will study innovative de
segregation techniques
that have proved success
ful, as well as desegrega
tion programs which have
failed to achieve results
The contractor will ex
amine data on subjects
such as the physical con
ditions of public housing,
its availability, manage
ment practices, and the im
pact of area demographic
patterns It will consider
the affect of court deci
sions on tenant selec
tion or rejection and how
these, in turn, affect an
agency's ability to carry
out desegregation plans
International Business Ser
vices will contact and in
terview organizations with
significant experience with
public housing progrsms
and desegregation issues.
HUD’S Office of Policy
Development snd Re
search will administer the
eight month contract, un
der which international
Business Servi«i will pro-^
duce a final report.