Marshall’s Enthusiasm, Energy
Should Carry Her A Long Ways
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At 19, Elaine Marshall of
Parkwood CME Church is
one of the youngest con
testants in this year’s
“Churchworker of the
Year’’ contest. Although
never before involved in
the contest, Marshall’s en
thusiasm and energy
should carry bo- a long
ways.
“A committee, (at the
church) picked me," she
explained. “They told me
they loved my personality
and thought I’d help a lot.
My pastor told me, ‘I know
you can do it. You’re a
beautiful person and I
know you’ll do your best’”
With praise and assurance
like this, Marshall de
cided to take on the chal
lenge.
What is her strategy go
ing to be? “I’ve been go
ing around town tnip tf,,
little, self-owned con
venience stores, tryidg to
get the owners to buy two
year subscriptions,” she
advised. "So far, it's work
ing.” Her mother, Minnie
Marshall, gave her daugh
ter the idea, she revealed.
In addition to her
mother, the young contest
ant so far has about 15
people helping her. Among
them is an aunt in Austin,
Texas, who has gotten *
number of Post subscrip- '
tions in that city.
Marshall is especially
enthused on how her par
ticipation in the contest will
help her church. A member
of Parkwood all her life, -
she believes the extra
money she earns for the
church “is going to do
great wonders.” This is
Parkwood’s first year to
enter the “Churchworker
the $3 per subscription
that the contestant earns
for the church was a big
incentive. “There’s so
much we can do with the
extra money,” Marshall
continued. “I’m going to do
my best to let everyone
know that Parkwood is an
outstanding church.”
According to the young
woman, a lot of young
people are getting involved
at Parkwood "because our
pastor speaks at a level
everyone can understand. I
think he’s the cause of our
church bringing in so many
young people." Park
wood's pastor is the Rev.
Rayfield Medcalf. The
church is located at the -
corner of Allen and Park
wood.
Marshall herself sings in
the choir and serves on the
usher board. She works
part time at Ascension Day
School as a day care teach
er to three and four year
olds. She attends CPCC
where she is studying early
child care and social work.
"I love children, I really
do," she affirmed.
When asked what she
thought of the prizes being
offered in the Churchwork
er contest, Marshall re
plied, “Prizes give people
the incentive to work.
They’re a. great idea. I
think the trip is fantastic! ”
Although she’s never
been in any sort of contest
before and got oft to a late
start, Marshall is confident
and excited. “It made me
feel good to know that out
of all the young people
there, they chose me.”
Then she added, “I feel
like I want to win, but I also
want to help my church and
the Charlotte Post, and that
makes me feel fantastic,"
she enthused.
Help :-ente Learn
Chicagoan Says Arts Decrease Absenteeism
Special To The Post
Boston - The arts in
schools can make a dif- ;
fercnce in how students
learn and even if thev come
to school, Ronni Hartfield,
executive director, Urban
Gateways: Hie Center for
the Arts in Education in
Chicago, told the of
Chief State School Officers
meeting here at the Copley
Pinza Hotel Friday morn
ing
“Evaluations of students
who participate in Urban
Gateways programs eon
firm s new level at class
paracipauon, Mrs.
lianneici oeciarea, im
proved attitudes toward <
study, an increese in stu
dent self-confidence, s de
: g
! M
me council s Boston
meeting was co-sponsored
by the National Endow
ment for the Arts (NEA)
which invited Mrs. Hart
field to discuss experience
based models in arts edu
cation.
NEA considers Urban
Gateways, the nation’s
education agency which
provides arts experiences
to some 000,008 students
and teachers in the Chica
go metropolitan area, a
national role model in
arts education.
“As a leader in the field
and as an organization
which has been working
hand in hand with schools
for almost 29 years, Urban
Gateways has developed a
model experiential arts
w’ • • • % . v r a •
program which exempli- '
fies the most stringent
pedagogy and the most
creative progammatic
thrust,” Mrs. Hartfield
added
“Students learn to dif
ferentiate, to understand
and devise polarities, to '
distinguish the representa
tional (ram the abstract
and to manipulate mate
rials and tools,” when they
are exposed to the arts, she
said.
Despite their obvious
value, she said, however,
“the arts in the schools
have fallen on hard times
in our technological nee
with Japan and the Soviet
Union.
“Not only are we living in
the post-Sputnik world
when we flnt came to our
senses about the need for •
more stringent math and
science curriculum, but we
are living in a post
Toehiba world, in which the
scramble to catch up with
lessly developing com
puterized learning systems
into the 21st CentiJy,”
am -tfi.1,1 ,S.| , f
Mr*, ruuxpeaa buim.
pete with the rapid ad
vancement of Soviet and
and why we do net try to
Japaatee culture^Twbich
the highest value is as
cribed to excellence in the
art*.
“We should not and must
not overlook the role of the
arts in the advancement of
civilizations,” the arts
educator warned die ga
thering of state school su
perintendents and com
missioners.
The same session heard
remarks by NEA chairman
I
Frank HodsoU, of Wash
ington, D.C. Also discuss
ing arts education from an
arts-discipline point, of
view Professor Dwaine
Greer of the University of
Arizona. The arts panel
was chaired by Alaska
state education Commis
sioner Harold Rayoolds Jr.
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Elaine Marshall
.Parkwood contestant
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