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VOLUME II, NO. 6
WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1974
15 CENTS PER OCPY $5.00 PER YEAR
U.S. Peace Corps Stays Busy Recruiting ‘PRUs’
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JAMESTOWN - A six-to-eight week beginning
course in acrylic painting is being organized for adults
18 years of age and older by Guilford Technical
Institute. The class, to be taught by Sandra Lichauer,
will meet during daytime hours for a three-hour session
each week. Costs for the program will involve a $2
registration fee plus supplies. The class will begin as
soon as sufficient enrollment is recorded, and
interested individuals may telephone GTI at 292-1101 in
Greensboro and 454-1126 in High Point for additional
information.
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ASHEBORO - There will be a talent show held at the
United Community Building on July 20. Tickets are
being sold by the members of the choir. The public is
invited.
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HIGH POINT - Helping delinquents find a place for
themselves in the world is the theme of a film to be
shown at Cinema Cafe on Tuesday, July 9, 1974 at noon
at the High Point Public Library.
The 27-minute feature, entitled “Finding Their
Way,” stresses involvement in the community as a
challenging and lasting means of helping delinquents
find their way to full, secure, and wholesome lives.
The film will be shown at 12:15 p.m. in the
community room at High Point Public Library. Coffee is
available for viewers who. bring lunch.
Dowdy Discusses
Student Loons
Chairing the committee is
Rep. James O'Hara.
Dowdy, who currently
serves as president of the
Peace Corps volunteers with pro
fessional status—architects, city
planners, engineers, medical per
sonnel—are serving in over 60
■ countries around the world. As
developing nations move from
agrarian economies to more com
plex societies, their needs for pro
fessionals expand in quantum
jumps.
Countries ask for nurses who
can instruct medical personnel,
develop hospital training pro
grams or supervise clinics. They
request engineers who can build
roads in rough terrain with few
materials and little machinery.
They need home economists who
can travel in the hack country—
visiting isolated villages, teaching
and training. They ask for archi
tects who can design living
quarters using only local mate
rials, or who can renovate an
ancient structure, or be part of
a team of planners for a new
town.
In an effort to help meet these
needs, the Peace Corps has or
ganized the Professional Resources
Overseas (PRO nrogram.
PRO is an informal arrange
ment between the Peace Corps
and universities and professional
associations which enables repre
sentatives from those institutions
to make field trips to countries
where Peace Corps volunteers are
serving in a professional capacity.
The representatives visit the vol
unteers and familiarize themselves
with the projects the volunteers
are working on.
Upon his return to the United
States, the PRO participant is ex
pected to submit a short report
describing the projects he visited
and recommending how Peace
Corps can better meet the skill
needs of those projects.
The PRO participant then be
gins to help the Peace Corps
identify and recruit volunteers
from his university or association
with the interests and professional
background needed either in the
country he visited or in other
countries requesting Peace Corps
volunteers. Each PRO participant
is expected to identify a mini
mum of ten qualified applicants.
Last year, eight universities and
associations participated in PRO,
including the Massachusetts Nurs
ing Association; the University
of Kansas; California State Uni
versity at Los Angeles; and Cali
fornia Community Colleges.
A former Navy nurse from the
Massachusetts Nursing A.ssocia-
tion went to Colombia in Febru
ary to visit Peace Corps nursing
sites. The dean of engineering at
California State traveled to Nai
robi, Kenya to view and assess
road building and irrigation sys
tem projects Peace Corps volun
teers are serving on. And the
dean of the School of Architec
ture and Urban Design at the
University of Kansas was recently
in Iran to visit a large architec
ture program there.
Because the need for profes
sionals is so great, the Peace
Corps is expanding its PRO pro
gram to many more countries.
This means that there will be an
opportunity for more universities
and professional associations to
visit Peace Corps projects in Latin
America, Africa, Asia and the
Pacific, The trips usually last
from 14 to 30 days. Transporta
tion costs and per diem are paid
by the Peace Corps.
To participate, a school or as
sociation must have the potential
to assist in the recruitment of
volunteers with the needed pro
fessional skills. ACTION Area
Recruitment Managers are respon
sible for initiating new PRO pro
grams. They meet and work with
the university or professional as
sociation and explain goals, assess
their potential, identify appro
priate country programs, and as
sist’ in completing the PRO appli
cation.
The benefits of the PRO pro
gram are numerous, says Chip
Letson, director of the program
and a former Peace Corps volun
teer.
For further details, write PRO,
Intern Programs, Peace Corps/
Washington, D.C.
ACTION.
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PCV medical technologist (r.) trains Nairobi student
Urban
League
Meets
SAN FRANCISCO - Vice
President Gerald R. Ford;
Dr. Wilson Riles, Superin
tendent of Education, State
of California; I. W. Abel,
Ambassador H,R. Amonoo
GHANAN AMBASSADOR
IS WELCOMED AT A&T
National Association of Annual Conference of the on the campus of North gathering Ambassador A-
Carolina A&T State Univer- monoo made references to
sity. what he believes are
The Ambassador was “things to come between
presented with a key to the black races all over the
City of Greensboro by world.”
Mayor Pro-Tcm Mrs. Mary “The center that will
Seymour. Mrs. Seymour open on this campus today
later presented the Ambas- will demonstrate that
sador with the city’s Africa has an art, language.
Honorary Citizen Award. and can do all of the things
State Universities and National Urban League,
Land-grant Colleges, said July 28-31, in San Francis-
the predominately-black co.
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INDEPENDENCE DAY JULY 4. 1974
WASHINGTON, D. C.
The replacing of national
direct student loan funds
with guaranteed student
loans from local banks is
working a hardship on
college students from
low-income families, ac
cording to the chancellor of
A&T State University.
Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy told
the House sub-committee
on education Monday that
financially disadvantaged
youth are having difficulty
attaining the bank loans.
"The experience of
financially disadvantaged
youth last year with such
loans was primarily nega
tive," said Dowdy. “The
reactions of many bankers
have not changed, and they
continue to deny such loans
to those students who are
unable to produce collate
ral, and whose parents
have not been fortunate
enough to maintain ac
counts with their banks.”
In his testimony. Dowdy
told the committee that 5,7,/,,
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, wliose
. , people he has chosen as his own. The Lord gazes
Student Loan is crucial tor mankind tYom heaven where V,e lives. He
students from families with j^^-arts and closely watches everything
low incomes.” Jq jhe best-eqiiipped army cannot save a king-
1 -H ti,., ror'mvat strength is not enough to save anyone. A war
He also said that winning victories-^it is strong
College Work-Stud\ pio- cannot sa\e. But the eyes of the Lord are watch-
gram is also an excellent iVarhini. who rely upon his steady
program to provide part- jheni from death even in times of
time employment for stu- W'e depend upon the Lord alone to save us.
dents in post-secondary Qniy he can help us; he protects us like a shield. No
education. w onder we are happy in the Lordl For we are trusting
The Congressional com- him. W e trust his hoh' name. \ es. Lord, let your eon-
mittee is in the proccss of stant love surround us. tor our hopes are in you alone,
preparing a new Title IV. (Psalms 33.1 1
Student Assistance bill. Religious Heritage of .'America. Washington. D.C.
GREENSBORO - A pomp The North Carolina A&T
and royal welcome was campus has a great
President, United Steel extended to H. R. Amonoo, meaning to Ambassador
Workers of America, and Ambassador to the United Amonoo. A&T was the first
States from Ghana, as he university where an ambas-
addressed a gathering of sador from Ghana visited
1,000 persons at the official and gave the eommence-
opening of the African ment address.
Heritage Center Museum During his address to the
that other cultures can do,” prominent Africans who the culture, philosophy,
Ambassador Amonoo said, were educated in America, and the/language of Africa.
John H. Powell, Chairman
of the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission,
will be among the speakers
appearing at the 64th
“In spite of a bitter history Ambassador Amonoo stres-
we can look forward to sed the importance of the
more happier times.” museum and its interna-
During his address the tional importance to black
ambassador made refe- people,
rences to the sixth “The ties of black people
Pan-African Congress sche- can be seen through our
duled later on this month, music, our cultural ways
“We hope to discuss and such as the afro hair style,
plan more cooperation from and clothing such as
all black people outside of dashiki’s” he said.
Africa,” he said. “We will “It is the hope of all
be striving for more Africans that this culture
cooperation in the field of center would be used to
exchange in education, advantage by people of all
This exchange would in- races. I would also hope
volve students and faculty.' this center would join other
After briefly discussing centers in contributing to
“the continuation of the
National Direct (Defense)
“This center and ones
like it will help Africa and
America look forward to a
mutual understanding.”
Under the guidance of
Mrs. Mattye Reed, the
center in a short period of
time has acquired more
than 500 artifacts repre
senting the achievements
of more than 22 African
nations, New Guinea and
Haiti.
Although highly pleased
with the progress of the
Heritage center, formerly
known as the Afro House,
Chancellor Lewis C. Dowdy
said recently that the
university’s ultimate goal is
to establish a transcultural
center to learn about the
differing and unique contri
butions to the national
heritage.”
In addition to the
artifacts in the museum,
there is also a^ollection of
history books on black
people published as early
as 1896. Also in the
museum is the world
famous Cross collection,
which is a collection of
crosses used by Ethiopians
during Christian worship.
The center will be open to
the public between 2 and 4
p.m. Monday through
Friday.
OBOOOOOOej !
GHANAN AMBASSADOR WELCOMED TO GREENSBORO
H. R. Amonoo, ambassador from Ghana [center] and Mrs. Amonoo [second from left] are welcomed at Greensboro,
N.C. airport. Others are Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy, chancellor of A&T State University; Mrs. Mary Seymour, mayor
pro-tem of Greensboro; and Mrs. Dowdy.
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