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VOL. 29, NO. 37
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1970
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Veterans Administration
Nevs
Q ? Does my status as a vet
eran of wartime service entitle
me to hospitalization in any VA
hospital for a nonservice- con
nected disability?
A ? Yes, provided hospitaliz
ation is deemed necessary; you
state under oath that you are
financially unable to defray the
costs of the necessary hospital
charges elsewhere; and if beds
are available.
Q ? I was discharged from
the Army because of a leg in
jury and accepted severance pay
in a lump sum. Since then, I
have been awarded disability
compensation by the VA, but
am not being paid. Why?
A ? Disability compensation
for your leg injury will be with
held and applied against the
amount of severance pay until
the full amount is liquidated.
At that time, compensation
checks will start coming if the
disability is still rated 10 per
cent or more by VA standards.
Q ? I have just been sep
arated from service after two
years of active duty. I did not,
however, serve in Vietnam. Am
I eligible for O. I. Bill bene
fit!?
A ? Yes. Any honorably dis
charged veteran is eligible for
these benefits irrespective of
where he might have served if
be had continuous active duty
of 181 days or more, any part
of which was after January 31,
1955.
Q ? Is It necessary that col-j
leges report the number of
standard class sessions on a vet
eran's certificate of enrollment
for the summer school sessions?
A ? No. It is only necessary
to report the number of credit
hours a veteran is taking. Hie
VA will determine whether' the
course is full or part-time. j
Q ? I am a widow receiving
a death pension and I have no
dependents. A friend of the
lame circumstance receives
more pension than I do. Why?
A ? Death pension is based
on the widow's income. As the
Income increases, the pension
decreases on a sliding scale.
Q ? Can a veteran enroll in
a course in sales management?
A ? Yes, but only if justifi
cation is submitted to show that
at least one-half of the persons
completing the course over the
preceding two-year period have
been employed in the sales or
gales management field.
Q ? I am permanently con
fined to a wheelchair as a re
sult of action in Vietnam that J
left me unable to use my legs. !
Am I entitled to a grant to have !
my home adapted to my needs? I
A ? Yes. You are eligibje to
receive a VA grant of not more
than 50 per cent of the cost to
remodel your home up to a
maximum of $12,500.
RETIRING a&t employees honored
Receiving congratulations from Dr. L. C. Dowdy at
recent retirement for A&T State University employees
are Dr. W. L. Kennedy (second from left), chairman of
the Department of Animal Husbandry, Mrs. Gertrude
Johnson, assistant professor of English; Mr. Edward
Gaither, Power Plant Foreman; Mr. L. A. Wise, associate
professor of business; and Dr. Juanita 0. D. Tate, pro
fessor of economics.
Aggies To Open Football Season
Willi 29 Veterans In Camp
The addition of two strong j
opponents will highlight the
1970 football schedule of North!
Carolina A&T.
Aggie athletic director A1 j
Smith announced this week that i
A&T has signed contracts to play I
Southern University of the Mid
western Athletic Conference and i
Elizabeth City State of the CIAA
as part of a 10-game schedule.
A&T will meet the Jaguars in
New York's Yankee Stadium on
MR. WILLIAM ADDISON
Mr. William Addison, age 53
was dead on arrival Moses Cone
Hospital, Saturday, July 18th.
He lived at King Cotton Hotel.
Funeral service was held
Tuesday, July 21st, 4:00 P.M.,
Brown's Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial followed in Piedmont
Memorial Park.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Irrie Dell Addison, Greens
boro; sons,' Bobby Addison, Wil
liam Addison, Greensboro, step
son, Phillip Carter, Greensboro,
step daughter, Mrs. Ada Watson,
Greensboro; three brothers,
Samuel Mingo, Heath Springs,
S. C., Albert Addison and David
Addison, Richmorid, Va.; two
sisters, Mrs. Docia Hagon and
Mrs. Alice Brown, Heath
Springs, S. C.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
Friday, Sept. 11 in the Foot
ball Coaches Foundation's an
nual Invitational Football Clas
sic.
The Aggies will journey to
Elizabeth City, N. C. to meet the
Vikings on Saturday, Nov. 7.
A&T's other eight opponents in
clude powerful Florida A&M
University, Morgan State, Mary
land State, North Carolina Cen
tral, Johnson C. Smith, South
Carolina State, Norfolk State
and Virginia State.
The Aggies, coached by Horns
by Howell, finished 6-2-1 last
season. With 29 lettermen re
turning, A&T is expected to bo
a serious contendor for the CIAA
championship.
A&T will be led this season
by offensive guard Mel Holmes
of Miami, Fla., a candidate for
Little All-America honors. Other
standout returnees are Junior
Willie Wright, who has caught
more than 60 passes in two sea
sons; and cornerback Doug
Westmoreland, a prime pro pros
pect
The Aggies will , report to
camp in Greensboro in mid
August, -then spend a week in
training at Camp LeJeune, N.C.
Howell will again be assisted
by Matt Brown, Willie Jeffries,
Wylie Harris, Murray Neely and
Mel Groomes.
Parents Peeved At Poor Teaching,
Says A&T Stale Summer Lecturer
Parents are going to become
more and more upset about the
fact that little learning is taking
place in the nation's classrooms,
predicted a noted oiiucator Wed
nesday night.
"The public is upset to find
out that young people go all the
way through high school, get
a diploma, but can't read," said
Dr. Leon M. Lessinger, sum
mer lecturer at A&T State Uni
versity.
Presently serving as* Calla
way Professor of Education at
Georgia State University, Les
singer said that school systems
are going to be held more and
more to account for their ac
tivities.
"It is the clear notion that
someone will ask you to tell
what you have done," he said.
Lessinger said he believes
that there will be a shifting of
the focus from teaching to learn
ing.
"We have been so concerned
with teaching," he said, "that
we have forgotten what the
whole point of the thing is."
In the growing demand for
accountability, Lessinger con
tinued, "the important criterion
will be results. It Will be what
can the student do.?"
Lessinger condemned many
of the teaching practices found
in the public schools. "Account
ability suggests that in Ameri
ca's school rooms, there may be
evidence of malpractice," he
said.
He said that school systems
are going to have to invest
more funds in trying to come
up with new and effective teach
ing methods. "Businesses set
aside large sums of money for
risk capital," he added. "School*
also need funds for the oppor
tunity to bid for results."
Lessinger also called for using
new ways of assessing results
in the schools. "Accountability
cannot hook itself to only stan
dardized testing," he said. "We
can assess results by conduct
ing hearings such as Congress
does."
Lessinger predicted that the
new demand for accountability
may help solve the problems of
student unrest and boredom in
the schools.
"Students want to learn," he
said, "and whatever else stu
dent unrest is, boredom is one
of its principal agents."
Lessinger said the demand for
accountability will mean that
the teaching role will change
from one of information giving
to directing learning.
"The schools' facilities will be
come more open," he added,
"the curriculum will become
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