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VOL. 30, NO. 37
$240,000 Grant to
For 100 Disadvanfc
The A&T State University and
the High Point Model City
Commission today announced a
joint project that will provide
access to a college education lor
100 low income and physically
handicapped students from the
area.
The entire project, which will
get underway at A&T on Aug.
23, will be financed at a cost of
$240,000.
In announcing the new program,
Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy, president
of A&T said:
"We are extremely pleased to
participate in this unique community
project with the High'
Point Model City Commission.
By providing an educational opportunity
for these deserving
youngsters, we hope to equip
them with the skills, which are
mandatory for a life of dignity
and success."
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AVWiUIU LIVU ? UlUt'JTi Uirector
of the High Point Model
City Commission, the 100 student*
will be secured from the
Model City area.
Funds from the project will
cover the cost of tuition and
other fees for one year for the
FIVE COMPANIES
MANPOWER IN Ul
Five large companies have
taken on major responsibilities
for providing manpower for the
1972 United Campaign for the
Greater Greensboro Area.
he five firms will handle the
solicitation of more than 2,100
business firms making up Division
III of the fall campaign, according
to Leonard Guyes, chairman
of the division.
Guyes named the five companies
as Jefferson Standard
Life Insurance Company, Cone
Mills Corporation, Western Electric
Company, Pilot Life Insurance
Company and Burlington
Industries, Inc.
In past campaigns, Guyes explained,
this division required
the recruiting of more than 600
volunteer workers from throughout
the community.
"Under this year's plan,"
Guyes said, "the five companies
taking part will provide the solicitors
from among their own
employees."
The campaign solicitation area
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students. The Model City Commission
will provide $165,000 for
the project and $75,000 will be
provided under a grant from
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Education and Welfare.
Forney said that the project
will furnish guidance counselors
and other resource personnel to
counsel the students.
Dowdy said that the students
will be housed on the A&T
campus and involved in all of
the University's regular activities.
The students will also benefit
from innovative approaches
to teaching, which are currently
being used by A&T's Upward
Bound project and Thir teenCollege
Curriculum.
"This project is not a substitute
for any other previous
program," said Forney. "It is
the result of close coordination
and planning between A&T, the
Model City Commission, and the
Education Task Force."
The Education Task Force is
composed of residents of the
Model City area and other citizens.
They will also serve on an
advisory board for the project
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Nil tU lAMHAluN
(all of Guilford County except
High Point and Jamestown) excluding
communities in the
county has been divided into
five areas, and each company
will be responsible for one of
the areas.
Jefferson will solicit the downtown
Greensboro area, Cone thq
northeast, Western Electric the
southeast, Pilot the southwest
and Burlington the northwest.
A chairman has been appointed
to handle the project within
each company. These five chairmen
will serve as part of the
regular campaign leadership
team and will be part of the general
chairman's campaign cabinet.
The five chairmen are: Richard
Herbin, assistant secretary
for corporate planning and budgets
at Jefferson Standard;
Robert R. Scruess. manaser of
employment and benefits for
Cone Mills; Douglas T. Watts,
personnel administration and
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ORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY
Annual Worship Service
The Immanuel Alumni Annual
Worship Service will be
held at Providence Baptist
Church on Sunday, August 22
at 11:00 A.M. All members of
the Greensboro and High Point
Chapter of the Immanuel Luth,
eran College Alumni Association
are urged to be present.
A Fellowship Hour will follow
in the late afternoon, 6:00
P.M. at the home of Mrs. Grace
F. Bruce, 1419 Avalon Road.
I Mrs. Annie F. Baker will serve
| as co-hostess.
Arrangements lor the day
were made by The Planning
Committee, Mrs. Catherine McGibbony,
Chairman, Mrs. Louise
F. Cummings and Miss Norma
Joan Crawford.
Paul E. Leacraft, President.
Local Girl Competes In
Teenager Pageant
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MISS VANESSA SNIPES
Vanessa Snipes, 16 year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. T.Snipes
of 1507 South Benbow
Road, was named second runner-up
in the Miss North Carolina
Teenager Pageant, held at
the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
on August 7. This award
was accompanied by a $250.00
scholarship to Professional Academies
in Atlanta, Ga. The Most
Photogenic Trophy was also
given to Vanessa, who was one
of 62 contestants.
Contestants in the pageant
were judged on beauty of face
and figure, charm, poise, and
scholarship.
Each contestant was required
to write and recite a 100 word j
essay titled ? "What's Right
About America". Vanessa's tal-1
ent was a piano selection ?
"Theme From Love Story". She
was sponsored by Kriegsman's
Furriers of Greensboro.
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e Future Outlook!
, AUGUST 20, 1971
100 Scholarships Awar
Don Forney, left, director
Model City Commission, and 1
dent of A&T State University,
project which will pay colleg
vantaged youngsters in the ar
being funded by the Model Cit;
Department of Health, Educa
ADVANCE PAYMEI
RECORD MOO FRI
A record freshman class of tl
more than 1,300 students is ex- t
pected to enroll at A&T State d
University when orientation ac- t
tivities are held at the University
Aug. 23-29. v
Official at A&T said the en- ^
rollment projection for 1971-72 s
is quite encouraging. "We ex- pect
nearly 500 more new stu- i
dents than we enrolled last year," r
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t or of admissions and registra!
tion at A&T." We have more
students who have committed
themselves financially and otherwise
to enrolling at A&T. We
have actually admitted more
than 2,000 students."
The new students are expected
to swell A&T's enrollment
to nearly 4,300 students, also a
record. Around 3,800 were enrolled
during the last school
term.
A full schedule of orientation
activities awaits the freshmen,
who are scheduled to arrive on
campus Aug. 23. At a general
assembly on Aug. 24, the freshmen
will be introduced to the
University's administrative staff.
Most of Tuesday afternoon
will be spent taking placement
tests.
On Wednesday morning, the
| new students will meet with
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PRICE: 10 CENTS
ded At A&T State
of the High Point (N. C.)
)r. Lewis C. Dowdy, presisign
agreement for nniqne
e expenses for 100 disadea.
The $240,000 project is
y Commission and the U. S.
tion, and Welfare.
NTS SIGNAL
ISHKEN AT A&T
heir deans to prepare for regisration
which begins the next
lay and continues through SatLrday.
Other highlights of the week
vill be an assembly sponsored
ly the Student Government Asociation
on Thursday, Aug. 26
it 7:30 p.m. in the Harrison
Auditorium; the annual Freshnan
Talent Show and Dance on
"riday at 8 p.m. in the Memorial
Union; and the University
^resident's annual reception on
iunday at 6 p.m. in the Memo'ial
Union Ballroom.
Upperclassmen are scheduled
o begin arriving on campus on
Vug. 25 and to begin registering
>n Aug. 26. Classes for all stulents
will begin on Monday
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