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Alphas to Award
RATON ROUGE, La (ANP)
—Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
a train this year will a war,I f 10,000
in scholarships and fellowship , ac¬
cording to Lionel II- Newsom, di¬
rector of educational activities for
the fraternity, and the Awards will
be made on the basis of scholar-
shin and need.
The grants will be made in three
different categories: Five scholar
ships to graduating seniors of ac¬
credited high schools; five scholar¬
ships to students in undergradu¬
ate colleges and universities and
five fellowships to students in gra-
R. W. Gadsden School
Thursday, March 17 wars spent
in evaluating the in-service pro¬
gram at R. W. Gadsden school.
The entire faculty played a
part in the evaluation of the
four units of science covered
in the project of action-research
Concepts on grade levels 1 -0
were discussed. Practical ex¬
periments were performed for
each of these grade levels. • All
the science materials in the
school were listed and display-
ed—-jbooks, film strips and ma¬
chines. C. V. Clay, depart¬
ment of science, Savannah
State College, served as consult¬
ant.:
Mrs. Edwards entertained Mr.
Clay, the faculty and staff at
luncheon in the cafetorUn
whidh was decorated in green
and white. Place cards were
little shamrocks. Mrs. Anita
Stripling , took , this ... opportunity .
to thank her co-workers for so-
lecteng her as “Teacher of the
Year” at R W. Gadsden.
PKpUs’ activities during the
month of March include the
BLAGS attendance of the meet-
in g;iit Tompkins and the 4-1
club's celebration. Julius Lu-
ry, Barbara Ann Ford, Julia
Lowe, Alethia Sumpter and
Ruby ~D. Walker attended the
district 4-H club meeting. The
meftibers of this club presenter!
an Assembly program featuring
a Health stunt and appeared on
a TV Drogram.
Rre-fchoolers enjoyed their
dayl'af school Friday. March 13.
Schools on the air, radiio,'
Station WJIV, featured R. W.
Gacisden, Saturday, March 19 I
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Stencer •>. . FT .t. A J
Honors Teachers j
18 recognition of “Teachers Ap¬
preciation Day,” the P.T.A. of
SpoBcer’s school honor I F
teachers on Thursday, Mar-li 17,
(Mit*Planning Day) with .t full
coui:e turkey dinner. I
Surrounded with the heathy of
an 4elaborate table setting, ele¬ j
gant silver service, spring flown
and dinner mu ie the hour <- ; f ' |
lowjjhip was delightful. Pictur |
of Katie (Jie group were made .by Mi
V. Williams.
T|e hostesses wen : M . M in
Ritihardson, chairman; Mi
Frgnkie Williams, ( ■ '
,
Robfrt?, Mrs. Helen Hayi ,
lino Ora Lee Crawford. |
Janies Coliham, is president of
Spencer’s P.T.A. and Mrs. A.vlcr I
M. Lovett is principal of the
school. |
I
Moses Jackson PTA i
Mtises Jackson’s edure book :
pro
wasi rated superior at the state
P.T.A. convention which \v:i held
in Athens, March 16, 17 and 18.
Official delegates attembog thi
meeting were Mesdano- Mary Wil¬
son 'and Ophelia Julian.
Moses Jackson’s P.T.A. met
Monday, March 11 in tk ■ cafetor-
iunlj Mrs. Wade's sixth male
class presented a program of
89MB.
AjU members present received j
mimeographed copies of the dele¬
gates’ report from tiie annual :
P. ?. A. district conference v s h
wakC held at Eulonia Klein ' ■ y
School on February 27. The k-
of the meeting up "Qua y
P.TJA.’s for Optimum G ,.wth."
Moses Jackson P.T.A. was tin
ondtin the district for memhei
ships with 304 paid member . To
next district meeting will be held
at Pembroke. Delegates attend¬
ing >the meeting were Meadumes
Wil*ia Wright, Ophelia Julian,
Cariie Rouse and Trudie Jordan.'
The din-tor will he at the -
on April 12 to examine child'
wheC will enter school in Septeni
her,).
Remarks were made by Mrs. J.
B. Hayes, principal, and Rev. A.
J. Martin, one of the community’s
local ministers. Mrs. Alma Wole
had the largest number of parents
present at the meeting.
du: t e or in professional schools.
Applicants must possess an
„!> •. i'-average academic record and
-ii -1 establish the need factor.
Either ma'e or female seniors
a■> eligible for the high school
1. but each applicant must
-> rion.sored by at least one active
mi .nl,; r of the fraternity.
‘ i-.pla ation blanks and further
nfar nation may he obtained from
laurel II. Newsom, sociology de-
; . t . ( • t., Southern University,
Haton Rouge, Louisiana. Filing
1 t deadline is May 7.
Tompkins Elementary
Teachers Conduct
Wovkahn i
M roll 17th was included in the
■ ( ., t.vic calendar as a second
• bd-tei-m planning day for all of
the f i at I. •>'• County Teachers. The
tene’o ■ at Tompkins observed this
Hav by conducting several work-
in oni'inrCoti u.qt,
fiei i fur the term, “Implementing
Our C n riculum Through the 1m-
P'ov c; : I of Our Teaching Meth-
od an 1 Techniques,” the entire
hc-htv tank the onnortun*tv to
’■ : ic'e cue of the activitiea
a, -1 which the. In-Service pro-
wm was centered.
r l <)■ kshop was started in
he u'l’i il auditorium with a Mu-
• Clinic in which Mrs. Frances
r. ■, m „ r( . and Launey F. Roberts,
.....nth grade teachers, demon-
t-..»<• l suggested techniques of
t cli ng music: musical bells.
rim , t- gomes and , exercises . .
9" lulled as ways of teaching the
then v and appreciation on the
various grade levels, one through
a von. Miss Bernita Darby, Music
Helping Teacher, assisted in the
'emomtratiqn and presented mod-
tiends which teachers may ini-
1 l|, ‘-
1! ” <•' n-sroom Art Workshop
' •• mduete I by the 5th grade
1 ......’ “'s. Mrs. Flowers, Mrs.
Vanjtmj, Miss Lewis and' Mrs.
P'"tun. ’1 lu* clinic was held in
,iH ' ~ : <’hool library where a color-
exhibit showing samples of
art work was oh tlis-
l;r After demonstrations and
explanations of the exhibit were
bv tht * r,th «rade teachers,
he Fmchers and the prin-
“pupil;,”, '| ls and ' < ountess given Gox, the became
were op-
tsntunitv of actually making simi-
:u articles as the ones on dis-
nlay. The committee had on hand
all the necessary materials for
paint up, constructing, carving,
modeling, sewing, and as a result,
the “workshoppers” complete d
rapier mache’ animals, plastic coin
1 . finger painting, potato
immals. animated birds, waste
paper baskets, flowers, puppets,
jewelry, etching and scribble art.
Mrs. Alice Arden, Director of Ele-
mer.t' ry Education, and Miss
Emma Moore, Chatham County
Ait. Consultant, were present.
1 he scene of the science and
n ithmetlc workshop Was a third
cade classroom where both com¬
mit! <- had a senibled interesting
exhib'ts on science and arithmetic
activities experienced by ehildien
on the various grade levels.
M; . Lena Bauknight and Miss
Anna Hardwick, representatives of
the city-wide Science and Arith-
met if Committees, presented re-
ports from the city-wide commit¬
tees, followed by the progress re¬
port from each grade group, j
pointing up the accomplishments
ithin the school, up to the pres-
"I I n"' Various activities and
idling aids were presented.
I>id you know Geo. W. Carver
became famous for assisting the
A ; rionn farmers to find new
uses far the peanut, pecan and
;>.\eet potato crops?
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SCHOOL NEWS
Beach Junior
Hiarh Honor
Roll
The honor roll of Beach Junior
H ! gh School has been released bv
'he principal, A Dwight, as fol¬
lows:
8 1 class, Patricia Riddles; 8-3,
Rschnra Llo'-d, Macv Scott, Joyce
Walker, Barbara Walker. Hattie
Waldbu g; 8-4, Leomi Heyward,
Walter Brown; 8-t! Ronald Booker,
Joyce Bryant, Joan Gibson, Wood-
low Griffin, Chat es Heyward,
tohn Lang, Josephine McPherson,
R'tfv Retdv Bernice Scott; 8 7,
Marilyn McNichf s; 8 8, i,y<iia
Mays; 8-0, Joseph Crhy; 8-10, Louis
Sii..i„s, Euward Sm.th. 811, Janice
E. Johnson; 8-12, He * art Dixon.
0-2, Shelley M. Vinson, III: 0-3,
Geraldine Jones, Delores Addison,
Gloria Duncan; 9-5, Terry Jean
Dempsey, Do’othy Brinson, Betty
Tones; 9-0, Lorraine Freeman,
Velma Love, Dorothy Mae Thomp¬
son, Yvonne Young; 9-8, Patricia
Bacon, Melvin Brown, Lou Ethel
Hal), Albert Patterson, Betty
Perry, Delano Raines, Avon Wal¬
ker; 9-12, Elsie Clyde Johnson.
Pearl Lee Smith School
M s. Moselle Clemmons, teacher
Of Tompkins High School, served
as visiting consultant during the
last in-service meeting at Pearl
Lee Smith school. She shared
valuable information on comraun-
!tv ‘""I *<' h00 ' surveys and answer-
ed quefttlona from ^oups which |
nre makin „ a study of the “Self;
Evaluation of the Elementary ,
School.”
Mrs. Eleanor Williams’ sixth
grade class presented its summary
p ogram on Egvpt last Wednesday,
11 :00 A.M. Miss Constance Gis-
sbntanner, student teacher, was in
charge of the program.
Guests included parents, teach¬
ers, Miss Gloria Washington rrf
Savannah State College, Mrs.
Thelma Harmond, assistant pt'3)
feasor, Savannah Shite College and
Mrs. Sadie L. Cartledge, principal.
Croups at Pearl Lee Smith
School are organized to paitidlpute Ma.~ch
?„ the following activities:
’I, Savannah Sings, City Audi¬
torium, Cancer Society Chorus;
March 25, Talent and Fashion
Show, Conference of Negro A list.
Beach IFgh School, Dramatic
Club; March 30, Talent show.
Gasmen School, Grn-Y Boys; April
5, T.V. Safety Program, 5:00 p.m.,
Station W TOC-TV, Miss J
Brown’s first grade class; April 19,
T.V. Health program, 1:15 p.m.,
Station WTOC-TV, Health Club.
Tc npkins High PTA
The 8-12 Glass of Special Edu¬
cation with Mrs. E. H. Freeman
is teacher presented a short pro¬
gram on March 16 before the
Tomnkins High meeting began. A
playlet entitled “Sammy Slow
Poke” was rendered. Raymond
Hightower sang the Lord's Prayer,
and Barbara Adderson and Mary
Lewis, sang “Bless This House.”
The class dosed the program with
the singing of “He.”
Mrs. Sims presided over the
business meeting. Mrs. Annie Ross
reported on the District P.-T. A.
meeting which was held in Eu¬
lonia.
Mrs. Freeman and Mrs. Byers
c i a8ses tied for the banner..
Mrs. Viola Bell P.-T. A. presi-
dent, has returned from the State
P.-T. A. meeting in Athens and
reports that Tompkins received the
Gold Certificate for 100 per cent
participation; also that the pro-
reduce book was rated as good and
the school was fourth place in
membership.
TTTF SAVANNAH TRIBUNF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
^“iXr^Thf 1 w-
MRS. JULIA L. SKItINE
The Paulsen School faculty of
which Miss Mettella W. Maree is
principal announces Mrs. Julia L.
RVrioe as their “Teacher of the
Year.”
Mrs. Skrine was born in Web¬
ster County, Georgia where she
1 received her elementary and high
school education. She is the wife
of Harvey Skrine Jr. and they have
one son.
Mrs. Skrine received the B. S.
degree in home economics from
Savannah State College where she
also completed requirements for
B.S. degree in elementary
education. She received the Mas-
ter of arts degr ee in Early C hild-
hood Education from New York
University and has taken courses
in Supervision in County Schools
at Atlanta University.
she has taught grades one
through nine in many
throughout the state of Georgia. :
Mrs. Skrine is affiliated with :
the following organizations:'
CCTA„ GTE A, NEA, American
Education Association, Prince Hall
Chapter No. 258, O.E.S., Omar 1
Court No. 91, Daughters of J^'w; ! ‘
Y.M.C.A. A and . _ i Girl i cl Scout _____1 fy Council
of Savannah, Ine. j !
Mrs. Skrine lias written two
special research bulletins for
Paulsen entitled, “Reading Helps,”
and “He’s Reaching For More
Than He Knows.”
Spencer Faculty Holds
Social Studies Workshop
The faculty of Spencer School
narticipatcd in a successful work¬
shop period far Mid-Planning day,
March 17,.
The workshop was focused
around a critical look at the soc¬
ial studies program for grades
one through six. Special empha¬
sis in unit planning was placed on
concepts, learning activities, and
suggested time for the initiation
and culmination of a particular
unit.
Mrs. Ayler Mae Lovett, principal,
served as coordinator for the
groups.
The grade groups chairmen who
served as leaders were the fol¬
lowing: first grade. Miss Qtrrie
Anderson; second grades Mrs.
Mary Simmons; third grade, Mrs.
Alberta Bowens; fourth grade,
Mrs. Nadine Lewis; fifth grade,
Miss Katie Williams; .sixth grade,
Mrs. Helen Adkins. Mrs. Mildred
Young is faculty chairman.
James Cobham, PTA president,
and members of the PTA honored
the teachers and staff on March
17 in recognition of Teachers' Ap¬
preciation Day with a delectable
turkey dinner. Mrs. Marie Rich¬
ardson served as hostess.
Oh March 16, a successful Visit¬
ation Day was held for pre-school
children. Refreshments were serv¬
ed by the first grade teachers who
acted as hostesses.
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Two Journalists to Be Cited
At Lincoln (Mo.)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A
foreign correspondent and a Texas
publisher will be cited at the 12th
Headliner Banquet by the Lincoln
University Department of Journal¬
ism, March 80.
William Worthy, fi*st American
newsman to enter and report from
Red China since 1949, and Carter
W. Wesley, publisher of the ln-
former newspapers in Texas, have
been chosen for the' University’s
citation of merit for outstanding
performance in journalism.
Worthy is a correspondent for
the Baltimore Afro-American and
a special news correspondent for
the Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
| tern. He won a Ford Foundation
grant last,year 1o pursue studies
I of Africa at Boston University.
For the past two years he has
} ^ een extensively on col-
lege and university campuses.
He is being cited as one who
“at a tender age has ably demon-
st ated a capacity for high achieve¬
ment, high purpose, and exem¬
plary practice in the field of
journalism; whose talent for sane
and o b ective reporting has
brought him numerous demanding
assignments on distant shores; an
alert and devoted student of
world affairs and a champion of
the principle of free access to in¬
formation in all pa t3 of the
globe.”
Wesley publishes the Houston
Informer, the Dallas Express,
and other weekly newspapers in
the Southwest. lie practiced law
for five years in Muskogee, Okla.,
entered the canstructmn and
brokerage business in Houston for
another five years before launeh-
ing the Informer at Hou ton in
,932.
The Lincoln U. mva-d recognize.-
Wcslgy (nrcefiil ar as voice having having “provided “provided a a j
for racial minori- I
Ecs injithe, Southwest, lending to |
1 sii'-cossful enterprise the com-
DeRenne School
Mid-term Planning Day was
very interesting and meaningful
■>'t DeRenne on Thursday, March
J7. Sirs. Violet Singleton, an in¬
structor at Reach, JF. High School
was the guest speaker for the
morning session. Mrs. Singleton
spoke on “Arithmetic and Its Re¬
lationship to Daily Living.” She
did seve al demonstrations on
problem solving. General assem¬
bly was held after lunch. Miss
Bernita Darby, music consultant,
spoke on the latest trends in music
and gave a musical demonstration.
Mrs. Gartson, librarian, g; cussed
National Liberty Week which will
be held on April 3-9. Mrs. Jewel
Freeman, Miss Gwendolyn Keith,
Mrs. Thelma Tbarpe and Mrs.
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oined talents of lawyer and jour¬
nalist.”
The Texas publisher is noted in
the citation as being “a civic
leader and able administrator who
has an abiding concern for the
conUnuing improvement of the
printed media in the weekly field.”
Worthy won a Nieman Fellow-
i s ^’P ’ n Journalism to Harvard
! University in 1956, He has re-
1 ported for CBS by radio from
, Russia, Korea, Africa and China.
He covered the Korean truce nego-
tiat'ons at Parmunjon and the his¬
toric Asian-African Conference at
Bandung.
In 1955, with the personal per¬
mission of Premier Krusckchev, he
broke the Soviet “tauiio curtain” by
being the first United States news¬
man since the start Of the cold
war in 1917 to broadcast news
Horn Moscow.
Last summer he was denied re¬
newal of his passport by the State
Department when he refused to
agree to abide by restrictions
against traveling in Red China
and Hungary. He had visited
RcU rhipn in 1056 and Hungary
in 1957 without State Department
permission and he would’t
oromise not to do it again.
lie appealed the State Depart¬
ment ruling to the U. S. Court of
\pperls. The court’s decision,
handed down last June 9, held
that “in foreign affairs, especially
in today’s world of jets, radio and
atomic power, an individual’s yen
to go to inquiie may be circum¬
scribed.” >
On December 7, 1959, the U. S.
Supreme Court refused to review
the Worthy ease and two others
in the passport category. One was
that of a congressman, Rep.
Charles O. Porter of Oregon, who
wanted to study trade possibilities
in Red China. The third was that
of Waldo Frank, who had been
invited to lecture on Walt Whit-
man at the University of Peiping.
Esther Warrick were coordinators
for the program.
Parents’ Orientation Day was
held at the school on March 9, at
5 p.m. The principal, P.-T.A.
president, school nurse along with
the first grade teachers explained
the activities and necessities of
first grade children. A social hour
was held after the meeting.
Chiidien’s Visitation Day was
held on Wednesday, March 16. The
first graders gave a program. Mrs.
Esther S. Warrick, principal, gave
remarks. Each child was given a
balloon and an orange by the
P.-T. A.
Mrs. Nancy Walker, Special
Education Teacher, was selected as
Chatham County’s Teacher of the
year. Matthew S. Brown, P-.-T. A.
Talladega College Students
Aid NAACP Defense
! The following is a copy of a
j letter fense fund sent to by the the NAACP student legal body de¬ of
Talladega College:
Talladega Co'Vge
Talladega, Alabama
March 21, I960
Committee of 100
N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund
10 Columbus Circle
Suite 1790
New York 19, New York
Gentlemen:
The south again is in a turmoil
because Neg>-o students • in our
southern colleges have, the courage
to protest against the inequalities
that they are undergoing because
of the segregated pattern of south¬
ern life. These students accepted
the 1054 Suprerfie Court decision in
good faith. Thsy expected the
white south to follow the mandate
of that body to work towaid de¬
segregation in schools and other
areas. During the intevening
years so many delaying tactics
have been used that no longer
I
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president, was selected “Parent of
The Year” for the State of Geor¬
gia; and the P.-T. A. Procedure
Rook won first place in the Regi¬
onal and in the State, Superior
Rating.
The Girl Scouts of the Magnolia
and Dogwood Neighborhoods cele¬
brated their birthday last Satur-
day. The theme, Spain and
Hawaii, was portrayed throughout
the program. There were displays
of arts and crafts by various
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can Negro College students stand
idly by and wait until white south
is ready to grant the Negro his full
constitutional rights.
Despite the right of students to
protest in an orderly fashion, a
number of southern communities
have reso 1 ted to violent action such
as intimidations, floggings brand-
ngs, unlawful! arrests, expulsions
from college, and other forms of
tyranny. We, the members of the
Talladega College Student Body,
ere greatly concerned about these
atrocities and the court cases that
are already resulting from student
movements. Therefore, as one of
our contributions to this epic stru¬
ggle, w'e are enclosing a check of
$225.00 collected from the students
of Talladega College to be used by
the Legal Defense Committee of
the NAACP in its continued fight
in breaking down segregation in
America.
The Student Body of
Talladega College
Harold Thomas, President
troops.
The guests were Mrs. M. V. 1
Hanner, district chairman; Mrs..
Vera Jordan, district director;
Mrs. Mary Darby, executive secre¬
tary ; Mfs> B. B. Heery, council
president; Miss Gunn, chairman of
Juliette Lowe World Friendship
Fund; and Mrs. Sadie Jason, pro¬
I gram chairman for the neighbor-
hood, and parents.
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