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Newspaper Page TextNA ACP elects first woman president Page 1 Vol. 8, No. 36 Paine coach produces winners without money By Mallory K. Millender Paine College coaches have traditionally been looked to perform a minor miracle -- to produce winning teams without athletic scholarships. Coach Ernest Tolbert has not only met that challenge, his teams have been in the playoffs three times since he came to Paine in 1967, and competed in the national playoffs in Kansas City in 1977, a first for Paine. Tolbert said when he recruits, he lets athletes know “from the beginning that we don’t have athletic scholarships. We have Basic Education Opportunity Grants (BEOG), work study grants, Georgia Resident Grants and National Defense loans. “I really try to sell them from an academic as well as an athletic standpoint. 1 let them know you won’t be in athletics all your life. “I let them know that most colleges will use athletes, telling them they’re good enough for the pros. They are good enough to play college ball, but die actual percentage going to the pros is very small. “Some colleges tell them ‘don’t worry about your grades, just play ball.' But Tolbert warns, ‘You will never get a degree.’” Tolbert points to Rudolph Gussie, who played out his eligiblity last year, as an example. “Pro clubs wrote about Gussie, but he said nothing would stop him from getting his degree. “The New Orleans Jazz sent Gussie three letters. He was not interested. He knows his capability. He’s interested in business administration.” Tolbert said he “likes to see results” from his work with young men. James Green - drafted by the Atlanta Hawks - was Paine’s first player signed By Staff Sgt. Mike Brinegar FT. LEONARD WOOD, Mo. - An Augusta native is among the first group of recruits to undergo coed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood. The new coed training concept was recently implemented at the fort. Though basic training is nothing new for men or women, recruits training together in an integrated company is. Private Alice Y. Pleasant, the daughter of Mrs. Ann L. Samuels, who resides at 2248 White Road, joined the Army because she wanted a “new way of living.” In 1972 the Army only had 12,000 women in its ranks. That figure is expected to rise to nearly 65,000 by the end of June 1979. Coed basic was part of the answer of meeting these increased training needs. While the new coed concept will result in some cost savings, it will also upgrade the training of female recruits. As more combat support fields open to females, there is a need to better prepare then; for survival in a combat environment. At the same time Aiujiwia NratfrSroirm IB • ; ; MB- ***>• : 3? a > £ > > w* W '4 AM..; ■■■ r tt - x \ |l - ■ Xr **• Mr Coach Ernest Tolbert by an NBA team. Douglas Glenn played professionally in Portugal. Tolbert said Nathaniel Coxon Augusta woman takes basic training with men there is a need to improve their basic soldiering traits. The new coed training is expected to meet these needs. Like the men, women will spend 57 hours on basic rifle marksmanship. They will also t * -MP' /f ■Mf* z” b/ z Hr’ Private Alice Y. Pleasant Attorney Ruffin heads lawyers association Page 1 P.0.80x 953 (1977) could have gone to the Harlem Globe Trotters, but chose military service instead. Many of Tolbert’s former learn first aid, tactical movement, anti-armor defensive measures and how to fire the M-60 machine gun. Physical training for the women has also been upgraded. For the first time in the Army, players are coaching themselves. Nathan Holmes in coaching at Benedict College. James Green is at Sol Johnson women will be expected to perform the same exercises as the men. While some injuries can be expected during training, female recruits are especially susceptible. It’s not that Black population expands as white America ages Page 2 January 13,1979 High School in Savannah. Joseph Manker is coaching in North Georgia. Lester “Peter Rabbie” Paige is coaching in Washington, D.C., and recruited current center Gary Simmons for Paine. “I have lots of friends and coaches throughout the United States who have assured me that whenever they have a good athlete, they’ll be in touch with me,” Tolbert said. Simmons, a 6’B” freshman from Chicago, is a starter and one of the reasons Tolbert has been able to play .500 ball (8-8) with a team made up entirely of freshmen except for two sophomores. Tolbert said that while he wishes the college had more money to spend on athletics, he agrees with the school’s policy. “It’s not that the administration doesn’t want it (athletic scholarships), it’s just a matter of priorities. “Given the college’s circumstances, I definitely agree with the administration’s priorities. The money is needed more in other areas, and only a small percentage of students is involved in athletics.” But that percentage has been a source of great personal satisfaction for Tolbert, who says he has to be coach, counselor, father and provider for his athletes. Tolbert said he recently met one of his former players -- Eddie Strickland - in Macon. Strickland drove him downtown, took out a key and unlocked the foor of a well-stocked clothing store. Then he said to Tolbert: “Get what you want. Suits, pants, jackets, anything you see that you want, get it." “I don’t have the money to buy anything,” Tolbert said. “It’s all right. Get them,” Strickland replied. “You paid for them a long time ago.” uncommon to see four or five women out of one platton on crutches or with bandaged feet. Drill Sergeants blame it partially on the design of the female boots. “It’s the boots,” said one. “They just weren’t designed for female feet. It’s hard for them to get used to them.” To help alleviate some of the problems the women are given classes on how to properly break in their boots. They are also permitted to wear tennis shoes during long marches. Like most recruits, Pvt. Pleasant found basic ar; intersting, learning experience. “The most interesting experience I had was learning how to shoot an M-16 rifle,” said Pvt. Pleasant. Fifty female recruits a week will arrive at the fort for the first two quarters of this fiscal year. Later the number will rise to 160 per week, according to the Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). While the women will follow the same training program as See “ARMY” Page 6 Less than 75% Advertising King legacy A guiding light As we prepare to observe what would have been the 50th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it is fitting that we recognize the magnitude of his contributions as well as the short time in which he made them. It is staggering when one considers that his achievements were all accomplished in a brief 39 years. It is perhaps appropriate that President Carter has been chosen as the recipient of this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Award. The President certainly symbolizes and expouses the ideals for which Dr. King lived and died. The problem is that he has too often espoused them but failed to live up to hem. In that sense we think that the award should be a beacon by which he can direct the Ship of State as well as a reminder of the hope that some black Americans still hold for his leadership. The evidence of the harassment Mrs. Seabrook heads NAACP Mrs. Georgene Hatcher) Seabrook has been elected’ President of the Augusta; Chapter of the NAACP. She is? believed to be the first woman to hold that position. She succeeds Atty. John H.‘ Ruffin Jr. '"'"She said she hopes that her female perspective will be an asset to the local chapter, adding that Mary Ovington White was one of the primary founders of the organization in 1909, and that Mrs. Margaret Bush Wilson is chairman of the board of directors of the organization. “1 hope that I will be able to focus on the need for women to be involved. They have more time, particularly older, retired women. “We need them to monitor public meetings, conduct voter registration campaigns, and to do other kinds of volunteer work,” she said. Mrs. Seabrook said she hopes to have a closer working relationship with other NAACP chapters in the CSRA. “We have been rather dormant in Ruffin is president of criminal defense lawyers pF John H. Ruffin Jr. Afro-Americans and Arabs have few ties Page 2 Editorial of Dr. King by the FBI and other law' enforcement agencies demonstrates the degree to which Dr. King dramatized the contradicting between what America espoused and what America did in fact. President Carter would do well to take note that he does not follow the FBl’s repressive course by silencing Dr. King’s lieutenant Andrew Young and others who point out the contradictions in Carter’s proclaimed ideals and what the President does and does not do. The eternal truth of the cause for which Dr. King lived and died has given him immortality. And the same light of truth will erase any shadows cast on his character by the FBI. Not only should Dr. King’s life serve as a beacon for President Carter, it should serve as a torch to illuminate the paths of the rest of us as well. , t . -Ax ■ fVTjsll. s iSi ■■ x** 1 Georgene Hatcher Seabrook political action and political activity,” she said. A graduate of South Carolina State College, she was the first female to attend the Atty. John H. Ruffin Jr. presided Saturday for the first time as president of the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is the first black attorney to head a major organization of predominantly white lawyers in the state. There are only four blacks in the association which has 508 members. Ruffin is also serving his third consecutive term as president of the Georgia Conference of Black Lawyers, Inc. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and the Howard University School of Law. 25* South Carolina State Law School. Employed by the CSRA Business League as a marketing economic development specialist, she is the mother of four children, and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Other officers elected for 1979 were Leslie Stokes, first vice president; George Williams, second vice president; Charles Williams, secretary and Nora Butler, treasurer. NAACP banquet Monday £ la Charles E. Carter Attorney Charles Carter, associate general counsel of the NAACP, will be the featured speaker at the Augusta Branch NAACP annual membership banquet Jan. 15 at 7:30 pan. at the Thunderbird Inn. A member of the NAACP Legal Staff since 1970, Carter has represented the association in various sections of the nation. He is the editor of the NAACP Civil Rights Handbook which is widely used throughout the movement.