The Register, 1977-02-08

              TH14-5 REGISTER
"COMPLETE AWARENESS FOR COMPLETE COMMITMENT"
VOLUME XLVffl NUMBER 36 NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY, GREENSBORO      FEBRUARY 8,1977
Tyson Sets Schedule
For Upcoming Events
By Carol Holiness
Tony Tyson, SGA president,
has set a tentative schedule for
the  upcoming events for the rest
of the spring semester.
The SGA has plans for
sponsoring a Black female
speaker for "Black History
Week." More details will be given
at a later date. Also preparations
are being made for entertainment
during the MEAC Tournament
weekend. Thursday night,
February 24, there will be a free
disco following the game. The
following Friday night, February
25, a disco is planned and the
public and student body will be
asked to pay. To highlight the
weekend, the SGA will sponsor
two local groups and hopefully
one major group. All of the
above discos will be in Moore
Gymnasium.
Winston-Salem State
University, North CaroUna
Central University, A&T, along
with other Black universities are
making preparations for a "Unity
Day" on April 2.
This will consist of lecturers,
speakers, and other interesting
events during the day which will
be coordinated by each
individual school. The purpose of
the cultural program, "Unity
Day," is to give to some Black
and needy organizations a large
donation of money.
After the program, some
major groups will entertain those
wishing to attend at the
Greensboro Coliseum. The date
has already been secured for the
coliseum and more details will be
given later. Tyson said, "None of
the Black universities will have
the problem of worrying about
finances because of the strategic
arrangements."
In April, the SGA has planned
a fun day on the athletic field.
There will be a variety of
competitive individual and
intramural activities. Prizes will
be awarded to the winners and
the judges will be SGA officials.
(See SGA Page 2)
Winston Salem in the daytime.
Shaw Seeks Alternative For N
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NEAChapterTo Receive
Gold Certificate Award
A&T's chapter of the Student
National Education Association
will receive the Gold Certificate
Award at the State NCAE
Convention on April 2.
The Gold Certificate Award is
presented to student chapters
whose membership exceeds 100
by 7. The A&T chapter exceeded
its membership by more than 50
members in the 1976-77 school
year.
President Sheryl Lynn Harper
and Cluster Coordinator
Timothy Sinxlair were
instrumental in the success of the
(See NEA Page 6)
By Carlese Blackwell
"When the National Teacher's
Examination (NTE) is related to
certification, then I am against it.
However, I feel that the test in
itself, is a good one." These were
the words of Dr. Joseph Shaw,
dean of the School of
Education when he was asked to
comment on the requirement of
the NTE.
Continuing, Shaw said that
the minimum score required on
the NTE (950) and the
achievement    which    the    test
supposedly measures show no
relevance. "If I were to give the
test, I would set the minimum
score at  1200," he emphasized.
Shaw said that the NTE is
more of an advanced
achievement test, than anything
else. Futhermore, Shaw said that,
if the educators were going to
give a test to measure a student's
ability to teach, then that test
should be confined to the field in
which that student will be
teaching.
As it stands, he added, the
same NTE can be given to any
education major regardless of his
major. Shaw said that, at the
present, he is actively involved
with a state committee which is
in the process of planning an
alternative for the NTE.
When asked how A&T
students scored on the NTE in
comparison with other
universities in North Carolina,
Shaw said, "Fair." The major
problems for students taking the
NTE is a lack of motivation, he
cited. However on the test,
students seem to do better on
,the math than the verbal.
Concluding, Shaw
commented, "I think there is
always going to be some type of
evaluation for all persons seeking
a degree in teacher education.
Yet, I feel that there must be a
better approach than the NTE."
Elizabeth Chavis Speaks
At 'Revival Of Justice'
..as compared to Greensboro at night.
RALEIGH(AP) - "The church
must be in the vanguard of
seeking justice," the mother of
the Wilmington 10 leader said
Sunday.
" There are some   people  in
power today who still cherish the
institution of slavery," said Mrs.
EUzabeth Chavis, mother of the
Rev. Ben Chavis. "We must look
for a rejuvenated system of
leaders who, in the words of
Jimmy Carter, are "bomagain."
Chavis and nine other persons
were convicted on charges
involving the firebombing of a
'grocery    during    Wilmington's
racial upheaval in 1971.
Mrs. Chavis was among 16
speakers at a "Revival of Justice
for the Wilmington 10," which
was held at Laodicea United
Church of Christ here.
The speakers included Mrs.
Anne Sheppard Turner, the only
white member of the Wilmington
10 and the only defendant to be
paroled thus far.
The   others   received   prison
sentences totahng 282 years,
with Chavis being sentenced to
24-29 years.