Tennessee State University - Tennessean Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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2 TIGl1H Rl:l-LILCTIONSH 33 'Mir 131 ,. i., .. A A 'I Agriculture class very pleased and willing to utilize the new USDA funds. Grants for TSU To id Research tlrants-totaling 5326.000 hare been awarded to Tennessee State University lor three re- search projects and extension ol' a program to assist low-in- 'come families, TSU officials announced yesterday. Dr. Andrew P. Terrence, president ot TSU, said the grants, awarded by the U.S. Department ol' Agriculture. .will support programs that are interdisciplinary and are uni- versitywide in scope. THE ,RESEARCH projects are coordinated by Dr. David Hamilton, dean of the school of agriculture and home eco- nomics. The projects, which will last three years, include: 0 A study of the work moti- vation ot culturally disadvan- taged urban and rural workers in Tennessee. directed by Dr. Emma W. Bragg, professor ol A psychology. 19 A study ol' the determina- tion oi' the f'Nutritional Status of Selected Lou'-lncome Fam- ilies in Four Counties of Ten- nessee? Dr. Ozie L. Adams. professor ot' extension and con- tinuing education, will direct this project in Middle and West Tennessee. O A study of Human Re- sources in Rural Areas ol' West Tennessee, conducted by Dr. Gul M. Telwar, as- sociate professor and head of the department of agriculture education. A total of S276,000 will be alloted for the cooperative program which will be headed by Dr. James E. Farrell, di- rector of extension and con- tinuing education. Terrence -said these funds will be directed toward- six major areas: community and resource developmentg health food and nutrition: leadership development: low-income audi- encesg youth development, and environmental develop- ment. All ol these activities will he centered around improving the lives and welfare of people rather than emphasizing crop and livestock production, Tor- rance said, although technical agricultural needs will not 're excluded. Plant Science Department hea a test plot. Tenn. state gets grant from state NASHVILLE - Tennessee State university has receiv- 'ed a S115,805.80 grant from Cooperative State Research Service KCSRSJ of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture to do a two-year study of the in- rfluence of herbicides on soil and water quality.- The principal investigator is Dr. Fred E. Westbrook, professor of agronomy and head of the Department' of Plant Science. He will be supported by a seven-mem- ber team, including three graduate assistants. The announcement w a s made Aug, 25 by Dr. David A. Hamilton, dean of the Tennessee State university School of Agriculture and Home Economics. Said Dr. Hamilton, This is one of the agricultural studies the university is 'making in its expanding program to im- prove the quality of the en- vironment in rural Ten- d. Dr. Fred Westbrook tests crops from l i 1 i ' 'ix fl. - HMIURE 4 TIJIB lllllllllh

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X ' ref- rf- A spanking-brand-new Tigerette trightl learns the ropes from a well- estabiished TIGERETTE soul sister. ? 'N is Getting to know you. is the theme for a new way of life on campus as the university digs in to obey the big court's mandate of establishing a white presence . , i 3 Panel Task: TSU xWhiie Pre ence' By FRANK SUTHERLAND Tevmessegn Education News Editor A committee of three educators was appointed yesterday to draw up a plan to create what the courts regard as a white presence at Tennessee State Uni- versity and present it to U.S. District Court March 29. Dr. E. C. Stimbert, state commissioner of educa- tion, announced formation of the committee after the State Board of Education met in secret session yester- day t.o discuss alternatives in the federal-court suit. NAMED T0 THE committee were the heads of the two institutions involved, Dr. Andrew Torrence, president of TSU, and Dr. Roy Nicks, chancellor of the University of Tennessee-Nashville, as well as Dr. John Folger, executive director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. Stimbert said the committee will draw up the plan and turn it over to the state attorney general's office. U .S. Dist. Court Judge Frank Gray extended the deadline from tomorrow to March 29 for the filing of the plan to go into effect next fall. He has asked' for substantial integration of the faculty as well as creation of what the courts regard as a white stu- dent presencen at TSU. THE FEDERAL court suit was brought by at- torney George Barrett on behalf of several students andfaculty members at TSU. They originallysought to block construction of the new UTN center. The court refused to do this, but ordered the state to dis- mantle its dual system of higher education in the state. There are some white students at TSU, but Gray said there are not enough for a white presence and suggested that the UT schools of social work and nurs- ing might be transferred to TSU next fall. However, he added that this will not substan- tially integrate TSU and ordered more radical remedies to be presented for his consideration next August. GOV. WINFIELD Dunn presided over the secret session yesterday and was asked after the meeting by reporters why the session, was held behind closed doors. We could be in contempt of court if it were open to the public, the governor replied.

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J edit: '. P' V .4 '03 ,.- 11 5.34 .., in 1- :,. A,g.-..fr,i' ' Q, . Y J, 1 Fall brings different faces to command registration tables. By ROBERT CHURCHWELL The- state's dwindling num- ber of trained nurses could be 'boosted by a new project in nursing education at Ten- nessee State University that centers on disadvantaged ,stu- dents interested in the pro- fession,as a career. The term disadvantaged does have financial signifi- cance, but the emphasis in this project is on those stu- dents culturally lacking in learning skills, Mrs. Christine Sharpe, project staff director, said. We stil don't have the amount of nurses we need in the state, Mrs. Sharpe said, explaining that the TSU project, like other nursing education programs, is geared toward increasing the number of nurses. TSU's project is 'being sup- ported by a S500,000 grant from the Nursing Division of the U.S. Department of Health, Education a n d Welfare. It, will continue over la' five-year period under the title, Improving Teaching Methods for Disadvantaged Students in Nursing. New grant from the Nursing Division the training of more nurses at TSU. 5 Prevent 'While Ruin' of TSU. Professor Asks A Tennessee State Universi- ty professor, in a paper, has challenged faculty and alumni of the predominantly black school to rally to save it from what he called pending an- nihilation by whites. Specifically, economist Dr. R, Grann Lloyd suggested that faculty and alumni embark on a course of political and social action including: 0 Enlisting the aid of black members of the Tennessee legislature who in coalition might address themselves to TSU's plight. 0 Selecting a blue ribbon panel of TSU facility and alumni to solicit the assistance of important people to save TSU. I Getting 5,000 alumni to ne- l ll dorse a carefully developed statement of principle regard- ing the necessity for justice in higher education in Ten- ncsseef' In the paper, prepared for delivery to a meeting of TSU alumni, Lloyd said of recent expansion of the University of Tennessee -- Nashvillels program and a court's de- mand for increased white presence at TSU: In other words, they wish to take over and-or plunder TSU for their own selfish pur- poses and to use the law to protect the plunder. THIS ATTEMPT to per- vert the law through greed, false philanthropy, and racism, and to destroy TSU in the process must be stop- ped. Blame for the dilemma Lloyd said, is on morally barren and perhaps even cor- rupt white leaders and on blacks who have failed to operate TSU with the highest respect for scholarship. This shortcoming must he c orrected immediately, Lloyd said. The alumni must insist the their alma mater be operated in such manner that they can be proud of it.!! of the U.S. Department of Health, Education. and Welfare will enable a t, , M f t I V : il I 'f fi . ,I . WFT, , . ,I W