34 10 393 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Facing a past of racial trouble West Chester U.'s president acknowledged mistakes, and alumni were happy with her talk. by Will Hobson, For The Inquirer, Posted: February 28, 2008 After nearly two hours of open discussion last Wednesday afternoon about racial discrimination in the school's past, Madeleine Wing Adler, president of West Chester University, took the microphone in ballroom C of Sykes Student Union. The crowd of about 250 was dotted with about 18 black alumni from the 1930s, '40s, and '50s; some had spoken to the crowd earlier of the challenges they faced at West Chester, including being barred from living on campus. Adler read a brief statement that, more than 60 years after the school finally allowed blacks to live on campus, served as West Chester University's first official acknowledgment of its mistakes during that era, when the school was called West Chester State Teachers College. "We must study the past, its reasons for shame as well as for praise. Where there was error, by acknowledging it we help to ensure it will not be repeated," said Adler, who will retire in June after 16 years as president. Adler's remarks and the discussion that preceded them were part of the university's 11th annual Civility Day, a yearly event where WCU students and faculty participate in discussions and activities centered on a topic - this year's was "Go Green: Strategies for Global Civility." Though racism didn't connect directly with the day's "Go Green" theme, the words of black alumni who faced racism at West Chester, and Adler's remarks were undoubtedly some of the most important uttered all day on campus. "I think it was a great time for healing, because this is a wound that has been open for a long time," said Carson Carr, class of 1958. When Carr came to West Chester in 1954 the segregationist housing policy had been lifted. "We really stood on the shoulders of those victims . . . We appreciated the fact that they paved the way for us," said Carr, an administrator at State University of New York at Albany. Aware of the challenges his predecessors faced at West Chester, and the lack of an official university response, Carr wrote a letter to Adler last April, asking her to consider organizing an event to "close the chapter" of racism at West Chester, he said. "It was very interesting," said Littleton Mitchell, class of 1948, of the event. "When I was asked by one her [Adler's] assistants what did I think about the apology, I said the apology to me is not the most important thing . . . The apology must be accompanied by action. And West Chester, in my mind, has exceeded what I could want for action," said Mitchell, who lives in Delaware City, Del. Mitchell started at West Chester in 1939. During the war, he was one of the Tuskegee Airmen, America's first black military pilots. After spending three years in the military, Mitchell returned to West Chester in 1946. The university allowed black women to live on campus in 1943, but black men still had to find housing elsewhere. Many rented rooms from black families in the area, while others simply commuted. The West Chester University that Mitchell sees today is vastly different than the one he attended. "These youngsters do not know the privileges that West Chester has made available to them . . . It's [West Chester University] very sensitive to the needs of the people there," said Mitchell. Mitchell said he did not have any contact with the school after he graduated until one of Adler's assistants visited his house out of the blue in 1994. 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He was born at Newcastle, Missouri on March 22, 1866, the son of Thomas L. and Nancy (Jeffries) Kerlin. His parents were slaveholders, but they were not defenders of the institution. In the settlement of an estate they were offered additional slaves but they refused to accept them. Kerlin began his preparation for life at Central College, Fayette, Missouri. He studied a year at Johns Hopkins and later at the University of Chicago and Harvard. Finally at Yale he completed in 1906 the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. In 1907 he married Adeline K. Koster of Jersey City. They had three children : Katharine Elizabeth, Elsa Adeline, and Constance Lee. Kerlin began his career as professor of English at Missouri Valley College where he served from 1890 to 1894. He then entered upon the ministry in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and served in that connection from 1895 to 1898. He next became the chaplain to the Third Missouri Volunteers in the Spanish-American War. After this brief service he returned to the schoolroom as a professor of English. He did not tarry long at any of the institutions which he served. He taught at Missouri Valley College from 1901 to 1902, Southwestern University from 1902 to 1903, and the State Normal School at Warrensburg, Missouri from 1903 to 1906. He functioned as instructor in English at Yale from 1906 to 1907, as professor of literature at the State Normal School at Farmville in Virginia from 1908 to 1910, and at the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington from 1910 to 1921. From this position he was dismissed for writing an open letter to ihe Governor of Arkansas protesting the hanging of the Negro survivors of the Elaine riot, who had merely returned the Ku Klux Klan fire upon them in a building where they had met to improve their status as sharecroppers. Kerlin went next to serve at the State Normal School at West Chester, Pennsylvania where he taught from 1922 to 1927 ; but there he showed himself such a champion of liberal causes that conservative Pennsylvania could not longer tolerate him. His last permanent employment as a teacher was at Potomac State College at Keyser, West Virginia, but there also he could not resist the appeal of liberal causes and the cry of the down-fallen and the underprivileged. He made himself just as unpopular at this post as he had done elsewhere and had to retire. Yet he had served in the meantime in various capacities elsewhere. He was associate editor of the ARENA from 1905 to 1906. He was a lecturer on English literature at the University of Vermont Summer School from 1911 to 1917, instructor for the American Expeditionary Force University at Beaune, France in 1919, lecturer on English Literature at the ~hiladelphia Labor College from 1925 to 1927, lecturer at Lincoln University in 1927, and lecturer in English literature and European History at Western Maryland College. In order to express himself further he wrote a number of books. He published in 1897 a book of poems entitled Mainly for Myself. Next came out of his experiences in the Spanish-American War The Camp Life of the Third Regiment. His The Church of the Fathers appeared in 1901, Theocritus in English Literature in 1909 and Milton's Minor Poems in Johnson's English Classics. Near the end of his active career, however, the discrimination and segregation of the Negro became the burden of his appeal for a more liberal attitude and he set forth such views in The Voice of the Negro in 1920 to show the demands of the Negro upon the democracy of America and the justice of their claims. He advanced the same thought out of the mouths of the literary leaders of the oppressed in publishing in 1923 Negro Poets and Their Poems. The more he said in favor of the Negro, however, the more unpopular he became with all elements of his race except the few labor unions which accepted the Negro laborer as the equal of others. Kerlin was really a martyr in the cause of human freedom. Down to the very end of his career he worked hard to have the theatres of Cumberland abolish their policy of excluding Negroes. He was especially indignant that Negroes were not permitted to see PINKY, the moving picture based upon Negro Life in the South and intended to improve interracial relations. Kerlin conducted there a one-man picket line, trying to bring the managers to terms. It may be that such exposure at his advanced age was the immediate cause of his death. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Robert Thomas Kerlin Obituary Subject The topic of the resource Kerlin, Obituary Description An account of the resource This obituary for Robert Kerlin appeared in the Journal of Negro History in April 1950. It recounts Kerlin's life and professional career, emphasizing his efforts on behalf of Black Freedom and against discrimination and racism. 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Text Any textual data included in the document Congleton, Ernestine (West Chester State Coll.) 5768 Dunlap St., Philadelphia, Pa. B. Mar. 20, 1944. B.S.; Education, Social Science; 1964. Little Theater; Student Govt. Assn.; Government Club; NAACP pres.; Student Christian Assn.; Women's Advisory Bd.; Women's Dormitory Council; WAA; Friends Settlement House Jr. Ldr. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tina Congleton, "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges" Subject The topic of the resource Tina Congleton Description An account of the resource Entry recognizing Ms. Congleton's academic excellence Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource A. N. 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Text Any textual data included in the document Welcome back, everyone. On Monday the 15th, I went to my first class of the semester, just as most of you did. West Chester University has the singular distinction from the rest of the Pennsylvania higher educational system of not recognizing the federal holiday of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This upset most students here at West Chester but for a few differing reasons. For me, it sent a message that the University not only chose not to honor Dr. King, but also in a sense dishonored him. Martin Luther King Jr. is in my opinion among the top ten human beings who ever lived and yet it seems that when the University decided to ignore the day of his birth they were in a sense saying that he is not worthy of the honor. On the other hand, it may be that the University understood Dr. King better than most. Dr. King was all about education and if he were alive today, he probably would have wanted students to go to classes as a way to honor him. In his eyes, education is the weapon used to fight hate and prejudice. So in that sense, the University did a good thing last Monday by not canceling classes. But let us not forget that there was learning taking place outside the classrooms on the day in question. Many programs dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. and his views were Unfortunately, those programs were ended by 6 p.m. so some students who work full time jobs (that were also not closed on the 15th) could not attend them. Many more students may have attended those programs if they did not have class at the time of the program. Yet another reason why the University should have cancelled classes that day. Sort of like what they do for the Academic festival every year. Unfortunately, I am aware of West Chester University's well-deserved reputation as a party school. So why many of the students here actually were upset about hav- ' ing class for one of the before mentioned reasons, most were upset because they wanted a have an extra day off of classes... man. They could have partied more Sunday night and hung out with there friends which they probably had not seen in about a month or so. To them, King is cool because they thought that they would get to sleep in Monday morning. But, for those among you who were in this mind set rest assured with President Baby Bush, we might get Jesus Day off. Almost all of these people of whom I have described live in a world that was changed by King before Stephen Rosch eluded"6 Most of them have no conception of the history that came before him or of the time in which he lived. Lots of people take for granted the role he played in our history. He was not just some black guy talking about black rights. He was a man who spoke about equal rights for all people. He stood for non-violent solutions to sometimes-violent problems in the face of people who wanted violence in exchange for violence. But most of all. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a dreamer. And unfortunately, even today some people do not heed his words in 1 that people still judge others not by the content of their character but many times by the color of their skin or by their gender, religion, or even their sexual orientation.The efforts of Dr. King make even the worst of us see the doubts in such judgements. Classes or no classes, the learning shouldn't end. Next year, we will have Dr. King's Birthday off. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Student Poll Name: Thorn Smith Year: Junior Major: Criminal Justice Response: "I think there should be another march and a day off for classes as well as a week of events." Name: Jamie Shick Year: Sophomore Major: Psychology Response: "We definitely should have off next year. We are the only state school that has class and a man as great as M.L.K. needs to be recognized for his accomplishments." Name: Rachel Nerney Year: Sophomore Major: Undeclared Response: "I think we should have off on M.L.K. Day because he was a great leader." Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Student Poll Question: What do you think the University could do to make MLK Jr. Day better? 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Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The Northwestern athletic department prides itself on an academics-hefore-athletics philosophy, so it comes as no surprise that the university doles out diplomas to its athletes at a higher rate than any other Division I school in the country. What is a surprise, however, is that NU has staved off the most glaring trend in college sports: an astonishingly lower graduation rate among black athletes compared with their white counterparts. According to an NCAA report released in November, NU is fifth in the nation in graduation rate among its black male athletes, sending 88 percent of them off with a degree, compared with 92 percent of the school's entire student-athlete population. Of the four schools ahead of NU, only Stanford has fielded more than 11 black male athletes total in the four classes examined by the NCAA (freshmen entering school from 1990-91 to 1993-94). NU, which had 41 black male athletes in that span, trails only Duke in graduating black football players, and is one of only seven schools to graduate all of the black basketball players in the four classes. By contrast, 47 Division I schools failed to graduate any of their black basketball players during that time. "Being a minority, most of us didn't come from anything," said guard Collier Drayton, a Weinberg junior and one of eight black NU men's basketball players. "We're not rich like most students here. To come in and have the same opportunities as they do, as far as graduating and playing basketball and being able to make a life when you graduate -1 think it's great." Said forward Tavaras Hardy, a Weinberg junior, "That's what made this university very attractive to me. They care about the athlete's educationeducation and not just using them for sports." Indeed, nationwide graduation aggregates suggest that black athletes are being exploited. Only 38 percent of all black athletes graduate, compared with 58 percent of white athletes. And the Big Ten boasts some particularly wide discrepancies.Michigan's overall student body, for example, graduated at a rate nearly four times that of its black athletes. Ohio State, a traditional Big Ten football powerhouse that has gone to eight bowl games in nine years, graduated just 17 percent of its black athletes. In this landscape, NU provides a truly unusual opportunity for its black athletes to both compete at the highest level of collegiate competition and still earn a diploma. To that end, the school works hard to both recruit academically inclined athletes and hang on to them once they arrive, said Margaret Akerstrom, assistant athletic director for Academic Services, which offers help to NU athletes with their studies. "(Coaches) know they need to be careful. They know they need to get young men and women who understand the academic challenge here," Akerstrom said. "Coaches understand because it's the athletic department message and the faculty message and the president's message - don't come if you don't intend to get a degree. Once you walk in a door here, we're very tenacious about hanging on to our students." Academic Services strives to ensure that NU's black athletes are comfortable, Akerstrom said, whether it's referring them to the Black House or hiring minority tutors and advisers. "We consciously make an effort to ensure that everyone graduates," she said. That's something of special significancesignificance for Hardy and Drayton. Both said they're part of the first generation of their families to go to college. Hardy, along with his brother and sister, was encouraged to use sports to improve his chances of success off the court. While basketball helped his family afford NU, his brother, Greg, used basketball to get an education at Augustana College in Rock Island, 111., and his sister, Monica, rode her volleyball career to a degree from Purdue. "Educa1 tion has been a big thing with my mom," Hardy said. "She was realistic about it. It would have been hard for her to pay for all three of us to go to school, so she wanted us to use our sports to get us to where we need to go." Drayton's parents impressed upon him a similar ethic. "It was stressed ever since I was little to try and make something of my life - and this is the way to do it," he said. As a result, Drayton has given himself opportunities he's confident he never would've seen without basketball. "I think it's more exciting for my parents because they don't have to pay the $35,000 that it costs to go here," he said. "I wouldn't have been able to go to college without a scholarship -1 probably would have ended up at a junior college. But to come to a university, that made them very proud." Hardy and Drayton know that a free education at one of the top schools in the country - and one of the costliest - is not a gift to be taken lightly. "I don't think any student-athlete comes here just to play a sport," Hardy said. "They also want to take advantage of the degree that they can get." No one illustrates that more than men's basketball player Jitim Young, a Weinberg freshman. Young was recruited to play basketball for national power Michigan State, but he instead chose to play for the Wildcats - a decision he said he doesn't regret, despite NU's winless conference record and the Spartans' top-10 ranking. The crucial factor in Young's choice is easy to pinpoint. "Being at Northwestern, you know your degree means something," Young said. "It's awfully tough to get into this school just being a regular student. So to get here and play basketball and get the same opportunities as all the other students, it's a great advantage." Young was raised in Chicago by his grandmother, and, like the parents of his two teammates, Ruthie Young harped on the importance - particularly for a minority - of using athletics to get an education. When he learned that Michigan State graduated only 38 percent of its black male athletes - less than half NU's rate - Young let loose a quiet smile. It just confirmed that he had chosen the right school. "She was happy, but she always told me never to be satisfied about anything," Young said of his grandmother. "She told me, 'OK, you go to Northwestern. But now get in there and wash the dishes.'" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Emily Badger Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Special Collections, Francis Harvey Green Library, West Chester University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2-6-2001 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Digital images in Library Services’ Digital Collections are issued by Special Collections, Francis Harvey Green Library, West Chester University. Images are provided for non-commercial, educational, and personal use only, and are not intended for reproduction or redistribution. 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Text Any textual data included in the document NAACP elects officers The West Chester State College branch of the NAACP has elected new officers for the coming year. They are: Diane Grundy, president; Gloria Harper, vice president; Elva Croswell, secretary; Rich Serchion, treasurer; and Brenda Nichols, publicity chairman. The officers officially assumed their duties on Jan. 29. Wayne Burton will again serve as advisor. The first project this year will be a display on campus for Negro History Week. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource NAACP Elects Officers Subject The topic of the resource student elections Description An account of the resource This article provides a list of newly elected officers for the West Chester's college chapter of the NAACP and when they assumed their duties. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document N.A.A.C.P. plans week's activities In conjunction with the observance of Negro History Week, Feb. 11-18, the West Chester State College chapter of NAACP invites those interested to attend the various activities throughout the week. During the entire month of Feb. the paintings of Humbert Howard, a Negro artist from Philadelphia, will be on display in the Francis Green Library. A display of African Artifacts on loan from Lincoln. University will also be on disclav. Activities There will be a tea in the student lounge of the library for Mr. Howard on Feb. 13. The young adult choir of the La Mott A.M.E. church of Philadelphia featuring the unique sound of the Negro Church is planned for Wed., Feb. 12, 8 p.m. in Philips Memorial Auditorium. Admission is free. 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Title A name given to the resource Student Activities February 14 - 18, 1966 Subject The topic of the resource student activities Description An account of the resource Weekly newsletter distributed throughout the campus which highlighted important news, involving the arts, athletics and events sponsored by student organizations. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dean of Student Affairs Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available WCU's College Chapter of N.A.A.C.P Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource February 14 - 18, 1966 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jacquelynne Conyers-Jordan Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Digital images in Library Services’ Digital Collections are issued by Special Collections, Francis Harvey Green Library, West Chester University. Images are provided for non-commercial, educational, and personal use only, and are not intended for reproduction or redistribution. 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