Sharon Johnson Lew' -
Interim As i t nt Superin-
ndent of th Department of
Empowerment, Diver ity,
and Choice - id her staff is
looking into the langua of
the charter to make ure there
were no violations of the union
contract. She id, "We up­
port his (Ellie t's) right to en-
ure the charters do not
violate union contracts. We
want to make ure this d
not happen."
Elliott exp sed concern
about provisions in some char­
ter giving administrators
authority to hire out substi­
tute teachers, psychological
and social service workers,
providing them (administra­
tors with the opportunity to
,
As interim president of
Knoxville College, founded in
1875 and one of the nation's His­
torically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCUs), one of
my goals is to realize a finan­
cially independent institution
by 1998.
I believe that this objective
can and will be achieved based
on several initiatives that we
have undertaken. I do not, of
course, expect Knoxville College
to become endowed to the extent
of the nation's Ivy League insti­
tutions. I am confident, how­
ever, that the millions of Blacks
and others, without regards to
education status, want to per­
petuate the healthy existence of
the HBCUs.
To this end, I am appealing to
the readership of the Black
press to become active partici­
pants in our detennined efforts
to realize this very worthy goal.
As president of Knoxville Col­
lege, I am committed to every
legi� imate method to retain and
perpetuate our traditions of ex­
cellent service.
Knoxville College graduates
have outstanding records in
their respective fields of en­
deavor. Among these graduates
are Edith Irby Jones, M.D., the
first Black admitted to the Uni­
versity of Arkansas Medical
School and the first woman
elected to the presidency of the
National Medical Association
and the late Dr. Ambrose
Caliver, the first Black Dean of
Fisk University and the first
. . Black appointed to a profes­
sional position in the U.S. De­
partment of Education. In the
Michigan Citizen readership.
area among the outstanding
Knoxville College graduates is
Mr. Carl G. Pe ty, '57, Principal,
Henry Ford School.
lEAR TLYRE UE T
your readership to become im­
portant parts of our effort to se­
cure the exi t n of Knoxvill
College by b oming m mbers of
the "Knoxville College Honorary
. Alumni Association" (KCHAA).
Membership in this ia-
tion entitl on to two KC Infor­
mational Newsletters,
attendance at th nnual gradu-
COOPER OTED paren
and teachers issued complaints
about how schools were admin­
istered at various board meet­
ings.
One complaint involved heat­
ing problems at Ford Elemen­
tary and at HP High, making it
difficult for students to learn.
One parent, Brenda Mc Fail,
e perturbed over a mall
fire that began during an electri­
cal blackout at Ford Elemen­
tary, citing there wa poor
communication and that some
students, including pre­
school rs, were not notified and
rem in in the building.
Cooper expressed concerns
Ie Co
ege
o
en f nd effort
cia I "Knoxville College Honor­
ary Alumni" identification
card (s). Knoxville College is a
501 (c) organization and contri­
butions are deductible eonsis­
tent with IRS regulations.
Checks should be mailed to
the Alumni Office, Knoxvilie
College, 901 College Street,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37921.
Your support of Knoxville Col­
lege would be sincerely appreci­
ated.
Three .: percent.
short of perfect!!
ation ceremony, and participa­
tion in the College's Annual
Homecoming activities. Individ­
ual membership in the Associa­
tion, for one year, is $10. For
families of three or more the an­
nual membership in the
KCHAA is but $30.
Upon receipt of checks pay­
able to Knoxville College Endow­
mentAccount, the Alumni Office
of the College will send an om-
Results of a survey conducted
May-June, 1993 at the Detroit
Public Library revealed that
97% of the respondents are sat­
isfied with the assistance they
recei ve from Library staff.
Nine out of 10 library users
said they found what they
needed in the Library. And
three-fourths of the respondents
visit the Detroit Public Library
weekly or monthly.
These are some of the re­
marks in the "Executive Sum­
mary" of the "Detroit Public
Library User Survey 1993: Com­
prehensi.ve Report." Conducted
by the Wayne State University
Center for Urban Studies, the
survey took place at the Li­
brary's 27 sites.
Visitors were asked to partici­
pate in the survey as they exited
the libraries; a total of 3,074
questionnair wer completed.
The survey did not include tele-
phone users of the Library.
THE URVEY EVALU­
ATE the habits of DPL users
and compiles heir opinion
about Library servi and pro­
grams. It' part of DPL's strate-
• gic planning process, which
began in 1991, and is just one
piec of information used to
make d cisions about the Li­
brary.
Though the survey results
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dissatisfaction with Library
hours and lack of parking, both
at Main and many branches (the
Main Library is open 40 a week
and nine of25 branches are open
only 20 hou we kly).
Copies of the Report are
available at all locations of the
Detroit Public Library. For more
information call Library Direc­
tor Jean T. Curtis at 833-3997 .
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