EBONY HERALD/ VOL. III, NO. 9/MAY, 1977CONTESTANTS for ~~Miss College Bound, 1977TTDeltas Crown oMissCollege Bound�By Joyce EvansFeatures EditorGrossie Ella Smith was crowned ~~ MissCollege Bound, 1977,~~ by the GreenvilleChapter of Delta Sigma Theta SororitySaturday, April 2, at the West GreenvilleRecreation Center.Miss Smith, a. D.H. Conley HighSchool senior, received a $660 scholarshipand a silver trophy.Paulette Hill was first runner up andKendall Gallopes was second runner up.Thirteen contestants competed byraising money. Smith raised $1,060, thehighest amount of money, and wascrowned ~~Miss College Bound.TTAll the contestants received a scholar-ship amounting to 60 percent of the moneythey raised. This representa a recentChange in the program, according to LilliePowell, sorority president.Previously, only the winner received ascholarship.Delta Sigma Theta is a service sororityand has sponsored scholarship aid to morethan 100 girls over the past 18 years,remarked Rebecca Norcott, a sororitymember.All the young ladies wore a long whiteevening gown and carried a long-stem redSocio-ecoMiss Smith was draped with a floorlength red cape and she was given abouquet of red roses. Then she marcheddown the aisle. She returned and sat on amock throne.Music and the red and white colorscheme created a soft mood leading up tothe spectacular event of crowing thequeen.~The Way We WereT was the themefor the evening. Mrs. Saline Forbes playedthe theme song while Rebecca Norcottrecited the words.The Tarboro Jubilee Singers entertain-ed with spirituals from ~~Life Every Voiceand Sing to ~~Jesus is a Listening All DayLong.�TThey harmonized with soul Stirringsongs and without music. These young meand women had a dramatic effect upon theaudience who later gave them a standingovation.Mr. Walter Plummer directs theJubilee Singers.Recognition to visiting sororities andspecial thanks were given to businessesSupporting o~Miss College BoundTT byEleanor Hagans, sorority sister.Miss Smith plans to attend Howardand major in psychology.She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Emanuel Smith, Jr. of Winterville.Jones AppointedEditorBy C.R. KNIGHTStaff WriterTim Jones was appointed editor of theEBONY HERALD by the SGA Communi-cations Board during its screening for1977-78 publications.Jones was temporarily appointed editorof the HERALD at the end of winterquarter when Kenneth Campbell, the pasteditor, graduated. As temporary editorJones said, o~ There was a lot of news in theedition that was pertinent to both blacksand whites.�TJones feels that being editor of thepaper isa challenging opportunity and thatit has helped him to expand his owninterests.~Being editor of the EBONY HERALDis academically beneficial to me,TT he said.o~It gives me experience in the area of myconcentration of study in addition toexperience in the field that | plan to pursueas a lifetime career.�TJones says that he enjoys getting intonews. ~~It is an interesting field,TT he said.cal=*iRdoe%\\AYTIM JONES, EBONY HERALD EditorPhoto by Kirk Kingsbury~My interest in journalism stemmedfrom having been on the FOUNTAINH-HEAD staff as a freshman.TTJones worked as News Editor ofEBONY HERALD during the past schoolyear.Student WinsBy JOYCE EVANSFeatures EditorBetty Scott Lane recently won $2,700 inscholarship awards from McCallTs LifePattern and Soroptimist International ofthe Americas.Ms. Lane received a $200 award fromthe local competition making her eligible tocompete for the regional award.From amonq 200 applicants from thesoutheastern states, she won a ~$2,500scholarship award.Ms. Lane was chosen on the basis ofapplication, course of study, grades,financial need, and maturity.Along with the scholarships, she -received an expense paid trip to OceanCity, Md. during the weekend of April 15to 17 to accept the award.With the excitement of the event stillevident, she talked briefly about what thescholarship meant to her.~This award will enable me to graduateBiack Crime In GreenvilleBY IIMJUINESExecutive EditorLocal sources active in the blackcommunity believe that economic andpsychological problems are the majorcauses for high crime rates amongGreenville blacks.Such crimes usually involve assault,rape or larceny.Court cases charging a black withassault practically always involve a blackversus another black, according to RobertL. White, a Greenville attorney.White said that assault cases oftenresult from frustration due to job oppres-sion and frustrations in everyday trans-actions in the predominantly white world.The victim of suppression, said White,may release his anxieties by striking out athis family and peers (other blacks), andthen may wind up in court facing chargesof assault.Unemployment and poverty are amongthe leading reasons that blacks commitlarceny, the most common offense affect-ing whites in Greenville, according toWhite.~~More thefts are committed interracial-ly, because blacks have nothing to steal,�TWhite said.Many blacks are arrested for the use ofdrugs, especially marijuana. -_ The sentences for possession and use ofmarijuana are not as strict, White said,now that it isas popular among whites as itis among blacks.White accused the:County Courts ofbeing discriminatory, implying that thecourts give heavier sentences to blacksinvolved in interracial offenses than toblacks who commit crimes against otherblacks.~~The average black who kills anotherblack gets less time than another black whoassaults a white,TT White said.Many black youths fulfill their needs bycommitting crimes, and many do notconsider their actions wrong, said Mrs.Eve C. Rogers, Pitt County Family CourtCounselor.Rogers, who works mostly with blackand white juveniles, said that black youthsfaced with court prosecution are usuallyfrom culturally deprived homes and feelvictimized by society.Rogers said that, with some exceptions,most black juveniles do not blame racialsituations for their problems.Usuaily uisy feel that this is the way ithas to be, because it has been this way forgenerations,TT she noted.~~We are careful not to look at juveniledelinquency asa whole, but view each caseseparately,TT she added.The purpose of the juvenile court is toserve the needs of the child, Rogers said.The delinquent act is secondary.Rogers said she has observed manyinstances of discrimination in adult court,but claimed that little racism is found in thejuvenile program.Several juvenile judges here areattentive to the socio-economic situation ofa child, Rogers said, and this results indiscrimination.Children from well-to-do families getmore lenient tratement than those children(usually black) from impoverished homes.Judges often feel that a child ofeducated parents who own a comfortablehome will receive the necessary rehabilita-tion at home, Rogers said.~*On the other hand, a child from a poorfamily goes before the judge, and he (thejudge) feels that we. have to take care ofthis situation here,TT she commented. ~~Hewon't receive any guidance at home.�TReverend L.L. Thorbs, a GreenvilleMagazine Scholarshipnext year. | can supplement my income andtake more courses,TT she said happily.Ms. Lane said this was a o~by chancething.TT She came very close to notapplying for the award.McCallTs Life Pattern Fund is gearedtoward mature women who want tocontinue their education.|t is administeredby a group of business and professionalwomen.Soroptimist International gives 23regional awards and have several clubsoverseas.Ms. Lane is an ECU accounting majorand she plans to be a CPA. She graduatedfrom Greene County High School assalutatorian of her class. éShe is a resident of Snow Hill and themother of two children. The ambitiousyoung woman is a pretty divorcee workingto being a new life as a professional careerwoman. And with all sheTs got going forherself, sheT ll succeed.nomic Situations Influencemerchant and a local minister, said thereasons why blacks become involved incrime lie mostly within themselves.~In the first place they donTt haveChrist in their lives, and they have nopurpose for living,TT Thorbs stated.Thorbs, who operates his florest shop inone of GreenvilleT s black sections, said thatmany of the cityTs young blacks refuse towork and are willing to get by in the worldin any way possible with no considerationfor infringing on the rights of others.Thorbs said he has realized that manyyoung blacks are involved in drugs, a habitthey cannot afford.Church attendance among black youthsin Greenville is poor, according to Thorbs.He estimated that 60-65 per cent of theareaT s young blacks are not church goers.Many of the churches in the blackcommunity are lacking in their attempts toappeal to the young, Thorbs said.However, some churches here _ initiateprograms such as sports teams, rapsessions, and fellowship dinners to attractyouths.The main problem between the churchand the youths, Thorbs feels, is that thechurches invite young people in and givethem no responsibilities.