Bronze Reporter [Volume: 1, Issue: 14]

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A Chair of Learning is a pro~gram of educational activity in a
particluar field of knowledge.
Such a phogram may be developed through 4 teaching. ment, throughédirection and~ supervision,of particular services,
through research) and development of /materials, througn workshops, institutes, or short courses. The Community Colleye Curriculum Study, Committee recommends the ardas in which one or
more Ballenger Chairs may be
established; the recommendations
are reviewed by the school and
college administrators; and the
Board of Education acts upon the
final retommendations as _ presented ly the superintendent.
Chairs of Learning at Junior
College were made possible~ by
the income from a trust fund left
by the late William S. Ballenger.
Those who knew Mr. Ballenger as
a man, -a neighbor, and a citizen
beieve that this was his way of

perpetuating in| his community a}

means through, which frce men
might continue their seareh for
happiness and a good life, Since
schools are of the.peopie and the
building|.of a better life must
startin |the hearts and minds of
men, all] the people of the community benefit) from increased
educational opportunities.
The Halen Chair: of Eminent Lecturers makes it poss.ble
for Flint Commun ty College stuents ners other citizens of the
community to benefit from visits
of leaders in various fields of
knowledge and human endeavor.
The plan will bring to the College a number Of persons of distinction jin education, philosophy,
science, literature, social science,
religion, | business, industry, and
other community interests.~
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Recently the Michigan Department of Labor asked Gov. Williams and the state legisiature for
a state minimum wage of $1 an
*hour.

The Department also recommended a state-wide safety program in all Michigan plants.

~Both of these recommendations
should ~have the active support of
all workers and of course to ask
for less would be suicide. Some
workers in Flint plants are calling for investigations to solve
the. dust and dirt problems in their
shops. Many: workers have had
to leave the Auto plants because
of the dirt and grime being ~injurious to -their health. Many
have had to ~be. hospitalized and
others were advised by their doctors ~to, seek other work or else.

This makes the urgency~ for
employment opportunities in areas
outside the~ auto industry more
acute. Especially should this
~urgency~ develop in. places
where the public is vital... For
the Negro people such a ~place
weuld be the Flint Troliey Coach.
Representative Negro~- Organizations should make it known loud
-and clear that since Negro people
ride they should be allowed to
drive. No (~ifs~~ or ~buts~. Its
entirely too late for the Flint
Trolley Coach to apolvogize.for
their backwardness, the people
want action.

Of vital interest and importance
the auto industry or elsewhere is

the proposed. Guaranteed Annual
Wage.

The UAW hopes that each auto
worker will have the satisfaction
that a~ civil service worker has~
that of knowing at the beginning
of the year how much money he
can expect to earn during that
year. Of course, he might make
more but. certainly not less. In
other words it is-an unbreakable
commitment by an employer to
provide52 weeks of work, or
wages, to all employees during a
given year.;

The UAW in particular and
the CIO in general have mad- the
guaranteed wage one of its main
goals during the next two,-years.
The unions maintain that top
management men get paid by the
year and are not docked for layoffs as workers are.. Unions say. that if emploers
niust pay penalty wages. their
concerns will see to it that production is regularized and ema ~_ steady.

~tor & Gamble;

- The good, ready and~ able citizen of the comumnity will want
the guaranteed annual wage ~because it represents security. Businessmen realize that steady employment helps to| maintain labor
skills and buying. | power, and to
reduce cost.

Between now and 1985 there
will be many arguments taking
place on the subject. Tt can hear
some workers in jthe shop cafeteria taking sides) with management and agreeing that the company can~t afford! it and feeling
that its asking for} too much. The

truth of the matter is that some}

companies like the~ Hormel Company of Austin, Minnesota; Procand Nunn-Bush
Shoe Company, have had guaranteéd annual wages for its employees for some.time.

"REMEMBER

From Mrs. Claribel Osborn, Vancouver, Washington: I remember
years ago when we lived in Polk
County, Nebraska. | My father always put sled runners on the wagon
box.and this was our transportation
in the winter months.

Mather warmed| bricks in the
oven, wrapped them. in old~ rags:
to keép our feet warm. The five
~children cradled ~losely together
all wrapped snuggly in blankets
in the bottom of this wagon sleigh.

One Sunday morning on the way
to church the team ran away.

other called) to us youngsters to
jag out, but we were scared. So,

$s rabbed each| one and tossed
to all of us whether we work in| he &

us| out into the snow. When. Dad
got the team quieted down, he
drove back, gathered us up and we
went on to church, It was all very
thrilling.

_ From Pauline Jackson, Helena,
Montana:
little girl in 1912 the snow was so
deep in North Dakota. We had a
constant blizzard |for three days
and nights. Snow banks were so
high we could step over the telephone wires. My sisters and brothers and I could slide as far as
three blocks down a snow bank.
We took turns on the sled and.
sotne of us used Dad's big scoop
shovel, keeping the handle in front
of us to hang onto.

I remember the Northern Lights... sleigh ride parties... Christmas trees decorated with pea
nuts, pop corn land cranberries... home made mittens... the
two mile walk to| school... and

the medal I received for not being
late or absent in one school term
of nine months.

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