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Levern Hamlin scrapbook

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  • Charlotte Teacher First Negr To Register At Western Carolina CULLOWHEE, June 12—Miss LeVerne Hamlin of Charlotte today became the first Negro to register at 68-year-old Western Carolina College. Miss Hamlin signed up In the college's graduate division for further training in the field of special education this summer. She is speech therapist for Mecklenburg County Negro schools. Dean W. B. Harrill said: "We are confident that Miss Hamlin will adapt herself well to vtudent life on this* campus, and lat "^s who are here sincerely seeking further education will offer her the same courtesies they extend to other students." In an interview, Miss Hamlin said she chose Western Carolina College for these reasons: It is more conveniently located than others on the list of schools for her special training suggested by the State Department of Public Instruction. It is nationally recognized for the excellence of its instruction program in special education. She also said she was pleased with the friendliness she has found on the campus. The college said she had been assigned a room in one of the regular dormitories for summer school students. She is rooming alone, but, the college said, it is not unusual for summer school students to room by themselves. The college also said she came here highly recommended on scholarship, character, personality and professional approach to learning. Miss Hamlin, a native of Roanoke, Va., graduated from Virginia's Hampton Institute with honors in 1956 with a Bachelr, tf/| Science degree in education. Ne .. gro Woman (Continued from page 1) dred and twelve are enrolled in the elementary section, ™h includes pre-school through eighth grade; ninety-nine are taking the high school courses. This is a considerable increase over last year s enrollment and Dr. Morrill explained it by pointing out the expanded curriculum for high school students. In the past, this has included only a course in biology and a social studies unit; however this year brings the addition or high school English, science mathematics, aM ' ail enlarged social »studio progta A part of SCh°°\ Xcation forTandlc'apped SL and *e staff is composed irS^s with arrange of Lcrp ut> to the graduate xevei <*uua UP to an interesting and unusual I summer school. ie demonstration is concerned with
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