Joint effort concludes— Dads hear 'cons’ of black student unions
extremely successful'
BlacK student unions are defi­
nitely a very controversial issue
on all the high school and col­
lege campuses today. Common
knowledge to most students are
all the “pros” and favorable as­
pects of these unions; Yet not so
common a topic are the “cons”
and unfavorable views against
such black unions.
HAVING ALREADY heard the
“pro” side of the BSU from a
speaker at a previous meeting,
members of the Grant High
Dads’ Club listened intently to
Joseph S. Bowman, a special in­
vestigator for School District
For the past three weeks, the ed in Italian,” Mrs. Hanlon
third-year Spanish and Latin elaborated. “Some students ex­
classes have “joined forces” in pressed a desire to take Italian
an attempt to try a new type of in college, and some even said
learning atmosphere in the lan­ that they hoped to see an Italian
class at Grant.”
guage classes.
For the moment, the joint ef­
According to Mrs. Doris Han­
lon, Latin teacher, the joint fort will conclude. Mrs. Hanlon
class has studied Portuguese, expressed the hope, however,
French, English, and Italian, be­ that perhaps the effort could be
sides Latin and French, The rejuvenated next year, “not only
whole program was shaped “so for the third-year classes, but
as to give students a well-round­ for the fourth-year classes as
well.”
ed education of languages.
Mrs. Hanlon commented that
she “thought it was extremely
successful, and on the basis of
evaluations the students turned
in, I think they thought it was
worthwhile too.”
Mrs. Hanlon continued to say
that both groups had gained a
better understanding of “their
own second language by seeing
relationships between all lan­
guages.”
Italian seemed to draw many
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U.S. Grant High School, Portland, Ore.
of the students’ interest. “A
common comment heard was
that a student was very interest-
Number One, as he expressed
valid views against the union at
last week’s Dads’ meeting.
Mr. Bowman explained that
the influence behind black un­
ions today is not coming from
within the high school but rath­
er from other outside agitators.
The high school students are
following the ideas of others and
are not learning from their own
as they should, said Mr. Bow­
man.
“BLACK STUDENTS can still
learn about their background
without organizing into a union,”
emphasized Mr. Bowman. “There
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John Lyle wins
honorary award
AFS’ers view hockey game
for past retord
John Lyle, senior, is this
year’s recipient of the Bausch
and Lomb Honorary Science
medal. This enables him to com­
pete for a Bausch and Lomb
Science Scholarship to the Uni­
versity of Rochester. He was
chosen from a group of students
nominated by the science facul­
ty. The basis for the final deci­
sion is the- student’s desire to go
to the university.
GIVEN TO THE graduating
serior who has achieved the best
record in science studies during
his or her high school years, the
awarding of the medal is the
school’s
responsibility.
Each
school sets its own standards for
judging.
Applicants for the Bausch and
Lomb scholarship are not re­
quired to take special competi­
tive examinations. Selection of
the finalists to be considered for
these awards is based on the
four-year high school record and
other criteria commonly used by
the college. This criteria includes
character, personality, participa­
tion in extracurricular activities,
and evidence of strong interest
and aptitude in science.
The University of Rochester
selects approximately 30 finalists
each year. On May 1 of each
year, or thereabouts, the finalists
are invited to the university.
While they are there they are
given aptitude tests and inter­
viewed. On the basis of the final
tests and intreviews the winners
are determined.
Many of the other finalists in
the group are usually awarded
scholarships granted by the uni­
versity. The students who re­
ceive the scholarships may get
honorary awards, or can receive
a maximum of $1,500 a year for
four years. The amounts are
fixed on the basis of the stu­
dent’s financial needs.
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Friday — Basketball, Ben­
son, here, 8:00.
Friday — Dance, here, 9:00-
11:00.
Tuesday — Basketball, Lin­
coln, there, 7:00.
February 21, 1969
FROM BACK, right, counterclockwise—Anne Pinckard from
Bournemouth, England; Ingse Boe, Norway; Marnie De La
Haye, Belgium; Emilia Sanches, Brazil; and Elena Nicoletti,
Argentina—glance at GRANTONIANS while visiting the pub­
lications room during the Pacific Area AFS visitation.
Every Christmas the American
Field Service returnees sponsor
a Christmas party for the for­
eign students in the Oregon-
Southern Washington area. This
year the invitations were fouled
up and the Pacific Area students
were not included. This invita­
tion mix-up disturbed Mrs.
Phyllis Swett, president of the
Grant chapter of A.F.S., and she
decided to do something about
it. Mrs. Swett together with
her daughter Nancy (a former
AFS’er), invited the Pacific
Area exchange students to Port­
land for a weekend to see a
hockey game.
“Things were never quiet that
weekend,” smiled Nancy enthu­
siastically. “Guitar playing, feet
stomping and choruses of ‘La
Bamban’ and ‘Harry Has a Head
Like a Ping Pong Ball’ echoed
through kitchens and bus sta­
tions from Thursday to Sunday.
“We’re all fast friends now
and plans have already been
made for some of the kids to get
together again soon,” comment­
ed Nancy.
'Gladiator,' about Spartacan rebellion,
presented by American Theatre Co.
Second concert
“The Gladiator” will be pre­
sented next Wednesday at Port­
land State University by profes­
sional actors from the American
Theater Company, under the di­
rection of Dr. Thomas Hill.
Robert Montgomery Bird
wrote “The Gladiator,” which is
a blank verse romantic tragedy.
In writing a romantic tragedy
Bird was conforming to the fash­
ion of his day. His use of blank
verse is a part of the romantic
impulse, demonstrating both the
anti-quariam interest of the ro­
mantic writer, and the notion of
a single genius.
The play is performed in five
acts. The Spartacan rebellion on
which the play is based began in
“Young Seen,” an all-city stu­ 73 B.C. and lasted three years.
dent art show, is being presented The play shows the incompati­
by Meier & Frank in their bility of slavery to human digni­
Lloyd Center special events area ty. It also deals with family re­
March 14-22.
lationships and responsibilities.
This is to be a non-com­ It was first performed on Sep­
petitive exhibit, which in­ tember 26, 1831, at the Park
cludes work by students Theater, in New York City.
from grades 7-12. Entries
“Dr. Hill is particularly inter­
will be made by the school ested in reviving American plays
as a whole, not by individ­ out of the past, seeking out and
ual students.
performing more contemporary
In order to keep the show American plays,” commented
down to exhibiting size, the num­ Charles Randolph. “If you want
ber of entries is being controlled. to get pepole excited about the
Each art teacher at each school theater and make the theater
can select six entries.
have impact you need to present
In charge of arrangements for plays which are in the idiom of
the art show is a committee com­ the local resident. The American
posed of Norman Eng, from Theater Company revived this
Cleveland, Paul Paxton, from play and the current issues that
Madison, Tom Pileggi, from interest young people are in con­
Jackson, and Mahlon Read.
nection with it,” he concluded.
'Young Seen'show
displays art talent
already is a student union in the
high school (black and white) to
serve all students and there is
no need for a separate black one.
Black students must form a
committee within the “Student
Union” and work from there, if
they want to organize and pro­
mote black ideas,” he said.
According to Mr. Bowman,
blacks are only one of the many
minorities and if separate black
history is going to be taught in
the high schools then so should
Indian, Chinese and other racial
groups’ histories.
“IT’S IMPORTANT to teach an
accurate history course which
doesn’t neglect any part or race
in history yet still keeps contri­
butions in their proper propor­
tion,” stated Mr. Bowman. “I
feel that blacks should not be
afforded the privilege over other
cultures by being taught their
own history in school but should
learn about themselves and their
own culture on their own time,
perhaps in church or from other
community groups,” suggested
Mr. Bowman.
“Churches should do more
to ease racial tension,” ex­
plained Mr. Bowman seriously.
“Churches teach brotherhood
yet their congregations seem to
leave the message of the sermons
in the church instead of practic­
ing it in their every-day life,”
he thought.
Mr. Bowman strongly believes
that words categorizing people
such as Negro, colored, and
white are useless and should be
replaced with a more proper
term which correctly categorizes
people such as “American.”
He also feels that the “I’m
black and I’m proud” movement
is a good way to build self-
awareness in black people.
“I hope they will now try to
work t^ieir way up to meet the
self-esteem they are building,”
exclaimed Mr. Bowman.
“Black student unions are not
the answer” summarized Mr.
Bowman flatly.
“Too many blacks and whites
have worked too long to further
integration and remove barriers
withtout having black unions
pull them apart,” he concluded.
Mr. Bowman, who obtained
degrees from colleges and uni­
versities in France, Texas, New
Orleans, and Oregon, served as
a police officer for 14 years be­
fore he became an investigator
about seven months ago.
performance
planned by Junior Symphony
Departing from the traditional
Saturday evening family con­
certs, the Portland Junior Sym­
phony will present its second
regular concert of the 1968 69
season March 2, at 4:00 p.m. in
the Portland Civic Auditorium.
TWO MEMBERS of the or­
chestra will be featured as solo­
ists. Regan Crowley, the orches­
tra’s assistant concertmaster,
will be heard in the “Romance
in F” by Beethoven. Bob Kin-
Regan Crowley
dler, a Portland State Univer­
sity student, who is leader of the
orchestra’s cello section, will be
featured in “Koi Nidrei,” a mu­
sical prayer by Max Bruch.
Under the direction of Nor­
man Leyden, season conductor,
the program will include Mo­
zart’s “Symphony No. 35,” the
“Rakoczy March” by Berlioz,
Brahms’ “Tragic Overture,” and
Walter Piston’s ballet suite,
“The Incredible Flutist.”
THIS IS the Junior Sym­
phony’s 45th year of fulfilling
its purpose to “encourage appre­
ciation and performance of great
orchestral music; present public
concerts in yearly series; discov­
er and develop talent in chil­
dren; stress values in good char­
acter and citizenship, and en­
deavor to create a cultural and
education asset to the communi­
ty .. . through greater love of
music.”
Regular season tickets and
scrip will apply to the March 2
concert, with special tickets
available for students at the PJS
office, 222 SW Harrison St.,
Suite G-7, or at the Civic Audi­
torium.