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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1971)
'¿/¿f P7f vj^fbrthwest's Newest — M ost Provocative — Newspaper X i 'f National holiday Day before school closed JU D G E MERCEDES D IE Z w ill in s ta ll NAA< P O fficers S unday Jan. 17 at B ethel A M E. C h u rch 5828 N .E . 10th Ave., A lfre d Lee Henderson, Pastor N A I I O N A L H O L ID A Y — A co m m itte e o f leader» in o ng re w and the n a tio n have renewed a d rive to have the .Jan 15 b irth d a y o f the late Or. M a rtin L u th e r K in g •Jr declared a n a tio n a l holida y. Shown at W ashington prewi conference, left to rig h t, are T h e Rev. R alph A b e r n a th y , Rep John Conyers, M rs. C o re tta K in g and Sen. George McGovern. Scholars program to double Portland State U niversity’s S c h o la r s Program which em p h a s iz e s Independent study, currently Is accepting appli cations from high school se niors Interested In enrolling In the program during the 1971-72 academic year. D r. Judah Bierman director of the U niversity Scholars Pro gram, said 40 applications a l ready have been received. The program was begun last fa ll with 50 students and an e n ro ll ment of 1(X) entering freshmen Is contemplated next fa ll. The program, which stresses I n d i v i d u a l competence rather than competition for grades, Is open to students who have earned at least a 3.4 grade point average In high school and who have scored In the 600 range In the mathematics and verbal p o r t io n s of college board exams. Each student In the program Is assigned two adviser-tutors, one from USP and one from the d e p a r t m e n t of the student’s major Interest. Bierman explained that the major thrust of the honors pro gram Is to allow the students to be "le a rn e rs on th e ir ow n," and h« noted that much of the work Is done outside the regular classroom situations. A student may, If he meets all graduation requirements, earn his bache lors degree In fewer than the usual 12 quarters. High school students wishing m o re Information about the scholars program should w rite to D r. Bierman, Portland State U niversity, P.O. Box 751, Port land, Oregon 97207. Dr. King honored The Albina Community w ill J>e h o n o r in g the late D r. M artin Luther King, J r . in a memorial Service at Vancouver Avenue F i r s t Baptist Church January 15, at 2:00. Albina Citizens together join many across this nation with hopes that Jan. 15 w ill 1« de clared a national holiday by the United States Congress. Dr. King was born Jan. 15, 1929 and was assassinated A p ril 4, 1968. The service Is spon sored by Albina Citizen Togeth er. hree H a w a iia n c o m m u n ity college a d m in is tra to rs listen rap as D r. A m o De Bernardis, P o rtla n d C o m m u n ity College Preside explains the o rg a n iz a tio n a l p a tte rn a t PCC w hich makes possil the college s uniqu e “ e du ca tion a l shopping c e n te r" approach a fa c ilita te s an open doo r of le a rning o p p o rtu n ity fo r every atuden Se1a,t, r ,\ le f‘ j" r? °na,d Y a n «K‘h « rH. A ssistant Dean fo r Vo, h " l< a «Handing next to Dr. De B ernard« D o n al. M . H .j.m o to , Dean o f S tu d e n ts; and seated, rig h t, is CK Yosh.oka Dean of In s tru c tio n . A ll three v is ito rs are fro m H o,m l, C o m m u n ity (.«liege. (PCC Photo hv Paul H lixt 1 NAACP installation Rev. E llis H. Casson w ill be installed President of the P ort land Branch, NAACP. on Sun day, January 17th, 4 pm at Bethel A ME Church, 5828 NE 8th Avenue. Rev. Casson has long been active In the NAACP, serving as President of the Bremerton, Wn. and San B er- nadlno, C alif, branches; p re si dent of the Southern California Conference of NAACP Branches; and Field Represen tative for Region I. Judge Mercedes Dlez w ill be the installing o ffice r. O fficers to be installed are: President - E llis Casson; 1st Vice President - Harry C. Ward; 2nd Vice President - M rs. Hazel G. Hays; 3rd Vice President - M rs. Sylvia Thomp son; Secretary - Miss Ruth Spencer; Asst. Secretary - Miss Emma Lee Anderson; T reasur er - M rs. Betty White. Execu tive Board Members: Thomas R. Vickers, L. C. Ellison; S. Q. Broadous; A tty. Keith Burns; M r. Ural P. Canndn; M rs. Ger trude Crowe; Stanton H. Duke; M r s . DeLols Eldridge; Frank F air; Mayfield K. Webb; Rev. John Jackson; Rev. A. L. Hen derson; Miss Minnie h a rris ; Miss G loria Fisher; C. C. Mc- Corvey; James Lee; Edgar M it chell; Dan Mosee; Richard Neal; Rey. R ic h a r d ‘Parker; D r. Clarence Porter; Manuel Scott; M rs. Mary L. Smith; C. Don Vann; C. A. White. Board Hear Proposal A proposal by the Irvington Community Association and the Portland Development Commis sion was heard by the Portland B o a rd of Education at tlie Board’ s regular meeting this past Monday in the school dis tric t administration building. R o b e r t Belcher and O rville Nllsen w ill make a presentation for the expansion of the Irvin g ton Elementary School play ground site to include an entire block. Belcher is a consultant for tlie Irvington Community Association and Nilsen w ill rep resent the Development Com mission. M rs. Jesse Herbert, p a rt- time director of the Volunteers in Portland Schools program made a progress report on the use of volunteers in the public schools. Superintendent of S c h o o ls Robert Blanchard presented a gavel to outgoing Board C hair m an Paul Howe. Beginning a six-m onth term as chairman w ill be Jonathan Newman. ru n n in g . M rs. G ladys T e rry (se cu rity tra ffic o ffic e r) H o lid a y E le m e n ta ry School enlisted the help o f St B unne to make a snow man fo r ch ild re n to see when a i f the bus w ould a rrive . See o th e r p ictures o n a <11 I i y K J IM h V I of the tickle Proteus in Shakespeare’s ro m a n tic comedy "T w o G entlem en o f V eron a ." The PSU P layers’ p ro d u c tio n is appearing at 8 p.m., 1 hursday th ro u g h Sunday, in Old M a in T h e a te r T ic k e ts are availab le at the door. PSU Players Present Shakespeare’s “Two Gentlemen of Vernona” Shakespeare's romantic com edy, "Tw o Gentlemen of Verona," w ill be performed by the PSU Players at 8 p.m., Thursday through Sunday, Jan uary 14-17, in Old Main Thea ter. M ulti-colored p l a s t i c cos tumes, a set Ix iilt with styro foam and surface projections of film and slides are being used to conform with the "su p e rficia l c h a r a c t e r s and relationships and plastic-elastic society of the p la y," according to Pauline Peotter, d ire cto r. " T w o Gentlemen" is the story of a fickle young man who throws aside tlie true love of his g irlfrie n d to focus his attentions on his best friend’ s g irlfrie n d , who, in turn, scorns his love. M ajor roles in tlie PSU pro duction star Dan Wheeler as the fickle Proteus, B ill Halverson as Valentine, Jean Stuart as Julia, Wanda Hilson as Silvia, and Lisa Powne and Myron Tay lo r as two clowns. S tu d e n t admission is $1.25. General admission is $1.75. Tickets are available at the PSU box office located on the ground floor of Smith Memorial Center or at the door p rio r to curtain.
