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Newspaper Page TextPORTLAND/OBSERŸ ER Diursdax May 20, 1971 B la ck S tu d ie s F u n d in g E nded ‘ Three years ago on A ril 4, M artin Luther King was j-inned d o » i in Memphis. His dsath ushsred in a round o' black rebellions tn th? cities and on the campjses. P u m : ths summer of 1958, a rec «umber o' swim ning pools were built in black gtottoes and, that fa ll, a rec. • n un t*?r of black stu lies program > w .re begun at college and universities. . One of th? biggest movers in fuT>iing th? new programs was the Ford Foundation, tn? nations largest private philan thropic agency. Paring th- I9 j 3 -I9 j J school year. Ford Foundation mads sevengrants totaling $833,533 fo r univers ity study programs, mostly fo r und jrg ra d rite s , in Black Studies. Th? foundation als. granted $7u?,8>)ti e nu nber organizations a.nf institutions fo r activities supportive of Black Studies: preparation o f m a.erials, lib ra ry a c ju is i- ions and cataloguing, and su m mer facu’ ty institutes. During I9p9-)97O , Fo’ d upped its investment, w.th u n iv e rs ity study g ra n ts to ta l- *1 $475,403 in sunportive se r vice g ra n ts. There was also a $149,428 grant tc th a j. v e rsity of C alifo rn ia ( San O.ego) fo r a "new college fo cusing on the experiences of b.acks, M e x i c a n » . and American Indians." F ord’ s grants were ‘ ‘ see?’ o r " s ta rt-u n ” funds, designed to get b.ack studies programs under way and firm ly estab lished. According to John J. Scan’on, a foundation program officer d ire ctly involved in funding black studies pro gram s, the grants were given ondy to those institutions that "m ade commitments to suo- port the new programs at th? same o r higher le v e ls " after the Ford money ran out. L a s t year, in Asnen, C o lo , the foundation o fficia lly not- .ified representatives from th? 14 black studies programs it .had funded that its < original ¿purpose h i been met. The ■Fond " s ta r t ud " money had gotten the programs underway and, beginning in the 1971-1972 PSU Education News U C L A G le e C I u b p s u i a z z on t o u r FKFI’S BOTTLE SHOP O T F F P rS BOTTLE STOP I mi your tiqedquar tern for chanipuyo« wines, mixeri at the (Jkest prices town . . . GENEVA’S schoul year. Fond announced it would no longer fund under graduate black studies pro- Lloyd Center New I to th« Liquor Store grains. The task ahead for PE PI'S One end Only Store The d is t in g u i snedU C LA Open 9 JO e m to 9 0 0 p m Daily the foundation, it was stated, Men’ s Glee Club, which in 1970 addtional information by tele I he Portland State University Sundays Noon to 4 0 0 p m would be to fund programs de d id a Presidential "com m and phoning Miss Ellen Johnson of J a z z -L a b Band, in v e r t! < signed to tram scholars to man the Oregon Bruin Club a t (503) perfernnnce " a t th e White rection of Fred Sautter, w ill already established pro House, w ill appear in Portland 229-5983. perform a t 8 :3 0 p .m . Sunday gram s. "Since A fro-A m er on Saturday, May 22. Last year's appea rance at the May 23 in the DldMam Auditor ican studies seem to b? solid White House came about during The 4 0 - voice g r o u p w ill ium. ly established, the p rio ritie s a p p e a r a t Smith Mem orial an extended spring tour through D ire cto r Sautter, truiupter hive moved upward to the Center Ballroom —at Portland the midwest and east. Friends with the OregonSym;>hony and graduate level, and outward, to State I m versity. Curtain turns: ° l UCLA in Oregon urged the le ctu re r in PSU’ sm isle depart embrace the study of other 7:30 pan. special trip to Portland this ment, said the barn! w ill play m in o ritie s ", Scanlon told The musical treat is leing year, with the scheduled May 22 arrangements w ritten f o r the a reporter last week. presented b y th e l'C L A Alumni appearance as a result, North Texas State U niversity But a survey of black stud I he group sings up a storm, Lab Band. Association and theL’CUA Club ies programs funded by Ford of Oregon -w ith No admission from classical to popular to "N o rth Texas State is the suggests that the Foundation's charge. rock. Sincealumnigroups have oldest aixl probably best jazz assessment is considerably So th a t th e r e w ill be ac- given data d ire ctly con school in the w orld. We’ ve lean over-optom Stic and that, in commvxiatiens - - - - and re - cerning the Portland concert, building all year tothls e n d - some cases at least, the ces fre sh m a n ts-fo r a ll, It is re the public is urged to call as sation of foundation support quested that these planning to early as possible to avoid dis being able to perform some of th e best arrangements could bring about dimunition attend make reserv ations or get appointment. available," said Sautter. o - dissolution. On the whole The program w i l l include: M em bers of rhe I .es I’ernines Noir Club Ford-fun led b’ack studies Lou M a rin i’ s "Sweet W illia m " programs appear to be facing installation of O fficers a re from left to right Everyday 11:00 a.m. til 1:00 a.m. and " C o d ify ;" "E d d a " and the same problem? ■ h.r 5?» " Sig nif y in " b y je ff Sturgess; G racve Baldwin, Betty W ilson, Geanie York Times reporte r M.A, "Anadge” by BobMorgan, and F a rb e - found bedeviling the Club 2211 M.Í. ALBERTA 2S4-9998 "B lu e Beau” by Robert James W atkins, and Joyce Polk. Have your Members of nearly 100 P o rt- field as a whole. featuring PSU student Roy m eeting free at G eneva's. laixl Community College advi "B la c k studies programs F u lle r on the trombone. sory committees w ill be honor- have established a hold at The group has [?erforni?d in ed at the annual Awards Banquet many predominantly white d i concerts in Portlandas well as Wednesday, May 19. v e rs itie s and college^,’ ’ Farb at PSU. Nine Recognition Awards w ill To explore how teachers ca n e r wrote. " . „ „ . B u t they are Admission to the concert is be made at the banquet, to per make effective teaching situa s till beset by problems of fin 50tf fo r students and faculty anti ancing, staffing and autonomy. sons whose activities have been tions out of the currently popu ...The practical problems fac especially valuable in w o r k of la r demand that students must $1 fo r others. ing the programs have made T h e public is invited to the th e their advisory groups through be treated as citizens o f th e ir presence on some out the year, and fo r special ac school with the same rights that concert. campuses tenuous. ..T h e re Is PAUL JANITORIAL SERVICE complishments in the service of their fathers have in the larger increasing disenchantment a- F L O O R C L E A N IN G Ä J A N IT O R S E R V IC E the College. society, a s p e c ia l summer mo.ng black educators who say Jesse Leonard,PCC coordi workshop e n t i t l e d " B il l of I M U n i D » N O B O N O IO that white schools are thw art nator of high school-community Rights” w ill be offered a tl’ o rt- ing the growth o f solid, In relations w ill be toastmaster of land State University June 21 to Thirteen students In the dependent programs by ln d lf- Students are selected pri • lia N C 11 th a v c p u i 82 040 8 Middle East Studies at Port marily for their language a- Heldl Phillips, senior from the eventato:30pun. in th e July lb. FORTLAND O N tU O N ferencse, design o r Inept itude.” land StateUnlverslty have re blllty and career goals, ac Beaverton, has received a Even though the B ill of Rights College CenterCommons, M t. ceived graduate and under cording to Dr. Cox, whobe- $3,500 grant for summer study Sylvania campus. Tne consensus that emerg is a revered part of the A m eri there. ed from contacts with black " SOUND 22 " , PCC v o c a l can Constitution, many students graduate fellowships totalling lleves tills opportunity pro One boy and three girls have studies directors at seven of group directed by Maureena don’ t know what these r i g h t s over $40,000 for this summer vides the 13 students, all received fellowships of $3,500 and fall, according to Dr. the 14 school funded by Ford native Oregonians, a wonder Cravens, w ill entertain at the really mean, what values are each to study Arabic at the Frederick Cox, director of ful chance to contribute to In Is that many of the original banquet, which w ill be served by ernixxiled in them and what re- Summer Institute In Morocco the Center. grants were too sm all, too ternational understndlng. PCC food services students. sponisbilities must be met, ac for 12 weens: Gary Cully, Each year the U.S. Office poorly thought out and too After receiving a certificate Robert E.Thomoson, College cording to D r. Judah Bierman, Junior from Eugene, Janet of Education gives the 13 In Middle East Studies at PSU short In duration to tru ly nur NORTH & N E . PORTLAND Heald, sophomore from Mil Board chairman, w ill bring instructor for the course a n d Middle East Studies Centers many students enter govern ture the growth of compentent ton-Freewater; C a r o ly n greetings from the Board of Ad d ire cto r of the PUS’ s Scholars In this country funds to ad ment work, teaching or the program s. None of the d ire c t O N E D A Y SERVICE Tutle, senior from Portland; minister overseas programs business field In Middle East visory Committee members, P ro g ra m . ors contacted seemed to be and Andrea Wood, sopliomore In Morocco, Tunis, Cairo and ern countries. lieve much In Ford’ s "c o m and PCC divisional deans w ill from lutke Oswego. m itm ent” to black studies. present a review of the year’ s Three students have receiv " The greatest need we have Jerusalem. PSU will host KNIT BLOCKING Two students will be study We Give “ What happened Is that developments. ioday is fo r students to feel they the Morocco program for the ed Individual fellowships ot OUR SPECIALTY ing at the Hebrew University hi 1972-73 school year. black students wer building a $3,500 to study Arabic at tne D r. Amo D eBernardis, PCC can enjoy these rights, that Jerusalem. Deborah Shelton Currently, the University of University of Tunis this fire under the administrations President, w ill present the Re there isn’ t that great a distance Texas administers a program M IN O K «fPAIHS N O CMASGf sophomore from P o r t l a n d , and the foundation helped put summer: DlanneSmlth,grad pic k u p a t x iiv t a v cognition A wards, and a guided between what the B ill of Rights for 35 students in Morocco; It out,” one d ire cto r said. “ A ll uate student from Portland ; plans to spend a year there w h ile Kathleen WUklns a c t u a l l y sa y sand what we the University of Utan directs Terry Brainerd, sophomore they were really seeking to do tour of the new College Cen te r Building w ill follow the ban c i t i z e n s c a n actually do, " sophomore also from Portland the Tunisian program for 25 from West Linn; and Lynda was pacify the students.” will s tu d y for the summer quet. 282-8361 students; the Cairo program Bell, freshman from Portland. Bierman explains. only. 3 9 6 8 N W illiam« T h e workshop w i11 be an with 50 students Is hosted by Dianne Smith, along with Terl Ballus, senior, lias re Donella Russell, senior from opportunity for teachers to pre the University of California ceived a graduate fellowship Corvallis, has received a pare materials and explore at Berkeley; and New Y ork of $3,000 to study Persian at "You’ve Tried The Rest, Now Try The Best" methods fo r presenting the B i 11 University directs the largest graduate fellowship of $4,500 Columbia University begin program Involving between to study Oils fall at th e N. Alexander, Proprietor of Rights in the classroom at ning fall, 1971. students In Jerusalem American University In Cairo different levels. A c c o r d in g to Bierman, teachers mustfind ways to teach the B ill of Rights so that stu ' I ’h e r e ’s n o t h i n g b e t l e r t h a n a c<x>l r i v c r l K i n k i n dents learn they are c i t i z e n s with rights and a responsibility U h » s u m m e r t i m e . T r o u b l e is . m o s t r a i n i l i r s h a v e to exercise those rights and also are provided the opportunity to o s I F a T u t t e ’ ’ experience them in th e school t o s l a y h o m e a i u I w o r k . Y o u e a 11 e n j o y a w h o l e environment. - I a c o n c e rt (¿4 • 2 8 1 -2 7 3 1 ïa u n t Pcc Awards Banquet Workshop on Bill of Right HAVE YOUR CLUB MEETING FREE AT GENEVA’S. PSU students to study in N ear East PORTLAND CLEANING WORKS p re s e n ts t ''W o m e n can’t tru s te d ’ ’ C o s i ' ' c F a n “ Women can’t be trusted” • is the theme of Mozart’s opera I "Cosi Fan Tutte” , to be pre sented by Portland State Uni versity’s Theater Arts and Music Departments at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Sat urday, May 19, 20 and 22 and at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 23 In the Old Main Auditorium. Mozart’s work has been de scribed by the director, John Trudeau, associate m u s ic professor at PSU, as showing Mozart’s sense of humor as no other opera he has written. Stage director, Gerald Mor gan, resident member with the American Theater Company and the PSU theater arts facul ty, calls the onera “ pure wed ding cake comedv.” Morgan, who has sung In al most 103 performances of the opera in tne United States and Canada, believes “ Cosl F an Tutte” along with “ T h e Marriage of Figaro” and "Don Giovanni” are Mozart’s most successful Italian operas. An opera tn two acts, "Cosl Fan Tutte" was o r g l n a l l y written to takeplace In Naples Italy In 17S0. The PSU pro duction has been moved to Brighton, E n g la n d In the 1830’s for costuming purposes according to Morgan. Costume designer for the production Is Wilma Sanders, member of the PSU faculty. Max Muller, also on the faculty, Is doing the scenic design with lighting by Jon Buckley, PSU student. Performed In English, the musical comedy has an on stage cast of 30 persons and a 33 piece SympboMetta. Principal roles are played by Glen Berry, Leslie Weaver Harding, Pamela Bailey, Ruth Dobson, Richard Tracy and Uwe Haefker. Edward Schick, Instructor of an evening opera workshop. Is the vocal coach for the per form ers, The chorus In the opera composed of 12 persons, *111 be directed by Sue Mc- Berry, graduate assistant in the music department. Tickets for the production are available at the Portland State Box Office and the door. Admission is $1.50 f o r students and $2.25 for non students. h o u s e f u l o l r i v e r h a n k c o m l 'o r t , h o w e v e r , b y ju s t T h e workshop w ilt concen trate on two c ritic a l aspects of lib e rty in American democracy: freedom of speech and associat ed F ir s t Amendment liberties and the demand fo r due process and e q u a l treatment with a special focus on student p a rtici pation in the school progress. F ir s t offered in 1958 by D r. Bierman, this workshop is one of the oldest of its kind in the country. This w ill be the firs t summer since 1967 it has b e e n offered at PSU. Registration fo r the s ix - cre d it workshop is open now Contact the PSU Summer Term O ffic e f o r r e g is t r a t io n m aterials. I l i p p i n g H ie d i a l o f a m o d e r n a i r e o n d i t i o n e r . I l c o o ls , c le a n s , a n d f i l l e r s d i e a i r - m a k e s w o r k i n g , riverbank comfort without the bugs b re a t h ilif r . h ih is i m h e l ie \ a h l \ I s le e p in g l< >\\ . \ h e r a l l . y< >i i w < h i Id n ’t t h i n k o f b e iu L T w i t h o u t h e a l i n LOV-LEE-LADEE BEAUTY SALON O p e ra to rs : G e r i W a rd P a u lin e K e lly T onda M c F e ria n B illie R u th S p i r e s O p e r a to r s b P ro p : A lz e n a D e D le v e a u x & C a s s i e L. J e n k in s C reative Styling Cutting and Shaping Perm anent Waving relax ers Tinting and Bleaching Wig Cleaning and Styling Ask about our Bair Weaving I o Appointment 106 N. K illin g »worth 284-0293 WHERETHEREISBEAUTYTHERF’S charm 1 th e w in t e r - w h y g o w i t h o u t <*<M )linu i n t h e s u m m e r ? S e e y o u r a p p l i - a n e e d e a le r o r c o o lin g c o n tr a c to r s o o n . l ‘o r i la n d ( i e n e r a l K l e e i r i e C o m p a n y University of Portland Alumni Elect Black T h e U niversity of Portland Alum ni Association haschosen a black student A lfred J . Riles of New Orleans, Louisiana as that university’ s "Outstanding Senior fo r 1971." The award goes annually to a student who has proven him self superior both academically as well a sin e xtra c u rric u la r acti vitie s. m u c h e a s ie r . T h e c o s t Supplying < ha n energy fo r a b etter life Riles was an exchange student from X avier U niversity in New Orleans in 1969. A t the end of his year, he enjoyed the North west so much, he stayed on at the University of Portland. He was student body vice-president in his Senior year. He gradu ated May 9th with a bachelor of arts in history. College placement group meet at PCC M o r e than fifty representa tives of college placement and emoloyment services through out the Pacific Northwest w ill meet at Portland Community College Thursday,M ay20, fo ra workshop. T h e m e o f the task force session w ill lie effect of the pre sent labor market on college student recruitm ent and place ment. Vernon T .N ilson, of the P ort land office, U2>.Department of Labor, w ill be th e Keynote speaker, and Ross Morgan, Oregon Department of Employ ment adm inistrator, w ill 1* a m ajor resource person f o r the workshop. Among questions to be tackled by the group w ill be: "What is the employer doing to build for the future?” ; "Whattechniques can the community colleges use in placement during the current market? ” ; and "L o n g - range manpower needs--challenge or c ris is ? " T h e meetings w ill utilize Portland Community College fa c ilitie s , witha luncheon serv ed in theCoilegeCenter fo rm il dining room by PCC food in dustry students. Betty Easton, PCC employ ment andplacem ?nt coordinator is in charge of arrangements. COND,T'ONING ,s so b , ght - * n D 50 ” EAS° NA L V.