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Page 8 Portland/Observer Thursday, March 16, 1972 Sale! 15% off our ‘Suprer draperies and matching bedspread. A bedroom full of savings. Student dropouts are dropping in (Photos - Janet Lynn Bethel Child Development Center) I Recommend ---------- Books for young people by Lenwood G. Davis LILLIE OF WATTS TAKES A GIANT STEP, by M ildred P itts W alter. This is a study of a young Black g irl and her fam ily who live in the Watts area of Los Angeles. This book te lls of her high school’ s adventures and how she overcame several emo tional c ris is . Doubleday and C o , Inc. $3.95. CHILDREN OF LONGING, edited by Rosa Guy. Essays by Black youths. They give th e ir views on what they are thinking and feeling after the violent upheaval of the 1900's. Bantam, $ .75. ZEELY by V irginia Hamilton. A 13-year-old g irl begins to live in her fantasy about an A frican queen. C o llie r. $.95. I WAS A BLACK PANTHER, ed. by Chuck Moore. This book trie s to explain a fa irly typical Black high school stu dent's point of view of why Blacks are attracted to the Black Panther P arty. Double day. $3.50. SPIN A SOFT BLACK SONG: POEMS FOR CHILDREN, by N ikki Giovanni. A book with poems and illu stra tio n s fo r about children. W ritten es pecially fo r young Black c h il dren. H ill 4 Wang. $5.50. YOUNG AND BLACK IN AMERICA, compiled by Rae Pace Alexander. Eight short biographical sketches of w ell- known Black Americans and the many obstacles that they had to overcome while grow ing up in a white society. Random House. $3.95. GREAT NEGROES PAST AND PRESENT, by Russel Adams. This book includes drawings and biographies of black heroes. Afro-Am Publishing Co. $3.95. BOYHOOD ADVENTU RES OF FAMOUS BLACK AMERI CANS, by John Hines. A series of plays that deal with the childhood of famous Black Americans. New Dimensions Publishing Co. What’ s happening to drop outs from Cleveland High School? They are dropping in to v is it with D r. Richard New man and his staff at a "ra p c e n te r" in a poi table unit on Cleveland's campus. The center, a jo in t e ffo rt of Cleveland High School and the Child Guidance C lin ic , is reaching out to youths turned off by the conventional edu cational education process. Some of the young people who v is it the center are school dropouts; others are poten tia l dropouts; but many are just students with problems. Since October I97I, the cen te r has helped some 150 youths cope with their problems by- staging small group rap sessions and hosting special discussions with guest speax- e rs. The discussions focus on topics selected by the stu dents such as death, veneral disease, planned parenthood and student rights. Directed by clin ica l psycho- Cafeteria inspectors Elem entary School during the month of February. Groups of two to four stu dents have been visitin g other city schools during lunch act ing as "ca fe te ria inspectors.” The students hope to learn ways of improving the cate rer ¡a operation at Ainsworth from these v is its . The young sters are transpot ted and supervised on these tours by Ainsworth parent volunteers. In addition to learning from the d ip s , students also gain experience in speaking and reporting. The day after the return from the v is its they report to classmates on what they found and respond to questions. So fa r, teache s and students at the school think the results have been excellent and have lesulted in some solid improvements in the cafeteria operation at Ainsworth. logist D r. Richard Newman, the center has a rotating 22- member staff including a psychiatrist, psychologist, social w orkers, interns, col lege students and parapro- fessionals on loan from com munity agencies. In addition to counseling troubled yo u ths, the s ta ff con ducts a training program foi Cleveland counselors and teachers to assist them in early detection and handling of children with emotional anil learning d ifficu ltie s. A ll of the center's services undergo the scrutiny of a four- man research and assessment team which continously eval uates the program ’ s unpact. Cleveland High School of ficia ls say they hope the cen te r w ill prove an effective way to combat the school’ s in creasing dropout rate. Funded by the Portland Public Schools in conjunction / f or PCC Broadcast students at the Sylvania Center. He was im pressed with the PCC radio broadcast students and volun teered support of theprogram . A fte r discussions with Allen, the KISN workexpenence pro gram was established. with a P-0 R«r«on-to-Person Want Ad C all 2 8 3 -2 4 8 7 ra n g e special of sizes in o rd e re d stock for Reg. $ 2 7 ." Supreme" lull quilted throw-style bedspread matches draperies. Rayon/acetate with polyester fill cotton backing. Workshops held Queen size: rag. $37, In an e ffo rt to pioinote bet- te. inteigroup untlei standing, parents, students are! tea " s of Portland's Grant High School aie conducting a sei les of woi kshops in human re lations this spring. A key element in tie ser ies, wl ch was initiated by tt ee teachers in tesponse to the need foi more racial har mony at the school, 1 tu ia l awaieness. In the fli st phase theie w ill he three workshops on March 4 ,M u ch l i and Apr it 8. In the second I, M t fo • !r, a workshop w ill tia in group le. lei s. Phase thi ee, set f , fa 1 1, w III M a 158 employees leceiving special training in human re lations. I he pi oject is paid foi with federal funds undei T itle IV ol the C ivil R igfts King s iz e rrs g . $ 3 9 , number of students actively participated in the c»n<mgn and cont inueinthegoveiomen by offering volunteer services to the c ity . A numbed stu dents are conducting surveys fo r the policy makers separate from those taken by city em ployees and some a ie volun teering their services on a full time basis. Widener states that, "s tu dents work actively in th e whole apparatus of city gov ernm ent." He continues, that the city council realizes that the students make up a major part of the city and that they "ought to be able to p a rtici pate in that government.” ; Sale 31X5 Sale 33.15 Sale prices e ffe c tiv e th rou gh S u n d a y All our Adonna bras and girdles at 20% off. I PSU scholars program expand Lisa Jones, one of the firs t PCC students who worked at K IS N , is now working fo r the station doing public relations and servicing accounts. W id e F u lls iz ti. (Continuer) from page I) Through a working agree ment with KISN in Portland, PCC broadcast students learn by doing and get paid $2.50 an hour fo r it. Each month a stu dent is chosen by Broadcast instructor Keith Allen to work four hours a week (1-5 every Tuesday) fo r KISN. The stu dent w o r k s in areas such as p r o g r a m m in g , producing, news, arc! public relations? During the summer KISN President and fu n e ra l Manag e r, Steve Sheppard, talked with I uxorious " Su prem e" draperies for so little money. Beautiful antique satin, ravon/ acetate fabric, cotton Hoc-I.on® lining. I an folded, weighted corners to drape perfectly. Dry clean. High fashion colors ordinated with bedspread. R eg.$14.. G arterless lonq -leg parity g ird le is nylo n /sp a n d e x pow ernet Inner reinforced front and sub. panels With stretch la ce c u lls / Sizes S M I XL / J *\ N o t s h o w n : /\ J Gai tei less bi lef with lace underlay. W hite oi nude. Reg. $3. Polyester padded bra spandex back, stretch straps Reg. $3. Stretch nylon bra. nylon lace cup. polyester lining JCPenney The values are here every day.
