P orti and/Observer
Joyce Knapper guides youth
On April 8th, 1073. at King
Grade School, the very first
Junior Miss Black Oregon
Pageant wan held.
The
heautx pageant railed for the
contestants to be between
the ages of 10 and 13, an
Oregon resident and a mem
ber of the Black rare.
The usual taska were re
quired of the contestants to
determine a winner: a rour
tesy and a apeerh. However,
thia beauty pageant held
much more significance and
importance than the average
American Beauty Pageant.
Joyce Knapper, a full time
student at PSU and who also
works full time as a steno
grapher for the Human Bela
tions Commission, took time
out. with the help of Corrine
Hammick and Barbara Pat
rick, to found this first
Junior Miss Black Oregon
Pageant.
Mias Knapper, a contes
tant in the Miss Tan Pageant
and M iss O regon W orld
Pageant, explained. “I was
the only Black in the Miss
Oregon World Pageant, and
while talking with the other
girls, I found that most of
them had been in beauty
pageants since they were
little. I began to feel that
the reasons that we (Blacks)
only get 1st runner up is
because we don't have the
experience that others have."
So. the Junior Miss Black
Oregon Pageant became one
of the solutions to the "inex
perience" problem.
Young
Black girls who might be
come interested in beauty
pageants in later years could
now gain that needed ex
perience.
Black txpo
scheduled
D r. Claud Young, Presi
dent of the Southern Chris
tian Leadership Conference
(Michigan Chapter) proudly
announces the 1973 "BLACK
E X P O " to be held at Cobo
Hall from June 15 through
June 17, 1973. This year the
Exposition will feature the
famous Sesame Street Play
ers and Spectacular E n te r
tainment.
DEBORAH ROPER ANO JOYCE KNAPPER
The first winner is Deb
orah Roper, a tall slender 10
year old with beautiful, ex
pressive eyes. Deborah is in
the fourth grade at Sabin
Grade School in Northeast
Portland.
She was picked by all
Black judges, 3 men and 3
women, from a field of 18
other contestants. The four
runner ups were Wendy Bab
bios, 4th runner up; Dana
Easley, 3rd runner up; Yo
landa Crumble. 2nd runner
up; and Carmen Stevens, 1st
runner up.
W hen asked the usual
question, "Did you think you
would win?", Deborah re
plied shyly, "1 thought the
other girl was going to win.
I was very surprised.”
Deborah Koper, as her
prize for winning the pag
eant, will receive a free trip to
Disneyland sometime in July.
The Junior Miss Black
Oregon Pageant will become
an annual event. The results
seem to have been satis
factory to all involved. Miss
Knapper gave a very sincere
answer when asked what she
gained out of the whole ex
perience. She said, with an
amusing smile. "A headache
and 18 new friends."
“BLACK E X P O " will fea
ture Black Businessmen of
the City of D etro it and the
fine Corporations which have
been helping these citizens of
the Black Community.
D r.
Young has stated this year
as being the best.
Annual Exposition will be
bigger and better than ever
affording the young and old
est businessman in D etroit
an opportunity to tell D e
troiters of their services,
manufacturing abilities and
products.
The entire community is
endeavoring to show pro
gress that is being made
daily for Blacks in the city.
The important theme this
year. "BLACK EXPO ", now
means People, Pride and
Progress.
M r. Darwin Davis, promi
nent civic, cultural insurance
executive, has accepted the
challenge of being the 197J
General Chairman.
For additional information
of how you may participate,
call SCLC Headquarters at
(313) 873 0335.
There is a
twenty four hour phone ser
vice available.
Black colleges plan community programs
Representatives from some
80 predominantly Black Col
leges and Universities along
with officials from local, stale
and fe d e ra l g o vern m en tal
levels concerned with com
munity problem resolution
and development program
ming. will be convened by
T A C T IC S (Technical Assis
lance Consortium To Im
prove College Services) at
the American Motor Hotel in
Atlanta, Georgia on June 7
and 8. This conference will
be held as a direct result of
an earlier initiative on the
part of the Phelps Stokes
fund and the continued effort
of T A C T IC S programming to
foster increased cooperation
among its member institu
tions.
This conference represents
yet another step of the many
yet to be taken in the
process of getting those in
te re s te d o rg an izatio n s
educational government, civic
and business
to look upon
Black in s titu tio n s as the
braintrust of their local com
munities. By more actively
engaging in research and
development generic to the
interests and needs of their
political jurisdictions in parti
cular and the nation in gen
eral, the colleges propose to
more significantly impart on
the com m unity decision
making and policy formula
lion process.
Growing out of this con
ference will be consortial or
ganizations of educational in
stitutions which will develop
program designs and identify
research needs in the areas
of:
Telecom m unications,
Mental Health and Drug
Abuse. Iaiw Enforcement and
Criminal Justice, Public Ser
vice Delivery. Educational
Innovations. E n v iro n m e n ta l
Services, and Management
and Organization Develop
ment (Public and Private).
Their initial aim will be to
constitute themselves as local
and national technical assis
tance organizations in these
and other areas of concern.
The colleges will he aided
in this effort by the seven
service components of TAC-
Jo« Joseph
2017 Lloyd Center
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insurance.
T IC 8 and their four assisting
agencies
the Moton Mem
orial Institute, Institute for
Services to Education, the
Phelps Stokes Fund and the
United Board for College
Development.
Recommendations from this
conference will be presented
on June 10 and 11 at the
Shoreham Hotel, in Wash
ington, by D r. Granville Saw
y e r.
P re sid en t
of
Texas
Rowan
(Continued from pg. 1. col. 8)
may be a slowing down of
Nixon's “New Federalism"
philosophy of government,
which has resulted in crip
pling budget cuts for social
service programs and lessen
ing of federal programs for
the poor.
“Congress, I think, will
attempt to halt W hite House
arrogance.
W atergate has
given a little more backbone
to Congress and they'll begin
standing up to the presi
dent.”
"The cities have discovered
that the 'New Federalism' is
the biggest Trojan Horse
ever foisted on them. The
government gives the cities
$2 and takes away $4.“
laiw and Order nowhere.
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National Conference on the
Role of Minorities in Manage
ment and Related Fields.
This conference, sponsored by
the "B ig 7" national public
interest groups, is designed
to increase the opportunities
for and support of minority
groups for a d m in is tra tiv e
position in state and local
government.
"1 regard the 'New Fed
eralism' as a propaganda
gambit, just as phony as law
and order,” Rowan continued.
"And as everybody knows,
the biggest law and order
ment turned out to be the
biggest phonies who ever
breathed."
"They were nowhere on
the law and now they turn
out to be a little short on
order."
"Eighteen resignations so
far from the W hite House
staff and other high levels of
government of "the right
wing ideologues who wanted
victory for President Nixon
and to turn the clock back to
the twenties".
Rowan said "the workings
of the U .8. Government are
close to paralysis, because
the full story of political
intrigue and corruption seems
to have a new chapter filled in
every day."
“The cities are going to hell;
we've got a tremendous prob
lem in the energy crisis; the
dollar is in increasing trouble;
there's trouble every place
and nothing is going to be
done about any of it until we
resolve this question of
W atergate, whether or not it
reaches to the presidency of
the United States."
Others did it?
W hat of the charges that
previous administrations are
probably guilty of similar,
but undisclosed hanky panky?
"The massive, illegal ac
tions of presidential advisors
and cabin et o fficers, the
financial abuses, corruption,
slickness and shady deals of
this administration - we've
never had anything like it in
this country," Rowan replied.
The irony here is. the Nixon
Administration is asking for
compassion which it has not
been willing to give anyone
except James Hoffa, Lock
heed. General Thieu and a
few others.
“ G ov ern m en ts e r r and
Presidents make mistakes,
but divine justice, it is said,
will judge the cold hearted
more harshly than the com
passionate."
"There should be no re
joicing at the crisis or down
fall of any person.
There
should be no laughter at any
one's crisis. But this should
be an eternal reminder the
Presidents, prophets, judges,
lawmakers, paupers, the fam
ous and the unknown will
stand in need of prayer and
compassion. The best way to
deserve compassion is to
grant it daily."
"The tragedy of the Nixon
Administration is not the
W atergate in particular, but
arrogance in general."
"W hat Sophocles said cen
turies ago is still relevant:
“All men make mistakes, but
a good man yields when he
knows his cause is wrong
and repairs the evil.
The
only sin is pride."
The syndicated columnist
says he hopes that the scan
dal and related resignations
from the W hite House may
clear the way for govern
ment officials of “more com
passion and in te g r ity in
handling the nation's affairs."
Thursday May 7, 1973
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SUMMER CLASSES
Director Ron Thurston an
nounced that Vocational V il
lage will hold summer classes
from June 18th to July 27th.
Classes include Social Stud
ies, Math and Science, Eng
lish, Human Relations and
career oriented courses: Food
P re p a ra tio n , E l e c t r i c i t y ,
Health O ccupations, Basic
M a rk e tin g ,
S h eet M e ta l
Welding and Industrial Meeh
annics.
Classes are held
from 8:15 to 11:50 a m. Two
Physical Education classes
are available in the after
noon.
A p ro x im a te ly 300 stu
dents are expected to attend
classes, which may be taken
for credit.
All Portland
students who have rompited
the eighth grade are eligible
to attend.
Fees are $30.
Students who attended Voca
tional Village spring semester
will not be required to pay
the fee. Fees can be waived
for students with verified
financial hardship.
S tu d e n ts who a re in
terested in taking classes at
Vocational Village should call
Tom Vickers. 234 6604 for
reservations. Registration is
June 18th at 8:00 a.m. at the
school, 5040 SE Milwaukie.
Courses ran g in g
from
Karate to Black Studies and
History will be offered this
summer at Portland State
U n iv e rs ity 's E d u c a tio n a l
Center, 2611 N E Union.
Registration for the sum
mer session is Monday, June
18 at the center and classes
begin Tuesday, June 19.
Director Harold Williams
said the center primarily
services individuals who are
fin a n c ia lly unable to pay
regular fees but are anxious
to prepare for high school
equivalency exams or obtain
the qualifications needed for
ap p re n tic e program s and
better jobs.
Summer classes offered at
the “storefront campus" in
clude: Human Development,
a Survey of Black Education
b etw een 1865 and 1973,
Analysis of Problems In
v o lv in g M in o rity Groups.
Introduction to L ite r a tu r e ,
Karate, Study of the Black
Man in the United States
during the Period from the
Reconstruction to the First
World W ar, and Fundamen
tals of Math.
Students may enroll in two
classes for credit each term
and as many non c re d it
classes as the individual de
sires.
Minimal fees are
charged for classes taken
with or without credit.
For further in fo rm atio n
about summer class offerings
or fees, contact the center at
229 3864.
Students planning to at
tend Portland State Univer
sity's 1973 Summer Session
either as incoming freshmen,
transfer students or summer
session-only students are en
couraged to attend one of
two special orientation pro
grams to be offered Friday,
June 15.
The tw o orientation pro
grams, one from 9 11 a.m.
and the other from 7 9 p.m.,
will be held in 338 Smith
Memorial Center. They will
be conducted by the student
orientation board.
Planning the first term
will be the major topic dis
cussed along with student
services and registration pro
cedures.
Registration for the eight
week session is Monday.
June 18 in the health and
physical education building.
Registration for special pro
grams continues everyday
through August 26 in the
Summer Session office.
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munity College.
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who are interested in this
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Sylvania. 244-6111.
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lege and the Oregon Museum
of Science and Industry are
again cooperating to bring
summer happenings in earth
science, physical science,
m ath and astronom y to
youngsters in grades one
through nine in the Portland
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Earth Science, which in
cludes a study of rocks, fos
sits, planetary movement, as
tronomy, ro c k e try , miner
ology, a fossil hunting ex
pedition to Vernonia, and
rock tumbling will meet July
9 through 20 at PCC Syl
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at 12 noon. Sections will be
held for grades two through
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through eight. Cost is just
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Physical Science will begin
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(with kites, gliders and wind
up model), pendulums, and
mobiles.
Separate sections
are offered for grades three
through five and six through
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noon at Sylvania.
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tive design will be included
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through August 10, and the
O M SI Math Lab equipment
will be available to all stu
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