V
Page 4
Portland Observer
Thursday. September 4. 1975
Peggy Joseph
The importance of education - and its pitfalls
3M3 N X . Uafaa
As we all know, learning
is a life long process from
birth through early child
hood. When a child enters
First grade, the challenge is
given the educational sy­
stem of testing students to
find their w eaknesses,
w h e th e r th e y 'r e slo w
learners, average, above
average or excellent stu
dents, then comes the
labeling of especially slow
learners.
First, we must
try and Find out why it is
that these students are
slow learners. Let's look at
the home situation. First.
1. Does the child come
from a low or middle class
family, or other?
2. D o es th e
ch ild 's
parents have an interest in
"what's going on" at school?
3. Is there a father image
in the home?
4. Is this particular child
placed in an adult situation
at an early stage? (That is
caring for younger sisters
or brothers.!
These four things play a
very important part of a
child's success or failure,
whether he she comes from
a lower minority or middle
or high ethnic class cate
gory. What is important in
every class, group or so­
ciety is to "give a damn"
and refrain from labeling
students of any group.
The most important as
pect is to try and develop a
sense of competence, be
longiness, a sense of useful
ness.
There should be
something or someone for a
child to model or imitate.
Someone with - not so
much as character, but
someone that cares enough
to take the time and give a
child some good information
if he'she is having difficulty
adjusting to the educational
staff and peer group pres
sures.
I spend quite a bit of
time in the class rooms
advising students, even if
they are slow learners or
other, that the most impor
tant thing at this day and
time is as follows:
1. It is most important
that you learn to respect
yourself before you can get
the respect of others.
2- If you don’t under
stand the work, ask and I'll
help you. If you don't ask.
no one will know, not even
you.
»
3. I’m constantly remind
ing rebellious students that
the world doesn't owe you
anything.
If you want
something out of life, you've
got to put something into it.
Each time vou feel that
you're hurting the teacher,
you're hurting yourself and
your parentis).
However, it is of dynamic
importance to have an
educator that is willing and
able to meet the challenge
of any student, not just
give him her a certain
activitity and let it stop
there.
I am against an
instructor that separates a
c h ild ir e n l b e c a u se of
his her weaknesses. but
should give the motivation,
aspirations and above all a
self awareness in each stu
dent.
Too many of our instruc
tors do not take the lime to
give of themselves the
instruction they received
when they were in school.
There comes a time when
a student gets to the point
he she doesn't know
where, or what’s going on
Black bankers m eet in Seattle
The National Bankers
Association, the trade asso
nation for minority owned
banks, will go to Seattle,
for its 43th annual conven­
tion. from October 2nd to
4th
Hosting the convention
will be Jam es Purnell,
president of Liberty Bank
of Seattle. The opening day
will pay tribute to the
twelve past presidents of
NBA. followed by two days
of workshops.
The workshops will in­
clude subjects on: Capital
Adequacy: Marketing and
Bank Image; D irectors'
Holes Responsibilities; Loan
Administration in a De­
pressed Economy; Upward
Mobility in the Corporate
Structure; Groups in Or­
ganization; Correspondent
Relations: SBA Relations;
Electronic Funds Transfer
System; Role of Black
Bankers to the Com
munity Leadership and Ci­
vic Participation.
The workshop will be
followed by an Awards
Banquet, regional meeting
and elections, a business
session and elections, exe
cutive committee meeting
and a post convention tour.
David B. Harper, presi
dent of NBA. sees the
convention reaching broad
range goals.
“At each
convention we strive to get
banking expertise from the
federal agencies, sta te
agencies, from banking leg
islation." explains Harper,
who is president of First
In d e p e n d en ce N a tio n a l
Bank in Detroit.
Harper continues. “We
try to encourage students
in business administration,
hoping that the convention
will help them make more
decisive choices in career
opportunities. It will be an
excellent time for them to
interact with bankers so
that they may recognize the
need to have more minority
institutions aware of the
economic situations in mi­
nority communities. It will
expose them to the dif­
ferent types of services
which will better provide
minorities with upward mo­
bility.”
For its members. Harper
says, "The convention will
allow the member bank
College presents religious series
As a part of its obser
Scientific Age"; and Spring
- "Religion and National
Values."
ton, D.C. Winter term lec
turers will include astro­
naut Colonel James Irwin.
American church historian,
A highlight of the Bicen
tennial Series will be the Dr. Martin Marty, and
appearance of leading na­ former UCLA basketball
coach. John Wooden, will be
tional and international
among the Spring term
spokesmen from a variety
of disciplines.
Three of lecturers.
The Bicentennial Series is
these spokesmen will be
a
resource offered to the
campus guests each term
with alternate weeks in the clerical and lay leadership
series being devoted to of the greater Portland area
discussions of the issues as a complement to the
raised by these men and on-going educational mini­
stry of the church. Partici­
women in their published
works and on-campus lec­ pation in the series is by
registration only and costs
tures.
$41 per term. This charge
An impressive array of
includes college credit in
The series will be offered guest lecturers is being
the Continuing Education
over the three terms of the assembled for this highly
division.
Ordained mini
1975-76 school year. Each significant series. Fall term
sters receive a fifty percent
of the ten week programs campus guests will include
discount. Individuals may
within each term is de­ World Vision International
register for any number of
signed as an individual unit Vice President. Dr. Paul S.
terms. Interested persons
in the senes and has its Rees. Psychiatrist Dr. Karl
should contact Dr. Wilma
own sub-topic. Fall - “The Menninger. and the Rev
Perry. Director of Continu
Tw entieth Century R eli­ erend Richard Halverson,
ing Education at Warner
gious Awakening"; Winter Minister at Fourth Presby­ Pacific (775-4368) for ad
- “Biblical Foundations in a terian Church in Washing-
ditional information.
vance of the American
Bicentennial. Warner Paci­
fic College is offering to
Portland area residents an
evening study program en­
titled. “The Bicentennial
Series."
The program of
guest lecturers and discus­
sions will convene on the
College's campus at 68th
and Division in southeast
Portland from 7:00 to 9:00
Tuesday evenings.
Fall
term program dates are
September 23rd through
December 2nd. The theme
of the Bicentennial Series is
"Religion in American Life."
officers and board of direc
tors to interact, to ex
change ideas, experiences
and explore new technology
in banking.
"We hope to draw talent
from the experiences and
the dedicated individuals
who are ready to bring
talent to minority banking,”
said Harper.
The newly appointed
executive director of NAB
is Anthony Maxwell, former
president of Pan American
National Bank of East Los
Angeles, and Banco del
Pueblo. Mr. Maxwell said
NBA m em b e rsh ip has
grown from twenty in 1968.
to fifty five minority owned
banks, located in twenty
Five states and the District
of Columbia.
Joseph
qualifies
Portland Agent Vernon
"Joe" Joseph. 6255 N.E.
17th, has qualified as a
member of the 1975 Star
Club of New York Life
Insurance Company.
Joseph has been invited
to attend an educational
conference in Vancouver.
British Columbia.
Membership is based on
1974 75 sales records, ac
cording to General Manager
Richard P. McClammy,
CLU, of the company’s
Multnomah general office.
•J C fc
/v o w
Unibed W 3y
o f the Colum bia W illam ette
A new name
for a Northwest Tradition
SUBSCRIBE NOW
Rotes.
$5.25 Tri-County area and Armed Services
$6.00 Other Areas of US
N am e
Address
City
Zip
State
take in the achievement of
around them. They don't
that goal
seem to know who or where
It goes back to the dire
they are. They begin to
need and the importance of
ask themselves, "Am 1 what
having well qualified com
I am, or what someone else
wants me to be." Again, it potent Black leaders in all
depends upon what manner asp ects of governm ent,
or lifestyle a youngster has education and counseling
categories; providing that
been acquainted or ac
once they've reached the
customer! to.
We live in a society that's so called “top of the social
ladder", they don't or won't
changing and has changed
forget how they got where
in the last twenty years.
they are.
The things 1 had to accept
A good education is the
then are not being accepted
by the younger society of key that opens many doors
today. During the days of that otherwise would not
Martin Luther King, it has have been open to the
u pcom ing
been proven beyond any you n g and
The
reasonable doubt that it leaders of today.
doesn't take violence to pitfalls are there and with
achieve a certain goal. An an education that is beyond
individual ran become any
reproach, the potential
thing he she wants to lie. scholar knows how to avoid
providing they are given such pitfalls. /
proper instruction and di
I could go on and on
rection as to which road to writing, but one thing I'd
like to say to the young and
old:
"Be what you is and not
what you ain't,
'cause if you ain't what you
is, you sure is what you
ain't!”
Companies
volunteer
employees
Most people go bark to
work after l.abor Day. Not
so with sixty three men and
women. They will report
for duty as United Way
loaned executives, men and
women charged with raising
sixty percent of this year's
8.3 million dollar campaign
goals, according to Kenneth
W. Self. United Way drive
chairman
The traditional training
program begins at 8:00 a m
in the Portland Room of the
Smith Memorial Building at
Portland State University.
By Friday, loaned execu
tives will have heard en
dorsements from top com
munity leaders, toured
United
Way agencies,
learned com m unications
techniques and received
assignments. Self said.
Training Chairman Hill
man Lueddemann. Jr. says
the latest in multi media
techniques will be used to
enhance speakers and fund
raising concepts.
“These
men and women, working in
tandem with company em
ployee campaign chairmen,
are vital to the success of
our campaign."
Luedde
mann, Assistant to the
Senior Vice President at
Portland General Electric
Company, had praise for
F r e ig h tlin e r e m p lo y e e s
William Schenrk, Geralyn
Yost, and Robert McDonald
for audio visual and graphic
support Carol Smith. Port
of Portland and Larry
Rierson, Tektronix also
participated.
Loaned executives were
recruited by Earl Wantland.
President. Tektronix.
The first public report
meeting is on September
26th.
The campaign for
ninety social service agen
cies reflects an 8.1 percent
goal increase
Outdoors
featured
"Exploring the Outdoors
’75" is the theme of a
twoweek series of exhibits
and activities planned for
the Oregon Museum of
Science and Industry. The
show, scheduled to run
September 4th through 21,
will feature a number of
outdoor sporting displays
and programs, including
OMSI's annual Hunter Sur
vival class.
The equipment on display
during the show has been
selected to emphasize the
variety of possible activities
Northwesterners can enjoy
during the course of a year
Supolementing the show
theme will be a hunter
survival course scheduled
for the evenings of Septem
her 15, 16 and 17. Hunters,
skiers, hikers and climbers
will find the course extrem
ely valuable. The class,
scheduled at 7:30 p.m. each
night, will be instructed by
Frank Heyl, OMSI's direr
tor of outdoor education
and a specialist in survival
techniques. Advance regis
tration is necessary. To
register call 248 5938
Far all areas at
C U A N IN O WORKS
NORTH A N E. PORTLAND
kONE DAY SKVICE
K N IT BLOCKING
CXJR SRCCIALTY
MiNoa (■eam eio cmmkm
nat-ue a oauvwx
282-8361
3VS4 N . W illiam s AW .
‘Y e e 'v e Tried The Reet, N a w Try The Boat"
N . A lexan d er,
The best in fast food
W E RE NO T BRAGGING
WHEN WE SAY
I I I H H AR B U
IS R E A L GOOD
Dar Specialities
Bargees
Fries
Fish fille t
Cara Dags
(h i*' Rings
•
•
•
•
•
Her H U
Ribs
Heel
(b irk e a
Hat lin ks
C A M . IN YOUB ORDERN
2 8 3 -5 5 5 9
< FredMeyer^
Super Shopping Centers
Help Lower Your
Cost of Living a
•
Your nearby Fred Meyer Super Shopping Center it filled with
'People-Pleating" services to make your thopping more pleatant.
Wide, spacious oitlet, friendly helpful clerkt and undercover
parcel loading are just tome of the "People-Pleating" tervicet for
you. Plus.. .everyday low pneet on thoutandt of itemi you ute
and need everyday help lower your coil of living.
Becaute we're open 9 AM to 10 PM daily, including Sunduy.
you con thop when you WANT to, not when you HAVE to. Come
in anytime and "funthop" in o pleatant, relaxed atmotphere.
• Walnut Park
• Interstate
P C T llT lS U lo ,
n . xaim g.«.rth . . u m o n
N . L o m b a rd a t In te rstate
6850
N . L o m b a rd
P lenty of Free and Easy P ark in g
Acret of free and eaty parking make it quick and convenient
or you to park and thop anytime.
O p e n 9 a id to 10 pm d a ily , in c lu d in g S u n d a y .