Portland Observer
Thursday. Ortober 2. 1975
Page 5
'Grambling Spirit’ wins
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top teams. “We think of ourselves as akin to Notre Dame,
which has established Itself as a top team and is looked to
with pride by Catholics. Grambling has consistently been
number one among Black schools and can be looked to with
pride by Blacks all over the nation. We feel that Black
people in all parts of the country should be able to see and
identify with our team."
Coach Eddie Robinson is beginning his 34th season with
Granbling and has coached the team to 239 wins against 81
losses and 11 ties. His record is second only to Paul “Bear"
Bryant of the University of Alabama, whose record is
242 71 10.
When Robison was named head coach in 1941, the school
was a loser In his first year they never won a game, but
Robinson's determination continued. Today Grambling and
Robinson are “household words" among football fans. In
1966. the Football W riters of America cited Robinson as
“the man <rho has made the biggest contribution to college
division football during the last 28 years." Currently he Is
vice president of the American Coach's Association, snd
next June will become president of this prestigious
institution.
This is Grambling State University's 75th year. From a
small school that was not expected to survive, Grambling
has grown to a respected university with 4,000 students
and 500 staff members. Grambling offers bachelors snd
masters degrees in five academic fields - Applied Science
and Technology, Iabera! Arts, Education, Basic Studies, and
Graduate Studies in Continuing Education. It is outstanding
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In addition to an out
standing line of cameras
and film. Nelson's depart
ment carries office equip­
ment such as typewritters,
desks, chairs and cabinets.
A graduate in biology
from the
University
of
Portland, Nelson started
with Wards while attending
school
Pictured is Nelson Cheng,
newly appointed manager of
the la m e r« Department at
Montgomery W ard’s Jant
zen Beach Center store.
Among his interests are
watching
basketball
and
soccer. He is a dedicated
Portland Timbers fan.
He
also enjoys playing ping
pong and tennis.
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in the fields of music, drama, human snd community
relations.
The “Grsmbling Spirit", the “Grambling Idea", the
“Grambling W ay” has been described in many ways. The
story is one of several unique functions. In its 75 years.
Grambling has been guided by three key considerations
What are the real needs of the people? What education will
be of most worth? What is the best way to deliver that
education? The result
a program geared to the realistic
needs of the students who enroll, to the problems of the
communities in which they will live, and to the
requirements of the employers for whom they will work.
A second of the unique functions - take care of the
low income, traditionally and generally culturally deprived
students who, without Grambling, might never get their
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heads above the water. Even today, over eighty percent of
the enrollees at Grambling receive some type of aid, but
the biggest thing is they're given something that even
money can't buy - real concern and care, hope and
inspiration, love and understanding, plus a good education
in the process.
A third of Grambling's unique functions is community
relations. I t is said, “Grambling is a university. But it's
not just a university; it's also a town. But not just a town,
it's also a community. But not just a community in the
usual geographical sense, but a community that is
statewide, regional and national in scope and implication, a
lasting landmark, a symbolic entity in regard to the
American way of life.”
In Portland with the team will be the respected
President of Grambling State University, Dr. Ralph Waldo
Emerson Jones, commonly called “Prez". Dr. Jones has
een president of Grambling for 50 years. Arriving when
Grambling, then called the Louisiana Negro Normal and
Industrial Institute, were about 120 students living and
studying in a few white frame buildings, taught by 17
faculty members, he was a young teacher just out of
Southern University,
with
only a year's teaching
experience.
A t the time D r. Jones went to Grxmbiing, there were
hundreds of one. two and three-year teacher schools, in
every way at the bottom of the educational ladder in
Lousiana. especially with respect to properly and sensibly
trained teachers. Public understanding was nil, financial
support miserly and dream fulfillment seemingly impos­
sible.
D r. Jomes came up with the “Grambling Spirit" and
began teacher training and education in a pragmatic way -
showing that sound education can meet the needs of the
people, no m atter how deprived, previously mu-educated,
geographically isolated, or whatever
D r. R .W .E . Joaes. President af Grambting State
l aiversity, will receive aa award in behalf of the university
at the October 4th Benefit Dance sponsored by the Martin
Luther King. Jr. Scholarship Fund of Oregon. Dr. Robert
McVicar, President of Oregon State University, will also be
on hand to receive an award for OS I in recognition af the
momentous football game which will be played Saturday
night at the Portland Civic Stadium.
Billed as “A Special Tribute to Grsmbling" the dance will
be held at the Sheraton Motor Inn [LJoyd Center] beginning
at 10:00 p.m. Special recognition will be give to Coach
Eddie Robinson of (.rambling and Jim Barratt. Athletic
I Hr c tor at OSl , who played a major role in making the
game possible.
The event will feature music by local area artists As a
spokesman lor the Scholarship Fund related, “we have in
our own City of Rooes, entertainers and masicians who
need to be showcased and recognized for their talents. We
are sure that everyone «rill be pleased «rith our selections
of Dynamite Band, Milton Davis' P .0 . Express and Lave
Incorporated."
Door prizes donated by local area merchants will be
given. Organizers plan a shuttle bus service between the
Sheraton and the Civic Stadium. For tickets to the dance
and bus reservations call 229-4475.
The story of Grambling’s ascendancy in sports is so
preposterous that it sounds exaggerated. Tiger teams have
attained a level of significance that is supposedly
untouchable for a small college.
Grambling has won the national Negro football and the
N A IA national basketball championships while performing
in Madison Square Garden,
Yankee Stadium,
the
Astrodome, and the Rose, Sugar and Orange Bowls against
insuperable odds.
Grambling ranks behind Notre Dame in the number of
athletes contributed to A F L and N F L football teams, with
over 140.
Coach Eddie Robinson has developed 45
All -Americans, including N A IA Hall-of-Famer Paul “T an k”
Younger, Buck Buchanan and W illie Davis.
Since World W ar II, Grambling baseball squads have won
787 games while losing 187.
I t has been coached by
President Jones for 40 years. The basketball team has an
incredible 414 131 won-loss standing for 19 seasons. Coach
Fred Hobdy's team has made several appearances in the
N A IA national tournaments. During the early 1960's the
track team enjoyed a monopoly in the sprints and 440 and
880 relays, and produced Olympic gold medal winners in
1960 and 1964.
Also appearing in Portland wilL be the 165 piece
Grambling Marching Band, which is recognized as one of
the most exciting musical aggregations in America.
The Grambling Band performed at the 1964 American
Football League championship game, the first Super Bowl,
made several T V appearances for AFC and NFC
spectaculars,
has
won
numerous
competitions
and
represented the United States at the inauguration of an
African President.
Director Conrad Hutchins demands twelve hours of
practice for every four minutes of precision drill and
increases the marching cadence to 180 steps a minute as
opposed to the usual 130.
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Mrs. Hazel Williams. Portland Community College
teaches (seated), sews a few quick stitches for Mrs. Delores
Leggroan, Community agent at Boise.
Adults learn sewing
Tw o sewing classes and a home decorating class will be
given by Portland Community College teachers at Boise
Elementary School, for men and women, beginning the
second week in October. Registration can be made now by
calling Mrs. Delores leggroan, CommurfTty Agent at the
school. 288 6309, or by going to the school, which is at 620
North Fremont Street.
The evening sewing class will start on October 7th, and
continue every Tuesday from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. for six
weeks in the Home Economics room.
The daytime class, also on Tuesdays, will be frortl 9-00 to
11:15 a.m. starting October 7th. It will Jnclude "Stretch
and Sew."
The home decorating class will be on Thursday morning
from 9:00 to lT:15 a m., and wjll continue for six weeks
starting October 9th.
F urther information ran be obtained by calling the school.