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-, ' Portland Observer î Thursday, S M . 197« Daughters of Isis elect M A IL E i NEAL The Mina Court #142. Daughters of k is held its annual election of their 1977 officers. Newly elected officers are aa follows: liable B Neal. Illustrious Com mandreaa; L a b Alexander, First Lieu tenant Commandress; Naomi Cbyter, 8econd Lieutenant: Frances Fair. High Priestess; Anette Roes, Oriental Guide; Dorothy M. Vickers, Treasurer; Ruby E. Weldon, First Ceremonial Daughter; Treasie M. Dixon, Second Ceremonial Daughter; Lillie B. Coney, Inside Spy; Frances Johns, Outside Spy. Imperial Deputy of Desert of Oregon Charles supervised the Election. Imperial officers for 1*77 arc Clareese 8helby Imperial Deputy of Isiarettes Nurse Department and Charles M. Per son Imperial Deputy of Desert of Oregon. ■ Cab« insure p arty safety Again thia year through a combined effort of the Portland Police Traffic Division and two of Portland’s cab com panies, a program allowing party goers to get home safely has been agreed upon. Broadway Cab Company and Radio Cab Company have agreed to the follow ing rate schedule: 1. 17.80 maximum fare for up to 6 people going to the same destination anyplace in the City limits. 2. $10.00 maximum for up to 8 people going to the same destination within 6 miles of the City limits. 3. $15.00 maximum fare for up to 5 people going to the same destination within Portland City limits, includes driving the fare’s own vehicle to destina tion. 4. $20.00 maximum for up to 8 people, going to the same destination within 6 miles of Portland city limits, which includes driving which includes driving the fare’s own vehicle to the destination. The Portland Police Bureau would point out those prices are minimal when compared to a charge of drunk driving or being involved in a traffic accident. For further details, contact Captain Bill Taylor. 248 5688. Affirmation Action officer (Continued from p. 1 coL 4) affirmative action of visiting the Deep South to recruit Black graduate students to OSU. Visiting students, faculty, and place ment officers at campuses in Ohio, Mis sissippi. Georgia. Louisiana and Texas, she described to them what OSU has to offer in the way of graduate programs. “1 made contacts with Black fraterni ties and sororities and saw students referred to me by placement officers," she said. “It was a way of reaching students who would never have consider ed OSU an option otherwise. The first question some of them had was ’Where is OregonT " OSU does not attract many Black students because of its isolation, its small Black population and the fact that it has never made any yoocerted effort to attract Black graduate students. And. she added, impressions of OSU as an inhospitable environment for Black stu dents persist. she beuevet ner recruiting enorx may bring at least a few Black graduate students to OSU next fall, and that eventually the word will spread. The most massive task facing Ms. Spears-Gray when she assumed her duties as affirmative action officer was to compile a self-evaluation report deter mining whether OSU is in compliance with Title IX of the Education Amend menu Act of 1972. Title IX requires equal opportunity for both sexes in academic programs, admis sions, hiring, salaries, and all other areas of operation at educational institutions which receive federal funds. The report, nine months in the making, waa released in December. OSU was found to be in compliance or near-compli ance in every area except intercollegiate athletics, where discrepancies were found between the men’s and women’s programs, she pointed out. OSU and all other colleges and universities have until July. 1978, to be in full compliance with Title IX . Another of Ms. Spears-Gray’s accom plishments has been to compile a very specific guideline for recognising sexist language and terminology in OSU publi cations and finding non-sexist ways to say the same things. “The response to the language guideline was very good,” she said. “I get calls all the time from people who are sending things out and want to know if they’re being unwittingly sexist." Ms. Spears-Gray is also compiling an affirmative action job directory, putting together a once a term campus newslet ter. and making up recruiting packages to attract minority students to OSU. In addition, she is enrolled in a doctoral program in educational administration, with emphasis on anthropology and cur riculum development She plans to »»rite her doctoral dissertation on Black women educators in U.S. history. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and has been instrumental in beginning a new chapter of the organi zation at OSU. She also serves on the executive board of the Corvallis branch of the NAA CP. Black educators (Continued from p. 1 cot 6) Black elected officials in this country. Blacks are 14 of one percent of the elected officials. These are not repre tentative of the Black population in government where b sqnttahli usee of services exist. This problem is the direct result of oppressive political decisions. In the Twentieth Century we saw changes and challenges in the policies. The role of the government has been expanded in the first half of this century. Blacks are going to have to make changes in terms of balance, beak and busk U we are going to have equality in d ty government. Policy alone dictates where our nation al priorities are. Lobbiest may have an influence on the elected officials who make the decisions. We need to ask ourselves the question, ’Why do the elected officisls listen to the lobbiesU who represent the majority and not the minority?’ “Higher education is not accessible to many Black and poor students They are being oriented toward vocational and trade schools. This is wrong because it’s primarily the Blacks being counseled into these areas. Black folks need to be aware of what is happening to Black children. Too many of us are guilty of: Getting all we can Canning all we get ti Sitting on our can." Mayor Jackson suggested that the d a b shows that Blacks comprise less than 2 per cent of the bwyers and dentisU and that if Bbcks make $3,000. or less, the chances of being robbed are five times higher than those above that income. The chances of a Black woman begin raped are four times greater than that of a w hiU woman. National priorities are tilted toward the priviledged and away from the un derpriviledged. Candidates must be el ected to effect policies. Most persons know what they want but don’t know how to get it. Politics is a means for achieving. Blacks must continue to sUnd up and be The Honorable know ledged that group took their < hands by proving drew Young ac members of the destiny in their «ugh their eontri- bution that Black people have to be in charge of their destiny. Young emphasised that the issue is one of developing policy that »rill change public education in this society. The educational issue not only involves this nation, but people all over the world. Educators can not isolate themselves from other issues. Young said, “W e must focus on world powers, the world of hunger, and the world of industry.” Education cannot survive without em phasising and dealing with these other issues. “In Europe, fifty thousand people were unemployed after finishing all levels of higher education. The European system has not worked for Europeans and it isn’t working for us. The skills we learned are almost inept. The real skills are learned in the street environment" In conclusion, Young indicated that the American educational system was not functional for too many of its people. He reiterated that Booker T. Washington's concept of trade schools is functional and should be a part of the academic and intellectual system as long as other areas of growth for all people are provided. Title IX came into existence and forced educators to look at what they are doing to men and women. The focus of educa- | lion has to be expanded to include all . people, representing all groups in a, functional way. The system must be 1 ’¿ÿzib.- We hope the holiday season brings you joy and happiness and prosperity for the coming year. We would like to thank you for your patronage and hope that we can continue to serve you in 1976 functional and must be multicultural, Young concluded. “Two Hundred Years - Now What?” Black leaders are saying Black educators must not only take a front seat in fighting for quality of education, but they must broaden their proapectives and focus on I all those entailments that effect the quality of life. , “Involvement seems to be the action word and knowledge the basis for all involvement. We, the people, must band together and be represented at all forms of government if ‘true equality’ is to procede. NOW WHAT?” (Editor'a Note: Also attending the conference from Oregon were D. Ernest Hartaog, Portland Public Schools and Mrs. Brinda Green, Salem Public Schools.! , Publisher* of * OBSERVER CXIC PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. J
