Portland Observer, September 15, 1962 Page 3
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by Kathryn H a ll Bogle
The American Academy o f Nurs
ing met in Portland for the first time
this week at the M arriott hotel. It
was their IOth annual scientific ses
sion and the largest since their or
ganization in 1973 under the Am eri
can Nurses Association. It drew
nearly 330 persons from coast to
coast. They came to discuss "Image
Making in Nursing.”
Heading the Fellows o f American
Academy o f Nursing as president is
Vernice Ferguson, M .A . who is also
the working director o f the world’s
largest organized nursing service:
the Veteran’s Administration Nurs
ing Service in Washington, D .C .
with 60,000 personnel.
Diminutive but dynamic, Fergu
son feels strongly that more black
women (and men) should think of
nursing as a career for themselves.
"They are overlooking tremendous
opportunities in this wonderfully
satisfying profession," she said.
"O u t o f one million registered
nurses in the United States only
8.3% are from minority racial back
grounds.
" I ’ve been a teacher o f science in
public schools but I feel my "natu-
r j tu rf" is in the hospitals as a
nurse. Some nurses like to be in oth
er roles and 1 applaud all career
nursing goals.
"F o r the first time the country is
recognizing the importance o f nurs
ing in health programs and we shall
be pushing the Academy to improve
the public image o f nursing and to
create public acceptance o f nursing
as an independent profession.
" l a m committed to excellence as
I perform, and I submit that the
home, the church and the school
should work together for our chil
dren's sake.
" I attended segregated schools in
Baltimore when I was growing up
and we had elegant school teachers.
I mean bright, and dedicated, who
expected the best from their stu-
dents. I was the daughter o f a
preacher and it was expected that I
should be a good scholar. Behavior
was moderated in church and we
learned to care for each other.
Books were plentiful in the home.
We were expected to read them and
we were expected to tell what we had
read at the dinner table.
" M y higher education was at
Fisk, at Hubbard University, and at
New York University. I received my
master’s degree from Columbia.
I ’ve had two fellowships — one at
University o f Maryland and one at
Yale.”
Her brother, Clyde Ferguson, is a
professor o f Law, the one and only
black tenured professor at Harvard,
she said, and added, " I hope that I
shall have time to have a little chat
with a friend o f ours here, Derrick
Bell, at U. o f Oregon, but our
schedules are very fu ll.”
The Academy will be studying the
factors that facilitate hospital nurs
ing practice while in session in Port
land and they will also focus on the
nursing home industry which they
see as the "fastest growing sector in
health.”
"W e are pleased that some o f our
fellows have distinguished them
selves in home health care,” said
Ferguson. "Before I leave Portland
I shall be visiting the VA medical
center here. I'm particularly inter
ested in their hospice unit. I ’ve
heard o f its excellence.”
Ms. Ferguson will spend some
time Wednesday with nurses at the
Oregon Health Sciences University.
She will speak to them on "C ontrol
ling the Future.”
Dr. Elizabeth Carnegie o f New
York City was among those attend
ing the conference. Dr. Carnegie
was the first black person to head
the F A A N in its early beginnings.
Other distinguished visitors were:
Pamela Brink, a teacher from the
Health Sciences Center at U C L A ;
Betty Mitsunaga o f the University
o f Colorado; Retaugh Demas, dean
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Nursing at the University o f Wash
ington.
MHRC asks Russ Peyton award nominees
In 1972 when Russell A Peyton
retired from his position as Execu
tive Director of the Metropolitan
Human Relations Commission, his
friends and co-workers established
an annual human relations award in
his name as a way of recognizing his
memorable compassion for, and his
substantial contribution to, the
cause o f human equality.
M H R C is seeking nominations
for the 1982 award, which is to be
presented at the Peyton Award
Luncheon o f the Metropolitan H u
man Relations Commission in De
cember 1982. Nominations will
close Friday, October 8, 1982. Some
guidelines for nomination are as fol
lows;
• The person selected should
have made his/her major contribu
tion in the intergroup relations/civil
rights area rather than in the broad
range o f social services;
• It must be demonstrated that
the person is or has been actively in
volved in intergroup relations/civil
rights work, contributing a substan
tial investment o f volunteer time;
• The person may have made a
single, major contribution to the ad
vancement o f intergroup relations/
civil rights;
• The person may have been
involved in a number of special
projects;
• The person may have combined
any number o f the above in a man
ner which equals "out o f the ordin
ary";
• The recommendation should
emphasize how the person nomin
ated has promoted human relations
in the local metropolitan area.
In 1978, Harry C. W ard, past
Chairperson o f the Community
Coalition for School Integration,
former M H R C Commissioner, and
the past N A A C P President, re
ceived the award. In 1979, the recip
ient was Ms. Gerry G. Newhall,
long-time civil rights activist and
community volunteer. In 1980, the
recipient was Jim Metcalf whose
generous contributions in time and
effort to the Native American Com-
Senior Center moves to new home
The Urban League Senior Center
which provides programs, services
and activities to elderly residents
aged 60 and over will be moving to
its new home at 4I28 N .E . Union
during the week of September 30th.
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The facility, which was purchased
with funds from the City of Port
land through the efforts of a task
force composed o f elderly residents,
members o f business and industry
and interested community people,
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new site will find television and pool
also available.
Services provided include infor
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a wide array o f other programs in
cluding a legal clinic (by appoint
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Elderly residents arc encouraged
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munity characterized his notewor
thiness for this award. Last year’s
recipient was the Reverend Bertram
F. G riffin who was involved in hu
man rights, civil rights and commu
nity self-development issues.
Earlier recipients were A .K . Hen
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M arie Smith, long-time civil rights
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