Portland Observer, September 15,1962 Page 5 S treet B eat I don’t like it at all. I t ’s real bad in North Portland. You have to transfer twice just to get down town. The Owl Service doesn’t run as often as it used to and the new system doesn’t seem any faster. T ri-M et instituted their new five-zone fare system and the Street Beat team was there to record the fare-payers' reactions to the new system. Priscilla Casey Housemother Laura Ovlelt Legal Secretary I t ’s not doing anything for me. I t ’s just benefiting T ri-M e t. The new buses are big and look nice but 1 don’t think it’s worth the new fare. The new routes are very confusing. 1 just got used to the old system and now I have to learn the new one. I wish they would go back. I t ’s a big inconvenience. It takes half an hour longer to get to school. Everyone I ’ve talked to feels the same way. I have to take my daughter to the sitter and it’s not convenient. 1 might as well drive my car. W m . D. Herboth Remodeling ☆ Interior and Exterior Additions ☆ ☆ Weatherization ☆ William L. Whlttad Pastor/Substitute Teacher I haven’t encountered any problems, but I have to get fam il iar with the routes. I t ’s an incon venience that they did away with *29. But when citizens get fam il iar with the set-up it will work very nicely. Frank Rocha Unemployed N o, I don’t like it. I t ’s an in convenience. But as a farepayer I ’ll just go along with it. by Lenita D u k e a n d R ichard B ro w n Tauheed Sadruddin 8tudant I like it. 1 buy a monthly pass and just walk on. I hate that the *6 doesn’t go to Jantzen Beach. They need a double bus on the *6 because it’s always crowded and it causes the driver to pass you up. C A LL: 289-1600 THE NATURAL CHOICE.... Book features Black Princesses Lenora C. Morris has announced the publication o f ’ ’Ebony Princess es o f the Portland Rose Festival,” which is the result o f extensive re search done through the Portland State University Black Studies De partment. The book is published by Morris Scholarships, Inc., a fund recently established to provide non-tradi- tional scholarships. Publications on Black history in Oregon will help fi nance the scholarships. "W e seek to protect the culture and historical sense o f this minority group through education,” Ms. Morris said. “ The recipients o f this program will be individuals who under normal circumstances cannot afford to continue their education, or who might have to defer addi tional education because o f unex pected financial burdens. These re cipients may be single parents with no work experience. To prepare them to enter the work force may in volve training in a specific skill, ex perience in that career, and the proper self-image. In many cases, volunteer internships will be re quired prior to or in conjunction with the skill training. This allows Wyden seeks interns College students looking for a hands-on experience in government service can find one at Oregon Con gressman Ron Wyden’s Portland office. Wyden this week said his office has openings for three college-age interns for fall and winter terms. Interns accepted into the program will have an opportunity to work on casework, community projects, leg islative research and resource devel opment, Wyden said. “ The government desperately needs an influx o f new blood and new ideas,” the freshman Democrat said. "B y working in a Congression al office, college students can get a taste for what government service is like and find out if that’s a career they’d like to pursue.” Resumes should be sent to W y den’s Portland office by October 1. The mailing address is P .O . Box 3621, Portland, OR 97208. Resumes should be sent to the attention o f Oeorgene Rice. For more information, call Oeor gene Rice at 231-2300. the recipient to ’ test out a specific career area prior to a lengthy train ing program in this field and it pro vides volunteer labor for communi ty services. Scholarships will be named for noted Black persons or other Oregonians that have aided the Black community in positive contributions, especially in educa tion.” Copies o f “ Ebony Princesses o f the Portland Rose Festival” can be purchased by forwarding $5.00 to the Morris Scholarship Fund, Inc., Box 11307, Portland, Oregon 97211. I cot. 3) cial aid. Other factors included: an honest recruitment program that helps the student-family make a suitable school choice, an adequate school orientation program, adequate stu dent housing, the prestige o f the in stitution, and high grades and stu dent achievement. Nationwide, 33 percent o f enter ing full-time freshmen drop out dur ing their first year, the report says. “ It is projected that only four out of 10 entering freshmen are likely to re ceive a bachelor’s degree from the same institution they started at within four years. And although the remainder may transfer schools and eventually finish, three out o f 10 are likely never to obtain a bachelor’s degree. "W hen using a four-year time period as a base, women usually persist (continue) in college at a higher proportion than men; how ever, more men usually complete de grees. There are no significant d if ferences in withdrawal rates by race. 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