Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, October 20, 1982, Page 8, Image 8

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"Hlbakusha; A lo v s s to ry fro m H iro s h im a ." a play perform ed by
Modern Times Theater, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 23, 24, 8 pm. First Con­
gregational Church. 1126 S.E. Park. Tickets are available through Ameri-
can Friends Service C om m ittee, 2249 E. Burnside, 230-0346, and at the
door. $2.30 children, students, and retired citizens, $3 adults. The play is
about the survivors o f the 1943 nuclear attacks on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
Traditional Japanese music, performed by Portland musicians, will be pre­
O B S E R V A TIO N S
FROM THE SIDELINES
by Kathryn Hall Bogle
sented prior to the play.
It may take tw o to tango but it
takes three to train today’s students
for the jobs o f tom orrow. Business
and industry need the help o f public
schools and colleges to do the
train in g necessary to keep things
going in this tim e period o f mush­
rooming high technology— so says
Dr. George Guy.
Fresh fro m a ja u n t across the
campus, George Vance Guy, P h .D .,
Assistand D ean o f the School o f
Education at Portland State Univer­
sity, leans back in his chair. His o f­
fices are in P S U ’ s Professional
Schools building, a handsome struc­
ture in modern architecture to be
completed fully whenever funds are
available. He reviews how his school
o f education is responding to the
challenge o f technology.
“ W e have rem odeled and en­
larged our com puter la b o ra to ry ,*’
Guy said. “ W e have twelve compu­
ters and two word processors. D r.
Harold Jorgensen is offering an in­
troductory computer course.
“ We, in this school are in the pro­
fession o f teaching teachers to
teach. The acquisition o f appropri­
ate hardware and software and tech­
nological expertise made our 1981
report for accreditation a lot easier
to acquire,” Guy said as he eyed an
18-inch high stack o f papers on his
desk. “ That is our multi-volume re­
port. The Education Commission o f
the States, Oregon’s Governor Vic­
tor Atiyeh all support this combina­
tion o f high-technology and higher
education. Our mathematics and sci­
ence departments are above stan­
dard.”
In 1955, George G u y was O re ­
gon’s first black college professor in
a public institution. (He was closely
follo w ed by a black appointee at
Reed college.) D r. Rose Thomas o f
B elm ar, New Jersey, who helped
gain accreditation for P S U ’s newly
established School o f Social W o rk ,
and C. Eric Lincoln, P h .D ., o f Ohio,
came to the campus in the 1960s,
D r. Guy said.
D r. Guy came to Portland by way
o f Indiana University, N . C arolina
A & T college in Greensboro, and a
stretch in the South Pacific as a U.S.
A rm y Tech/Sgt. His higher degree
30 to 35 faculty members to teach
classroom teachers how to teach.
The Special Education department
has 10 faculty members to teach the
specialized teaching needed for the
handicapped learner who is handi­
capped p h ysically,
-en tally o r
visually.
The departm ent o f Special P ro ­
grams comprises schooling for me­
dia librarianship and provides coun­
sellors for schools and agencies. It
also equips school adm inistrators,
such as prin cip als and v ic e -p rin ­
cipals, giving them access to a doc­
to ral program and a post-masters
program.
A part o f D r. G uy’s time is spend
coordinating all accreditation activi­
ties on campus for meeting profes­
sional standards on both state and
national levels. D r. Guy also chairs
the coordinating committee o f doc­
toral programs involving PSU, Ore­
gon State University and University
o f Oregon.
Outside involvement has been ex­
tensive in various state and national
professional associations but cur­
rently his interest and time arc cen­
tered on being secretary treasurer o f
the (national) Society o f Professors
o f Education, an elective position he
has held for six years. This select so­
ciety, formed in 1902, has about 200
members. It meets only in states that
have ra tifie d the E R A , adds D r.
Guy proudly.
D r. G u y and his w ife , C lem en -
tyne, are the parents o f three adult
chidren, Kenneth G u y, Karen Guy
and Kathy Guy.
* *
“ The Ebony Princesses o f the
P o rtlan d Rose F e s tiv a l,” just o f f
the presses, might just hold a sur­
prise or two for you. A slender little
volume, enchanting and innovative,
it’s a first book by Lenora C. M o r­
ris o f Portland, Oregon.
W hy did M orris record this one
moment in the lives o f these high
in education were earned later at the
University o f Illinois.
D r. G u y’s m ajor responsibility as
assistant dean provides for over-all
curricular coordination for the three
parts o f the School o f E ducation.
D r. Guy supervises the department
o f Teacher Education, the depart­
ment o f Special Education and the
department of Special Programs.
H e assesses the Teacher Educa­
tion as the largest o f the three-
pronged school utilizing, as it does.
LENORA C. MORRIS
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DR. GEORGE GUY
school girls? In the author’s first pa­
ges she lets you know o f her pride in
them and in their c o n trib u tio n to
m emories about O re g o n ’ s people
and Oregon’s famous Rose Festival.
From there on the book becomes
the story o f each ebony high school
princess told as nearly as possible by
each young w om an in her own
words. The im pact, gained collec­
tiv e ly , is im pressive. W e are
privileged to glimpse the depth and
dignity o f these ebony princesses at
the threshhold of their womanhood.
Parade crowds thronging the city
could never know or recognize the
mixed feelings w ithin the hearts o f
these princesses surrounded by
flowers, pageantry and gaiety.
M o rris reveals the feelings. She
presents her story simply and effec­
tively. Illustrations by M ary Libby
are life -lik e drawings o f the p rin ­
cesses taken expertly fro m p h o to ­
graphs. M o rris has also included
drawings by P hilem on Reid from
his “ Black History Series.”
The story o f the Rose Festival it­
self has been left for Michael Jordan
to tell. Jordan, an active Royal Ro-
sarian, acts as Chaplain for the Ros-
arians.
(P h o to by P a t P ln ta ric h )
Book packaging is a ttra c tiv e .
B u ff colored paper stock with dark
brown p rin t fit cozily under a red
cover the shade o f cinnabor making
the 118-page book a pleasure to see
and to hold.
The price is right, too.
The a u th o r, m other o f six c h il­
dren and grandm other o f ten, is a
registered nurse. C u rren tly , she is
president o f the Portland branch of
the N a tio n a l C o u n c il o f Negro
women, a member o f the Portland
C ity C lub, and a member o f Bethel
A .M . Church. She is the widow o f
the late Jordan T. M orris.
Publication o f “ Ebony Princes­
ses” is by Morris Scholarship, Inc.
The L in k s , In c ., w ill present
Lenora C. M orris, author, and the
“ Ebony Princesses o f the Rose Fes­
tiv a l” at an autograph party at the
Firehouse M u lti-C u ltu r a l C enter.
The autograph party will be a high­
light o f the “ Links’ 1982 Assembly
o f Black Talent” set for Sunday a f­
ternoon, November 14.”
Of the first 12 U.S. Presidents, 9 were from the
South.
Amazingly, Louis Braille invented the system ena­
bling the blind to read when he was only 15 years old.
•
On the planet Venus, a day is longer than a year. It
takes Venus longer to turn around once itself than it
does to make one trip around the sun.
W e d o ^ to u lo b usin ess w ith S o u th A fric a
American State
Bank AN INDEPENDENT BANK
Head Office
2 1 Y ! N. E. Union
Portland, Oregon 97212
WE MUST MOVE! BUILDING TO BE SOLD....
Union Ushers aw ard scholarships
On Sunday, September 26th, the
U n io n Ushers held th e ir A n n u a l
Scholarship Tea. It was very well at­
tended and a most impressive affair.
Vancouver A venue F irst Baptist
Church was the host.
Several years ago various local
churches’ Usher Boards formed the
U n io n Ushers. T h e idea was de­
veloped because o f the need to assist
young people, o f p a rtic ip a tin g
churches, to improve their lives.
Higher education was chosen as
the vehicle through which their ob­
jective could be reached, it was
thought. There had to be a means by
which scholarship donations could
be provided for graduating seniors
who wished to further their educa­
tion.
To finance the idea o f assistance,
it was decided to sponsor an Annual
Scholarship Tea. This effort would
depend on securing a dynamic com­
mittee to spearhead the Union Ush­
ers project.
Mr. Soul
j H l
M rs. W illie M ae S m ith , 1st
A .M .E . Zio n , is the Annual C h air­
person o f the Tea. She is also second
vice-president o f the Ushers Union.
This year’s com m ittee on scholar­
ship, backing M rs. Sm ith, includes
M r . Ernest M o o re o f M t. O liv e t
Baptist Church, Mesdames Julia M .
G a n te r, V an co u ver A ven u e, and
E liza W in te rs, Hughes M e m o ria l
ME.
Presidents o f each participating
Usher Board form ed a selection
committee whose task was to get the
names o f eligible high school gradu­
ates (a ffilia te d w ith p articip atin g
churches) and their proposed insti-
tution(s) o f higher education. In d i­
vidual congregations and th e ir
students furnish this information.
C riteria for a scholarship dona­
tion are: being actively involved in
one o f the participating congrega­
tions; the student’ s G P A ; the stu­
dent’s need.
This year’ s recipients are: Dena
Phill Sanders, Jr., also known as
“ M r. S o u l,” has been a salesman
for m any years. A t present he is
w ritin g a book on n atu ra l h e rb s /
spices and old fashioned remedies.
He specialized in home-cooked nat­
ural foods that people have gotten
away from . Good Southern Hospi­
tality. He attended college through
P C C and holds a M aster Shoe
Fitting Aw ard C ertificate. He pre­
sently is taking a course for a lock­
sm ith, b u rg lar alarm technician,
and is a m em ber o f the m in o rity
business enterprise.
M . Ford, M ark A . Ganter, M argar­
et LaJewel New ton, Tina Scarbor­
ough, Darrell A . Winters.
1982 officers o f the Union Ushers
are: M r. J .L . G anter, p resid en t...
V ancouver A venue F irst Baptist;
M r . B en jam in Pierce and M rs.
W illie M ae Smith, vice-presidents;
M rs. Edith Roberts, recording sec
re ta ry ; M rs . M ag g ie H u m p h rey ,
corresponding secretary; Mrs. Dora
W illiam s, financial secretary; and
Mrs. M ary Taylor, treasurer. These
goodly
people
represent the
fo llo w in g churches, respectively:
Vancouver Avenue Baptist, Allen
Temple C .M .E ., First A .M .E . Zion,
Hughes Memorial United Methodist
(3 representatives) and Bethel
A .M .E .
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Study Southeast
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This 1982-83 series o f nine work­
shops will present a broad range of
topics concerning traditional South­
east Asian lifestyles. The purpose of
the series is to increase understand­
ing and appreciation o f the South­
east Asian cultures, thus assisting in
the resettlement process. A ll w ork­
shops will involve Southeast Asian
presenters. Workshops are open to
all who are interested in increasing
cultural awareness.
Each workshop will be presented
twice, once on Friday and repeated
on Saturday, from 9 a m. to noon,
at the Indochinese Cultural and Ser
vice Center, 3030 S. W . 2nd Avenue.
Participants can enroll in the full se­
ries or in selected workshops. E n ­
rollment is limited.
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