Page 8 Portland Observer, April 13, 1983
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man Middle School observer the work of Jeremy Kropa. Heidi Dur-
row and Randy Richardson.
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LL A R O U N D us the old
the 550 pupils enrolled at Tubman.
There are about 290 o f these in
stance o f drawing line posi
volved in the program. “ So it’s over
tions between an academic educa
half the student body," he says.
tion and vocational preparation is
"Tubm an students choose to be
wavering and tottering. Il is ready
in this computer program. We do
ing io Tali under the octopus-like
not have to ’ sell' the program to
reach and squeeze of high technol
them. They ask for it and we draw
ogy already victorious in the daily
parents into the decision, in fa c t,"
life of business and government.
Washington laughs, "our athletics
Welcome or unwelcome, the high-
coach tells us that the conversation
tech society is here and those per
in huddles, or on the bench during
sons equipped with the necessary
basketball practice, is a toss-up be
skills are reaping the benefits. Busi
tween the topic of computer accom
ness people look to educators to
plishment and basketball."
supply increasing numbers o f data
Probably typical o f the young
processors, programmers and anal
sters enrolled are Jeremy K ro p f,
ysts to handle the flow of business
Heidi Durrow and Randy Richard
affairs.
son, all Rth-graders at Tubman.
Over at Harriet Tubman Middle
Kropf, 14, the son of Stanley and
School Principal Herman Washing
Marlene Kropf, first saw some com
ton, ambitious and far-sighted for
puters in use at a store and became
his students, negotiated some time
interested in learning to use one. His
ago, with the Radio Shack people to
parenls backed him in applying for
supply Tubman with a computer
classwork at Tubman. Now young
system for beginners. No toys arc
K ro p f owns a computer at home
these Radio Shack, through their
which he paid for himself by helping
national program, provided 50 mi
his parents in '.heir drapery business.
crocomputers with 8 ecc terminals
Heidi Durrow, at 13. daughter of
that Tubman students can share
Marvin and Birgit Durrow, says she
with Jefferson High School.
enjoys operating a computer. She
Herman Washington has two full
feels that knowing how to run one is
time computer teachers, and an aide
on the level of her interest in other
who carries on the instruction for
hobbies such as photography, sew
Tubm an’s classwork. Heading the
ing and dancing. " I t ’s n e a t," is
computer program is Craig Moore,
Heidi’s summary.
teaching at Tubm an since 1980.
Richardson, the 13-year-old son
"O ur math teachers also use micro
of Dorothy Richardson, a computer
computers in their d rill." the prin
specialist and her husband George
cipal said. Washington, obviously
Richardson, a budget director for
pleased to have two good-sized
N .W . Gas C o ., is now advanced
classrooms for instruction in com
enough to devise his own programs
puter literacy, operation and care,
- " fo r games,” he clarified for an
points out that the study of compu
inquirer. He has a "com puter at
ter science is an elective pursuit for
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American State Bank president V.F. Booker: Tiam Co. bank clerk;
and Dr. E.C. Ogboubirl diecues advantages of computer operation.
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home with a bigger keyboard” than
the one at Tubman.
Washington intends to "keep up
grading" the computer program at
Tubm an, he savs. A lready he is
looking lo the future for expected
additional space when Tubman
moves, in 1984-85, lo the rebuilt and
renovated premises of Eliot.
Glen L. Hampshire is Director of
Computer Science at Jefferson High
School. Nate Jone, principal at Jef
ferson, can boast of a staff of six in
structors, 24 terminals for student
use and a four-year computer sci
ence program , which gives his
school a place among high ichools
with the most comprehensive com
puter science programs in the na
tion.
" A t Jefferson, business educa
tion students may study office pro
cedures, and obtain training on
word processing systems in a model
office setiing," says Hampshire in a
pamphlet describing “ Jeff's” pro
gram. The 24 terminals are connect
ed to the Central Processor at the
Portland School District offices and
Jefferson students with proper per
mission can "execute professional
level programs which handle large
file s .” A pple, IB M , M o tto la are
fam iliar names heard in these
rooms.
Over 270 students are involved in
computer training at Jefferson for
they believe with Hampshire that
"Computers are here.”
At American State Bank, V .F
Booker, president, surveys has
banking domain with his staff hard
at work and he realizes computers
are here— to stay. Booker confesses
to a "lo ve-resen tm en t" feeling
about the computer system that con
trols institutions like his. " Il's been
a great help to us. It stores and re
trieves the inform ation we need in
just moments. What used to take us
a half-day to do, with the computer
we can do the same thing in five or
ten minutes.
"W e can gel our reports out to a
board of directors in a few minutes
Our quarterly reports, our end of the
day reports, and our reports to bank
regulatory authorities are all from
computer output. I t ’ s all very
speedy— and seems like m agic,”
Booker said, and added. " I guess
that’s the rub— it’s so efficient, so
automatic—if you know the system,
and not everybody on our staff can
operate the system."
American Slate Bank uses IBM
computers tailored for them and
installed and serviced by EZAK As
sociates. a custom computer busi
ness firm headed by E.C. Ogbuobi-
ri, an electrical planning engineer
for Bonneville Power Administra
tion.
U B B L IN G with jo y , Gladys
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M cC oy, Dem ocrat, A rnold
Biskar, Democrat, and Mrs. Biskar
received a mixed racial crowd of
Dciuoviai well-wi»her» at the Port
land Plaza one evening last week.
The occasin was a fundraising event
for the election coffers o f Chica-
gos’s black Democrat Harold Wash
ington.
The lively talkative crowd
streamed in a fte r business hours,
sipped a cocktail or tw o, opened
their wallets wide and left for home
within two hours. They left behind a
bowl stuffed with $1400 for the
campaign.
Portlander Ben Berry, a graduate
in nursing and holding a degree in
computer science, who combined
his skills in employment at Good
Samaritan Hospital has climbed to a
rare atmosphere in his computer
career.
Berry recently accepted an invita
tion from Saudi Arabia to help es
tablish a computer system for a
giant new hospital opening there.
His annual salary promises to run in
six figures. He put his new De
Lorean in storage until he returns to
the States.
Yes, Principal Herman Washing
ton, M r. Ham pshire, M r. V .F .
Booker, el a!— computers are here.
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