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Portland Observer, October 19, 1983 Page 5 E T it l e d Randall offers beauty tips OBSERVATIONS by Kathryn H all Bogle colleges: a "Black Taproot of Black Leader ship." the only conference of ¡to kind in the United States was con vened October 15th at the Red Lion Inn at Jantzen Beach. Sponsors were members of the Black Colleges Committee. Inc., a local Portland group headed by Pearl Spears Gray, an assistant to the president of Ore gon State University. The conference, the fourth in an nual one-day presentations by the Committee, was designed to dissem inate information about opportuni ties for college-bound students to at tend Black colleges. This year's con ference successfully attracted over 450 students, some 50 of them arriv ing from the Seattle-Tacoma area Students were not disappointed. They received counselling and ma terials to take home from outstand ing Black educators representing 34 of the contributing Black colleges Dr. Herman Branson, president of Pennsylvania's Lincoln Universi ty, gave the opening morning ad dress. He was introduced by Dr. Ethel Simon-McWilliams, Associate Director of Northwest Regional Ed ucational Laboratory. During the day students were giv en a chance to sit in on five half- Tour sessions with visiting college epresentatives and to participate in wo workshops of several offered, ocal persons acted as convenors or both morning and afternoon ses- 10ns held in ten of the hotel confer ence rooms. The long list of stellar speakers in cluded: Dr. Michael Benjamin, D i rector of the N /N E Mental Health Center, who spoke for Texas South ern University of Houston; Myrna Anderson for Talladega College; Dr. Melvin Webb, Dean of Faculty for Clark College in Atlanta; Dr. Eleanor Chippey Grier for Meharry Medical College in Nashville; Dr. Sybil Mobley, Dean of the School of Business and Industry at Florida A&M University at Tallahassee; Bill Rouselle, Director of Public Rela tions for the Black Collegian maga- Tha traditional Black collagaa provide atudanta tha opportunity to atudy in a caring environment. zine; and Vicki Crawford, Assistant Director of Admissions for Spelman College in Atlanta. Workshops ran concurrently in the afternoon and were conducted mainly by Oregon college faculty members. Participants in the work shops included: Kenneth Adair of Portland Community College; M ar shall Jennings of Oregon State Uni versity; Dr. Margaret Moore of Ore gon State University; Dr. Dean Ös terman of OSU and Betty G riffin of OSU. Personnel of Eastern Airlines, Myrna Anderson, Marsha Taylor and Charles Wright were among those contributing to the afternoon workshops. Eastern Airlines also made special flight arrangements for conference speakers. Workshop topics included: U n derstanding Financial Aid; Market ing Yourself in a High Technology Era; Robots, Computers, and Learning for the Future; Becoming a Successful College Student; Look ing your Best; and Why Aren't We Hired? Clevonne Jackson, of BCC, pre sided during the closing session of the conference. Dr. Vincent Reed, vice-president for Communications at the Washington Post, made the closing address after his presenta tion by William Hilliard, executive editor of The Oregonian. Other members of the BCC in clude June Key, Kenneth Bartell, Gerry Caldwell, Cal Williams, D or othy Alexander. Michael Benjamin, Tia Dorsey, and Matthette W il liams. O N T R O L L E D excitement in C the air and the flush of success marked the beat and the climate rounding the departing personnel of the Black College Conference as they readied to leave the Red Lion Inn at Jantzen Beach last weekend. We stopped a few to ask ques tions. "For over a century, one name has been synonymous with the edu cation of minority health profes sionals—that name is Meharry," said Dr. Eleanor Chippey Grier, 52. who has been Director of Alumni Affairs and Special Assistant to Pre sident David Satcher, M .D ., Ph D. at Meharry for many years. " M e harry was founded in 1876, and today Meharry Medical College has an enrollment of 1,000 students in our four schools of Medicine. Den tistry, Graduate Studies and Re search, and Allied Health, Dr. Grier said. The 62-acre campus of Meharry with its attractive modern buildings is in .he heart of Nashville, Dr. Grier explained. "W e have a popu lation of 85 percent Black studcois; we have a few while students with others from Asian, Native Ameri can, Spanish American. Iranian or African background. I am hopeful that Northwest students will apply to enter Meharry. There is a need for more Black physicians. They can empathize with the Black patient coming from somewhat the same background. Did you know," she asked, "that in the medical schools of the nation nearly half of all Black physicians holding faculty positions come from Meharry?" Dr. Grier said she hoped to say hello to three Portland alumni: Richard Neal, pharmacist; Dr. Booker T. Lewis, dentist; and Dr. Webster C Brown, surgeon, before she departs for Nashville. “ It's been a wonderful conference," she said, and added "Even the weather was nice." Dr. Herman Branson, president of Lincoln University in Lincoln, Pa., made the principal morning ad dress of the conference. He noted the absence of many Black students in advanced computer science stud sur ies, in engineering and in mathemat ics. “ In an effort to increase interest and the numbr of Black students en rolling in these courses," Dr. Bran son said, "we at Lincoln Universi ty have a special program funded by the National Aeronautics Space Agency which allows us to offer scholarship aid to qualified students interested in a future in one of these fields. We’ll be glad to furnish de tails," Dr. Branson said as he pre pared to go to Oregon State Univer sity to join Dr. Vincent Reed of the Washington Past and Pearl Spears Gray, chairperson of the Black Col lege Conference. An additional day had been scheduled for their visit to the OSU campus before the return to their respective headquarters, June Key, Committee member, told us. Dr. Melvin R. Webb, 43, Dean of Clark College in Atlanta, represent ing one of the oldest Black colleges in the nation, said “ Clark celebrat ed its 115th Anniversary this year ‘ We're situated downtown. We are part of the beautiful Atlanta Center of seven colleges—along with Spel man College for Black women. At Clark we are co-ed with a census of about 2,000 students. We are a lib eral arts school preparing students for degrees in Business Administra tion, Allied Health and Mass Com munications. As he packed display articles. Dr. Webb confessed to being truly excit ed about a new program a summer time special program a ’lark Col lege that is absolutely free. We ques tioned him closely. "D id you say 'free“! " "Absolutely free.” Dr. Webb answered. "There is no tuition," Dr. Webb repeated. "There is no board and room charge.” "W hat is the catch?” we quizzed. " W e ll." said Dr. Webb, "we are looking for honor students who are going from 10th grade to I Ith grade or honor students going from I Ith to 12th grade We do not pay their transportation costs; they must ap ply and get to Clark on their own. Otherwise, it is free for science, math and engineering students from all over the country," Webb said as he stuffed last minute items into his bulging briefcase. Two pretty young women, Myrna Anderson, a specialist in Employee Involvement for Eastern Airlines, and Marcia Taylor, a Supervisor of Flight Attendants for Eastern, were towing their luggage to the hotel ex it. Each of them, along with Charles Wright, Eastern's Manager of Spe cial Market Development, had been a leader in the workshop portion of the conference. June Key appeared again, this time with 17-year-old Dawn Newton o f Pot Hand's Grant High School. Dawn Newton was all smiles as she greeted Dr. Webb and prepared to introduce him to her parents and to Portland Dawn had only recently returned from Clark College as a student in their free summer college program for honor students. “ It was wonderful there." Dawn said. " I wish I could go back again " The Black College Confer ence is over for another year. SIR ROBERT RANDALL III MEN S ACCESSORIES TIES •5,<> - ’7” - •8, ° - $10 - $12,° COTTONS BLENDS DACRON - SILK NEW FALL COLORS -1 , — — — — • > ■ « • .■ — — • — ' • - a a a a a a a a c r»,y-a.-J^.-.; « ;l4 » < 4.'. »V . “ v y -i : . I / ;■> ; » • ' .'•» f '. . - v ' ; ► ♦ .a» • •1« to »4" •1“ to '30“ ALL STYLES ALL FOR MEN A LARGE STOCK of GIFTS for M EN ALL TYPES LLOYD CENTER BY THE RINK Somethin}’ To Think About O i--------- I C L E O D IS V A N N . JR. MORTICIAN------ PREPLANNING M AKES SENSE It would not be amiss for per sons during their lifetime to decide what they consider a dignified and meaningful funeral. 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