Portland Observer, October 19, 1983 Page 5
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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.
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Sir Robert Randall III will give
free tips on hair care and treatment
when he visits Portland November
1st through November 7th.
Randall is a creative, innovative
educator and platform artist. Pari
of a father and son team, Randall
has (rained throughout the United
States.
He will bring his technique ol
press and curl, a new (lowing design
which he is famous for. new
techniques of of hair cutting, perms,
and a time saving, product saving
technique of applying relaxers from
an application bottle.
For your free beauty and hair tips
call 284-9171 (12 noon to 3:00 p.m )
or 283 4949 (1 0 a m. - 12 noon).
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