Page 2 Section I Portland Observer, June 6, 1984
METROPOLITAN
Youngsters graduate with pride
by l.unna Duke
G R A S S K O O T N £ W S . N. W —
Jeannette I egan School o f Early
I earning is creating an educational
triangle of love, discipline and
academic success for children 2 'A
through 6 years old Parents believe
their children are receiving an un
shakable foundation on which to
succeed
The school is part of a fam ily
network that extends to Tulsa,
Oklahoma. Los Angeles, ( alifornia
and Portland. Oregon, belly Legan
Sm ith, adm inistrator, said her
educational concepts and approach
comes from her mother's theories
on how children should be raised
“ You give them lots o f love,
discipline them when they need it,
and let them play and have fun.”
At het annual graduation, excited
parents snapped photos o f their
children's performance in C in
derella at M att Dishman C om
munity ( enter while praising the
educational impact and philosophy
of the l egan School.
Linda H a rtis said o f her son's
developm ent, “ He has a positive
self-image lie is excited about learn
mg, wants to read and loves books,
flie school docs a lot lor a child's
self-esteem.”
A K
Nyoka added,
“ My
daughter has benefited by being
socially interactive. Also, Legan
leaches good cognizance skills;
reading, writing and good manners
She is learning how to offer her
support to what the community is
doing."
Smith's educational approach is
io start with the ABC's of learning
at three years old. "Som e people
lecl that a child should develop
motor and social skills. But I feel
you can work all this together with
academics. We found children as
early as three are ready to start
reading II you can catch them
early, there is no limit to what you
can leach them.”
High expectations are the rules at
l egan School Smith added, “ II
they can learn who is on the A Team
and Dukes o j Hazard, then they can
learn who the president, governor
and mayor are All you have to do is
pul it out there lor them."
Smith started working toward
opening Jeannette Legan in 1978
and was met by bureaucracy. City
Hall and zoning laws
She remembered, “ Il was d if-
A PPR EC IA TIO N A W A R D S - In honor of its 16th anniversary. Port
land S ta ta U n iv e r * ity '» IP S U '* l B lack S tu d ia * D a p a rtm a n t gave
aw ard* Friday. June 1st. to ” 12 (P S U I atudant* w ho have mada con
tr ib u tio n * to th a (B la c k S tu d ia *) D a p a r tm a n t a n d /o r th a B lack
com m unity during tha 1983 84 acadam ic yaar ' Front row II r) Darrell
M illnar. C hairm an of tha Black S tu d ia * D apartm an t. and atu d an t*
Sharia Sm ith. Sylvia King. Kyung Kim. Freda L. Om ar, and O w en R
Owen Back row . Xaviar Browing. Nathanial Scott. A ndrew Ho*ch
Carla K Kelly, and P aquita G arataa N ot ahown but also receiving
aw ard*, w a r* Consuelo Raeva* and Ronnea W alker
(Photo Richard J Browm
Prof, returns to Ghana
by Nathaniel Scoll
Betty Fagan Sm ith w ith her claxa of 84
ficult at first I tell they did not
believe a Black woman could set up
a school and I was given excuses
why I should not start the school."
Smith remodeled a three-story
house in a residential area into the
school. “ I had to gel variances for
parking, property lines and loading
and unloading of c h ild re n ." She
overcame those obstacles and
opened her doors in 1980
The fruits of her labor arc ap
preciated when parents like Bernice
Kahnoski (eels, “ It is a loving and
disciplined environment We also
like the academic quality Legan
upholds."
Wally Scales slated Smith's em
phasis on the fundamentals, "(She)
gave my son a headstart on his
education and I also liked the
chance lor him to intermingle with
children ol his own race "
Smith said her objective is to
create a learning readiness environ
meni around and within the student.
She hopes to produce trustfu l,
autonomous, intelligent, com
passionate and cooperative young
people with a sense of humanity to
reshape the society in which they
live.
“ We develop memory percep
(Photo Richard J Brown)
times a week ( urrently, there are
40 children enrolled but she expects
openings this summer.
Star Waters indicated how she
was constantly amazed at what her
son had learned “ I'm impressed
that a small 2'/j year old knows that
the mayor is Ivancie At least for a
little while "
lions, good listening skills and the
a b ility to pay a tte n tio n ,“ Smith
said. "Once he or she learns how to
listen, then that child will be able to
learn."
She rcinlorces the education of
her two- and three-year olds with
homework twice a week and four
through six with homework lour
Historic North Portland home open
The John Palmer House, an
exquisite Queen Anne-Lastlakc Vic
torian Home, built in 1890, is now
open to the public. The house
features stained and colored win-
dows by the I’ ovcy Art Glass t o.
1 he 1$ rooms open to the public
host a line collection of gasoliers
and V ictorian furniture Irom the
mid to late l8(M('s. Il has recently
been rc-papcrcd in the magnificent
Victorian art papers ol Bruce Brad
bury of Vcnicia, ( alifornia
The house is open for lours from
12 to 5 p m. Ihursday through Sun
day Admission is $1 (8); student,
senior and group rales are available
It is also available for private
receptions, dinners and weddings
Lor in fo rm a tio n call M ary or
Richard Sautcr at 284 <891
The house is listed on the
N ational Register ol H istoric
Places It is currently listed in the
1984 A A A Oregon Tour Book and
has recently been featured in several
publications and is located at
4114 N Mississippi Ave
" D r . (A dolphus) lu rk s o n has
been a valuable ad dition to our
department, (but) he is a victim ol
the budget cuts that have plagued
the university over the past couple
ol ye a rs ." Dr D arrell M illn c r,
(h a ir m a n of the Black Studies
Departm ent at P ortland Stale
Universilv (PSUj said, as he reflec
led upon the departure of the music
professor.
When Dr Turkson came to PSLJ
in 1981. Dr M illn c r added, his
position was funded through a
I ullbright scholarship And when
the funding expired, the Black
Studies Department maintained the
position B ut. because ol budget
problems, “ I he department won't
be able to do that follow ing this
summer (te rm ),“ he said, adding,
“ in a personal sense, he (Turkson)
was always a very warm and suppor
live colleague.”
W ith the culm ination ol the
summer session. Dr Turkson plans
to return to Ghana, where his wife
and three children reside However,
beyond that, he cannot say where
his next teaching assignment might
he
Nevertheless, he did say, “ I (eel
very glad, actually, (to be) going
back to help with the growth of the
University (of Ghana); particularly
the school of perform ing arts; of
which I am the director ”
Dr. I urkson speaks of himself as
a composer, a musicologist, and. he
maintains that “ my stay here has
widened mv experience, ad
ministralivelv and academically I
have learned several th in g s ," he
said
“ Because ol my own
background in African Studies, I
Dr. T u rk s o n
lphoto Rtcha-dBr- wnl
leel strongly that the Black Studie
Department (at PSIJ) should con
linuc to grow . ”
Dr. William " B ill” I title, whom
Dr. Turkson characterized as "ms
greatest friend since I came heic "
said in reference to T u rk s o n ’s
departure, " W e will lose a senior
scholar He has been a positive in
flucncc
providing a certain so il ol
wisdom and perspective on issu e s
that are relevant to the Black es
perience "
Dr. Turkson plans to leave lo t
Ghana, either in late July or in earl
August
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