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Page 10, Portland Obse'ver, Nove - Saturday School by Nywusi Askari nr inity, business and .id p irforming rsd v night, L t's Saturday A standing room only " religious leaders, educators, at. artists gathered at the King i November 5, to ■ row then iu p i School. The gathering evoked 1 with the singing of the Black N • standing ovation for guesr spt endorsements bv the Portland (.' , , it beoan highlighted by a and ended with ihe Otcgon Al . I c ia u I' nee of Black School to u i e h yr.- larris Direc- I dìc ture of the growing After a definitive presen tor of The Black Educational ke< organizational structure of th S * • To date, eight community St. Andrews, Mallory Avenue, worth, Vancouver Avenue m l IV • Teacher Training Classes: the Saturday School will be requ Classes. This requirement is des the classroom material, as well they will instruct. • Classroom focus. Africar African American culture. The instruction that will address the s and science. •A t least 500 lesson plans h use. • The Saturday School wH ac Grade 6. Richard Brown, one of the School’s m .¡; community involvement: The important jobs that have to be done. We need r i- ■ in the classrooms as aides. We need e people to donate supplies. Ify o u w c away last year's letterhead papei, ask th • need people to go out and talk to more ers. We had a meeting with the AMA and ■ we still need to get more facilities to hoe- youngsters to come out to the Saturn >y Sr "This summer we went to a Ble< 1 '• ington, D.C., and we left there with the education a priority in every city that '.m « example that was used was Port1 the proposal for the Saturday Schc- I . ' dance. People wanted to know v throughout the United States but was over America, where people are talking the special needs of African Arnerii a is the one we've developed right hen "I grew up in New York City durin was our foundation for learning abo.f taught about Black music and as mud So you see, the things we are doing I The evening ended slowly . it sec- of the good feelings that had been g. 'em ■ As I was departing, a Black f hand. In it was a yellow pamphlet d , - school.” With a smile on his face 1 what this meeting was all about ture of two African-American childn their feet was a poem that read "I am the Black child. All the w watches with interest to see what I <=b 1 balance. For what I am, the world p H - "I am the Black child You ‘n which I know nothing. You hold whether I shall succeed or fail Give me, I beg you, a world 1 me, as is your duty unto me, to love i maintain a great nation . Yes . . . This is what the meeting w - h i »ri tu conate space: Mt. Olivet, Ains- ¡1 :fe instruction at ours ot teacher Training , i,e<s understand p if the students w h ni 'iinications and inde two hours of ■ncies, i.e., math d >re now ready for n through ie topic of to do the ?ople to be We need jt to throw :hool. We nd preach ipport, but ect a lot of m nqs of people gather on the platform of Union Station for the Rail Fair, in a less crowded section of the station a if people gather for s reception. The event was hosted by the Northwest Rail Museum for members of the Railroad Senior Citizens Ass n. P»«>to by Richard J. Brown Black C o m m u n ity Schools Have G lorious Past C ori't from Page 1 e in Wash- lg to make And the culum and ie in atten- so popular rtland. All on to meet g looked at day School We were uld take in. nd to let go leld out his our child in d, This is t was a pic- e. Beneath Ml the earth langs in tfie world about u determine all and pc oud Train o build and Next W eek . Dr. Hilliar's speech Delta M others and Patroness Club A nnounce Their ? t " Annual W a ffle B reakfast Members of The Delta Mot! ■ the public to their annual waffle bn ' ' 9:00 a m. until 1:00 p.m , at Mount Schuyler, Portland. This dedicated group of women pH cation. Over the past years the from the waffle breakfast to Den ' ships for outstanding scholars. It is h" the club has been able to contirm - th. and to help handicapped children by I The first waffle breakfast was ‘ and Patroness Club in 23 years o u \c ■ S Chicago, I889) shares a similar experience: . biv Louisiana, there were two schools taught by colored ie <>f these was a slave woman who had taught a midnight i y It was opened at eleven or twelve o clock at night, and closed at two o'clock a.m. the teacher, learned to read and write from the child- ; t master in her old Kentucky home. Her number of scho- i time, and when she taught these to read and write, them and again took her apostolic number and brought - extent of her ability, until she had graduated hundreds. A • wrote their own passes and started for Canada, gth ier night school project leaked out, and was for a time sus- ,. s not known that seven of the twelve years subsequent tii. had been spent in this work. Much excitement over was produced. The subject was discussed in their legi- was passed that it should not be held illegal for a slave to SI • rot only reopened her night-school, but a Sabbath- '„anson used as good language as any of the white people.” . t. histor al documents, "Catherine Ferguson, a slave, pur- mi and in 1793 took 48 children, 20 of whom were white, pause and opened Kathy Ferguson's School for the Poor'in New York City. ' a id educator, Mary McLeod Bethune, when asked why strive to provide education for Black children, answered, us program. The doctor shakes his head and says, Mrs. ¡own a little. Relax! Take it just a little easier.' I promise to Betl in hour the promise is forgotten. rpf iy mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl my hance to prove his/her worth . . hune’s dedication and ancestoral perspective is reflected in .■■¡unity's effort to establish a Saturday School. And like Mrs. une ti e community will not rest while there is a single Black child Beli ■ - l■ nice to prove his/her worth. ■ tradition continues For that, we all should be proud. In Search of M iss Oregon A m erican Coed & Pre-Teen itirm ess Club join in inviting Sam 'h . November 14, from , ■ - • n I IG Northeast je on youth and edu- i innate the proceeds ority toward scholar- n.ns such as this that ns toward education DOLLARS Men arid Wo?’ deliver Telepho ■ >. of the Coed Pageant will be crowned Miss Oregon Amert- t r> ' > ive a $500 cash award, crown, banner, and trophy plus aid Dream Vacation to Hawaii. The winner of the Pre-Teen eceive a $300 cash award, crown, banner, and a trophy plus ■ ■J vacation to Disneyworld in Florida to compete for the ime ioin the Mothers earn extra ones ABLE FOR EL of Mis? American Pre- leen. tin, t and further information write: Miss American Coed ai e Food Dinner: Stuffed Round Steak American Southern $4.50 Indonesian Pork $4.50 Chicken Gumbo, Creole $3.50 Terriakki Chicken Japanese $3.50 Canadian Hot Dog $1.50 Hot Dog W ith Chili $2.00 Kulbassy Sausage $2.00 Sausage W ith Chili $2.50 J.B .'s Paradise Room 3530 N. 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