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. Vancouver Ave.
288-1196
MRS.C’s
WIGS
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WEAVING HAIR
$18.50 & up
or by the ft. $4 & up
Bulk Human Hair $23 95 Et up
r« u n n o
b , N A O M I S IM S . ANORE DO UG LAS N A T A l IE COLE & M r H ' 11
W ig S tyling $7.50 AND UP
i F nma Lane, Vista, CA 92084.
NOW OPEN
(long or specialty styles slightly high' >
BRAIDS $2.95
The N eighborhood
Toy & G ift Shoppe
leeded to
MUST BE 18 OR OLDER >'
4DAYLIGH
FOR
AT
LEAST
TW (
s are now being accepted for girls who are interested in
th fifth annual Miss Oregon American Coed and Pre-Teen
/ill be held at the Portland Hilton Hotel on May 27, 28, and
; between the ages of 13 and 18, for the Coed Pageant, or
tf Pre Teen Pageant, can apply to participate in the state
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