Page 4 The Oregon Advance/TIMES February 29, 1968 Points of View: On Civil Rights, Names, Action, Freedom The Time /1 Now by BEVERLY NICHOLSON and EVELYN CREWS The time is now for Black people to begin to break their ties of dependency upon the white man. It is true that currently we must rely to a greater extent on "The Man" for our jobs and for a greater part of our services. This does not mean however; that Black people must continue to be dependent. The time is now for Blacks to re-orient their thinking in terms of depending upon one another. Black progress must and can only be made as a group. Therefore we protest the spot-lighting of individual Black success stories because they fail to alleviate the problems of the masses of Black people, which in the final analysis affects EVERY Black man. A group of young Black people from the Black community have attempted to start a new organization, which will essentially seek· to unite all young Black people under one cause. In seeking financial support, however, it seems that older established "Negro Organizations" are suspicious, skeptical and even somewhat leery of an all-Black organization, which does not have some white participation or is supported by white funds. The ties of dependency are linked to ignorance about oneself. We advocate awareness in freeing oneself from this dependency. To counteract all the suspicion, the skepticism and mystics of mistrust, we urge that the members of these organizations and the Black community READ. Read,discuss, ask questions, and most importantly, think for yourselves. Stop depending on the white community to awaken to your plight. BOOK LIST "We Shall Overcome Mississippi, Montgomery, D.C., Martin L. King "The Garvey Movement - Negro Renaissance, Harlem "Cuban Revolution - Imperialism in Latin America ''Slavery in the New World" - culture, economics, revolts "Malcom X" "Black Power" - liberation, Newark Conference, SNCC "The Great Debate" - Booker T. Washington vs W.E.B. DIBois ''African Independence Movements & Neo-Colonialism - rise of the third world ''Reconstruction'' - politics, Freedman's Bureau, people "The New Left" - SOS FSM, Chicago Conventio~ Jell Ptohlem1 By ROB LAWSON There is something wrong at Jefferson High School. As a senior there, I can sense it, and it disturbs me. One of the best ways to remedy an ailment, I have learned, is to open things up and air them and that is the purpose of this article. The ailment I speak of is one that is, I feel, largely responsible for the destructively rebellious attitude that some students, par- ticularly Negro students, possess. It is responsible for the decline of spirit in this school that is the talk of the Student Body Association. It is an ailment that occurs when a bureaucracy gets out of control and when administrators cease, by some process, to be administrators and become dictators. I feel, and I am not alone in this, in fact, far from alone, that the administration and certain members of the faculty and staff at Jefferson are undermining and destroying the very values and qualities that high school is supposed to be developing. Instead of preparing you for the future, for the "adult" world, they destroy ideals, stifle creativity, frustrate ambition and make human relations difficult, if not impossible. This could all be written off as adolescent rebellion, which, in part, it is. But we have evidence, a good deal of evidence. Anyone who attempts to communicate with the administration is met by a wall of negativism that frustrates and alienates anybody creative in the student body. As an example of the elevated quality of one administrator's thinking, every last expletive in the plays produced at Jeff in the last three years, no matter how innocuous or important to the speech of the play, has been taken out. In one play, a person had to get drunk on a cup of tea because an adwith this ad SPECIAL Any 2 garments regular price 3rd Garment • SUITS FREE • PANTS • DRESSES EXPERT TAILORING • ELLIS CLEANERS 3300 N. WILLIAMS Ave. ministrator thought it otherwise might corrupt the audience. Personal contact was verboten. Why didn't the head of the drama department stick to his or her guns? Because his job might be in danger. What is the effect on a students when they hear about this? What they see is a CoP-out, a sacrifice of ideals and self-respect, and this does not build up trust or admiration for the people in whose hands his formative education is placed. To contact the administration and get a reply you must have a great deal of patience and genuine love for your fellow man. The most often heard reply from an administrator when approached with any idea of some merit, is "No." No explanation or reason, just "No." Most of the administration couldn't be bothered with the students if they had to and if they do consider an idea, you have to lie in wait in the halls in Rev. Bushnell Plans Crusade "The Hole in the Wall," "God's Repeat Performance," "The Devil Behind the Church Door" and "Look - That Door Won't Close" are the intriguing titles of a T. V. Bible Class Crusade, to be conducted by Rev. Arthur Bushnell, pastor of the Friendly Seventh Day Adventist Church. In his program to make the Bible "beautifully plain for young and old," the Rev. Mr. Bushnell will be assisted by "The Melo Dions" singing group. The illustrated sermons will take place at 7:30 the evening!' of March 3, 5, 6 and 7 at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, 4009 N. Missouri and Shaver Streets. Members of all faiths are welcome to attend. Knott Street Wins Again By B. D. PAYNE This has been a good year athletically for Knott Street Community Center . . . they did it again with four winners in the Seattle Golden Gloves Senior Boxing Championships on February 23 and 24. Bill Cross won in the light-heavy weight division, 178 pounds, the fourth time he has won this crown and the second year in succession. He also won the title "Golden Boy." John Howard at 165 pounds won the middle weight championship, and Ray Lampkin won the 125 pound class for the third time. Knott Street brought back the team trophy for having the most championships in the tourney; this was the fourth team trophy this year 'tor them. Champions continuing on will go to the Diamond Belt Championships in Vancouver, B. C., in March. Winners from there will go to the National A. A. U. Sr. Box.. ing Championships on the 11th, 12th, and 13th of April. Winners from the Nationals will be in the finals of the Olympic games. Mr. Businessman, Goodwill Industries has a Contract Department. Many business or- ~anizations are taking advantage of this manpower source which b available at Goodwill. For further information, call Goodwill. hopes of catching them to get an answer. Then they accuse you of badgering them. Disdain for the students, whom the school is supposedly serving, reaches its highest point with the staff members, particularly in the office, the nerve center of the school. Students are not considered to have the same rights, in any respect, as teachers or administrators. Jeffersonian staff members can no longer use the phone in the office for paper business without going through the ridiculous red-tape that makes doing business during class time equivalent to crossing the East German border. The office staff's attitude is summed up quite well by the statement of one staff member, in answer to a query as to why we had to go to the head of the Business Education department to get some forms mimeographed. "Don't bother US with your questions. We are not here to have yoµ come in and bother us." Instant communication. Administrators consta)itly interfere with student government decisions for no other reason than they "don't like the idea." The entire Senior Class play was recently put in jeopardy when an administrator or faculty member interceded after the casting had been, for all intents and purposes, set by the drama director and effected certain changes with an excuse of "scholastic record." As a last point, it should be noted that we were told that an editorial or article, and presumably, a letter to the editor, with the same content as this one, would be "throNn out" of the Jeffersonian. Thus the student mass media is effectively silenced from criticizing the administration, no matter how deserved the criticism. The incidents described are only, believe me, a small part of the things that occur every day at Jeff. There are many times when a person feels he is living in a Kafkaesque nightmare. As the lieutenant in ''The Adding Machine" says about school, "They . teach you all the things you don't want to know, they tell you lies about the things you should know, and about the things you really want to know, they tell you nothing at all." The difference is, at Jeff, they seem to be putting this on a cold, organized basis. Now Free 2Sc Flower Seeds· pr.~h,Z'\I BLUE"1BELL THREE BAGGER IN EACH BLUE BELL BOX Over a century ago, a young Englishman came to the Northwest to take part in the birth of the woolen industry here. He brought with him only his ability as a weaver, a pride in what he produced and a desire to succeed. He found in this vast country a challenge and an opportunity. In meeting the challenge with hard work, imagination and integrity, he realized the opportunity. Four generations later, the traditions he began still guide the Pendleton Woolen Mills. The Pendleton label has become a trusted symbol of quality and value in products of 100% virgin wool. 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