Oregon Advance Times_1968-05-16

May 16, 1968 The Oregon Advance/TIMES Page9 A 'Yes' Vote on Measure Is Needed Viewer's Voice Where Is Preiudice? Every young man and woman who is anxious to obtain the skills necessary to gain and hold a job will find that op- _ _ , '--Portunity at the three com– munity colleges in the Port– land metropolitan area. Cour– ses at Portland, Mt. Hood and Clackamas Community Colleges range from the basic 3-R' s for those whose early education has been neglected, through high school com– pletion, and one and two year training programs for blue– collar and white-collar jobs. Students may also obtain the first two years of pre– professional and liberal arts training with credits that can be transferred to four-year Oregon colleges. They even have the opportunity to take a little of each type of pro– gram if they are uncertain as to their career goals. Each student receives careful fac– ulty guidance. Appeal of these programs has been so great that in five years Portland Community College's enrollment has nearly tripled; Mt. Hood has jumped from O to nearly 4,000 students, and Clackamas from 0 to 2,000. Portland State College which offers four-year pro– grams leading to degrees in liberal arts, sciences and teaching preparation, has found its enrollment nearly doubled in the same period. Each of these colleges now finds the registration lines long, the classrooms crowded, and is forced to use many facilities unsuitable for the best education. Former Gov- for Oregon's Future, says the remedy lies in a "Yes" vote at the May 28th primary elec– tion on State Ballot Measure #3. This would permit the State to issue bonds to help finance the needed classrooms, lab– oratories, libraries, and oc– cupational training facilities. Entrance requirements at the community colleges are quite flexible. For college– level courses a student needs a high school diplom·a or a GED or night school certi– ficate. Some exceptions are made if it seems a student would be able to profit from the courses offered. Portland State College re– quires a cumulative high school grade point average of 2.25 for fall term registra– tion and 2.00 during winter, spring and summer terms. The State Board of Higher Education recently decided to allow 3 per cent of next fall's freshman class to include stu– dents with less than a 2.00 average. 0 c cup a ti on a 1 training choices are offered in a wide variety. They range from the apprentice trades, through re– tail business and secretarial training, drafting, civil, structural, highway and elec– trical technologies, graphic arts, fire science, practical and registered nursing, dental assistant and dental techni– cian, data processing, hor– ticulture, automotive me– chanics, law enforcement, quantity food preparation, and homemaking. Business and industrial leaders advise on ernor Robert D. Holmes, who course requirements and as– is chairman of the Statewide sist in placing those who com– citizen's committee, Collee:es plete the work. WHO CONDUCTS THE SERVICE? Here is a question frequently asked of us at Cald– well's COLONIAL MORTUARY. Q. Who officiates at the funeral services? A. Usually a religious minister. If the family does not have a preference, the funeral director can recommend a clergyman. If appropriate, several fraternal and military orders are pre– pared to take part in the service or to assume the entire responsibility. The decision is purely personal. This qu estion i~ one of a series taken from our factual booklet. '·Basic Fun eral Information." If you n·ould lihe a free copy. just call 232-4111 and ask. It will be mailed to you the same day. WO'dl... W. CJ.cl.welt., J,.__ President N .E. Sandy Blvd. at 14th e%t. <9live Grand ehapter <9. E. S. cordially invites you to attend their Sixth cAnnual Scholarship CGea Sunday, c!lr[,ay I9, 1968 in the home of c!lr[,r. and c!lr[,rs. 1ohn CJ-e. Sylvester 3143 <]\(grtheast 14th cAvenue between the hours of two and six o'clock. c!lr[,rs. ehristine Smith Chairman c!lr[,rs. ']. c:Af. Ganter 'tuorrhy Q. e?l'Catron Estimates show enroll– ments at Oregon's colleges and universities will continue to rise to some 26,000 more students expected by 1975. Enrollments at the community colleges this year are 31,763 and are expected to rise to 87,500 by 1975. Ballot Meas– ure #3 will help to provide the State funds necessary to build the classrooms to house these students. The measure is not a property tax and it does notproposeanynewtaxes of any kind as the bonds will be repaid over a long period of years from the general fund of the State. Parents and citizens who are interested in broad educational op– portunity for all Oregon young people as well as adult edu– cation for improving job skills are urged to vote "Yes" on State Ballot Measure #3 on May 28th. To Air Albina The Viewer's Voice camera crew from KATU, Channel 2 will be visiting the Albina district on Tuesday, May 21. They will be located at N. Williams and Beech St. from 11:00 a. m. to 1:30 p. m., to film interviews of the resi– dents. The program will be telecast at 10:30 p. m. on Thursday, May 23, on Channel 2. Each week, viewer's voice travels to various areas throughout western Oregon and features the residents' comments on timely subjects. THE ALBINA ART CEN– TER NEEDS YOUR RUM– MAGE Clothes, Furniture, Etc. in good condition 8 N. E. Killingsworth NOW! Viewers who missed the initial showing of NET J our– nal' s "Where Is Prejudice?" will be able to see the re– peat showing Monday, May 13, at 9 p.m. on Channel 10. For this program NET brought together twelve re– putedly unbiased college stu– dents of different races and faiths for a week-long work– shop at Glouchester Harbor, Mass., under the direction of Dr. Max Birnbaum, director of the Human Relations Lab– oratory at Boston University. The group begins amicably, but soon the atmosphere of easy liberalism splits to re– veal some ugly truths. A good show to watch. WANT ADS Phone 288-6409 NEED A JOB? Emplorer Overload Co. Serving Both Men & Women .A.II types of Employment from Labor to Professional. S20 S.W. 6th Cascade Bldg. Rm. 1114 Good schools are the heart of a healthy city. On May 28th Portland will make a decision influencing the future of the schools: a yes or a no on Ballot Measure 4 for a new tax base. A yes vote will restore most of the programs eliminated or cut after two election defeats last year. The word restore is important. The new budget will simply restore pro– grams that existed in the '66-'67 school year. The proposal is realistic and reason– able. Portland schools, a few years ago, were na– tionally respected and recognized. But the budget cuts changed that. Portland schools cannot now offer the programs needed to meet the basic requirements of 79,000 stu– dents - kindergarten through high school. The obvious losers are the kids in school. Every year is important to them. But all Portland stands to lose, too. The lack of city support for schools is a major force in city problems across the country. (Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Newark are cities where the schools deteriorated.) A city without good schools is a second– choice residential area for many families. They choose the suburbs. And a move-to– the-suburbs trend develops. Property values in the city decline. If the tax base issue is defeated, a deterio· ration of the Portland School System will continue. Over 300 trained educators were lost to Portland last year. A standard of ex· cellence achieved through the years is in danger. The cost to keep good schools is an invest– ment in the promise of Portland's future. Good schools help train better citizens. And a better school system means a good place to live - something Portland has been and should continue to be. 4 yes for Portland This advertisement and d ll otllcr ·•4 yes'' campaign materials paid for with voluntary contributions by thousands of citizens who think Portland needs good ~chool!.>. Citizens for Schools Committee, Don Frisbee and Frank Warren, Co-Chairmen. 419 S. W. Stark, Portland.