— 3 — RAPS club reports Book Club: ‘Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao’ As a departure fromour regular meeting protocol, the RAPS Book Club will meet for dinner on Tuesday, May 19, at 4:30 p.m. at Old Wives’ Tales, 1300 E. Burnside, Portland. Contact Mary Brannan at 503-239-1077 or brannanmg@ comcast.net to RSVP so that she can make reservations for you. We will discuss a Pulitzer Prize winner, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, written by Junot Díaz. On the back cover, it is described as: Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd, a New Jersey romantic who dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fukú—a curse that has haunted Oscar’s family for generations, following them on their epic journey from the Dominican Republic to the United States and back again. If you want to read ahead, the book selected for June is The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho. —Mary Brannan Bridge Group: Cuts the deck May 12 The next meeting will be at Willamette View, Tuesday, May12, at 1:00 p.m. The Bridge Group is open to all members of RAPS. If you have questions about the group, please call me at 503-292-0838. If you would like to play, please call or e-mail as soon as you can and no later than Friday, May 8. —Colin Dunkeld Hikers: Coast trek on May 29 The Friday, May 29, hike will be on the Oregon Coast. The Terdals will host us at their cabin near Manzanita. We will hike on the beach and have lunch at their cabin. Bring a dish to share. A refrigerator, a microwave, and a range are available. Meet to carpool at 8:30 a.m. at the West end of the Cedar Hills Shopping Center. This is the smaller center near Highways 217 and 26, and not the larger Cedar Hills Crossing Shopping center. Confirm your participation and the dish PAST TENSE School of Social Work established in 1960 The story of the beginning of the School of Social Work is, at its heart, the story of the incredible persistence of three women: Katharine Clark, director of Family Counseling Services; Elizabeth Goddard, director of Training, Public Welfare Bureau; and Helen Catlin, of the Boys and Girls Aid Society, who, along with the American Association of Social Workers (later the National Association of Social Workers), campaigned tirelessly from 1932 until the school was finally established in 1960. Their years of work began to get response from the state in 1958, when the Oregon State System of Higher Education (OSSHE) appointed the Sherbourne Committee to look into the need for a school of social work. In 1959 the Oregon Legislature directed OSSHE to create a graduate school of social work. In June 1960, OSSHE asked Portland State College to prepare a proposal for a graduate school of social work; this the Hoffmann Committee accomplished by September 1960. In January 1961, legislation was passed authorizing funding for the school, and by October 1961 Gordon Hearn had been appointed as its first dean. When the first class of 20 students was admitted in 1962 there were five faculty members: Rose Thomas, Ruth Stevens, Gordon Hearn, Norris Class, and Frank Miles. Patricia Byrd served as librarian and Virginia Lubkisher was the secretary. Rose Thomas was possibly the first African American woman faculty member tenured at Portland State. The next year Jim Breedlove joined the faculty. Art Emlen began the research thrust of the school with the founding of the Regional Research Institute for Human Services in 1972. By the third year, students from throughout the country were attracted to the program because PSU did not charge out-of-state tuition. By the time Bernard “Ricky” Ross arrived as the second dean in 1977, the School of Social Work was well established. Past Tense features glimpses into Portland State’s history. To submit a story (or an idea for one), email the RAPS History Preservation Committee at raps@pdx.edu. you will bring with Marge Terdal by Wednesday, May 27. Contact her at 503-244-5714 or dbmt@pdx.edu. Six hikers hiked the Silver Falls canyon trail from South Falls to North Falls on Friday, April 24. The weather was clear and cool, but not cold. —Larry Sawyer Seated: Barbara Nichols, volunteer worker; Rose Thomas, faculty; Ruth Stevens, faculty; Patricia Byrd, librarian; Virginia Lebksher, secretary. Back row: Gordon Hearn, faculty; Norris Class, faculty; Frank Miles, faculty.
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