Roxbury Community College - Yearbook (Roxbury, MA)

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DEDICATIO Elizabeth Bett Iohn on December 1 , 1936 - April 1 , 1980 It is very difficult to state what Betty johnson has meant to Roxbury Commu- nity College. The difficulty stems from the fact that her contribution was im- measurable and invaluable. lt is important, though, to try to put this into words -in part for her - but also in an attempt to plan a way to fill the tremendous void left by her passing. Good education for our community was Betty's dream. She worked toward this end day and night. Roxbury Community College was fortunate that it was one of the institutions favored by her. As a member of the Massachusetts Board of Regional Community Colleges, she worked for all of the community colleges in the Commonwealth. As a member of our community she was particularly concerned with the needs of Roxbury Community College and the continued withholding of the resources needed for its development. She was a consistent fighter for us. Betty also advised and counseled us. She was never too busy to meet with us or to take part in activities related to the College. A part of her dream for this community was that we have a newly-built community college with high quality programs sewing Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, the South End, jamaica Plain and all of Boston. l could go on - but I must reflect personally also. Betty was a dear friend. I shall miss seeing her, talking to her, laughing with her and most of all depending upon her to be present when there was a struggle. Betty, as small as she was, was the enforcer. She was the one that you knew would stand up and fight when others might back down. There was no confusion about where she stood. There should then be no confusion about what we must do to continue her work. - President Kenneth W. Haskins

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l.ocal citizens march against racism 8. Klan On February 2, 1980, a SYOUP of ten Roxbury Communitl! Col' lege students and faculty- alone with members of the BOSi0l'l Peoples' Organization lf0fm9flY Mel King Coalitionl and other Boston groups, attended a maiof national civil rights march in Greensboro, North Carolina. They were part of a group ot over 130 ..-.- ...tm ian Rmmn in three say No to the Ku Klux Klan, and especially to protest the murder of five civil rights activists last fall in Greensboro by KKK and Nazi Party members. L The demonstration as also held to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins, and help build a renewed network ot civil rights and anti- Klan groups across the country, he f u Inn aloha 'I'heRed1Pdpe! SCHOOL HARD KNDCKS 0fficlal's proposal scuttl by Mac Margolis Roxbury will not have an in- dependently run community col- lege for the 1980's if the Ken Haskins, president ot Rox- bury Community College tRCCj. Boston is large enough that it need not have one community col Ddnnef almost folksy, conversational manlfer, but on this day his words were anything but con- ciliatory. l feel like we've been betrayed by the board, All of us here know that in King we have a governor who is unsympathetic to our problems. Your actions leave us feeling very much alone, As Haskins went on, some ofthe board members began to squirm, And as the subse- quent stream of speakers - including Hispanic and elderly students, community workers, parents -followed Haskins with the endless litany of Roxbury Community Colleges grievances, the board members continued to squirm. Finally, Representative Mel King, a member ofthe legislative committee on Boston School reorganization, rose to address the panel. As I've sat here, l've thought about the words ofthe Dred Scott decision: that 'there are no rights of black people that whites have to honor.' When people use words like betraval. it is hecanw start on construction of the long-delayed Rox- bury Community Col- lege would be of par, ticular service to, the minority commuhity. Its location, in the Southwest Corridor on land adjacent to Madi- son Park High School and the new Occupa- tional Resources Center, would further the creation of an impressive educational complex in an area used by all racial groups. Also at the community college level there is room for different kinds of experimentation: the development of special programs that take high school students who are on the verge of dropping out or have dropped out, the offering of occupational curricula to older public high schools lacking modern facilitiesg the develop- ment of apprenticeship programs with local unions and businesses, active cooperation in job-training programs designed, according to the Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education, with a view to making a maximum contribution to the development of education, work-experience and training op- portunities for disadvantaged youth. The changing shape of Bostan's economy has closed the obvious paths to economic mo- es Roxbury's college BAY STATE BANNER. Thursdiy. May 8, 1980 PAGE 11 could be crippling for the school. The Senate tackles the Commonwealth's budget this Roxbury Com. College week. . V V . RP' in a perennial budget' Massachusetts Board of Regional lege with satellite' in . V - . . Community Colleges has its way. I have not ' ulted U S get glnito Sghoglf presl' The Board which governs the V mb this pla . con- el we as 'ns' un 'ng lo' . ' . . - nl f fr t was stal leges usually varies states 15 commuf 'ees . sawa. ' . - W T . . V ,-. .. . h f- -- imber of students Thursday Nt at I resen .-1, Y',...a-'qs-'1.'goiis vt , , urs the crea '- rg- I. J ' 1s, 4 as '- i'z 'Jle halls of the state Last year's bud et Io' en ' I he number of Commur. -fs I. 91' X s o . l .ff ' oed with over two hours about 51.6 millionge ' f 'T::f?geLn fine eolvlhe' i' i ' 'Sy ' iles anddtesumonvslast president Kerf 'V ii 9' i'st always R , , , V -tg - ii - ,K 4- .yt it iw, f 'X X' ' -' l ,-- ' A 'I gint llmy 5:1190 El , f . 'ated af . lf' X . .h ,A I 9diuLr:I'l l'Tll l0n ,LH ,,. , le Hill r f , ' V H- - If .4--A ' 1- ' ' .v L Y G F 'I the fave- . 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